Chinese Type 04 IFV is HUGE compared to the Chinese Type 96 MBT...

#PLA Type 96 #MBT together with three modern Type 04 #IFV. Note the size difference. #Armor https://t.co/H8AdLAnCTU

— Alex Luck (@AlexLuck9) January 19, 2020

Can you see the size difference?  This is going to become a problem that has to be addressed going into the future.  How do you combat size signature on a modern battlefield?  The larger you are the easier it is to see you.  IFVs across the board are getting bigger as the need to provide both the volume to carry an overburdened infantry AND protect the occupants increases.

Do we need to adopt smaller but more numerous vehicles?  Do we adjust the iron triangle and put a bigger emphasis on mobility?  Do we accept the current meta and seek to increase protection thru other means (APS)?

I don't know but when you have IFVs that are larger than MBTs then its obvious that something will have to give.

KF41 Lynx Modularity?

The modularity of Boxer now needs to be translated to tracked vehicles. Rheinmetall has already begun to explore this idea with its KF41 Lynx. With a platform like this, plus Boxer, MRVP x2 and Challenger, we could streamline our combat vehicle fleet to just five platforms. pic.twitter.com/qvlIukkXnv

— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) January 17, 2020

Interesting but not exactly revolutionary.  Everyone is all gaga over modularity but I have yet to see it actually practiced by ANY military force on the planet. Almost EVERY vehicle is mission specific and modularity comes from simply flexing a vehicle into a new need.

It's a great sales pitch but in reality its simply just another gimmick.

Space Force is getting camo uniforms?

Space Force Offers First Peek at New Camouflage Uniform https://t.co/Anr0A12vD1

— Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) January 18, 2020

Don't quite get this Space Force.  Seems like they're basically falling in under the USAF, and this uniform is a joke.  Space bro!  You don't need multicam in space?  MAYBE multicam black but not woodland or arid or whatever they call this!

Anyone have better info on this thing?  Is it actually the 6th service or is it a pumped up command that gets a seat at the table?

Thoughts? I'm thinking double tap, head and then to the pelvic girdle...

I don't know why but I'm losing ALL my respect for the Police.
(And you wonder why knife crime is out of control?) pic.twitter.com/rywlmwr683

— Andy V (@andyvblue) January 18, 2020

Sad.

I'm thinking a double tap, head shot and then to the pelvic girdle!  Just kidding.  The above statement does not reflect my thinking if actually involved in such an incident.

Open Comment Post. 19 Jan 2020

Aircraft Compatibility Testing Begins Aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 16, 2020) An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 lands aboard USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) flight deck. The arrestment marked the first time an E-2D had landed aboard Ford. Ford is currently conducting Aircraft Compatibility Testing to further test its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

U.S. Army Paratroopers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - First Jump 2020

CUSV®

Ship-to-Shore Connector

SB1 Defiant Reaches Beyond 100 kts

Good on Boeing for getting back on track.  One thing about this tech though.  Looks bulky.  Looks aren't everything but it seems a bit unwieldy.

Sunday Funny. Socrates on marriage?

“By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”

- Socrates pic.twitter.com/IzvQKHcFia

— Whores of Yore (@WhoresofYore) January 18, 2020

No go zones in France?

Hundreds of French firemen protested against President #Macron in front of the court house in #Strasbourg

Firemen are angry over the conditions they face in #NoGoZones across the country, where they are violently attacked when trying to put out fires set by rioting #YouthGangs🤔 pic.twitter.com/eEDawsUBkq

— BasedPoland (@BasedPoland) January 18, 2020

Interesting.  I'm learning new stuff.  Apparently "no go" zones are not a thing in the US but there are "don't fuck around" zones where extra caution and backup on hand zones.    Basically lawless places where its necessary for the safety of public servants to apply appropriate discretion before entering.

Was that vague as hell?  Don't know how to say it better and I might be misunderstanding.