Monday, August 24, 2020
Deeply modernized Tu-95MSM performed maiden flight
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| Look at those hardpoints for cruise missiles! 32 inbound anti-ship missiles from a flight of 4 of these beasts? Those missiles are programmable in flight so they can hit from all directions on the compass? We've got to get better ship defense systems! |
Range Week at work..
Gonna be kinda slow this week ya'll. It's range week at work so I'll be grinding in the rain (if the hurricanes hit!) or worse.
Sidenote. Remember all those conspiracy theories about why all these agencies are buying all that ammo? Well this week me and 16 other folks will be shooting up 17K rounds. Our range is hot every week cause they run us thru it annually. For all the bodies that carry in the dept that's quite a bit of ammo and we're not huge.
Kinda puts all that ammo buying in perspective doesn't it.
Armored Medical Evacuation vehicle configuration of the PARS III 8x8 FoV
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| The AME is the Armored Medical Evacuation vehicle configuration of the PARS III 8x8 FoV`. The vehicle is highly maneuverable and designed primarily for casualty evacuation from forward battle areas. It has a capacity of carrying a driver, a commander, and 2 medics with either 2 patients on stretchers and 4 seated patients or just 8 seated patients. |
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Lukashenko is losing it!
#URGENT | Video of Alexander Lukashenko arriving at Presidential Palace with assault rifle emerges online https://t.co/FbRFVGwmlB#SputnikUrgent pic.twitter.com/vQj97CyA3t— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 23, 2020
Chinese Type 89A infantry modified battlefield reconnaissance vehicle
China's Type 075 returns from sea trials...
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Question.
How can you look at the fleet that China is building and believe that they don't have global ambitions?
That's why the thinking that we can NOW (maybe in the past but not now) we can keep them bottled up in the first island chain and that the Missile Marines should orient themselves totally to a fight in that region is beyond me!
Additionally, after much thought the Generals are just gonna have to swallow hard and accept reality.
If China and the US ever cross swords in this region then the casualties will be horrific. Even IF it doesn't go nuclear. I find that thinking a bit perplexing too. From what I've read if the old USSR ever did its thing thru the Fulda Gap many experts were predicting that entire divisions would be wiped out. I believe I read that a Cav unit was predicted to be eviscerated in total in a matter of minutes. A book that attempted to predict the war said that NATO would get desperate and attempt an air assault by the 101st and that the unit was rendered combat ineffective WHILE FLYING IN!
My point? China is going global and the battlefield will be Africa! The services better get ready for a big all domain fight on a huge continent.
Don't fly the ISIS flag in Yemen with Houthi fighters around...
— H.K 🇸🇾 (@Ibra_Joudeh) August 23, 2020
Narrow field of view on this engagement but why would a lone dude decide to do something so provocative? Why didn't he bail out sooner? Where were his bros?
I'm armchairing this thing and you don't do that cause I wasn't there and I don't know. Having said that I still have these questions!
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Think Defence asks "Is it time to bring back the medium bomber"? Hell yeah it is!!!!
Is It Time to Bring Back the Medium Bomber?— Think Defence (@thinkdefence) August 22, 2020
Can't believe this post is nearly a decade old
https://t.co/XwqMVhIkxW
Make sure you read his article (amazing that this has been talked about for more than a decade), but the answer is HELL YEAH IT IS!!!
The problem?
The various services have been beset by mafias that have tilted the field in terrible ways that we're only NOW starting to see the consequences of.
Aviation has wrecked the Marine Corps and now its reforming itself into an abomination in order to make what it has work. Which means an even greater disturbance in force structure (couldn't help the Star Wars reference).
For the Navy its coming to terms that instead of being an asset, carrier Navy is close to becoming an hindrance instead of a war winning construct.
For the Air Force? It's the fighter mafia, the surrender forced on the old Strategic Air Command (in their case I guess it was a bit more understandable because bombers held sway for so long), and the imbalance in their force structure that has left them short ranged.
In essence it makes no sense for the USAF to be fielding thousands of tactical fighters but no capable medium bomber.
We need a solid capable modern version of the B-25. Something with long range, fast, can fly high and launch missiles at distance. I would aim for speed of high subsonic but it would need to be able to do Mach 1 in a "dash". Additionally it needs to be able to roam far and wide. Avionics from the F-15EX and those that WORK from the F-35 would be nice to have too.
Engines would be off the shelf and nothing fanciful (again I'm looking at the F-15's set) and stealth would be limited, not a goal but stealth reduction where possible (and affordable) would be pursued.
But what about the B-21? Its another one of those hold over projects that no longer applies. For better or worse Generals are gonna have to wrap their brains around the fact that "manned" aircraft will no longer be penetration platforms. That will be left to robots/loyal wingman. Which means that another expensive stealth platform isn't needed. Quite honestly they'd be smarter to focus on building in a secondary electronic warfare function into my mythical bird. Carrying the Navy's EA-18 next gen jamming pods as a matter of everyday life would be a nice force multiplier and since I see a three man crew which would include an Electronic Warfare Officer it makes sense!
That's my idea. What's yours? Is this dead on arrival? Is TD (and ME!) wrong?
Lazar 3 - 8x8 armored combat vehicle
At Army Recognition...here.
Curious thing. This vehicle (at least previous models) had been listed as MRAPs. I guess its really not an issue though. Many vehicles that would have previously been listed MRAPs are now considered full on combat vehicles.
I wonder what the real distinction was/is?
Sprut-SDM1
Thanks to S300V4 for the pic!
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| - Mountains, seas, different climates - optimised - Engine, trasnmission, networking capability from BMD-4M and BMP-3 - net-centric module integrated - updated FCS, blah blah - 125mm gun - 500km range - Swims, of course (up to 3 grade) |
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.
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