Pinboard: bookmarks for maciej tagged 'mil'

lovely profile of our 'highly effective' sniper squad in Ramadi. "Hunters give their animals respect," he said, spitting out a mouthful of chewing tobacco.

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october 2006 by maciej

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The Long Mistake - TIME Asia Magazine, Dec. 13, 2004

time magazine article about robert jenkins. More details

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october 2006 by maciej

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Jenkins EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- September 01, 2004

more detail about the life of Robert Jenkins and other Americans who spent years in north korea

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october 2006 by maciej

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Kokuhaku: Pictures at Black Ship

amazing photos from the recently-published (in Japanese) book of an American defector to north korea

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october 2006 by maciej

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The Atlantic Online | October 2006 | When North Korea Falls | Robert D. Kaplan

windbaggy, rather stupid analysis piece about the future of the korean penninsula

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october 2006 by maciej

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The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict, 1969
hist war mil cccp china communism conflict archive reference
october 2006 by maciej

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eXile - Issue #248 - Venezuela: Enchilada of Evil - By Gary Brecher

To make a plane a man can fly in, you need to spend really sick amounts of money, whereas missiles that can acquire that plane as a target, follow it through chaff and EW countermeasures and kill it, are relatively cheap (and getting cheaper).

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october 2006 by maciej

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This Is What Waterboarding Looks Like | The Huffington Post
torture photo cambodia us mil
october 2006 by maciej

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Guard families cope in two dimensions - The Boston Globe

cardboard cutouts of soldiers for all your creepy family needs. A big RealDoll market opportunity here

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september 2006 by maciej

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Gophers by TKO: Lessons from Lebanon - By Gary Brecher

war nerd on hezbollah victory

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august 2006 by maciej

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Full text of 2002 WaPo article on Battle of the Bulge re-enactors
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august 2006 by maciej

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CNS - A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences - August 12, 2004 - Research Story

a 2004 rumination on the consequences of attacking Iran and potential targets in Iran to hit

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august 2006 by maciej

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Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast - New York Times

US will ship cluster bombs to Israel if Israel pinky-promises not to use them against civilians (again)

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august 2006 by maciej

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War Nerd - A Hezbollah Upon All of Thee!

Gary Brecher on Lebanon. "No army enjoys getting invited to a second front just when it was starting to enjoy itself on the first one."

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august 2006 by maciej

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C-130 Aircraft Carrier Operations

photos of a test-flight program operating a C-130 from a carrier in the 1960's

crazy aviation navy mil wtf
august 2006 by maciej

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Military report on filth flies and how to fight them (can't be done)

"mechanical transmission of disease is facilitated by adult filth flies' habit of feeding on contaminated materials, as well as human food, and by their habit of vomiting and defecating while feeding."

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august 2006 by maciej

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'It Looked Weird and Felt Wrong'

show me on the doll where you murdered all those iraqi civilians

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july 2006 by maciej

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The Ghosts of Alfred Dreyfus

nice capsule history of the dreyfus affair

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july 2006 by maciej

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Luke's Belgian FOREX Cruise

fun notes from a navy guy who rode with the belgians

navy marine sea mil belgium cult
july 2006 by maciej

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Ex-G.I. Charged in Slayings of 4 and Rape in Iraq - New York Times

your tax dollars at work

atrocity iraq us mil
july 2006 by maciej

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Heroes of My Lai

Harrowing first-person accounts by Hugh Thompson and Ron Ridenhour

my_lai vietnam massacre us mil
june 2006 by maciej

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The My Lai Massacre: Seymour Hersh's Complete and Unabridged Reporting for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 1969 /Candide's Notebooks

original articles

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june 2006 by maciej

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Files Contradict Account of Raid in Iraq - New York Times

more info on the apparent massacre of iraqi ciivlians by us marines

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may 2006 by maciej

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Warship built out of Twin Towers wreckage - World - Times Online

more fun military fetishism

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may 2006 by maciej

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In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre

absolutely horrible article about indiscriminate killing by US Marines in an Iraqi village

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may 2006 by maciej

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Bat bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

amazing wwii-era project to disseminate incendiary bomblets by strapping them to bats

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may 2006 by maciej

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Jauhar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

form of group ritual suicide by rajput communities defeated in battle

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may 2006 by maciej

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Image:1857 Revenge.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

disturbing photo from the Sepoy Rebellion

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may 2006 by maciej

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Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

a rather amazing british naval hero. Memoirs sound intriguing

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may 2006 by maciej

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SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Mystery disturbance traced to sound wave

military is up to something weird and loud

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april 2006 by maciej

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Precise Modeling - Finest scale models on earth

world's most obsessive scale model of a Hind 24 helicopter.

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april 2006 by maciej

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SS Columbia Eagle incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

interesting vietnam-era american mutiny

hist mil vietnam mutiny marine
april 2006 by maciej

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War of the Triple Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

horrible and largely forgotten mid-19th century war that destroyed Paraguay

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april 2006 by maciej

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The Cod Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

UK / Iceland spats over fishing exclusion zones. Hot ramming action.

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march 2006 by maciej

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Dead Hand nuclear retaliation system

the friendly (and possibly apocryphal) Russian doomsday device

russia cccp cold_war nukes yow mil
february 2006 by maciej

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Nixon's nuclear ploy | thebulletin.org

Nixon orders secret nuclear alert for very RAND-corporation reasons, russians don't care

nukes hist cccp cold_war mil nixon
february 2006 by maciej

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SAC stories

some of these are fun. Note especially last one, a discussion of the dangerous near-miss due to a breakdown in what were thought to be independent comm links

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february 2006 by maciej

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