"I cannot for the life of me understand some of the capabilities that they're putting in the field unless it is an aggressive posture,” Adm Davidson, US @IndoPacom commander said as warned losing ability to deter Chinese aggression (see 2025 projections) https://t.co/ew3cfGsv0V pic.twitter.com/G943NFD0wq
— Demetri Sevastopulo・FT (@Dimi) March 9, 2021
Yeah the title is clickbait but this whole thing does raise an interesting point. Why do we have so many nukes? Is it possible that a form of savings could come from cutting our nuclear stockpile to a point where we could only destroy half the planet instead of the whole thing? I said that in jest but our numbers compared to those of our enemies (real or imagined) seems over the top. If we eliminated one or two legs of our retaliatory force then we would save billions. The weird thing is I don't even know if that includes weapons delivered by tactical aircraft! Add that to the mix and you're probably talking about enough money saved to fund our entire modernization efforts across ALL the services!The number of "deployed" US warheads per New START (which counts bombers, not their weapons, as one "warhead") is ~1,450. The last public Pentagon estimate of the total Chinese stockpile was "low 200s." https://t.co/WGjWEz6D4R
— Joseph Trevithick (@FranticGoat) March 9, 2021
Swedish Air Force #SAAB 39C Gripen in a fighter role configuration: 2 x Rb 98 IRIS-T, 2 x Rb 99 AMRAAM and 2 x Rb 101 Meteor.— jn-photo.se (@JnAviPhoto) March 9, 2021
*Well boys it looks like we just got ourselves a replacement for the BHR...probably on the cheap! The Brits have an excess carrier and we lost an LHD to a fire in maintenance so its really a no brainer. It's so perfect that it almost seems pre-planned!
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| A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey and AH-1Z Cobra with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly above patrol boat PSS President H.I. Remeliik II with Palau Bureau of Maritime Security off the coast of Palau in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 27, 2021. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Amphibious Squadron 11 in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dominic Clay) |
Royal Air Force:
— Henry Jones (@hthjones) March 7, 2021
-The UK's plan to order 138 F-35B jets will be reduced by 90
The initial order was for 48; 138 – 90 brings us neatly to 48, so it sounds as though that will be the final number. pic.twitter.com/xt424iWMuS
-The AS-90 will be scrapped and replaced later this decade
— Henry Jones (@hthjones) March 7, 2021
-89 howitzers from the 1970s will be scrapped (that sounds like L118 light guns, but not specified) pic.twitter.com/nIyCjDUWxg
Just plain wow.
The British military is about to be absolutely smashed. Follow this dude and make sure you read his entire Twitter Thread.
Things are looking bleak for the Brits folks.
#SaudiArabia has confirmed the strike by #Houthis on oil company's facility in Ras-Tanura. It is noted that the goal was not only national resources of kingdom, but also the security of the world energy system. In Riyadh, Iran is believed to be behind the actions of the Houthis. pic.twitter.com/nZg6o77bxO
— Sukhoi Su-57 Felon 🇷🇺🇮🇳 (@I30mki) March 8, 2021
