tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37177937252631902252024-03-18T23:20:35.693-05:00Military AnalysisThoughts on the military and military activities of a diverse nature. Free-ranging and eclectic. Blog ego cogito ergo sum.Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.comBlogger8284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-65593118771427289192024-03-18T18:51:00.000-05:002024-03-18T18:51:01.318-05:00MRE Gaza.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When you are drowning and someone throws you a lifeline, don't ask if the lifeline is clean or dirty?</span></p><p>Palestinian activist Ahmed Kouta evaluates the meal-ready-to-eat [MRE] as being air-dropped to the residents of Gaza.</p><p>Quds News Network</p><p>@QudsNen</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">* "Palestinian activist Ahmed Kouta exposes the contents of US airdrops to the starving population of Gaza."</span></p><p>"Food is so scarce that storing and protecting whatever food you have has become dangerous. The lack of proper nutrition is <u>now causing new illnesses</u> to develop among the <u>formerly healthy</u> and is making every <u>pre-existing illness and ailment</u> so much worse. That’s why we are aiming to provide hot and nutritious meals all over Gaza throughout Ramadan this year."</p><p>Ahmed appraises the MRE. Rates the ration as exceedingly poor!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttZui-kV9I3pHoJHdndYstK-kfojrlyvVN5MU-65y6wduYUm39f8cNjG2qUZhudGOMejP5WW7jAycvdz6S2ecxH8MMUCj6BqYoSjndrW-FrisyYEi3j34iPCwKCRTUitm68-xktxpbiNZTyptPHep04upJRi6d8FSDzlxGicTbaQ2z5JambXZqlG6yJw/s577/Untitledmre.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="561" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttZui-kV9I3pHoJHdndYstK-kfojrlyvVN5MU-65y6wduYUm39f8cNjG2qUZhudGOMejP5WW7jAycvdz6S2ecxH8MMUCj6BqYoSjndrW-FrisyYEi3j34iPCwKCRTUitm68-xktxpbiNZTyptPHep04upJRi6d8FSDzlxGicTbaQ2z5JambXZqlG6yJw/w389-h400/Untitledmre.png" width="389" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See <a href="https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1769065852878323764"><span style="color: #04ff00;">the twitter post</span></a> of Ahmed Kouta. That topic the edibility of the MRE ration.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Comment:</span></p><p>* Ahmed is a medical professional [a Canadian national]? Now working in Gaza.</p><p>* Ahmed to buy his ration? Free food aid you have to pay for?</p><p>From a comment to the post more true than false:</p><p> Posted: Yesterday 11:36:34 PM EDT[#44]</p><p>"We're not sending them to help him. We're sending them <u>to prop up Biden's collapsing support</u> from his base."</p><div>Ahmed <a href="https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/provide_hot_meals_and_sponsor_orphans_for_gaza_w_prince_kouta_this_ramadan#!/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">has his own charitable web site</span></a> the mission of which to procure food for the people of Gaza.</div><div><br /></div><div>See <a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/03/mre.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">previous blog entry</span></a> the topic also the MRE.</div><div><br /></div><div>coolbert.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-37226007042237592342024-03-18T12:34:00.000-05:002024-03-18T12:34:18.139-05:00Tiraspol.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHDYxljTf4PaBE0RFZO_FjQq3q3zVVJj1BD3PlmJN0T3zX8qaJ7NXDfGhYxk_2WtxI846tiTXvS7EdThDrvzy9DgjZ5uVqaihlM4ZXgA7uXNm-Ue0ZRepaNFMqktb4FanewEINORWnO2oekOMEh4gwKHpXSwb9dR3NwjzGHSBvyPK5otiI4YwDN6MbAI/s611/Coat_of_arms_of_Tiraspol_1847.svg.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHDYxljTf4PaBE0RFZO_FjQq3q3zVVJj1BD3PlmJN0T3zX8qaJ7NXDfGhYxk_2WtxI846tiTXvS7EdThDrvzy9DgjZ5uVqaihlM4ZXgA7uXNm-Ue0ZRepaNFMqktb4FanewEINORWnO2oekOMEh4gwKHpXSwb9dR3NwjzGHSBvyPK5otiI4YwDN6MbAI/w168-h200/Coat_of_arms_of_Tiraspol_1847.svg.png" width="168" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p>"Today a fire occurred on the territory of a military base in Tiraspol as a result of an explosion,"</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Russian intrigue and chicanery Trannistria?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rare-drone-attack-military-base-breakaway-pro-russian-republic-transnistria" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Rare Drone Attack On Military Base In Breakaway Pro-Russian Republic Of Transnistria</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>From Zero Hedge | BY TYLER DURDEN | MAR 17, 2024. </p><p>"An unprecedented or at least extremely rare attack has just targeted a military base in the pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan republic of Transnistria on Sunday."</p><p>"A <i>kamikaze</i> drone hit a military base in Tiraspol, the capital of unrecognized Transnistria, local officials have told RIA Novosti. The attack reportedly resulted in fire and damage to military assets at the airfield, but there were no casualties."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is not the Cobasna Soviet/Russian arms depot under attack. Cobasna the largest arms depot in Europe. Enough armaments to equip a Soviet style combined arms army!</span></p><p>"Russian state media said a helicopter stationed at the airfield was destroyed in the UAV attack. Presumably the helicopter belonged to either Transnistria separatists or to the Russian military."</p><p>"'It was preliminarily established that the explosion was caused by a kamikaze drone attack,' they added, and alleged the drone launched from the Odesa region. They are blaming Ukraine forces for the rare cross-border attack."</p><p>"The incident was not immediately confirmed either by the Russian or Ukraine governments. 'Grainy footage distributed by separatist authorities <a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1769387878356766950"><span style="color: #04ff00;">showed a projectile slamming into a military helicopter</span></a> standing at an airbase surrounded by fields,'" </p><p>See previous blog entry [with additional embedded links] Cobasna and Transnistria:</p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/grabdefy.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/grabdefy.html</span></a></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-2146350991314299372024-03-17T10:46:00.000-05:002024-03-17T10:46:39.054-05:00Alias.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIy_lUcjPnrT_HUucP9H1Bmjw-xTRNfbqQB33R3ssBUCztFuuJmtQaZbtbTG5b92mHN0RJ-zWsF4QGJ3Zn0wCYrIJTfnEEzpiOS9VSp1Qn2MQMtovpf_IzAy71_MJDbL6B6b2uZY1h1PnN2ngqnZtuL8eA257vTxby-OAbMUqKxlgZMoiWxnnMasaA818/s426/Untitledreed.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="288" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIy_lUcjPnrT_HUucP9H1Bmjw-xTRNfbqQB33R3ssBUCztFuuJmtQaZbtbTG5b92mHN0RJ-zWsF4QGJ3Zn0wCYrIJTfnEEzpiOS9VSp1Qn2MQMtovpf_IzAy71_MJDbL6B6b2uZY1h1PnN2ngqnZtuL8eA257vTxby-OAbMUqKxlgZMoiWxnnMasaA818/w135-h200/Untitledreed.png" width="135" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p>"The investigation drew extensive media attention for spotlighting <u>a history of loose prescribing practices and poor controls of powerful drugs including opioids</u> in the White House Medical Unit, a military outfit that attends to the president, vice president, and others in the White House compound."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Call me Ishmael!</span></p><p>Jump the line!</p><p>"jump the line: English - Verb - (US) To skip to the head of a queue without waiting for one's turn."</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://warisboring.com/washington-elite-received-free-healthcare-from-the-military-by-using-aliases/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Washington elite received free healthcare from the military by using aliases</span></a>"</span></p><p>FEATURED | WIB | POLITICS | March 15, 2024 | Staff Writer.</p><p>"Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received <u>preferential treatment</u> from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially <u>jeopardizing care for other patients</u> including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators."</p><p>"White House officials, senior military and other national security leaders, retired military officers, and family members have all benefited. The Washington elite <span style="font-size: medium;"><u>could jump the line</u></span> when filling prescriptions, book appointments through special call centers, and receive choice parking spots and escorts at military hospitals and other facilities, including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general."</p><p>"Through a unit at the White House, government personnel were routinely allowed to receive treatment under aliases, providing no home address or insurance information. For some of them, the care was free, as Walter Reed had no way to bill for it or waived charges."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From my perspective line-jumping here not the most egregious offense.</span></p><p>Consider drugs to include OPIOIDS obtained by persons in high-ranking governmental positions [to include military officials] gotten by persons using an ALIAS to be a more severe violation?</p><p>Think also <a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/austin-dod.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">the recent hospitalization</span></a> of the American SECEF Austin. Done under circumstances warranting a degree of suspicion.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-31833295584581347132024-03-17T10:35:00.000-05:002024-03-17T10:35:07.873-05:00Jammer.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa48MmXc2o_wyxdNrn6UM5V2p2DCpQwW1oZ65nFecXDKoFyclPAkG4oyxcE4kNJxscty9w_DYCU9T4wr64MFBhoSeh4J_7v_0-eBrkqQZG2nY4vCx5XIDME2efhk5FtTeHYrrl17Ih3pLPDknZ6PUPJQdRtYJ-2QNCUFd3ZHt09GyXElTXGDTLpY8ApA/s563/Coat_of_arms_of_Kaliningrad.svg.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa48MmXc2o_wyxdNrn6UM5V2p2DCpQwW1oZ65nFecXDKoFyclPAkG4oyxcE4kNJxscty9w_DYCU9T4wr64MFBhoSeh4J_7v_0-eBrkqQZG2nY4vCx5XIDME2efhk5FtTeHYrrl17Ih3pLPDknZ6PUPJQdRtYJ-2QNCUFd3ZHt09GyXElTXGDTLpY8ApA/w182-h200/Coat_of_arms_of_Kaliningrad.svg.png" width="182" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If nothing else a grave violation of diplomatic protocol!</span></p><p>An effort at meaconing? False navigation signals.</p><p> Deliberate and malicious. Downright dangerous!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-electronic-attack-grant-shapps-plane-qltjc6gqg"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Russia ‘jams signals’ on RAF plane carrying Grant Shapps</span></a>"</span></p><p>"The electronic attack happened when the defense secretary, who has accused Putin of ‘saber-rattling’, was flying back from Poland, where he had watched a Nato exercise"</p><p>From the Telegraph | Larisa Brown | March 14 2024. </p><p>"Russia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal on an RAF aircraft carrying Grant Shapps back from Poland, in a 'wildly irresponsible' act of electronic warfare."</p><p>"The GPS signal was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the jet flew close to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. Mobile phones <u>could no longer connect</u> to the Internet and the aircraft was forced to <u>use alternative methods</u> to determine its location."</p><p>"Meaconing: Meaconing is the interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals. These signals are rebroadcast on the received frequency, typically with power higher than the original signal, to confuse . . . navigation. Consequently, aircraft or ground stations are given inaccurate bearings."</p><p>I am not absolutely sure about this but at the exact moment Grant Shapps would have been traveling with diplomatic status. Even an indirect effort to obstruct the movement of Shapps would constitute a contravention of diplomat protocol.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-84310597424646877202024-03-16T16:09:00.002-05:002024-03-16T16:09:56.944-05:00Unissued.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>“'These are the stories of 40 students, who never had a chance to complete their studies and their diplomas will never be issued to them, because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine' . . . 'This exhibition is to commemorate those students, to raise awareness about the ongoing war, and to show the brutality and destruction the war brings.'” </p><p>WARNING: If you are easily offended by material that can be of an <u>intense and emotional nature</u> hit ESCAPE now.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">“<a href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/03/unissued-diplomas-exhibition-tromso-highlights-ukrainian-students-who-died-war"><span style="color: #04ff00;">'Unissued diplomas': an exhibition in Tromsø highlights Ukrainian students who died in the war.</span></a>"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Photos of 40 students who died during the war in Ukraine are displayed on the walls at the campus of The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø."</span></p><p>From https://thebarentsobserver.com | March 12, 2024.</p><p>"When I walk along the campus building, I stumble upon a line of photos with the <u>young, smiling faces</u> of those who just started on their life’s path. Reading their stories and about how they died, the general word 'war' rapidly transforms into countless personal tragedies."</p><p>Students the Norwegian Arctic University having been mobilized for the war effort the Ukraine Conflict having perished, their education and lives cut short!</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See from the <a href="https://www.unissueddiplomas.org"><span style="color: #04ff00;">https://www.unissueddiplomas.org</span></a> web site the slide show with captions. Very sad indeed!</span></p><p><span>coolbert.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-28711815093933694842024-03-16T16:02:00.000-05:002024-03-16T16:02:17.573-05:00Moiseev.<p> This is coolbert:</p><p>Big shake-up the Russian navy? The new man takes command. How often have we heard this in the context of the Ukraine Conflict.</p><p>"shake-up noun: an act or instance of shaking up - specifically : an extensive and often drastic reorganization"</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2024/03/izvestia-admiral-moiseev-takes-over-commander-chief-russian-navy" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Izvestia: Admiral Moiseev takes over as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Russia's new Navy commander has <u>decades of experience</u> from the north, including onboard ballistic missile submarines sailing the Barents Sea."</span></p><p>From https://thebarentsobserver.com | By Thomas Nilsen | March 10, 2024.</p><p>"Rumors started in social media on Sunday that the top brass in the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov had been dismissed."</p><p>"A few hours later, Kremlin mouthpiece Izvestia reported about Evmenov’s ‘resignation’ and Admiral Aleksandr Moiseev taking over the position."</p><p>"No official explanation is given. However, it is well-known that <u>the Russian navy has lost many of its key warships</u> in the Black Sea after drone attacks by Ukraine."</p><p>That perception [unwarranted or otherwise] that the performance of the Russian high military command during the Ukrainian Conflict has been <u>at best ham-handed</u> with a relatively speaking ineptness puzzling and surprising to many.</p><p>"ham-handed: adjective - Lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy."</p><div>coolbert.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-81284264120869731572024-03-15T17:25:00.000-05:002024-03-15T17:25:08.836-05:00NK & Ru.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tongue-in-cheek good natured humor directed at the military forces of North Korea [DPRK and Russia.</span></p><p>"Tongue-in-cheek: Tongue-in-cheek is an idiom that describes <u>a humorous or sarcastic statement</u> expressed in a serious manner."</p><p>Thanks to You Tube Shorts in both cases.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First the North Korean [DPRK]:</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="718" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1dhRB7OUnQY" title="Is North Korea’s Military Actually As Strong As It Seems?" width="404"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And for Ivan the Russian:</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="718" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5knylHj8ZXE" title="Why Is Russia The Strongest Military In The World?" width="404"></iframe></div>
<p></p><p>Comrade Kim in the DPRK. I know you do not accept that there is a North Korea or a South Korea. There is only a Korea. Any 미국 사람 American violating such a fastidious convention do so at your own peril. MILBLOGGERS in particular.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-31287764399117562812024-03-15T17:11:00.002-05:002024-03-15T17:11:44.734-05:00Trans Law..<p>This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I say I am, therefore I am?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/world-news/spanish-soldiers-changing-gender-to-female-for-added-benefits/" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Spanish soldiers changing gender to female for added benefits, higher pay: ‘On the inside, I am a lesbian’</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>From https://nypost.com |By Social Links for | Nicholas McEntyre | March 6, 2024. Thanks to the tip from T. E. Lawrence.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Spanish soldiers are <u>changing their gender from male to female</u> to earn certain benefits only available to females, including higher pay and better sleeping quarters, due to a self-identification law aimed at helping transgender people."</span></p><p>"Forty-one men in Spain’s north-Africa autonomous city Ceuta have made the drastic decision to change their gender on official documents from male to female since the so-called 'Ley-de-Trans' or 'Trans Law' was implemented in March 2023."</p><p>"Of the men in Ceuta who’ve changed their identity, only four have also <u>legally changed</u> their name."</p><p>"A majority of the <u>now-female soldiers</u> have kept every other aspect of life, including male genitalia, sexuality, and even facial hair.</p><p>* First, how exactly are women soldiers entitled to better pay and sleeping quarters?</p><p>* Additionally, the man to woman transition usually involves entirely removing the pudenda [testicles + penis] and receiving female hormonal shots for a minimum of two years!</p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Digo existo luego existo! </span></i></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-41619490078631877712024-03-13T09:03:00.000-05:002024-03-13T09:03:15.405-05:00Caio Duilio.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>"Congratulations to the crew of the destroyer #CaioDuilio who shot down two drones in the Red Sea as part of the EU Aspides mission. @ItalianNavy guarantees free navigation and protects our merchant ships. Proud of our sailors!"</p><p>Once more the Italian navy combat action the Red Sea.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/12/italian-navy-destroyer-caio-duilio-shoots-down-two-more-drones-in-red-sea/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Italian Navy Destroyer Caio Duilio Shoots Down Two More Drones In Red Sea</span></a>"</span></p><p>From https://theaviationist.com | DAVID CENCIOTTI<span> | </span>March 12, 2024. </p><p>"The Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer [ Caio Duilio\ of the <i>Marina Militare</i> engaged and shot down two more aerial drones in the Red Sea."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Caio Duilio and not Nave Duilio!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4vg8A1iBBql87d8j0e21Bj7hWElr5mBwpAtVu0k-CON98zKiuDqFUYYHh0Iri7MbN6Wykdnm_Yjc_K7Y7YAcLmYLoEQ8_l2YL7n6n1GZenkPdyX4oKsaTJxSTHJ0Mf0AIsdgZV-7BxoADslSh8xMJ8V1yvxo3qtHzut-_B1DZYz926M0lAsNc2VRkmo/s549/Untitledita.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="549" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4vg8A1iBBql87d8j0e21Bj7hWElr5mBwpAtVu0k-CON98zKiuDqFUYYHh0Iri7MbN6Wykdnm_Yjc_K7Y7YAcLmYLoEQ8_l2YL7n6n1GZenkPdyX4oKsaTJxSTHJ0Mf0AIsdgZV-7BxoADslSh8xMJ8V1yvxo3qtHzut-_B1DZYz926M0lAsNc2VRkmo/w400-h234/Untitledita.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>"According to EUNAVFOR, on Mar. 12, 2024 at between 02.00AM and 05.45AM Djibouti time, the Italian destroyed repelled the attack from UAVs coming from Houthis-controlled territories in Yemen and posing a direct and imminent threat to the freedom of navigation."</p><p>[....]</p><p>"Although it’s not been confirmed yet, it is quite likely that <u>76mm cannons</u> were again used to shoot down the drones: these Super-Rapid guns are <u>extremely effective and much cheaper</u> than low and medum-range Aster missiles, therefore <u>the weapon of choice</u> against relatively low-cost targets."</p><p>Indeed. Those 76 mm naval guns perhaps <u>the best weapon</u> to engage and destroy those one-way quadracopter <i>kamikaze</i> drone.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Italian navy standing tall the Red Sea mission. </span></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-57839755952169302622024-03-12T20:09:00.007-05:002024-03-12T20:09:55.024-05:00Wanting.<p> This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mene, mene, tekel, parsin</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Way too little and way too late?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4223496/posts" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Poland Calls on NATO Allies to Raise Defense Spending to <u>Three Per Cent</u> of GDP</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>From Breitbart ^ | 03/11/2024 | BREITBART LONDON | the tip from Freeper.</p><p>"<b>WARSAW, Poland (AP)</b> – Poland’s president on Monday <u>called on other members</u> of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><u>3% of their gross domestic product</u></span> as Russia puts its economy on <u>a war footing</u> and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine"</p><p>Even that pledged amount of 2 % of GDP as all NATO members to be dedicated to defense spending too little now? 3 % the <u>MINIMUM</u> demanded by the Poles. That 2 % figure agreed upon [2014] <u>not even met</u> by many of the NATO member states.</p><p>Frenzied worry the commanders of the various NATO military contingents greatly worried by the prospect of the Russian bear knocking on the door - NATO.</p><p>As it was with <u>Belshazzar the King of Babylon</u> so it is with NATO today?</p><p>Myself I am highly skeptical the NATO nations will heed the Polish admonition! Maybe lip service but nothing more.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See recent blog entry [with many additional links] as germane: </span></p><p><span><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/k-s.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/k-s.html</span></a> </span></p><p><span>coolbert.
</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-51618645855645102522024-03-12T19:24:00.001-05:002024-03-12T19:24:09.401-05:00Kindled.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>Russian A-50 AWACS warplane [MAINSTAY] back in the news again and not in a good way.</p><p>Another A-50 bites the dust? The anger of Vlad will be kindled exceedingly hot!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4223551/posts"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Russian <u>Advanced A-50 Spy Plane</u> Hit in Strike on Aircraft Factory: Kyiv</span></a>"</span></p><p>From Newsweek ^ | 10 March 2024 | Ellie Cook | the tip from Freeper.</p><p>"Ukrainian forces '<u>destroyed or heavily damaged</u>' one of Russia's <u>prized but scarce</u> A-50 spy planes, according to a Ukrainian official, after Kyiv targeted an aviation plant in southern Russia. Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday that its air defenses had intercepted 47 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight, including 41 over the southwestern Rostov region."</p><p>Massive Ukrainian drone attack the Russian Federation territory, an aircraft factory under siege by many incoming combat <i>kamikaze</i> drones.</p><p>A-50 again a casualty of war. Plane when gone, few in the inventory and now even less. Not cheap, rather expensive. Definitely a negative of some consequences from the Russian perspective! At least I might think so.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See all recent blog entries the A-50 within context the Ukraine Conflict:</span></p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-50u-ii.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-50u-ii.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-50u.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-50u.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/bvraam.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/bvraam.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/m-c.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/01/m-c.html</span></a></p><p>coolbert:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-7394183412857263952024-03-12T19:05:00.005-05:002024-03-12T19:05:47.427-05:00Pinocchio.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9c5GGozxlh2u4cHym9Zr53ni8H-2dRYt9liaS-Gg6sqPXoSLtz8SQHy21psxHTHAZ0skQ_CUFAwEvXBpXVq27alfELOBD9ZcYOXCH21bogrAsxuemWl5qzV0toh9sRBk9YqcGzLdEo4asYOlKOzEr2RGbxjPb84XcJa-53K5M-pDRLzh-FtthqzS7LI/s240/Untitledram.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="158" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9c5GGozxlh2u4cHym9Zr53ni8H-2dRYt9liaS-Gg6sqPXoSLtz8SQHy21psxHTHAZ0skQ_CUFAwEvXBpXVq27alfELOBD9ZcYOXCH21bogrAsxuemWl5qzV0toh9sRBk9YqcGzLdEo4asYOlKOzEr2RGbxjPb84XcJa-53K5M-pDRLzh-FtthqzS7LI/w132-h200/Untitledram.png" width="132" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p> “We will continue to prevent navigation to the ports of occupied Palestine until the end of the aggression and the siege of Gaza,”- Yahya Saree.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://sputnikglobe.com/20240312/houthis-vow-to-ramp-up-attacks-over-ramadan-as-red-sea-blockade-triples-costs-of-eu-emissions-1117286854.html"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Houthis <u>Vow to Ramp Up Attacks</u> Over Ramadan as Red Sea Blockade Triples Costs of EU Emissions Scheme</span></a>"</span></p><p>From Sputnik News ^ | 3/12/24 | Ilya Tsyukanov | the tip from Freeper.</p><p>"The Yemeni militia’s three-and-a-half month long campaign of ship seizures, missile and drone strikes has <u>added billions of dollars</u> to global commercial shipping costs, with the fighters vowing to continue their <u>partial blockade</u> of the Red Sea until Israel halts the war in Gaza. The Houthis will continue their operations against Israel-affiliated commercial vessels and Western warships in the Red Sea throughout the holy month of Ramadan, militia spokesman [Saree] has announced."</p><p>Various Islamic interpretations exist the waging of war during the Holy Month of Ramadan? The consensus [?] is that war can be fought but <u><span style="color: #e06666;">NO NEW WARS</span></u> initiated?</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-15518612662029535832024-03-11T09:37:00.005-05:002024-03-11T09:39:42.291-05:00Nematodes.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>“'These worms live everywhere, and they live quickly, so they go through <u>dozens of generations</u> of evolution while a typical vertebrate is still putting on its shoes,'” - Rockman.</p><p>Super-worms as resistant to nuclear radiation.</p><p>The super-soldier via nematode?</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://www.rt.com/news/593982-chernobyl-worms-radiation-study/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Scientists discover Chernobyl ‘super worms’</span></a>"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Nematodes found in the highly radioactive zone showed no signs of DNA damage"</span></p><p>https://www.rt.com/news | 8 Mar, 2024.</p><p>"A team of American researchers has found that the DNA of a common worm species appears to be <u>immune to damage from chronic radiation</u> in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The area has been off-limits to humans since the 1986 nuclear power plant meltdown."</p><p>See previous blog entry the Chinese experimentation <a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/04/tardigrades.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">the water bear microscopic life form</span></a> also highly resistant to nuclear radiation. </p><p>With the nematodes scientists can observe in real-time the Darwinian Selection process at work? Nematodes having evolved into a species that can live and thrive in a highly contaminated nuclear environment.</p><p>Genetic splicing of worm and water bear DNA into humans can result in <u>a super-soldier</u> not susceptible to high-levels of atomic radiation as would be the result of a nuclear war?</p><p>Stuff of scientific-fiction perhaps with the advent of modern technology a possible?</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-29821911293572828822024-03-11T09:17:00.002-05:002024-03-11T09:17:52.548-05:00SSN-764.<p>This is coolbert</p><p>SSN-764 American nuclear submarine the trials and travails.</p><p>From the Internet web site Strategy Page.</p><p>Submarine not deemed dive worthy since 2015 [?] and awaiting repairs a long and arduous process.</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20240309.aspx" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">SUBMARINES: Stumbling Through Submarine Repairs</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>"March 9, 2024: The U.S. Navy has finally started repair work on an SSN (nuclear attack submarine) that <u>returned damaged</u> from its last time at sea nine years ago. The Newport News Shipbuilding firm is to carry out a $1.24 billion overhaul of [the] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boise_(SSN-764)"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Los Angeles-class submarine USS Boise</span></a> at a shipyard in Virginia. The work will be completed by 2029."</p><p>DAMAGE as sustained nine years ago not made CLEAR. Boat has been in dock since 2017 anticipating repair/refurbishment/retrofit.</p><p>Devoted readers to the blog will want to read the entire article.</p><p>"The work includes maintenance and restoration of hull structure, tanks, propulsion systems, electric plant, auxiliary systems, armament, and furnishings in addition to many useful alterations."</p><p>FOURTEEN years the entire procedure will take until the submarine will be seaworthy and mission ready again? Seems to be <u>way too much time and way too much money</u> spent on a vessel the class of which is slowly being retired?</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-22801869416374663512024-03-10T20:48:00.000-05:002024-03-10T20:48:10.924-05:00JLOTS.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>Some extracts the proposed floating pier Gaza. </p><p>JLOTS = Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1. "<a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/gaza-pier-will-take-around-60-days-and-1000-troops-to-complete/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Gaza Pier Will Take Around <u>60 Days and 1,000 Troops</u> to Complete</span></a>"</span></p><p>From https://legalinsurrection.com | <span> </span>Mary Chastain | March 8, 2024.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"The Pentagon <u>released more details</u> about the Gaza pier President Joe Biden wants to build to send in humanitarian aid"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A smattering of key-points and takeaway:</span></p><p>– "Over 1,000 U.S. military personnel"</p><p>– "Weeks to plan & execute (~60 days)"</p><p>– U.S. Army 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) from VA tasked</p><p>– “'Maintains the ability to provide unique capabilities from offshore <u>without a U.S. military presence</u> within Gaza'”</p><p>– "U.S. Navy <u>will not play a role</u> because it doesn’t require 'combat capability'”</p><p>– "Provide up to 2 million meals/day"</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2. "<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-us-military-plans-to-build-a-floating-dock-for-urgently-needed-aid-to-gaza/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">How the US military plans to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza</span></a>"</span></p><p>https://www.timesofisrael.com | By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF | 9 March 2024.</p><p>"Some 1,000 US troops involved in operation, with massive pieces of steel locking together like a huge LEGO system to form pier and causeway up to 550 meters long [about six-hundred yards] and two lanes wide"</p><p>DOES NOT REQUIRE A COMBAT CAPABILITY! I BEG TO DIFFER!</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-27338311281329153592024-03-10T20:34:00.001-05:002024-03-10T20:34:43.539-05:00Bridge.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzU1PJdNWDAveFXx0k1UhVLwjdnUtIB4HK6fejrd4NX_Wmr-GSr4a-RN0pNO9lWHG8iWIUabv-sWIvbA5Tux8CCWHqLVDJGMp8fWDDCkjPsQG0xkWfIhewwuwqDG2dmMxXMhZPJEOFgc-JZQDrJVs_HzXUQyBWsoIaWIguIClIu6xclSwCmkPjkowmQvY/s443/Untitledpier%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="170" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzU1PJdNWDAveFXx0k1UhVLwjdnUtIB4HK6fejrd4NX_Wmr-GSr4a-RN0pNO9lWHG8iWIUabv-sWIvbA5Tux8CCWHqLVDJGMp8fWDDCkjPsQG0xkWfIhewwuwqDG2dmMxXMhZPJEOFgc-JZQDrJVs_HzXUQyBWsoIaWIguIClIu6xclSwCmkPjkowmQvY/w77-h200/Untitledpier%202.png" width="77" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p>"Construction battalions will build out a large floating dock . . . Most likely in the port of Ashdod Israel. Only if Israel supports the security guarantees will that dock be floated down to Gaza under protection of the Israeli Navy. Working closely with the Engineers it will be attached to land at Port of Gaza or the beach south of Zikim. If you think this is not a US – Israel military project you are going to be very disappointed. But I will tell you one thing that absolutely will happen here. Hamas will attack that bridge at every chance and most likely try to destroy it and kill American sailors, who are putting it in place." - Malcolm Nance</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridge over troubled waters the Gazan Conflict. Danger yes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One if by air [airdrop of humanitarian aid Gaza] and two if by sea [the floating pier].<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://blazingcatfur.ca/2024/03/10/bidens-pier-in-gaza-portends-disaster/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Biden’s Pier In Gaza Portends Disaster</span></a>"</span></p><p><span> From </span>https://blazingcatfur.ca | Courtesy the image by Mohamed Salam -Reuters.</p><p>"President Biden, during his State of the Union address, announced an effort to create an aid corridor to Gaza that will include <u>a U.S.–constructed pier</u> for shipments of food and other supplies to reach Palestinians. This 'temporary' construction would be a significant expansion of the Biden administration’s aid measures and no longer done at arm’s length, whatever promises of “no American boots on the ground” the President might make. As with all else, there are only tradeoffs. In this case, it’s almost all bad. The president’s design will create a locus of aid transfer that endangers American servicemen while failing to ensure the aid cannot be appropriated by Hamas."</p><p>Devoted readers to the blog will want to read the entire article!</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Comments:</span></p><p>* Going to take 1,000 personnel [<u>U.S. Army Transport</u>] to build the floating pier.</p><p>* Going to take <u>two months</u> to build the floating pier.</p><p>* When up and going the entire enterprise will be able to provide <u>two-million rations</u> daily? That amounts to one ration per person per day Gaza.</p><p>And YES, I fear a number of bad actors will want to frustrate the entire process. U.S. military troops Gaza might take casualties, no matter what the President and SECDEF say.</p><p>Given the conditions as exist in Gaza now, hard to see how an <u>equitable distribution of needed food and other supplies</u> going to be accomplished.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-63197038885999283222024-03-10T10:43:00.006-05:002024-03-10T10:45:34.673-05:00Dead-Load.<div>This is coolbert:</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Testing EMALS the video.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yuMgG25VQM"><span style="color: #04ff00;">John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Dead-Load Testing</span></a>"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>"Newport News Shipbuilding recently began topside testing of the <u>electromagnetic aircraft launch system</u> (EMALS) on aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)."</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">See the You Tube video:</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/4yuMgG25VQM?si=q0MqGbpBMUvTK0LE" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4yuMgG25VQM/hqdefault.jpg);" width="412"></iframe></div><br /><div>"Following successful 'no-load' testing on catapults one and two, known as the ‘bow cats,’ the NNS team, alongside the John F. Kennedy crew, has now started 'dead-load' testing. In this phase, large, wheeled, car-like structures of graduated weights up to 80,000 pounds to simulate the weight of actual aircraft are launched off the carrier’s bow into the James River. They are then <u>retrieved and relaunched</u> until the conclusion of the test program to ensure the catapults are ready for their primary intended purpose: to launch all carrier-based fixed wing aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy."</div><div><br /></div><div>EMALS not strictly confined to launching aircraft? Also for recovery too? I am not sure. More clearly it can be surmised that EMALS rather than not working at all <u>just not meeting standards</u> as set by specification.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">See previous blog entries all mention of EMALS [with many additional links] problems as encountered:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/04/emals.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/04/emals.html</span></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/05/emals.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/05/emals.html</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/12/uss-ford.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/12/uss-ford.html</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaput-ii.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaput-ii.html</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/07/lessons.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/07/lessons.html</span></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>coolbert.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-69742595587856777302024-03-09T10:08:00.003-06:002024-03-09T10:08:58.941-06:00 An tAerchór.This is coolbert:<p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Irish air force An tAerchór to the rescue.</span></p><p>Air drop humanitarian supplies to the population of Gaza.</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/08/irish-plan-to-deploy-military-aircraft-for-gaza-aid-relief-under-consideration/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Irish military aircraft set to help get aid into Gaza</span></a>"</span></p><p>"Republic of Ireland marshalling significant quantities of <u>emergency humanitarian supplies</u> for relief missions to war-torn area"</p><p>From https://www.irishtimes.com | Conor Gallagher | Mar 8 2024.</p><p>"Irish military aircraft are to be dispatched to the Middle East to help get vital humanitarian aid into Gaza, under plans being considered by the Government."</p><p>"Under the proposals, Ireland <u>will work with Jordan</u> to air drop emergency humanitarian supplies into the region which is at risk of widespread famine due to the ongoing Israeli assault."</p><p>"The move follows similar operations carried out by the United States and Jordan last weekend."</p><p>"Under the plans being considered by Government, the Department of Foreign Affairs will work with military officials to <u>transport aid into Jordan</u> which will then be parachuted into Gaza."</p><p>Let me 100 % abundantly clear here! Irish AF <u>will not directly drop aid pallets</u> into Gaza. CASA <span style="color: #04ff00;">C-295 maritime patrol aircraft</span> will TRANSPORT the aid to Jordan. The actual dropping of the humanitarian aid to be air dropped by the Jordanian air force.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-10191492923793726522024-03-09T09:55:00.001-06:002024-03-09T09:55:49.981-06:00Fibers.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8z2nZQpriACEi6KvlgFv79qdasDKjBVYGCf2BWFMVX56KvOyJKyXi3VMtzVOi2VL0n9ltONrMHwf4wjgWoGBS_XPtao3WrBE4qAauC5-_hU0Nl0CgPeLomTmacw8yIuY8dQnwrj2Vn4h-Uk0DwPwnirbUqU3bIhcis0RrTZ4s7evhTRw1VTlfzovFeQ/s529/Fibreoptic.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8z2nZQpriACEi6KvlgFv79qdasDKjBVYGCf2BWFMVX56KvOyJKyXi3VMtzVOi2VL0n9ltONrMHwf4wjgWoGBS_XPtao3WrBE4qAauC5-_hU0Nl0CgPeLomTmacw8yIuY8dQnwrj2Vn4h-Uk0DwPwnirbUqU3bIhcis0RrTZ4s7evhTRw1VTlfzovFeQ/w100-h200/Fibreoptic.jpg" width="100" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">UAV Russian impervious to jamming.</span></p><p>Fiber optic link!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4222945/posts"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Russians have started using drones with fiber optic cables</span></a>"</span></p><p>From Army Recognition ^ | 3/8/24 | the tip from Freeper.</p><p>According to a Telegram channel (@serhii_flash), the Russian military has begun deploying FPV (First Person View) drones equipped with coils of fiber optic cables, marking <u>a significant advancement</u> in drone communication technologies. The Ukrainian military has encountered one of these unusual drones, which had <u>a 10-kilometer [about six miles] length of fiber optic cable</u> unspooled during flight. </p><p>Drone relying on on a <u>fiber optic wire</u> connecting the operator to the drone. Radio-frequency [RF] command link eschewed! Too susceptible to <u>RF jamming</u> that solution fiber optics.</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-34711883737528001102024-03-08T18:49:00.001-06:002024-03-08T18:49:58.015-06:00Creep.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>One by air and two by sea! Humanitarian did Gaza as delivered by the military USA and allied contingents a difficult process, fraught with danger even to those most needy on the ground.</p><p>AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF.</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. "<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/gaza-children-killed-humanitarian-aid-airdrop/story?id=107927556"><span style="color: #04ff00;">5 children killed in humanitarian aid airdrop, Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health says</span></a>"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"The country involved in Friday's airdrop was not identified."</span></p><p>From https://abcnews.go.com | By Nasser Atta, Meredith Deliso, and Samy Zayara | March 8, 2024.</p><p>"UN calls US airdrops into Gaza dangerous and inefficient"</p><p>"Sources say that the airdrops <u>will only be effective</u> if a cease-fire is reached."</p><p>CORRECT ON ALL COUNTS! AMOUNT DROPPED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE GAZAN CITIZENRY FEEDING LESS THAN 2 % OF THE POPULATION FOR A SINGLE DAY!</p><p>Weight of those pallets dropped about 1,000 pounds [about 450 Kg.] A ponderous weight falling with some rapidity even when at the end of a parachute. Dangerous to those on the ground as has occurred to these five children.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And further an effort to alleviate the situation on the ground Gaza:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2. "<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sotu-biden-announce-emergency-us-military-mission-build/story?id=107889126"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Biden announces 'emergency' US military mission to build pier off Gaza coast to deliver aid</span></a>"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"It will receive 'large ships carrying food, water, medicine,' an official said."</span></p><p>Floating pier Gaza to accommodate large cargo vessels allowing for larger quantities of ration packages and foodstuffs to be unloaded in the most expeditious manner. Far more efficient that air drops without question.</p><p>Problem here the <u>chaotic situation</u> on the ground. Helter-skelter mob scene of hungry folks grabbing everything they can lay their hands on. Not a <u>fair and equitable distribution</u> of the relief supplies in an organized manner.</p><p>AND WHO EXACTLY IS BUILDING THIS FLOATING PIER? US NAVY SEABEE [Construction Battalion] DETACHMENT? NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND PROMISE OF BIDEN A MIRAGE I FEAR IT IS SO!</p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-47761591099724748432024-03-07T21:25:00.001-06:002024-03-07T21:25:38.080-06:00Dollars $.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet more, war is bad for the economy. How to pay for the war? The Gazan War! Israel needs cash!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://sputnikglobe.com/20240306/israel-goes-on-first-bond-sale-spree-since-hamas-war-1117158909.html" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Israel Goes on <u>First Billions-Worth Bond Sale Spree</u> Since Hamas War</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>https://sputnikglobe.com</p><p>"Numerous woes have been plaguing Israel’s economy in the wake of Hamas’ attack last October that triggered a new spiral of the Palestine-Israel conflict. The GDP <u>shrank by over 19 percent</u> in annualized terms in the final quarter of 2023, and Moody's Investors Service <u>lowered Israel's credit rating</u> from A1 to A2 in February."</p><p>"Israel has sold its first batch of <u>international dollar bonds in the public market</u> since it unleashed its war on Hamas."</p><p>"In a bid to shore up badly needed funds, Israel issued $8 billion worth of bonds. The transaction featured $2 billion in notes maturing in five years, $3 billion in bonds due in 10 years, and $3 billion in notes due in 30 years, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. The size of the bond issuance makes it Israel’s <u>biggest sale of dollar notes</u> on record."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dollarbond.asp"><span style="color: #04ff00;">a discussion of the international dollar bond</span></a> $. A concept that until just now was totally alien to me.</span></p><p>Vital currency and reserves removed from the financial markets bad for the capitalist system. A tightened money supply bad for business!</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See previous blog entry with additional embedded link financial aspects the Gazan War the Israeli experience:</span></p><p><a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/moodys.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/moodys.html</span></a></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-6058619498862121582024-03-07T21:11:00.000-06:002024-03-07T21:11:36.977-06:00Manpower.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"‘Go to Israel, earn more, and die once’"</span></p><p>War is generally bad for the economy. With the Gazan War a <u>very significant portio</u>n of the able-bodied manpower that makes the country go in peaceful times mobilized for the war effort.</p><p>Precious manpower <u>not producing wealth</u> but rather only consuming!</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><a href="https://www.rt.com/india/593909-indians-jobs-israel-gaza/" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">‘Go to Israel, earn more, and die once’: Indian laborers willing to risk war and death to escape debt back home</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p>From https://www.rt.com | 7 Mar, 2024.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Despite news of the first Indian being killed in a missile strike, desperate <u>construction workers</u> are applying for jobs via Israeli recruitment agencies as opportunities at home are scarce"</span></p><p>"Aman Kumar, 27, stands at the gate of a state-run industrial training institute, wearing an orange-colored paper wristband, waiting to hear the results of the test he completed to be recruited into Israel’s construction industry."</p><p>"Israel, which has been at war with Hamas since October 7, is set to <span style="font-size: medium;"><u>revoke the work permits</u></span> of 90,000 Palestinians and <span style="font-size: medium;"><u>replace them</u></span> with Indian labor. In May 2023, India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding which covered civil engineering."</p><p>Construction workers badly needed Israeli society. Permits allowing Palestinians work in the Israeli construction trades gone and revoked more or less in perpetuity. Skilled workers now in demand.</p><p>Replacements needed NOW and have been found!</p><p>The Chinese involvement in World War One very scant. Primarily hundreds of thousands of menial laborers under contract with the Western allied powers.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As with the Chinese in 1918 so with now the Indian 2024!</span></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-38597673530449176202024-03-06T21:01:00.000-06:002024-03-06T21:01:01.241-06:00Nave Duilio<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYCTup2aEU_EBR1_08WTvt7snaWwFtU57mceHmiTqICVm2sI733knwxhY7BTf5LuZviohtKG1gRMUipWbyAfaary1AemY_MdMK14P-JR5q9EVFmv_XnkUFG4Nc-aLpV3ycLI1BQ_6oEWoV5zyOtEVaSP6hwhb5syVNz3bBV1M16a9Zy3uhEGrnAUKMmQ/s1024/800px-Coat_of_arms_of_Marina_Militare.svg.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYCTup2aEU_EBR1_08WTvt7snaWwFtU57mceHmiTqICVm2sI733knwxhY7BTf5LuZviohtKG1gRMUipWbyAfaary1AemY_MdMK14P-JR5q9EVFmv_XnkUFG4Nc-aLpV3ycLI1BQ_6oEWoV5zyOtEVaSP6hwhb5syVNz3bBV1M16a9Zy3uhEGrnAUKMmQ/w156-h200/800px-Coat_of_arms_of_Marina_Militare.svg.png" width="156" /></a></div><br />This is coolbert:<p></p><p>Italian warship the Red Sea Nave Duilio engages the enemy.</p><p>Rapid fire 76 mm gun organic successful!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/02/italian-anti-air-warfare-destroyer-shoots-down-houthi-drone-in-red-sea/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Italian Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer Shoots Down Houthi Drone In Red Sea</span></a>"</span></p><p>From https://theaviationist.com | DAVID CENCIOTTI | March 2, 2024.</p><p>Nave Duilio, a destroyer of the <i>Marina Militare</i>, shot down a drone for self-defense.</p><p>"<b>On Mar. 2, 2024</b>, Nave Duilio, an Anti-Air Warfare destroyer of the Italian Navy . . . shot down a drone in the Red Sea. According to the Italian Ministry of Defense, the drone, similar to those already used in previous attacks by the Houthi rebels, was about 6 kilometers [about 3 1/2 miles] from the Italian warship, flying towards it."</p><p>"It was shot down using one of the ship’s three OTO 76mm cannons."</p><p>"Nave Duilio has been operating in the Red Sea to guarantee the freedom of navigation and the security of trade routes, to safeguard international law and national interests."</p><p>Nave Duilio part of the European naval contingent, defense of commercial shipping, the Red Sea. A military operation independent of the American sponsored and commanded Prosperity Guardian.</p><p>Incoming enemy drone directed at the Italian naval vessel brought down by naval gun fire. That <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTO_Melara_76_mm"><span style="color: #04ff00;">OTO Melara 76 mm gun rapid fire</span></a> indeed the preferred means of combating threats the Red Sea.</p><p>Far CHEAPER than using missiles too expensive and available only in LIMITED numbers.</p><p>Air-burst and DART guided rounds both effective in the anti-air role of Nave Duilio.</p><p>Drone attack again thwarted at a range of 6 kilometers [about 3 1/2 miles]. The American tactic Red Sea mission to encounter and give battle to airborne threat at long-range with missiles, far beyond the range of naval gunfire.</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Bravi Italiani. Buon lavoro.</i></span></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-58147872192929441282024-03-05T11:45:00.000-06:002024-03-05T11:45:34.355-06:00UKR-RT.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>"The Su-34 tactical bomber fleet [NATO code name Fullback] may be equipped with UKR-RT electronic intelligence (ELINT) pods in the future, according to the Izvestia daily. The Su-34s will get ELINT pods enabling them to both acquire and attack enemy headquarters, communications and data transmission systems and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control centers in real time. The UKR-RT system is carried in a special pod under the fuselage."</p><p>See <a href="https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/03/03/downing-a-su-34-is-easy-patriots-struggle-is-against-the-su-35/"><span style="color: #fcff01;">item # 2 from a previous blog entry</span></a> as applicable. Russian Su-34 FULLBACK military aviation easy target for Ukrainian air defense?</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/03/03/downing-a-su-34-is-easy-patriots-struggle-is-against-the-su-35/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Downing a Su-34 is easy, Patriot’s struggle is against the Su-35</span></a>"</span></p><p>From https://bulgarianmilitary.com | By Boyko Nikolov On Mar 3, 2024.</p><p>"Reports have emerged from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense saying that on March 2, their aerial defense systems were operational, targeting two Russian aircraft. These activities involved the use of anti-aircraft missiles. The Ukrainians assert that they successfully neutralized one of the two aircraft, a Su-34, to be precise. However, they were unsuccessful in intercepting the other one, a Su-35, as their Patriot system failed to engage it."</p><p>Ukrainian claims of about a dozen Russian F-35 FULLBACK warplanes shot down in as many days apparently valid!</p><p>My instantaneous and intuitive response was that FULLBACK being placed in inordinate danger and much more susceptible to intercept by American Patriot air defense missiles. Those organic ELINT pods allowing for the FULLBACK crew a real-time location for suppression enemy air defense [SEAD] mission placing the plane in markedly increased danger.</p><p>SEAD as accomplished by Russian anti-radiation missiles of the Kh-58 and Kh-31 variety but not always going according to plan.</p><p>Rather the <u>reaction time and maneuverability</u> of the Su-34 comparatively too slow to engage in successful evasive action when targeted by an incoming Ukrainian fired American Patriot missile! Russian fighter plane Su-35 FLANKER-E much more responsive and agile. Harder to shoot down!</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hey, you did say you wanted to fly airplanes, didn't you!</span></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-27987999034676262932024-03-05T11:21:00.002-06:002024-03-05T11:21:49.685-06:00Ng Eng Hen.<p>This is coolbert:</p><p>American top-of-the-line F-35 warplane active the Ukraine Conflict?</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Target acquisition and <u>operating not within</u> Ukrainian airspace?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/03/03/f-35s-scan-ukraine-to-locate-russian-air-defense-singapore-says/"><span style="color: #04ff00;">F-35s scan Ukraine to locate Russian air defense, Singapore says</span></a>"</span></p><p>From https://bulgarianmilitary.com | By Boyko Nikolov On Mar 3, 2024.</p><p>Singapore’s Minister of Defense, Ng Eng Hen, has announced that American F-35s have been <u>actively engaged in missions</u> over Ukraine. The objective of these missions is to <u>pinpoint the exact locations</u> of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems. 'In recent activities, the United States has mobilized its F-35s to identify the deployment of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems within Ukraine. The gathered intelligence is subsequently disseminated to NATO countries,' shared the chief of Singapore’s military."</p><p>See the prior recent blog entry, <a href="https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/pc-c4.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">F-35 Lightning have undergone field trials</span></a> to determine the capability of the warplane to function as a mini-AWACS!</p><p>"The revelation was made by Ng Eng Hen during a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Procurement." </p><p>Target acquisition ALONE the function of the F-35 at this stage of the Ukraine Conflict? And flights of an ELINT reconnaissance nature <u>ONLY OUTSIDE</u> OF Ukrainian airspace? No incursions threatening that would incur the wrath of the Russian?</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some serious questions can be posed here!</span></p><p>coolbert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.com0