Recent content by Glider

I would be interested to see if that's 10% of the fleet, or 10% of the serviceable/operational fleet.

details, details,

Think of all the Casino's you can build.

I must be getting old, I got how its done.

I so hope that this turns to reality, and isn't a pipe dream

Agreed but I doubt that it would be difficult to fit it with a camera and motor to turn the missile in any direction

Whoa. How about we settle for:- Erdogan has been a significant drag on Europe's ability to support Ukraine and this may encourage him to be open to more popular policies. I admit to not understanding two thirds of your posting. PS. My definition of popular is popular with the people of...

In what might be a good sign for Ukraine, Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, preliminary results showed. The outcome was a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking...

If I could add a small piece to your very informative piece. The British liked the Italian 20mm Breda. Some captured ones were mounted on British cruisers and when the ships were moved elsewhere, they transferred to any incoming replacement vessels.

Any survivors from the Scharnhorst and the Haguro may have a different view.

Earlier in the thread the book 'British Cruiser Warfare: The Lessons of the Early War 1939 -1941' was mentioned. I purchased it and heartily recommend it. There is a lot of detail of how Radar and its use in action developed over this period. The following is an example, that shows what could be...

I think a key point is made at the end of the piece when it points out that this mobilisation may well include the major cities, areas that have previously been except from mobilisations. I was listening too a radio program from India and Nepal where it was pointed out that Russian recruitment...

If you want a good old fashioned bomb truck, you could do a lot worse than an F4. Maintaining it would be a nightmare.

First of all I totally agree with your comments about Harris and I would add the cowardice of those above him (including Churchill) in not standing up to him. Churchill famously said that the only thing that ever really worried him, were the German U Boats. He was probably the only man who could...

I think we all recognise that no one plane (or anything else) changed the course of the war as that would imply that the benefit stayed for a long time. It didn't as countermeasures almost invariably came to reverse the situation. In no particular order these are my thoughts, and I expect there...