Monday, March 20, 2023
Chinese Marines about to get the Z-8L...think CH-53D for comparison (I think!)
Has anyone noticed that the Chinese have NOT copied the V-22? I wonder what they see that makes them pause...Exactly for this I am waiting since months … a naval variant of the Army Aviation‘s Z-8L maybe for the PLANMC as a replacement or complement for the Z-8C. pic.twitter.com/wH3hj8xH0C
— @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) March 20, 2023
Why does the White House almost seem to be in a virtual panic because China and Russia are talking?
Have you been monitoring the news about the Russia/China talks and how the White House is responding?
From my chair it almost borders on pure panic.
But why?
I don't have a good answer but I'm thinking its the potential that they (Russia and China) could throw everything out of whack and disrupt the "plan".
What do I mean?
It appears obvious that the Pentagon, White House, and Ukraine fanatics would like to deal with Russia first then FINALLY pivot to the China problem.
Which leads me to the next theory.
If I was China's president I would back Russia to the hilt. I would damn near dare the West to try sanctions and if they did I would retaliate in full.
If I was in his chair I would guess that every leader in the West that supported sanctions would beg for some type of accommodation and Russia could be talked into limited gains.
They'd get Crimea and the two Russia speaking districts(?). Then declare the war over.
Meanwhile the economy of the West is in tatters (the banking issue shows how fragile things are right now) and China can turn to taking Taiwan with the US basically standing alone with NO European support (I think that was a fantasy anyway), serious diplomatic effort along with the threat of Japan can keep S. Korea on the sidelines, and the Australian Air Force and Navy are just too small to really make a difference.
Additionally our war stocks have been eviscerated and if they wait till early next year they'll be damn near expended to keep Ukraine in the fight.
We keep doing the long war thing and it keeps failing horribly.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Does this tell us about manning issues in Ukraine? About how they're organized?
A Ukrainian military man, stationed near Bakhmut, was called by the Military Commissariat and asked why he 'hide from mobilisation' 🤭🙃 pic.twitter.com/aqy4nnR8yD
— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) March 19, 2023
2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, also known as the "War Dogs," engage targets using the M110 semi-automatic sniper system and the MK13 sniper rifle as part of a training and evaluation exercise with a mobile training team from Weapons Training Battalion and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
Ukraine War Talk. Why the talk of an offensive?
Everyone on this blog knows that the major talk is of an upcoming offensive.
My question is why.
From my chair it doesn't make sense.
The losses to the Ukrainian side while not being documented as feverishly as the Russians are still heavy. Real heavy. Additionally while the training of Ukrainian forces is zooming along, they're still suffering manpower issues AND experience issues in their operating forces.
A spring offensive seems risky.
Better to wait till late summer, or early fall. Press hard, win ground (if possible...the Russians get a vote too) and then hold on.
If the assault fails you consolidate your positions and let General Winter do his thing.
Between now and then you build up your forces as much as possible to ensure success.
But they're not doing that. They're pressing ahead. Like I said, from my seat its too early. If they win ground they'll be pushed back and it won't be decisive.
Chinese future armored fighting vehicles are gonna be different...
Wow.Norinco Next Gen MBT
— David Wang (@Nickatgreat1220) March 19, 2023
A Slide of Presentation Disclosed Recently from an Open Speech. The Lecturer Discussed bt One of the Proposals for PLA Future MBT - Articulated ONE with UGV/UAV-assisted. The Head Can Carries Infantries & The Tail Also Carry Loitering Munitions/Missiles pic.twitter.com/1oWq1fuYxJ
This has always been a private concern. If you compare China where its at now with America, then you can say from an engineering/innovation stage they're in their 50's and early 60's.
Think about it.
Think about the designs we saw from our major defense corporations during that time period.
Think about how even now we're circling back and doing some of the things they tried to do but the tech wasn't quite there.
In some ways we've been fortunate that they've been following our lead and putting a few spins on it.
If we build it then we know how to kill it...or modifications of it.
But what happens when we see brand new stuff and haven't got a clue?
The Grisly Aftermath Of An Anti-Tank Missile on a YPR-765
NSFW. Destroyed Dutch owned, Ukrainian operated YPR-765 near Novonikolaevka (held by the Russian 70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment), Zaporozhiye Front. 15 March 2023
by u/sasha_man123 in DestroyedTanks
Just let me walk to the fight. This thing was a quick ride to doom (for the folks inside).
I didn't think the Biden Admin or the Pentagon would do this but they're just prolonging this conflict.
Now do you understand why I'm all about turning this thing off? Don't you get it yet? They feed the "fight for freedom" to the masses while behind closed doors this is all about economics (or so I think).
Saturday, March 18, 2023
They want Marines on Fuga Island but that's still a problem...
Marines on an island 22 square miles large? Stealth will help keep them from being targeted? A ruthless Chinese Commander will simply expend enough munitions to micrfragment every single square mile of the place. I don't believe theyr'e worried about the Chinese. I think they want American dollars flowing...“We want the marines and the coast guard here to protect the island. If it’s just us village officials, we cannot cover the entire area,” says Melchor Visario, the village chief on Fuga. https://t.co/ByVRApQETo
— Aaron-Matthew IL (@Aaron_MatthewIL) March 18, 2023
Anyone have any info on this freakishly large explosion somewhere in Ukraine?
That almost looks nuclear. What type munition gives off a cloud like that? What gets hit and puts off a cloud like that?Welp, Ukraine looks pretty interesting right about now. https://t.co/FjvH88WqIK
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 17, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
The Pentagon needs to inform the public about peer vs peer "games"...what happened with the UAV was nothing compared to what has come before or what we'll soon see
Yeah.Unprofessional, unwarranted, & dangerous. These antics don't always end without loss of life. Take the 1968 Essex incident for example.pic.twitter.com/bQ5mUMOSW5 https://t.co/2k3YtkjxNP
— 🇺🇸𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿⚓️ (@USN_Submariner) March 16, 2023
Peer vs Peer "games" have been going on a long time and while the public appears to be alarmed (surprisingly quite a few congress critters too), whats happened in the past makes the recent incident look like kiddie play.
That's what we can see from the past too.
Talk to the old sub guys and you would hear about some pretty crazy stuff they were involved in (supposedly even recently they've been in some crazy stuff but that's just rumor).
My point is that if you're talking super power games, and we are, then the public better wrap its brain around the concept that things will get hairy.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
All it takes is one Regiment/Brigade Commander on either side of a line on a map to dig his claws in and react/over react to a situation and suddenly you have both sides rushing forces to an area.
Same applies in the air and sea.
Fighters patrolling and suddenly it turns into an air battle because intentions are misunderstood.
You have bumper cars at sea and that monster Chinese Coast Guard Cutter bumps one of our ships and accidently sinks it and you have the potential for weapons free in the Pacific before leadership can lower the volume (wouldn't that be a kick in the pants to see that ship bump a Landing Ship Medium).
My point.
The UAV incident wasn't shit.
Trench Warfare sucks...
Geez.Privet Chubs you’re on MiasKombinat.
— 3-3-3 (@ZaTritsa) March 17, 2023
VP. pic.twitter.com/pmgAqHA0wi
This shit. This shit right here.
Trench warfare sucks. You're in a static position. Being suppressed by enemy fire. Obviously these guys didn't have security setup at the edges of their line and you have a Rambo sneaking into your trench taking out your entire fire team.
Trench fighting is setting up your guys to lose and to die ugly.
Sorry but maneuver warfare gives you a chance in my opinion, trench warfare is just a slow, painful death.
Even worse?
This was daylight!
The mayhem that's going on at night must be downright frightening (and I'm using that word correctly, not being overly dramatic like so many today).
Exclusion Zones are real...think back to the Falklands War!
via Wikipedia...
On 30 April, the Task Force imposed a 200-mile Total Exclusion Zone around the Falklands, prohibiting all aircraft and ships from any country from entering. British special forces, the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm attacked Argentinian ships and defences.
Exclusions are rather rare today but they've been used during times of war for a long long time.
In an earlier post I wondered aloud (much to the annoyance of my readers) why the Russians didn't just setup an exclusion zone around the Crimea and be done with it.
I mean everyone and their mother knows that the US is running intel flights to gather targeting data for the Ukrainians. Additionally its obvious from the actions of the SU pilots that their leadership is a bit beyond annoyed by it.
An exclusion zone would be a simple fix that even this blogger could think of so why aren't they doing it?
Easy.
Because this is the most jacked up war I've ever seen. There are no lessons learned from this one. This is a complete clusterfuck that would be funny as hell except that so many are dying and the destruction is beyond imagining.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
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