War is not healthy for children and other living things
 

Click here for some very cool military images.

Though some are fakes, they're still cool.

very true NBN
 

I've seen many of those shots before too. But what they cry out for is CAPTIONS!

I see the photo of the week all the time in the Navy times, and they have a caption contest. Let's see if the Cellar Dwellars can do the same. I'll think on it and post my captions (numbered) later on.

Brian

which are the fakes? O.o

jeez.. you'd think after all this time lurking @ the cellar, you'd think I'd be able to spot them right away.. !

The B1-B prototype over water is fake, or rather it's a painting. I've seen it before. I love the aircraft carrier! That's is most definitely real. The Enterprise is capable of 50 knots, but it may throw a drive shaft doing it.

No shit!?

no way
 

they will NOT throw a shaft doing a max power run.

I've witnessed one and it ran fine. ALL ships heel over like that when they turn. It's a law of physics. Mine did, too!

That's a high-speed turn that was planned and prepared for in advance. Witness the lack of aircraft on deck. They're either airborne or below decks. Also, notice Tillie (the big yellow cranelike vehicle) is stowed for sea, not parked by the island (the part above the flight deck) where it sits during flight ops.

I knew the bomber was a painting, but the F14 is real (they do that maneuver now and then, it's all in the perspective) and so is the FA/18 Hornet taking off (good stop-action photo that). I'm an ex-Navy man, so I can vouch for many of these. Except the C141 apparently landing on top of the SeaBees. Dunno about that one.

Brian

Below decks? How many aircraft can a carrier carry?

(if a carrier could carry aircraft)

;)

The carrier in the picture is the U.S.S. Nimitz (CVN 68).
Basic data on the Nimitz class carriers (8 current, 2 more under construction):

Power Plant: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts :nuke:
Length, overall: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 97,000 tons (98,556.67 metric tons) full load :eek:
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85 :cool:
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 - Air Wing: 2,480
Cost: about $4.5 billion each :rolleyes:

Yeah, it's not the Enterprise. The control tower [bridge thingy - damnit] is wrong.
Telephoto lens effect.

It looks to me more like that transport is taking off, not landing.

The name of the pic says a lot:
"C17 Launch Over Crew.jpg"

another cool war related image, er video clip:

http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.co...ary/LOSAT2.mpg

You will need sound for the end of the clip.

I watched it a couple of times for the coolness factor, and somewhere along the line it clicked in my head that I was watching a commercial for the product.

Yea the music hints at that.
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