Turk Army M60-TM in Syria (with installed PULAT aps)

Russian Army Victory Day Practice (pics)

Victory Day Parade practice continues at the Alabino training area with BMP-2M with Berezhok turrets, Kurganets-25, Derivatsiya-PVO, and T-90A tanks.https://t.co/j50O1GRk1u pic.twitter.com/mPMzsgQ10b

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 23, 2020

French Army Jaguar Recce Vehicle..

🐆 Il arrive à pas feutrés. Le Jaguar se dévoile petit à petit et se laisse photographier sous un camouflage temporaire. Découvrez le futur engin blindé de reconnaissance et de combat, destiné à succéder aux AMX 10RC, ERC 90 et VAB HOT.#MatosTerre pic.twitter.com/ZotIDiQscR

— Armée de Terre (@armeedeterre) June 16, 2020

As big as this rig is, it's still smaller than the Brit Ajax.  For better or worse, size creep is here.

Ejército Tierra @ NATO eFP Battle Group Latvia

205 knots and counting for SB1Defiant.

205 knots and counting for #SB1Defiant. Thanks to the coaxial rotors and propulsor, this #FVL aircraft will be the fastest military helicopter ever.

🎥: @Sikorsky pic.twitter.com/Ch6LLf42AO

— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) June 16, 2020

Remove the cockpit and the passenger compartment, add wings, get a good mission computer/AI into the darn thing and you have the vertical take-off and landing combat UAV the Marines are looking for.

The tech works great in a smaller package so I'm not sure why Sikorsky isn't pushing that angle but time will tell.

It's good to see them finally on track.

Open Comment Post. 17 June 2020

20 Indian Army Soldiers killed in clash with Chinese Army...

Indian Army announces killing of 20 soldiers in deadliest battle with Chinese forces this year https://t.co/DkjSqgZibn #China #India

— Al-Masdar News (@TheArabSource) June 16, 2020

Wow.

I've talked about this before.  Not the exact circumstances or location but the idea of a Battalion Commander sinking his teeth into the floor board in some obscure out of area location and events spiraling.

I still haven't seen reports about how this kicked off but the possibility of this turning hot seem pretty high to me.

Don't think we'll ever really know the butcher's bill of this incident on the Chinese side.  They're secretive, deceitful and will do anything to prop up public opinion rather than be honest.

What am I watching for?  Reinforcements to the region from both sides.  Possible activity from Pakistan.  Probably backdoor channels being used to de-escalate the situation.

Either way this bears watching.

2020.  The year from hell.

UPDATE!  Just saw this tweet...as predicted...

Indian military reinforcements filmed heading towards the LAC pic.twitter.com/q618syxQR9

— Intel Air & Sea (@air_intel) June 17, 2020

Anti-Drone System - "REPELLENT" COMPLEX for Russian Army

M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle crosses a bridge built by both the Polish 2nd and 5th Engineer Regiments at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland

Is the Army working on a new armor kit for the Bradley?

Open Comment Post. 15 June 2020

Turks lock on, almost fire on French warship! We need ALPAY back!

Thanks to Pegase for the link!

[Info VA] En violation de l’embargo sur la livraison d’armes en Libye, la Turquie à deux doigts d’ouvrir le feu sur une frégate françaisehttps://t.co/tXKUVwcEG2

— Louis de Raguenel (@LouisDeRaguenel) June 14, 2020

Don't care what his affiliations are.  We need ALPAY back for the Turk side of this incident!

Jesus!

So focused on societal/police issues that I'm missing big stuff happening in the world.

Just plain awesome (in a bad way) but expected.

While we're distracted real life, world changing things are happening in the wild.

I would really like to know the back story on this incident...

What an absolutely top bloke. Solid in so many ways. A hero? Yup. pic.twitter.com/pMwAp0d9rO

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) June 14, 2020