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<p>I thought I would once again share with the FR community some really great PICS of the US Navy, this time for 2008.</p> <p>The site uses thumbnails to link to medium-res pictures suitable for desktop background pics.</p> <p>Just click on one of the thumbnails below to take you to the site.</p>

In a new outburst of antiwestern sabre-rattling, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has threatened Britain with “revenge” for the Falklands war of 1982. The belligerent Latin American leftist warned last week that his recent build-up of sophisticated Russian and Iranian weapons would be used to destroy the British fleet if it attempted to return to the South Atlantic. Speaking on his weekly television show Alo Presidente (Hello, Mr President), Chavez denounced what he described as Britain’s “illegal occupation” of the Falklands and repeated his call for a regional military alliance against Britain and the United States. “If we had been...

I thought I would share with the FR community some really great PICS of the US Navy from 2006 and 2007. The site uses thumbnails to link to medium-res pictures suitable for desktop background pics. Just click on one of the thumbnails below to take you to the site. MY FAVORITE TWENTY US NAVY PICS OF 2007 I'll post new pics each year. My way of honoring and giving tribute to the greatest Naval force in history and the men and women who make and keep it that way.

I am putting together a comprehensive comparison and analysis site regarding the face off in the Taiwan Starits between the Taiwan Navy (ROCN) and the Red Chinese Navy (PLAN). I include in the analysis and the comparison, the likely surface combatants that the US would send to the assistance of Taiwan in the event of agression by the Red Chinese. Please take a look by clicking on the logo below and let me know what you think: Also, please feel free to refer others who have questions or interest regarding this potential flashpoint in toda6y's world. It is clear, in...

Proposal for an affordable, scalable, and capable replacement of Ticonderoga AEGIS cruisers PROPOSED AEGIS REPLACEMENT CRUISER, USS SHANKSVILLE By the late 20-teens, the vaunted Ticonderoga cruisers of the United States Navy will begin to apporach the end of their service life. DDX and CGX programs and their DD21, DD1000, and CG21 alternatives are all languishing on cost basis. CURRENT AEGIS CRUISERS (Oldest is over 20 years old) With the successful introduction of the KDX-III, Sejong class AEGIS DDGs for the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN), which the United States worked closely with, it is clear that a cruiser size variant...