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Aviation Week & Space Technology January 5, 2009 A Longer Reach Territorial claims drive China’s interest in operating combat aircraft at sea By Bradley Perrett, Beijing A Chinese aircraft carrier force, extending Beijing’s reach at least as far as the northeastern entrances of Indian Ocean, loo...

Washington Times January 4, 2009 Pg. 11 Virginia George H.W. Bush Carrier Set To Sail NORFOLK--President Bush will deliver the principal remarks Jan. 10 when the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is commissioned in his father's name. The George H.W. Bush is the Navy's newest nuclear-pow...

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot January 3, 2009 Deadline On Carrier Move Passes; Still No Decision By Dale Eisman and Louis Hansen, The Virginian-Pilot A self-imposed Navy deadline for a decision on placing a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Mayport Naval Station in Florida has passed, although officials...

José M. Rico wrote:Thanks for your follow up!

Not a problem sir - will try to post this sort of info when I can.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution December 23, 2008 High-Tech Vessel On Patrol For Seoul South Korea deployed its first Aegis-equipped destroyer Monday as part of a program to boost its naval forces. The 7,600-ton-class ship’s Lockheed Martin-made Aegis radar and combat system will enable it to detect an...

Washington Post December 24, 2008 Pg. 8 Brazil, France Sign Defense Pact Brazil and France signed a defense accord, worth up to $12 billion, that will give Brazil the technology to develop its own arms industry and Latin America's first nuclear submarine. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silv...

Wall Street Journal December 24, 2008 Pg. 4 Beijing Considers Upgrades To Navy By Shai Oster BEIJING -- China's top military spokesman said it is seriously considering adding a first aircraft carrier to its navy fleet, a fresh indication of the country's growing military profile as it prepares for i...

Washington Times December 19, 2008 Pg. 21 Carrier Bush To Put Off Sea Trials Commission to come first NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- In a departure from tradition, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush will be commissioned next month before sea trials and formal delivery to the Navy, Nort...

Sir, a person you might wish to contact is http://bobhenneman.info/forum/profile.p ... file&u=109. He seems very knowledgeable on things of this nature.

Sirs, thank you for your responses. Interesting stuff. It does generate some more questions however. 10.7 MHz is also another widely used IF frequency. Was any attempt made to detect it or wasn’t it common till after WW II in electronic devices? Comment to the Japanese collection on US patrols – doe...

Sir, as far as I can tell, that is what the authors are referring to. The quotes are all they state about it. If that is the case, I wouldn’t have thought that method would have provided much help in hunting merchants unless you can DF it. And with the low power we are talking about, I was just wond...

Hello gentleman – first post here. Looking for some info on German warship electronics and this looked like the place to ask. Been reading ‘If The Gods Are Good – The Epic Sacrifice Of HMS Jervis Bay’ by Gerald L. Duskin and Ralph Segman. In the beginning of the book – setting the stage for the Jerv...