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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Красная звезда вторник (Red Star Tuesday): Blackjacks in Venezuela

September 23rd, 2008 No Comments

(courtesy longtime reader SJBill)
Tu 160 Deployment To Venezuela  
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Also this note via RIA Novosti 1concerning the heavy cruiser “Peter the Great” and his accompanying ships:”A Russian naval task force departed Monday on a tour of duty in the [...]

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Northrop-Grumman With Inside Track on Next-Gen Bomber?

May 27th, 2008 No Comments

At a cool (and covert) $2B, N-G’s Integrated Technology division has been funded to build a demonstrator which may be a twin-engine aircraft resembling an X-47B according to this AW&ST article released today  . There is some discussion that an extended range, unmanned bomber will follow based on knowledge gained from the secret-demonstrator, but [...]

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