Taiwan orders 21 additional CM-34 infantry fighting vehicles

#Taiwan orders 21 additional CM-34 infantry fighting vehicles https://t.co/lfu0v36oU9 #Infantry #fightingvehicles pic.twitter.com/7fVDpQpGj3

— Janes (@JanesINTEL) August 30, 2020

Interesting isn't it.  The Taiwanese are buying Infantry Fighting Vehicles for their Military Police and I don't think its to deal with internal defense.  They're gonna bolster their defense against Chinese invasion.  They're not thinking beyond just keeping them off their shores but repulsing the attack if they're able to make landfall.

A mobile defense from the beaches to the mountains.

Turkish upgraded Leopard-2A4 with ERA and add-on armor.

Details here.

Yep. Portland is out of hand. How do you put this bullshit back into its bottle?

Driving through crowds and macing out of vehicles at SW 4th and Washington. pic.twitter.com/dCNJxYlkYn

— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) August 30, 2020

So now quarter ton trucks are driving thru crowds?  Protests are still going on?  Do you people still believe this is about Black Lives Matter?  If you do then you're stupid. 

This is something else entirely.

The racial makeup of protesters/counter protesters is CAUCASIAN not black. 

Only thing left to wonder is when will some idiot decides to self activate and commit a mass shooting.  It's coming.  Mark my words.

China continues to upgrade and refine it's ZBD-08 Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

Note.  The United States Missile Marine Corps might be done with armor, but the Chinese Marines aren't!  They continue to upgrade and refine their steel beast.  What happens if they add a capable APS?  When that happens the anti-tank missiles they're counting on won't be enough.

Another new 8x8 PRC IFV making rounds, this is I think the third modern one, after the ZBD-08 and another recent new vehicle, the designation of which I don't recall. People already make Boxer jokes/copy allegations, but if that was true, they sure like to mix things up a lot. https://t.co/29QkHZXy6X

— Alex Luck (@AlexLuck9) August 30, 2020

Open Comment Post. 30 Aug 2020

Bell V-280 Valor - Commitment to the Mission

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CH-53K King Stallion Stretches its Legs at Sea

Rheinmetall - Kodiak breaches tree barrier

Ok. The kid with the AR was getting his ass kicked by multiple assailants. Complex case...no easy answers...

_esstac Kyle Rittenhouse obviously wanted to murder people, and couldn't have possibly feared for his life.... How large of a mob does it take to make one actually fearful? How many people need to curb stomp you, or hit you with a skateboard? How many felons need to threaten you with deadly force? Like the glock the media keep refusing to show. Lets ask Adam Haner, he probably has an opinion.

Wow.

This is a complex case.  No easy answers to be found.  It will take a REASONABLE, SENSIBLE, EYES WIDE OPEN...judge to preside over this madness.

I like to think I'm reasonable.  I like to hear all sides.  What I've been seeing lately has me...conflicted.

Should the guy have been there in the first place?  Probably not.  Was it wide to show up at a place where you knew a mob was running wild?  Definitely not.

But he did.  He was there.  He had as much right to be there as anyone else.

What happened next?

Tragedy mixed with stupidity mixed with more tragedy.

Apparently he was being CHASED.  Assaulted.  And finally attacked with a vengeance by multiple assailants.

Additionally it appears that some were armed.

It was a massive shit show from hell.

I know of at least one person dead.  A couple of other injured (supposedly one lost a bicep...instant cripple for the rest of his life) and this dude is facing a murder charge.

Shit show indeed.  Glad I won't have to serve on the jury for this one.  Not matter what the ruling you'll find people are gonna be pissed.

The sad thing?

The lives of EVERYONE involved are forever changed because of one night that led to a series of bad decisions for everyone participating in this madness.