Western intelligence officials dispute Zelensky’s estimate for Ukraine’s casualties — some 31,000 soldiers killed in the fighting — and believe the figure is far higher, likely more than double (+62,000)
I know the Russians have been making advances lately (its reported everywhere, didn't see a need to post it here), but to see this news? To see that Western intel officials are reporting it on background? I wonder how bad things actually are for the Ukrainians. More to the point. How close can the Russians advance to the border before Western leaders push for boots on the ground? Are the Russians working on that math or have they reached a point where they just don't give a fuck anymore and want all the smoke we got?
I continue to marvel at this shit. We have actual American citizens protesting in support of a terrorist organization, shouting racial slurs and instead of getting medieval on their asses they're being treated with kid gloves. I don't understand it. How this is allowed is beyond me but apparently we're headed toward a time of rampant lawlessness that is not only permitted but encouraged.
Could it be that the tremendous success of our defense of Israel from Iranian missiles wasn't? If this is true then we've got ALOT of work to do!
US interception rate during Iranian assault on Israel in April was 25%, with only 2 out of 8 hits; in parallel, Israeli interceptor missiles hit over 90% of targets. via @GLZRadio
The fantasy art looks awesome. Can the Brits actually do it though? My prediction? Its all dreams. I'd bet money they're already working behind the scenes to glob onto the USAF or USN's next gen fighter. They're just too cash strapped to take this on alone....even with an ally or two its still a heavy climb.
Tempest GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme) has lost its funny pelican beak in the new graphics and I'm starting to like it. pic.twitter.com/BaWg22l0AQ
*Note. Many errors in my rant. Do as usual and read between the lines to make it make sense. Ain't got time.*
Ya know what many don't realize?
I tried mightily to make Force Design 2030 make sense. I asked some of the so called experts, the people that helped design this thing over on X, to explain it to me.
I gave this thing the benefit of the doubt even though every cell in my body screamed that this abomination is batshit crazy.
I tried and I failed.
Not only has it stripped the Marine Corps of its combat power but its also placed the Corps in a terrible spot that will take a decade to recover from.
If I asked you today what is the Marine Corps, what would your answer be? It better not be masters of amphibious assault. We've had a series of Commandant's tell us that its no longer possible. It better not be a forward deployed force in readiness. Recent history has shown us otherwise.
What has Force Design 2030 relegated the Marine Corps to?
At best its gonna be a stand in force. Make no mistake what that ACTUALLY means. You strip away all the professor talk, all the Pentagon bullshit and what it really means is that you're gonna have small groups of Marines FORWARD so that they can die a horrible death that will spun to some kind of heroism, and by their deaths they will act as a tripwire that will galvanize the American public to go to war over Taiwan.
FULL STOP! That's it in a nutshell.
That's what its all about. That's why the Congress Critters are all in favor of it. That's why the Navy is placating the Marines with the promise of that useless landing craft while they prep to do the real fighting. That's why the US Army is prepping to actually engage Chinese ships from shore. They all know that once the real fighting starts the 3rd Littoral Regiment will be micro fragmented and feeding the wildlife in the ocean.
But back on task.
Make this concept make sense. I mean that boat is nice. I imagine its even fun to ride in. But why would you use a waterborne craft for the maritime recon mission? UAVs will be much more useful, as survival goes much more survivable and the best thing? You won't have to risk Marines to find out where that anti-air destroyer is lurking off the coast. Instead use lose a piece of replaceable machinery.
Is this still the Marine Corps or a coastal defense force?
As the U.S. military looks to the future of the Army and its crucial role in deterrence and defense in the Pacific, far more attention should be devoted to the questions of how to supply, support, and sustain the force. https://t.co/tYwxOirDuB
This irks me to no end. The USMC went all in on Force Design 2030, the advocates continue to push it and we see our biggest rival (lets face it, the enemy is nothing...the US Army is our biggest rival) continues to push forward into every void we created and even onto land that we supposedly staked out (or should I say maritime terrain?).
THIS IS WHY I FUCKING HATE TRANSFORMATIONALIST!
They believe they're the smartest fuckers in the room and end up screwing it all up. Instead of adding to an already winning formula those bastards have to tear everything down, fail mightily and then whine while the work of cleaning up their mess is left to the real men in the room that are willing to roll up their sleeves and work the problem instead of looking for an easy way out.
Berger and his clowns will face judgement. Not in the present. They're too well entrenched. They'll face judgment from Marine Corps history and how one little man almost fucked up the entire enterprise.
NEW: Four ski-masked teens killed after stealing a car and getting into a high speed chase with law enforcement who hit their car, wrapping it around a pole.
According to the police, the car got up to 111 mph.
🚨#BREAKING: Seven law-enforcement officers have been shot with a fatalities reported during a active shootout⁰ 📌#Charlotte | #NorthCarolina⁰ Currently, a multitude of law enforcement officers are on the scene in tactical gear, along with emergency personnel, and other… pic.twitter.com/Nlj3tzMvBe
Sounds like Force Design 2030 but without the concentration on one foe, one region...with the added benefit of not focusing on the capabilities found in other services. A highly lethal, low signature operating from dispersed locations? Organic tactical mobility by aircraft and tactical vehicles (note that the Infantry Squad Vehicle is already in service) along with insertion into an area of their choosing WITH the capability to carry on the attack at a time of their choosing (presumably able to defend as well)? The US Army is drinking the Marine Corps milkshake and laughing in our faces. From the 82nd to the 101st on over to the 11th Airborne we're seeing a real deal competition for what was once our mission set. If they have any officers still in the ranks that attended our staff colleges then they have the building blocks of rolling into amphibious assault business. I left out the 25th ID but if you start seeing them moving troops and vehicles from island to island on ARMY WATERCRAFT then the square is circled. The Marine Corps has about 4 years max to get its head out of its ass and reclaim the amphibious assault mission (not fucking amphibious raids...SOCOM is blocking that route) or the Army will take it.
First up is the shock poll that CNN ran. Biden has work to do. I've suspected that his wife and close advisors are running the nation. I also believe that they're so removed from the REAL people of this country that they have no idea how to correct course.
BREAKING: Panic in Washington DC as Trump continues to lead Biden even with multiple court cases, even in polls conducted by liberal CNN. WATCH pic.twitter.com/xUzaphkFGV
Next up is the Press Sec. She's been a lightning rod since the beginning and it appears that she is no longer useful. I actually believe this report and think that they'll use her for outreach to gay black lesbians in particular and the minority community in general. It won't work. This chic is not loved.
Good morning, everyone! As the White House begins to pressure 49-year-old @PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre to step down rather than fire her, what one word summarizes what you've learned from her one and a half years as Biden's Press Secretary? pic.twitter.com/AL1UcKr6hP
I leave it with this. This guy has been treated badly just because he asked some tough questions and didn't toe the line. While you might think that this is just an individual issue between the White House and a journalist I tell you its not. The US is losing Africa not because of our economic interests but because of our "social policy". Africa is more conservative than the US and pushing social agendas there has put us on our backfoot and made things easier for Russia and China to make ground and overtake us.
Breaking - Left-wing extremists confronted law enforcement officers at Indiana University Bloomington - IUBloomington and claimed they won after law enforcement officers decided to retreat rather than risk a physical confrontation with the violent mob.
I don't know what I'm seeing with these protests. Something is off.
The only people that seem to be doing it right is Florida. You decide you want to buck and push a LEO and you're getting served up on a dinner plate. Your camp? Destroyed. You throw a bottle? Properly applied face plant into the ground and a quick cuff.
But this?
Retreating?
I just don't get it.
Where are the intel dudes to identify the leaders and the plain clothes bubbas to snatch them up?
Where are the folks behind the line to snatch up people when they get close to thin the herd?
Remember the post from yesterday about the Ukrainian drone operators that got overrun?
It got me thinking.
Everyone (myself included) thought that being a drone operator was a geek job. They don't do the work that the gun bunnies do to get shells loaded and get rounds on target that they do.
Naw. You don't see those guys sweating in the burning sun, living in mud or enduring so much rain you can barely see in front of you.
Drone operators were seen as living in luxury, working in climate controlled portable offices looking thru screens thousands of miles away.
Now?
Now that shit has gone tactical. Now they do live in the bad stuff. Now they do have to endure like everyone else.
But the Ukrainian dudes did something to add fuel to an already burning fire. Think about it. You can't reach out and touch them. They kill with impunity and the best you can do is hopefully knock down the drone before it could kill you.
They started posting those battlefield snuff videos. Soldiers waving goodbye or begging for mercy or committing suicide to stop the pain (there is a vid up of a soldier waving goodbye to his mother before sticking a hand grenade inside his body armor and killing himself...don't know the details but that was the caption...I'll try and find it).
This war has made drone operators the most hated.
They better send those bubbas to the best SERE schools possible and they better make the current ones MUCH better.
That MOS just got off the ground and they're at the top of the food chain for getting kills on.
Drone operators started off as the geek squad. They better morph into Rambo real quick or they're gonna get got.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Apparently these Ukranian FPV drone operators did not notice that a Russian assault unit took their position, until it was way too late. pic.twitter.com/tmCDYxTFjy
Remember all those drone camera footage of them chasing soldiers and then bombing them? Remember how in the comments there was nothing but cheering? Remember reading all the captions where the drone operators were salivating at the thought?
The tables got turned in a big way in this vid.
It ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun.
Drone operators are the new snipers on the modern battlefield. The enemy will expend an entire day's worth of munitions to erase them off the face of the earth. Whole grid squares will be obliterated to get one drone operator.
The Russia/Ukraine war made them famous. With fame comes consequences.
The consequences of how Ukraine has handled this drone war is that there will be absolutely NO mercy for those folks captured on the battlefield.
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