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THE RHODESIAN SECURITY FORCESÂ III
Rhodesian Hunter from 1982. Rhodesian Air Force 4 Squadron Cessna 337 (nicknamed the Lynx) Air Force The Rhodesian Air Force was a vital component of the war machine. Air force officers continued the traditions of the âBrylcreem Boysâ by claiming that they were responsible for the largest number of kills…
Special Forces Post-WWII
On the other side of the world, France and then the United States were fighting a war of attrition in Indochina. The French wanted to restore their pre-war colonial rule. The U.S. was persuaded by George Kennan and John Foster Dulles to adopt a policy of containment to rein in…
Cold War Aircraft Carriers
Aircraft carriers were first utilized in combat in World War I. During that conflict, the Royal Navy converted a merchant ship, the Argus, into the first carrier with an unobstructed flight deck, but the war ended before it could be put into action. The U. S. and Japanese navies soon…
Cold War Maskirovka
By the late 1960s surprise had become an important ingredient in military operations. The Soviet Military Encyclopaedia described surprise as âone of the most important principles of military art (which) consists of the selection of times, techniques and methods of combat operations, which permit delivery of a strike when the…
MTM: the Italian Navyâs Explosive Motorboat I
The true pioneers of manned EMBs, as distinct from remote-controlled craft, were the men of the Royal Italian Navy. Some accounts of Italian operations suggest that the countryâs interest in EMBs also began with a World War I craft, the Grillo (âCricketâ). In fact, the Grillo was called a barchino…
THE CALIPHATE IN THEÂ WEST
In the tenth century, Islamic Spainâal-Andalusâdeveloped into the greatest economic and cultural power in the West. In the early 900s under the amir âAbd al-Rahman III, a long period of upheaval, civil war, and foreign attacks came to end. âAbd al-Rahman subdued the ever-rebellious Arab elite of al-Andalusâthe descendants of…
CO-ORBITAL SATELLITE FIGHTER DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL TESTING â 1963-1982
A US Defense Intelligence Agency diagram showing the various means by which one satellite might attack another. There are 39 spacecraft flights that can be directly attributed to the Soviet Counter-Space Defence Satellite fighter (IS interceptor) Complex development and operational test programs. The first spacecraft that can positively be attributed…
The Danish Conquest of England (980â1016)
England - Murder of King Edward (978) The final chapter in the Viking saga unfolded as a decades-long competition among kings for control of England amidst a royal rivalry for the north. Though most of the key players were of Scandinavian descent, sea power played only a supporting role. Perhaps…
Combat in the American Civil War III
An insouciant attitude toward death was highly esteemed among the officer class of both sides, and there are many examples of sangfroid in the face of extreme danger. Indeed some, such as George Custer, relished testing their staff officers in âan almost sadistic imposition of the leaderâs courage on others,â…
Reconquest, Holy War, and Crusade II
Christians clearly were aware of the use of violence at Godâs command in the Hebrew Scriptures, but they also knew that the fundamental message of the Gospel is peace. Jesus seemed to condemn all warlike activity when he declared that âall that take the sword shall perish by the swordâ…