cold war ii

Russians Scramble To Edit Wikipedia So The Kremlin's Claims Make Sense I note that on the English-language Wikipedia page for the Su-25, there's this bit of wisdom: Does the exchange rate between feet and meters change at lower altitude?

Army To Develop Multi-Mission Launcher For Indirect Fire Protection Posted: Mar. 28, 2014 The Pentagon has approved the Army's plan to begin a technology maturation and risk-reduction phase of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 program that will focus on the development of...

On May 13, 2013, China launched a rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The Chinese Academy of Sciences stated it was a high-altitude scientific research mission, but unofficial U.S. government sources say it was actually a test of a new ballistic missile related...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25178299 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZslWEQZHY http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?232992-Chinese-mission-to-Moon-launches http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-26/chinas-jade-rabbit-moonshot...

Pentagon Issues First Arctic Strategy The Pentagon issued its first Arctic strategy, laying out how the US military will work to promote security, stewardship, and international cooperation in the region. "This strategy identifies the department's desired end-state for the Arctic: a secure...

Artist's impression of Boeing GL-SDB (Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb). Source: http://defense-update.com/20121207_fire-support.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb#Ground-launched_SDB

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240230/Fear_of_thinking_war_machines_may_push_U.S._to_exascale Chinese and European efforts much bigger monetarily. This is what is frustrating about government when you spend money on everything you claim to have no money for programs like this. I mean...

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2011IAMD/ScottPerry.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a535111.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2011/MDA/stamped/0604880C_PB_2011.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2012/MDA/stamped/0604880C_4_PB_2012.pdf...

Not really much better but anyway a clear sign for "there is at least something out there" ! Deino

Sorry havent been around on here was at Heli Expo 2013 in las Vegas a month ago and catching up on leads. Anyhow I went on my FB and Literally a few minutes ago, Bell unveiled their newest product not yet built - a new generation light utility battlefield tiltrotor - The V280 Valor at Quad A...

Huntington Ingalls LPD Flight II http://youtu.be/yI5GFP_b7kQ Source: http://visual.ly/lpd-flight-ii

Via the Drudge Report: Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force (Washington Post) Hmmmm.

I was somewhat surprised to see no thread on the Iron Dome system, particularly after its success against the recent Hamas rockets fired against Israel. Does anybody have any information on the system?

The Navy MQ-4C Triton is designed to provide the Navy with an advanced autonomous air vehicle and state of the art service-oriented architecture mission control system that will enable it to provide persistent maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) directly to the maritime...

At present it looks unlikely if the Army will need a Challenger 2 replacement for the foreseeable future. I got into hot water for suggesting that when and if we ever did, we should take a leaf out of the Australian or Canadian book and buy off the shelf. What options are out there? What would...

Massive rocket base to be built The world's largest design, production and testing base for rockets is being built in Tianjin, Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, said Thursday. The first phase of the rocket industrial base in Tianjin's Binhai New Area...

FTA: "A report published by China Aviation Journal, China has successfully launched its own space plane prototype" http://www.suasnews.com/2011/01/3610/russians-and-china-said-to-be-working-on-their-own-x37-type-craft/

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5489543&c=SEA&s=ASI So, seem within a few months the Varyag will be sailing under its own power. How long til the J-15 reaches production?

With the Future Surface Combatant finally progressing into a more formal design project to become the Type 26 firgate, there have been a number of CGI images and articles appearing in the press recently. This is a 4 year study with the first ships due to start building in 2016 and will form the...