Sunday, May 09, 2021

Talking about potential Chinese Naval Bases in Africa (and their expanding influence)...

 

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The Contenders for the Czech IFV contest are in country showing their stuff...

Word on the street is that the CV90 is in the pole position.  I'm not sure.  I know the Germans will give a VERY VERY VERY attractive manufacturing package so its anyone's guess who wins. 

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French assault ship TONNERRE L1014 and frigate SURCOUF F711 arrived at Sasebo, Japan

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U.S. and Japanese forces to quickly and effectively conduct search and rescue operations (exercise?)

 

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...And the pundits/think tanks cheer Marine Corps over specialization...

 

Think tanks cheer.

Pundits cheer.

Meanwhile China is already beyond the Marine Corps maginot line. The modern day littoral (defense) regiments will face the same fate that the defense battalions faced in WW2.  They'll be bypassed when possible, ignored when convenient and blasted back to the stone age when they present a problem/tactical challenge.

Stealth, command/control and a small degree of mobility will not allow these units to survive in a peer conflict.

They will at best be a sideshow and at worst a horribly demoralizing factor. Can you imagine the national psyche when the Chinese are showing American Marines receiving medical aid, kept prisoner and the dead buried?

On a side note there is ONLY ONE way this plan works.

If the US initiates conflict then this could possibly work...but only for a short time (8 years max before the concept is undoubtedly abandoned).  I'm sure the Chinese are already working on ways to nullify this new formation.

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Chinese Military Scientists Discussed Weaponizing SARS Coronaviruses In Document Obtained By U.S. Government: Australian Media

 

Follow the link and read the story.

The Australian is real careful in how they word this thing but the pieces are coming together.


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Covid-induced black fungus cases on rise in India...

 

Wow.

This is crazy.  I don't know this science but will this thing mutate into a killer virus in India? 

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Wow Canada...Check yourself...This is a terrible look...

When we all get back to "normal" there will be a reckoning for how some governors handled the covid situation.  

The same for some nations (the USA included).

But Canada?  Never thought I'd put them on the list of nations that would have to deal with bad policy from this thing but I was wrong.

Terrible look.  

The funny thing?  Even during the pandemic people in certain jobs (I know I'm in one) still had to go to work.  Fast food shops were open (considered essential) as well as certain BIG CHAIN stores.

Said all that to say that during a lockdown when people suffered mental health issues it would probably be a good thing to allow people of faith to attend church (and even those that were seeking).

Check yourself Canada ... this is a terrible look. 

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Is Russia gonna use Tajikistan to make another run at Afghanistan?

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Philippines town residents evacuated after around 200 Islamist fighters captured a local market, reportedly in order to score a meal

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Passage order of Russian Armor during May Day Parade

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11th MEU ADRD conducts amphibious assault training

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