China coronavirus death toll jumps to 426 with nearly 20,000 confirmed cases https://t.co/2CEA7lZm6Q— RT (@RT_com) February 3, 2020
Monday, February 03, 2020
Yep. The Chinese have this coronavirus thing well in hand...
Sunday, February 02, 2020
Saturday, February 01, 2020
China is enforcing it quarantine via drone...
Walking around without a protective face mask? Well, you can't avoid these sharp-tongued drones! Many village and cities in China are using drones equipped with speakers to patrol during the #coronavirus outbreak. pic.twitter.com/ILbLmlkL9R— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) January 31, 2020
Mi-26 dropping ALOT of Paratroopers...
Mi-26 gets rid of paratroopers.!!!@200_zoka @AirForceReviews @DPRKJones @VinodDX9 @peterpobjecky @fighterpics @Chopsyturvey @KrishnaMy_God pic.twitter.com/GedW5LJu81— Sukhoi Su-57 Felon ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ณ (@I30mki) February 1, 2020
Concept art depicting size difference of B-2 vs B-21
 |
— Luke Barjoti ๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (@LKEBRJTI) January 31, 2020 |
Friday, January 31, 2020
Are we seeking a Moskva type ship for amphibious operations?
Think about what the USMC is desiring in an amphibious ship. A ship that is versatile enough to get Marines ashore, help with the sea battle, and flex into giving supporting fire to the landing force.
What would that type ship look like? With the exception of being able to conduct surface landings I think it would be an Americanized, probably enlarged Moskva type ship? Think I'm crazy? Check out the pics below.
In an American sense this would be sea battle in the front, landing party in the back!
Am I wrong?
You don't think this ship rhymes with what we're hearing from headquarters on what they desire in future ship building with regard to amphibs?
What would that type ship look like? With the exception of being able to conduct surface landings I think it would be an Americanized, probably enlarged Moskva type ship? Think I'm crazy? Check out the pics below.
In an American sense this would be sea battle in the front, landing party in the back!
Am I wrong?
You don't think this ship rhymes with what we're hearing from headquarters on what they desire in future ship building with regard to amphibs?
Typhoon-K spotted in Syria!
Russian military police patrol consisting of two "Typhoon-K" armored vehicles, two "Tiger" armored vehicles and a pair of "BTR-80" armored personnel carriers was spotted today in the city of Al Qamishli in northern #Syria pic.twitter.com/CXXtTa7P4y— R&U Videos (@r_u_vid) January 31, 2020
I didn't know this vehicle was actually operational with their forces. Freaking awesome. I look forward to seeing how it performs.
Full disclosure. I was always partial to the "other" Typhoon-K....
A new US-UK economic/military partnership?
The countdown is on! The UK officially leaves the EU at 11pm tonight. My message to the United Kingdom is a simple one: you have no greater friend, ally and partner than the United States. #BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/7uLH6ujYHk— Ambassador Johnson (@USAmbUK) January 31, 2020
Hmm. Is it possible for the US-UK to enter into an extreme partnership? Two nations, one system? Would the UK go for it? Can you imagine a military and economic partnership that mirrors what the UK and the EU had?
It would probably take some radical changes to the UK's system across the board but the benefits would be immediate. Free travel between the two nations, intermingled military (Royal Marines would immediately go to SOCOM) etc...?
Probably won't happen but wow! It would be sight to see.
The dead are lying in the streets of Wuhan (epicenter of the outbreak)...yeah, the Chinese have this under control...
[WARNING: potentially upsetting for some]: A dead man lying on the streets of Wuhan. According to AFP, over the course of two hours, 15 ambulances passed by and nobody did anything. It is unclear what he died of. But a scene from ground zero. pic.twitter.com/AxpkovDBZV— Melissa Chan (@melissakchan) January 31, 2020
Look at the above pic and weep for the Chinese. Yeah. They have this thing under control. NOT!
The bell cow for the severity of this event is Singapore. Watch how the extremely efficient Singaporean Govt reacts to this situation to gauge how bad it is. Hint? They're barring all people that aren't citizens, that have traveled to China, entry into their country.
Tracked ATV up north...
Thanks to FormerDirtDart for the link!
Wow. Talk about the ultimate toy! Bet its as fun in the mud as it is in the snow!
 |
|
Wow. Talk about the ultimate toy! Bet its as fun in the mud as it is in the snow!
Open Comment Post. 31 Jan 2020
 |
| Can't shake this pic. Birds are mega predators. Cute? Cute my ass...if they were bigger they'd be eating us! |
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO after 1st person-to-person US case reported
Thanks to Jonny for the news!
via ABC News.
The World Health Organization declared coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern at a news conference Thursday in Geneva.Here.
This is only the sixth time such an emergency has been declared, with past examples including the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Zika virus.
The WHO reserves the designation for "extraordinary events" that pose a public health risk by threatening to spread internationally.
The first case of human-to-human coronavirus transmission in the U.S. has been confirmed, in a patient in Illinois, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
Hmm. No big deal? WHO just declared this a global health emergency and some will still say no big deal.
The normalcy bias is real.
Coronavirus has spread to every region in China...(UPDATE!!! China is building a second shake and bake hospital)
#Coronavirus in China:— RT (@RT_com) January 30, 2020
- 38 related deaths over last 24 hours
- 170 dead nationwide
- 7,711 confirmed cases
- 81,000 people under observation
- 16 cities on lockdown
- Virus has now spread to every region in Chinahttps://t.co/kWcE47sTxx
This virus has already infected more people than SARS. We're behind the power curve and we have the Chinese to thank for that.
We're not looking at a Spanish Flu situation but I believe this will change the course of that nation and will be the nail in the coffin for globalization. Even Wilbur Ross is saying so.
God it feels so good to be so right and ahead of the curve on this stuff...DESPITE critics that say I'm fear mongering.
It's never about fear. It's about information from OPEN SOURCES! Most of time we must rely on foreign sources for that information! Russian, Chinese, Japanese, European...all those sources are currently better at giving information of an international flavor than our US news agencies. Think about it. While main stream media was focusing on the impeachment WE were talking about the Coronavirus...so were foreign news agencies. We were right, US news was wrong.
This incident should be an eyeopener for many.
UPDATE!!!
The construction of 2nd makeshift hospital, Leishenshan, for #coronavirus patients in #Wuhan, the epicenter of #outbreak, is 40% completed.1,600 beds are planned in Leishenshan Hospital. pic.twitter.com/KI3DVu3wua— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) January 30, 2020
Yep. They have this thing under control. So much control that they're building holding pens labeled as hospitals to destroy after the danger has passed.
Read President Xi Jinping's remarks on novel #coronavirus. #XiJinping #XiSays (2/5) pic.twitter.com/zC45MkazVd— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) January 30, 2020
Blast from the past. Proposal to use Lunar Modules as Space Labs...
 |
|
An unusual Ajax IFV on the beach...
Don't recall seeing this variant of the Brit vehicle. Any ideas? Any better pics? Anything? Pic is from Defense Equipment and Support (UK MoD) Twitter Page.
Experts say WHO should declare coronavirus outbreak world health emergency
via SCMP
*World Health Organisation committee will convene on Thursday for third time in a week to assess the situationHere.
*Former WHO adviser on communicable diseases says there is ‘imminent risk’ of international spread
Public health experts say the WHO needs to declare the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan a global emergency, as Beijing itself locks down cities containing more than 50 million people in the world’s biggest ever national response to an infectious disease crisis.
The calls come as the World Health Organisation is set to reconvene its emergency committee in Geneva later on Thursday – the third time in a week – to assess whether the new virus spreading from China now constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern”, or PHEIC.
The pneumonia-like illness has killed 170 people and sickened more than 7,000 in China so far, with dozens more cases confirmed elsewhere, including in the United States, Japan, Thailand and Germany.
The 16 independent experts on the WHO’s emergency committee will advise director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the decision and give recommendations for managing the outbreak.
This could change EVERYTHING! I don't know what the decision will be but IF they declare a global emergency then globalization might take a hit that it can't recover from.
China might take a hit that sets them back for a couple of years.
This COULD be a future changing event for the Chinese. Time will tell but I'm betting that WHO will receive pressure from a number of parties from govts, to celebrities to corporations all pushing for them NOT to declare an emergency.
This thing is getting interesting.
Policymakers fret over global growth risks from China virus outbreak https://t.co/Yf7mjMmcLr pic.twitter.com/ic2hIcwv2R— Reuters (@Reuters) January 30, 2020
New Corps Formation: Marine Littoral Regiment?
via Marine Times
Major changes seem to be coming for the Marine Corps’ force structure, as the commandant and his top leaders have given a range of new design possibilities.Here.
There’s reconfiguring the Marine Expeditionary Unit for new types of missions, and ways to change the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to better fit the needs of the force. Commandant Gen. David Berger has talked about small teams of Marines taking out ships in hotly contested areas.
But recently an entirely new formation was mentioned that could cause its own ripples across the force: a Marine littoral regiment.
“It’s looking at creating the Marine Littoral Regiment and how that’s going to resource and help make (Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations) successful,” said Maj. Gen. Mark Wise, deputy commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
I've been pounding my head trying to remember where I've seen all this before. Not in the USMC but in history.
Then it hit me. The US Army tried this during the 1950s when the "pacing" threat was the USSR.
via Wikipedia...
Pentomic (cf. Greek pent(e)- and -tome, "of five parts") refers to a structure for infantry and Airborne divisions adopted by the U.S. Army in 1957 in response to the perceived threat posed by tactical nuclear weapons use on the battlefield.Here.
"Pentomic Division" was "a public relations term designed to combine the concept of five subordinate units ('penta') with the idea of a division that could function on an atomic or nonatomic battlefield."[1]
What do I remember from my limited reading? Everything got tracked. Tracked supply vehicles, tracked mortar carriers, you get the idea. Additionally we had cannons of every type that all fired some type of nuclear projectile.
What happened next?
A few short years later the war that we wanted didn't come knocking, it was the one we didn't called Vietnam.
All the planning, modeling etc...got thrown in the trash in the quagmire that was Vietnam.
Even worse?
Because the Army (and the US military) was on the wrong foot and not prepared for the fight they would get, things went badly.
I have to wonder.
Is this wise? Are we seeing a generation of flag officers that are trying to get it right or are they trying to leave a legacy other than failure in the Middle East?
Harsh I know but think about it. We have a couple of generations of officers that were unable to get the job done. That have us involved in the longest wars in American history and historians will not be kind.
They presided over several debacles from the F-35 to the LCS to the KC-46 to the Ford class to the EFV to the Bradley replacement and the Stryker program.
I guess what I'm saying is that I wonder if this isn't a legacy building exercise or a real need. Also consider that the USMC is wagging the dog on this one. The Navy doesn't even have its ship building program together but the Marine Corps is already making plans on how it will deploy and fight in the littoral zone?
I find it all curious.
Drastic changes are being proposed instead of commonsense ones like getting our organizational model ironed out. Check out this EXCELLENT article.
I end with this. There is low hanging fruit that should be picked...where cuts should be made BEFORE we make these wholesale changes.
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)