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Naval Fiction • Letterstime - Die Flotte Faehrt Nach Osten - Chapter 20
Chapter 20 – The Battle of Three Seconds December 20th. 0810. Cruiser Rurik. 17nm South of Porkala, Grand Duchy of Finland. Heading 240 at 10 knots Damn Hans von Fersen to hell! Vitze-admiral Vasili...
View ArticleBattleship Vs Battleship • German WW1 capital ship torpedo and mine damage
I have understood that German capital ships had advanced TDS that allowed them to take hits from mines and torpedoes much better than say the British capital ships. How many were there, and what...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Israel gets rid of Patriot for domestic systems.
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/isr ... e=hs_emailJERUSALEM — After 40 years in use to defend the nation, the Israel Defense Forces will soon say goodbye to their American-made Patriot air defense...
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The Politics Of War • GSA sent the classified Documents to Mar-a-Logo.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/ ... rm=membersInvestigative journalist Julie Kelly found something interesting in the documents that could change everything. The first things is testimony from...
View ArticleThe Land Forces • Russia using chemical weapons ?
"State department officials said Russia used the choking agent chloropicrin to win "battlefield gains" over Ukraine.The allegations, which US officials said were not an "isolated" incident, would...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • 3 years ago, all violence was laid at Trumps feet by...
Now since Biden is President, sort of, guess what? MSM and Biden are still claiming all the present violence in the country is , you guessed it, Trump's...
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The Land Forces • The new Bradley M2A4E1 fitted with the Israeli Iron Fist...
https://www.twz.com/land/this-is-the-ar ... dium=email"The M2A4E1 is the most modern and survivable version of the Bradley as a result of integrating an Iron Fist Active Protection System," according...
View ArticleThe United States Navy • LHA-10 named
It does not necessarily roll of the tongue:https://news.usni.org/2024/05/02/secnav ... d-provincestatistics: Posted by Surfgun — 5:53 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 3 — Views 98
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • A coincidence I'm sure....
https://www.foxnews.com/us/boeing-whist ... t-2-monthsstatistics: Posted by Gunnersmate04 — 7:20 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 6 — Views 124
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Macron will send troops if Russians break through!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... lines.htmlEmmanuel Macron has said he would be prepared to send troops to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin's forces break through the front lines - further raising...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Donald 'Von ShitzInPantz' has now formally been entered...
No we haven't fallen into some weird alternate reality, that actually happened, somehow.https://ca.news.yahoo.com/donald-von-shitzinpantz-diss-makes-175205642.htmlAnd do you want to know how ......
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Battleship Vs Battleship • Question about WWII US Cruisers aft armor belt design
WWII US cruisers use internal armor box to protect their aft magazines.Before Brooklyn Class, the aft internal armored belt is vertically installed abeam the magazines, as shown in the following CA-24...
View ArticleBattleship Vs Battleship • SMS Bluecher experience at Dogger Bank
Found this in my files. Given the dearth of information on Blucher's experience at Dogger Bank I thought it made sense to share it. Please read with care, however, as there are (unavoidably) a few...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Too late to fix the USN?
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4624326-almost-all-navy-shipbuilding-is-hopelessly-behind-schedule-as-war-looms/"Two weeks ago, the Navy announced that all of its major shipbuilding...
View ArticleThe United States Navy • Burkes need NSM
One problem with Flight IIA and Flight III Burkes is that they do not have dedicated antiship cruise missiles save for the forthcoming Maritime Strike Tomahawk or MST variant of Tomahawk. NSMs are...
View ArticleThe United States Navy • Polar Security Cutter
With the ballooning costs of this program one should expect a comprehensive sensor, electronic warfare and weapons suite. But no, just a run of the mill heavy...
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Submarines • DARPA Manta-Ray UUV
https://www.theblaze.com/news/darpa-man ... tpcc=emailThe United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency revealed a prototype for its new underwater drone, called the Manta Ray.The uncrewed...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Biden in an effort to make friends calls India and...
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-in ... cc9b1bb3ffWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with...
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The Politics Of War • May the Force be with you!
First we had Orange Man (very) Bad. Now we have...................... Joe-B-Wan Kenobi! https://www.theguardian.com/film/articl ... -hollywoodstatistics: Posted by KevDen — 6:26 AM - Today — Replies...
View ArticleThe Royal Navy • A piece of UK territory in North Carolina
https://www.visitocracokenc.com/british-cemetery/During World War II, German submarines lurked right off Ocracoke Island’s shores. In 1942, the British Royal Navy sent 24 armed trawlers to assist the...
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