CV32

And innocents aren't dying by the droves in these coffee shops? I'm gobsmacked.

Slideshow Weapons of Operation Serval (Aviation Week, Ares blog) The last pic in the slideshow is obviously not a Leclerc main battle tank, despite the caption.

Impressions on Chinas Second Missile Interceptor Test (Defense Aerospace)

Norway Eyes Next-Gen Submarine Acquisition (DefenseNews)

Iran Is Still Botching the Bomb (Foreign Affairs)

Lockheed awarded $6.9 billion F-22 upgrade contract (Flight Global)

The trials and tribulations of India's armed forces (The Diplomat)

A real shame.

In light of Lt Col Petrov's recent Dresden Prize award, I thought this was an interesting article ... Why America Reserves the Right to Nuke You First (Foreign Policy)

You can only create ballistic missiles using the Platform Editor (PE), not the Scenario Editor (SE). The label 'TEL' applies to ballistic missile launchers created in the Ships/Mobile Land Units annex of the database. It stands for 'transporter-erector-launcher'. You can create the actual missiles themselves (and nuclear warheads for them, if you wish) in the Weapons annex.

ACOG.

The event had a role to play in my abortive MBX.

Former Soviet officer honored with Dresden Prize for averting nuclear war (Voice of Russia)

An Australian documentary about the RAAF decision to go with the F-35: Reach for the Sky

China Shows Off Futuristic Ships at IDEX (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

Training exercise for the submarine under the political guise of anti-piracy. Little more than that.

Same forum (Scenario Design & Discussion). Just further back among the threads in there. And welcome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhxc7fhDOtA

The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built (Time)

Lockheed: No Showstoppers In F-35 DOT&E Report (Aviation Week)

Welcome, Bob.

More hilarity ensues ... “Our Stealth Fighter Jet is not a mock up” Iran’s Defense Minister says (The Aviationist blog)

F-35 programme may have to be restructured under sequestration (Flight Global)

How the Shah of Iran chose the F-14 Tomcat over the F-15 Eagle (The Aviationist blog)