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Missile Defense 101 – ICBM Fundamentals
In order to accurately discuss ballistic missile defense we need to ensure a common base understanding of the fundamentals – the physics, technology and classification of ballistics missiles and their flight regime. Definition – Ballistic Missile: A missile that is guided (powered) in the ascent portion of a high arch-trajectory and freely falling in…
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Battle of Coral Sea: Day 2
Events of 8 May 1942 Before dawn on 8 May, both the Japanese and the American carriers sent out scouts to locate their opponents. These made contact a few hours later, by which time the Japanese already had their strike planes in the air. The U.S. carriers launched theirs’ soon after 9AM,…
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Battle of the Coral Sea: Day 1 (7 May 07)
First, go over to EagleSpeak and read this very excellent account of how the US came to be involved in the Pacific to begin with. Then come back for the Battle of the Coral Sea. – SJS Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942 –The Events of 7 May 1942 …
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Sunday Air Plan
Well — nothing like a full afternoon/evening spent upgrading an OS to make your day complete – not. So far, looks like the it is working (fingers crossed). Milblog conference was great – more for the sidebars than some of the panels. It was well worth the time/$’s to finally meet in person those with…
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Air Plan: 4 May 07
Busy shoveling out the “in” boxes at work and attending the Milblogging conference this weekend – so, we’re going to take a hiatus for Flightdeck Friday today (if you haven’t yet, scroll down and read the write-up on Wally Schirra – next week’s subject is prominently featured therein). In the meantime, the ‘phibian has an…
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CAPT Wally Schirra, USN-Ret.: 12 Mar 1923 – 3 May 2007
“Are you a turtle?” I had always wanted to go to the Navy. As a young kid, I was intrigued by a Naval Officer with the beautiful brown shoes and sharp gold wings.- Wally Schirra Born into an aviator family (his father had gone to Canada during WW1 to earn his wings and his mom…
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Laying paving stones of ‘good intentions’ …
… on the road to hell. Comes this word (via B5): The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops’ online activities since the…
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Wednesday’s Child
Recalling YHS’ recent forays on commercial air: OK Dads, how many of you have found yourself in this position: and one for the Moms out there too…
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