25.3.2019 Ζήτω το "Ιππικό"#25ηΜαρτίου 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 pic.twitter.com/4Fot93qsjP— Greeksburg (@Greeksburg) March 25, 2020
Wonder what was going on to have them moving that fast down city streets?
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The Leopard MBT can move!
Wonder what was going on to have them moving that fast down city streets?
CHECK IN! How is the Coronavirus outbreak in your area?
Hey Guys.
I'm just curious as hell. How is the Coronavirus in your neck of the woods? Anyone else live in an area where there is a stay at home order? If you do is there any indication of how long it will last?
US Army FARA contestants selected...
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Comparing K9 and Ceasar Shoot and Scoot capacity...and why the Archer is the best truck based system in the world...
The Nexter Caesar truck mounted howitzer has many fans. They shout about its relatively small size (for a truck with a big gun!), its lightness and its mobility (especially along roads).
What they ignore is the slow rate of fire. In high intensity combat against a technologically capable foe, being able to shoot and scoot will be important.
Now check out the vid below.
Love it or hate it but you can't deny one simple truth. The Archer is best for not only sustained fire in low intensity combat but is the best truck based howitzer for high tech warfare too.
Note. I said truck based howitzer, not best howitzer.
Wait! The USMC is cutting F-35 numbers. Does that mean the F-35C is about to get canned?
I posted a snippet from an article by Flight Global about the USMC cutting the number of F-35's it's buying.
“The Marine Corps will reduce the Primary Aircraft Authorized per squadron of F-35B and C aircraft from 16 to 10,” says the USMC.120 to 130 fewer aircraft?
The Marine Corps had planned to buy a total of 420 F-35s (353 F-35Bs and 67 F35Cs) by 2031. The service did not respond to request for details on how much its programme of record would be cut, but Cancian says the reduction numbers can be inferred.
“This would imply buying about 120 to 130 aircraft fewer,” he says.
I've advocated for the USMC to at least cut the F-35C from the order books. With Berger going all in on the China fight does it make sense for the Corps to embrace the sea battle from the shore by buying many more anti-ship missiles (we'll talk about the rebirth of the Coastal Defense Battalions soon) while at the same time still buying the C version?
I don't think it does.
If they continue with the C buy then that means that the F-35B will take the full brunt of the hit.
I just can't see that happening.
So if its a mixed cut that means the F-35C is gone along with about 60 F-35Bs.
Yeah.
What's going unsaid is that the Marine Corps is about to give up its carrier mission.
PS. Forgot to say it. THE DEATH SPIRAL IS HERE!!! LOL!!!
Russian Aid Convoy making its way thru the streets of Italy..
Russian military aid convoy in #Rome en route to Bergamo in North #Italy. pic.twitter.com/zqNtuhUAbz— maytham (@maytham956) March 25, 2020
Don't we have a base or two in this country?
Don't we have a Special Purpose MAGTF in this country...or at least near by?
So why are we letting the Russians get this MAJOR propaganda image in front of the world?
They're farther away, have a smaller logistics capability and are supposedly not as close to our friend as we are.
Yet we're nowhere to be seen.
I'm not mad just a bit frustrated. We have forces in the region but aren't prioritizing them to this effort. Sending cash is cool. Money makes stuff happen. But you can't deny the visuals here.
If the entire Western World is at war with a virus (and I'm thinking we are), then we should pivot military assets to help in that fight. Hell all we need to do is activate Motor T along with Navy Medicine and we could match this effort and surpass it easily.
Hell just send a Marine Corps Motor T Company with their MTVRs and fly the flag so people in Spain, Italy, Greece etc...see that we're standing ready to help...with our money and our people.
Russian epidemiology and virology specialists arrive in #Italy to help fight the #coronavirus pandemic. pic.twitter.com/6oy0caI6rl— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) March 25, 2020
USMC cutting the number of F-35s...
via FlightGlobal.
The Lockheed Martin F-35B/C would suffer its first programme of record reduction in its history.Here.
“The Marine Corps will reduce the Primary Aircraft Authorized per squadron of F-35B and C aircraft from 16 to 10,” says the USMC.
The Marine Corps had planned to buy a total of 420 F-35s (353 F-35Bs and 67 F35Cs) by 2031. The service did not respond to request for details on how much its programme of record would be cut, but Cancian says the reduction numbers can be inferred.
“This would imply buying about 120 to 130 aircraft fewer,” he says.
USS America (LHA 6) conducts flight operations....pics by Seaman Jonathan Berlier
Note. These are flight operations aboard the USS America but it might as well be called "The WING HAS WON" photo thread. Isn't it ironic? At one time the USMC thought that the Marine Air Wing needed an advocate. Fast forward to our time and its clear that it wasn't the Wing that needed an advocate but instead the Ground Combat Team.
Even more frustrating? Yeah. I advocated for the Marine Corps (and the entire govt) to focus on the threat that is China. What I DID NOT want to see is our Marine Corps being tailor made FOR ONLY the fight against China.
My fear? What happens when we fight an advanced force (probably hybrid terrorists) that we aren't tailor made to deal with? Do you know the last time the US military tried to tailor itself for a particular fight? I do. It was when we saw wholesale changes across our force because many predicted the next battlefield would be nuclear. What did we find ourselves involved in instead?
Vietnam.
Even more frustrating? Yeah. I advocated for the Marine Corps (and the entire govt) to focus on the threat that is China. What I DID NOT want to see is our Marine Corps being tailor made FOR ONLY the fight against China.
My fear? What happens when we fight an advanced force (probably hybrid terrorists) that we aren't tailor made to deal with? Do you know the last time the US military tried to tailor itself for a particular fight? I do. It was when we saw wholesale changes across our force because many predicted the next battlefield would be nuclear. What did we find ourselves involved in instead?
Vietnam.
Extension Rebellion just jumped the shark on coronavirus...
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I thought this UK group had gone away.
No such luck.
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