Military History

Looking for operative deployment of the SSBN converted in SSN in compliance with the SALT I treaty, I've finded this in the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thomas_A._Edison_(SSBN-610)

From Code One [excerpt]

Breaking the Dragon's Jaw [excerpt] Link to Tony's Thanh Hoa Bridge scenario for HCE.

Meant to post this yesterday. Canadian Korean war vets honoured

~11min history of USS Macon and now current day airship company" infomercial" all based out of the old Moffitt Field.

Old, silent footage from 1930's. Very interesting watching the recoveries, particularly the amphibian float planes coming in to land around minute 6:00, and the "steel beach" for Washington's Birthday.

Happy Canada Day! and the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. Couple of links for you: The Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War The Newfoundland Regiment and the Great War

Some interesting updates on the sub here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_confederate_submarine Buddha

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the German invasion of the USSR.

Sea Harrier pilot with three "kills" in the Falklands.

From Air Force Magazine, June 2011 issue [excerpt] All similarities between the subject matter of this article and recent additions to the HCDB are purely coincidental.

It's 69 years since the Battle of Midway. I found this very interesting article discussing the battle and comparing it with the events it inspired in the Wing Commander franchise.

Some images of that historic day ...

I reference this book for sake of clarification and to prevent erroneous purchases. I suppose the book is the result of a mainstream author/journalist writing about a subject she ignores previously, and write about it as she was the first person in writting about it or having original ideas/aportations about the matter (As analogy, the fans of Science-Fiction, and they are a lot in Harpgamer, know clearly the very bad results of mainstream authors writing "Science-Fiction" without knowledge of the previously writted ideas and conventions in the genre): http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/136356848/ar...fos-or-the-ussr As examples: - The Horten brothers developing Flying Sauc…

Badass of the week: Pte Leo Major Distinguished Combat Medals in two wars ... impressive!

From the Spring 2011 issue of US Naval War College Review: Hiding in Plain Sight: the US Navy and Dispersed Operations under EMCON, 1956-72 (PDF) This is a subject to which I think most if not all Harpoon players can relate: trying to hide your carrier group (or for that matter, any naval formation) from the enemy.

From Proceedings, May 2011 issue [excerpt]

From Globe & Mail [excerpt]

A military curiosity was intriguing me for years, my first contact with the concept was in an old Tintin inter-wars comic book. Today, some minutes ago, I've received a spam mail with photos of sonic locators, it had remembered me the matter, some minutes of web search, and here post some links about the topic: http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/ear/ear.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_mirror http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_ranging http://www.doramusic.com/Radar.htm