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Russian vehicles moving into Crimea by train. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVL7gq3CR6o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTOCBcM0ltY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKQc8M8qCbo

Russian Navy Flag Raised at Ukraine's Only Sub (RIA Novosti)

21 March 2007 Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announces that Iran will pursue nuclear activities, outside international law if necessary, as the UN Security Council prepares further sanctions as a means of halting the Iranian nuclear program.

Top Russian commanders in Crimea identified (Jane's)

France Should Return Money if Warship Deal Cancelled – Rogozin (RIA Novosti)

Russian Navy Unveils New Class of Submarines (RIA Novosti)

Russia Threatens To Derail Iran Talks Over Ukraine (Breaking Defense)

20 March 1922 The former collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), having been converted into the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, is commissioned into service as the USS Langley (CV-1).

Through a glass, darkly: Chinese, American, and Russian anti-satellite testing in space (Space Review) PDF version of the above article China Secretly Tested an Anti-Satellite Missile (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Russian forces storm Ukraine naval HQ in Crimea (Reuters)

F-35's French rival pitches 'Canadianized' fighter jet (CBC News)

19 March 1982 Argentines posing as scrap merchants, aboard the fleet transport ship Bahia Buen Suceso, arrive at Leith Harbour in South Georgia without observing the usual formalities of first reporting to the base commander of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It is the start of the Falklands War.

[emphasis mine] Ahem!

18 March 1915 During the Battle of Gallipoli, a large group of British and French naval forces attack fortified Ottoman positions at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles. The French battleship Bouvet, and the British battleships HMS Irresistible and HMS Ocean are all sunk by freshly laid mines. The losses have the effect of pushing efforts to capture the region by land. [The naval campaign is covered in excellent fashion by Robert Massie's book Castles of Steel.]

Russia deploys combat aircraft to Belarus (Jane's)

17 March 1948 The Treaty of Brussels is signed between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as an expansion to the Dunkirk Treaty and a precursor to the establishment of NATO.

Artillery units move to Crimean border (Jane's)

Heh, yes, definitely an error there. I will look at it and you can expect a fix in the next version.

Joint Strike Fighter: No Longer Just "Too Big to Kill" (Real Clear Defense)

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) 'Cold War' Database (HCCW-140314) is now available. Get it in the Downloads section. New additions include: Aircraft: CF-104 Starfighter (62) - Canada CF-104 Starfighter (72) - Canada CT-133 Silver Star Mk3 - Canada F-100D Super Sabre - Denmark F-100D Super Sabre - Turkey F-104G Starfighter - Norway F-104G (CF-104) - Norway RF-104G Starfighter - Norway RT-33A Shooting Star - USA T-33A Shooting Star - USA Ships: Ariadne (393) MCM - FRG Barbe (520) LCU - FRG Coburg (701C) AOE - FRG Freiburg (701E) AOE - FRG Fulda (331A) MCM - FRG Fulda (331B) MCM - FRG Hamburg (101) DD - FRG Koln (120) FF - FRG Krebs (340) MCM - FRG Lahn (403) AR - FRG Lindau (320) MCM - FRG Luneburg (701A) AOE - FRG Lutjens (103) DDG - FRG Mosel (402) AR - FRG Neustadt (BG11) PG - FRG Odin (726) AR - FRG Rhein (401) AR - FRG Sachsenwald (762) ML - FRG Schutze (341) MCM - FRG Thetis (420) FFL - FRG Tiger (148) PTG - FRG Walchensee (703) AO - FRG Westerwald (760) AE - FRG Z1 (Fletcher/58) DD - FRG Z1 (Fletcher/74) DD - FRG Z4 (Fletcher/65) DD - FRG Z4 (Fletcher/74) DD - FRG Zobel (142) PT - FRG Zobel (142A) PT - FRG Submarines: Klasse 205 (1963) SS - FRG Klasse 205 (1969) SS - FRG Enjoy.

14 March 1945 An Avro Lancaster of the RAF's 617 Squadron drops the first 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb from an altitude of nearly 12,000 feet. A large section of the target, a viaduct (bridge) in the Bielefeld suburb of Schildesche, Germany, is collapsed through the "earthquake" effect.

Stolen F-35 Secrets Now Showing Up in China’s Stealth Fighter (Washington Free Beacon)

Russia Massing Military Forces Near Border With Ukraine (New York Times)

Why the Navy Wants More Growlers (USNI News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYMEIvA6Kg