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Seascapes

Ever wonder what “they” meant when talking about a painted sky? Wonder no more: PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 22, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) transits through the Persian Gulf. Ramage is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of [...] [...]

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Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About the 80′s Maritime Strategy*

*But were afraid to ask Available now via the Newport Papers online – print version still TBD. Be forewarned, this is a huge document (34M worth) and will take a while to download.  This is an outstanding work by Dr. Hattendorf and Peter Swartz and has been long in the birthing process.  It is the [...] [...]

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India Confirms Purchase of P-8I At $2.1B

According to today’s Times of India, on January 1,  India’s Defense Ministry’s Joint Secretary and Acquisitions Manager (Maritime Systems) signed a purchase agreement with Boeing’s Integrated Systems and in-country lead for eight P-8I Poseidon’s at a price of $2.1B(US),  more than double the previous major US sale to India ($962M for six C-130J in 2007).  [...] [...]

Flightdeck Friday

Flightdeck Friday: Seawolves

Near the back of the exhibit of modern aircraft at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, hangs an HH-1K in the colors of HA(L)-3, the Seawolves.  The weathered dark green of the armed helo contrasts with the clean gull grey/white jets on the floor below, some with their colorful squadron markings of an age past.  [...] [...]