David Axe has a good post on Canada's defense posture. Noting that the Canadian military has been remarkably effective in Afghanistan, he takes a look at how Canada is spending its defense dollars now. The upshot is that the budget looks well balanced for a...
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Part I: HMAS SydneyPart II: HSK KormoranThe following facts are beyond dispute: A battle occured between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. Sydney and her crew were lost without a trace,.
UPDATED!!Q: Are you lawyers?A: Not all of us, although this is a common misperception. Paul Campos is, in fact, a law professor.Q: Do you have any guns?A: No. One of.
The Washington Naval Treaty ended competition between the big naval powers in capital ships by invoking a ten year "naval holiday" in which battleship construction would be sharply limited. The Treaty also determined that anything over 10000 tons or with guns larger than 8" would...
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVPart VPart VIPart VIIYavuz remained flagship of the Turkish Navy until 1954, when she was placed in reserve. In the picture to the left, taken in.
USS Intrepid is reluctant to move...After 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid was inched out of its berth by powerful tugboats on.
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVPart VPart VITCG Yavuz resumed her duty as the flagship of the Turkish Navy in 1930. Much had changed since she was last operational, however. The German Empire had vanished, and the High Seas Fleet lay at the bottom in the...
This is the fifth and final post in a series commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.Part I: SMS LutzowPart II: HMS LionPart III: SMS Friedrich Der GrossePart.
Heh. Indeed.According to Judge Smith:"Jackie Fisher was England’s greatest admiral after Nelson, and was responsible for the creation of the Dreadnought, which was launched nearly exactly 100 years to the.
Another interesting article in the April 3 Defense News concerns the increasing focus of the world's navies on "expeditionary" ships, like LPDs, LHDs, LCCs, LHAS, command ships, and so forth. Broadly, this group includes just about any ship that is designed to manage, project, and...
Budding Sinologist at MeiZhongTai points us to this article about the maintenance record of the PLAN, or People's Liberation Army Navy. Naval maintenance may not seem like an exciting topic,.
Visited the Imperial War Museum yesterday, before almost passing out. If you like war, imperialism, and museums, accept no substitute.This is the entrance of the IWM. The left gun is.