Thursday, June 25, 2020
Greenland Trailer #1...The perfect movie for 2020!
It would be an ok movie in any other year. In 2020? It's gonna be perfect!
China's J-15 fighters take off from and land on the country’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning. (Video: CCTV)
Note. I've heard my readers and now I see it for myself. Those big fighters have to launch with basically a bare bones payload. They might be "forward" deployed in a fight but they won't have much staying power in a fight. Now I understand why those artificial islands are so important. Their carriers are more for show than go in a naval engagement.
China's J-15 fighters take off from and land on the country’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning. (Video: CCTV) pic.twitter.com/qQNxTuPN7G— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) June 25, 2020
The first two prototypes of the automated ground reconnaissance device UGV-Pz were delivered to the Czech Army.
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SU-57 @ Victory Day Parade...
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Carelessness with a piece of history...
Парад Победы и кривизна земли. pic.twitter.com/TZnWlkZQvX— Selvestor Vivat (@S_vivat) June 25, 2020
Hope the driver is court martialed over his careless operation of a piece of history. I'm sure the Russians will shrug it off but damn it, how many pieces of WW2 history are still in driving condition? I consider this a human history relic, not just Russian.
UGCV-Carrier...
How long before the US military decides that it needs a Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle Carrier? As wild as the above drawing is, I can actually see it coming into existence. A UGCV Carrier could serve as a mothership for these vehicles and act as a refueling (recharging?) and/or reloading point as well as a mobile repair depot...especially if we move towards deploying swarms of them.
Once again the mix of Sci-Fi and Gaming is leading the way in weapons development (I think).
Israeli Navy Dolphin class SSKs surfacing
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Major James Capers: Marine Recon Legend...Mr. President get this man a well deserved Medal Of Honor!
via SOFREP.com
In 1966, Capers’s team, which called themselves “Team Broadminded” conducted more than 50 classified missions in Vietnam. Some of them sound like a Hollywood action film; among them, a Top Secret recovery operation. Its purpose was to recover the contents and pilot remains from a USAF B-57 Bomber that had crashed in enemy territory. The plane is rumored to have highly sensitive materials that included a nuclear bomb. The five-day mission was successful and the Top Secret materials were recovered.----------
Another mission was “Operation Doubletalk.” Capers and a 12-man team was tasked to go deep into Viet Cong territory and rescue four Americans, two Australians, and 26 South Vietnamese allies that were being held prisoner in a jungle POW camp. The CIA provided intelligence and the mission was personally approved by President Johnson.Story here.
But what transpired was much like what would happen to U.S. Green Berets in Son Tay about 10 miles outside of Hanoi four years later. The captors had moved the prisoners before the raid. “Our intelligence was bad back in those days,” Capers said sadly.
“I thought we had a good shot at it,” Capers added. “We had a pretty good battle at the camp, we had to fight our way out. We destroyed the prison, killed all the guards, and they were pursued by popular forces all the way to the LZ.”
“It was a difficult time for us,” he said. “Psychologically, we worked so hard to prepare for the mission and we had a Chieu Hoi, (a South Vietnamese VC) who came over to the South Vietnamese government and personally knew where the camp was and led us there.”
The problem for the team was getting back to the LZ. Capers held off the enemy while his men were boarding the choppers and finally, he too was picked up. “It wasn’t about heroism,” he pointed out. “It was just doing your job and making sure we didn’t leave anybody behind.”
“I was the last man on the chopper and got my first Purple Heart and my first Bronze Star on that mission. I was being lifted up by the hoist, about 70 feet off the ground, and I got hit just before they were able to pull me into the chopper.”
Capers’ team, the small 3rd Force Recon detachment, was soon assigned another mission. This one would take them to Phu Loc. Their mission was to locate a large Viet Cong base camp. Capers’ 10-man team had a dog named King with them on the mission.
After some sporadic fighting on the first day, the unit ran into large concentrations of enemy forces. On the second day, his team accounted for 22 kills. While trying to call in artillery fire and F-4 Phantom airstrikes on a hill, the Viet Cong sprang an ambush.
His men were getting wounded and the team set out Claymore mines to keep the enemy at bay. The enemy had been reinforced by NVA (North Vietnamese regular forces), but Capers’ team managed to drive him back. All of his men were wounded. King was killed. Capers was wounded 13 times; his leg was broken.
I knew about Major Capers but alot of it I DIDN'T know. Definitely need to read up on the guy. He did some wild and wooly stuff.
Medal of Honor? Yeah. Get it done Mr. President!
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
K-17 Bumerang armored vehicles had an engine fire @ victory day parade.
The parade had some issues. After driving across Red Square, one of the K-17 Bumerang armored vehicles had an engine fire. The Bumerang, Armata, and Kurganets-25 vehicles have been at each Victory Day Parade since 2015 but none has entered service. 8/https://t.co/aDc9RjnYr6 pic.twitter.com/H2FPboUteZ— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 24, 2020
No other way to say it. This is rather embarrassing. Not a good sign for a relatively new vehicle.
China setup a camp at the site of the recent hand to hand combat...
Satellite images, reports indicate PLA’s set up camp at clash site | India News - Times of India https://t.co/zfPMg7tcQl— Ramandeep Bajwa (@Ramandeep_Bajwa) June 24, 2020
Signs of goodwill and diplomacy while reinforcing a position? If the Indian military did not expect this then should all be canned.
The burning question now is WHAT WILL THEY DO ABOUT IT!
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