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Some stuff going on. HMS Ark Royal towed to the breakers. Which reminds me of my favorite painting of all time. —– The helmet sighting system for the F-35 is still facing issues. You can’t really fight the plane without it. —– Iraq needed some armed reconnaissance helicopters. But they don’t have a ton of…
Some stuff going on.
HMS Ark Royal towed to the breakers.
Which reminds me of my favorite painting of all time.
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Iraq needed some armed reconnaissance helicopters. But they don’t have a ton of infrastructure to operate something like the OH-58D. So the US modified some off the shelf Bell 407 light helicopters, and shipped those. What’s interesting is that they didn’t hire a defense contractor to do it, but rather the Army’s Redstone Arsenal.
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Sox is not amused.
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A pigmy steam-tug tows you,
Gigantic, to the shore
Dismantled of your guns and spars,
And sweeping wings of war.
The rivets clinch the iron-clads,
Men learn a deadlier lore;
But Fame has nailed your battle-flags;
Your ghost it sails before:
O, the navies old and oaken,
O, the Temeraire no more!
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Sox is not amused, that he has become out of focus. He must have Cheshire Cat blood in him.
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