Thinking Blogger Award

Envelopes (sorry, no checks) are inbound…
– SJS
Envelopes (sorry, no checks) are inbound…
– SJS
File this one under “A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted“ Yeah, I’m a fan, but seriously folks…. -SJS
A little over two years ago, China conducted the now notorious direct ascent ASAT shot on the Fengyun-1 satellite which was in a polar orbit. We’ve commented extensively at the time and a year hence on the issues raised by this shot. So where do we stand just past the second anniversary? Well, like rabbits,…
Well the nominations are in and on the Navy side of the house there are five sites up for your voting consideration –USNI’s blog, CDR Salamander, Neptunus Lex, US Fleet Forces Command (ADM Harvey’s blog) and your humble scribe. The list provides a most interesting cross-section of the Navy’s milblogging community. There are active duty…
Nope — not the JFK, rather the INS Viraat. The Viraat is fast approaching her 50th anniversary (put in commission in 1959 as the HMS Hermes) and recently completed a SLEP (still, recalling life onboard a 40+ yr old conventional CV, even after SLEP it left something to be desired…). While never having had the…
Eighty feet & 7 inches wingtip to wingtip; 700 sqft of wing surface; Controls linked by a conglomerate of torque-tubes, hydraulics and cables (old school fly-by wire) and a propensity for interesting excursions in the “burble” which can manifest at the ramp: So Nose – how would you grade it? Oh, and don’t forget the…
(Didn’t see this one get much play in the open press…)US Flag Vessel Forced to Take Evasive Action to Avoid Ramming Tactical Defense Concepts (TDC), a maritime security training and consulting firm, recently received word of a possible terrorist act from a licensed mariner assigned to a US Flag vessel carrying US military cargo. The…