Air Mobility Boss predicts war with China in 2025

 

If this is true then we need to cut off all aid to Ukraine and get our logistics, manufacturing and war fighting forces up to snuff NOW! Additionally we can assume that he has info we don't so this isn't a shot in the dark.

Well...I'm looking forward to a terrible weekend...

 Heard about the police brutality case in Memphis?  Seen the video? Probably not but they're gonna release it at 4pm tomorrow.

They're saying that its terrible and will inflame passions.

Ok.  I get that.  But why release the thing on a Friday afternoon.  Kids are out of school, people are getting off work...portions of the community are getting good and liquored up and worse...

And they freaking release the vid on fucking Friday.

Terrible weekend here we come.

Italian Marine Corps AAV Ops

One thing has puzzled me about our AAVs. How can our allies have such pristine models and ours are trashed beyond belief? The Japanese, Italians and S. Koreans (doing a licensed homebuilt version) all are very well maintained but ours seemed to have rusted away.

CH-53K sling load

It would have been so beautiful! MZK 105mm autoloader turret as part of the upgrade of the M60A3 tanks.

Roketsan developed the MZK 105mm autoloader turret as part of the upgrade of the M60A3 tanks. The new turret, which has a much higher technology compared to the current 14.5-ton turrets of the M60A3 tanks, weighs 13 tons. https://t.co/v8wJpGBPNy pic.twitter.com/0y7JMZNn69

— Junsupreme (@RyszardJonski) January 26, 2023

Open Comment Post. 26 Jan 23

 

Ukraine is getting alot of tanks...will loitering drones blunt a counteroffensive?

An overview of the modern battle tanks for #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/YBFYnmrRiw

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 26, 2023

Have you looked at the terrain in Ukraine? It is almost perfect maneuver landscape (assuming the ground isn't muddy) and we could almost see a 2nd "Battle of Kursk" if the Ukrainians get their act together and fight the way the Pentagon is pushing. We've heard reports that T-14s are either in or near the battlespace so this big offensive/counteroffensive that everyone is predicting is gonna get interesting.

What will be of note is how maneuver warfare is conducted in an age of UAVs/Loitering Munitions and shit tons of anti-tank missiles.

Western reports parroting Ukraine’s propaganda belied by Kiev’s urgent call for better weapons as indications grow it is losing the war

 via Asia Times

The delivery of tanks, advanced air defense systems and potentially long-range ground-launched bombs may be a response to Ukraine’s dire requests, but it also brings with it a new load of problems.

These hastily and urgently provided supplies indicate that all is not well in Kiev and that it is closer than ever to losing the war with Russia. These are not one-to-one replacements for equipment lost: Most of the delivered supplies aim to shift the fortunes of the war in favor of Ukraine.

At least one of the projected weapons, a 100-mile ground-launched long-range bomb known as ATACMS, also would shift the war from Ukrainian to Russian territory. 

There is little doubt that putting this sort of weapon in Ukrainian hands will result in a bigger war in Europe. Russia will try to attack the transit centers for these supplies, most likely Poland, although retaliation could also conceivably include attacks on railroads and roadways in Germany.

The US decision to ship upgraded nuclear bombs to Europe also will convince the Russians that tactical nuclear war may be NATO’s response if Ukraine collapses. Compared with the US and NATO, Russia has a massive arsenal of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.

Ukraine’s forces are falling back in the Donbas region and, if the retreat continues, will soon lose the strategic town of Bakhmut. The Russian wave, in the Pentagon’s view, is a sure thing and the US has asked Ukraine to abandon the area.

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Open Comment Post. 25 Jan 23

Close Combat Is Chaotic