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Saturday, February 08, 2025

My failed attempt at military fiction.

I talked about my failed attempt at writing some military fiction. It fizzled but I might try again. Here are parts 1, 2 & 3. Don't laugh too hard...

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Second battle of Chosin, 2037

Where have all the good military fiction writers gone? Growing up we had tons of guys writing about future warfare with the scenario of how a battle against the USSR would play out. Many of them were damn near required reading. The greats are gone and no one is around to pick up the mantle. I even tried writing about a fight in Africa but couldn't round it out and it fizzled. Might have to pick it back up and try again.

Second battle of Chosin, 2037#Blender #b3d pic.twitter.com/yDWIeGhS31
— Growlor Media (@Growlor_Media) February 7, 2025

Cadillac Gage Commando Scout

Cadillac Gage Commando Scout pic.twitter.com/OpF36WV1SD
— Chung-Tzu (@ChungTzuW) November 15, 2024

Are all the wheeled combat vehicles we're seeing today just variations on the theme of the gear we saw in the 60's and 70's?

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— Chung-Tzu (@ChungTzuW) November 15, 2024

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— Chung-Tzu (@ChungTzuW) November 15, 2024

Open Comment Post. 8 Feb 25

SgtMaj Of The Army talks the difference between combat & war

Sergeant Major of the Army has Never Been to War https://t.co/bSHzpg65FF via @YouTube
— Solomon (@SnafuBlogspot) February 8, 2025

I thought they had tips where the corruption was. It was simpler than that. They checked to see who was violating Trump's executive orders

🚨JASON CALACANIS: "How USAID got to the top of the DOGE list is that Trump decided to pause Foreign Aid for 90 days -- reasonable enough. A couple days later the White House said this USAID leadership was trying to circumvent this Executive Order. That alerted the DOGE team and… pic.twitter.com/r6ZnaYkQ4D
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 8, 2025

Were Americans displaced in the workforce by illegal immigrants?

AMAZING!!

Man is expressing his gratitude to President Trump after walking onto a construction site today and getting hired on the spot.🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/C4Hx7RC7hW
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) February 8, 2025

Friday, February 07, 2025

This cops partner is as useless as tits on a bull...

Guy, not a student, walks into a classroom at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, CA

When the teacher asked him to leave, he refuses, then police were called.

As you can see, one of the officers just wasn't interested in working so he left all that to the other officer… pic.twitter.com/OFQjl2KJ2E
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) February 7, 2025

Should have been two fights. First with the suspect and next with the partner that did NOTHING once the fight was on.

Open Comment Post. 7 Feb 25

Patria has a new passive radar out. That's great but what happened to the USAF giving us air dominance?

via Patria Press Release

The passive radar is invisible to the enemy
Patria MUSCL can provide 360-degree surveillance up to hundreds of kilometers away, making it well-suited for air surveillance and border control. Surveillance can also be focused on a specific target to protect critical infrastructure.

– The main advantage of the passive radar system is that it does not produce any signal trace itself. Thus, Patria MUSCL is practically invisible to enemy signal intelligence, says Aaro Malila, Product Manager at Patria.

The signals sent by traditional radars immediately reveal their operation and location to the enemy's electronic surveillance sensors. In the worst case, it can take only a few seconds to locate, after which the enemy can target the radar with electronic jamming or direct fire.

Advanced signal processing detects targets
Patria MUSCL utilizes existing radio signals in the environment for its measurements. Typically, these are broadcast signals from radio or television stations. By using these, the radar can calculate the location and movement of an airborne target by comparing the signals reflected from the target with those that have traveled directly.

The system can simultaneously track over a hundred targets.
– Due to its operating principle and low frequencies, Patria MUSCL has better capabilities to detect stealth targets compared to traditional radar, Malila notes.

The shapes and surfaces of stealth aircraft are designed to scatter the signals of traditional surveillance radars so that they do not return to the radar receiver. In the case of Patria MUSCL, since the radar receivers are located in different places than the transmitters, scattering the reflections away from the transmitter does not provide as much benefit.
– The ability to detect stealth aircraft is improved by the fact that Patria MUSCL also utilizes signals with lower frequencies than traditional radars, Malila explains.

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This is all well and good but what happened to the vaunted air dominance that the USAF provided.

Oh and don't be fooled. The USAF has played a role in killing several US Army anti-air systems. The reason? If it flies the USAF would kill it.

I'm sure someone knows the new paradigm cause I don't.

Are ground forces now told to protect themselves from anything below 2K feet to the ground?

If so then what about surface skimming cruise missiles? Drones I get but the bigger ones that fight at distance fly at the same altitude as jets? Is there a dedicated aerial platform designed to hunt down loitering drones etc...

Thursday, February 06, 2025

Cringe worthy. 2d MARDIV: Spirit of the Division

Open Comment Post. 6 Feb 25

Wednesday, February 05, 2025

The Turk Pantsyr.

This is the GÜRZ hybrid air defence system from Aselsan which entered serial production in 2024. It provides mixed air defence capabilities with a 35 mm cannon firing air-bursting munitions as well as land variants of the Gökdoğan and Bozdoğan air-to-air missiles.

Target… pic.twitter.com/VOpkCbETG6
— Sam Cranny-Evans (@Sam_Cranny) January 4, 2025

Final NH90 TTH Standard 1 to the French Army. France now operates 63 TTHs.

"The idea that you can exploit temporary domain dominance ...

THE USMC NEEDS TO GET ONBOARD THIS PROGRAM POST HASTE! THE V-22 HAD ITS TIME BUT IS OLD TECH. THIS GIVES US THE TILT ROTOR THAT WE WERE PROMISED!

Ukraine's Zelensky says he is ready for direct talks with Putin

via France 24

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview posted Tuesday that he would agree to direct talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin to end almost three years of war.

His comments came amid high anticipation of talks to begin, with Donald Trump -- who has pledged to end the fighting -- back in the White House as the third anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches.

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Ya know what got Zelensky to this point? First the election of Trump. No more graft and corruption being hid as aid. Second was the warning shot of the Trump administration going after USAID. No more CIA money to back the schemes of the deep state.

So now he's willing to talk peace.

After he's killed a generation of his countrymen in a flawed and badly run war.

This poor bastard was being used from the start, was in over his head at the start and will die not from the Russians but from the Mothers Of Ukraine.

This war will be over before next winter. The Europeans will not step up to provide the aid that they're used to getting and their industry/economies won't support it if they did try.

ACV INTEGRATION...Video by Seaman Jason Afable

What fighting style do you think is most effective. I've always been partial to Thai kickboxing with a solid ground foundation as the perfect mix...

This is probably the most intense fight I’ve seen 🔥 😮‍💨🫡 pic.twitter.com/ns8xqLL2hc
— O W U L A 🧔🏻‍♂️ (@_owula) February 5, 2025

This is a great fight and I wish I caught it live. Hell I don't even know the two fighters but they put on a show. I've always been partial to Thai Kickboxing for stand up fights and with a good foundation in ground fighting I think its the perfect combination. Anyone disagree? Oh and no. All fights DO NOT always end up on the ground.