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Happy 40th Birthday to the Harpoon

Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2011 by MegaZone

It is hard to believe, but the Harpoon anti-ship missile is forty years old. It has certainly evolved quite a bit, and is available in surface, air, submarine, and land launched versions. It also formed the basis of the SLAM, … Continue reading →

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Lightning Strikes A Wasp

Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2011 by MegaZone

That’s the F-35B Lightning II which is currently conducting trials taking off and landing from the deck of the USS Wasp. The Wasp is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship, not an aircraft carrier. But that’s OK, since the F-35B is … Continue reading →

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Building the Airbus A320 & A380

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 by MegaZone

I often post Boeing-related videos, including one of the B747-8 being assembled. And while I do personally prefer Boeing aircraft to Airbus, they both make fine airliners. So, in the interest of fairness, here are two videos of the A320 … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Looks to Develop Reusable Launch Vehicles

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by MegaZone

SpaceX is nothing if not ambitious. They’ve always said that their long term intentions are to make their boosters, the Falcon 1 & Falcon 9, reusable. But they’ve never really detailed just how they intend to do so. I think … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media’s TiVo Marketing

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2011 by MegaZone

Virgin Media today (re)posted several of their TiVo videos to YouTube, and I watched them again. It got me thinking about how well Virgin seems to be marketing TiVo in the UK, and how it contrasts with the marketing of … Continue reading →

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