Republic of Singapore AF Boeing CH-47F Chinook N283GG/88173

That’s fast. Republic of Singapore AF Boeing CH-47F Chinook N283GG/88173 pictured at Philadelphia in the US. This is No.13 of what should be 16 helos. Photo by Miles P. On Instagram https://t.co/8mwKPOcONt pic.twitter.com/EFQ9Y1rRft

— Mike Yeo 杨启铭 (@TheBaseLeg) January 10, 2022

Marine helicopter crash outside of McGuire AFB, NJ. Both pilots walked away..the vid.

 

Howard Springs quarantine centre near Darwin is real! The news is just embargoed in the US.

via The BBC

Australian Police have recaptured three escapees from the quarantine center.  Story here.

Ward Carroll has a vid coming that I want to see. Preview? The funky chicken!

Not too dissimilar from the way people respond very differently when coming to after being choked out. Some just come back online, others deny they were out. Some come back swinging, others cowering, etc. Seeing your body fight for you when you’ve checked out is a strange thing. https://t.co/jN4g6WgFrv

— Alex Hollings (@AlexHollings52) January 9, 2022

3d Marine Division Squad Competition Day 3 (B-Roll) ... by Sgt. Josue Marquez

3d Marine Division Squad Competition Day 5 (Hand To Hand Combat Training & The Jungle Endurance Course) ... by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox

 

B-29 Superfortresses from 500th BG, 73rd BW of 20th Air Force dropping incendiary bombs over Japan, 1945. Could the homeland withstand CONVENTIONAL unrestricted warfare?

One thing has me miffed.

Everyone (to include the Pentagon) seems to believe that a war with China will be "contained" to the units involved.  If not that then they assume that it will escalate to a nuclear affair.

But why?

Why is the idea that we could see an escalation of a regional conflict into one where EACH SIDES homeland is attacked.

Many don't realize it but the incendiary bomb attack on Tokyo was more horrific than the atomic bomb.  Many assumed that it wasn't an atomic weapon but instead that they had suffered another fire bombing.

Want to read some chilling stuff?

Read about what the British did to Dresden.

Fire Tornadoes.  Whirlwinds of fire burning even concrete?  Bodies burned beyond recognition and some to even a point that you couldn't even tell they were once human?

Fast forward to today and the ability of BOTH SIDES to have impacts on each others civilian population has escalated.

Everyone like to talk about cyber because its fashionable these days.  I think Covid helps get the brain wrapped around a biological threat.  We aren't even talking about chemical attacks yet.

Nightmare scenario?

China loads up a couple of cruise missile subs with thermobaric weapons and launches on Los Angeles with a focus on the business district/downtown.

Let's say they wait till o'dark thirty and hit Pendleton with Marines in their barracks and/or a few West Coast Naval Bases.

A war with China can turn horrible quick and that's before you get to nukes.

Sidenote.  Understand that our response to this will be particularly vicious. That is to not be underestimated, however I believe that the Chinese will do much to save face.  Including taking casualties that we would find shocking.

More from the Russian armor deployment by air...

 

7x BMD-2 and one KamAZ truck loaded on single An-124 Ruslan from Ivanovo to Kazakhstanhttps://t.co/sOrNbUvUJO pic.twitter.com/5zgPQPsbkw

— T-80BVM (@80bvm) January 9, 2022

Russians were able to deploy credible armor at distance. IMPRESSIVE.

Same BMD-4M as above and one BTR-MDM pic.twitter.com/Wehn04Jdr6

— T-80BVM (@80bvm) January 9, 2022

I no longer believe the Marine Corps is actually in the "Quick Reaction"/"Force In Readiness" business.

I do believe that it's tilted full bore toward the "Stand In Force" concept (which precludes fighting anywhere but the Pacific).

What does that mean?

That means that its up to the US Army to put boots on the ground. That means that the 18th Airborne Corps is now America's "Force In Readiness" essential.

That also means they need to be able to do what the Russians have done.

They need to be able to deploy credible armor at distance.

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