Tuesday, September 17, 2019
How could old cars go where modern SUVs can't?
Talk about watching a short vid and being shocked! How could this old car with primitive suspension, a weak motor and no amenities go where modern SUVs can't?
Let's take it a step further. I'd bet that many modern military vehicles would end up bogged down across some of that terrain!
We know a few parts of the secret sauce. They were light as hell. We can assume that the drivers in this era had a certain "devil may care" attitude and would gun the engine (as weak as it was) thru certain obstacles.
But the rest?
It still comes down on the side of "how the hell is it making it"!
Anyone have a clue? I mean a solid idea and not pulling stuff out their nether regions.
Monday, September 16, 2019
BMT VENATOR-110 Frigate
Hat Tip to TheOtherChris Twitter Page for the pic!
 |
| Weird, blocky, slab sided and sexy...but I like it... |
Meanwhile in Russia...An explosion occurred in the Novosibirsk Center for Virology "Vector"
via .svoboda.org
An explosion occurred at the Vector State Virology Research Center near Novosibirsk . This research center has one of the most comprehensive collections of dangerous viruses in the world.Story here.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, on the fifth floor of a six-story laboratory building, a gas bottle exploded during repair work, after which a fire broke out on an area of 30 square meters. The fire is eliminated. One worker suffered. With burns of the second and third degree, he was taken to the hospital.
In Rospotrebnadzor emphasized that in the room where the explosion occurred, there were no biohazardous substances. At the same time, all the glass was broken in the building of the scientific center.
Interesting and dangerous times. We live in interesting and dangerous times my friends.
If we take this story at face value then it seems likely that some type of dangerous bug got out.
Aren't we past due for some type of pandemic to thin the human herd?
T- 7A “Red Hawk”
 |
| Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announces the T- 7A “Red Hawk” during the Air, Space and Cyber conference at the National Harbor. The name, Red Hawk, honors the legacy of Tuskegee Airmen, and pays homage to their signature red-tailed aircraft from World War II. The name is also a tribute to the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, an American fighter aircraft that first flew in 1938 and was flown by the 99th Fighter Squadron, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ first African American fighter squadron. The P-51 and P-40 are some of the most iconic fighters of their time. Likewise, the T-7A will be the staple of a new generation of aircraft. The Red Hawk offers advanced capabilities for training tomorrow’s pilots on data links, simulated radar, smart weapons, defensive management systems, as well as synthetic training capabilities. The first T-7A aircraft and simulators are scheduled to arrive at Joint Randolph AFB, Texas, in 2023 as a replacement for the venerable T- 38C. And, the moniker “Red Hawk” is certainly fitting, as that species of raptor is often seen soaring over our pilot training bases. |
Raytheon's new "Peregrine" medium-range air-to-air missile
via Air Force Magazine
The weapon is expected to measure just under 6 feet long and 150 pounds, less than half the weight and length of Raytheon's AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile and AIM-9X Sidewinder that fly on fighters across the Defense Department.Story here.
“We’re able to take the best of both of those missiles and, based on what we see as the customer’s requirements and gaps, we are combining them into this new missile,” Noyes said.
Peregrine “combines the range and the autonomy of the AMRAAM with the maneuverability characteristics of the AIM-9X” with extreme maneuverability as it approaches its target. The weapon will cost “significantly less" to buy and maintain than the AIM-120 or AIM-9X, and is faster to develop, thanks to ready-made components and additive manufacturing.
The Peregrine will have a multi-mode, autonomous seeker that includes infrared imaging. It uses a “new, high-performance propulsion system" to boost speed, Noyes said. He would only characterize the missile's range as “from visual range to within medium range” but said Peregrine is a supersonic munition.
The all-weather, day or night weapon has a blast fragmentation warhead and a “new lightweight airframe and high-performance modular control system” that allows for highly accurate targeting, Noyes said.
CV90, loser in Australia, desperately needs a makeover/replacement..
When you're a champ, you have to know when its time to retire...to leave the stage.
The CV90 is a champion type vehicle but it's time has come. It's time to leave the stage.
The competition in Australia is just the latest in a long line of failed bids for this rig and to see it up against the "latest hotness" just does one thing.
It proves how stale this design has become.
BAE has been been aggressive in updating/resdesigning its vehicles. Why they've allowed the CV90 to get old right before our eyes is something that they'll have to explain, but its obvious that it in need of at least a refresh and at worst a replacement.
Lynx vs Redback in Australia...DID NOT SEE THIS COMING!
BREAKING NEWS: The Australian Army has downselected Rheinmetall’s KF41 Lynx and Hanwha’s AS21 Redback for its Land 400 Phase 3 IFV requirement. In what will be a bitter blow, the GDLS Ajax and BAE Systems/ Hagglunds CV90 are now out of the running. pic.twitter.com/SYOBREkIY0— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) September 16, 2019
Damn! Fuck me! I didn't see this coming. The legacy guys are out of the competition.
For a small country the Aussies are DEFINITELY shaking up the armored market and setting trends for armored development in the West.
Didn't see that coming either.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
China's upcoming military parade will produce surprises.
Curious the DF-5B trailers are under cover: third group of vehicles. h/t @rickrodan pic.twitter.com/MMa3yG4X0S— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) September 14, 2019
Wow. The Chinese are taking off the gloves. I wonder if we've upset their timetable? I like to think we must have. The Pentagon, State Dept and the rest of the US govt has been extremely slow to wake up to this threat and I imagine they believe that they would continue to operate in the shadows unnoticed.
BUT!
They've been exposed so instead of retreating they're going all out and showing us their strength.
I'm pleased. At least they're being honest now.
For better or worse we have a new cold war with a foe that is in ways more/less dangerous than the USSR.
China parading hypersonic UAVs...
I think Zhuhai 2018 was already a great event, but this parade is gonna be even more impressive! 😮— @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) September 14, 2019
WingLoong II (or Ch-5 ?), Sharp Sword and two of these secret hypersonic UAVs!!! Can't wait for the close up images.
(Image via Nick Tsarnas/FB) pic.twitter.com/pHAFly0wBa
We just saw in Saudi Arabia what subsonic, loitering drones could do. A primitive Army has the high tech Saudi military on its heels (Houthis).
What happens when hypersonics enter the game?
Remember the old "the bomber always will get thru" meme?
I see it returning with hypersonic missiles/drones. Are lasers an effective countermeasure? I'm not sure but we need to be working on defenses against these things as fast as we are to develop them in the first place.
10月の中国軍事パレードのために北京に部隊が集まってきているのですが、予想すらされていなかった新型兵器が次々と確認されて、すごいことになっています。— mssn65 (@jpg2t785) September 14, 2019
超音速無人偵察機(D-21 ?)まで登場して、今のところコイツが一番の衝撃。 pic.twitter.com/q7VPxrJrKz
Subscribe to:
Comments
(
Atom
)