Tardigrades.

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The super-soldier Chinese style! A Chinese super-soldier able to withstand atomic radiation as present in the case of a nuclear war!

"Chinese team behind extreme animal gene experiment says it may lead to super soldiers who survive nuclear fallout"

From the South China Morning Post ^ | 03/31/2023 | Stephen Chen that tip from Freeper.

" * Modified human embryonic stem cells showed supernatural resistance against radiation, according to paper by Academy of Military Sciences team in Beijing * Shanghai-based scientist says study may open a can of worms, particularly when funding is involved A team of military medical scientists in China says it has inserted a gene from the microscopic water bear into human embryonic stem cells and significantly increased these cells’ resistance to radiation."

Cellular modification using gene insertion into human cells from the water bear. Read the wiki entry for the water bear!

"Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known, with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other known forms of life. Tardigrades have survived exposure to outer space."

That goal of creating super-soldier a popular genre' as speculated by science-fiction writers now perhaps technologically realistic?

A worthy [?] goal the creation of a super-soldier through means to include but scarcely limited to: * genetic modification * diet * nature/nurture * drugs * cybernetic enhancement.

See all previous blog entries the topic the super-soldier:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/07/monsters.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/04/scythians.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/06/terminator-ii.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/06/terminator-i.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/12/cyborg-2050.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/07/matrix.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/06/armee-noire.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/04/tdcs.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/01/sushi.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/captagon.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/01/super-soldier.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/07/d-ix.html

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JBD.

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Continued problems the American aircraft carrier USS Ford!

From the Internet web site "Strategy Page" as extracted and thanks to same. 

"Naval Air: CVN Ford Develops Another Problem"

Problem fixed as touted but not fixed as touted.   

"March 20, 2023: At the end of 2022 the first of the new American Ford class CVN (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier) finally left for its long delayed operational stress test cruise. This means two months at sea, operating as a fully functional aircraft carrier. Unfortunately this cruise revealed more equipment flaws, the main ones being continued problems with EMALS (the catapults) and arrestor gear. That was not expected as the recent repairs to four JBD (Jet Blast Deflectors) mounted on the flight deck were monitored and found to have worked. The JDBs are relatively ancient tech, first introduced in the 1950s as more powerful jet aircraft became standard on aircraft carriers and deck crews needed protection from the dangerous blast of heat coming out of jet engines as the aircraft prepared to take off."

"In August 2022 the Ford JBDs were found to have defective components that corroded and caused JBDs to fail."

As is mentioned in the article the JBD is "relatively ancient tech" [variations of the system have been in service for a period of at least SIX decades] previous incarnations of JBD their performance not questioned [?] until now?

Strange! Very strange!

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Super-Duper.

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From the Internet web site "South Front" article written by Drago Bosnic | 30.03.2023.

"‘SUPER-DUPER’ MISSILE IN DEATH THROES, SHATTERING US HYPERSONIC AMBITIONS"

"After over half a decade of testing, AGM-183A was barely able to achieve Mach 5 before being incinerated by the extreme heat. After at least half a dozen (publicly admitted) consecutive failures in testing, the US Congress threatened to cut further funding for the project."

"Back in May 2020, then-US President Donald Trump stated that the United States was working on a 'super-duper missile capable of flying 17 times faster than any other missile existing at the moment', adding that any further details were classified. However, Trump’s rather limited grasp of military technologies, combined with an attempt to appease his potential voters, resulted in an 'unfortunate' choice of words. And while he never revealed the exact missile he was talking about, most military analysts were quick to identify what weapon the former US president had in mind. It was the AGM-183A, an air-launched missile carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). Dubbed the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon), the missile was supposed to be the US entry point into the highly exclusive 'hypersonic club'."

ARRW PROJECT NOW KAPUT! AMERICAN ANSWER TO RUSSIAN AND CHINESE HYPERSONIC MISSILES NOW AT A DEAD END? MONEY AS SPENT FOR DEVELOPMENT NOT PRODUCING SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

Read further the entire episode and the decision to scrap for good ARRW.

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Tethered.

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"In artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) are robotic loyal wingmen [unmanned warplanes] . . . The uncrewed CCAs represent a class of aircraft which are meant to collaborate with the crewed Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft."

From Air & Space Forces Magazine ^ | 27 Mar 2023 | John A. Tirpak

"Part-Time Wingmen: Collaborative Combat Aircraft* (CCA) Won’t Always Be ‘Tethered’ to Crewed Platforms"

"Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be able to carry out missions without direction from crewed aircraft and may not always fly as their 'wingmen,' in order to maximize employment flexibility, Air Force leaders developing and testing the new platforms said March 27."

[....]

"Asked whether CCAs will be 'tethered' to crewed platforms or carry out their own missions without such pairings, Maj. Gen. R. Scott Jobe, Air Combat Command’s director of plans, programs. and requirements, replied 'Yes.'"

"In many cases, he said, 'we will tether, in terms of range and speed and payloads and capabilities. And in other areas, we will untether in terms of geographic location [and] mission generation' to complicate an enemy’s targeting scheme."

TETHERED YES BUT NOT ENTIRELY 100 % SO DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

See all prior blog entries the loyal wingman combat aviation concept:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/12/taxi.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/12/hunter-b.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/08/x-ex.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/03/valkyrie.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/07/lanca.html

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Skywalker.

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Skywalker speaks, the Ukraine Conflict.

"Ukraine War: Star Wars star lends voice to air raid app"

From BBC News by George Wright

"When there is a threat of incoming Russian missiles in Ukraine, a familiar voice is heard by millions, warning them to take cover."

"Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, recently lent his voice to the Air Alert app, linked to Ukraine's air defense system."

"'Attention. Air raid alert. Proceed to the nearest shelter,' he says."

"'Don't be careless,' Mr Hamill's voice continues. 'Your overconfidence is your weakness.'"

"It signs off by saying: 'The alert is over. May the Force be with you.'"

"The app kicks in when air raid sirens start blaring across the country."

See item # 8. from a prior blog entry:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/03/shame.html

"Recognized intellectuals and artists support our cause."

Listen to Skywalker. Not heeding his admonition can be hazardous to your health!

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Geriatric.

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"достаточно хорошо сейчас, чем лучше позже"

"Russia Pulling Ancient T-54 and T-55 Tanks from Storage as War Drags On"

"Ancient T-54 and T-55 tanks have been removed from storage and may soon be joining the slightly less ancient T-62s that Russia has already dusted off for use in Ukraine."

[....]

"According to the Georgia-based Conflict Intelligence Team, the footage comes from the Russian Far East, near the 1295th Central Tanks and Repair Storage Base is in Arsenyev, meaning that, like recently reactivated T-62s, the venerable armor has likely — if not certainly — been refurbished for deployment to Ukraine."

[....]

"There has been some acknowledgement, however, that it is unlikely that Russia would use the geriatric armor for tank-on-tank combat with modern vehicles — such engagements being relatively rare in Ukraine, in any case — but rather as makeshift mobile artillery, as appears to have been the case with T-62s."

"In this context, their reactivation [as makeshift artillery] would arguably be a fairly sensible way to tap stores of old ammunition [presumably this would be 100 mm high explosive HE] which would otherwise go to waste in what has proved to be a shell-hungry war."

YES, BUT DOES THE T-55 HAVE A FIELD TELEPHONE THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO A SWITCHBOARD?

See previous blog entries, tanks used as artillery in the direct and indirect mode of fire:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/tusk.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/wear.html

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RED ZONE.

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In keeping with the topic of a prior blog entry see this You Tube video:

As is some areas of northern France today so will be portions of Ukraine tomorrow.?

"The Forbidden RED ZONE in Europe, Where Life is No More"

"The 'zone rouge' (in French, Red Zone) is a noncontiguous area that occupies the northeastern part of France and corresponds to the places that hosted some of the bloodiest battles of the Great War. Originally extending as much as 1,200 km2 [about 450 square miles], over the years, thanks to reclamation efforts, it has been downsized to about 100 km2 [about 38 square miles]. Despite this, the subsoil still conceals a disproportionate amount of unexploded ordnance, conventional and otherwise, to the point that it remains virtually inaccessible to humans."

Comments:

* It is estimated it will take the land about 700 years to fully recover?

* Lots of unexploded artillery rounds including about 2 % of which are poison gas munitions. It will take the French about thirty years to dispose of just the amount chemical ordnance currently having been found and stored.

* Arsenic in the ground at much elevated levels way beyond norm. Agricultural products as harvested from the Red Zone must be marked accordingly with regard to hazard!

* I repeat that the black earth farm land the Eurasian steppe land to valuable to lay fallow. How to take remedial action in the aftermath of the war will be a major challenge.

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