Military History

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-was-secret-air-war-between-us-navy-and-soviet-fighters-over-siberia-kept-secret-forty

Dazzling Ships of the First World War (Wavell Room)

Using his own phrase, John L. McCrea was a fly on the wall at the White House during the first months of the War in the Pacific when naval affairs dominated Franklin Roosevelt’s interest. Working under Admiral Harold “Betty” Stark in the office of Chief of Naval Operations, McCrea had a front row seat as the U.S. entered the war. When Ernest J. King replaced Stark, he learned to adjust his behaviors to cope with the cold, hot-tempered, hardnosed, and pugnacious top admiral. Captain McCrea desperately wanted a cruiser command, but Stark and King both felt he would be of greater use as naval aide to the President; furthermore, they wanted a trusted aide that could keep the…

And saved by some fast and bold orders: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18274/the-harrowing-tale-of-the-nuke-laden-russian-typhoon-class-sub-that-almost-sunk-in-1991

Another view in the ill-fated 1944 Exercise Tiger: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/475351/The-tragedy-of-Slapton-Sands-The-real-story-of-that-terrible-night

A glimpse on its use in LCC ships: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17953/navys-blue-ridge-class-command-ships-once-had-this-wacky-air-defense-missile-system

Interesting link on generic manual of many US Navy weapons. On this page, Mk13 GMLS (Perry-class). Standard missiles are launched at 10 seconds interval, Harpoon at 22 seconds interval: http://www.tpub.com/gunners/169.htm

The interesting PLUTO OTH at RAF Akrotiri, and other glimpses on the Cold War secrets: http://i56578-swl.blogspot.com.es/2015/02/uk-oth-radar-pluto.html https://cryptome.org/2012/01/0060.pdf Others over the horizon radars: https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Radar

What did these mean?

Reagan, Reykjavik, and strategic imagination (Foreign Policy)

Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed (Rapid City Journal)

When/why did NATO go from referring to these by letter (Y-Class) to spelling the name out (Yankee class)? 1967 CIA Report 1986 document

The Royal Navy does not come out of it looking very good (I have so far been unable to find the full document).

Dedicated to clarify many fake myths on B-58, created and maintained by an ex B-58 pilot, Colonel George Holt Jr, USAF, retired: https://b58facts.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/first-blog-post/ And ever worth of remembering, B-58 and many more aircrafts official Standard Aircraft Characteristics here: http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm

The Vietnam War (PBS) If you enjoyed Ken Burns' documentary on the American Civil War, you will probably like this one. Started last night.

Wreckage From USS Indianapolis Located In Philippine Sea (Paul Allen website)

Many documents: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/cia-analysis-soviet-navy

https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2017/09/05/battle-of-the-paracel-islands-16-january-1974/

What Is A Periscope And Why Do They Matter To The Military? (British Forces News)

http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mdn-dnd/D4-7-5-2015-eng.pdf