Current Events

The Road to Stealth UAS (Aviation Week) Note the unveiling of the RQ-180.

The following is a summary of key events taking with the major navies around the world. All information is gleaned from open source intelligence (OSINT). Ship locators are provided from Naval Intelligence professionals Mail (NIPmail). Source URL’s are provided for stories, whenever possible. Use this info to catch-up on daily navy news and to plan “What-If” Harpoon scenarios. Fair Winds and Following Seas (FWFS), Greg Emerson, DM!(SW), USN-Retired Renton, WA, USA January Summary follows: 30 December RUSSIA KUZNETSOV deployment: Carrier task force south of Sicily, heading east … while enroute, flight operations with 24 sorties Su-33 Flanker and 7 hel…

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds (National Intelligence Council)

Crisis Stability and Long Range Strike: A Comparative Analysis of Fighters, Bombers, and Missiles (RAND study, PDF)

Is this ... Raytheon Looks At Options For Long-Range AIM-9 (Aviation Week) because of this?

Aegis Air Defense System at Thirty (Defense Media Network)

Nuclear-conventional Firebreaks and the Nuclear Taboo (CBSA)

Two explosions at Boston Marathon finishing line - many injured.

Once again, HCE proving it is ahead of the curve. Raytheon floats idea for offshore missile batteries (Jane's) Seriously, though, I hate the SAM barges. Please don't use them in your scenario building if you can possibly avoid it.

SINKEX Live-fire Exercises Deliver Realistic Training (Defense Media Network)

In light of Lt Col Petrov's recent Dresden Prize award, I thought this was an interesting article ... Why America Reserves the Right to Nuke You First (Foreign Policy)

Missile Defenses Real Enemy: Math (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

U.N. Drone Investigator: If Facts Lead to U.S. War Crimes, So Be It (Wired, Danger Room blog)

Contracts Highlight Growing Role of Video Game Training (National Defense, February 2013 issue)

I'm not sure if this belongs in "Military History" or another part of the forums, but this seemed like the best place for it... What do you think are the five most likely wars (regional or global) that we could see in the next five to ten years? Syria and Turkey? India and China? The US and Iran? Indonesia and Australia? Who will fight these wars and what will cause these nations to come to blows?

This directory of international air forces (with useful order of battle (OOB) information) is available for free at Flight Global. World Air Forces 2013

Secret Projects (Aviation Week)

Here Comes Adversary Stealth (Air Force Magazine, December 2012)

From Associated Press (via Yahoo) [excerpt]

For news on procurement of weapons. First one: http://alert5.com/2012/10/10/iraq-inks-4-3-billion-arms-deal-with-russia-buying-30-mi-28ne-and-pantsir-s1/