Thursday, September 22, 2022
Russia will use nukes to defend annexed territory
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1572877232624009216?t=yxhWDz44qyEgJDSyKLcLrg&s=09
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
I believe we're headed toward a time of max danger in the Ukraine/Russia war...
Wow.
He did it. Putin is mobilizing forces.
He made the statement that no option is off the table to defend Russian soil.
A referendum is being called for in the occupied areas.
This is big time dangerous from my chair. You have two competing visions. The Russians view parts of Ukraine as there own. The Ukrainians the opposite.
Nukes are on the table, but so are egos.
It should be interesting. The only good thing is that if things go sideways we should be able to contain the use of nuclear weapons on the European continent.
I don't say that lightly either.
Depending on the actions of the Ukrainians/West and Russia we could see this thing either blow up big or blow up in a contained fashion.
We might be in a place where use of nuclear weapons solely on the tactical level will be seen as a win by both sides.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
How could Berger make a push for FD2030 if he didn't have the key piece in place?
via USNI News.
The Marine Corps and Navy remain at an impasse over the future of the Light Amphibious Warship, as skepticism about the program’s viability mounts due to the internal division, sources familiar with the program have told USNI News.
While the Marines remain committed to their plan for nearly three-dozen beachable ships that can ferry units between islands and shorelines in the Pacific, the Navy wants fewer. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday’s 2022 navigation plan, unveiled in late July, calls for 18 LAWs.
“It’s obviously a big battle within the Marine Corps on where the Marine Corps’s headed and whether the Navy really supports LAW or not,” said one person familiar with the discussions on LAW.
But as recently as last week, the Marine Corps said it wants as many as 35 LAWs to achieve its vision for operations in the Indo-Pacific, which would include smaller units moving between islands and setting up ad-hoc bases from where they could fire anti-ship missiles off of the chassis of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
Ignore the debate over the numbers (although that is fascinating), and ignore the fact that the VERY VIABILITY of this program going forward is in doubt (the Navy is focused on its surface warfare fleet...I imagine the thought is that amphibious forces are well taken care of with current procurement).
I want to focus on how FD2030 came to be.
How it was planned.
What decisions were made and how much risk was assumed.
EVEN IF YOU MAKE THE CASE THAT FD2030 IS ESSENTIAL. EVEN IF YOU STATE THAT THE COMMANDANT DID THE RIGHT THING IN PUSHING IT!
How do you explain him making such a seismic shift in Marine Corps culture if he didn't have this part of the plan laid out in stone?
I've talked about what it takes to be a "change agent". I've talked about how you MUST get institutional buy in and how you have to have the end state of your change fully envisioned.
It appears that Berger didn't.
Now?
Now he faced with a huge problem. No doubt they'll be able to round up surrogate ships but the platform needed to make his dream reality is probably beyond his reach.
I don't quite know what his vision actually is. I don't think anyone outside of his inner circle really understands this monstrosity (God knows they have trouble enough trying to explain it).
One thing is certain.
The Marine Corps has once again decided to submit itself to Navy control (while ignoring the needs of Combatant Commanders that might require Marine Corps units...guess they have to request a Naval Task Force now) and the Navy just tossed out the reason why that MIGHT have made sense.
I called it. Force Design 2030 accomplished one thing. Making the Marine Corps the Navy's bitch once again.
The Moog Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform recently performed in a successful live fire event at Putlos Bundeswehr range in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The Moog Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform recently performed in a successful live fire event at Putlos Bundeswehr range in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. #RIwP will be on display with #DirectedEnergy capabilities in October at #AUSA2022, learn more https://t.co/ZPD9Ty23aX pic.twitter.com/LobjeYLa6e
— Moog Space & Defense (@MoogSDG) September 20, 2022
Army Chief Of Staff briefing slide on "lessons learned" in Ukraine War..
Did you catch the end of the slide? Information Operations are highlighted as an institutional lesson.From a briefing @ArmyChiefStaff is giving at Benning right now ๐ pic.twitter.com/0plD6Npd4h
— Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) September 13, 2022
PsyOps conducted on the US/Western populations is going to be a big part of future warfare.
Yeah I know.
Always has been.
But in the past it wasn't subtle. It was plain as day and the country knew it. Remember the show "The Big Army" or something like that where an Army Master Sergeant narrated whatever news the Army wanted out in the wild? I'd respect that more than a continuation of big social media partnering with the govt to push an agenda and squash dissenting opinion. It's 2022, not 1942. The internet should have changed everything.
Quick question. Why does everyone think that the US benefits from the war in Ukraine?
I posted about German producer price inflation roaring to 45.8%.
Two readers, one I assume from Russia and another from Germany ...mind you these two NEVER agree on anything, but on this they both agreed that the US benefits from this depressing news for the German consumer.
To be more precise, the Russian said that "the USA won this one" and the German said "good for the US of A"!
How in the hell are people seeing this as a USA win!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
German producer price inflation surges to an AMAZING 45.8%!
The German people might not feel it now, but by Halloween they're gonna be CRUSHED by prices in their stores.JUST IN - Germany's producer price inflation surges by a staggering 7.9% to 45.8% in August — the highest increase since the survey began in 1949.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 20, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
The UK is wild!
Man ๐ฌ๐ง is wild ๐
— Only The Best Fights! (@2020Fights) September 18, 2022
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Sunday, September 18, 2022
Need a Spanish speaker to translate this for me...
Being a good mom is such a powerhouse position in the world. I wonder why so many women seem to want to throw it away.“Life does not come with a manual, it comes with a mother."
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 17, 2022
The moment when a mom surprises her daughter in support of her battle pic.twitter.com/NhGmb19PEa
This lady though. I don't understand the words but the emotion is easy to read.
She's a good mom!
Best political ad so far in 2022
This cannot be real, Utah is just different ๐ฏ๐คฃ pic.twitter.com/5dHi4e4ZPp
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) September 17, 2022
We back baby! LSU Football!
As if we needed another reason to love @lukecombs ...He is a proud member of @LSUfootball & Tiger Nation! pic.twitter.com/vousnbncK7
— The Flablete Podcast (@flablete) September 18, 2022
Saturday, September 17, 2022
China has been engaged in so much activity around Taiwan that it'll be hard to tell when the actual assault begins...
I thought the Chinese would have knocked this stuff off by now but they continue. Withthis much activity (assuming they can keep it up indefinitely), they'll wear down the defenders and it'll be hard to know when its actually the assault or just another big exercise.20 PLA aircraft and 5 PLAN vessels around our surrounding region were detected today (Sept. 17, 2022) until 1700(GMT+8). #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded to these activities with aircraft in CAP, naval vessels, and land-based missile systems. pic.twitter.com/G35GVDPEPi
— ๅ้ฒ้จ Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. ๐น๐ผ (@MoNDefense) September 17, 2022
Turkey to join China's SCO????
NEW - Turkey aims to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Erdoฤan says.https://t.co/pZXPvNtcSo
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 17, 2022
How long before SOCOM has an entire division's worth of these thing?
Japanese startup AERWINS has developed the world's first flying bike. It's already on sale in Japan and a smaller version is slated for a U.S. release in 2023 with an estimated price tag of $777,000…
— Tansu YEฤEN (@TansuYegen) September 16, 2022
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