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…
[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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…