Maverick AGM-65
The Raytheon AGM-65 Maverick The Raytheon AGM-65 Maverick is a family of precision guided weapons proven in action in Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom. Of 5,300 Mavericks launched in Desert […]
Month: August 2009
Kongsberg Penguin AGM-119B
The AGM-119B Kongsberg Penguin Slated for the RAN’s ill-fated Kaman SH-2G Seasprite helicopters, and fitted with an Australian-manufactured warhead, the Penguin is a 1960s-era remarkably durable “shoot-and-scoot” high subsonic sea […]
Korea: Naval air
Operation Strangle: Naval aviation in Korea. by Fred LanePaper presented at the Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Sydney, 7 July 2004. To understand naval aviation in the Korean War, it […]
Operation Strangle: 1951-52
Operation Strangle: Naval aviation in Korea. by Fred Lane Paper presented at the Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Sydney, 7 July 2004. To understand naval aviation in the Korean War, […]
Jutland, 1916
Jutland 1916 Book review by Fred Lane Steel, N. and P. Hart. Jutland 1916: Death in the grey wastes. Cassell: London, 2003. 439pp. Photographs and Maps. Paperback $19.75. […]
Stalingrad siege: 1942-43 (Book review)
The Stalingrad siege Book review by Fred Lane Beevor, A. (1998) Stalingrad. Penguin Books. 494pp, including maps, photos, index and comprehensive chapter footnotes. Paperback $35 Retired British Army officer Antony […]
Berlin defeat: 1945 (Book review)
The fall of Berlin Book review by Fred Lane Beevor, A. (2002) Berlin: The downfall 1945. Penguin Books: London. 490 pp including index and footnotes. $35.00. Antony Beevor has done […]
The Battle of Antietam: 1862
The Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg More American soldiers (617,528) died during the 1861-65 American Civil War than in any other conflict involving Americans. The next worse loss of life was in […]
The Battle of Bantry: 1796
Bantry, the unknown invasion by Tom De Voil This is a true story of bad timing, missed communications, confusing orders and changes in plans. The Commander-in-Chief goes missing, there is […]
The Battle of North Cape: 1943
The Battle of North Cape and HMS Belfast By Richard Johnstone-Bryden. Reprinted with permission of the editor, Broadsheet, 2003. Since 1971 the heavy (sic) cruiser HMS Belfast has been preserved […]