JanMasterson

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great find Brad, thanks for the blog! it also have some other very interistiong articles, certainly the one about russian strategic defence network. cheers, Jan

an interisting article Brad, a good occasion for a flashback. the author sounds a bit too enthusiatic about allied capabilities to obtain the air supremacy after saying that they were basically lacking of coordination (differents doctrines, administrative "brick wall" between ATAFs,) and that soviet forces would focus heavily on disabling the allied air bases with strong means (for exmple, as far as i know, in Europe, only the swedish have developped a credible answer to the threat of Spetnaz and opening strikes on AB). it would have been interisting to detail a bit more the soviet threat and the homogeneousity of the allied hardware and such important factors to evaluate realisticaly the situation at that time. by the way, i'm definitely as qualified as the authror but i'm neither the kind of guy that would say "look, they are no longer so our hardware/doctrine/soldiers were definitelly better and would hav eated them in one week)

thanks much for that great initiative Bruce, it will greatly enhance the knowledge sharing. cheers, Jan

cheers, Jan

Sapnish design won: Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21936457-1702,00.html cheers, Jan

the spanish design (F-100) have been choosed. $10 billion contract for five warships | NEWS.com.au cheers, Jan

heya pooners, french Tiger are getting Hellfire II: Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Integrate Hellfire II Missile on Tiger Helicopter cheers, Jan

U.S. Navy Completes Initial Testing Of Lockheed Martin Naval Gun One of the targets from the recent test shows why the Millenium Gun is so effective The pattern of the Millenium Gun's lethal cloud of metal Lockheed martin's Millenium Gun under testing Source: http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/4006/

Sounds interisting Fred, dod you have screenshots from the CIC? Are there other nations involved? (for exemple, Netherlands on the "blue" side)

very informative article, thanks.

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You're welcome pete.

If that kind of plan fit your needs: Check these websites: http://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints/tanks/ http://www.armyrecognition.com/ Hope it helps, Jan

It's a summary of several sources, feel free to ask details if needed. Jan

My synceres condolences Pete, may you RIP Bodene. Jan

Nice initiative Tony. Is there also a blank database for H3/ANW? Jan

Another commercial succes for the Gripen. This plane is unofficialy seen as the next belgian combat aircraft, but not untill 2015-2020. Jan

Confirmed.

from "Jane's Naval Weapon Systems", issue 44, 2006: Max efficient range : 5 Km Able to detroy a 800m/s fast target at 2.1 Km (1.13 nm) witha 36 rnds burst or at 1.65 Km (0.89 nm) with a 16 rnds burst. In response to the US Naval Sea Systems Command requirement in August 1998 for a system capable of engaging 10 radially inbound speed boats travelling at 40 Kts, Oerlikon Contraves stated it could engage and destroy all of them with a hit/kill probability of 0.95 (95%) at 1 Km (0.5 nm) and an individual boat at 2.5 km (1.3 nm). The 200 rnds basic load is confirmed with an additional 40 rnds reserve on the transport unit (device that reload the gun). Hope it helps. Jan