Sunday, October 16, 2005

Submarine warfare experts gather

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This ought to make the US submarine community feel better as sub experts gather : The specter of a war with China over Taiwan was one of sev...

Great boating adventures of our time

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A couple of great boating adventures of the 21st Century.
Saturday, October 15, 2005

Heavy Cruiser

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Off the coast of Vietnam in 1972, after the North Vietnamese started the Easter Offensive, the big gun ship that began patrolling the South ...
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Yemen

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Interesting opinion piece on Chemical Weapons, Drug Smuggling, and Other Crimes of the Yemeni Dictator

An ally bites a bullet to help stop terrorism

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Although the UN refuses to call a shovel a shovel,the African country of Malawi has stepped up and chewed a bullet to help fight the GWOT as...

Read the The Fourth Rail

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A couple of days ago one of my kids asked why I don't post much on the war in Iraq. My answer to him was the same as that which I now pr...
Friday, October 14, 2005

Odd Cars: Dymaxion

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An odd design for an automobile? Explained here For those that haven't heard of it, the Dymaxion Car was a teardrop-shaped (least air re...

Somali pirates release latest captured WFP ship

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This just in: Somali pirates freed a ship carrying United Nations food aid early on Friday, two days after seizing it in the latest hijacki...

Major innovation: Stanford Wins Robo-Race

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Speaking of drones, the DARPA guys offered up a prize and some really smart people took up the challenge - to create a vehicle capable of se...

Tunnel and cave flying UAVs?

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Reported here , "US defence research agency wants to develop air vehicle small enough to fly inside caves and tunnels." “The warfi...
Thursday, October 13, 2005

Good reads: Somalia ''Jihad'' Springboard and more

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Interesting reading here : Building up to attack Yusuf’s forces is an array of scary men in Mogadishu. In the lawless city I found that Isla...

Philippine lawmaker: "Seize US military vessel off Zamboanga"

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Reported here , a member of the Philippine house has decided to take on the United States: Bayan Muna Representative Joel Virador urged loca...

Somali pirates seize another UN food aid ship

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Reported here : Somali pirates have hijacked a second ship carrying United Nations food aid in the latest act of piracy to strike vessels pl...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

US Navy Birthday 13 October 1775

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Only the Navy can make its own birthday dull . 230 years - sort of- The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which...
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Isn't this why it's a "sport?"

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Headline reads: Cardinals, Astros Have Mutual Respect" . "On the field, it's a classic," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa ...

Samoan style football

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Watching college football the other day I was struck by the number of Samoans on the field, in relative terms. So, I asked what's the de...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Oh, duh: "World Helpless Against Assaults of Nature"

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Hat tip to Drudge for pointing this wonderful article out: from the Washington Post : World Helpless Against Assaults of Nature In a more h...

Somali pirates seize another ship

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Somali pirates have seized a ship enroute to the MV Semlow (recently released by the pirates) ferrying food and suppies to Semlow it says he...

NIMBYism in Florida-125 miles offshore drilling "too close" for comfort?

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Political fallout from Florida Gov. Bush endorsement of allowing drill rigs 125 miles off the coast reported here . The Republican governor ...

South Asia Earthquake

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Toll tops 42,000 . "Oh, the Humanity!"