VOA Chinese, Apr 2, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 130331/1631969.html
("俄罗斯主要潜艇设计机构,'鲁宾'设计局局长维尔尼特星期六在马来西亚表示")
Note: Rubin Design Bureau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_Design_Bureau
(in Saint Petersburg; one of the main Russian centers of submarine design, having designed more than two-thirds of all nuclear submarines in the Russian Navy; The word "rubin" means ruby in the Russian language; founded in 1901)
(2) Can We Have Our Harpoons Back Please Sir. Strategy Page, Apr 1, 2013
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htsurf/articles/20130401.aspx
("Back in the 1990s it was sort of agreed that between the nuclear subs and the long range aircraft of American carriers, American surface warships no longer needed long range (over the horizon) anti-ship missiles. So in the late 1990s the U.S. stopped building warships that could fire Harpoon (the US long range anti-ship missile [with a range of 220 kilometers]) and took Harpoon off some ships that already had them")
(3) The Spirit Of The Bayonet Lives On. Styrategy Page, Mar 30, 2013
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20130330.aspx
("While the US Army eliminated bayonet drills from basic training, the US Marine Corps has not")
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