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History Lesson: The Battle of Java Sea (The Diplomat)

Part 9: Analyzing threats - The Evolving Chinese Ballistic Missile Threat (Defense Media Network)

Torpedo Scandal: Rear Adm. Charles Lockwood, the Mark 14, and the Bureau of Ordnance (Defense Media Network)

What to Make of China’s Defense Spending Increase (The Diplomat, The Naval Diplomat blog)

Chinese WZ-10 attack helicopter based on Kamov design (Flight Global)

Chinese attack helicopter's secret Russian roots (Aviation Week, Ares blog)

B-1B To Test New Offensive Anti-Surface Missile (Defense Update) Lockheed Martin Receives $71 Million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Contract from Darpa (Defense Aerospace)

PLA Navy Commissions First Type 056 Corvette, Bengbu (Defense Media Network)

Engine crack that grounded F-35 traced to thermal creep (Flight Global)

More F-35 turbulence (Time, Battleland blog) OTE report, 15 February 2013 (via POGO)

Comments on F-35 Builders a ‘Shot Across the Bow,’ U.S. General Says (DefenseNews)

Russia to Resurrect Titanium Submarines (RIA Novosti)

Yes, this is definitely about folks other than the 'usual suspects'.

Interested in a free book? We're looking for a few good men to help out around here and we're willing to offer some small tokens of appreciation in return. More specifically, we're looking for folks to: * write documentation for HCE, something that has been sorely needed for a while now * create good issue reports and follow them through resolution (bug testing/smashing) * write and share new scenarios, especially ones that exploit the newer battlesets * create pretty after action reports (AARs) with screenshots and annotated/explanatory text, or even better, videos! * create a wish list of features you would like to see added to the game * speak up and tell us you're a player, what you like, your favourite scenarios, etc. It is a very incomplete list, so if you want to help with the forum, provide support, be a marketer, programmer, etc, we'd like to hear from you. The plan is to review contributions on a monthly basis, and if you stand out from the crowd in one or more of the above areas, we'll send you a book from Ian Slater's WWIII series, as described here: Word War III series by Ian Slater

Must be just the French edition? Because the editor is ordinarily Eric Wertheim.

China hikes defense budget, to spend more on internal security (Reuters)

One of the last two surviving rescuers in the 1942 disaster, passes away. Pollux and Truxton rescuer dies (CBC News)

One wonders about the impact this may have on the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) fighter acquisition, i.e. the LAS award and its influence on the Boeing Superbug bid, versus the SSN project and its influence on the Dassault Rafale bid.

I think I would categorize those as "intense" generally. There are plenty of ships and submarines in both, and although the air battle will probably settle the issue in both scenarios, the same is true for most any Harpoon scenario where there are large numbers of aircraft.

Royal Navy Welcomes HMS Ambush to Fleet (Defense Aerospace)

Brazil To Get Its First Nuclear Subs (DefenseNews)

India makes headway with ELF site construction (Jane's Information Group)

SAC's Half Century (Air Force Magazine, March 2013)

The Syria Question (Air Force Magazine, March 2013)

Now that's thinking outside of the box, Wrench Turner. Bravo.