Ouch, #classified #french #military #tank #specs were posted on a tank #game #forum #online https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/classifi.. Apparently the #users of #warthunder were all talking about #turret #rotation #specs of new tank models... I suspect an internal #investigation will be happening very soon...
#taiwan appear to believe that #china 's #ccp will be fully capable of #invading by 2025 with #minimal #cost https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/b.. As a result, they want to #increase #military spending by about 50% for the next 5 years.
Interesting, the #us appear to be bringing back old #military #aircraft into #active #duty due to some #capability they had that new #planes do not provide: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stunni.. In this case it's the #lockheed F-117 #nighthawk - a low #production #stealth #fighter that apparently is well #designed to #avoid #radar and release #missiles into #targets ... The #timing is very interesting.
I think we may actually be getting closer to a #smokinggun https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/china.. Apparently #china 's #pla #military doubled their #purchase of #pcr #testkits months before the #covid #outbreak - very weird... Makes you think.
Oops, look like a #us #soldier took a #photo of #topsecret #military #aircraft #technology and posted it to #china controlled #tiktok https://warisboring.com/secret-military-.. Apparently it might be the X-47: https://www.rumblerum.com/northrop-grumm..
The problem is with dismantling the #spaceforce , #democrats , is that if other #state #actors have a #military presence in #space - the #us and #west *must* also: https://timcast.com/news/democrat-lawmak.. How the fuck do you think #gps works? Or #satellite #communications ? What do you think will happen if these things are targetted #strategically ? Perhaps we need to reframe this in terms of a #twitter #outage to make them care...
I think #boris should call in the #army #drivers to smooth things over, they could even be in #civilian #clothing (although the #uniform could help reduce growing #tensions ): https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/pa.. We have excellent #drivers in the #military - we should most definitely be making use of them - the only problem is that there are not even near to enough. Maybe the Army could supply a few thousand at most.
@barray on Sun Sep 19 00:29:48 UTC 2021 said: &e#france are throwing all the toys out of the pram over the #military #navy #submarine #deal https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-austr.. Now the #french are looking to #sabotage the #relationship between the #eu and #australia - which will have massive implications for #uk and #us #tradedeals with the #eu in the near future. This is at a time when these Countries actually need to be united against other threats, such as #china and #russia ...Wow, #france are really not taking this #navy #submarine #deal with the #us and #australia very well at all: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/countr.. They have literally recalled #foreign #ambassadors in those Countries and have #threatened the #uk ! The #french need to wind their fucking neck in! Easy now #macron .
Just a little #reminder that the state #western #military #advantage is starting to look #weak - at a time when #china 's #ccp are #expanding their military powers: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/09/the-.. As much as I hate to say it, we desperately need to invest right now.
@barray on Thu Sep 16 11:37:59 UTC 2021 said: &eMore on #us #president #biden 's breaking of a #french #deal to build #military #navy #submarines for #australia https://www.lotuseaters.com/france-bitte.. I really suspect the Biden Presidency will be one of relationship sabotage - I suspect many world leaders wish they were still dealing with #trump !Looks like #biden is pulling some fast-ones and screwing over #france in #military #navy #submarine #contracts https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/france.. Seems like a bit of a sting to do this to a #eu #ally - something Biden doesn't appear to take seriously at all. I think #macron is right to call out the #us on the bullshit they pull against #france - not cool.
Looks like #biden is pulling some fast-ones and screwing over #france in #military #navy #submarine #contracts https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/france.. Seems like a bit of a sting to do this to a #eu #ally - something Biden doesn't appear to take seriously at all. I think #macron is right to call out the #us on the bullshit they pull against #france - not cool.
The #speech that #biden and the #us #military should have given regarding #afghanistan https://www.lotuseaters.com/if-i-were-pr.. The equation is simple, you make a #mistake , you #apologise and you rectify the mistake. You don't weasel out of it, you don't try to #blame other people - you simple own up to it. That's what being a #leader is all about. The #democrats have a lot of questions to answer.
The #terrorist group now again controlling #afghanistan the #taliban have been kindly #armed by the #us #military with #drones and #helicopters https://www.lotuseaters.com/taliban-now-.. #biden completely fucked the #evacuation up beyond all recognition. It's like his #presidency has only been about throwing #taxpayer money down the drain. I can say confidently this shit wouldn't have happened under #trump ...
Looks like #afghanistan is about to be lost to the #taliban any moment now thanks to crappy #withdraw actions by #biden https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-se.. The #retreat was *so quick* - that they left #military *weapon* and *vehicles* - which the Taliban are now using. The #us have now sent B-52 #bombers - but it looks like too little, too late.
The #smartereveryday series onboard a #nuclear #submarine has been pretty awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJnWp1t.. I remember getting some behind the scenes #uk #military information years ago, it's very interesting to understand how these things work. It's not just about #technology - but the #genius layers of #sops (standard #operating #procedures ) that surrounds it.
I hear a #military #coup might be about to go down in #tunisia https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=280.. After hearing about the coup in #myanmar - if this is true it's very sad.