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A View From The Greenhouse (Putin-Mad, Bad, Or Just Being Vlad)

8th March 2022 Colin Cross 3719 Comments

“It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” as the saying goes and it’s as true for owners of large glass structures as it is for anyone else. Since my last epistle we’ve faced [more…]

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Ukraine’s Javelin, NLAW and TB-2

3rd March 2022 Always Worth Saying 4280 Comments

Javelin Javelin is an infrared (ie heat-seeking) guided anti-tank missile system. A previous generation of anti-tank missiles were wire-guided via a ‘semi-automatic command to line of sight’ (or SACLOS) system where the operator had to [more…]

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Exocet – the missile that almost cost Britain the Falklands War

2nd June 2021 Blown Periphery 4388 Comments

Exocet is the French word for a flying fish. It is also an anti-shipping missile that can be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. The Exocet designed and built by Aerospatiale [more…]

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Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 5637 Comments

This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]

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The Perfidy of Western “Intelligence” Agencies: The A.Q. Khan Case

24th April 2018 Katabasis 3065 Comments

Preface This article was first published in print nearly ten years ago now, (and under a different name) towards the end of 2008. At the time, Iraq and Afghanistan had clearly become quagmires and there [more…]

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