Wednesday, April 27, 2022
The two former Army vets that volunteered for the Ukraine Foreign Legion got hit by artillery fragments..
At 1435 today, two American volunteers in Ukraine’s armed forces were wounded by artillery fire near Orikhiv. Manus McCaffrey & Paul Gray. Both are US Army veterans. 1/ pic.twitter.com/BOB1TSwkSY
— Nolan Peterson (@nolanwpeterson) April 27, 2022
Turkey considering another buy of Russian S-400 missiles
Turkey is considering buying another Russian-made S-400 air defense system: Presidency of Defense Industries https://t.co/l8HUad2sYz
— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) April 27, 2022
Apparently we DID imperil our own defense with the lavish "gifting" of weapons to Ukraine.
I warned about this but the usual commenters (ya know the guys that think we have endless stockpiles of everything) stated it was no big deal.
DEVELOPING REPORT: Aerospace defense company issues MAJOR WARNING TO PENTAGON about replacing missiles sent to Ukraine, says they WON'T BE ABLE TO REPLENISH the Pentagon stockpiles for at least SEVERAL YEARS, citing a SHORTAGE of electronic components...
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) April 27, 2022
F-22 with NEW stealth drop tanks, NEW EW pods, and JATM.
Woah!! Check out that lead shot. New stealthy drop tanks, EW pods, and JATM!! https://t.co/3tyyhyXYzT
— Jamie Hunter - Aviacom (@jamie_aviacom) April 27, 2022
A Combatant Commander asked for the Navy/Marine Corps Team to arrive to bolster Europe's defense before the invasion of Ukraine. They weren't ready.
via USNI News
As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, the head of U.S. European Command asked for a Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Ready Group to deploy early to Europe as a hedge against the conflict expanding.
But the Marine Corps couldn’t meet the request, Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration, told the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee today.
Asked how important it is for the Marine Corps to receive advanced procurement funding for an amphibious warship the service recently billed as its top unfunded priority for the upcoming fiscal year, Heckl pointed to the recent scenario.
“Within force design is our ongoing requirement as a Marine Corps and by law to be the crisis response force for the nation. Without those LPDs, sir, and the other amphibious traditional L-class amphibious warships, we cannot be there. And we’re already struggling now. And the case and point was the 22nd Marine Expeditionary unit off the East Coast,” Heckl told Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), the ranking member of the subcommittee.
According to Heckl, U.S. European Command chief Gen. Tod Wolters asked that the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group “sortie early to be on station as the Ukrainian situation evolved, or devolved. And we were not able to sortie the ship[s].”
Most ready when the nation is least? Not this time. I always thought the SPMAGTF-CRs were lightweight. We didn't even have that capability.
Even worse?
Can't put this all on the Navy either.
Historically we've been able to put together tailored MAGTFs to perform the mission(s). Additionally we've been able to use alternate shipping.
I wonder. Was it a "not want to" or a "not able to"?
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Is our entire leadership senile?
Raise tax rates so my take home pay gets smashed even more? Is this dude smoking crack or just senile? Just plain wow.Senator Schumer argues the only way to cure inflation is by raising tax rates. So the way to lower inflation is by giving the government more money to spend? Which is exactly what caused inflation in the first place. These people don’t understand economics pic.twitter.com/CSGvuDAKcK
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) April 26, 2022
It's bad out there...be careful...
🚨NEW REPORT: These historic numbers are horrific and are an absolute stain on our society. When the vast majority of media elites decide that this issue isn’t worth covering, it speaks volumes as to where our society is heading.
— National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) (@GLFOP) April 1, 2022
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Report: https://t.co/HivVfOmKEX pic.twitter.com/mhc1hpvJEO
42 Commando practised Joint Personnel Recovery tactics with USMC Aviation and Iceland's Coast Guard on Ex Northern Viking.
Royal Marines added rescuing downed aircrew from behind enemy lines in sub-zero temperatures to their impressive toolkit.@42_commando practised Joint Personnel Recovery tactics with @USMC and Iceland's Coast Guard on Ex Northern Viking. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇮🇸
— Royal Navy (@RoyalNavy) April 21, 2022
🔗https://t.co/SyqJAS2sy7 pic.twitter.com/zTQTTsdqO2
Well shit! China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu
via BNO
A 4-year-old boy in central China has been infected with H3N8 bird flu, making it the first time that the virus has been confirmed in humans. Scientists believe that a previous strain of the virus – which is also found in horses and dogs – was responsible for the 1889 pandemic.
The boy, from Zhumadian City in Henan Province, developed fever and other symptoms on April 5 and was hospitalized on April 10 when his condition worsened, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement.
“On the 24th, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a test on the patient specimen sent from Henan Province and the result was positive for the H3N8 avian influenza virus,” NHC said in the statement.
A V-22 Osprey conducting submarine ops…
Well we see how SEALs get aboard subs at sea now. Guess the days of the boat having to stop and pick up parachuting SEALs is gone...note the SDV on deck.😲 A V-22 Osprey conducting submarine ops… This is how Jack Ryan would get aboard the USS Dallas if “The Hunt for Red October” was remade today. 😎 pic.twitter.com/dNUciOYScw
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) April 26, 2022
A feel good moment in a world gone insane...
— ( DEPHER ) CIC UK: James Anderson🫂 (@Depheruk) April 24, 2022
Air Force to buy E-7 to replace AWACS.
I'm a bit disappointed by this. I was really hoping the GlobalEye would be the choice. Oh well...It’s the Wedgetail: Air Force to buy E-7 to replace AWACS. The announcement ends a long period of speculation (and sometimes outright statements) that the service would go with Boeing's airframe to succeed the aging E-3. New on @defense_news: https://t.co/rO4tz173Fw pic.twitter.com/tcvg22cITK
— Stephen Losey (@StephenLosey) April 26, 2022
Russia to Cut Gas to Poland and Bulgaria, Making Energy a Weapon....the allies have two months before this alliance shatters.
via Bloomberg.
Russia says it will cut gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday—a major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and Europe over Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. For weeks, the Kremlin has threatened to turn off pipelines if Europe didn’t pay for gas in rubles. The European Union argued that would defeat the purpose of sanctions aimed at punishing the country for its aggression. Gas prices surged 17%, amid concern that other countries could be next. But Poland says it’s fully prepared for a cutoff of all energy supplies and has been outlining plans to live without Russian gas even before the war.
They're finally gonna do it.
The Russians are gonna cut off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria.
Make no mistake about it. That's the low hanging fruit. The US and the rest of Europe will seek to make up the difference but will probably fail.
But the real hit will come when Putin swings around to hitting Germany. When that happens you'll hear the screaming begin.
This war has been easy for the allies. The Dills have been doing the fighting and they dying. Many immigrated to other countries. But now it will get hard. Now the war will start to affect the lives of people outside the war zone.
It will be interesting to see how long the fever for prolonged combat lasts then. I don't think it'll be long at all. I think when you see rolling blackouts, fuel rationing and sky high prices, I believe you'll see people singing my tune. They'll finally see the need for talks.
If not talks then you'll see the Europeans capitulate and pay in roubles.
The US will howl. Why? Because it'll be another wound for the petro dollar.
Baskets of currencies will become the norm (everyone will follow the Israeli model).
The powers that be just didn't think the sanctions thru. They just reached for that rusted hammer and banged away without considering knock-on effects.
USMC FY-23 Budget: "In FY 2023, NMESIS transitions to Low Rate Initial Production.
USMC FY-23 Budget: "In FY 2023, #NMESIS transitions to Low Rate Initial Production. The Marines plan on procuring 24 NMESIS launch vehicles and support equipment under the FY-23 LRIP buy. These will enable the Marine Corps to support a rotational force by the end of 2024" pic.twitter.com/8NHNm6YAQB
— Air Power (@MIL_STD) April 24, 2022
So the Russians are performing Combat Search & Rescue in Ukraine...via Reddit
This was one of my huge questions.
I hadn't seen any video of Russian forces actually performing CSAR of their downed pilots. As a matter of fact I've never seen any injured Russian troop being airlifted out (no video of it I've seen). I assumed it was all ground ops for that kind of thing.
Another thing has me curious.
I've seen "elite" units on both sides but the Special Ops boys are either ultra quiet or not being used in the conflict.
The only word I've seen of Special Ops participating is that Brit newspapers are saying that the SAS is on the ground over there.
We're seeing a HUGE propaganda effort mixed with news blackout so I shouldn't be surprised, but it would be nice to get a "look see" at what's really going on.
Monday, April 25, 2022
Bayraktar Akıncı has participated in its first big combat mission in Iraq and is now combat proven via Reddit
Note. Altay put me onto this beast of a combat UAV and I've been monitoring its progress. THIS is the way. The Turks are onto something and the rest of NATO should pay close attention. What I find interesting is that the Israelis once had a huge lead and seem to have fallen off the map(if you know of a project of note they're working on then let me know!). The Turks have picked up the mantle now.
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