Ghost Fleet is the best techno-thriller since Red Storm Rising.
Hat tip to WoTR for this review by Claude Berube who teaches at the U.S. Naval Academy:http://warontherocks.com/2015/07/gho...-storm-rising/
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The work has plenty to keep readers attentive, including military history and pop culture references such as direct and indirect homages to the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Star Trek, Red Dawn, and Tron. This is a book best savored in as few sittings as possible. The authors are clear enough in their message that America is vulnerable, and they’re right. But they’re also correct that innovative thinking will save us in the end
China's Picket Line, not an island Maginot Line
Hat tip to WoTR for a reply to China's Maginot Line (Post 16 here):http://warontherocks.com/2015/08/the...maginot-line/?
China tests its largest airship
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On October 13, 2015, China started the 24 hour test flight of its largest airship yet in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia. The Yuanmeng has a volume of 18,000 cubic meters, a length of 75 meters and a height of 22 meters. It will fly to 20,000 meters to test its control systems and near-space flight performance. With solar panels installed on its top, the Yuanmeng will be one of the largest solar-powered airships in existence. Using solar power to drive its rotors will save additional weight in order to increase payload, and gives it a total flight endurance of six months. The Yuanmeng's 5- to 7-ton payload of data relays, datalinks, cameras and other sensors would also be powered by the sun.
http://www.popsci.com/china-tests-its-largest-airship
See also
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...hlight=airship
China Reorganizing Military to Close Gap with U.S.
China Reorganizing Military to Close Gap with U.S.
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The Exotic New Weapons the Pentagon Wants to Deter Russia and China
The Exotic New Weapons the Pentagon Wants to Deter Russia and China
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