Month: November 2017

In the past, I have often seen or tried to stop discussions over what I call vs battles. Military fans universally love to debate whether one aircraft is better than…

This entry will focus on two of the largest strategic projects that China is currently working on: Carrier fleet and strategic transport (Y-20). For the former, there has been increasing…

After the development of Y-20 and J-20, the next military major aviation project in China is the rumoured H-20 bomber project. Although we do not know the exact designation, PLAAF’s…

Most recently, the first LRIP batch of J-20 appears to be handed over to FTTC to start the processing of getting inducted into PLAAF later this year or early next.…

While reading pop3’s various posts on Type 055, I was struck by how long this project has been planned. As far back as 1968, the Type 055 designation was given…

Most recently, I have been reading writings from pop3, a good source for PLAN, on the upcoming Type 055 cruiser. At the same, I have also been reading and discussing…

When I read Pop3’s comments that an initial estimate of the Type 055 design’s displacement was over 20,000 ton, the first thought that came to my mind was Kirov class…

PLAN’s naval aviation arm has gotten a huge boost since the commissioning of CV-16. In the past year, this has been especially more pronounced with more and more activities off…

China made it official this week that J-20 is coming to Zhuhai air show. All of this is quite interesting when one compares this to how long before J-10 made…

In every presidential election cycle, much is made about the “experience” that candidates bring (or do not bring) to the table in order to sway voters. This is especially true…

Just a couple of months after the recent discovery of the “new” photographs of what is potentially Abraham Lincoln in the crowd at Gettysburg, comes the announcement tonight from the…

As I posted on December 20, 2007, The History Channel recently showed a two-hour documentary about the 12-day hunt for John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Thanks to…

Found a story here about archaeologists from The National Park Service beginning an excavation at Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home site at Knob Creek, Kentucky. Lincoln and his family lived at…

While reading this article from Time, I began to reflect upon and wonder why Abraham Lincoln continues to fascinate so many people both here in the United States and around…

You have to wonder about the intelligence of some people, or rather the lack of it. Interesting article about a crook who tried to pass counterfeit $100 bills in Mesa,…

The United States Mint will be redesigning the Lincoln cent or penny in honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth next year. The image I’ve provided are the four…

This is a follow-up to the announcement this week that the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana is closing after being open to the public for 77 years. Today’s Fort…

200 years ago this year, a child was born on the frontier in Kentucky. He grew to become a tall, bearded man who became president of his country. Committed to…

On April 3rd, Sotheby’s auction house in New York, NY is holding an auction of incredible presidential letters and other documents. Apparently, the gem of this auction will be a…

I’ve been somewhat remiss in keeping up with my posts over the past few days or so. We here in Northeastern Ohio were nearly buried on Friday night and Saturday…