The “Family Jewels”

BySteeljawscribe 26 June 200726 June 2007

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Korean War: Some Thoughts 60-Years Later

BySteeljawscribe 30 June 20101 July 2010

25 June 1950: The U.S. Government asked for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the invasion of the Republic of South Korea launched by North Korean forces early in the morning of the 25th (Korean time). The Council, meeting later the same day, adopted a resolution calling for the cessation of…

history lessons | Maritime Strategy

Strategic Communications and the Senkaku Islands

BySteeljawscribe 14 January 2013

So – a very good discussion on Midrats yesterday that included a look at China’s maritime claims in the ECS/SCS and regional responses – which of late have seenÂ a ratcheting up of forces in the area.Â In the wake of that discussion, I came across the illustration below: Â Â Â of a cover for a…

Air Warfare | history lessons | Navy | Reflections

â™«â™¬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… â™¬â™«

BySteeljawscribe 14 May 2013

â™«â™¬…When the Drone is Called Up Yonder I’ll be There…â™¬â™« (with apologies to James M. Black)Â 😀 First the news and a congratulatory note to the Navy-Industry team behind today’s launch of the X-47B off the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77): Of course, as any end-of-deployment flyoff crew knows, it is a heck of…

history lessons

The Crucible: USS Franklin – 19 March 1945

BySteeljawscribe 19 March 200823 February 2015

Fifth ship of the Essex-class CVs. Fifth ship named for Benjamin Franklin… The date – 19 March 1945. Area of operations – fifty miles off the coast of Japan. Flight ops have been underway since before dawn, beginning with a strike against Honshu and another against shipping in Kobe harbor. On…

history lessons | Maritime Strategy | Navy | Reflections

“Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is Not A Drill.” *

BySteeljawscribe 7 December 20136 December 2014

* Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and…

Geopolitics | history lessons | Missile Defense

Observations of a Missile Launch – I

BySteeljawscribe 7 April 2009

Much discussion and analysis (or what some try to pass off as analysis) in the ‘verse.Â Many, most in fact, are focused on the specifics of the failure and potential threat to the US.Â But there is more to this than meets the (media) eye, so let’s break it down here.Â We’ll break this into…

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