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I've heard of inter-service conflict, but... In 1987, while flying off the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, a Lt. j.g. Timothy W. Dorsey fired a missile at an Air Force F-4 reconnaissance jet piloted by then-Lt. Ross. He and his backseat officer ejected as the F-4 plunged into...
James Holmes asks us to crowdsource a name for China's "it's new to you" aircraft carrier, having correctly noted that "ex-Varyag" is getting old: Our friends in Beijing are evidently having a hard time settling on a name, though. Shi Lang, for a long-ago conqueror of...

Israel Ditches the LCS

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On June 29, 2009
It appears that the Israelis have ditched plans to purchase the Littoral Combat Ship: In a radical revamp of its surface fleet modernization program, the Israel Navy has shelved long-held plans to purchase Lockheed Martin-produced Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), as well as a fallback option...

Peter the Great on the Way!

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On September 22, 2008

RFS Pyotr Velikiy and his (my understanding is that Russians use the masculine in reference to naval vessels, but if anyone has clarification, please don't hesitate) entourage set sail for.

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