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Monday, September 07, 2020
Swedish CV-90 IFV with SPIKE LR ATGM launcher
Turkish experimental TRLG-230 230mm laser guided MLRS
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Chinese HQ-16 Anti-Air Missiles.
We're in the same position we put the Soviets in...just on the wrong side of the equation.
For the last two decades we were focused on the Middle East. For the last four years we were focused on Russia.
Now the Pentagon tells us the Chinese are the threat but our consumers still feed that beast and apparently they own not only our politicians but industry as well as our universities and even hollywood.
We're fucked.
I really don't know how we win.
Our military is soft (wrecked with political correctness). Our nation is decadent. Our morals non-existent.
We lack the will to do the hard thing.
I just can't see how we can beat them.
The only real solution is to go nuclear. They attack Japan? We go nuclear. They attack Taiwan? We go nuclear. They're told ahead of time that any conventional attack against designated allies will result in nuclear war.
So what happens when they expand in other places like Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia?
We don't like it. We don't agree with it. But we accept it. As things stand now we're not setup to stop them.
Kinetics (a reader of this blog) just made the best statement concerning the "Missile Marines" and future warfare!
Kinetics wrote the best comment about the Missile Marines I've seen yet. Check it out...
I've yet to hear any of the defenders of the "missile marines" concept, and specifically the organization and armor balance of the current/future USMC, respond to any of the concerns that critics have laid out. There are plot holes as large as Texas in this concept, and it seems like its defenders are more than happy to pretend they don't exist and brush off any criticisms.Well said bro! Extremely well said. What kills me the most about this is one simple thing.
Firstly, island sites of any strategic value will be known to us and the Chinese. They'll need to be a certain size, in a certain area, and within reasonable distance of US naval forces in the SCS. You aren't setting up these missile sites without the Chinese knowing. You'll either have to conduct an opposed landing to seize an island that's preemptively taken by the Chinese, or you'll have to repel a significant attack from amphibious Chinese armored forces. To do either, you need armor. You need more than JLTV's, MRZR's, and Javelins...and at the moment all the USMC will deploy with just that - JL TV's, MRZR's, and MTVR's.
**You literally have to conduct the exact operations that the Commandant says are no longer possible, in order to carry out his concept of operations that is supposed to replace the previous operations that are no longer possible.**
Secondly, if Chinese A2/AD pose a strategic risk for future offensive amphibious landings, how does that same network not pose a threat to the slow, sizable landings needed to set up USMMC missile sites of any strategic value? You're talking about multiple batteries of HIMARS and ATACMs, the troops to go with them, supplies for extended duration deployments during a conflict, equipment to reload the launchers - and almost none of it coming in on vehicles with organic amphibious capability.
Third, what will the USMMC bring to the table that another branch can't? If you're essentially just landing HIMARS and ATACMs using LSTs and sts connectors...the Army can do that and they not only already have those missile systems in service, but they are going to have a much more mature command and control system in service, to include linked and networked defensive missile systems that the USMMC will not have.
Finally, there is a misinterpretation of the issue raised by the USMC shedding armor. It's not that you need Abrams to be useful, it's that the USMC is shedding all of its armor and that is a problem. No Abrams, likely no LAR, very limited numbers and types of ACVs, weak SHORAD capability at best, and the majority of the USMMC's armor will come from JLTVs that the USMC have raised strategic concerns over for the better part of a decade.
This concept, or at minimum its application, and the force structure that is intended to carry it out, are fundamentally flawed and broken at best.
Berger's concept HAS NO APPLICATION in any other region on this planet. It's a sickly, ailing, broke-dick, one trick pony!
The United States Missile Marines is a broken organization from conception. It should be aborted before it can reproduce.
Sidenote. One thing I have yet to hear. NO ONE is speaking in defense of this. Outside of the usual idiots in the Think Tank community, I don't hear one person that isn't under Berger's desk (pleasuring him with all their might) speaking out in defense of this abomination. That's telling.
Wow. It takes a United States Army Major General to bring some sanity to the armor debate....
Any nation that seeks to attain or remain in the front rank of states will require the ability to close with and defeat adversary armored formations and dug in infantry. They will need to seize and hold that ground from counter assault.— Patrick Donahoe (@PatDonahoeArmy) September 6, 2020
Wow.
The center of gravity has moved from the USMC "combat center" to Ft Benning.
What amazes is that something so simple, so easily understood can be so easily dismissed by the USMC and apparently the British Army.
We will pay a HUGE price for the hubris on display in both places.
Sunday, September 06, 2020
MRF VBSS Aerial Security in the South China Sea
Caption
The push for a "return to our naval roots" is causing pure lunacy in our training and obviously planning.
Do you think we would "interdict" a Chinese flagged vessel? Do you think we could do it more than once without the chopper flying in Navy SEALs or the Maritime Raid Force to be shot out of the sky before those snipers could even get a target sighted?
This is a holdover from the war on terror and/or fighting pirates off the coast of Africa.
It has no place in a peer conflict. The sad truth? Unless you're repelling an assault, launching an assault or sinking a ship then you're not doing much in the naval battle.
The future will see Chinese boots either making it to shore or not. If they get feet dry then they will carry the day. The Missile Marines will NOT be able to repulse an attack and surely won't be able to launch an assault on their forces once they're on land.
It's up to the Navy/Air Force to keep them off the beach and if they make it there it will be up to the US Army to get them off.
That's where Berger is leading us.
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Lance Cpl. Quentin Kachelmeier, a radio operator with the Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses an Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) during a Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) mission on a UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st MEU, after taking off from amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). VBSS is part of Maritime Interception Operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating 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 Cpl. Brandon Salas)
The push for a "return to our naval roots" is causing pure lunacy in our training and obviously planning.
Do you think we would "interdict" a Chinese flagged vessel? Do you think we could do it more than once without the chopper flying in Navy SEALs or the Maritime Raid Force to be shot out of the sky before those snipers could even get a target sighted?
This is a holdover from the war on terror and/or fighting pirates off the coast of Africa.
It has no place in a peer conflict. The sad truth? Unless you're repelling an assault, launching an assault or sinking a ship then you're not doing much in the naval battle.
The future will see Chinese boots either making it to shore or not. If they get feet dry then they will carry the day. The Missile Marines will NOT be able to repulse an attack and surely won't be able to launch an assault on their forces once they're on land.
It's up to the Navy/Air Force to keep them off the beach and if they make it there it will be up to the US Army to get them off.
That's where Berger is leading us.
Saturday, September 05, 2020
Finally 2 marked my T-69 in World Of Tanks...
Wow! Finally did it. What did it take? Slinging gold like a madman, 20K per in food, repair and medkits. Vents, optics and that new thing that can look thru bushes....yeah, I paid to win.
But before you slam me check out what I FINALLY pulled off. 6k spotting. 2k damage. Scout medal. Destroy two tanks of higher tier than my own? Pretty damn good in my opinion.
Late/Delayed Open Comments Post. 5 Sept 2020
Sorry for the delay on the blogging guys. Life has BEEN BUSY! We should be back to normal but I'm gonna take a breather today before jumping back in tomorrow.
Public Service Announcement. Upgrade your passwords...
I have no idea whether this is right or wrong. What I do know is that if it's right then its past time to upgrade some of the WEAK-ASS passwords that I've used around the web.
Maybe you should do the same?
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
Polaris boosts its newest MRZR Alpha light tactical vehicles
Story here.
Looks good. I like that the front wheels have been move forward so it should EXCELLENT approach angles. The problem I have is with the length now. It will be scrapping bad. Hope they have serious underbody armor on the thing.
Defense firm Roketsan develops weapons system using Turkish-made missiles
via Daily Sabah
Roketsan, which supplies rockets and missiles to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), has created a highly deterrent, nationally produced weapons system capable of countering various threats, as part of its continuing efforts to increase the operational capabilities of the country's security forces.Here.
Roketsan has kicked off many important projects, including integrating medium-range anti-tank weapon system (OMTAS) missiles on the new generation tank destroyer, the Kaplan, the delivery of which is ongoing as part of the country's weapon carrier vehicles project. The project aims to increases the firepower of the land elements of the TSK.
The defense contractor is also carrying out a project to produce and integrate Cirit pedestal-mounted laser-guided missiles with the FNSS Defense Systems, the manufacturer of the Kaplan vehicles. The newly developed the Yalman Weapons System hosts a wide range of weapon combinations.
The system will be able to operate with Roketsan products such as OMTAS, long-range anti-tank missile (UMTAS), laser-guided long-range anti-tank missile (LUMTAS), and Cirit missiles. The weapons combination can be changed according to various requirements, including the nature of the target.
The Yalman Weapon System was showcased with one UMTAS, one LUMTAS, and four Cirit missiles during the inauguration ceremony for Roketsan’s Space Technologies and Advanced Technologies Research Center and Explosive Chemicals Raw Material Manufacturing Plant held on Aug. 30.
The system will be able to detect, track, and recognize targets from 8 kilometers away.
Reminds a bit of the system the US ARMY is putting together for the Stryker.
Boxer MGS with John Cockerill Defense 3000 Series turret.
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Open Comment Post. 2 Sep 2020
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Lesson Learned!Remember the baby elephant who thought it could face off a buffalo at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa and was taught a lesson it will never forget? Anyway, the brave youngster was at a watering hole with its herd when the buffalo ventured towards the water. The lil brave heart run towards the buffalo but the larger animal picked up the calf and tossed it 4 metres in the air. It’s parents did not intervene either. Luckily for the baby elephant it was not hurt but its pride was seriously injured. 😂 Brilliant shots captured by #wildographer & journo @africanmandreaming |
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