Monday, March 02, 2020

Czech Air Force Venom and Viper Helicopters sporting an usual but attractive camo pattern....




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Royal Marines and Commando Wildcats of 847 NAS have been on winter training alongside British Army Apaches of 4 Regiment AAC .





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Coronavirus Panic Map (Ironic Funny?)


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MiG31 intercepts simulated aggressor in Russian airspace above Kamchatka

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SAAB introduces GRIPEN for Canada!



Freaking awesome.  I'm a GRIPEN fan.  Love the plane.  Love its capabilities. Love its affordability/reliability/lethality!!!!
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Cold Response 2020 Vids...

Thanks to CARGO for the link!!!





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UK Joint Helicopter Support Squadron at work....



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Interesting take on the Brit "Invincible-class aircraft carrier"


Many of you will already know this but it was a surprise to me.  According to this bubba the Invincible Class was fitted for Exocet anti-ship missiles.  Why is this interesting to me?  Because the Navy/Marine Corps are attempting to make Amphibious Ships more "lethal".  Seems at one time the Brits were on that same trail.  Come to think of it the original "Tarawa" class mounted 5in guns which would have provided defense against small boat attacks that were all the rage in naval circles just a few years ago.

Since the Marine Corps appears to be heading back to the Coastal Defense Battalion concept of WW2, I have to wonder if we might see some of the close in air defense systems replaced with anti-ship missiles or rather augmented with them in the near future.

My problem with that possibility?

We're giving up combat power ashore (weight has to be made up somewhere and the more stuff dedicated to the sea battle the less you have for the fight ashore).

Will the Marine Corps devolve to a point where even a hybrid terror group has equal or greater combat power on land than the future Ground Combat Element?

Are they focusing so much on the sea battle that we start losing the land fight?

Berger really needs to get out of his foxhole and start laying out his ideas.
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Russians begin airlift of arms to Syria...



Everyone is focusing on the Russian Air Force's airlift of arms to Syria.  I think they're missing the real news though.  I think the focus should be on civilian and Russian Navy shipping to Syria.

If they're going to get artillery, rockets and armor to the Syrian forces (to make up for losses) then its gonna go by ship, not air.

Look to the seas to get a clue of Russian intention.  Not the air!
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‘We fought Russia 16 times and will fight it again,’ warns Erdogan’s adviser amid Idlib escalation



The Turks better be careful.  They can talk up a fight with the Russians all they want but I guarantee they don't want to poke that bear.  Turkey stands alone and their actions aren't winning them any allies.

Releasing immigrants into greater Europe?  Buying S-400 missiles in defiance of NATO (they could have bought European systems if they didn't want US systems)?  Backing new adventures in Libya in support of terrorists?  Supporting terrorists in Syria and slamming the Kurds?

I don't get their thinking.  It's like a madman is running that country.  The Turkish people deserve so much better.

Side note.  All this and I'm betting that the Coronavirus is running rampant in Turkey too?  That govt will be lucky to survive with all this drama swirling around it.
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Royal Marines Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group parachuting into Sweden.

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Open Comment Post. 2 Mar 2020


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