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Ma .... quanto è realmente "stealthy" il Super Hornet? Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/d10fcf64d089

Vera rivoluzione o ennesima "sparata" commeciale? Fonte .... "With This New Rifle, Anyone Can Hit a Moving Target at 500 Yards" .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/4d355426cb92 Breve filmato ....

E' proprio la parola giusta per definire l'ennesimo sperpero di fondi perpetrato dal complesso militare-industriale degli Stati Uniti .... Ma questo è soltanto uno delle centinaia .... se non migliaia .... di costosi programmi (che chiamare strampalati sarebbe oltremodo generoso) che, nel corso dei decenni, hanno costellato la spesa militare di oltre oceano .... per finire poi, in buona parte dei casi, in imbarazzanti bolle di sapone .... E poi si permettono pure il lusso di boicottare validi prodotti stranieri ....

E' vero .... oltre alle "americanate" .... ci sono pure le "canadesate" .... "Tories have spent $1.7 billion on troubled Cyclones, making them too big to fail" .... http://www.mysask.com/portal/site/main/template.MAXIMIZE/?javax.portlet.tpst=635b2ff202604ea181fa421740315ae8_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_635b2ff202604ea181fa421740315ae8_viewID=story&javax.portlet.prp_635b2ff202604ea181fa421740315ae8_topic_display_name=National%20News&javax.portlet.prp_635b2ff202604ea181fa421740315ae8_topic_name=National&javax.portlet.prp_635b2ff202604ea181fa421740315ae8_news_item_id_key=26763309&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken

Un episodio avvenuto 50 anni fa .... peraltro assai noto .... "50 years ago a B-52 lost its tail over New Mexico. But managed to land." .... http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/11/b-52-no-tail/ Il filmato ....

Come in precedenza annunciato .... "Two RS-24 Yars regiments begin combat duty" .... http://russianforces.org/blog/2013/12/two_rs-24_yars_regiments_begin.shtml

Con il programma MMRCA .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_MRCA_competition .... l'India intende sostituire una quantità di velivoli avviati all'obsolescenza .... Gli attuali SU-30, il futuro derivato del PAK-FA e il problematico Tejas (che appartengono peraltro ad altre categorie) niente hanno a che vedere con tale programma .... Fonte .... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dwindling-number-of-fighters-biggest-challenge-for-new-IAF-chief/articleshow/28204246.cms

JASSM per la Finlandia .... un aggiornamento .... "Lockheed moves forward with Finland’s JASSM integration" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-moves-forward-with-finlands-jassm-integration-394747/ Lockheed Martin .... http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2014/january/mfc-010914-lm-receives-jassm-contract-for-additional.html

Gates contro tutti .... e gli stracci continuano a volare .... "Gates vs. Air Force Round Two" .... http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=7c996cd7-cbb4-4018-baf8-8825eada7aa2&ID=1371&RootFolder=%2Fblog%2FLists%2FPosts "Gates details headaches caused by Air Force during his tenure" .... http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140109/NEWS05/301090014/Gates-details-headaches-caused-by-Air-Force-during-his-tenure

Expansion .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/france-approves-latest-rafale-upgrade-plan-394734/ Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/le-rafale-f3-r-officiellement-lance.html

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Fonte .... http://www.strangemilitary.com/

Mi ricorda troppo questa .... .... ragion per cui .... sarei propenso a ritenerla un fake ....

Se c'è da perdere qualcosa stando dietro agli arzigogoli indiani .... quella è la testa ....

Spazioplani .... dopo "Hermes" .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_(spacecraft) .... l'Europa ci riprova .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/europe-chases-dream-of-spaceplane-operations-394705/ IXV - Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle .... http://www.cira.it/it/comunicazione/news/ixv-intermediate-experimental-vehicle

B-52H .... importanti modifiche alla stiva bombe .... "B-52 upgrade to increase smart-weapons capacity" .... http://www.afgsc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123376099 La stiva di un B-52B(RB) conservato presso il museo del SAC .... http://www.sasmuseum.com/aircraft/b-52b-stratofortress/

Forse imminente la tanto agognata firma del contratto .... ma soltanto per la parte riguardante i primi 18 esemplari da prodursi in Francia .... Fonte .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2014-01-09/india-may-close-interim-mmrca-deal-soon-plus-mrtt

JASSM .... per LM un contratto multimilionario .... "Lockheed Martin Awarded $449 Million JASSM Contract" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2010%202014/Lockheed-Martin-Awarded-$449-Million-JASSM-Contract.aspx "Lockheed gets fresh JASSM orders from USAF" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-gets-fresh-jassm-orders-from-usaf-394704/ Lockheed Martin .... http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2014/january/mfc-010814-lm-receives-449-million-in-contracts-for-jassm.html

Tyndall AFB .... arrivano i "Raptor" .... "First Combat Raptors Arrive to Tyndall" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2010%202014/First-Combat-Raptors-Arrive-to-Tyndall-.aspx Col. David Graff, 325th Fighter Wing Commander, speaks to a guest audience during the arrival ceremony for five new F-22 Raptors Jan. 6. These jets mark the beginning of a new mission at Tyndall and are the first five of 24 marked to call Tyndall their new home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dustin Mullen)

Lunga vita alla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale .... Fonte .... http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2014/01/08/obama-administration-extends-international-space-station-until-at-least-2024/ International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) .... http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/01/219503.htm

Buon compleanno .... "Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader" .... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/us-korea-north-rodman-idUSBREA070DN20140108

Il necrologio apparso sull'ultimo numero del settimanale britannico "The Economist" .... Link .... http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21593387-mikhail-timofeyevich-kalashnikov-weapons-inventor-died-december-23rd-aged-94-mikhail

Anatoly Grishchenko .... http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=7746

A proposito di quanto ipotizzavo qualche ora fa .... Dal sito AINonline .... Link .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2014-01-09/us-coast-guard-inherits-air-force-c-27j-spartans