Monday, December 07, 2020
Former top US officials say China could take Taiwan in 3 days in early 2021
via Taiwan Times
In an essay published by the U.S. Naval Institute, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Morell and former Admiral James Winnefeld warn that Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) will "bring Taiwan back into China" in mid-January 2021.
With the West distracted by the U.S. election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the authors believe the "operation" will be completed in just three days.
Morell and Winnefeld paint a worst-case scenario in the article, published by the private, non-profit U.S. Naval Institute. They predict the operation will unfold quickly, "beginning on the evening of 18 January," prior to the U.S. presidential inauguration.
At the same time, China will carry out cyberattacks to cripple the country by disabling the national power grid and other important utilities. This will be followed by a swift sea and air blockade, with several People's Liberation Army (PLA) submarines joining in the action.
The authors imagine the blockade will pave the way for the landing of PLA amphibious forces. Meanwhile, China would send stern warnings not to intervene to the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Australia, and other Taiwanese allies.
On the second day, global stock markets will crash due to the turmoil. World leaders will make statements condemning the attack, but nothing more. Bogged down by multiple issues, Washington will be unable to react.
On the third day after the attack, Morell and Winnefeld believe it will be too late for Washington to reverse the damage. Xi would then whitewash the invasion by telling the world that the "Chinese Dream" has been fulfilled and "welcome the people of Taiwan home."
A storm from the sea.
The United States Marine Corps once did this. Now the Chinese have successfully replicated the Air-Ground Task Force that the USMC has thrown away and this scenario doesn't only seem plausible but EXTREMELY doable.
Question.
Let's assume the Chinese are able to pull this off. Do you think that the US would be able to maintain any semblance of deterrence in the region or would unaligned nations (most of them) seek some type of agreement with China...favorable to them or not.
A major regional war is brewing in Africa that will engulf Ethiopia, Egypt, France & probably the UK in the fighting
via HIIRAAN.com
The question is not if Egypt will attack the GERD, but when will Egypt attack the GERD. The Nile River supply’s 99% of Egypt’s freshwater, and Egypt will not allow Ethiopia to have monopolistic power over its only source of freshwater. Now that Ethiopia is engulfed in civil war, and has also begun filling the GERD – beginning the process of diverting water resources of the Nile – the answer to the question of when has become more forthcoming.
Egypt will initially implement a policy of exacerbating Ethiopia’s civil war by supplying resources to the disgruntled armed ethnic groups, with the intent of weakening the Ethiopian state. Bombing the GERD will eventually follow, because it is the only policy that can permanently end the existential threat of diverting Nile water resources. There is no better time for Egypt to attack the GERD then during Ethiopia’s nascent civil war.
The GERD is the pride and honor of the modern Ethiopian state, so Ethiopia will be forced to retaliate and likely attack Egyptian territory. In return, Egypt will respond in kind, leading to an all-out war between the two nations.
Ethiopia and Kenya have had a Mutual Defense Pact since 1963, and an Egyptian attack on the GERD will be considered an act of war, invoking the defense treaty. In addition to being signatories of the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi are all members of the East African Community, and are likely to aid Ethiopia over Egypt in a war.
Some of you will think this is alarmist but I boldly disagree. I've posted a scant few articles on this subject but I believe that this conflict will be the catalyst that draws both the US and China onto the continent in a big way and will lead to my predicted clash there.
Time will tell but read the entire article before you slam my prediction.
What the hell is the U.S. Air and Space Force acquisition chief teasing???
Are you ready for something big, @usairforce?
— Will Roper (@WILLROP3R) December 6, 2020
9 days and counting... pic.twitter.com/ySom8QWmPd
Sunday, December 06, 2020
The future of Chinese armored forces...
Quote...
More recently, there have been indications that a goal in the 14th Five Year Plan (2021–2025) will be to accelerate military modernisation so that the PLA will be fully mechanised and informationised by 2027—the 100th anniversary of its founding. Chinese military expert Dean Cheng argues that that will require a major reduction in forces, a major budget increase or a redefining of what constitutes ‘informationised’ units.
My prediction?
The Chinese are expansionist while the US is sliding into a defensive role. The Chinese will continue to build up their assault forces across all domains (air, land and sea...Airborne Assault, Air Assault, Amphibious Assault & Direct Land Assault) while incorporating increased firepower across their battleforce.
They will be capable of "rolling back" the defensive line that the US is attempting to create (assuming that the General's are correct in the thought that the battle will take place in the Pacific) and due to the heavy footprint, weak diplomatic effort to gain allies in that contested space (what small country is gonna take sides in a war between giants) and pre-planned (essentially pre-planned because of our limited basing rights when a shooting war becomes obvious) basing, they will have all of our positions identified, indexed and will destroy grid squares with long range fires before landing their forces by air and/or sea to seize ground.
They will in essence use our island hopping campaign from WW2 against us while we play the part of the Imperial Japanese Army/Marines in defending ground bravely but achieving nothing but horrific losses.
4 strains of covid found in Baltimore Ravens facility...how many strains of this disease are there?
via ESPN
The Baltimore Ravens on Saturday said they were informed by the NFL that "at least four unique strains" of COVID-19 were found inside their facility during the team's outbreak.
"Three of the four were stopped and not spread within our organization," Ravens president Dick Cass said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the fourth was a highly-contagious strain and spread throughout our organization.
Do you remember when this thing first started? Correction. When it was body slamming Italy?
If I recall correctly and I'm almost positive on this, then they identified TWO distinct strains of this thing. One mild. The other deadly.
Now?
Now there are four?
The media is slamming us with "news" about this thing but important stuff like the number of strains or the "science" behind this thing hasn't been talked about.
I've suspected that there is an untold reason behind the draconian actions of the govt that hasn't been told to the public.
Could this be it?
Is this virus mutating like things we've never seen before and that's the fear? Could that also be why we're seeing an uptick in deaths/hospitalizations in certain areas?
I don't know. They're not telling and people in the news media don't appear to be asking.
We're in the Russian's fabled land of mirrors. We don't know up from down, the truth from lies.
Sadly, this is the type of info that would make a well informed population that could climb onboard govt recommendations (along with a HUGE dose of do as I do and watch me follow my own guidelines type thing too!).
New prediction.
The vaccines won't work. This thing will last till 2022 and our economy will get trashed by this. Big world wide recession? Kinda betting on it. Some are talking about a global reset. I'm not there yet but its looking kinda spot on.
Saturday, December 05, 2020
I hope this is forced perspective....
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS pic.twitter.com/VD3VMwnqPt
— Ant. (@HateAnt) December 3, 2020
A dude in the comments of this thing said that its some kind of eagle down in Australia. I hope its either that or forced perspective cause this thing looks freaking huge. I mean carry off small children, deer and big dawgs huge!
Dinosaurs still live bro. I see this thing in the woods and its dump my full Magpul Drum Mag into this thing (got two of them before the Biden Admin rules them illegal...think I need a third?).
This is why "stay at home orders" & mandatory business closures is getting so much pushback...
Watch this video of an LA bar owner that perfectly crystallizes the absurdity of California’s absurd and ridiculous shutdown rules. pic.twitter.com/EHPw38OijN
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 5, 2020
Dealing with this pandemic should be simple. If stay at home orders and business closures are what it takes to make this thing go away then we should be all for it right?
But there is a twist to this thing.
Winners & losers.
Govt is picking winners and losers and its rightfully seen as unfair.
Until politicians start doing what they're legislating. Until govt stops picking winners and losers. As long as this thing is being seen as unjust (hate to do it but how can protests be seen as justified actions and not spreaders of this disease but opening small businesses being lambasted) then you will have the political divide we're seeing.
The perfect example?
Ms. Pelosi first saying that we should welcome Chinese visitors, then demanding that we shut down the nation, then she goes to her hair stylists while denying other people the same right etc....and she's not alone in that. The roll call of public officials putting in place draconian rules and then not following them is legion.
The problem?
A simple rule for them is life changing for the little guy/gal.
No Go Zones in America???
I don't know if I should label this politics or personal safety. What I do know is that there are unfortunately many areas in the US where I wouldn't go without my fully loaded concealed carry weapon plus a couple of mags along with my truck gun with spare ammo.
Sound crazy huh?
Not really. Not in 2020. What might surprise many is that this once European thing is now fully ingrained in the US.
With the defund the police movement (which has had tragic consequences in Seattle...Google that shit show for yourself) and pop up riots I think my audience needs to be aware.
Nature is brutal...
The Element of Surprise ... pic.twitter.com/44cow6Zt6H
— theZULU🇮🇳 (@RaveenKr) December 5, 2020
MUST READ from the Australian Army Research Centre...
@benmclennan76 remains prolific, benchmarking the Australian and French armies on the #LandPowerForum | Benchmarking the French Army’s ‘model’ modernisation program | https://t.co/qgD2KQW7WD pic.twitter.com/sLbrKNsx2P
— Australian Army Research Centre (@AARCAusArmy) December 5, 2020
USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship looks like hot garbage coming into port!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship coming into San Diego - December 4, 2020 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/washingtonchambers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#washingtonchambers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/take11?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#take11</a> <a href="https://t.co/0dRzMoTR03">pic.twitter.com/0dRzMoTR03</a></p>— WarshipCam (@WarshipCam) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1335038048208302081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This thing looks like hot garbage...baked over trash.
My only hope is that they didn't fly the national ensign above that mess.
Turkey is now linked to China via a 9K rail line....
Turkey's first China-bound freight train departs from Istanbul. The train carrying white appliances will travel 8,693 km in 12 days to reach China's Xi'an pic.twitter.com/mvdVToKAOq
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) December 5, 2020
Is this a worrying development or nothing to be concerned about?
Strv 2000 140/40 mockup
Note. Saw this on Jon Hawkes Twitter Page and wanted more pics. Interesting concept. I bet the recoil would almost tear the vehicle apart unless they did some serious mitigation. Never even knew this had been considered!
Note 1. Had to add his actual tweet so you guys could give him a follow. He puts up some really interesting stuff. You can thank me later...
#AFVaDay the Strv 2000 140/40 mockup. Notional future Swedish tank design, toyed with in the 1980s when 140 mm was all the rage as a Strv 103/104 replacement option.
— Jon Hawkes (@JonHawkes275) December 5, 2020
As name suggests, 140 mm main armament with a 40 mm coax (and a 7.62 coax). pic.twitter.com/vreWf4b4BH
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