2013-08-03 By Gulshan Luthra In the naval traditions, names of ships are passed to successor vessels. Vice Admiral Dhowan, a highly distinguished officer with varied experience including of commanding missile ships, said that the new INS Vikrant is 260 meters in length, 60 meters in breadth and able to accommodate…
2013-08-02 The French Air Force has received the first of its A400Ms, which are the first to be delivered by Airbus Military to a customer. According to an Airbus Military press release dated 8/1/13: Airbus Military has today formally delivered the first A400M new generation airlifter, which is known in…
08/02/2013: U.S. Marines with Romeo Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines (5/11), Regimental Combat Team 7 fire rockets from a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 1, 2013. Marines with 5/11 are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Credit:Regional Command Southwest:6/1/13
2013-08-01 According to an article in The Business Standard: A day after the chief of French aerospace giant, Dassault Aviation, emphasised the criticality of an early Rafale contract with India, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday highlighted the hard strategic decisions imposed by his country’s declining defence budget — which made…
2013-07-31 by Richard Weitz The PRC-Russian relationship is the process of further development. Three recent measures of that development are the following: Their growing energy trade, Their collusion in helping NSA leaker Edward Snowden gain asylum, and their renewed arms sales. In another sign of a deepening relationship, they recently…
2013-07-31 The Osprey has often been under fire Inside the Beltway. Recently, the pilots of an Osprey team have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for surviving under combat fire. The two Osprey pilots are the recipients of the first Distinguished Flying Crosses along with their Air Crew, which received…
2013-07-31 Recently, the pilots of an Osprey team have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for surviving under combat fire. This recognition is for the role of the Osprey in assault missions and is itself a measure of the maturing of the system and its crews in combat. The two…
07/30/2013: U.S. Marines and sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and sailors assigned to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conduct a resupply at sea aboard the USS Kearsarge while underway May 28. Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:5/28/13 The 26th MEU is a marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to…
