Archive for July, 2009
A Stryker vehicle crew belonging to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, fires a TOW missile during the brigade's rotation through Fort Polk's, Joint Readiness Training Center.
Here’s a shot of the new M320 grenade launcher in standalone configuration:
A paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires a training round from the new M-320 grenade launcher while learning to use the weapon on a Fort Bragg, N.C., range July 1. The brigade was the first unit in the Army to receive the advanced grenade launcher that will replace the Vietnam-era M-203.
For more info: 82nd receives 1st batch of M320s
A civilian contractor watches as a Stryker armored personnel carrier is lifted onto a flatbed truck at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 16. The Stryker was part of a convoy which transported military equipment to Forward Operating Base Warhorse as part of the coalition's reorientation. Photo by Spc. Kyoshi Freeman
Stykers headed back to Baqubah.
Sgt. Aaron S. Rogers, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, digs around a buried 60mm mortar to determine if it is still active during a range sweep of Combat Center Range 401 July 14. Photo Date Taken: 3/25/2007 Unit: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms Photo ByLine: Lance Cpl. Monica C. Erickson
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969, A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND
Murdoc’s apologies for the lack of posting lately. The real world has been interfering again.
The VirtuSphere
A video report on the giant hamster ball virtual reality system MO pointed out a few years back.
USA to delay release of KC-X tanker request
The draft request for proposals has now been delayed until the fourth quarter. We should have new tankers in the air by 2050.
Army acquires rights to M4 and More on the M4 Rights
Other manufacturers can bid to build M4 carbines for the military.
Peruvian U-Boat Stalks the USN
More training with foreign diesel-electrics. I hope we’re learning things.
Russia strategic missile test fails
New Bulava SLBM for the Dolgoruky-class boomers has been pretty much a bust so far.
DOD considers boosting Army size
Temporary increase by up to 30,000? Murdoc says go for it. That’s a government jobs program he can support.
Solid-State Laser Ready For On-Board Tests
Are laser weapons getting closer to prime-time?
IED incidents up dramatically in Afghanistan
736 IED incidents last month.
Israel says anti-rocket system aces first live try
Iron Dome is designed to intercept Katyusha-type rockets from 2 to 45 miles out.
USMC Adopt Airmobile 120mm Mortar System
The EFSS (Expeditionary Fire Support System).
Chain SAW
No pistol grip to scare the banners.
5 Guns That Can Shoot Around Corners
Self-explanatory.
Northrop Grumman redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), to the U.S. Navy July 11, following a successful three and a half-year refueling and complex overhaul. Photo by Chris Oxley
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jul 13, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), to the U.S. Navy July 11. The redelivery follows the completion of a successful three-and-a-half-year evolution known as a refueling and complex overhaul. The project was performed by the company’s Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va. and was completed within budget.
Redelivery also follows successful sea trials. Sea trials are conducted to test systems, components and demonstrate operations at sea. The trials also include high-speed runs and a demonstration of the carrier’s other capabilities.
“The redelivery of the Carl Vinson is testimony to the tremendous teamwork between our crew, the Northrop Grumman workers, and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding,” said Rear Adm. (select) Ted Carter, who was the Commanding Officer of USS Carl Vinson during the last two and a half years of the RCOH project. “Without that triad of effort, I would not be able to tell you of all the great work accomplished during the overhaul period, which resulted in our ship returning to sea as one of the most advanced ships in the world.”
The refueling and complex overhaul is performed only once in a carrier’s 50-year life and includes extensive modernization work to more than 2,300 compartments, hundreds of system upgrades, and over 20 million man-hours of work, to include defueling and refueling the nuclear reactors.
Full release HERE.
Congress Orders Afghanistan Uniform Probe
Wondering if the current color ACU is really the best for Afghanistan.
Report details Port Royal’s grounding
A combination of factors led to the February grounding in Hawaii which caused $25-$40 million in damage. The captain was “qualified for the job, but was not proficient.”
Tactilite .50 BMG Upper for ARs
Bolt-action half-inch firepower for your black rifle.
Rebuilding Carriers
USS Carl Vinson is just finished with her mid-life refueling and overhaul.
Japan Considering THAAD Missile Defense
Don’t blame them.
USB Chainsaw
Oh, yeah!
