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Helicopters

Photo: Kamov Ka-31 helicopter landing on the deck of a U.S. Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

During the Cold War, such type of helicopter would have been shot down by a U.S. warship. However, on Apr. 11, 2012, as the following picture shows, a Kamov Ka-31…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012

[Simulation] Here's what North Korea's missile launch might look like

Based on publicly available stuff, Analytical Graphics has produced a computer simulation showing North Korean Unha-3 long-range rocket's possible path, tracking assets and landing zone. As highlighted by North Korea…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
Military Aviation

Did You Know Saab J35 Drakens Could Perform the ‘Cobra’ Maneuver?

Take a look at the Swedish Cobra Maneuver. The Sukhoi Su-27 became famous all around the world for doing an aerobatic maneuver, named after the Soviet test pilot Viktor Pugachev,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
Military Aviation

Japan worried about Russian and Chinese intelligence-gathering planes during North Korean missile launch

More than the anticipated North Korea's missile route over East China Sea, what seems to worry a lot the Japan Defense Ministry is the possibility that its ships fitted Long…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
Drones

Photo: "Check your six". You've got a quadricopter drone behind you

That is a nice picture. It was taken on Jan. 12, 2012, at Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, and shows a TV drone (not a quadricopter but a 8-rotor robocopter or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
Military Aviation

Two Marines killed and two severely injured in MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft crash in Morocco

Two marines were killed and two others severely injured in the crash of a USMC MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft in the southern province of Tan Tan, Morocco, on Apr. 11,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 11, 2012
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