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Previous: The Missiles of Winter (I): International Conventions March 1985. In the high desert, west of Tehran, an element of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Air Force (IRGC AF) is going about their business in the early morning darkness. The object of their attention is a SCUD-B SRBM fixed to a MAZ-543P transporter-erector launcher, both…
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This is an Aegis Destroyer: This is an Aegis Cruiser: This is an SM-3, launched from an Aegis Cruiser or Destroyer: This is a Delta, used to launch satellites. From land. Not ships. Class over, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
USS Lake Erie – MARK INDIA
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 We are about one-third of the way through Iran’s annual “Ten Days of Dawn†observation which celebrates the victory of the Islamic revolution in Iran and the return of the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. The occasion serves as a platform for Iran to boast about progress under the Islamic Republic and demonstrate military, scientific…
Foreign Ballistic Missiles – Capabilities and Threat Guide
We’ve talked about it here before, the threat that is. Now comes an open source, current publication you can use for citations and the like: Ballistic missile capabilities continue to increase with the proliferation of missile technology. Over 20 countries have ballistic missile systems and it is likely that missiles will be a threat in…
Monday’s Roll-up of Naval/Missile News
India and Israel – Joint Medium-Range Naval SAM Development: Following in the footsteps of a February announcement of joint development of a naval long-range surface-to-air missile comes the announcement that a medium-range variant will also be jointly developed. As with the long-range variant, the MR version will be based on the Israeli-developed Barak…