TT-1 Pinto

Gli 'spalloni' dell'Apocalisse .... Fonte .... http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/29/the_littlest_boy_cold_war_backpack_nuke Inoltre .... "How the U.S. Army planned to use nuclear backpacks to halt Soviet invasion in the Cold War" .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548830/How-American-troops-planned-stop-Soviet-invasion-nukes-strapped-back.html "Atomic demolition munitions" .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_demolition_munitions

L'arma (quasi) segreta .... secondo AW&ST .... Anche qui .... "Israel plans laser interceptor 'Iron Beam' for short-range rockets" .... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/19/us-arms-israel-interceptor-idUSBREA0I06M20140119

Israele avverte .... Fonte .... "Rockets will be stopped by massive air power" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view/2014/01/rockets-will-stopped-massive-air-power/

RED SWORD .... .... una Red Flag per la Cina .... "Chinese Red Flag" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2031%202014/Chinese-Red-Flag.aspx Lo scorso anno .... "China’s Increasingly Good Mock Air Battles Prep Pilots for Real War" .... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/china-mock-air-war/

DOTE .... il rapporto completo .... http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2013/pdf/other/2013DOTEAnnualReport.pdf Sono 47.26 MB .....

Lo ha scelto il Bangladesh .... che ne impiegherà ben 24 esemplari .... "Bangladesh signs contract for Yak-130 trainers" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bangladesh-signs-contract-for-yak-130-trainers-395410/

Quella era un'immagine a corredo di un articolo apparso sull'ultimo numero di AW&ST .... che poi corrisponda alla realtà .... proprio non saprei .... come non è detto sia veritiera quella postata da te .... troppo somigliante al Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) della DARPA.... .... e, guarda caso, mi pare che i Cinesi, per illustrare l'avvenimento, stiano utilizzando immagini originali di provenienza DARPA ....

Eclissi solare .... vista dallo spazio .... "NASA's SDO Sees Lunar Transit" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasas-sdo-sees-lunar-transit/index.html

Rapporto Gilmore .... i Marines non ci stanno .... Quote Fonte .... "F-35 Operational Test and Evaluation Report; Marines Say No IOC Changes" .... http://breakingdefen...luation-report/

Edit .... Non era questa la discussione ove intendevo postare ....

Importante partecipazione delle Forze Aeree Svizzere al Royal International Air Tattoo in Gran Bretagna .... Fonte .... "Swiss Turn Airshow into Joint Celebration" .... http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/swiss-turn-airshow-into-joint-celebration-28012014

Red Flag 14-1.... "Red Flag Starts Up Again" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2030%202014/Red-Flag-Starts-Up-Again.aspx "British, Australian jets arrive for Red Flag workout" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/british-australian-jets-arrive-for-red-flag-workout-395280/ "RAF Squadrons begin exercise Red Flag" .... http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/raf-squadrons-begin-exercise-red-flag-27012014 "Typhoons hit Nevada" .... http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/typhoons-hit-nevada-28012014

Paranoia? Fonte .... "HAL Team's Visit to French Dassault Facilities Put on Hold" .... http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=826755

Da AW&ST .... This concept, published with a Chinese academic engineering article, appears to show an early hypersonic glide vehicle warhead. Credit: Chinese internet

Gripen .... fissata la data del referendum .... "Date set for Swiss Gripen referendum" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/date-set-for-swiss-gripen-referendum-395367/ "Le référendum contre les Gripen a formellement abouti" .... http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/referendum-gripen-formellement-abouti/story/26224718 "Oggetti della votazione popolare del 18 maggio 2014" .... http://www.admin.ch/aktuell/00089/index.html?lang=it&msg-id=51687

.... Link .... http://www.pro-kampfflugzeuge.ch/i/GRIPEN-E-FATTI.pdf

Silvio Lora Lamia commenta, su Analisi Difesa, quanto emerso da quello che penso possa essere ormai definito .... "Rapporto Gilmore" .... "Problemi e ritardi per il software dell’F-35" .... http://www.analisidifesa.it/2014/01/problemi-e-ritardi-per-il-software-dellf-35/ Dr. J. Michael Gilmore .... http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=233

Ci si sta avviando verso la consegna del 200° esemplare .... Fonte ....http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/nh90-closes-in-on-200th-delivery-milestone-395357/ Nel frattempo .... Eurocopter Group, titolare di una partecipazione di maggioranza (62.5%) nel consorzio NHI, ha completato la sua trasformazione in Airbus Helicopters .... "New identity, new fortunes for company formerly known as Eurocopter" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-identity-new-fortunes-for-company-formerly-known-as-395319/

Esce definitivamente di scena il C-23 Sherpa .... .... l'aereo che l'US Army avrebbe voluto sostituire con il C-27J .... "Humble Servant's Farewell" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2029%202014/Humble-Servant's-Farewell.aspx

L'affaire Malmstrom .... ampliamento e complicazioni .... "Cheating Scope Widens" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2029%202014/Cheating-Scope-Widens.aspx

Gennaio a Ramenskoye ....

Brutte notizie per il Poseidon .... .... ora vengono alla luce i suoi (tanti) problemi .... "The Navy’s $35-Billion Surveillance Plane Has Lots of Flaws - Sensor shortfalls among numerous problems cited in new report" .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/2c946d0d8535

Tuttora sconosciute le differenze fra Block 60 e Block 61 .... Fonte .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2028%202014/Pending-Sale-of-F-16-Equipment-to-UAE-Announced.aspx

Bravo .... 7+ !!!! .... Però, al di là della facile ironia, se avrai la compiacenza di dare un'occhiata al seguente link .... ti potrai facilmente rendere conto che, a suo tempo, sia per gli Americani che per i Sovietici, non furono tutte rose e fiori .... "Details of robotic and human spacecraft missions that have been sent to the Moon to explore the lunar surface and determine the Moon's origin" .... http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/

Pioggia di £ sterline .... .... per trasformare in "navali" i Merlin "terrestri" .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_01_27_2014_p0-658249.xml