“Britain had to plead with US to take part in Iran flotilla” This headline from Britain’s telegraph newspaper shouldn’t shock anyone who has been following the latest developments of the British military. Yup, both Britian and France apparently insisted on being included in the Pentagon’s military task force that is in the Middle East with […]
Balance of Power
Well then. An already turbulent 2012 is getting even weirder ina geopolitical sense. Britain just announced that it is sending one of its most sophisticated warships, HMS Dauntless, to the Falkland Islands in March. Not only is the pride of the Royal Navy on its way south, the Type 45 destroyer (rumor has it the 8,000-ton Type […]
Well, if we need a hint that China’s first aircraft carrier, the ex-soviet Varyag is getting ready for flight operations, this might be it. These pictures show ex-Varyag’s crew conducting what looks like a FOD sweep of the ship’s flight deck. Remember, we saw a Z-8 helo operating around her flight deck just before her […]
So, CDR Salamander is pointing out at the U.S. Naval Institute blog that the Pentagon’s new strategy is a potentially big win for the Navy, I’d add the Air Force, too. Sal points out that the new strategy’s focus on Asia and developing a host of deep strike weapons capable of defeating modern defensive systems […]
The UK’s defense secretary, Philip Hammond (in the suit above), made his first official visit to Washington, DC, today for a round of talks with the Pentagon to discus the United States’ new defense strategy. I was lucky enough to catch a talk he gave this morning downtown at the Atlantic Council before he headed across the […]
