Current Events

Pakistan Today reports: Iran taking initial steps towards making nuclear submarine (http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/19/news/foreign/iran-taking-initial-steps-towards-making-nuclear-submarine/) Maybe those crazy Iranians were't joking after all. I think its still too soon to see. You be the judge. This ought to start some active conversation on ye olde forum!

From Lockheed Martin's own Code One magazine: F-16 Design Origins F-16 Evolution

2014 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index released (Nuclear Threat Initiative)

Opinion: Submarine Tech Outpacing ASW (Aviation Week)

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds (National Intelligence Council)

Next Years Wars - From Sochi to Sudan, 10 conflicts that will threaten global stability in 2014. (Foreign Policy)

Aircraft Carrier Killer: What Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Are, And Who Has Them (Naval News) A topic that came up during the recent Zoom get together.

The Flight Global World Air Forces Directory 2022 is here (free, only needs registration): https://www.flightglobal.com/searchresults?qkeyword=world+air+forces

Two explosions at Boston Marathon finishing line - many injured.

Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age (pdf, Council on Foreign Relations)

Cool War Rising (Foreign Policy)

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

Aegis Air Defense System at Thirty (Defense Media Network)

From Associated Press (via Yahoo) [excerpt]

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

Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money? (RAND report, PDF)

What if the Aircraft Carrier Had Never Been Invented? (Atlantic Council)

Snake in a plane: http://alert5.com/2012/09/21/snake-goes-hiding-inside-mig-21/

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

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