This article first appeared in AviationWeek.com. Boeing officials are unveiling a mobile Ground-Based Interceptor design as an option while the White House mulls the future of deploying an additional set of defenses designed to protect the United States and Europe from the threat of an Iranian long-range ballistic missile. The company included a small model […]
From the monthly archives:
August 2009
The needs of one (backstory) For Christian: “Roll-over proof” military vehicle tragically not journalist proof My new favorite military charity Tactics or strategy? 5 GI-Joe vehicles that are pretty stupid (I’m embarassed to say I both owned the weapons transport and thought it was cool) Awesome: Tac airlift fail(s) –John Noonan
India is the Russian defense industry’s latest beneficiary: When Russia gave India a retired Soviet aircraft carrier five years ago, New Delhi was delighted — little realising the vessel would turn into a costly white elephant. Russia, India’s longtime weapons supplier, said in 2004 it would give the country the 44,570-tonne “Admiral Gorshkov” as a […]
Imagine planes invisible — literally — to radar; a sub slipping beneath the waves hidden completely from any attempt at a sonar ping; a tank impervious to infrared sensors. According to an article in Science Daily, this could be possible — but not in the way we’ve seen in recent attempts. With planes it’s geometry […]
As we get set for the latest round of presidential elections to kick off in the 20th, I thought it tastey food for thought to forward this post at the Small Wars Journal by Military.com contributor and well known author Bing West. In his post, West turns the Obama “civilianized” Afghan strategy on its head, […]
