Monthly Archives: October 2020

 Greta Stonehouse National  The last RAN vessel to deploy in the Middle East was HMAS Toowoomba. Australia’s navy is focussing its attention closer to home and will cut its annual deployment to the Middle East while it faces a challenging strategic environment. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds says the RAN has recently been highly active inContinue reading “RAN cuts annual Middle East deployment”

100+Stars and Stripes 19h //keep unread//hide Is this article about foreign policy?YESNO China says a $1.8 billion U.S. weapons deal with Taiwan ‘severely interferes in China’s internal affairs.’ VISIT WEBS from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/35A0chs via IFTTT

World Defence Newsby Alain HENRY de FRAHAN / 19h //keep unread//hide On October 21, the U.S. State Department announced it had made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of 135 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles and related equipmentContinue reading “U.S. sells 135 AGM-84H SLAM-ER missiles and related equipment to Taiwan”

laststandonzombieisland 15h //keep unread//hide Is this article about military?YESNO The fifth Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer completed (more than 68 are with the fleet today, can you believe that?), USS Stout (DDG-55) rolled out of Pascagoula for the first time in 1994. Now in her 26th year, the “Bold Knight” has been on a COVID-extended quest of sorts overseas, completing a nearlyContinue reading “215 and a coat of paint”

 Posted on October 23, 2020 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Rare postwar photo of SB2C Helldiver #43, carrying an AN/APS-4 radar pod under the wing, over kite-shaped Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 23 October 1945. The dive bomber is flown by Lt. Frederick C. Lambert USMCR. (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1996.253.538)Continue reading “THE EMPEROR’S MAGIC CARPET RIDE, 75 YEARS AGO TODAY”