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La Danimarca spara un colpo in aria .... .... e impallina il Rafale .... Fonte .... "Denmark Kicks Off Fighter Contest" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_14_2014_p0-678532.xml P.S. .... l'ho postato in questa discussione perché, in un modo o nell'altro, lo F-35 c'entra sempre ....

Si va verso un'Estate europea .... Fonte .... "Scorpion Eyed For RIAT, Farnborough Debut" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_14_2014_p0-678674.xml

E LM (ri)lancia una vecchia proposta .... "Lockheed Revives an Old Idea for New Carrier Cargo Plane" .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140409/DEFREG02/304090028/Lockheed-Revives-an-Old-Idea-New-Carrier-Cargo-Plane

Punture di spillo .... Fonte .... "Pentagon Condemns 'Provocative' Russian Military Action Against US Navy Ship" .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140414/DEFREG02/304140021/Pentagon-Condemns-Provocative-Russian-Military-Action-Against-US-Navy-Ship Inoltre .... "Russian Fighter Buzzes U.S. Destroyer in Black Sea" .... http://news.usni.org/2014/04/14/russian-fighter-buzzes-u-s-destroyer-black-sea "Pentagon: Russian fighter flies provocatively close to USS Donald Cook" .... http://www.stripes.com/news/us/pentagon-russian-fighter-flies-provocatively-close-to-uss-donald-cook-1.277941

Da Flight International .... 15 Ottobre 1988 .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%202981.PDF

FWSAR .... il Canada rimescola le carte .... e vi pareva .... Fonte .... "Canada Overhauls Requirements For SAR Aircraft Replacement" .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140412/DEFREG02/304120018/

Un verità .... avevo citato l'Eurofighter non tanto in qualità di partecipante alla vostra competizione .... quanto piuttosto per il fatto che, a quel tempo, si trovava, anch'esso, come Rafale e Gripen, in fase embrionale di sviluppo ....

Difesa ABM .... galleggiante .... Huntington-Ingalls’ concept for a BMD supership deserves attention, even if there’s no money for it .... "Introducing the Ballistic Missile Defense Ship" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:560679b8-c876-4db3-8bfc-9594a14bf289

Nonché Eurofighter .... oserei dire ....

Arrivano i nostri .... .... hmmm .... McCain .... "McCain Joins Fight to Save A-10 Warthog" .... http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/04/11/mccain-joins-fight-to-save-a-10-warthog/

Le altre ali .... "IAI to deliver first F-35 wings in September" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iai-to-deliver-first-f-35-wings-in-september-398215/

Mai costruito in serie .... ma il "caccia coi baffi" venne però realizzato allo stadio di prototipo .... e presentato a Le Bourget nel 1969 .... .... ove ebbi l'occasione di vederlo volare .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1969/1969%20-%201063.PDF Dassault Aviation .... http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/passion/avions/dassault-militaires/milan/ avionslegendaires.net .... http://www.avionslegendaires.net/avion-militaire/dassault-milan/

Il Mirage e lo Hornet appartengono a due diversi periodi di tempo .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Swiss_Air_Force In pratica il secondo (anni '90) .... http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/fr/home/dokumentation/assets/aircraft/fa18.html .... è stato il successore del primo (anni '60) .... http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/fr/home/themen/history/mittelaus/miriiis.html

Un importante riconoscimento .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

Il punto di vista di un generale dei Marines .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

Entra in scena "Bluefin-21" .... http://www.bluefinrobotics.com/products/bluefin-21/ Fonte .... "Underwater vehicle to be deployed in MH370 search" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/underwater-vehicle-to-be-deployed-in-mh370-search-398186/ JACC .... "Media Release - 14 April 2014—am" .... http://www.jacc.gov.au/media/releases/2014/april/mr021.aspx

MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) .... la mossa di Boeing per andare incontro a chi non può permettersi il P-8A .... Fonte .... "Boeing Maritime Patrol Demonstrator Makes First Flight" .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2014-03-05/boeing-maritime-patrol-demonstrator-makes-first-flight Inoltre .... "Boeing to target current P-3 operators for MSA sales" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-target-current-p-3-operators-for-msa-sales-397994/

Due non le bastano .... Fonte .... "India Wants Long-endurance Awacs" .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-04-10/india-wants-long-endurance-awacs

Espansione .... balistica .... "China’s Undersea Nuke Arsenal Could Match U.K. and France" .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/d7a73e2b3da1

I 'computers volanti' dell'USASOC .... " U.S. Army‘s New Commando Training Planes Are ‘Flying Computers’ " .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/965b3affba3c

Oggi è il 12 Aprile .... Come un quotidiano .... molto vicino a Von Braun .... diede allora la notizia ....

Con quella macchina allora segretissima .... Fonte .... http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/veteran-dusts-off-topsecret-dday-equipment-11042014

La ricerca .... U.S. Navy Lt. Kenneth Savage performs preflight checks in the cockpit of a P-8A Poseidon before a mission to search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 from Perth, Australia, April 4, 2014. Savage is a naval aviator assigned to Patrol Squadron 16, which is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Keith DeVinney

USS Port Royal (CG-73) .... è proprio il caso di rottamarla ? "The Navy Wants to Scrap a Perfectly Good Cruiser - Watchdog group says USS ‘Port Royal’ is worth keeping" .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/13b5c0d7186a Febbraio 2009 .... arenata .... Gennaio 2013 .... "Congress Queries Navy Over Retiring USS Port Royal" .... http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/01/11/congress-queries-navy-over-retiring-uss-port-royal.html