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Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, Steven Coontz, Dale Brown - I have read most of their stuff. Did not necessary retain the copy. I will give a brief discretion of a passage of action - and can anyone help with name the book or author.I'd guess book was written between 1988 (last year Reagan was President) to 2006 (into Clinton years) Toward the end of the book. A ballistic missile has been launched toward Washington DC. An Aegis Cruiser is positioned in the Anacostia or Potomac River. And they start firing a the missile - with a Sm (standard Missile)- First missile has a proximity fuze and fragmentation warhead. he describe fact closure rate is Too fast - proximity fuse works pe…

This was sent to me by an old shipmate who lives in Illinois now. There were some images with it, but I can't figure out how to post them with the text. Buddha This makes you think twice before complaining True Story..... Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. When that in…

From a reply to a Cdr Salamander post

HarpGamer is saddened to learn of the passing of long time Harpoon community member Saul H. Jacobs, age 76. His bio below, cross posted from Dr. Who's Harpoon Pages, from January 2003, will give newer folks some idea of the depth of this community and the excellent contribution of members like him: RIP Saul.

Neat site showing objects close to Earth. http://apps.agi.com/SatelliteViewer/

The folks that run NAVCON have announced their 2014 dates, October 3, 4, 5! Here is their web site: http://www.navcongames.com Here is the previous HG post: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/22045-navcon-2013/ I would love to make this a gathering of us naval war gamers. Digital and Paper Harpooning to be had for sure. Who is interested? What would make you interested if you aren't already? If there is a fair bit of interest we'll start brainstorming how to make this possible and what extra activities to arrange. Maybe a trip to my homeland of Minnesota or an excursion down to Chicago? Thank you for your consideration.

Please join us next week on IRC for a Harpoon discussion. We hope to have one of these periodically in the future, especially if you and your friends show up! http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/calendar/event/5-harpoon-irc-chat/

My family will be in Ohio March 19-22. The main event is visiting the National Museum of the USAF the 20th and 21st. Can I count on you to meet up either of those days (or night of the 19th or morning of 22nd)? If we manage to get any kind of a crowd, I'll see about renting a spot to hang out and get our gaming on. Thanks for considering! https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ The museum is an amazing place. I've been twice and have zero qualms about going again despite my favorite aircraft being a Navy bird and as such, not present.

I love it! http://xkcd.com/974/ Every time I make a programming or project management decision the weight of the tradeoffs is so apparent. Generalized pluggable sensor model in 3 months or better ESM than we've ever had in 2 weeks, agghh! Number 980 is more than awesome too.

This morning I ran my first half marathon, see me (7216) starting to wave at my family in the attached photo. I might post more when the official race photos come out. Still can't say that I'd want to run a full marathon; running for fun is great, but competitive runners you have my respect but not my envy! Time: 2:03:25, 9:26 pace Don Thomas, see the other waving person? Doing my best to satisfy that list of things I'd like (smart - check, rich - compared to me without a doubt, good looking - yes though running pics aren't the best examples).

I will be this week in Madrid at http://iugm.es/actividades/congresos-y-jor...s-de-seguridad/ if someone is here, keep in touch ...

A veritable plethora of information be found here. Tony, please explain to the class what a plethora is.

It had an F-16, a JF-17, an F/A-18 and two Eurofighters. As well as an Airbus A380.

Many difficulty levels for a game to find NATO members, partners and others: http://www.nato.int/multi/mapgame/public/index.html

Inaceptable politics aside, the nazis have a clear aestetical appeal and a recent very funny side: nazi zombies, nazi paranormal agents against Hellboy or Captain America ... Now, begining the view of Iron Sky, I saw a new nazi title, the bad girl has the rank of "Mondjugendunterfuhrerin" !!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky

I had hoped to get one more build out before being swept away by the holidays but didn't quite make it. We had a day of maintenance (hair cuts, snow shovelling, bank deposits, laundry, cookie making, Christmas show watching, paper snowflake making, dentist & doctor visits) before the main attractions start tomorrow! Be well and joyous, see ya next week or a little sooner if I sneak away

It's summer (well almost officially). I'm going a break for a month or so. Hopefully, in that time I can craft the first couple BRICS scenarios and get them ready for posting, along with working in the yard and spending time with the family after work. NNSotD will be back, watch for it in August or September.

If you haven't seen this movie already, I recommend it for the adrenaline and nostaglia rush alone. Put your technical knowledge in park, of course, and enjoy the ride. ** Spoilers ** For the F-14 lovers out there -- our own TonyE included -- you won't be disappointed. 😁

But I'd like to know what functions, as in what manned stations, are common to the CIC and what the use is of the bridge of a vessel. If possible, list the crew and officer stations for the CIC and Bridge separately. Thanks.

This one should be easier. What is this?