Information Dissemination alerted me to the recent photos of China’s first aircraft carrier the ex-Russian, partially completed, Varyag. A little digging, and you quickly learn the peculiar story of China’s first endeavor into aircraft carriers.
For starters, the Varyag is a piece of legacy leftover from the Soviet empire. It was originally named the Riga [...]
Twenty years have now passed since the Russian nuclear sub K-278 Komsomolets caught fire and sunk in the Barents Sea off Norway on April 7th 1989. The sub, including its nuclear reactor and nuclear warheads, are still resting on the bottom of the Barents in 5200 ft of water, slowly being buried under silt. The [...]
Well, I know it has been some time since my last post, and I apologize for going from a fairly current blog to one with stale posts, but life got busy. Things are returning to normal, and I hope to be back into the swing of things here shortly.
During my hiatus, a lot has happened [...]
This report from the AP:
US unloads aid to Georgia, Russians eye every move
By STEVE GUTTERMAN – 4 hours ago
ABOARD THE USS MOUNT WHITNEY (AP) — As nearby Russian forces watched intently, a U.S. Navy ship unloaded 17 tons of humanitarian aid to a strategic Georgian port that was devastated in last month’s war between Russia [...]
On Wednesday, the U.S. command ship MOUNT WHITNEY, the flagship of the Sixth Fleet sailed into the Black Sea loaded with 17 tons of humanitarian supplies bound for Georgia. Meanwhile the first U.S. ship to enter the area, the guided missile destroyer USS McFaul has departed the Black Sea. Also, the civilian manned U.S. [...]
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