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F/A-18 sharing advanced situation awareness technology with F-35
The electronic attack E/A-18G "Growler" derivative of the Super Hornet - carrying its electronic warfare pods.A major selling point for the F-35 was advanced, multi-aircraft, situational awareness...
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Anti Submarine Drone Ship (ACTUV)
Artist's rendering of the US Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vehicle (ACTUV) under development. It will have a likely speed/range/3 month endurance most adapted to conventional (SSK)...
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Rare view on role of CIA Analysts
A bare bones diagram of the Intelligence Cycle as it should work (from http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/ic2000/ic2000.htm ). Unfortunately the UK's Tony Blair and Cheney (the most powerful man in the US...
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When India Almost Invaded Mauritius
The island nation of Mauritius lies roughly 1,000 km east of Madagascar.Australian Rory Medcalf has written in The Diplomat, March 19, 2013...
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Singapore's Six Submarines
Diagram and additional specifications of Singapore's AIP equipped Archer Class Submarine (click to enlarge). Diagram courtesy of Singapore's New Paper, June 17, 2009 via...
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The DASH Program anti-submarine sensors - TRAPS & SHARK
A team from DARPA prepares to send its Submarine Hold at RisK (SHARK) unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) on a mission to hunt submarines. Photo from DARPA/Bluefin RobotsThe following draws on a WIRED -...
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Fire Scout (drone helicopter) to be armed with APKWS "mini-missiles"
The Fire Scout (drone helicopter) (imagery above and real photo below) is to be armed with a APKWS "mini-missiles" perhaps making for a much more flexible armed drone than the Predator-Reaper series....
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China Expanding in the Indian Ocean?
China's 6,500 ton 052C air defence destroyer (NATO code name Luyang II class, often referred to as Lanzhou class after the lead ship name)- East Timor, Indonesia and Australia are all on the edge of...
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Boston Bombers - Russians warned FBI 2 years ago.
Younger brother Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19 years old. Located, seriously injured, now in hospital...
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Australian Defence White Paper 2013
This Dance of Three Collins Submarines reflects Australia's lack of direction in deciding on a Future Submarine design to replace the Collins. There are insufficient defence funds for the foreseeable...
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Indian Agni-6 Development - also Agni-5 Test Set for June 2013?
Agni-6 above - perhaps to be test flown with MIRV in 2017-2018-Agni-6 (or VI) - click to enlarge. See white lines for Agni-6's potential range (above) with light payloads - covering all of Europe and...
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A second Agni-5 test in May(?) or June (?) 2013
Agni-5 (aka Agni 5 and Agni-V) presentation at DRDO. Comparing Agni-5 (Agni-V) with Agni I, II and III.-Agni-5 video (above) dated April 2012 dubbed by Indians as "India's China killer"-Agni-5...
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Israel's Realpolitikal Concern About Syria
Results of Israel's mid May 2013 airstrike(s) on Damascus, Syria ----------------------------------------------Rough location of Israel's January 2013 airstrike(s) on Syria....
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A New Australian Submarine With AIP Would Only be a Marginal Improvement
Possible shape of the conventional HDW 216 which may be selected as Australia's future submarine. Note its vertical launch system for cruise missiles. The German HDW 216 or Spanish S-80 might be the...
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Prospect of Australian basing of US UAVs and SSNs (submarines).
Route of possible US Global Hawk UAV flight from Darwin or Katherine air bases in Australia via Australia's Cocos Islands, via Diego Garcia to a US base in Yemen (shown) or other US bases nearby in...
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US Limiting Terrorism Intelligence to Britain
SIPRNet, a US highly classified Intranet, would be one of several channels US intelligence, now more limited, is sent to Britain.Sharing of intelligence information between allies fluctuates for many...
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New US - Australia - Indonesian military exercises may include rising China
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith, left, his Indonesian counterpart, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Foreign Minister Bob Carr and his counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, at Parliament House yesterday....
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Zero Dark Thirty Underestimated US Knowledge of Pakistan
-Osama bin Laden, some time before his execution in early May 2011--It is highly likely that when President Obama assumed office in January 2009 he would have been briefed by American intelligence that...
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From the UK comes the Popular People's Front of Judea.-----------------------From the US comes a popular song - only improved by something gloved, blue and...
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Chinese Liaoning arrester gear courtesy of Australia.
Inadvertently passed by Australia to China. Sensitive arrester cable gear and mirror landing gear technology. On HMAS Melbourne - it was meant to be scrapped by China but instead China studied then...
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