Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Maritime BMD Comes to the East Coast

September 3rd, 2008 1 Comment

Since the program began, Aegis BMD has been concentrated on the West Coast and with the FDNF.  Now, however, two more ships - this time on the East Coast, have undergone the modifications and one, the USS RAMAGE (DDG 61) has begun a deployment with the SM-3 Blk1a missile onboard (full article here  ): 

“She is loaded,” [...]

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Escalation Dominance Explained

July 16th, 2008 1 Comment

It has been said a picture is worth a thousand words  …Созерцайте!:

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The Missiles of Summer - Updated

July 8th, 2008 5 Comments

“War Is The Unfolding of Miscalculations”
That quote, attributed to author Barbara Tuchman, is generally ascribed to the events that ran up to the First World War. However, it, along with other illuminating principles such as the Rule of Unintended Consequences find a wider, and sadly, more common range of applications including those events presently [...]

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Saturday Review of Naval and Missile News

March 8th, 2008 2 Comments

Catching our collective breath before heading out the door for a week of TDY, we pause to review some of the more noteworthy items making the rounds this past week beginning with one reaction to the 2008 DoD report to Congress on China’s Military Power…

Inside The Ring - China Missiles
(WASHINGTON TIMES 07 MAR 08) … [...]

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