tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post8492749390288990316..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Granny with her pacemaker...MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-71962903427524982402007-09-05T22:57:00.000+09:002007-09-05T22:57:00.000+09:00Well, some few years ago, when the French Defense ...Well, some few years ago, when the French Defense Industry sold some very, very modern tanks to Saudi Arabia, they forgot to install the air conditioning on them.<BR/>Hélas, the Arabian weather is not like in Normandy, or say, Côte d'Azur. The military ovens were just impossible to use and the French had to pay the bill for a new configuration.<BR/>Shit happens, vous savez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-50258207547294310122007-09-05T22:41:00.000+09:002007-09-05T22:41:00.000+09:00Makes me wonder yet again why Japan can't get on b...Makes me wonder yet again why Japan can't get on board with the rest of the world and work with the ITU to normalize this and a 100 other things.WDSturgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037377370643690831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-91517073587411333562007-09-05T21:43:00.000+09:002007-09-05T21:43:00.000+09:00Here is the title of the September 3, 2007 article...Here is the title of the September 3, 2007 article sent to me:<BR/><BR/>"Shifts in Strategy: Japan's barriers to strike aircraft and new, advanced missiles are taking shape"<BR/><BR/>Here is the title of what I believe to be the same article from the <I>Aviation Week</I> homepage.<BR/><BR/>"Japan's Air Defense Barriers Take Shape"<BR/><BR/>The article is by David Fulghum.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-25592984659848679782007-09-05T19:11:00.000+09:002007-09-05T19:11:00.000+09:00Amazing that they could have overlooked such a bas...Amazing that they could have overlooked such a basic requirement.<BR/><BR/>SNAFU to be sure.<BR/><BR/>Could you add the link to the Aviationweek article?Gen Kanaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981551684895504503noreply@blogger.com