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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More Cold War Secrets Revealed

November 25th, 2008 No Comments

The latest revelation of well known public research facilities   with a hidden Cold War mission comes from the merry ol’ - England’s Jodrell Bank telescope  , to wit  :

London, Nov 23 (ANI): The creator of the giant space telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK has disclosed after 50 years that the [...]

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Raptors’ Thanksgiving Intercept of Tu-95 Bears

January 7th, 2008 2 Comments

While there aren’t any official photos out of the 22 Nov sunset intercept, there are a couple homemade ones floating around the ’sphere - like these courtesy AW&ST’s Ares blog   (subscription maybe required).  No shots w/Bears - yet:

Word is the package was a couple of Raptors, a tanker (natch) and an AWACS.  Do you see what we [...]

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