This aircraft carrier is the world’s most expensive parking lot

(YAHOO NEWS)   What you’re looking at is the deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan covered in the vehicles of Navy Sailors heading toNaval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. At a cost of about $ 4.5 billion this is probably the world’s most expensive parking lot. It may seem phenomenal, but this is actually a common occurrence for the Navy and a lot [...]

NORAD intercepts 2 aircraft in restricted airspace during G-8 meeting at Camp David

ShareThis NORAD intercepts 2 aircraft in restricted airspace during G-8 meeting at Camp David 19 May 2012 Military aircraft have intercepted two small planes in restricted airspace around Camp David, where world leaders are gathering for an economic summit. The North American Aerospace Defense Command says the two Cessna 172 aircraft were out of radio [...]

Super Secret DARPA Hypersonic Aircraft Flew Out of Its Skin

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, has made public its best guess about what might have caused its unmanned arrowhead-shaped Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) to suddenly lose contact and crash in the Pacific just a few minutes after slicing through the sky at Mach 20: it was going so fast its skin peeled off. [...]

US to deploy spy aircraft to South Korea

ShareThis US to deploy spy aircraft to South Korea –J-STARS spy plane tracks ground vehicles, collects imagery and relays tactical pictures to ground and air theater commanders 11 Mar 2012 The United States is set to deploy a military surveillance plane to South Korea to thwart any likely threat from North Korea ahead of an [...]

US to keep 11 aircraft carriers to show sea power

ShareThis US to keep 11 aircraft carriers to show sea power 21 Jan 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the country’s oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the formidable warships despite budget pressures, in part to project sea power against Iran. Panetta also told [...]

Two U.S. Aircraft Carriers Near Iran, With a Third On the Way

ShareThis Two U.S. Aircraft Carriers Near Iran, With a Third On the Way 11 Jan 2012 The U.S.S. Carl Vinson has linked with the Navy’s Fifth Fleet, and is somewhere in the northern Arabian Sea. It’ll replace the U.S.S. John C. Stennis, which recently sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz. That means that during [...]

Strait of Hormuz standoff continues as Iran films US aircraft carrier

ShareThis Strait of Hormuz standoff continues as Iran films US aircraft carrier –Video played on state television 29 Dec 2011 Iran claimed to have successfully taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz today as both countries raised the stakes in their standoff over the critical oil route. Admiral Habibollah [...]