Lots going on right now – between events in North Asia, a one family attempt to stimulate the local construction economy and completing the first round of writing/editing for the BMD chapter for the book project there hasn’t been a lot of time to post. Still, there are a couple of irons in the fire,…
Final log entry for the Steeljaws: “My pennant is hauled down and stored. All records are in order. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO is hereby disestablished on this 14th day of March in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred Ninety Six” (signed) Commanding
Referenced article here. From Ria Novosti comes news today that this time ’round, the DPRK gets it…sort of: North Korea has informed Russia that it has signed up to an international treaty and convention on space, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday. “The Foreign Ministry of Russia, being a depositary state, received on…
Background: In the course of writing for this blog I’ve had occasion to meet up with a number of folks who’ve “been there/done that” in a historical context. By default many have been from Vietnam, a few from Korea andsome of whom have been by proxy from WWII, but late last year I had the…
Continuing our theme from yesterday (Pillars of BMD), the objects of Operation CROSSBOW’s attention: V-2: V-1 —–
Previous Installments: Part I Part II Part III Ballistic missile defense is characterized by three pillars; offensive operations, passive defense and active defense all supported by command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I). Individually, each has its own advantages, challenges and measured success in application. However, it is not until they…
Disclaimer: I am not nor have I ever been an employee of N-G. Yes, I have over 3,000 hours in their E-2C and it is with that time, and the experiences it has brought across a wide playing field that the following is submitted. – SJS The final deliveries of supplies and materials for the…
Previous in series: The Missiles of Winter (I): International Conventions The Missiles of Winter – Part II: Rampant Proliferation Pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites. The raw material is a very fine dark grey to black powder – processed, the density ranges from 1.72 to 2.2 g/cc, with the latter being the case for pyrolytic graphite….
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…
The “Flying Prostitute” it was called – the design, radical for the time, featured wings so short in span that there appeared to be “no visible means of support,” hence the moniker. Later, as inexperienced crews were dropping more and more of them into the waters of Tampa Bay, it earned another – “widow maker.” …
