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KC-46A Tanker Gets New Name: Pegasus (DefenseNews)

Lockheed F-35 for Marines Delayed as Test Exposes Cracks (Bloomberg)

Strategic Depth & Israel's Maritime Strategy (Real Clear Defense)

Australia signs up for Poseidon (Jane's)

Russian Sub to Feature Advanced Quiet Propulsion by 2016 (RIA Novosti)

21 February 1916 The Battle of Verdun begins on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France. It continues through 18 December, at a cost of about 300,000 lives.

Conclude the Littoral Combat Ship Now (Real Clear Defense)

A new version of the Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) 'Cold War' Database (HCCW-140220) is now available. Get it in the Downloads section. New additions include: Aircraft: B-47B Stratojet - USA C-7A Caribou - USA C-8A Buffalo - USA C-54GM North Star - Canada C-117D Skytrain - USA C-118 Liftmaster - USA C-121 Super Constellation - USA CC-106 Yukon - Canada CC-108 Caribou - Canada CC-109 Cosmopolitan - Canada CC-115 Buffalo - Canada CC-129 Dakota - Canada CC-137 Husky - Canada CF-116A Freedom Fighter - Canada CH-21B Work Horse - USA CH-21C Shawnee - USA CH-34A Choctaw - USA CH-37 Mojave - USA CH-46A Sea Knight - USA CH-112 Nomad - Canada CH-113 Labrador - Canada CH-113A Voyageur - Canada CH-118 Iroquois - Canada CH-135 Twin Huey - Canada CH-136 Kiowa - Canada CO-119 Bird Dog - Canada CSR-110 Albatross - Canada DHC-4 Caribou - Australia HH-43 Huskie - USA Il-18B Coot - USSR Il-20M Coot A - USSR Il-22 Coot B - USSR Il-28 Beagle - USSR Il-62M Classic - USSR HO3S-1 Horse - USA L-4 Grasshopper - USA L-5 Sentinel - USA MiG-9FS Fargo - China MiG-9FS Fargo - USSR OH-58A Kiowa - USA OV-1A Mohawk - USA OV-1B Mohawk - USA OV-1C Mohawk - USA OV-1D Mohawk - USA Tu-14T Bosun - China Tu-14T Bosun - USSR Tu-104B Camel - USSR Tu-114 Cleat - USSR Tu-124V Cookpot - USSR Tu-134A Crusty - USSR Tu-144D Charger - USSR Tu-154 Careless - USSR UH-1N Iroquois - USA UH-46A Sea Knight - USA VC-137C Stratoliner - USA Yak-11 Moose - USSR Yak-15 Feather - USSR Yak-17 Feather - USSR Yak-23 Flora - USSR Yak-40 Codling - USSR Enjoy.

20 February 1959 On a day that has since become known as 'Black Friday' in Canadian aviation history, the Diefenbaker government cancels the Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptor.

From Lockheed Martin's own Code One magazine: F-16 Design Origins F-16 Evolution

Journalism Fail: All the Sources in Stealth Jet Story Are PAID to Praise the Plane (War is Boring blog) Lame.

19 February 1942 In the first and largest single attack mounted by a foreign power against Australia, and often referred to as that country's own version of "Pearl Harbor", 242 Japanese aircraft attack ships in the harbour at Darwin and two nearby airfields.

I've wondered about the same, but as Spyflight is saying that CSE "developed" an ELINT fit for the aircraft, I am left still wondering.

NATO Bombed Soviet Submarines With Tiny, Annoying Magnets (War is Boring blog)

18 February 1900 During the Second Boer War, on the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg, a combined British-Canadian force of 6,000 troops cornered a group of approximately 5,000 Boer soldiers and some civilians in a bend of the Modder River, near Kimberley. The land sloped down to the Boer trench positions and lacked any cover for 800 meters or more. The attack resulted in a total 1,100 British and Canadian casualties, with 280 killed - the worst single day loss for the Imperial forces, earning the battle the name 'Bloody Sunday'.

17 February 1864 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley infiltrates the outer harbour at Charleston and proceeds to attack and sink the Union sloop USS Housatonic with a barbed spar torpedo, becoming the first combat submarine to sink a warship. Soon afterward, and before being able to return safely home, the Hunley sinks with the loss of all eight crewmen.

14 February 1950 Stalin and Mao sign the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance. By the late 1950s, that "loving feeling" had been lost, and political and ideological relations had deteriorated, marking the start of the Sino-Soviet Split, but the treaty remained in force until 1979.

Article about the Project 1941 Titan (NATO Kapusta) class SSV-33 Ural Russia’s Giant Secret Spy Ship Killed Rats, Ruined Careers and Almost Got Blown Up TWICE (War is Boring blog)

US nuclear forces, 2014 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

13 February 1991 At 4:30 a.m., a pair of F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighters drop two 2,000 lb GBU-27 laser guided bombs on a target they believe to be the Al Firdos command & control bunker in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Both bombs penetrate the reinforced concrete structure and explode inside, as designed. It is soon apparent, however, that the building was being used as a civilian air raid shelter. More than 400 civilians are killed, including many women and children.

12 February 1946 At 1004 hrs, the Type XXI U-boat U-3514 becomes the final U-boat among 116 sunk during the course of Operation Deadlight.

Singapore Airshow: Rafael launches Iron Beam (Jane's)

India's Indigenous Nuclear Submarine, Agni-V ICBM Set To Launch In 2015 (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

11 February 1971 The Seabed Arms Control Treaty is signed by the USA, UK and Soviet Union. Other countries follow suit. The treaty bans the emplacement of weapons of mass destruction on the ocean floor beyond the 12 mile coastal zone. It enters into force on 18 May 1972.

Its a good game. Worth the price? Too subjective a measure to really say. I haven't played CMANO in over a month now. Been spending time with Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm.