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Aviation Safety

[Updated] Video: One of the lowest fly by ever by an F-16

Update Apr. 23, 2012 21.30 GMT Allegedly recorded in Afghanistan (that, as far as I remember, it's a landlocked country with no sea...), the following video, uploaded a couple of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2012

Latest from Syria: mortars, anti-aircraft vehicles and (maybe) chemical weapons

After publishing the Special feature: all the weapons used by the Syrian regime on Homs, Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to analyse the footage of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2012
Information Security

What is a Cyber Weapon?

We've been taking about Militarisation of cyberspace for some time now. This interesting article by Hackmageddon.com provides a model to classify cyber weapons in accordance with four parameters: Precision, Intrusion,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 22, 2012
Maritime Security

40-year old Falklands, Iraq, Libya veteran Sea Dart missile makes its last firing

Introduced some 40 years ago, Sea Dart missile, a ship lunched anti-aircraft  and anti-missiles with a range of around 80 miles, was fired for the last time on Apr. 13.…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 22, 2012
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran claims it has decoded the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Drone Intel but provides unsubstantiated evidence to prove it.

Iran has decoded the U.S. stealthy drone intel? What? oh, umm...yeah...sure According to a FARS News Agency article published on Apr. 22, Iran has just finished deconding the intelligence gathering…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 22, 2012
Military Aviation

The ninth minute barrier: Pentagon releases Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 failed test report.

With a statement released on Apr. 20, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said that Mar. 20 failed test was (unsurprisingly) caused by the extremely high speeds. Launched from Vandenberg Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 21, 2012
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