I find this interesting. Seems as if the Squad is in a bit of trouble with it's base. It's not the economy but morality! Stunning and a bit exciting!Do Not Vote For Rashida Tlaib pic.twitter.com/Iurtiu9FwJ
— Hassan Chami (@Hasschami) October 21, 2022
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| Bomber Command attacked Berlin full force in January 1944 but Bf 110s and other night fighters equipped with SN-2 radar and using free style tactics caused havoc. In early 1944 152 Lancasters were lost only on a few raids to Berlin alone! In January 1944 Lancasters shot down actually exceeded production for the month! Flying a Bf 110G-4 Paul Zorner shot down 22 British bombers in the winter. The Schräge Musik cannons made devastating kills. One Lancaster crewman describes such an attack as follows: “The first indication of the nightfighters presence was a stream of tracer from below our aircraft port quarter. The target was a Lancaster flying 100ft higher than us, on the same heading as our aircraft and located approx 50 yds off our port bow. In less than two seconds both wing tanks of the Lancaster were ablaze. The night fighter was still not seen by our rear gunner.” “A second attack was made almost simultaneously by the night fighter on a Lancaster that was some 100ft above our altitude on the same heading but at our starboard bow at a distance of approx 50yds. The fate of the second Lancaster was exactly the same-both wings ablaze. The sky was now like day!” “The attack also originated from below and astern of our aircraft. The fighter was still not seen by either myself in the mid upper turret or our rear gunner. A silver Messerschmitt then suddenly appeared immediately below the fuselage, slightly off our starboard beam, 20ft below our altitude. I immediately took action to engage him with my own guns but he was too close and I was unable to depress my weapons sufficiently to bring his aircraft into my line of fire.” The air battle of Berlin ended in March 1944 at a cost of 649 bombers, 489 Lancasters and 4,340 aircrew dead. The bombers dropped 33,000 tons of bombs but the German night fighters lowered the death toll to 10,305. This would not be a repeat of Hamburg. |
The Russian electricity war on Ukraine is cascading west.
— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) October 21, 2022
Moldova has lost supply from Ukraine (about 30% of its consumption) and the local utility is warning of rolling blackouts now. Moldova is trying to get extra electricity from Romania and elsewhere https://t.co/3leL80eRcv
Europe's interconnected grid will soon suffer from these attacks. Additionally you can expect the Republicans to put an embargo on US oil/gas and keep in country.
The result?
Europe is gonna have a tough Winter. I thought the alliance would crack because of the cost of keeping Ukraine running (and its rebuild).
I did not see the results of energy disruption hitting this hard. Plus we have to remember....
WINTER IS COMING!
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| I know some purist complain about the "Army-ing" up of Marine Corps language so I ask. Is "helo assault" or "air assault" the proper term for what they called waaay back in the day, VERTICAL ENVELOPMENT! |
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| If the Marine Corps is on the mission to get lighter then why are the packs as big as ever? Are they still working on making things a bit lighter? |
via Financial Times
The head of the US Navy has warned that the American military must be prepared for the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2024, as Washington grows increasingly alarmed about the threat to the island.
Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said the US had to consider that China could take action against Taiwan much sooner than even the more pessimistic warnings.
The debate in the US about when China might invade Taiwan has intensified since Admiral Philip Davidson, then-head of Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress last year that the Chinese military could take action against Taiwan before 2027. Davidson’s warning was partly downplayed at the time, but officials have intensified their warnings over the past year.
“When we talk about the 2027 window, in my mind that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” Gilday told the Atlantic Council on Wednesday. “I don’t mean at all to be alarmist . . . it’s just that we can’t wish that away.”
Weird.
We've been getting a slow drumbeat of China being the pacing threat.
We've had the Commandant basically say that he doesn't give a fuck about the rest of the world, he's totally focused on China.
We got reports that the US military is in decline.
We've seen (my opinion) the weakening of the US military due to social issues.
Now we have an updated timetable.
It's one of two things.
1. The intel is indicating the updated timetable and they're prepping the public for war with China.
Or....
2. It's a play to increase the defense budget in a time of societal upheaval due to a number of reasons and the public's desire to take care of home first.
Don't know.
Pass the popcorn. The 2020's are sucking donkey dick.
A Ukrainian Mi-24P flies over a road at very low-level. The attack helicopter is seen equipped with a pair of B-8V20A rocket pods & a pair of external fuel tanks. https://t.co/mRBbRs1mo4 pic.twitter.com/UUEnp96AyI
— Guy Plopsky (@GuyPlopsky) October 20, 2022
