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U.S. sells 135 AGM-84H SLAM-ER missiles and related equipment to Taiwan
World Defence Newsby Alain HENRY de FRAHAN / 19h //keep unread//hide On October 21, the U.S. State Department announced it had made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of 135 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles and related equipmentContinue reading “U.S. sells 135 AGM-84H SLAM-ER missiles and related equipment to Taiwan”
215 and a coat of paint
laststandonzombieisland 15h //keep unread//hide Is this article about military?YESNO The fifth Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer completed (more than 68 are with the fleet today, can you believe that?), USS Stout (DDG-55) rolled out of Pascagoula for the first time in 1994. Now in her 26th year, the “Bold Knight” has been on a COVID-extended quest of sorts overseas, completing a nearlyContinue reading “215 and a coat of paint”
THE EMPEROR’S MAGIC CARPET RIDE, 75 YEARS AGO TODAY
Posted on October 23, 2020 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Rare postwar photo of SB2C Helldiver #43, carrying an AN/APS-4 radar pod under the wing, over kite-shaped Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 23 October 1945. The dive bomber is flown by Lt. Frederick C. Lambert USMCR. (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1996.253.538)Continue reading “THE EMPEROR’S MAGIC CARPET RIDE, 75 YEARS AGO TODAY”
The ‘Caspian Sea Monster’ rises from the grave
Miquel Ros, CNN • Updated 22nd October 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1/10 Sea beast: The only Soviet-era Lun-class ekranoplan ever completed has been left to rust for 30 years, but now this remarkable flying machine is on the move. Musa Salgereyev/TASS/Getty Images More here – https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/caspian-sea-monster-ekranoplan/index.html (CNN) — Beached on the western shores of the Caspian Sea, it looks like a colossalContinue reading “The ‘Caspian Sea Monster’ rises from the grave”
