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Aircraft Carriers

Photo: Costa Concordia and Cavour aircraft carrier at Civitavecchia harbor

In the last few days, after the Costa Concordia ran aground at Isola del Giglio on Jan. 13, media all around the world have published statistics to give readers an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 18, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: AV-8B+ Harrier heavy configuration

Taken on Jan. 17 by Giovanni Maduli, the following picture shows an Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier taking off from Decimomannu airbase in a heavy configuration including 4 x 300 gallons…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2012
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran to return the captured stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone to the U.S. As a scale model.

Update Jan. 17 13:15 GMT Around $4: this is the expected price of the 1:80 reproduction of the stealthy RQ-170 drone captured on Dec. 4, that a group of Iranian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2012
Helicopters

Cruise ship aground at Isola del Giglio: the role played by rescue helicopters

Update Jan. 16 21:37 GMT On Jan. 13, at around 21.45 LT, the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship, ran aground on rocks off the Isola del Giglio Island. As a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2012
Military Aviation

"The Eurofighter Typhoon will be the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft" Pakistani blog says. RUMINT, HUMINT or speculation?

Although an Indian Air Force spokeperson has quickly denied the news, according to a Pakistani blog "Grande Strategy", Eurofighter has won the Indian MMRCA tender, worth 10-15 billion USD for…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 13, 2012

From Greece with love: Russia's aircraft carrier flight ops in the Mediterranean sea

If the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag, serving as a testbed for the development China's future naval aviation, is far from being a factor, Russia’s flagship Admiral Kuznetsov, a "heavy aircraft-carrying…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 12, 2012
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