Baltic Shield 26

 

Borsuk fighting vehicle

 

So now the Marine Corps is building a Littoral Combat Force out of MEUs???? When did we start doing this?

 

Ok. I'm trying to make heads and tails of this thing.  In the old Corps (guess I have to call it that now), MEF is the biggest, MEB is your medium/flex force for major combat, MEU is your crisis response show the flag force and SPMAGTF is for special circumstances/don't require a full up MEU.

So when did this Littoral Combat Force come into being?  We've done "single ship amphibious operations" for a little while now but they flew under the banner of the MEU.

Screw it.  Read the announcement (click on it to expand) and some brainiac tell me where I'm going wrong with this.  FUCK MAN they even use SPMAGTF in the description of this thing!  I don't get it.  If this is just more fucking branding then HQMC needs an enema.

Either he's off his meds, being goofy or just revealed classified information...

The sad thing about this is that the title could cover any of those circumstances. Yeah I don't dismiss the idea that some "organization" launches drones from the roof as part of their security measures but that covers the "revealed classified information" of the title of this blog post.

AND YEAH I KNOW I post goofy shit from time to time but I'm a nobody.  Not president.  

Whoever is in control of his social media needs to be fired.  If he's in charge then someone needs to take it away from him.

This kinda shit does not inspire confidence.

Let me get this in before I get roasted.  YES!  Being president is a high profile, high stress job and a sense of humor is necessary just to survive the pressures (I would think anyway).  But how about keeping the humor confined to a circle of close friends and confidants?

Late Open Comment Post. 30 May 26

Canada to go with a mixed fleet of F-35s and Gripens...

It's being reported that the decision around the F-35/Gripen has effectively been made, with sources telling La Presse that it will be a mixed fleet of ~30 F-35s and ~60 Gripens.

The remaining decision is about the timing of the announcement.https://t.co/yoyILDvS5K

— 🇨🇦 Policy Hawk (@CDNPolicyHawk) May 30, 2026

Interesting. Read somewhere that a mixed fleet would be a more expensive option than going pure Gripen but I guess --- POLITICS? But having said that a hi-lo mix is or rather was all the rage and I guess you could say that even the US Air Force is doing the same by buying F-XX, F-22, on the high end...F-35 as middle and F-15EX as the new low end on our mix.

Our missile stockpile is in serious trouble

❗️❗️🇺🇸 A new analysis indicates that the United States will require 3 to 5 years to replenish its critical missile stockpiles, which were significantly depleted during the recent conflict with Iran. This situation has raised serious concerns about America’s military readiness in… pic.twitter.com/oabbrFOYwv

— NSTRIKE (@NSTRIKE1231) May 27, 2026

Notice how the focus is on the operations in Iran and not one mention of the ongoing war in Ukraine. One thing is obvious to me. We're coasting on reputation. We are no longer the "factory of freedom". The real question is this. Do we take care of ourselves or do we try and supply the rest of the world? Ya know what has me spinning? The Chinese have fully automated missile, rocket and cannon artillery facilities. Those factories run 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. Why can't we?

Open Comment Post. 27 May 26

KNDS Centurio unmanned ground combat vehicle

If unmanned vehicles (whether air, land or sea) is all about software then why are we developing all these new platforms to carry weapons? On the ground side we have a metric shit ton of M113s, Humvees, 2.5 ton trucks, 5 ton trucks, etc...laying around rusting. Need a ship to shore cargo delivery UGV? Put some software on AAVs and have them swim instead of rusting in a depot! Need high speed drones? Refurb a few F-16s and set them up to be one way supersonic delivery platforms! Are we making the simple hard?

#Centurio, c'est la plateforme robotique polyvalente par excellence !
Basé sur un véhicule tout-terrain #Phobos, Centurio peut être équipé de différentes charges utiles, notamment des systèmes d'armes et des tourelles téléopérées. pic.twitter.com/l8rLlOvhfX

— KNDS France (@KNDS_France) May 27, 2026

Open Comment Post. 26 May 26

Let me guess subjects of interest. Russia/Ukraine war. US/Israel/Iran war. Something weird going on with Trump. Something goofy with the Dems. Miss anything? Hit me with something spicy. Some military news I ain't heard yet!

The Cuban FM has a point...except 1962~

REPORTER: Rubio told me… Cuba poses national security threat… mentioned military drones….

CUBA FM: Small island… 10 million inhabitants. Based on what logic? What would be common sense behind idea that Cuba could threaten nuclear superpower pic.twitter.com/9dLRtSCSPo

— RT (@RT_com) May 26, 2026

Sounds good until you remember 1962! Are they a credible threat today? Not sure. China moves carefully so their might be "support forces" on the island...perhaps even the drone threat that was trotted out a week or so ago. Either way Trump appears to be going against his "no new war" pledge and seems to have a list of countries he's gonna knock off. It's almost like he thinks a weakening economy, high gas prices, soon rising FOOD prices (beyond what its risen so far) and goofy statements/memes that he seems like he can't resist putting out be damned. I'm not anti-Trump (not yet but much longer on this path and I'm gonna start having serious questions) but he's pushing my buttons.

When exactly did the US economy go wrong? One guy remembers the 90s...

One man’s story about working at Sears in the 1990s has sparked a wave of debate online about how much the economy has changed since then. pic.twitter.com/joYt7L31MJ

— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) May 26, 2026

The commercial the Marine Corps should have made!

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This would sell like hotcakes

Glimpse from the future.
How many men will prefer this when it becomes a reality? pic.twitter.com/Y1rnDytSxw

— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) May 26, 2026

It would definitely sell but I wonder what it would do to our society, our reproduction and even our economy!

KAAV-II

A 🇰🇷 @HanwhaAerospace desenvolve o veículo de assalto anfíbio KAAV-II (Korean Amphibious Assault Vehicle-II). O KAAV-II inclui uma torre protegida principalmente equipada com o sistema de canhão de 40mm CTAS (Cased Telescoped Automatic Weapon) das @KNDS_France e @BAESystemsplc. pic.twitter.com/LmnK8uGIbU

— Defence 360° (@Defence360) May 25, 2026

NO WAY IN HELL you can tell me that isn't the EFV without the expensive/exquisite tech jacking up the price and making it basically useless. They take our scraps because we (in this case the USMC) is looking for leap ahead tech instead of evolutionary steps. We're seeing it with drones especially ground unmanned vehicles (who remembers the CRUSHER from long ago) while we keep looking for wonder weapons instead of getting gear into service and upgrading it with tech improvements as we go. THIS IS FRUSTRATING!

This went beyond simple law enforcement. This was a struggle to survive...

Un policía 👮🏻‍♂️ que sí sabe para qué sirve un arma 💯💥

Enfrentamiento armado y una lucha cuerpo a cuerpo entre un Trooper (agente) de la Policía Estatal de Michigan y un sospechoso armado.

Justin Cope (relativamente nuevo en el cargo, solo unos meses de experiencia), detuvo a… pic.twitter.com/byc5mcZQxq

— 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐌𝐢𝐚 (@InesBetancur1) May 25, 2026

Oh my God. Segments of both populations are being radicalized...

 

I now understand why Dan says they should all be exterminated pic.twitter.com/KIE2vAGMMu

— NextLevelClips (@nextlevelclip__) May 11, 2026

I fear peace might not be possible if children on both sides are being radicalized...

U.S. Army Reveals First Designs of Two XM30 AI Infantry Fighting Vehicle Candidates Replacing Bradley

I don't know. The Lynx seems so freaking big. No commonality with the AMPV that's just entered service and is production now. I'm biased but just should have Americanized the CV90 and be done with it. Could have had a fighting vehicle and apc all in one (turreted and non turreted versions). I wonder if this was more about the industrial base than practicality.  At this point if its about practicality then the GDLS system wins easily.  The amazing thing to me about this whole thing?  In the age of drones, hell even before that, you have IFVs with much bigger profiles than tanks.  There is something wrong with that.  Was adding a large caliber gun to apcs (to make IFVs) worth the squeeze when it comes to a combined arms team?

U.S. Army Reveals First Designs of Two XM30 AI Infantry Fighting Vehicle Candidates Replacing Bradley pic.twitter.com/JHH4W5Ull7

— Army Recognition (@ArmyRecognition) May 24, 2026

ZTL-XXX 105mm Fire Support Vehicle

🇨🇳 ZTL-XXX 105mm Fire Support Vehicle pic.twitter.com/vVOA4zqdhQ

— David Wang (@DavidWangPLA) May 24, 2026

This Chud the builder story is interesting...

UPDATE FROM JAKE-

I went to show support at Chud the Builder's $1. 25 million bond hearing and was arrested and thrown (in the maximum he could sentence me to) of 10 days of solitary confinement by the judge!!!!

Here's how it happened. I was sitting next to Chud's wonderful… pic.twitter.com/aghkKOipCb

— Jake Lang - January 6 Political Prisoner 🇺🇸 (@JakeLang) May 24, 2026

This Chud dude. Man! Don't know cause I wasn't there but two narratives (from what I can tell) are floating around. He said some racist shit, talked about killing black men and found one to ice. The other is that he said the shit, was attacked (or something to that affect) by a black man and defended himself. Either way I never heard of the guy before but apparently he has a following. What's interesting is that he is a bigger celebrity now. Additionally except for his supporters I see very to damn near support for the guy that got killed. Something is way off with this thing but I can't put my finger on it. One man is dead, another is in jail and facing serious time in prison and only the fringe seems to be locked on to the story. Weird.