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Saturday, August 22, 2020
Sprut-SDM1
Thanks to S300V4 for the pic!
Expeditionary Sea Base ship HERSHEL "WOODY" WILLIAMS ESB4 in the Med...
Big Navy is so inconsistent with its classification/naming conventions that I no longer pay attention to them. First the L-Class bullshit, then this? Add to it the idiocy with naming ships after politicians and shit? Just give them class & numbers like most navies, and limit it to battles/war heroes. This modern day fuckery? I'm not with it! PLEASE NOTE!!!!! THIS SHIP IS PROUDLY AND APPROPRIATELY NAMED! SPEAKING ON RECLASSING IT FROM MLP TO ESB!!!
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Two weeks of Turkish military embarrassment against Greece
Note. I find this "conflict" puzzling. We're talking about two modern countries yet instead of being able to settle these disputes at the negotiating table all we're seeing is increased tension (what's the difference between them and the US vs. China...they're allies!). The rhetoric on the blog between these two sides is also a bit irritating. But it's Saturday so I post this to stir the shit. If you can't put out a fire then you add gasoline, grab some popcorn and sit back and watch the fuckery...
Two weeks of Turkish military embarrassment against Greece https://t.co/IaP4LFrfNa via @greekcitytimes— JuVi (@SciteCito) August 22, 2020
Bold Claim! XVIII Airborne Corps has the largest combined arms mix with the greatest variety of combat power within the Department of Defense.
We notice that many Twitterists get hung up on the "airborne" part of our title. Today, just a sliver of America's Contingency Corps is on airborne status. We have the largest combined arms mix with the greatest variety of combat power within the Department of Defense. pic.twitter.com/t6HfUjXXNE— XVIII Airborne Corps (@18airbornecorps) August 21, 2020
Hmm. I've got to take a look at all their units/formations. Pretty bold claim from my seat. Could it possibly be true?
Czech Army is the launch customer for the Lynx KF41...and they're apparently building a family of vehicles...
Note. This is late but apparently the Czech Army is building a family of vehicles based on the KF41 Lynx. Awesome. Curious about operating cost of this beast though. The Czech's will have a capable medium weight force that can flex up and down the spectrum, provide superb armored protection, substantial firepower and a credible defense against everyone but the most powerful of nations. Well done. Below are pics of the various variants.
Sidenote. Has anyone noticed that masts or mast-lites are making a comeback with recce vehicles? I have and I think I know why. Those small UAVs that everyone has flocked too are expendable, fragile etc...Additionally everyone and their mother is developing countermeasures to them. I believe their time in the sun has come and gone. A more robust system that can survive more than one or two encounters is needed. In comes mast systems. It allows a see first shoot first capability that will survive much longer than those small uavs. You pay the price in reduced range but its obviously been deemed acceptable. That's my theory at least.
Sidenote. Has anyone noticed that masts or mast-lites are making a comeback with recce vehicles? I have and I think I know why. Those small UAVs that everyone has flocked too are expendable, fragile etc...Additionally everyone and their mother is developing countermeasures to them. I believe their time in the sun has come and gone. A more robust system that can survive more than one or two encounters is needed. In comes mast systems. It allows a see first shoot first capability that will survive much longer than those small uavs. You pay the price in reduced range but its obviously been deemed acceptable. That's my theory at least.
Friday, August 21, 2020
China's response to the Missile Marine gives me pause. Does the concept really rattle their cage?
via Sputnik.
Beijing has warned the US against deploying its ground-based missiles in the Asia Pacific region, promising to take "countermeasures" and threatening any states that host such weaponry with consequences.Here.
"The US attempt to deploy land-based, medium-range missiles is consistent with its increasing military presence in the Asia Pacific and so-called 'Indo-Pacific strategy' over the past years, a typical demonstration of its Cold War mentality," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday.
Washington's "words and deeds" over recent years have greatly contributed to the erosion of global and regional stability, the official added, as well as impacting "international arms control and disarmament process, [and undercutting] mutual trust between major countries."
This response gives me pause. Are the Chinese this rattled over the Missile Marines & US Army deploying ground based missiles in the Pacific?
If it's only about the threat of missiles to their shipping then I WAS WRONG!!! Full stop. Nothing else to say on the subject. I WAS WRONG!!!!
However there is another option here.
Remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? The US and USSR almost went to war over nuclear missiles stationed just off our coast. History shows that the USSR made the move in response to the US placing missile in Turkey.
I've always assumed that the US would never launch conventional missiles or even launch conventional airstrikes on mainland China.
What if the Chinese aren't so sure (hypersonics make the issue magnitudes more challenging today...we could launch preemptively and cripple their command & nuclear forces in one swift salvo while they're verifying their radars)?
If so then they're simply reacting in the same way that we did back then. They're protecting their homeland against a possible strike. We wouldn't tolerate Chinese missiles in Cuba or Guatemala or Nicaragua and I'm guessing they feel the same way about their neighborhood.
If the second theory is the correct one then we're probably gonna see an escalation that we didn't expect REAL soon.
I just can't pick a side with confidence. Quite honestly I want it to be the latter and not the former (did I get that right) but I'm stuck on my preconceived notion and don't know if I'm analyzing this without bias.
Any guesses?
Sidenote. I will do a small bit of chest thumping on one issue. I did say that basing rights for these missiles would be problematic and that's been proven correct. The Pacific isn't Europe and they don't view China like Europe viewed the USSR. It's a VERY pragmatic region. Culturally they will do the smart thing when two great powers get into a fight (with the exception of probably only Japan and Australia), they'll sit it out and see who wins then they'll make nice with the winner.
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