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Amazing Sukhoi SU-35BM Flanker-E close up flying Display
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Russian pride " Tu-160, Tu-95, Tu-22M Strategic bombers "
Originally shared by +Asylum seeker
Russian pride " Tu-160, Tu-95, Tu-22M Strategic bombers "
Russian pride " Tu-160, Tu-95, Tu-22M Strategic bombers "
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USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was one of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War.
Commissioned in 1956, she spent most of her career in the Mediterranean, but also participated during the Vietnam War, receiving one battle star for her service. One of her last operational duties was to participate in Operation Desert Storm.
Saratoga was decommissioned in 1994, and had been stored at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. Multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to preserve her as a museum ship. The Navy is paying ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Texas, one cent to take the ship for dismantling and recycling. On 15 September 2014, ex-Saratoga arrived in Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped.
USS Saratoga
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HMS Sheffield
HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships. Unlike most Royal Navy ships of her time, her fittings were constructed from stainless steel instead of the more traditional brass. This was an attempt to reduce the amount of cleaning required on the part of the crew. Her nickname, the "Shiny Sheff", stemmed from this. A prototype radar system was placed into service in August 1938 on the Sheffield. It was the first vessel in the Royal Navy to be so equipped.
HMS Sheffield
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SMS Schlesien
SMS Schlesien[a] was one of the five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the German province of Schlesien, she was built at the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Danzig, where she was launched on 28 May 1906. She was commissioned into the navy on 5 May 1908. The ships of her class were already outdated by the time they entered service, being inferior in size, armor, firepower and speed to the revolutionary new battleship HMS Dreadnought.
After commissioning, Schlesien was assigned to the I Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. She served with the fleet throughout the first two years of World War I; by this time she had been transferred to the II Battle Squadron alongside her four sister ships. Schlesien was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, where she was actively engaged only briefly. After Jutland, she was relegated to guard duties before being withdrawn altogether in 1917, when she became a training ship. The Treaty of Versailles permitted the German navy to retain eight obsolete battleships, which included Schlesien, to defend the German coast. She saw extensive service with the reorganized Reichsmarine; in the 1920s and 30s the ship was rebuilt and eventually converted back into a training ship.
Schlesien saw limited combat during World War II, including the invasion of Norway in 1940. After the conclusion of the operation, the ship was again given secondary duties. She ended her career as an anti-aircraft ship in the Baltic; in April 1945 Schlesien steamed to Swinemünde to restock her ammunition and evacuate wounded soldiers when she struck a mine on 3 May. She sank in shallow water, though much of her superstructure, including her main battery, remained above water. In the remaining days of the war, Schlesien used her heavy artillery to provide support for retreating German ground troops. After the end of the war, she was broken up, though some parts of the ship remained until the 1970s.
SMS Schlesien
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Survey Motor Boat (SMB) Sapphire - carried on HMS Echo
Survey Motor Boat (SMB) Sapphire – carried on HMS Echo
Survey Motor Boat (SMB) Sapphire - carried on HMS Echo
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Boston 1927
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USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
The Tucumcari (PGH-2) was a Boeing-built hydrofoil. Named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, it was the basis for the technology used in the subsequent Pegasus-class patrol boats and the Jetfoil ferries. Its unique feature was a waterjet propulsion and a computer-controlled fully submerged foil configuration of one foil at the bow and foils on the port and starboard sides. The Tucumcari was one of two prototype boats contracted by the Navy for the purpose of evaluating the latest hydrofoil technology. The second boat was the rival Grumman built USS Flagstaff (PGH-1).
USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
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BMPT " TERMINATOR " RUSSIAN DEADLY MISSILE TANK
Originally shared by +Asylum seeker
BMPT " TERMINATOR " RUSSIAN DEADLY MISSILE TANK
BMPT " TERMINATOR " RUSSIAN DEADLY MISSILE TANK
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Guardium "Israeli unmanned ground vehicle "
Originally shared by +Asylum seeker
Guardium "Israeli unmanned ground vehicle "
Guardium "Israeli unmanned ground vehicle "
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The target is to base the FA-50PHs at the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan by 2018
Originally shared by +Philippine Defense News
The target is to base the FA-50PHs at the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan by 2018. Until then, their base of operations is at the Basa, Clark and Subic Airbases, so us in the Metro Manila area won"t see much of these birds, unless for special occasions …
Air Force takes wing with new fighters, choppers
A renascent Philippine Air Force on Saturday took delivery of six brand new attack helicopters, two fighter jets and an airbus, the initial batch of new air asset purchases worth more than P27
The target is to base the FA-50PHs at the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan by 2018
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Originally shared by +don gilchrist
Khrizantema-S: Why Russia’s Ultimate Tank Killer Cannot Be Defeated
With a floristic name (translated as “golden daisy”) that belies its deadly nature, Russia’s Khrizantema-S supersonic anti-tank missile was designed to destroy current and future main battle tanks, including those protected with explosive reactive armor, small-displacement surface vessels, low-flying aerial targets and field fortifications.
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Billboard for Cairns Pacific Patrol Boat Bid #AdvanceCairns #Cair...
Originally shared by +BSE Maritime Solutions
Billboard for Cairns Pacific Patrol Boat Bid #AdvanceCairns #CairnsForTheWin #PacificPatrolBoat
Billboard for Cairns Pacific Patrol Boat Bid #AdvanceCairns #Cair...
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Today's Army career of the day is 94S Patriot System Repairer
Originally shared by +GOARMY.COM
Today"s Army career of the day is 94S Patriot System Repairer. Are you a 94S? If so, tell us about it.
Patriot System Repairer (94S)
The PATRIOT System Repairer performs maintenance and quality control measures on the PATRIOT combat missile system to ensure functionality. Learn more at goarmy.com.
Today"s Army career of the day is 94S Patriot System Repairer
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MiG-29UBS
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Marines have returned from Syria (2015)
Originally shared by +Max Kalinin
Marines have returned from Syria (2015)
Marines have returned from Syria (2015)
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“Aerial oblique bow quarter view of USS Midway (CVB-41), leaving Hampton Roads for her first tour 10 September 1945
Originally shared by +JD Frazier
“Aerial oblique bow quarter view of USS Midway (CVB-41), leaving Hampton Roads for her first tour 10 September 1945. National Archives photo # 80-G-701433.”
“Aerial oblique bow quarter view of USS Midway (CVB-41), leaving Hampton Roads for her first tour 10 September 1945
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Soviet pows pulling out the body of the KV1 driver
Originally shared by +JD Frazier
Soviet pows pulling out the body of the KV1 driver
Soviet pows pulling out the body of the KV1 driver
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StuG III Ausf.G with infantry, 1942.
Originally shared by +JD Frazier
More than 10 000 Sturmgeschütz III were build during the World War 2. It was one of the most powerful assault gun and was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III. Firing with a 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48. A lot of country used the Stug III during and after the war.
StuG III Ausf.G with infantry, 1942.
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