<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Crazy Ivan</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/crazy-ivan/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:43:20 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Pics of the Day: HMS Liverpool Shadows Russia’s Carrier</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16362</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here’s a great image that looks like it was almost taken from a Cold War-themed video game. It shows the soon-to-be retired British Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool shadowing Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, as the slavic ship transits through the English channel during a recent patrol that marked the closest a Russian naval task [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>29</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monday Eye Candy: Tomcats and Sukhois. What!?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16260</guid> <description><![CDATA[  Here are some images I wasn’t expecting to see this century. It shows the Su-27s of the Russian Knights aerobatic team being escorted by Iranian F-14 Tomcats and F-4 Phantoms. Talk about bizarre. Two of America’s legendary Cold War fighters being flown by one of its biggest 21st Century adversaries alongside two Soviet-designed jets [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>142</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pic of the Day: Angry Caspian Sea Monster</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/pic-of-the-day-angry-caspian-sea-monster/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/pic-of-the-day-angry-caspian-sea-monster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:40:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16131</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Tuesday, everyone. I’ve been at a briefing on Iran all morning so while I digest that I thought I’d give you this awesome picture of a Soviet Lun-class ekranoplan firing one of its six massive P-270 Mosquito anti-ship missiles while speeding over what’s likely the Caspian Sea sometime in the late 1980s or 1990s. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/pic-of-the-day-angry-caspian-sea-monster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>48</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Russia Selling Syria 36 Attack Jets</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/russia-selling-syria-36-attack-jets/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/russia-selling-syria-36-attack-jets/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:10:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16110</guid> <description><![CDATA[As Syria’s damn near civil war continues, Russia is selling the Bashar al Assad’s regime 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 attack jets under a freshly inked $550 million contract. As Business Insider says, ‘nobody tells Russia who they can’t sell arms to.’  Not even when it’s a pariah regime that’s killed more than 5,000 of its own people in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/russia-selling-syria-36-attack-jets/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>63</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Inside an Abandoned Soviet Rocket Motor Factory</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/inside-an-abandoned-soviet-rocket-motor-factory/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/inside-an-abandoned-soviet-rocket-motor-factory/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:19:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15914</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Friday! These pictures of a rusting Soviet rocket motor factory taken by the adventurous young lady shown above have set the Internet abuzz. The explorer, named Lana, broke into the Energomash plant oustide Moscow and broke in, traipsing all over the place. As Animal NY points out, Russian officials are not pleased. Lana’s website [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/inside-an-abandoned-soviet-rocket-motor-factory/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>35</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: T-90M Tank Vs Land Rover</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/29/video-t-90m-tank-vs-land-rover/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/29/video-t-90m-tank-vs-land-rover/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Armor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15530</guid> <description><![CDATA[So uh, how often do you see a brand new luxury SUV facing off against the latest in Russian tank tech? This video after the jump shows some Russian dude racing a Land Rover Discovery 4 against what looks like the new T-90M tank (though the video says its a T-90S). Both are very slick-looking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/29/video-t-90m-tank-vs-land-rover/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>47</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: Russia’s Third Stealth Jet Flies</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/22/video-russias-third-stealth-jet-flies/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/22/video-russias-third-stealth-jet-flies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:25:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15457</guid> <description><![CDATA[For more Thanksgiving week entertainment, check  out this video of Russia’s third stealth fighter making one of its very first flights. The video below shows the third Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA flying recently, nearly two years after the very first T-50 made its first flight. Remember,  Russia is hoping to get the jet, designed to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/22/video-russias-third-stealth-jet-flies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>70</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: Russia’s T-90M Main Battle Tank</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/14/video-russias-t-90m-main-battle-tank/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/14/video-russias-t-90m-main-battle-tank/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Armor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15370</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out this video of the T-90M, the latest version of Russia’s most modern combat tank. The T-90M features a host of upgrades over its predecessor the T-90S. Here are those upgrades according to a tipster: Improved front and side armor protection against kinetic energy and high-energy anti-tank rounds. New V-93 1130hp diesel engine. A [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/14/video-russias-t-90m-main-battle-tank/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>236</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wednesday Aircraft Porn: The Ekranoplan</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/27/wednesday-aircraft-porn-the-ekranoplan/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/27/wednesday-aircraft-porn-the-ekranoplan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:16:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14739</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Wednesday (evening), I thought I’d post these awesome pictures of the Soviet Union’s Lun-class Ekranoplan rotting in a shipyard in the Russian town of Kaspisk on the Caspian Sea. Seeing the vessel laid up like this feels like I’m looking at some some sci-fi tale documenting the remains of what was once a technologically [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/27/wednesday-aircraft-porn-the-ekranoplan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>137</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Venezuela Flying Russian Stealth Jets?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/11/venezuela-flying-russian-stealth-jets/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/11/venezuela-flying-russian-stealth-jets/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:59:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14440</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week we wrote quite a bit about China’s J-20 stealth fighter, asking you what you think the plane will be used for and how effective it will be against other fifth-gen fighters. Another question that comes to mind is; how would the J-20 fare on the international market (if China decides to export it). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/11/venezuela-flying-russian-stealth-jets/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>55</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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