[Consim-l] Weapons of War DVD (trying a second time)

[Mike NotSpecified]

I would have thought Japan and Britain would be inlcuded :)

I suppose the question is, who currently flies conventional fixed-wing 
aircraft off carriers?  (Does Russia really have a current carrier?)


On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:48:01 -0500
  "Ron Walenciak" <ron.walenciak at verizon.net> wrote:
> I received a free sample of the Weapons of War series, this one on US Navy 
>Carriers. If anyone is interested, you can have it ... let me know how much 
>it means to you in case I get more than one response :).
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> It's a small 24 page illustrated book with a dvd. I haven't watched the dvd, 
>but skimmed thru the book; mildly interesting with a few words and a lot of 
>pictures & maps (2 pages each on things like Early Carriers, Carriers of 
>WWII, Defending the Carrier, etc.)  Weapons of War is apparently a series, 
>and every 3 weeks or so you get a new dvd for $17.95 + 1.95 
>shipping/handling.  The dvd is supposed to include combat action video. They 
>refer to a website www.imp-usa.com if you're interested. (I have nothing to 
>do with them and since I haven't even seen the dvd, I'm not recommending it 
>or anything.)
> 
> Trivia question (according to the book):  What 3 countries other than the US 
>are the only ones to fly conventional fixed-wing aircraft off ships? Scroll 
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> Answer:  France, Russia and Brazil.
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> I was surprised by Brazil and found it interesting: It's really the French 
>carrier Foch, recommissioned Sao Paulo, equipped with A-4KU and TA-4KU 
>Skyhawks purchased from Kuwait. Wow! 
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