BBC Chinese, July 13, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/07/100713_newairships.shtml
Note:
(a) Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV)
(b) William Matthews, Old Technology Takes Flight Again With LEMV; Northrop
Says Airship Offers Long-term, Continuous ISR - for $50 an Hour. Defense
News, July 11, 2010.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4703780&c=FEA&s=TEC
----------------Separately
(1) Russia's new generation S-500 missile defense system to enter service.
Ria NOvosti, July 13, 2010.
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100713/159794602.html
(2) S-400s will protect Russia against missile threats - official. Voice of Russia, July 13, 2010.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/07/13/12238301.html
My comment: Moscow is concerned about North Korea? Could China be in Moscow'
s mind? US has used North Korea and Iran to build up missile defense in the
Far east and Europe.
(3) Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Disastrous transformation of U.S. defense.
Washington Times, July 12, 2010.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/12/disastrous-transformation-of-us-defense/
("The only American candidate for replacing the loss in rapid-transport
capacity associated with sending the C-5As to the boneyard is the C-17, a
substantially smaller but modern and highly capable strategic airlifter")
Note:
(a) Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
("The C-5 Galaxy has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF)
since 1969 and is one of the largest military aircraft in the world;" Length
: 247 ft 1 in (75.31 m))
(b) Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
(introduction: 1993; Length: 174 ft (53 m))
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