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A Sign For The Times…

“DON’T SMILE” (sign spotted at a Manassas, VA DMV): As part of the DMV’s effort to develop super-secure driver’s licenses and foolproof identification cards, the agency has issued a smile ban, directing customers to adopt a “neutral expression” in their portraits, thereby extinguishing whatever happiness comes with finally hearing one’s number called. “It’s weird that [...] [...]

Air Warfare

BMD From the Sea – It’s Not Just for SWO’s

It is time for Naval Aviation to become more than interested bystanders and step up to the plate for the ballistic missile defense mission. For those who have been otherwise engaged or looking elsewhere, the cover and main article in the May 2009 issue of Proceedings is your wake-up call. Now, besides the ever-present threat [...] [...]

history lessons

A Whale Goes to Sea – UPDATED

Ranger 07 is now at it’s temporary home on the air station side of NS Norfolk (Chambers Field).  Some of us remember back to when VAQ-33 was onboard then-NAS Norfolk and shared hangar and flight line space with VAW (1979).  In the Firebird’s inventory at the time, besides an EC-121, where a number of EA-3 [...] [...]

history lessons

North Korea’s Nuke Test

It appears that second-time around worked for the North Koreans: SEOUL (AFP) — North Korea carried out a second and more powerful nuclear test, defying international pressure to rein in its atomic programmes after years of six-nation disarmament talks. The hardline communist state, which stunned the world by testing an atomic bomb for the first [...] [...]

history lessons

Memorial Day 2009

…The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the [...] [...]

Joint Warfare

JROC* Explained

(*Joint Requirements Oversight Council) So Scribe — another productive VTC, eh? Yeah … I suppose one could say so: Just make sure your side of the VTC is muted: Sphere: Related Content [...]

Missile Defense

Say Hello to Ashura

(aka Sejil-2) Iran’s new MRBM and the latest complication in the brewing nuclear arms race in the Middle East: WASHINGTON (AP) – The missile test-fired by Iran is the longest-range solid-propellant missile it has launched yet, a U.S. government official said Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the sophistication of Tehran’s missile program is increasing. The U.S. [...] [...]

Air Warfare

Jets vs. Props (II) – AF Blue Edition

Came across the following while researching something else: Have to wonder how long the formation lasted after the photographer took the shot. Talk about a range of disparity – from the B-36/B-52 bringing up the rear to the Dart and Super Sabre in lead and the transports stuck in the middle, you know there had [...] [...]

Missile Defense

Foreign Ballistic Missiles – Capabilities and Threat Guide

We’ve talked about it here before, the threat that is.  Now comes an open  source, current publication you can use for citations and the like: Ballistic missile capabilities continue to increase with the proliferation of missile technology. Over 20 countries have ballistic missile systems and it is likely that missiles will be a threat in [...] [...]