Air-Sea Battle? The Brits did it first in the Falklands.

Want to see a primer on the Air Sea Battle Concept (at least as I understand it)?  Then look no further than the Falklands War.

The Brits did it first, leveraging carriers, long range aerial tankers, long range bombers, surface ships for air defense and submarines to keep the opposing fleet bottled up.

Air Sea at its finest.

The Marines and Para's retook the islands during the ground phase but that's a different and fascinating story.  But I digress.  Check out Grand Logistics take on the Harrier at war.

MW3

Hmm.  Might seem crazy but an outbreak of Islamic attacks in Western Europe with a couple of false flag attacks thrown in?  Seems plausible and would probably tip us toward what MW3 is tossing our way (if my reading of its plot is correct)....anyway, awesome graphics.  Another game to add to the Christmas list.

Major hat tip to Endo-Tactical.

Old Guard Sniper

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rance, Continental Color Guard, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), looks for a target through his weapons scope, Oct. 6, at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. Rance and his partner, Cpl. Christopher Stevens, Continental Color Guard, will be the first team of snipers from The Old Guard to compete in a sniper competition, Oct. 14-16, in Elk Garden, W.Va.
3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard”
Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Coffee

Even more of the F-35B at sea....

EADS NA Armed Scout Contender. Great helo, wrong contest.

EADS NA has been hammering away that its helicopter is the right one for the US Army's next generation scout.

It offers twin engines, an ASSEMBLY plant in the US and commonality with a helo in production for the US Army, the UH-72.

If the Army operated its helicopters in the same way that the Marine Corps does (or if the Marine Corps was looking for an off the shelf replacement for the Huey) then the AAS-72 would be a no brainer.

Dropping off a recon team and then being able to fly out and provide fire support or over watch for a unit is an awesome capability.

But the US Army Scouts don't operate that way.  They're more like light weight Apache's than utility helicopters.

That's why EADS won't win this contest.

They will put up one helluva fight though and in the end I bet the Army ops for a simple upgrade rather than new helicopters.

AESA for ground forces...HAMMR!

Navistar Defense's Saratoga

Hat tip to Jonathan...thanks...via Navistar Defense

Ricardo presents a fuel efficient Humvee type vehicle..

Thanks Jonathan...appreciate the article....via Automobile

Combat Weather...is it time to do away with this special ops unit?

I don't know a thing about this unit.  Never ran across one in real life.  But is this a unit that needs to be?

Say it out loud.

Combat Weather Technician.

In the 21st Century with satellite coverage world wide.  With UAV's providing real time intelligence...with most units having Path Finder trained personnel.

Do we really need this unit?

Warrior Talk discusses awareness and street survival.

Warrior Talk has an excellent article on avoiding...and if necessary winning a confrontation on the streets.

It hasn't happened yet but with the economy still limping along and with people hurting and desperate you can bet that violent crime will increase.  Are you living in condition white or yellow?  Do you even know what I'm talking about?  Check out his 3 articles here, here and here and see if you don't learn something!