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Aircraft Carriers

Satellite captures first Chinese aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea

Taken in the Yellow Sea on Dec. 8, 2011, this images from the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center depicts the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag during it's second sea trial in the Yellow…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 14, 2011
Drones

U.S. MQ-9 crashes at Mahe, Seychelles. Not a good period for America's robot war

News agencies are reporting that a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper crashed today at the Seychelles International Airport in Mahe. The cause of the crash is unknown and under investigation but the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

How many U.S. stealthy drones were actually lost in Iran? New theories about the "downed" RQ-170 surface

Iran will clone and maybe improve the U.S. RQ-170 drone captured on Dec. 4, during a surveillance mission inside the Iranian airspace. One of the few certain facts is that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2011
Military Aviation

Typhoon’s super sci-fi helmet: a (supposedly) unnecessary extra feature on the F-22

When I first saw this picture (taken by contributor Nicola Ruffino), I immediately thought that the Eurofighter Typhoon's Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS), is not only quite advanced, if compared…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Updated: Iranian newspaper ads makes fun of Lockheed Martin after U.S. stealth drone capture but video showing alleged Sentinel is a doctored LM Polecat promo

The mysterious episode that led to the capture of the U.S. stealthy drone has been on the pages of the newspapers all around the world. On Dec. 10, the Iranian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

"This is the school in Iran where the captured U.S. stealthy drone is hidden" source says. Maybe.

According to "CalebS" a very well informed source of this website who has already provided valuable advice to study the high resolution pictures released yesterday by the Iranian Republic Guard,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2011
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