Friday, May 05, 2023

Open Comment Post. 5 May 23

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Prig continues his rant

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Western wheeled vehicles are having mixed results in Ukraine...driver training is essential

The above vid says it all. Wheeled vehicles just can't blast thru obstacles, mud, bogs etc...the way that tracked vehicles can. Judging from most of the vehicle incidents I've seen they're gonna have to emphasize driving training to the max in the future. Beyond the obvious I can't wait to see how the reports read for wheeled vehicles after the conflict.
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Thursday, May 04, 2023

The leader of Wagner takes a pic in front of about a platoon of dead fighters and yells to the Russian defense chief asking where are the shells

Wagner is turning into a problem for the Russian military. This is pretty intense though. If you remember the US made a go with PMCs and probably still do (don't know, lost interest and not following the job postings) but I kinda figured it would be the way to go into the future with recruiting being so difficult. Maybe it is and maybe this is just a Russian problem, I don't know. I do believe that if we make a run at using PMCs for actual trigger pulling jobs in the big fight coming in Africa then they're gonna have to setup so intense rules (for order, coordination, etc...) and to get guys to sign up they're gonna have to provide the same level of support they do to conventional units. Otherwise we'll see this with say (just using as an example) the Triple Canopy CEO barking at Austin wondering where the air support/medivac was. *Rush job. Deal with it.
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Israeli Air Force tried to be cute for "May the 4th be with you"...I wonder if they know?

I get it. All services try and get cute for pop culture. But the IAF kinda messed this one up. A TIE fighter? That's the bird the bad guys fly! They need a better social media crew!
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The largest attack helicopter in the world, the Turkish ATAK 2

 

The largest attack helicopter in the world, the Turkish ATAK 2, is shown after the flight with with large armaments on it 🇹🇷
by u/Old_Sherbert1465 in Helicopters
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Open Comment Post. 4 May 23

 


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The situation in the Far East (artist unknown)

 Thanks to Gessler for the pic!



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Ukraine just received its 37th drawdown of US munitions and equipment...

 

Our reserve is gone. I'm not even sure (I don't believe) that we have enough munitions for two major regional wars. Additionally we've put our allies in a difficult position too. Not talking about any European country either. I'm talking about nations that face credible threats. Countries like Israel, S. Korea and Japan. They've also had their stockpiles reduced to support Ukraine.

Has anyone considered that the Hyper Focus on Ukraine might be making the rest of the world more dangerous for our allies?  Oh and make no mistake about it.  Ukraine isn't an ally, its at best a protectorate.
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The new "tanker wars" is a prime example of how views are easily twisted

If you've been paying attention, the Biden administration is catching heat because they haven't responded to Iran seizing two tankers within a week.

Apparently some foreign policy wonks are wanting some type of action.  What type of action I don't know but the outrage is easy to see.

What they fail to acknowledge is that this whole thing kicked off because the US Navy seized an Iranian tanker headed to China!

We are living in a world of manufactured confusion and half truths.


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