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HarpoonPages invites you to participate in the 11th Annual Pooner Vote. Congratulations again to the 2006 Pooner Jan Paul Koester and lifetime Pooner Darrel Dearing. The 2007 Pooner will receive their choice of H3ANW, HCE, or World In Conflict but the real reward is the voters sharing their reasons for choosing who they chose. There will be no Lifetime Pooner awarded this year in order to get back to a roughly two to one ratio of yearly to lifetime Pooners. To vote and view the past winners, visit http://www.harpoonpages.com/poonervote/pooner-Intro.php. !!!Please note that you can vote for anyone who hasn't previously won, even if they aren't listed …

Off topic, I realise, but my brother collects old military timepieces, such as chronometers, cockpit clocks, etc. If any of you guys has a source to recommend, I'd appreciate it. Buddha [Moved here from the HCE forum. -CV32]

Holiday Greetings to all the participants of Harpgamer. May all your ASM's/AAM's home true. All the best in 2008.

Found and posted by Paul AV8RMongo on another forum. B0-105 Nap of the Earth here.

If you have 7 minutes and twenty-eight seconds to burn, this clip is entertaining. Land Rover vs Challenger2

For all you fans of Silent Hunter III, the GWX 2.0 upgrade to the excellent GWX mod is now available: GWX 2.0 download link

First, a big shout of Thank You to JudgeDredd over on the Matrix Forums. He sent me his copy of TAW at no charge, with all the box and manual and fixins! Next was getting the game to run on Vista, my answer came from SinHQ in rather short order (and yes, it works here on Vista, a notebook even). http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?...575&fpart=1 Time to read the manual and will retrieve the joystick from work tomorrow.

Pearl Harbor Day rolls around again, I'm in the mood after watching a documentary on FDR, so with no further delay... A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps …

Saw this over on CSW. youtube Eryx Missile Shot

Since this subject always seems to get pulses racing, I thought I would throw out a hypothetical for your consideration. This is sort of a "Second War Between the States" scenario, Midway fashion. What USN air wing would fare better when pitted against the other ? Air Wing A: the typical 1980s era air wing, with two squadrons each of F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets, another of A-6E Intruders, and a handful of KA-6D tankers (four was usual, iirc). or Air Wing B: the early 21st century air wing, with say, a squadron of F/A-18E, one of F/A-18F, and a couple of F/A-18C. Suppose the support aircraft (E-2C, EA-6B, helos, etc) and the ship platforms (CVN,…

Here are links to a series of Russian military documentaries (hosted by Youtube) called "Dance with Death", describing the S-75 (NATO SA-2 Guideline) SAM system versus American aircraft during the Vietnam War. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

First off, I'm not a detail person when it comes to models, in fact I tend to buy them to convert to RC operational toys, this one had a strange below waterline but not full hull so I didn't convert it. Anyway, thought there might be minor interest in the bookshelf contents, it kind of scared me the limited subjects it covers (war/war/war sci-fi/electronics, textbooks/big books again mainly war Forgot my rocket, Sizzler! (flown once so far with a big engine, flew just high enough to lose sight of it) In case any of you are nuts and note the absence of Harpoon paper rules, you'll be happen to know they are at the office, not on my bookshelf at …

What do you get when you combine... two guys who used to play war on the old church grounds and get chased off by the pastor 30th birthdays a present to a 6 year old Answer... Early birthday presents! My friend and I came to these small helicopters thru different means, he saw them on sale while browsing the Internet deals sites, I saw one a week before when my young nephew was given a small RC helo. Well, my friend mentioned the little zingers and I retorted that I saw some where you try to shoot each other down! That bore the idea, his birthday is in November, mine in January, we could get a pair of these fighting copters (otherwise known as …

Seeing as I am great at crashing RC airplanes I thought I'd see how much quicker one can crash a helicopter. So far, with simulator time, and two runs thru the battery I've flown and not had any parts break, that will surely change but for now the helo is in tact. E Sky Honey Bee King 2 3D Copter (though I never plan to be a 3D flyer!) Belt driven tail is supposed to be more consistent than a separate tail motor, I should have spent less than half as much money and gone for a fixed pitch/dual motor copter. This one will be good IF I become a capable pilot before I ruin the thing.

From USNI Proceedings High Seas Hollywood: The 25 Best U.S. Navy Movies By Eric Mills Tinseltown on occasion has seen fit to go down to the sea in ships, U.S. Navy ships, that is. To celebrate the Navy’s birthday, we offer a bit of entertainment—a tour through the best U.S. Navy movies ever made. What’s most striking about the history of the Hollywood/Navy nexus is the almost criminal under-representation of the Age of American Fighting Sail. 1952’s Yankee Buccaneer depicts the Navy’s pirate-chasing efforts in the early 19th century, but it’s not all that memorable. 1959’s John Paul Jones stars Robert Stack as America’s first sea hero, but it doesn’t remotely…

Interesting, if only because I enjoy a "what if" ... From Antiwar.com September 25, 2007 What World War III May Look Like Philip Giraldi Neoconservatives are great observers of war and warriors, though they are sometimes not in complete agreement about the numbering of the conflicts that they send other people's sons and daughters to fight. Norman Podhoretz, the patriarch of the neocons, believes that the Cold War was World War III and that the U.S. is now fighting World War IV against "Islamofascism." He intends to expand World War IV by slating Iran as the next domino to fall to America's military might. Podhoretz undoubtedly sees the current global confli…

as published in The Naval SITREP, issue #6, in January 1996

i was reading some old Naval SITREP issue when i noticed that Web Alert in the Issue #11 ( April 1997 ): The link quoted is dead but, the Net being full of good surprises, i found it mirror-hosted on a related website. Here is the url of the appealing tutorial: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/e...ry/ewtutor1.htm enjoy the read, Jan

Not as grand and sexy as Brad's new addition to the CV32 State Arsenal, I am about 98% complete on a scratch built 1/285-ish Landing Craft Utility. By 1/285-ish, my 1/285 M1 Abrams look just about right when loaded, and during off-load. I captured an image of the LCU from global security. Cropped, resized, colored, printed, cut, used to trace on to styrene, cut styrene, glued my colorized images onto the styrene, glued the styre pieces together. looks pretty good. It is useable, but I feel that I cannot leave it as is. I will attempt to construct the pilothouse tonight with styrene components since the rest of the ships edges are fairly 2-D. Photos (hopefully…

Right now after reading I am asking my self about what is the main aim of HCE and H3. So far I guess .... The aim of HCE is a global simulation of Air - Naval (- Land) war with the main focus on gameplay (fun) and following the reality so far it does not brake down the gameplay. The aim of H3 is a local simulation of Air - Naval (- Land) war with the main focus on reality. Am I wrong or right? Dear Admin, please move this topic into another subtopic it it is here at the wrong place.