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[โ€“] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Context: in 1980 Indonesia wanted to buy ex-Israeli A-4 Skyhawk, but Indonesia didn't have formal diplomatic relationship with Israel so the purchase was conducted discreetly. This involves sending pilots and maintainers to Israel to learn how to fly and maintain A-4. The whole thing was called Operation Alpha

Indonesian Air Force never officially acknowledge this. And the whole thing was unveiled in a book written by Air Vice-Marshal (Ret) Djoko Poerwoko, one of the pilot sent to Israel.

Arizona also what the pilots refers to the base where they're trained, it was rumoured to be somewhere near Eilat. The pilots also after completing their training were brought to United States and told to take photos of America. They also take A-4 training at MCAS Yuma

 
 
[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

my beloved ๐Ÿ’•

 
[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Soldiers win battles, logistics wins space wars

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Perfect timing on the camera flip

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How is he the fastest person there?

 
 
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think many of us here are current or former military

 
 
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Good news they also have Tomahawks!

As part of their modernization in the 1980s, each of the Iowas received a complement of eight quad-cell Armored Box Launchers and four "shock hardened" Mk 141 quad-cell launchers. The former was used by the battleships to carry and fire the BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) for use against enemy targets on land, while the latter system enabled the ships to carry a complement of RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles for use against enemy ships. With an estimated range of 675 to 1,500 nautical miles (1,250 to 2,778 km; 777 to 1,726 mi)[103] for the Tomahawks and 64.5 to 85.5 nautical miles (119.5 to 158.3 km; 74.2 to 98.4 mi)[103] for the Harpoons, these two missile systems displaced the 16-inch guns and their maximum range of 42,345 yards (38.7 km; 20.9 nmi)[36] to become the longest-ranged weapons on the battleships during the 1980s; the ships' complement of 32 Tomahawk missiles was the largest until the Mk 41 VLS-equipped Ticonderoga-class cruisers entered service.

[โ€“] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago (7 children)

A 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too

Sensors

  • Mark 13 fire control radar
  • Mark 25 fire control radar
  • AN/SPS-49
  • AN/SPS-67

Electronic Warfare and Decoys

  • AN/SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic decoy
  • Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets

Armament

  • 9 ร— 16 in/50 cal guns (3 Mounts x3)
  • 12 ร— 5 in/38 cal guns (6 Mounts x2)
  • 32 ร— BGM-109 Tomahawk launchers (8 Launchers x4)
  • 16 ร— RGM-84 Harpoon launchers (4 Mounts x4)
  • 4 ร— 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

and 5 UAVs

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship

 
[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Magic Missile has a max range of 120 ft

 
 
 
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Gunners loading 40mm and 105mm aboard an AC-130

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