Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The French President gears his citizens up for a rough winter...

Yeah. Now we will see whether the chicken hawks that have pushing for this war to continue at all costs will hold true. Easy to cheer for more when you have no skin in the game, but now the full force of this activity will be felt (God knows the US/EU have been doing everything possible to prevent their people from feeling the effects). I hope to remember this around late Nov. Circling back to it to remind the CH's will be amusing.

Was the Beowulf pic about capability or industrial cpacity?

I'm just spitballing here. I like the Oshkosh(ST Kinitics) offering as well as that from BAE. However I believed (and this is just me looking at both vehicles) that the Oshkosh offering was more combat oriented. Don't get me wrong. They're both arctic APCs and cargo carriers, I just thought that the ST Kinitics offering could more easily spec into a combat role.

So what was this selection about?

I believe its about our industrial base.  I believe the Army (as well as the Marine Corps) is looking at our industry and making sure they all get a piece of the pie so that they remain relevant.

ST just picked the wrong partner.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Science has confirmed what we all knew...

Ohio-Class Submarines work with USAF and USMC during VERTREP

Note. I always assumed that these subs went out on their combat patrols and stayed underwater the majority of time. Never knew they got resupplied while underway. I did know that they would surface if a medical issue happened that was beyond the ability of onboard staff to take care of, but this type of operation I assumed was just a bunch of fluff. MAYBE I'm wrong but even if I am it does seem problematic. They performed this with a ballistic missile sub. I would imagine the Chinese and Russians sat up and took a bunch of notes!
Story here

Never forget what the medical community did

The Rat Race

New Italian attack helicopter AW249 via Reddit

Monday, August 22, 2022

BAE Systems BvS10 BEOWULF wins US Army contract

Lung shots are best when harvesting? Naw bro! Headshots for the win!

Have you ever tracked a deer thru the crazy ass undergrowth in Louisiana? I haven't either but I heard it ain't fun. I'm gonna give bambi hell this year but I'll be harvesting with headshots. Tracking down a wounded animal ain't my idea of fun.

Dallas got body slammed by rainfall!