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Captured Stealth Drone

Iran seizes a U.S. Stealth Drone by taking over controls. Maybe… And what about that Predator virus?

According to the Iranian Fars news agency, on Dec. 4, Iran's army downed a U.S. remotely controlled spyplane, along the country’s eastern border. Although no image of the wreckage was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 4, 2011
Aviation

Have you ever seen a Tornado-like spinning vortex on a Typhoon? Just phase transition thermodynamics

I'm pretty sure many of this weblog's readers have already seen this phenomenon generated at the air intake of an F-16. There is also a quite famous image of a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 3, 2011

Computer viruses, mysterious bomb blasts, assassinations and PSYOPS: Israel's stealth war on Iran already begun?

When writing about Iran's nuclear weapons program, many analysts and journalists seem to forget that, although not of the type one might expect, the attack against Tehran nuke sites has…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 2, 2011
Military Aviation

US Air Combat Command cancels all single-ship demo teams except one: "the F-22 is good for air shows. All other combat planes are good for war"

As a consequence of the global financial crisis, the US Air Command Command has decided to scale back from the six demonstration teams (A-10 East & West, F-16 East &…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 1, 2011

Impressive video: behind the scenes of world’s largest aerobatic display team. Flying with the Frecce Tricolori 10-ship formation

Even while most people like to attend air shows to see aerobatic display teams performances, they usually don’t know what happens inside the formation, which are the main roles of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 29, 2011
Military Aviation

Conformal Fuel Tanks, Storm Shadows, Meteor and IRIS-T missiles: the (really cool) multirole Typhoon offered to the UAE Air Force

I don't really know if this version of the Eurofighter Typhoon will ever become a reality. However, chances seems to be increased after Eurofighter received a quite surprising RFP (Request…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 28, 2011
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