“I’ll take ‘Space’ for $100B Alex” “Russia, South Ossetia, Georgia and the ISS.” “What is – How the US could find itself locked out of the ISS after 2010 Alex” Russia’s invasion and occupation of South Ossetia could have far reaching effects off world. In a scenario strikingly reminiscent of the movie, 2010, increased tensions…
Just a few noteworthy quote: – I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. – It is…
(ed. Been a while since we’ve run this recurring item – some interesting items of note from this week for your perusal. – SJS)  India: Agni-III IRBM Test Successful  India’s third test of the indigenously developed Agni-III IRBM on 7 May was evidently a complete success. Launched from Wheeler Island on the east…
Catching our collective breath before heading out the door for a week of TDY, we pause to review some of the more noteworthy items making the rounds this past week beginning with one reaction to the 2008 DoD report to Congress on China’s Military Power… Inside The Ring – China Missiles (WASHINGTON TIMES 07 MAR…
Old days Good times I remember Fun days Filled with simple pleasures Drive-in movies Comic books and blue jeans Howdy doody Baseball cards and birthdays Take me back To a world gone away Memories Seem like yesterday (Chicago) (Nimitz intercept pics)
Following up from our earlier post , we now have a shot (still unofficial) of the Raptor and its prey:
Blackjacks, Backfires, Bears; Black Sea Fleet and Northern Fleet ships – all joining up for a large combined exercise in the Bay of Biscay beginning 23 Jan 08 according to open press reports. “The air force is taking a very active part in the exercises of the navy’s strike force in the Atlantic,” the Russian air…
(the new Moskva/ex-Slava CSG) Shades of days of yore, the Moskva joined up with the Kuznetsov carrier group (or корабельной ударной группы (КУГ) – ship assault echelon (KUG)) for joint exercises conducted on the 20th. Sailing from her (or, if you perfer, his in the Russian vernacular) base at Sevastopol on the 12th, the…
In 2001 India signed a contract with Russia to upgrade 10 Kilo class submarines to enable them to employ the Klub land attack cruise missile, The first of these subs, the INS Sindhuvijay, recently conducted pre-delivery tests with an Indian crew which included six test firings of the Klub. All six tests were considered failures…
While there aren’t any official photos out of the 22 Nov sunset intercept, there are a couple homemade ones floating around the ‘sphere – like these courtesy AW&ST’s Ares blog (subscription maybe required). No shots w/Bears – yet: Word is the package was a couple of Raptors, a tanker (natch) and an AWACS. Do you see what we…
