Thursday, April 20, 2023
The Pentagon is leaking this potential embassy evacuation because its gonna be hairy...
The Pentagon has a habit of leaking certain news it wants out to its favorite "journalists" when it wants to shape a narrative.SCOOP: The Pentagon is preparing to position U.S. forces in Djibouti in anticipation of a potential mission to evacuate U.S Embassy personnel in Khartoum, two people familiar with the military plans said. @alexbward @ErinBanco https://t.co/zdmZER0hj0
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) April 20, 2023
This one is easy to see.
The Pentagon is leaking this one because they know its gonna be a hairy operation and its probably gonna get ugly.
Item 1. Its in the middle of a freaking civil war.
Item 2. The govt there believes that the US "approved" the insurgent activity.
Item 3. There is significant Russian and Chinese military assets and activity in the area.
What does all that mean to me?
It is gonna be a combat situation from the start with the possibility that ALL SIDES will be firing at our aircraft.
Never thought I would say this but I believe this is probably beyond the capabilities of an MEU to perform. Oh and that's a legacy MEU, not the abomination that Berger's wonder kids have built today.
So where does that leave us?
Probably a couple of Ranger Companies along with a Special Forces Detachment, the 160th with copious amounts of Air Force and MAYBE Navy/Marine Corps aircraft along to make it all look like its a "joint service" effort.
Make no mistake though.
The shooters on the ground will be 95% Army with maybe a few SEALs/MARSOC to keep the SOCOM family happy.
If I'm right then God Bless the boys doing this job (should have happened long before this kicked off) and doom on the State Dept for not having its shit together to act before it turned into a clusterfuck from hell.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Ukraine is pleading for more anti-air missiles...
What are we missing with the air war in Ukraine?#Ukraine at a new meeting with allies in #Ramstein will submit a request for urgent deliveries of air defense systems and replenishment of ammunition for air defense systems. It is reported by the Financial Times. pic.twitter.com/YbSj8h8mXi
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 19, 2023
Is it just me or is this getting a bit tiring? First it was for armor, then it was for fighters, then predators, artillery, MLRS and now we're onto more anti-air missiles (missed a few items like javelins and got this out of order but you know what I mean).
But back on task.
I read a tweet that stated that Russian Air Forces use of glide bombs has changed things in that conflict but can't find it to post.
If that's wrong, does anyone know why the need for more missiles?
Borsuk IFV sails like a motorboat?
Interesting. I don't know a thing about hydrodynamics but I do watch armored vehicle development. Especially amphibious armored vehicles. Have you noticed that the new Turk AAV, the Borsuk IFV and the S. Korean Wheeled Combat Vehicle all share the same "bow"? The ACV is more sharply raked...kinda like the Chinese EFV. If you keep the ACV but give it this type of bow would it swim better? Kinda interesting that the new AAV replacement has issues in surf so severe that they're developing new tech to predict it. It's brand new but no speed increase over the AAV. It's wheeled so we can anticipate that there will be beaches it can't cross (can't get the image of stuck wheeled vehicles on the beach in Spain). I just don't quite know if making it the new amphibious ride is all its cracked up to be. I was a huge supporter of the vehicle but now I'm just not sure.The frontal plate has recently received quite a substantial armor boost. The Borsuk IFV is doing great while floating. Those who have observed it say - ,, it sails like a motorboat,,
— Junsupreme (@RyszardJonski) April 19, 2023
The shape of the front hull of the Badger IFV is largely due to the amphibious requirement. pic.twitter.com/y7NEjm3wfx
This is the most startling prediction of what could happen if we go to war with China...and what we need to do now to get ready...
via Real Clear Defense
If the United States manages to reassume National Will, but deterrence fails, we will respond militarily. There is no doubt China will resort to forms of economic warfare. If the CCP must bear the brunt of extreme financial consequences, then I believe they will begin taking drastic measures. The PLA will employ unconventional military techniques right here in the United States through our porous border. This will take the shape of either undocumented foreign agents from malign nation states or proxy forces such as Central American cartels paid off by the CCP, who will sabotage our power grid with relative ease, striking any number of the roughly 55,000 substations across the United States.[viii] This will likely bring the grid down like a game of Jenga, thrusting the United States back into the late 1800s. Remember The Monsters are Due on Maple Street? This time the monsters will be on every street in America armed with pistols and AR-15s.
This article. Just wow.
What has me spinning is how everything is lining up for us to get our teeth kicked in and how we will be faced with a zombie/mob situation in addition to a war (if this guy is right and things play out as he fears).
I'm gonna point out a Senator I love to hate. Lindsey Graham.
That fucker doesn't know of war he doesn't love and while he is talking up the coming conflict, I see NO PREPERATION of the American society to steel themselves for the pain that is sure to come.
If China crosses the berm before 2030 we're screwed.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Minimum requirements for safe flight. This vid is catching alot of heat
Opinions?
Kinda concerned that he keeps emphasizing that he won't fuck you over. In my experience whenever you hear that you're about to be fucked over!
Brazil pushes a club of nations for peace in Ukraine....
via ABC
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday expressed gratitude to Brazil for its approach in pushing for an end to hostilities in Ukraine — an effort that has irked both Kyiv and the West, and by afternoon prompted an unusually sharp rebuke from the White House.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has refused to provide weapons to Ukraine while proposing a club of nations including Brazil and China to mediate peace.
On Sunday, Lula told reporters in Abu Dhabi that two nations – both Russia and Ukraine – had decided to go to war, and a day earlier in Beijing said the U.S. must stop “stimulating” the continued fighting and start discussing peace. Earlier this month, he suggested Ukraine could cede Crimea to end the war, which the spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry, Oleg Nikolenko, and others rejected.
After meeting Brazil’s foreign minister on Monday, Lavrov told reporters in a short press conference that the West has engaged in “a rather tough struggle” to maintain its dominance in world affairs, including economics and geopolitics.
“As for the process in Ukraine, we are grateful to our Brazilian friends for their excellent understanding of this situation’s genesis. We are grateful (to them) for striving to contribute to finding ways to settle it," Lavrov said, sitting alongside his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira.
Lula's recent comments, particularly ascribing any blame to Ukraine for Russia's invasion in Feb. 2022, run counter to the position held by the European Union, the U.S. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And any talk of a ceasefire is viewed as an opportunity for Russia to regroup its forces for a new offensive. Zelenskyy told The Associated Press last month that a loss anywhere at this stage in the war could put Ukraine’s hard-fought momentum at risk.
Vieira, for his part, told reporters that Brazil sees sanctions against Russia as causing negative impacts for the global economy, particularly developing nations, and that Brazil supports an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
Do you realize how this looks on the world stage?
The US is against peace and seems to be a warmonger.
Ukraine is being viewed as less sympathetic.
This is bad.
Everyone in the White House, Congress, State Dept and Pentagon talks about being able to chew bubblegum and walk at the same time.
Prove it!
Open diplomatic channels and turn this war off! We're way past the point of anyone "winning" this conflict.
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