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INS Vikramaditya Floated
RTB today from our Midwestern sojourn. Some news we will be posting on the morrow – in the meantime an update on the Vikramaditya (“Brave as the Sun”) via Barents Observer shows that it has been floated from dry dock (or beaching as was the case):
Touch Screens – The Next Step
This is just way too cool — imagine what a ship’s TAO or E-2C/D CICO could do with something like this: (sorry — plugin was misbehavin’ — see the video here) More on touch screens here (and yes, DARPA has a contract with them…)
IA Blogger
Latest addition to the blogroll is “Spooky In The Sand” – a Hawkeye NFO (and former Steeljaw to boot!) who is presently one of the many Navy IA’s in Iraq with the Army. Swing by to capture culture encounters with the Army and the wry observations and POV afforded by a career of being shot…
(Censored) Working Under the (Censored)Hood…(Censored)
6/21 UPDATE: Well — much tinkering and unsubstantiated guessing later (and no thanks to a certain host) we *think* we’ve reached a solution and in the process, deploying a new theme. So, we’ll give it a try and see if there is any more wanking from out their way. You undoubtedly have noticed a change…
The Problem(s) With Debris – 2009 Edition
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,…
Kicking off the New Year
In Grand Style — presented herewith, Duck Dogers in the 241/2th Century (one of my all time favorites): (h/t: Chap)