Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Rob Curtis at Military Times GearScout has me cheering for bunnies.
Tactically proficient bunny rabbits...too funny!
VX-31 Centennial Super Hornet..
USMC Tanks head towards Northern Helmand Province...
All photos credited to LCPL Kenneth Jasik
My issue with wheeled IFVs.
Above you see an advertisement of the Paramount Group's new IFV called the Mbombe.
Yes it has MRAP type protection.
Yes it mounts a high powered remote controlled cannon.
Yes it carries a full infantry section.
Yes its almost as long as a bus!
Tracked vehicles are more compact, and there is no longer a weight advantage with wheels. The worm has turned and tracks are many times lighter.
If by chance the legacy M-113 could be updated to be mine protected, retain its amphibious ability (lost in the later iterations of it) and still be able to keep up with M1 Abrams then it would be the perfect vehicle.
Somehow we've gotten stuck on a false limb of vehicle development.
Armored Cars are not IFVs and thats what Wheeled IFVs actually are.
Armored Cars with improved weapons and armor.
Expeditionary Fire Support System goes to war...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Did the Obama administration get punked???
By now you've read the stories...Mubarak was suppose to step down today. He didn't. President Obama made a speech earlier today almost proclaiming that "change" was near in Egypt.
My question is this.
Did US intelligence contacts in Egypt publicly punk the Obama administration?
What do I mean by that?
Did they purposely tell US contacts that Mubarak was going to step down in order to gauge the Washington reaction?
I'm betting they did.
Prediction.
Bloodshed in the streets and this rebellion will be forcefully put down.
Recommended Weekend Recreation..
The Eagle...no chick flicks for SNAFU! readers. You're going to have to take her on a "date" night so you might as well check out something war like.
Experimental Fighters from the '60s...Part 2.
I'm still on my historical aviation kick. In keeping with that mood I present three more examples of what I believe is aviation excellence. The F8U-3...an airplane that by all rights was more capable than the F-4 Phantom yet died an undeserved death due to politics...The Avro Arrow...another victim of politics and a government that was short sighted. Imagine a robust and capable Canadian aviation industry today if this project had continued! And finally the TRS-2. Another victim of politics dressed in the form of White Paper studies.
I am by no means an aviation expert but the Arrow and the TRS-2 appear competitive even today...add modern engines to the basic airframes in addition to cutting edge avionics and you have airplanes that would still fulfill their basic missions.
I don't know how, I don't know why but we seem to have lost something that our predecessors had in bunches...imagination and the ability to make it work.
And finally...one airplane to make Sweetman weep softly, bang his head against his desk, reach for the Black Velvet (click here for the description) to comfort him and finally go simpering to bed in agony...
The BAC TRS-2...
Pic of the day. Feb. 10, 2011.
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