Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Net launchers are effective against fiber optic FPV drones?

Who knew? Correction. I didn't know but its kinda obvious in hindsight. I do know this. When they slap AI into FPV drones (I guess thats putting machines in charge of causing human deaths to the max) that are able to identify and kill targets without people in the loop...and then they do drone swarms with them, then the net launchers are worthless.

Brochure at the Dubai Airshow in the UAE (old---saved in my X bookmarks & didn't publish it)

Finnish Patria AMOS (Advanced Mortar System)

China–New Zealand Cooperation 2025 PLA Army Joint Training: Live-Fire Integrated Exercise

 

When the time comes you have no time to get ready, you have to be ready...

 

2nd LAR TOW Missile Range

U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division displace from the range during a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missile range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 11, 2025. The range integrates the long range, standoff capabilities of the TOW missile with the battlespace awareness advantages of LAR scout teams and the direct fire capabilities of the Light Armored Vehicle 25’s 30mm Bushmaster chain gun. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

S. Korea is making HUGE entry into the European defense market

 

I've said before and I'll say again. The S. Korean defense sector is growing, is technologically advanced and they're becoming a worldwide exporter. From the Redback IFV to their superior tracked artillery system they're taking the world by storm. Even more concerning for the current defense giants? They're playing the "home built" thing to perfection with reasonable contracts to make at least a portion of the gear built in country. S. Korea is winning the high end game and Turkey is knocking around people in the developing world. S. Korea and Turkey. Monsters in the making.

2ndLAR: Vehicle Commanders Course

 

U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, participate in the vehicle commanders' course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 11, 2025. The purpose of this training event is to increase combat readiness through realistic scenarios preparing for possible future combat operations utilizing the Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank weapon systems and increasing section level proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noelia Vazquez)


 

Monday, December 22, 2025

Open Comment Post. 22 Dec 25

 


US Navy's Golden Fleet arrives with the Trump Class USS Defiant

Website here 

This is just an arsenal ship by another name. I like it but I can't think that we're going the route of the German Navy in WW2. Are we building a modern day Bismark? Yeah I know its supposed to be a class of 20-25 warships but if past is prologue then we'll be lucky to get 4 of them. Then? Then they become the prime target of the threat Navy (China) and they're hunted like deer in Louisiana.

Saturday, December 20, 2025

China has a UAV that launches up to 100 drones...SUPPOSEDLY!

Read the comments on this tweet and it pretty much captures my doubts about this. I haven't posted it yet (soon) but it appears that since the Trump administration announced the huge military sale to Taiwan that the Chinese X community has been flooding the zone with all kinds of "world winning" military tech that we should all be alarmed about. I consider it horse shit but maybe I'm wrong.

I enjoyed this way too much....Jake Paul goes down

 

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Open Comment Post. 17 Dec 25

 


JB MDL- Aerial Live Fire, Marines HMLA 773, HMH 772

Mission complete! two CH-53 Stallions from HMH 772 head home in the sunset Dec. 12 after engaging all targets at range 59C at U.S. Army Support Activity - Fort Dix for daytime firing and to prepare to return for nighttime firing. (US Army Images provided by the USASA Fort Dix Training Division / Steven Roussel)

 

Israeli army warns of ‘mass personnel exodus’ amid surge in resignations: The MASSIVE FALLOUT from continued and unnecessary operations in Gaza are coming home to roost

 via Middle East Monitor

The Israeli army warned of “mass personnel exodus” amid a surge in resignation requests by officers and soldiers, local media said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

The Israeli army is suffering from a “mass exodus of officers and non-commissioned officers after they submitted resignation requests,” the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said.

“So far, there have been 500 requests from officers and NCOs in the regular forces seeking to be relieved of their positions in the army,” the paper said, without specifying when these requests were submitted.

The army is “warning of a steady rise in resignation requests, indicating a real manpower crisis affecting all age groups and military ranks, which has now reached a boiling point.”

The Israeli army expects more resignation requests from permanent personnel serving in the regular forces, the daily said.

Here 

Operations for the sake of operations is a fool's errand.

The Israeli Govt conducted a just fight and allowed it to turn into something else. I'm not calling it genocide but it became...I just don't know.

The civilian govt allowed the Israeli economy to suffer and has broken its armed forces.

Meanwhile every nation in the region with the exception of Syria, Libya and Iraq are arming to the hilt and modernizing while doing it.

An opportunity was wasted and Israel will suffer for it.

31st MEU | MV-22B Osprey

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrate capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, Dec. 16, 2025. The 31st MEU’s MV-22B Osprey provides unique range, speed, and carrying capacity capabilities. Whether supporting Marines ashore, enhancing naval operations at sea, or strengthening joint interoperability, the MV-22B Osprey expands the MEU’s ability to fight distributed operations with speed and flexibility. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Alora Finigan)


 

Monday, December 15, 2025

Germany orders 20 additional Airbus H145M helicopters

via press release 
Donauwörth, Germany, 15 December 2025 – Germany has decided to exercise the option for 20 more H145M light combat helicopters (Leichter Kampfhubschrauber or LKH for short) that were part of a contract signed in December 2023, bringing the total number to 82 helicopters. 

“We are honoured and proud that Germany has decided to order 20 additional H145M LKH helicopters. This further commitment by one of our home countries is a powerful sign of trust in the H145M's exceptional performance and multi-role capabilities,” said Stefan Thomé, Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in Germany.  

The first H145M LKH helicopter was delivered to Germany, less than a year after the contract signature, in November 2024 and additional helicopters have since been delivered. The helicopter's missions include training, reconnaissance, special forces operations and light attack. The German Army will receive 72 helicopters, while the Luftwaffe's special forces will receive ten. 

The H145M is a multi-role military helicopter that provides a broad range of mission capabilities. Within minutes, the helicopter can be reconfigured from a light attack role with axial ballistic and guided weapons and a state-of-the-art self-protection system into a special operations version with fast rappelling equipment. The comprehensive mission packages include hoisting and external cargo capabilities. 

The H145M is the military version of the tried-and-tested, light twin-engine H145 helicopter. The global fleet of the H145 family has accumulated more than eight million flight hours. It is used by armed and law enforcement forces around the world for the most demanding missions. The Bundeswehr already operates H145 helicopters for special forces operations and search and rescue missions. The US Army employs almost 500 helicopters from the H145 family under the name of UH-72 Lakota, which have clocked more than 1.5 million flight hours. Other military operators of the H145 family are Hungary, Serbia, Luxembourg, Thailand, Ecuador, Honduras and Cyprus. Recent orders include Belgium signing for 17, Brunei for six and Ireland for four H145Ms.

Powered by two Safran Arriel 2E engines, the H145M is fitted with a full authority digital engine control (FADEC). In addition, the helicopter is equipped with the Helionix digital avionics suite which, alongside innovative flight data management, includes a high-performance 4-axis autopilot, reducing pilot workload during missions. Its particularly low acoustic footprint makes the H145M the quietest helicopter in its class.

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Jesus! I didn't know that some Americans want the fight in Venezuela...

Damn! I hope to God this is just a psyop against the American people and that there aren't Americans that want the fight. I can just visualize all the unintended consequences along with a massive rebuilding effort there. Maduro has been signalling that he wants negotiations. Lets try that before we go in and fuck shit up and ourselves in the process. Just cause you can do something don't mean you should.

Prayers for Australia.

Rest in peace for the fallen. God bless those they left behind. I hope the perpertrators are fucked with a cactus and die a slow painful death. I thought Australia was gun free. How did terrorist get ahold of weapons when the average Australian can't?

Sunday Funny #2