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Navy

VAW-121 Hawkeye Down

(Breaking) Getting early reports that an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the VAW-121 (“Bluetails”) is down in the North Arabian Sea.  The crew evidently conducted a controlled bailout and three of the four have been recovered by SAR efforts.   Fourth remains missing after four hours. I can only speculate on what the cause of the mishap [...] [...]

Nuclear weapons

The Prague Treaty: A Quick Overview

Well — they aren’t calling it the Prague Treaty per se — yet.  But the post-START Treaty is scheduled to be signed in Prague later this spring and represents some pretty major changes in the arms control world and respective stockpiles of the US and Russia: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For [...] [...]

history lessons

Sunday Matinee: “Don’t Kill Your Friends”

Generally speaking — good advice.  Doubly so where guns, planes and, well, Dilbert are concerned.  See for yourself… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYlYThSozzo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmVZoMo-cw Sphere: Related Content [...]

Navy

Coming Soon: The Naval History Blog

It is a meeting place where renowned scholars and self-taught history buffs linger and share ideas and perspective on naval events that shape nations. The Naval Institute and Naval History and Heritage Command have combined efforts to bring forth a new blog serving those with an interest in naval history.  The christening page is up [...] [...]

Missile Defense

The Problem With Proliferation: Cruise Missile Edition

March 2011.  The still of the pre-dawn darkness is only slightly disturbed by the passage of a container ship.  Like the many thousands of others like her plying the ocean’s ways, this one’s cargo is neatly stacked on the deck — ISO shipping containers in a multitude of colors and shippers markings.  As the fog [...] [...]

Air Warfare

Красная звезда вторник: Red Star Tuesday — Overhauling Russia’s Air Force

The average age of aircraft in the Russian Air Force is about 25 years, so the defense ministry is working up an ambitious plan to replace a major portion while eliminating some inventory by retirement, all by 2020.  Fifteen hundred aircraft of which 350 are to be new production combat aircraft over the next ten [...] [...]

Navy

Postcards From Deployment: Almost Home

The best part of deployments are the homecomings — and the worst part of deployments are the homecomings.  As each day counts down and your homeport draws near, time slows to a crawl, the clock seems to freeze and restlessness grows.  Nervous energy abounds as do anyone of a number of “oh yeah, we also [...] [...]

MIA

POW/MIA: “Prometheus” Unbound, The Last One Comes Home

In May 2008, I wrote of the final identification and return of the remains of two of the Prometheus’ crew, Maj Barclay B. Young and Sr. Master Sgt James K. Caniford, two of a crew of 14 lost one dark March night, 38 years ago. At the time, all but one MIA had been identified, [...] [...]

Missile Defense

Aegis BMD: “Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot”

Rear Admiral Meyer’s philosophy of “Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot” drove the testing and milestones of the Aegis system. Having witnessed problems with existing missile systems related to a lack of testing, tests that incorporated too many objectives, and failed system integration efforts requiring massive “get well” programs, he drove the [...] [...]