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(USAF Photo, SSgt Aaron Allmon)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1-f35.jpg1 F35F-35s at Hill AFB in Utah (USAF Photo, Paul Holcomb)2016-11-11T16:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/2016/03/23/response-to-the-open-letter-calling-for-a-ban-on-autonomous-weapons/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/phalanx.jpg121107-N-MH885-008Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) on USS George Washington (Photo by US Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephanie Smith)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/x45.jpgx45X-45 Concept Art (Image by DARPA)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/drone-1.jpgDrone 1Concept Art for Tern Unmanned VTOL Aircraft for Small Ships (Image by DARPA)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cicada.jpgCICADAArtist Rendition of CICADA Drone Swarm Released from C-130 (Image by US Naval Research 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Trotter)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/f15c-11.jpgDESERT SHIELDFlight of F-15C Eagles During the 1990s (USAF Photo)2016-06-24T21:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/2015/12/14/what-kind-of-airpower-does-a-country-like-france-need/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rafale-3.jpgrafale-3French Air Force Rafale (Photo by French Air Force)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuron.jpgneuronnEUROn UCAV Technology Demonstratorhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a400m.jpga400mA400M Unloading a Fennec Helicopter (Photo by French Air Force)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/c160-gabriel.jpgC160 GabrielFrench Air Force C-160 "Gabriel" SIGINT Aircraft (Photo by French Air Force)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rafale-1.jpgrafale-1Three French Air Force Rafale Arrive in the Persian Gulf, January 2015 (Photo by French Air Force)2015-12-11T19:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/strategy/2015-10-13T15:01:39+00:00weekly0.6https://leadingedgeairpower.com/2015/10/13/the-strategic-interdiction-trilogy/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6044835102_4af7a38aa6_o.jpg6044835102_4af7a38aa6_oChina Shipping Line Merchant Vessel Xin Mei Zhou (Photo by Michael R Perry)2015-10-12T12:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/2015/08/28/the-case-for-the-centuryfortress-defining-the-b-52j/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/081113-f-6911g-128.jpgGuardsmen support Global Deterence MissionB-52 Stratofortress Over the Pacific Ocean (USAF Photo, MSgt Kevin J. Gruenwald)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/maritimetrafficdensity.pngMaritimeTrafficDensity2014 Maritime Traffic Density (Image from <a href="http://marinetraffic.com">marinetraffic.com</a>)2016-06-24T20:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/strategy/airpower-strategic-interdiction-structure-posture-implications-for-the-usaf/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure110.jpgfigure1Figure 1: Target Set. The Railroad network is in red, with the Yangtze displayed (quite improbably) in blue as far as the 3 Gorges Dam. Provinces are labeled. Red targets are refinery targets (including SPR sites), orange are international pipeline links, white targets are transportation targets (mostly tunnels) while yellow targets are rail bridges over water. Blue symbols represent the minefield laydown.2015-10-12T11:36:51+00:00weekly0.6https://leadingedgeairpower.com/strategy/reinventing-the-cartwheel-a-strategic-interdiction-campaign-in-the-pacific/https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure211.jpgfigure21Figure 21: Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit (C&I Engineering)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure20.jpgfigure20Figure 20: Simplified Oil Refinery Processes for light and middle distillates. Critical processes or products for jet fuels are outlined in red; hydrotreating machinery is foreign-sourced. https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure19.jpgfigure19Figure 19: Yulin Harborhttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure18.jpgfigure18Figure 18: The first Chinese pumping station on the Sino-Russian Pipelinehttps://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure17.jpgfigure17Figure 17: Dushanzi suffers from attacks on its power station, pipeline pumphouse, and two refining towers. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve tank farm to the west loses its pumping station.https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure16.jpgfigure16Figure 16: Post-strike imagery of the Novi Sad Petroleum Refinery (NATO). Catastrophic secondary damage to the refining plant from this fire extended to only one nearby distillation tower, while damage to the tank farms was largely limited to the tanks that were actually hit.https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure15.jpgfigure15Figure 15: Xingbin's twin rail bridges require high spans because of the elevated banks, making this crossing difficult to repair temporarily. The next nearest railroad bridge is 100 nm downstream, and is also targeted.https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure14.jpgfigure14Figure 14: Pre and poststrike photos of the Zezelj Bridge in Novi Sad (NATO)https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure13.jpgfigure13Figure 13: The southeastern entrance to the Livadica RR Tunnel, closed by two 2000-lb LGBs (NATO).https://leadingedgeairpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/figure12.jpgfigure12Figure 12: Railroad Tunnel - Viaduct between Shanxi and Hubei Provinces. 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Crude oil pipelines are in green (orange if international), and oil product pipelines are blue. Refineries (gas pumps) that produce jet fuel are red, with orange producing jet fuel components. Green refineries mostly produce chemicals and no fuel. Oil terminals are green ships, green and purple circles are the SPR sites, and the rail network is in red. 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