This shows the "executive compartment" installed in a C-17 Globemaster
to provide comfortable travel accommodations
for the Secretary of Defense, VIPs and senior officers. It appears to
be three-sections of joined Airstream mobile-home type units.
Nearby appears to be a communications module. It is not clear how many
there are of these special installations. Air Force
personnel call this the "Silver Bullet"
SHAKTOI, Pakistan — A top Pakistani Taliban commander says he has sent
thousands of fighters to neighboring Afghanistan to rebuff incoming
U.S. troops, a claim that comes as a Pakistani army offensive is
believed to have pushed many of his men to flee their main redoubt.
MOSCOW - Russia has signed a contract to deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter
planes to military-run Myanmar, the daily Kommersant reported Dec. 23.
The contract was signed a few weeks ago and came to nearly $570
million (400 million euros), according to a source close to Russian
arms sales company Rosoboronexport quoted by the paper.
Para celebrar el 30 aniversario del primer lanzamiento de un cohete
Ariane, la Agencia Europea del Espacio (ESA), Arianespace y el CNES
(Agencia Espacial Francesa) han preparado dos vídeos [...] Estos
vídeos se proyectarán próximamente en otras ciudades europeas, que
forman parte de la Comunidad de las Ciudades Ariane (CVA), Barcelona,
Bremen, Lampoldhausen, Liège y Madrid
Three years after deciding to start production, the Russian Air Force
received the first two production models of the Su-34 fighter-bomber
[...]The 45 ton Su-34 is a replacement for the 43 ton Su-24 bomber,
which is beginning to show its age (over twenty years). There are 300
Su-24s on the books, but most of these are not fit for service. The
Su-34 is most similar to the U.S. F-15E (a two seat fighter bomber
version of the 31 ton F-15C.), and is yet another variant of the 33
ton Su-27.
- El Gobierno español ha autorizado al Ministerio de Defensa a
adquirir compromisos de gasto futuro para financiar la producción del
misil Meteor para el Ejército del Aire. El monto necesario es de 100
millones de euros, incluidos más de 2,4 millones para la fabricación
del primer lote.
El nuevo Instituto, que estará en funcionamiento en el primer semestre
de 2010, nace de la integración de seis organismos preexistentes: el
Centro de Ensayos de Torregorda, en Cádiz; el Centro de Investigación
y Desarrollo de la Armada, y el Taller de Precisión y Centro
Electrotécnico de Artillería, en Madrid; la Fábrica Nacional de La
Marañosa y el Laboratorio Químico Central de Armamento, en San Martín
de la Vega; y el Polígono de Experiencias de Carabanchel, en Madrid.
