Sunday, December 14, 2025

If watching this makes you happy & sad then you're old as fuck...

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You need a Sunday Funny in this crazy world...

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Peru is modernizing with S. Korean Armor

S. America is interesting. Most Americans (myself included) know more about the Middle East, Europe and states in the Pacific than we do about our neighbors in the region. I haven't been as attentive as I need to be but it appears that MANY nations are gearing up down there. Wonder why that is? Oh and its about more than battling narcotics networks too. These nations are gearing up for conventional battle.
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Chinese State Media OFFICIALLY REVEALS Next Generation Main Battle Tank —— The Type 99B

 

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AVIC “JiuTian” Drone Mothership Maiden flight video

 

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The Stryker failed to climb a 20° inclination. Wheeled vehicle fail. Dumping tracks was/is a mistake

Dudes follow on tweet links to a video that is touting the Stryker over the WhAP.

I could care less about that.

Back to the real issue in my mind.

A 20 degree slope uncrossable?  That's madness!  How long have we been told that wheeled vehicles have advanced, that the tech has advanced enough for them to be a mobile cross country as tracks?

Yet we see this.  Not on muddy ground.  Not in snow or ice.  But on a simple trail with a minor slope.

Dumping tracks was/is a mistake.  
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Open Comment Post. 14 Dec 25

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The days of fearing drone swarms is coming to an end. Microwaves, not lasers are the future...

 

You do realize that eventually this will be upscaled to deal with aircraft don't you? I'm actually surprised that this system hasn't been trialed in aircraft. Imagine an EA-18G or a F-15EX fitted with pods to fry enemy aircraft. Hell lets do it on the cheap and put it on a G600 with a huge array on its spine!
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Interesting Take. "China's Air Force is built to bluff, not battle"

 

From his tweet... 

Meanwhile, China has all the support gear of a garage band trying to headline Coachella. A couple dozen refuelers. A handful of AWACS planes. A strategic airlift capacity that couldn't support a decent summer camp, let alone a cross-strait invasion. Want to seize Taiwan? Great. Just make sure your jets are back in time for lunch. 

And let’s not ignore the rot inside. 

Corruption is so baked into China’s military-industrial complex, you could cut it into slices and serve it at a banquet. Defense ministers have been purged. Rocket fuel’s been swapped for water. (No, really.) And generals get promoted less for tactical brilliance and more for clapping loudest during Xi Jinping's speeches. So what’s all this shiny junk actually for? Intimidation. 

China built a war machine it doesn’t expect to use. It’s the geopolitical version of flexing in the mirror before a bar fight and hoping nobody calls your bluff. The J-20 looks scary from a distance. The bombers look big on satellite images. But if the shooting starts, that illusion burns up faster than their engines do.

Hmm.  If we leave out the new shiny toys they've just introduced I wonder if we have to give him credit?

When it comes to aerial warfare I get it but is he looking at this from a regional perspective or globally?

That's what has me spinning when it comes to a fight with China over Taiwan.  If we're talking about taking all our gear and putting it in the Pacific to wage war against them then I'm onboard.

But it ain't like that.

We're operating globally.  They're just worried about their backyard and in particular, what they consider a breakaway province around 90 miles from their mainland.

I truly believe in a mythical war between the US and China, S. Korea will sit it out. Australia is too far away and has too small an Air Force or Navy to be of much help.  Japan will jump in but is it enough to make up for our numerical disadvantage?

Another thing that concerns is how far ahead are we really?  I was shocked to see the Rafale get smashed so hard by the Pakistani Air Force.  

We're assuming superiority but a proxy fight revealed a narrow fight if not an outright draw.

Have to chew on this one a bit. 

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Royal Thai Army mechanized force massing along the Thai-Cambodian border ahead of a planned offensive.

 Thanks to Duke 7 for the link.

Does anyone know what kicked off the fighting here? I thought it was just border clashes but it looks like the Thai Army is going full tilt boogie now.

Between this, the RSF and Burko whatever in Africa running wild, to even ISIS attacking our guys in Syria and of course Ukraine/Russia plus China continuing to push things against Taiwan that we could easily be in a multi-front war in the next few years.

Have to wonder how that'll workout.

I know the US will, or at least want to , prioritize Taiwan.  The Europeans have made noise (well actually just the UK and sometimes France) about supporting us there but I seriously doubt it.

Ukraine doesn't seem to want an end to the fighting so that will rage and no one seems to give a damn about the persecution of Christians in Africa by the Muslim horde and everyone (with sense) wants to wash their hands of the Syria mess.

I think it'll break down like the latest security assessment called for.  Until they cross the line Ukraine will prioritized at the expense of all else.  SOCOM will have a playground in Africa and Syria (but they will need MASSIVE conventional support).  The Navy will continue to play the flex role of supporting SOCOM more and more in Africa and Syria, along with the USAF.  The 82nd and 101st will probably be tasked with helping SOCOM too.

Drawdown of Army forces in Europe will be delayed (cause everyone in power was once a Russia expert and that's the fight they WANT) with the USAF getting stretched to support a mission there.

China will see their chance and make a move on Taiwan before the next presidential election and that will change the world.  WE MIGHT hold onto it by our fingernails but we'll see the destruction of many ships, a few MLRs and a multitude of aircraft.

I think things are lining up for shit to get nasty in the next few years.  Oh and notice that while the Thailand/Cambodia thing rages it wasn't even listed?  That leaves out another flair up between Pakistan/India, China/India, Pakistan/Iran and of course Israel and damn near the entire Middle East.
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WILD CLAIM. Russia claims to have captured members of the British SAS

 

I watch the war in Ukraine and you know who would be perfect there and are the only Special Ops Outfit that does the work? US Army Special Forces. They're force multipliers capable of organizing and leading (wink wink) allied or factional forces against outside threats or internal threats to nations friendly to us.

Having said all that I'm glad (hoping) they're not there.

What has me spinning is why would the UK waste their force in the type of warfare happening right now.  I always viewed the SAS as a type of raid force, operating like a downsized US Army Ranger type outfit.

Conventional warfare is NOT where they shine.  So why put them in this type of fight?
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Skyranger 30 Short Range Air Defence Systems mounted on FFG's ACSV

 

The Netherlands has awarded a contract to Rheinmetall for the provision of Skyranger 30 Short Range Air Defence Systems mounted on FFG's ACSV and in stationary configuration. Deliveries start in 2028 and are to be completed by the end of 2029. The contract is valued in the three-digit million euro range.
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U.S. Marines, Sailors conduct ship-to-shore movements with ACVs, LCACs during Steel Knight (vid)

 

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, unload amphibious combat vehicles from a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 onto Red Beach during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Keegan Jones)
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Open Comment Post. 13 Dec 25

 


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Putin's propaganda will resonate with many on the right. Many will agree and that's dangerous.

 

Then there is this...

 
Vladimir Putin said this week that he doesn’t fear the United Kingdom as they can’t even stop rubber boats invading their country or foreign men raping their women & children. Plus he said the British people hate their leader. 

Add this to the pile from our own allies that want us to foot the whole bill for Ukraine... What does this all add up to?

We are entering a very weird time in Ukraine.  The American people are tired of the fight, most especially the right.

Our own military has warned that the donations of gear to Ukraine is sapping our ability for fights elsewhere.

Europe has refused to stand up and take responsibility for the fight even though they claim it to be damn near a struggle for survival.

So all in all you have a populace in the West that is primed to vulnerability from propaganda or an "alternative" point of view.

Someone somewhere will make this a fight between bullets and bread in the US with regard to the budget and in Europe it will be between saving themselves or Ukraine with regard to unfettered immigration and the national leadership there failing to respond.

Ukraine's thread is getting thinner.  They better respond to Trump's demand for a peace treaty or they'll be left hanging by all sides soon.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

U.S. Marines execute HIRAIN on Iwakuni B-roll......Video by Lance Cpl. Zainab Sink

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division execute Typhoon Crossbow 26.1 on Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 3, 2025. Typhoon Crossbow is an exercise that proves 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s ability to establish an expeditionary advanced base by executing a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration. HIRAIN is the process of identifying a target, seizing key terrain, inserting High Mobility Rocket Systems, destroying the target and retrograding back to a secure location. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Zainab Sink)

This has got to be one of the craziest concepts ever.

You're gonna operate in contested space.  But while operating in this space you're gonna seize an airfield or piece of ground suitable for a KC-130 to land on, discharge a HIMARS, launch missiles, get back aboard the airplane AND get out of the area before the enemy can hit back.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!  THIS SHIT IS BATSHIT CRAZY! 

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

US forces seizing the tanker

You believe the Coast Guard did this or some SOCOM unit?
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Open Comment Post. 10 Dec 25

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22nd MEU(SOC) | Harriers Aboard USS Iwo Jima During Deployment......Photos by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker

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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

B-Roll: U.S. Marines, Sailors transport ACVs with LCACs during Steel Knight......Video by Lance Cpl. Ruby Centeno

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