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Have Assad’s forces used Chemical Weapons on Homs?

Reports have appeared on news websites according to those, forces loyal to President Assad have attacked Syrian rebels in the city of Homs with what appears to be a gas…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
December 28, 2012
North Korea

South Korean Navy finds North’s rocket debris

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has been among the first meadia oultets to report that the South Korean Navy has recovered debris from the recent North Korean rocket launch thought to…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
December 28, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Examining Chinese Navy’s Shenyang J-15 fighter jet’s Ordnance and Fuel Capabilities

Recent test flights of the Shenyang J-15 fighter aboard the Chinese carrier Liaoning highlighted the development of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) nascent aviation forces. The capabilities and performance…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
December 27, 2012
Military Aviation

The Aviationist’s Top 5 stories of 2012

Here below you will find the Top 5 blog posts of year 2012. Actually, these are not the five articles that got most pageviews: in fact, among the most read…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 27, 2012
Military Aviation

Assad regime has turned combat planes into WMD-armed drones

According to Israel Hayom daily, the Mig-21 fighter jet flown by a defecting Syrian pilot to Jordan last June was found to have been modified by the Syrian Arab Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 26, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

The special way U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats wished Merry Christmas to sailors deployed at sea

Christmas is an ordinary day when you are embarked on an aircraft carrier for maritime security operations. Still, this doesn't mean there are no alternate ways to celebrate it, as…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 25, 2012
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