Blogroll Addee
New addee to the blogroll — Stephen Trimble from Jane’s Defence Weekly with notes/commentary about the Defense Industry via The DEW Line (not D.E.W., but same idea). To whet your appetite, check out his article on the P-175 Polecat (UAV)…– SJS
Tuesday’s Roll-up of Russian Military and National Security News
Today’s roll-up of Russian issues is pretty extensive – from a major re-write of Russian military doctrine to a threat to put BMD tracking radars on embassy and consulate grounds (in response to a pending agreement between the US, Poland and Czech Republic to deploy a portion of the US-Ground-based Mid-Course Defense system in Europe)…
An Aging Carrier Extended Past It’s Prime?
Nope — not the JFK, rather the INS Viraat. The Viraat is fast approaching her 50th anniversary (put in commission in 1959 as the HMS Hermes) and recently completed a SLEP (still, recalling life onboard a 40+ yr old conventional CV, even after SLEP it left something to be desired…). While never having had the…
Postcards: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) – 1996
One of the “experiences” sampled during time in the yard is the replacement of the ship’s screws. Here, IKE’s have just been remounted prior to her being refloated and moved out of drydock (yes, YHS is in the pic). Prior to flooding the drydock, the hull board walks the length and breadth of the visible…
Vittorie Di Ferrari!
… ed il tifosi rejoice. – Now the race season is well and truly underway, beginning w/today’s race in Australia. Raikkonen, Alonso and Hamilton were on the podium, the youngest podium in F1 history. Raikonnen led from the pole. Reconvenes in three weeks in Indonesia – YHS will be truly grateful when Bernie’s circus returns…
Flightdeck Friday – Boeing XF8B-1
Mix one gonzo engine (the Pratt & Whitney XR-4360-10 Wasp with 3,000 righteous HP) and a requirement to carry a large bomb load off a carrier deck for long range strikes against Japan and you have this week’s Flightdeck Friday subject – the Boeing XF8B-1. In 1943 the Navy contracted with Boeing to produce a…
Wednesday Roll-up of Missile/Nuclear Issues
Quite a bit has occurred in the intervening week+ since the last roll-up so let’s jump right in, beginning with the latest on the European leg of the BMDS: GREEK PAPER DISCUSSES PROPOSED EUROPE MISSILE DEFENSE UMBRELLA AGAINST IRAN, Ta Nea (Greece), BBC Monitoring International Reports, March 14, 2007. NATO wants to install in Greece…
Rx for Beltway Ennui
Take one of these: Add your betrothed of near 25 years; Mix with a warm pre-spring evening (courtesy of DST)Apply over two-lane, county blacktop: Take as often as necessary. Caution – May Be Habit Forming…– SJS
BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret.
Pinch passes word that Robin Olds is in the hospital and in poor shape (see his post over at Black5) and offers a link to pass along your best wishes. Back in YHS’ halcyon youth, Olds was well remembered for his exploits in the F-4 over SEA. As CO of the of the 8th Tactical…