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Bat Bombs in World War II (Weird Weapons)

rottenseed (http://rottenseed.videosift.com) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:10:53 -0700

(16 votes - 4 comments - 228 views)
Very crazy weapon that the US was developing against Japan during WWII. The weapon involved sleeping bats and mini time released incendiary capsules.

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag IMAX Movie

MrConrads (http://military.videosift.com/member/MrConrads) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:43:06 -0700

(12 votes - 3 comments - 248 views)
This is airplane porn at its most "hardcore"
The real money shots begin in the second clip :)

'Apocalypse Now' - The Roach

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:55:06 -0700

(14 votes - 6 comments - 173 views)
In 3 minutes and 17 seconds you will learn why the Roach is the man. Dedicated to a former sifter.

Sonic BOOM! from an F-18

kulpims (http://military.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:24:31 -0700

(15 votes - 1 comment - 264 views)
Set your speakers to full volume

Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black" vs. Vietnam War on film

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:45:03 -0700

(12 votes - 1 comment - 128 views)
Clips from three great Vietnam War movies - Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, and Platoon - provide the visuals for this awesomely dark Rolling Stones song.

Su-47 Berkut

kulpims (http://military.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:19:47 -0700

(18 votes - 5 comments - 543 views)
The Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut (Russian: Су-47 Беркут - Golden Eagle), also designated S-32 and S-37 during initial development, is an experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi Aviation Corporation.
Although the aircraft was build as a testbed for developing fifth-generation technologies, in May 2002 Sukhoi was selected as prime contractor for the next-generation Russian PAK FA fighter programme. Although the SU-47 will be used for the PAK AF program, the design of it will probably be very different.

The Su-47 has extremely high agility at subsonic speeds, enabling the aircraft to alter its angle of attack and its flight path very quickly. It also retains it's high manoeuvrability in supersonic flight.

Maximum turn rates and the upper and lower limits on air speed for weapon launch are important criteria in terms of combat superiority. The Su-47 aircraft has very high levels of manoeuvrability with maintained stability and controllability at all angles of attack.
Maximum turn rates are important in close combat and also at medium and long range, when a mission may involve engaging consecutive targets in different sectors of the airspace.

The high turn rate of the Su-47 allows the pilot to turn the fighter aircraft quickly towards the next target to initiate the weapon launch. The swept-forward wing, compared to a swept-back wing of the same wing area, provides a number of advantages: higher lift to drag ratio; higher capacity in dogfight manoeuvres; higher range at subsonic speed; improved stall resistance and anti-spin characteristics; improved stability at high angles of attack; a lower minimum flight speed; and a shorter take-off and landing distance.

The SU-47's initial engine, the Saturn-Lulka Al-41F thrust vectoring engine was scarcely available, they were reserved for Mikoyan's Article 1.42 tests.
The final engine, the Al-37FU uses fuel instead of hydraulic liquid to drive the nozzles, and can be operated in two modes, automatic and manual. In automatic more, the axi-symmetric nozzles are controlled by the digital fly-by-wire flight control system (FCS).

via: http://www.videocu.lt/news.php?id=55
links: http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/s37/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAK_FA

9/11: Mystery Plane (CNN)

srd (http://military.videosift.com/member/srd) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:06:02 -0700

(25 votes - 12 comments - 971 views)
It is well known that different military exercises were in progress on September 11th, and from the type of exercise described in wikipedia an E4B could well have been used. Why this is a mystery is a.. well. A Mystery.

Alberto Mora:Torture by Americans = more military casualties

MrConrads (http://military.videosift.com/member/MrConrads) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:18:31 -0700

(13 votes - 1 comment - 134 views)
Alberto Mora was the Navy General Counsel from 2001-2006.

I don't support the troops.

Irishman (http://military.videosift.com/member/Irishman) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:11:56 -0700

(23 votes - 21 comments - 483 views)
I don't support ANY of the actions of the British or American forces in Iraq. They shouldn't be there, they aren't wanted there, it is an illegal invasion and they know it.

I don't support the war, I don't support the troops.

Attack on Iran would turn region into a fireball

kulpims (http://military.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:42:58 -0700

(21 votes - 3 comments - 279 views)
After reports of Israeli military exercises as rehearsals for an attack on Iran, and about US administration and Congress sanctioning covert operations against Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister dismisses the idea saying that Israel is in too much internal turmoil to "resort to such craziness." He adds that the US is in no position to "take another risk in the region." Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff says "opening up a third front right now would be extremely stressful on us."
source: therealnews.com