Nature always knows best. That dazzle did indeed work along these lines is suggested by the testimony of a U-boat captain: It
was not until she was within half a mile that I could make out she was
one ship [not several] steering a course at right angles, crossing from
starboard to port. The dark painted stripes on her after part made her
stern appear her bow, and a broad cut of green paint amidships looks
like a patch of water. The weather was bright and visibility good; this
was the best camouflage I have ever seen
U-boats
were equipped with two periscopes, one for searching out enemy ships,
the other with a more powerful lens but narrower field of vision for use
in combat. Though the use of periscopes allowed the U-boat to remain
safely underwater while carrying out an attack, looking straight out at
misty sea level, which was rarely level at all made accurate vision very
difficult. Hitting anything with a torpedo this way is as much a
testament to luck as it is to skill. Wilkinson advocated “masses of strongly contrasted colour” to confuse the enemy about a ship’s heading.Even
so there were those among the allies who thought they knew how to shift
the odds even further. Naval ships were already being painted gray to
blend in between the ocean and sky as much as possible. But a ship at
sea cannot really be camouflaged as colors change along with the light
throughout the day and when silhouetted against a blank horizon it is
impossible to hide. But since ships were almost always moving targets
U-boat commanders had to aim their torpedos at where they thought the
ship would be when it reached it, not at the point where the ship was
seen. This involved careful calculation of distance, heading, and speed
based on the coincidence principal, and this is where Norman Wilkinson
thought they could be deceived.
What
kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world
possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully
unaware of? Anti-gravity? Death rays? Cloaking devices? Telekinetics?
Telekinesis? Alien contact?
Well,
we’ll leave all those questions to the conspiracy theorists and sci-fi
aficionados among us. But there is one, very interesting story that,
despite the facts and testimonies presented against it, has a hold on
people’s imagination It is the story of when the U.S. destroyer escort
USS Eldridge supposedly disappeared: The Philadelphia Experiment.
Depending
on who you ask, all of this is a deluded hoax or the U.S. Navy either
found a way to bend light around an entire ship or managed to teleport
it to Norfolk Virginia and back. The alleged incidents took place in the
mid to late 1943 in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Γιώργος Χατζής
«Ο Κωνσταντίνος παρά την συγκινητική ομιλία προς τους πολεμιστές του,
γνωρίζει ότι η πτώση της Πόλεως είναι αναπόφευκτη. Σηκώνεται χαράματα,
ανεβαίνει στα τείχη για να επιθεωρήσει το στρατό του και να
αποχαιρετήσει για τελευταία φορά την Βασιλεύουσα που χάνεται. Βλέπει
απέναντί του τα στίφη των αιμοδιψών απίστων και αντιλαμβάνεται με
ευκολία τα επερχόμενα. Προσεύχεται για
τελευταία φορά, ενώ εικόνες άγριων συγκρούσεων, σφαγών, φρίκης και
ανείπωτου πόνου περνάνε μπροστά από τα μάτια του. Αναλογίζεται τη μοίρα
της Ρωμιοσύνης μετά από εκείνη την ημέρα.
Σκοτάδι, μαυρίλα παντού, σκλαβοπάζαρα, μετατροπή εκκλησιών σε τζαμιά,
εξισλαμισμοί, ξεριζωμοί χωριών ολόκληρων, μαρτύρια και δημιουργία μιας
απέραντης στρατιάς Νεομαρτύρων και Αγίων. Θα χαθεί η Ρωμιοσύνη άραγε
μετά από την Άλωση; Η λογική λέει ναι. Ο ίδιος δεν θέλει να το δεχθεί
όμως. Ο Θεός είναι μεγάλος. Δεν μπορεί, δεν γίνεται το αίμα των
Νεομαρτύρων να πάει χαμένο. Αυτό το αίμα, αναμεμιγμένο με το δικό του θα
ποτίσει ολόκληρη την Ρωμιοσύνη για να αναγεννηθεί μέσα από τις στάχτες
της.
Hiroo
Onoda was a Japanese soldier a brave and an amazing survivor. However,
he was surviving and fighting for a war that has long since ended. He
was fighting for his country, in what he believed was still World War
II, because he did not know he was fighting for it 29 years too long.
The
Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was
used by the Royal Air Force and many other Alliedcountries during and
after the Second World War.
The
Spitfire was built in many variants, using several wing configurations,
and was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft. It
was also the only British fighter to be in continuous production
throughout the war.
Martin
James Monti (October 24, 1921 – September 11, 2000) was a United States
Army Air Force pilot who defected to the Axis powers in October 1944
and worked as a propaganda broadcaster and writer. After the end of
World War II, he was tried and sentenced to a long prison term for
desertion, then pardoned, then tried for treason and sentenced to
another long term.
Born
in St. Louis, Monti was one of seven children of prosperous parents.
His father was an investment broker who had immigrated to the United
States from the Italian Graubünden, the Italian-speaking region of
Switzerland. His mother was from Germany. Four of his brothers served in
the Navy during World War II.
During the 1930s, Monti was an
anti-Communist and an enthusiastic admirer of Charles Coughlin, a Roman
Catholic priest who made weekly radio broadcasts. Coughlin was known for
his anti-Communism, his antisemitism and his admiration of the Fascist
governments of Germany and Italy. His broadcasts attracted audiences of
millions before being stopped in 1939 on the outbreak of World War II.
Being
launched off the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a normal
routine, but adrenaline junkie pilots love the radical feel of about 4
G’s. On July 9, 1991, an A-6 Intruder modified to be a refueling
aircraft was shot of the Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. Lieutenant
Mark Baden was the pilot and had his friend and navigator (BN),
Lieutenant Keith Gallagher beside him. It was Gallagher’s birthday, and
he advised Baden when they returned it would be his 100th trap recovery
on an aircraft carrier.
A
midair collision had occurred a few days earlier, and Baden was
slightly nervous. On top of all the other odd circumstances, he was
actually assigned the plane with his name emblazoned on the side.
(Unlike in the movies, the pilots don’t always fly the plane with their
name.) He made all the normal checks and touched all the buttons and
switches. Satisfied he was ready for anything, the aircraft was blasted
off the end of the carrier to accomplish the mission: to refuel other
aircraft in the sky.
The refueling version of the A-6 was a KA-6D
and was modified by removing radar and bomb equipment to install an
internal refueling gear. Some attack capability including a visual
bombing ability was retained, but the overall design was to provide fuel
in the air. This plane served the US Navy extensively from 1963 to
1997.
In
1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the
Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular
airbases were taken out by a Soviet attack.
A
purposely build 2600 meter stretch of highway of the A-29 was tested as
A-10 Thunderbolts, C-130 Hercules transports and F-15 and F-16 fighters
landed on the makeshift runway. After landing, the planes were refueled
from dispatched trucks and then took off from the highway. C-130 Hercules aircraft on taxidrive on the autobahn A29 near city of Ahlhorn during NATO-exercise “Highway 84”.
One of the most respected and successful German tank aces, Otto Carius, who destroyed more than 150 tanks, died on 24th
January 2015, at the age of 92. In recognition of his gallantry and
unmatched battlefield leadership, he was awarded the Knights Cross of
the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, known in Germany as “Ritterkreuz des
Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub”.
Born
in 1922, he was refused admission to the army on two occasions, the
reason cited as ‘Not fit for service: at present underweight’. However,
his chance came when in 1940 Carius was accepted into the 104th Infantry Replacement Battalion.
Ο αριθμός των εκδιδόμενων γυναικών και ανδρών αυξάνονται τα τελευταία
χρόνια, οι τιμές των «μισθώσεων» πέφτουν όπως και η συχνότητα
«προσφυγής» των Ελλήνων «πελατών» στην πορνεία. Ο τζίρος από την
πορνεία, από τα τέλη του 2012 έως σήμερα, κινείται στα 600-620 εκατ.
ευρώ.
Ο αριθμός των εκπορνευόμενων ανέρχεται περίπου στους 18.500 σε
ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα. 13.000-14.000 αλλοδαπές εκδιδόμενες είναι θύματα
trafficking.
It
all began on September 30, 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed.
With this agreement, England and France gave the Nazi dictator, Adolf
Hitler exactly what he wanted— the Sudetenland, the north western area
of Czechoslovakia. There was not a single Czech representative present
at the discussion. This was an act of the English Prime Minister,
Neville Chamberlin and an effort to appease the violent Germans. Of the
agreement, Winston Churchill stated: “We chose between shame and war;
now we have shame and war.” This planted the seeds for one of the most
famous assassinations during the European Theater of Operations of WWII.
Του Γιώργου Πετράκη
Αυστηρό μήνυμα προς την Άγκυρα με προειδοποιήσεις για το «τέλος» που
είχε η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, έστειλε η Μόσχα καθώς οι σχέσεις των δυο
χωρών παραμένουν παγωμένες και η ρωσική πλευρά δεν κρύβει την ανησυχία
της από τις νέες προσπάθειες της Τουρκίας για στρατιωτική εμπλοκή της
στην Βόρειο Συρία. Η εκπρόσωπος του ρωσικού υπουργείου Εξωτερικών
κατηγόρησε την τουρκική ηγεσία για προσπάθεια επαναφοράς της Οθωμανικής
Αυτοκρατορίας και για συμπεριφορά που δεν επιτρέπει την αποκατάσταση των
σχέσεων με την Μόσχα. Η Μαρία Ζαχάροβα σε συνέντευξη της στην
«Ισβέστια» εξέφρασε την εκτίμηση ότι σβήνει κάθε ελπίδα αλλαγής της
τωρινής καταστροφικής πολιτικής που ακολουθεί η τουρκική κυβέρνηση στην
διεθνή αρένα προσθέτοντας ότι η Άγκυρα αυτό που κάνει είναι να πυροδοτεί
την κατάσταση. Η εκπρόσωπος του ρωσικού ΥΠΕΞ δήλωσε ότι η εντύπωση που
αποκομίζει κάποιος είναι ότι καταβάλλεται προσπάθεια αναβίωσης της
«παλαιάς ισχύος της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας».
Η Κίνα μελετά την επανάκτηση και επαναχρησιμοποίηση επανδρωμένων
διαστημοπλοίων για τις μελλοντικές διαστημικές αποστολές, κυρίως για
μείωση του κόστους των διαστημικών αποστολών. Η Κίνα ήδη αναπτύσσει διαστημικό
πρόγραμμα επανδρωμένων πτήσεων και μόνιμης παρουσίας ανθρώπων στο
Διάστημα και τα οχήματα μεταφοράς προσωπικού και προμηθειών είναι
αναπόσπαστο μέρος. Οι ΗΠΑ σταμάτησαν το 2011 τις πτήσεις του δικού τους
επαναχρησιμοποιούμενου διαστημικού λεωφορείου λόγω προβλημάτων ασφαλείας
και υψηλού κόστους.
Ο κινεζικός Διαστημικός Σταθμός αναμένεται να ολοκληρωθεί το 2022.
Νέα γενετική ανάλυση εντόπισε μια φυλή από την οποία κατάγονται οι Ευρωπαίοι
Η νέα μελέτη υποδεικνύει μια αρχαία φυλή που
αρχικά ζούσε στην κεντρική Ευρώπη ως εκείνη από την οποία κατάγονται
όλοι οι Ευρωπαίοι.
Πριν από λίγες εβδομάδες παρουσιάστηκε μια
μελέτη σύμφωνα με την οποία οι μισοί σύγχρονοι Δυτικοευρωπαίοι
κατάγονται από έναν «βασιλιά» της Εποχής του Χαλκού, ο οποίος ζούσε πριν
από περίπου 4.000 χρόνια και υπήρξε ο γενάρχης μιας δυναστείας ευγενών,
οι οποίοι σταδιακά εξαπλώθηκαν σε όλη σχεδόν την Ευρώπη, δίνοντας τέλος
στις λιγότερο ιεραρχικές κοινωνίες που είχαν προηγηθεί. Μια νέα
γενετική ανάλυση υποδεικνύει μια φυλή που ζούσε πριν από 35 χιλιάδες έτη
στις περιοχές του σημερινού Βελγίου από την οποία σύμφωνα με τους
ερευνητές κατάγονται όλοι οι Ευρωπαίοι.Τα ευρήματα
Ερευνητές του Πανεπιστημίου του Χάρβαρντ ανέλυσαν το γονιδίωμα
δεκάδων ανθρώπων που ζούσαν πριν από 45 χιλιάδες ως και πριν επτά
χιλιάδες έτη στην Ευρώπη. Εχει διαπιστωθεί ότι ο σύγχρονος άνθρωπος
έφτασε στην ευρωπαϊκή ήπειρο πριν από περίπου 45 χιλιάδες έτη. Όμως δεν
έχει φωτιστεί το πώς οι πληθυσμοί των σύγχρονων ανθρώπων κινήθηκαν στην
ήπειρο και σε ποιες περιοχές εγκαταστάθηκαν πριν την κομβική για την
μετέπειτα παρουσία και εξέλιξη των ανθρώπινων κοινωνιών εμφάνιση της
γεωργίας.
ΝΙΚΟΣ ΜΠΟΓΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Επισήμανση 1η: Το ξεκαθαρίζουμε: Ούτε είμαστε ούτε παριστάνουμε τους θεοσεβούμενους. Είμαστε, όμως, ορκισμένοι εχθροί των θεομπαιχτών. Επισήμανση 2η: Ζητάμε συγγνώμη από τον
αναγνώστη. Η φτήνια, η σαπίλα, η προστυχιά που ακολουθεί προκαλεί εμετό.
Αλλά είναι μια ακόμα αναγκαία δοκιμασία που πρέπει να υποστούμε ώστε να
γνωστοποιηθεί όσο πιο πλατιά γίνεται το μέγεθος της μαυρίλας, του
φαρισαϊσμού και της βρωμιάς αυτής της συμμορίας.
Στην ανέγερση αγάλματος για τον αρχιεπίσκοπο Χριστόδουλο
δηλώνει με κάθε ευκαιρία ότι θα προχωρήσει ο υπόδικος βο(υ)λευτής και
δεύτερος τη τάξει στην ιεραρχία της δολοφονικής συμμορίας της χρυσής
αυγής, Ηλίας Κασιδιάρης, σε περίπτωση που εκλεγεί δήμαρχος στην Αθήνα.
Τελευταία φορά που το δήλωσε αυτό, ήταν σε συνέντευξή του στο πόρταλ του «Αγιορείτικου Βήματος».
Καταρχήν να τονίσουμε πως καθόλου δεν μας προξενεί εντύπωση ότι ο
νοσταλγός της πιο φριχτής ιδεοληψίας του εικοστού αιώνα που οδήγησε στη
θανάτωση δεκάδων εκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων, το στέλεχος της συμμορίας με τον
αγκυλωτό σταυρό στον ώμο που εκπαιδεύει τάγματα εφόδου, φιγουράρει ως
όψιμος θεοσεβούμενος της χριστιανορθοδοξίας.
Cold
war is littered with near ‘nuclear apocalypse’ misses, technological
and aviation advancement and a fair number of peculiar incidents. One
such bizarre event occurred when it was least expected; right near the
end of the cold war. July. 4 1989, Independence day for the Americans,
was not especially exciting day for the 32nd TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron) also known as ‘Wolfhounds’ then based in Soesterberg, Netherlands.
When
two very competitive pilots J.D Martin and Bill Murphy were scrambled,
they were not expecting that their independence day flights would be to
intercept and possibly engage a very strange Soviet MiG.
After
Pearl Harbor, the United States came face to face with the reality of
the war and an enemy that almost everyone in the Government or the
military underestimated and paid a heavy price. On the other side,
Russia, though not fully prepared to take on the military might and
readiness of Adolf Hitler, once attacked fought back very hard and
eventually pushed back the Nazis from the gates of Moscow and
defeated them in and around Berlin.
In
February 1944 a lend-leased M4A2 Sherman tank was ambushed by German
anti-tank gun when it was on the ice of the swampy Gniloy Tikich river
in Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. The tank was hit twice — in the tracks
and in the turret. The turret was knocked off the hull, three crew
members were killed instantly. The driver survived but the next day he
was found and shot by SS troops.
This
tank was found in 1998 and in November 2004 after a lot of effort it
was dragged out from the swamp of the old riverbed on the bank by the
team of enthusiasts supported by Ukrainian Army. In the gun barrel the
found a 75 mm shell and they decided to unscrew the fuse and then hit
the shell out with a sledge hammer!
German
scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his
office, and then he was gone without ever returning home.
The
only other detail known to the Munich police was that Krug often went
to Cairo. Like dozens of other Nazi rocket scientists, he had been hired
by Egypt to help them develop advanced weapons.
The Israeli
newspaper HaBoker (now defunct) claimed that the Egyptians had kidnapped
Heinz to keep him from doing business with Israel. The “leak” was an
attempt by the Israeli government to keep investigators from looking too
closely at the case. Although the 49-year-old scientist wasn’t going to
be found either way.