Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Raider X...rapid acceleration without nose dip
Unlike traditional helicopters, RAIDER X won’t have to dip its nose to speed up. Rapid acceleration in constrained spaces will minimize exposure time to threats. Learn More: https://t.co/Y1mtAO3eyJ #FVL #FARA— Sikorsky (@Sikorsky) May 5, 2020
I've been a little miffed at Sikorsky lately. The CH-53K is eye wateringly expensive, and the Raider X is slow off the mark.
Having said that I hope they deliver. The US Army and Marine Corps need both programs to work. The CH-53K for obvious reasons for the Marines. The Raider X as an alternative platform for those missions where the V-280 is unsuitable (thinking more of a Little Bird replacement for the Raider X with the V-280 replacing BlackHawks).
British Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade
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Lockdown enforcement continues to spiral...
Ector County Sheriff’s SWAT team raiding a peaceful protest at Big Daddy Zane’s in West Odessa. The bar opened this afternoon despite Abbott’s latest orders, saying “all businesses are essential.”— JuYeon Kim (@JuYeonKimTV) May 5, 2020
Full coverage tonight on @KPEJFOX24News & @Big2News pic.twitter.com/WHiwhmisgs
One commenter stated..."This is madness" and went on to say "This will not end well for my country".
Dude is spot on.
We're almost to the point of treating lockdown enforcement like we do drugs. Luckily the Sheriff's have tremendous power. Hopefully you work for a good one too. That wouldn't fly for one microsecond in my part of the world.
Governor Of West Virginia "Fuckin stay at home" (at the 10 second mark!)
My jaw actually hit the floor at 10 seconds in pic.twitter.com/Bg9uJ8xndW— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) May 5, 2020
Just plain wow.
Fuckin stay at home....
If you heard about Russian S-300's not working then you missed the biggest part of the story...
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I've been monitoring the conversation about how the Syrians are complaining that the Russian anti-air network just isn't working against Israeli strikes. That's been the main focus of the conversation but in my opinion it misses the big news. Check this out...
This is not the first speculation about the effectiveness of these air defence systems, as they date back to the Soviet era and were supplied to the then USSR’s Syrian Baathist ally from the 1960s to the 1980s. They don’t bear comparison with more recent systems that Russia has manufactured, such as the S-400.Story here.
Radars which do work, however, are reportedly those manufactured and delivered by China in recent years, such as the long-range JY-27 and JYL-1 systems as well as the LLQ120 radar which detects low-altitude targets. These, the Syrian military has said, work successfully in their detection of Israeli missiles and help the success of some Russian air defence missiles. A potential solution, according to Avia.pro, could be to import more Chinese radars to work in conjunction with the Russian missiles.
That's the real news boys and girls.
The Chinese are building radars that are capable of detecting Israeli stealth strike missiles and they're enabling the older Russian anti-air missiles to be more effective in defeating them.
That's huge.
Think about it. The Chinese are selling anti-air systems like hot cakes. We've all speculated about how effective they were and many (myself included) concluded that the Russian systems were superior.
Maybe they're not (we need more details on which version of the S-300 is being used by the Syrians before I label the system trash). But we definitely need to look at the Chinese systems in a new light.
Monday, May 04, 2020
Marine Raider sporting jungle cammies...
The pic is from Marine Raider Recruiting on Instagram but my focus was on the cammies. That shit works to perfection in dense foliage (and admittedly dark conditions). What has me spinning is that the black rifle isn't what stands out. It's the coyote tan magazine. I wonder if they should perhaps pick up the olive green version for jungle conditions. Yeah I know. Added expense but when you see a pic like this and how much it stands out maybe it might be worth the investment.
Boeing Loyal Wingman (pics)
The Australian Air Force is gonna sell a metric shit ton of these birds. By their innovation they just setup Boeing Defense Australia to be a major player in the unmanned combat aircraft market and probably will win the future for systems in the West if this thing performs HALF as good as they're hoping.
Won't that be a kick in the ass?
Australia will be selling us combat aircraft! This new decade is gonna be crazy!
Carrier aviation was wild and wooly back in the day..
I really would love if one of you aviation types could verify this story...Believe it or not— Fighter-pictures (@fighterpics) May 5, 2020
The captain landed his A-6 while his Navigator hanging on the canopy because his seat was ejected halfway by mistake 😕. pic.twitter.com/C9tAiiX7ql
Damian Ratka's Twitter Page found pics of the VT-4 without bolt-on armor....thin don't describe it!
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Ok. I'm starting to get how the Commandant can be so comfortable with the risk he's taking by dumping tanks. He's obviously seen intelligence that we haven't and from the looks of this thing, competent US Marine Corps Infantry can rather easily take apart these things solo, much less with the help of the other parts of the remaining Air-Ground Team.
I don't believe some of our previous generation anti-tank weapons would have trouble ripping this thing to shreds.
You're gonna have to be prepared to maneuver on any formation coming at you, you're gonna have to hope you have arty in your back pocket to keep them buttoned up, and a little help from the wing and naval guns would always be helpful but this doesn't appear to be the beast that I once thought it was.
I wonder why the Nigerians (a pretty decent Army and one of the best on the African continent) would be so joyous about these vehicles. Is it because of the threat level or do they know something we don't about them? I believe the Brits have pretty good relations with them so maybe we'll get a second hand look-see with what the Nigerians are working with.
Ogden Dowcett's concept of a size comparison of the M1-155 Howitzer with the Boxer CRV...
I appreciate stuff like this. Helps me get a better visual of how the M1-155 SPH would have looked in comparison to other vehicles had it entered service.
It just occurred that eventually we're gonna move on from the M1 series. Eventually we're gonna start using their hulls for recovery vehicles and SPH. This concept might be dormant not dead...assuming that we continue to see weight creep which I believe we will. Metallurgy and anti-missile systems just ain't there yet.
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