Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Australian Military Leadership tells their govt that coronavirus is a test run...much worse is on the horizon...
via ABC.net.au
According to the report, "the workshop delivered the overarching advice that, in the scenario provided, Australia would suffer massive upheaval within one week due to job losses, social unease and [public and industrial] hoarding."Here.
With at least 90 per cent of Australia's specialist medical supplies imported, the report found specialist medicines "may be exhausted within days", with "severe repercussions for public health".
Within a fortnight, with a restriction of imported medical equipment, "health care would be degraded".
For Ms Durrant, the report was evidence Australian governments could have been better prepared when the fallout from the pandemic hit the nation's hospitals, supermarkets and Centrelink queues.
"Our preparedness planning was probably a D-plus or a C-minus, but our response was much better," she said.
"In order to have that response that is really sharp out of the blocks, we weren't quite there in the first couple of weeks.
"I was bemoaning the fact that even though we'd done the work and had seen what might happen, we hadn't yet been able to get the buy-in to do the further planning and actually act on that information."
A global pandemic is apparently a great way for governments to silence protests easily and effectively.
A global pandemic is apparently a great way for governments to silence protests easily and effectively. pic.twitter.com/ar6NG9HyqQ— DW News (@dwnews) April 28, 2020
Have you noticed that many of your fellow Americans so easily dismiss the protests to reopen the country? Despite the fact that this pandemic is mostly a big city issue and 95% of the country is feeling few of the affects?
Star Wars said it best.
Change it up a little. Replace 1st Galactic Empire with the name of your state and it sings to what's going on today.
Safety and Security.
Dooming our economy to a recession and more than likely depression. Consigning our children's children to nation breaking debt because individual governors decided to close their states and expect the Federal Govt to pay for their decisions.
Sweden might have it wrong in their goal of herd immunity but it will save their nation.
Ok. Gotta admit. This girl was a BEAST!
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| A photograph taken in IReland in 1972 of a girl shooting from the gun of her fiance who was wounded in a battle against the British Army. Her wounded fiance survived after being transported by car to a safe place while his girlfriend clashed with British soldiers until she was killed. When the commander of the English soldiers found out that they were fighting a woman, he ordered his soldiers not to touch her body and allowed the Irish to bury her. They heard the English commander repeat this sentence: "We defend a queen who doesn't care about us, And this woman care about her lover and her land." The photo was chosen for Women's Day in Ireland and they wrote this sentence: "Don't be afraid to be associated with a strong woman. The day may come and she'll be your only army." Follow @unclesamsnation |
Wow. When I say this girl was a beast I mean that in the very best way possible.
Want to push the agenda on women in combat? Unfortunately you really have to point to organizations that we would (have) considered to be terrorist to find the best examples of warrior ethos.
As far as the fight she was involved in? Can't really say. I don't know enough about the issues surrounding the fight to say one way or the other.
Japanese army selected Hitachi to develop and manufacture new armored bulldozer
Here.
Almost looks like the USA T1 Cunningham from World of Tanks....oh and if you're curious, yeah I play on my days off and yeah I'm still getting my ass kicked by 12 year olds.
Does it seem like current times are mirroring the "interwar period" just before WW2?
It's a weird thought for sure but does it seem like current times are mirroring the "interwar period" just before WW2?
I mean look at the world.
We've just been ravaged by a pandemic that looks like it will continue for at least another year. We're looking at an extended period of a wrecked economy worldwide. Additionally we seem to be on the verge of breakthroughs in military tech (at least in the US...I know..we've been on the verge for decades).
If you look back at conditions just before the last world war, its not the same but it sure does seem to rhyme.
Air Centric Amphibious Ship tries to deploy the landing force via nets over the side?
via Marines Times
From March 21 to March 28, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the amphibious assault ship America conducted a large-scale Guam to Okinawa, Japan, maneuver exercise. It rehearsed elements of the Corps’ future plans to fight in the Pacific from sinking vessels at sea, beach landings and long-range rocket precision artillery strikes.Here.
But included in that training was a rehash of using cargo nets to prep for an uncontested insert onto small islands across the Pacific. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines aboard the America practiced scaling down the cargo nets at Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, according to a news release from the 31st MEU.
Wow.
Just plain wow.
You build a ship that is 100% air centric. You push that concept like its the holy grail of future operations.
Then you do this?
What are they thinking?
The sad thing? Are you looking at the pic? They're not kitted out for operations! They don't even have weapons. I'm not talking about crew served weapons, I'm not talking about their battle rifles!
This ain't even hollywood. This is just busy work.
Tainted badge. Rapist Cop...
Rapist, racist cop. Justice served. from r/JusticeServed
Piece of shit deserves all the pain that's coming in jail. He will suffer in unimaginable ways.
I doubt he survives it.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Coronavirus knock on effects. Tysons warns the food chain is breaking down...
via IHeartRadio.
Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to publish an open letter warning that our food supply chain is in trouble.I wonder if they'll be able to prevent this from becoming an issue. We've been warned. Hopefully someone is taking steps to reinforce the food chain.
Tyson explained that many food processing plants across the country have been forced to pause or reduce operations during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure the safety of the workers.
"As pork, beef and chicken plants are being forced to close, even for short periods of time, millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain," Tyson wrote. "As a result, there will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed."
Another issue with the closures is that ranchers have no place to sell their livestock.
"In addition to meat shortages, this is a serious food waste issue," Tyson wrote. "Farmers across the nation simply will not have anywhere to sell their livestock to be processed, when they could have fed the nation. Millions of animals – chickens, pigs and cattle – will be depopulated because of the closure of our processing facilities. The food supply chain is breaking."
Tyson called for a unified solution to help protect workers and the food supply chain, and said he is confident we can solve these problems.
"Tyson Foods has a responsibility to feed our nation and the world. The government bodies at the national, state, county, and city levels must unite in a comprehensive, thoughtful, and productive way to allow our team members to work in safety without fear, panic, or worry. The private and public sectors must come together. As a country, this is our time to show the world what we can do when working together."
We're buying oil to store and to buttress the market. Can you do the same with food?
Lynx helicopter trying to land on a ship...this just never gets old...
Lynx helicopter trying to land on a ship at stormy weather pic.twitter.com/ljtDBMXjhK— Naval News (@navalnewsnet) April 27, 2020
ACV deals emerge unscathed from Force Design 2030
via Shepard Media.
The USMC Force Design 2030 blueprint, which intends to reduce the number of amphibious vehicle companies from six to four, does not affect agreements with BAE Systems to procure Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs).Here
BAE Systems is continuing to execute ACV low-rate production. ‘At this time, our contracts are still tracking with existing programme plans,’ a company spokesperson claimed.
In 2015, BAE Systems was awarded one of two engineering, manufacturing and development contracts, worth $103.77 million, to produce 16 ACV prototypes with Iveco Defence Vehicles. All were handed over to the USMC the following year.
In 2018, the company received a contract to manufacture the new generation of ACVs. The $198 million deal allowed BAE Systems to build 30 low-rate production vehicles. At the time, the USMC classified the procurement as a ‘much-needed modernisation to the marine corps’ ground combat element'.
BAE Systems subsequently received orders for additional platforms. The most recent contract was announced in February 2020; this $113.5 million deal to provide 26 vehicles brought the total number of ACVs ordered to 116.
‘We remain committed to our objective of providing the best possible Amphibious Combat Vehicles to the United States Marine Corps, and those plans have not changed,’ the BAE Systems spokesperson told Shephard.
The ACV is an 8x8 platform that was designed to deploy USMC combat personnel from ship to shore. It provides an open-ocean amphibious capability, as well as land mobility, survivability and payload capacity.
The vehicle is a highly mobile and adaptable platform and brings enhanced combat power to the battlefield, according to BAE Systems. It is equipped with a 690hp engine, has a range of more than 520km on land before refueling and can travel faster than 105km/h.
Up to 13 marines and three crew can be carried in the ACV with internal storage capacity for all their equipment and two days of supplies. The ACV also features a blast-resistant hull and shock-absorbing seats.
The ACVs are replacing the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) fleet that has been in service for more than 40 years with the USMC.
Well this is a pleasant surprise but I won't relax just yet. Berger is a force. Dude will set course and apparently will have to take a ton of frontals before he alters his gameplan.
If he wakes up tomorrow with a burr up his nether regions this could change.
Having said that I'm hopeful (but hope ain't a plan is it?) that they'll push this thru. God knows we're buying so few of them that it should be a no brainer.
So if this is going forward what next? What next is to mate the ACV with the EOS T2000. What do we get with that? We get a low profile RWS turret sporting a 30mm cannon, a couple of anti-tank missiles...we get an EXTREMELY accurate system which meshes nicely with the Marine Corps one shot one kill ethos!
If I was advising Berger I'd tell him. Ok Sir, don't agree with getting rid of tanks but if I can't talk you off that ledge can we at least get some organic, ground based mechanized tank killing capability with this turret?
A few thoughts on where we're at with the Coronavirus...
A few things on where we're at with the coronavirus...
1. As expected southern states are beginning to reopen. The news media pushed hard at the governor of Georgia for pushing forward but now they're all but onboard it happening.
2. The medical profession has received nothing but praise but I wonder if they went too far. They're still wanting social distancing but its become apparent that only those with underlying health factors are truly in danger (assuming what we're told is true). They appear to want a solution that is simply impossible to implement. The economy is already damaged but they don't have an answer on the way forward except to continue to shelter. It just won't work for most states.
3. NY state is probably gonna continue sheltering going forward into June. Actually it kinda makes sense. That area of the country has suffered 50% of the deaths and the vast majority of the infections. I guess at the end of the day my issue is that one state tried to implement a nationwide solution to a regional problem. It would be like the entire nation evacuating because Louisiana or Florida was facing a hurricane.
4. Dr Fauci is still loved by the press but his halo is a bit dented in conservative circles. The politics behind this whole thing is gonna be fascinating. While everyone says he didn't want the spotlight, he sure seemed to relish it. What happens if he fades into the background? Will he still be a rockstar or will he be forgotten?
5. State govts are gonna come under fire once summer hits. This shelter in place will be examined from all sides and actions taken in the name of public safety will get additional scrutiny. I think more than a few overstepped.
6. If I was part of a secret society bent on ruling America this would be the perfect crisis. Every vet here is already in the database. Our DNA is on file and our personal information is known in detail. But this would allow all those that are "somewhat" off the grid/radar/whatever to have all kinds of data entered into the govt database. Get a swab to check for coronavirus? I have your DNA. Have to do contact tracing to prevent the spread of the disease? Now I have your circle of friends, family and associates. This thing is a dictators dream.
That's all I have. Did I miss anything?
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