I too hate seeing ship's sent off to the scrapper's, if was up to me they would either be turned into museum's or if that was not possible sink...
True bronk7, Black water should be held accountable but that still does not excuse the actions of the 4 that have been found guilty. As it is...
Two occupants in the vehicle and one standing by the court viewed as a threat, Remaining civilians were ruled as murder, Simple. In actual fact...
Could have gone one of two ways, They either concentrate of the South West Pacific area in which case casualties would probably have been around...
War zone or not they are still to follow the rule of law be it civilian or military. When it comes to black water I have no sympathy, It was a...
While it is nice to see some out the box thinking looking at this as a purely cost benefit analysis it is a no go. 8 mile drive or a ferry trip...
Excellent point on the deck structure and materials. On the matter of the CIWS while one is located at the very front it is off to the right hand...
Be interesting to see how these stack up against our (Australia) new Canberra class LHD's. I'd imagine when come to launching fixed wing aircraft...
The best tactic that could have been used at Corregidor and the Philippines as a whole would have been to load every plane and ship with as many...
The USAF has a big love fetish with the newest and shiniest toys, Not necessarily a bad thing but they do tend to rush it and in doing so push...
That bronk7 does seem to be one of the issues the US suffer's from, Politicians spending more time scratching each others back or states fighting...
The myth of the A-10 being the highest cause of friendly fire incidents was already disproved earlier with the A-10 actually having the second...
Does it happen to have the latest in military tech/hardware?
These days few if any ships can shrug off a hit. The amount of armor that would be needed to shrug off a missile strike would most definitely make...
The tank concept isn't on the drawing board however they are looking at a similar system to be mounted on either a Humvee or a JLTV....
Nah, its genetically modified crops.. They growing tanks and artillery on trees.
The poms were in the ICC? i never noticed :P Kiwis did good but they did have all their victories in NZ where all the grounds are tiny, In...
Hard to do but using submarines of similar displacement. Ballistic Missile submarines : 14,000 - 18,750t Borei class - Latest vessel 105 months...
Other Russian submarines under construction/planned. Yasen class, The 1st being laid down in December 1993 and only being commissioned in...
Looking at Wiki The first 3 Borei class submarines were laid down in 1996, 2004 and 2006 with them being commissioned in 2013 (January), 2013...
