Current Events in the Americas

Army Expected to Sell Off Thousands of Surplus 1911 Pistols (Kit Up!) A great opportunity for some of you to grab a piece of history.

Report on USS McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions (Dept of the Navy, pdf)

Interesting article on future B-21 Raider probable high altitude capabilities: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14919/the-b-21s-three-decade-old-shape-hints-at-new-high-altitude-capabilities

US Army retires final Kiowa Warrior (Jane's)

After Deadly Collisions Navy will Broadcast Warship Locations in High Traffic Areas (USNI News)

Subsonic, employed to extend range of one or two guided bomb and ASM/ARM/AAM in each, or simply as extended aircraft pylon if not launched, and to be produced some 500 each month from 2018 (My estimates: speed=516 knots, range=172 nm): http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a28100/darpa-factory-in-a-can-drones/ http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14161/darpas-flying-missile-rail-seems-to-be-more-about-manufacturing-than-combat

Canada considering RAAF classic Hornets? (Australian Aviation) Please, no.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Commissioning Publication (Faircount Media)

3D interactive tour of the destroyer USS Zumwalt here

With interesting comparative graphics of ASM ranges: http://breakingdefense.com/2017/07/navy-warships-get-new-heavy-missile-2500-lb-lrasm/?_ga=2.104116160.1362042610.1501179798-486591487.1497889324&utm_content=buffera0230&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Honor and respect (and diversity): http://www.thedailybeast.com/navy-sailor-could-have-saved-himself-chose-to-save-his-kids-or-die-trying

Developed because the fighter-bomber shortage, and implementing the pending introduction of F-35C: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a26833/us-navy-approves-boeings-f-1-8/

The Antiship Mine Gets New Wings (The Diplomat)

Bring Back the Nuclear Tomahawks (USNI Proceedings)

The U.S. Navy Does Not Need an Air-Defense Frigate (Real Clear Defense) What say you?

Royal Navy's Flagship HMS Ocean Could Be Sold to Brazil (Defense Aerospace)

US Navy on track for high-altitude P-8A weapon (Flight Global)

The test and practical use is based in the active radar seeker capability of SM-6: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/here-another-big-reason-why-americas-mighty-missile-defenses-19795

Improved Conventional Munitions Policy (CSBA) This is a big deal. In the world of Harpoon, some of you might have already noticed that cluster munitions (especially older style cluster munitions) tend to fade from sight in many US/NATO aircraft loadouts in the HCDB2 after around 2003.

The Age of the Strike Carrier is Over (CIMSEC) Some problems with this article, not the least of which is a misunderstanding of the actual history which reflects negatively on the overall argument being put forward. This comment, for example, talking about Desert Storm: The PGM capability of the A-6E TRAM Intruder was in place long before Desert Storm. And Navy A-6E jets dropped a significant proportion of the munitions delivered. (The proportion of PGMs was small overall, something like 5% of total munitions, but that was true across all services/platform and the bad weather/smoke/haze of the battlefield made it difficult for all EO/IR guided muni…