Aryeh Wetherhorn is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He served as a Naval Reserve officer in the Vietnam War, earning a Naval Achievement Medal for his performance of duty in USS Okinawa. His biography appears in the Marquis edition of “Who’s Who in the World” in 1998, 2002, and 2003 editions. He has written several full length articles on naval history that appeared in the Polish magazine “Okrety Wojenne” (Warships).
Here are pictures of ships From The Russian Second Pacific Squadron that sailed halfway around the world, only to be destroyed at the battle of Tsushima. Once again, I have omitted sister ships where the models are identical
I once had almost all the warships that fought in the Russo-Japanese War’ The Russians can be divided into sub-groups. The following groups comprised the Russian First Pacific Squadron at the start of the war. Group i are the 2 ships that were at Chemulpo when the war started Group 2 are the cruisers and … More My Models – Russian fleet from Russo-Japanese War
There were many RN warships that never received camouflage paint. Most of the Grand Fleet spent the war in a uniform coat of grey. One of the reasons for thia was that camouflage could deceive an observer regarding the course and speed of the ship. For a fleet of ships maneuvering together this could lead … More RN WWI warships in my collection that did not receive camouflage
Here are a few more models from my collection painted in their First World War “Dazzle” camouflage designs,
Hamas controls Gaza. They also have some support in the Fatah controlled territories in Judea and Samaria. They made an agreement via Egyptian mediators to abstain from violent confrontations on the Israel-Gaza border. So far, So good. make Israel uncomfortable without having the Israelis destroying them in Gaza. It seems Israel was prepared to do … More Creative Thinking – Hamas Style
According to Security Council resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) of 19 March 1978, UNIFIL was established to: Confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon. Restore international peace and security. Assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area. According to Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) of 11 August 2006, UNIFIL, in … More UNIFIL – Theory and practice
Friday the US sponsored a resolution to condemn Hamas for recently firing over 450 rockets into Israel. It failed to get a majority of the member countries to support it. Why? The act of firing even one unguided rocket in the general direction of any city seems to me to be a clear act of … More Same old Biased UN
Japanese submarines were given identification numbers in a series following an initial Kata character that was used to indicate what size or class of submarine was being numbered. The Kata characters “I” (), “RO” (),and “HA” () indicated large medium and small submarines. “HA”, by the way, is pronounced “WA”. There were also some Japanese … More Japanese WWII Submarine Models
In an earlier blog I wrote about how UN General Assembly Resolutions were seriously flawed in the concepts and wording they used in an effort to bring about what can be presented as a solution to some real problems. Today I want to focus on how those resolutions, which are recommendations only, and are NOT … More Those UN Resolutions – Why They Matter Now.
On Friday the UN General Assembly passed a series of resolutions pertaining to the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of them simply duplicate what the UN has said before.So why bring it up again? Because the wording of these resolution is couched in terms that are unfavorable to Israel. They use terms like “occupying power”, and … More Rewriting History in the UN
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