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This Date in Naval Aviation History: 15 Apr 1969 – Deep Sea 129

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The weak can be rash. The powerful must be restrained.– Secretary of State William Rogers, April 1969   For most of these past several weeks, international attention has been focused on the activities taking place near a peninsula on the north-east coast of Korea.   There, despite protests and warnings from around the world, the…

What We’re Reading – And Why
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What We’re Reading – And Why

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A quick look at the sidebar will reveal a variety and number of books read over the course of the past year, oft times engendering discussions off-site as to selections and purpose.  Looking at the current working stack on my desk, I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk to why these particular selections.  Understanding…

The New Maritime Strategy & The North Pole: The Russians Weigh In…

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(see yesterday’s aticle re.the ’07 end of summer Arctic ice pack edge shrinkage – SJS)  RUSSIAN NEWS AND INFORMATION SERVICE  23 OCT 07) MOSCOW. (RIA NOVOSTI POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MAXIM KRANS) … The Arctic is rapidly becoming a scene of "competition and conflict for access to natural resources." This is how it is defined in A Cooperative…

Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy
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Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy

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Project CADILLAC (Part I) Ed note: Everything has a beginning and that beginning is usually quite humble compared to present conditions.  Consider, a small spring at the headwaters of the Madison River in Montana is the source of the mighty Missouri River which itself empties into ol’ man river — the Mississippi, all of which…

Milestones…

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As we wrestle with an ISP that seems to have a different sense of urgency than YHS when it comes to transferring service upon shifting our flag, access to the ‘verse will continue to be, well, spotty, over the next few days.  What little we are able to accomplish is via the services of our…

3 Comments

  1. Should say “unworthy” prey Scribe. We didn’t build that fighter to shoot down that P.O.S. ! ;- )

    b2

  2. Well, you know — fish, barrel…sumpthin’ along those lines 😉
    – SJS

  3. So… F-4s… F-14s… and now F-22s. Maybe my kids will someday look at a picture of a UCAV intercepting a Bear.

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