Able Fire: The Next War - 2025 and Beyond (John Schettler) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. notes)

Notes

1

Just Google “The Complete Version of Three Blind Mice” to read how it really ended in a free ebook from the Gutenberg Project.

2

That was just over 1000 more than the 2997 that died in the 9/11 attack that catalyzed the Iraq war in our history. Sadly, we have lost over 40,000 Americans as I write this to the COVID-19 virus, and that will surely go higher.

3

Those of you who know what the Weasel is talking about will get a treat with the release of Zulu Hour, the story of what happened to the Fairchild party and Sir Roger Ames at Isandlwana. Stay tuned for the publication date.

4

Not my spelling error. It’s just the way King said it, in his own colorful manner.

5

Only about 200 SM-6 missiles have been built in our history as of this writing, but here, the missile is broadly available in good numbers.

6

Beiying is the North Star, Clark AFB north of Manila.

7

This is the unit featured in the excellent “Generation Kill” miniseries on the Iraq war.

8

These ships were copies of an older Sovremenny Class destroyer that China had bought from the Soviets in better times. They built a small series of six ships, with upgraded electronics and weapons.

9

Not to be confused with Admiral Wu Jinlong. Both Admirals simply share the same given name, Jinlong, which means “Golden Dragon.”

10

For a depiction of all these battles for Ilanskiy, the airship duels and fighting on the ground, you can get the entire tale of Volkov’s war with Karpov in the special battle book volume entitled Vendetta.