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Continuing yet further with more links from a You Tube video the topic of which is the Korean War:
"Korean War - PART 11, I Landings (August 1950)Incheon"
"The Incheon landings of Operation Chromite effectively turns around the disaster for the UN forces."
* Japanese personnel [in a civilian capacity] participating in the Incheon landings. Those Japanese having an intimate knowledge of the tidal conditions present Incheon. [second most extreme tidal conditions in the world!]
* Naval assets and merchant vessels as devoted to Chromite their world-wide movement to vicinity of Incheon apparently not detected by communist intelligence?
"Korean War - PART 12, Breakout: Sept. 1950-"
"The 8th US Army and the 10th US Corps link up on September 22nd, and are successful in capturing Seoul. North Korean atrocities are discovered upon the recapture of South Korean territory." .
* Seoul changing hands four times during the war. A capital city of a nation [ROK] more or less obliterated by constant and unremitting combat.
"Korean War - PART 13, To the 38th Parallel and beyond-"
"The South Korean army crosses the 38th parallel, and MacArthur soon follows, without much thought to the consequences with China."
* Pursue your enemy, allowing the foe no let or surcease. Do not allow the adversary to reconstitute as an organized fighting units. Sound military doctrine.
"Korean War - PART 14, China enters-"
"Here (at 3:52), the French journalist, Philippe Daudy, addresses the Americans' use of the term, 'gook' in the Korean War. Also in this episode: Secretary of the Army [State] George C. Marshall is concerned that the US public will not understand that ideas of 'winning' and 'losing' are not exactly applicable to a limited war, like Korea."
* Gook that word derogatory in nature a derivation of the Korean words for American person [Mi-guk] and Korean person [Han-guk]
* Indeed, the American public having thought such a conflict as Korea with the ground combat would never occur again. NOR was victory as understood within the context of the Second World War possible.
* Once more [twice in a period of less than six months] MacArthur and Far East Command caught with their pants down, surprised by the Chinese onslaught. Very experienced and competent commander and staff again flummoxed and made to look very bad!
* See the previously highly classified American CIA document item # 1 the numbers of CCF troops as close to the Manchurian/Korean border and their intention as made manifest.
"Korean War- PART 15, The Rout of the UN"
"MacArthur asks the US Air Force to make good on its promise to obliterate the Chinese forces now routing the UN armies out of North Korea. President Truman is afraid of widening the war, and asks that bombing be restricted to Korea to avoid a wider war."
* That number of North Koreans killed by American saturation bombing prodigious. Estimated to be as many as two million?
* MacArthur his his pronouncement that the war might be over by Christmas neither a boast or a declaration. "If all goes according to plan some of the boys might be home for Christmas." If! Some! Might! Devoted readers to the blog make your own determination.
More to follow!
coolbert.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
Korean War III.
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Continuing with links to the You Tube video the topic the Korean War:
"Korean War - PART 6, The First Weeks (June, July 1950"
"In the first few weeks of the North Korean attack of June 1950, the USA changes its defense policy in East Asia to include defending South Korea and Taiwan from attack."
* The American Seventh Fleet interposing in the Formosa [Taiwan] Strait between Red China and Taiwan. [protection of the Nationalist government on Formosa guaranteed with conditions].
* South Korean army units [more of a constabulary force as that term understood] understandably not able to withstand massed formations of advancing T-34 tanks. Retreat and regroup the only option and this done repeatedly. Often retreat in a routed and disorganized manner. This again somewhat understandably so.
* The Soviet delegation as part and parcel of the United Nations Security Council boycotting all proceedings totally absent from UN deliberations to send a UN combat force to Korea in response to the North Korean invasion.
"Korean War - PART 7, The First Weeks (June, July 1950"
"In this episode is a detailed description of the USA's first land battle involving Task Force [TF] Smith, and the ill-preparedness of US soldiers who thought they were in Korea to just make a show of force."
* Task Force Smith [as commanded by Lt. Colonel Smith] an under strength and ill-prepared unit. A task force as designated normally consisting of a full-strength infantry battalion reinforced. Smith having under his command two companies of infantry not even fully manned and a single battery of artillery [six guns].
* Strange that the effectiveness of the Soviet T-34 tank not anticipated. T-34 more or less impervious to American anti-tank weaponry.
* None of the military planners in Washington working under emergency conditions actually thought TF Smith would have to do battle with the North Koreans. TF Smith merely would set up a blocking-position beyond the North Korean would not dare move further south. This of course was not to be!
* The North Korean army a mix of regular conventional ground units and guerrilla combatants. Teams [four-man] in civilian dress infiltrating south with columns of refugees. Each man of the team armed with dagger, pistol, hand grenades concealed on their person. Fight during hours of darkness, taking advantage of a situation to attack American units when possible.
"Korean War - PART 8, Summer of 1950"
"This episode outlines the great expansion of the US defense budget in response to a new US policy outlined in NSC-68; an expansion that made defense expenditures amount to about 20% of US GDP"
* Conscription for military service becoming an aspect of American life for over two decades as a result of Korea.
* American defense spending as a percentage of the federal budget increases markedly.
"Korean War - PART 9, July, August 1950"
"This episode details the fighting around the Naktong River, west of Taegu and the Pusan perimeter."
* Read here of the spontaneous and ad hoc codebreaker unit able to provide extremely vital real-time intelligence to UNC forces as besieged during the fighting in and around the Pusan Perimeter.
"Korean War - PART 10, Pre-Incheon (August 1950"
"UN forces enjoy almost complete air superiority, and the bombing campaign begins. The Naktong River battles continue, with the NKPA pushing UN forces further into a tighter perimeter east of the Naktong and south of Pohang."
* Air superiority continuing until the arrival of Soviet piloted MiG-15. Relentless B-29 saturation bombing of North Korea continuing until early 1951 and the events that became known as "Black Thursday". Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter proven to be superior to the American counter-part at that stage of the war.
* Contingency plans were drawn for a Dunkirk-type reverse amphibious operation if the situation in the Pusan perimeter became too acute.
More to follow!
coolbert.
Continuing with links to the You Tube video the topic the Korean War:
"Korean War - PART 6, The First Weeks (June, July 1950"
"In the first few weeks of the North Korean attack of June 1950, the USA changes its defense policy in East Asia to include defending South Korea and Taiwan from attack."
* The American Seventh Fleet interposing in the Formosa [Taiwan] Strait between Red China and Taiwan. [protection of the Nationalist government on Formosa guaranteed with conditions].
* South Korean army units [more of a constabulary force as that term understood] understandably not able to withstand massed formations of advancing T-34 tanks. Retreat and regroup the only option and this done repeatedly. Often retreat in a routed and disorganized manner. This again somewhat understandably so.
* The Soviet delegation as part and parcel of the United Nations Security Council boycotting all proceedings totally absent from UN deliberations to send a UN combat force to Korea in response to the North Korean invasion.
"Korean War - PART 7, The First Weeks (June, July 1950"
"In this episode is a detailed description of the USA's first land battle involving Task Force [TF] Smith, and the ill-preparedness of US soldiers who thought they were in Korea to just make a show of force."
* Task Force Smith [as commanded by Lt. Colonel Smith] an under strength and ill-prepared unit. A task force as designated normally consisting of a full-strength infantry battalion reinforced. Smith having under his command two companies of infantry not even fully manned and a single battery of artillery [six guns].
* Strange that the effectiveness of the Soviet T-34 tank not anticipated. T-34 more or less impervious to American anti-tank weaponry.
* None of the military planners in Washington working under emergency conditions actually thought TF Smith would have to do battle with the North Koreans. TF Smith merely would set up a blocking-position beyond the North Korean would not dare move further south. This of course was not to be!
* The North Korean army a mix of regular conventional ground units and guerrilla combatants. Teams [four-man] in civilian dress infiltrating south with columns of refugees. Each man of the team armed with dagger, pistol, hand grenades concealed on their person. Fight during hours of darkness, taking advantage of a situation to attack American units when possible.
"Korean War - PART 8, Summer of 1950"
"This episode outlines the great expansion of the US defense budget in response to a new US policy outlined in NSC-68; an expansion that made defense expenditures amount to about 20% of US GDP"
* Conscription for military service becoming an aspect of American life for over two decades as a result of Korea.
* American defense spending as a percentage of the federal budget increases markedly.
"Korean War - PART 9, July, August 1950"
"This episode details the fighting around the Naktong River, west of Taegu and the Pusan perimeter."
* Read here of the spontaneous and ad hoc codebreaker unit able to provide extremely vital real-time intelligence to UNC forces as besieged during the fighting in and around the Pusan Perimeter.
"Korean War - PART 10, Pre-Incheon (August 1950"
"UN forces enjoy almost complete air superiority, and the bombing campaign begins. The Naktong River battles continue, with the NKPA pushing UN forces further into a tighter perimeter east of the Naktong and south of Pohang."
* Air superiority continuing until the arrival of Soviet piloted MiG-15. Relentless B-29 saturation bombing of North Korea continuing until early 1951 and the events that became known as "Black Thursday". Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter proven to be superior to the American counter-part at that stage of the war.
* Contingency plans were drawn for a Dunkirk-type reverse amphibious operation if the situation in the Pusan perimeter became too acute.
More to follow!
coolbert.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Korean War II.
This is coolbert:
Beginning here with links to the You Tube video the topic of which is the Korean War:
"Korean War - PART 1, Prelude to war (1945)"
"An explanation of the first year(s) of the Occupation of Korea (1945-1949), and some of the key Koreans and Foreign authorities involved."
* Korea since 1905 until American and Soviet liberation as controlled and ruled by Japan.
* North Korea [DPRK] relatively strong and prosperous as opposed to to South Korea [ROK] in those immediate years in the aftermath of the Second World War. The North having industrial development [courtesy of the Japanese] of a fairly substantial sort.
* North Korea their military very well organized and equipped. Possessing heavy weapons such as tanks [T-34] and artillery.
* South Korea [ROK] relatively poor and almost exclusively agrarian when compared to North Korea [DPRK]. Very little if any industrial capacity.
* South Korea their military more along the lines of a constabulary force [conventionally armed police] rather than an army. NOT possessing heavy weapons as understood, tanks, artillery, etc. Personnel quite often hold-overs from the period of Japanese rule, a constabulary cadre of which having a reputation for knocking and breaking open heads on command.
To be more precise for the edification of the reader a constabulary:
"A military or paramilitary type force [constabulary] consisting of soldiers trained for police duties . . .
"Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947)"
"A further explanation of the Korean factional powers that took over the Russian"'s and USA's respective occupation zones of Korea during the 1945-1947 period."
* Kim Il Sung his curriculum vitae [CV] not well understood. According to some Kim was [?] a Soviet citizen of ethnic Korean background, a captain in the Red Army and had fought at Stalingrad. A puppet figurehead as installed by Stalin. Loyal, obedient, reliable in all measures to create a Stalinist totalitarian regime.
* Syngman Rhee American educated and a Christian [with Austrian-born wife] but with an autocratic style and apparent messianic complex whose policies often were at odds with an American sense of fair play, free elections, etc. RHEE A LOOSE CANNON!
* North Korean a dictatorial system using draconian methods of population control no opposition present or allowed. South Korea the populace more politically fractured, a situation contentious and discordant. South Korean political situation CHAOTIC.
"Korean War - PART 3, Yeosu - Sunchon Rebellion (1948-1949"
"An explanation of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, Jeju Island Uprising, withdrawal of the occupation forces, and the willingness of both the northern AND southern regimes to begin a war to unify Korea."
* "Ferment existed in the South, pro and con Rhee. Revolutionary violence and reprisal surprisingly [?] more common than generally thought.
"Korean War - PART 4, Beginning of 'The War' (1949-1950"
"This episode deals with the January 12, 1950 Press Club speech by US Secretary of State Dean Acheson which left Korea out of the United States' 'defense perimeter'. Also is an explanation of the North Korean preparations for war."
* The Dean Acheson speech controversial. Often it is suggested that Korea not being included in the from that American "defense perimeter" as stated sending a go-ahead signal [even if unintentional] to the North Korean.
* To have a complete and 100 % full understanding as to the origins of the Korean War see the You Tube video: "Messengers from Moscow - Part 2 of 4 (BBC 1995)". Seventeen minutes into the video as shown and elaborated upon documents from Soviet archives without question [?] verifying the go-ahead signal from Stalin, North Korea and Kim merely executing prepared plans for the invasion south. Stalin having his well-thought-out reasons for war, to gain long-term advantage over Communist China, Soviet unquestioned dominance in the Far East the goal.
* Tensions obvious to all. Incursions by both sides more common [?] than realized.
"Korean War - PART 5, Beginning of the Attack (June 1950)"
"The Korean Civil War enters into a major phase: The South Korean military attempts to deal with the initial attack from the North in June 1950. The North Koreans blame the South Korean army on the Ongjin Peninsula of attacking first."
* North Korean [DPRK units at that exact moment probably the BEST light infantry in the world. Troops having combat experience in World War Two [WW2] and the Chinese Civil War. Soldiers experience, hardened, resolute.
* Surprisingly so [?] the U.S. government does not seem to had an apparatus in place to deal with crisis. Ad hoc response only possible and then subjected to continuous dynamic change for which only very imprecise information was available.
* Also surprisingly so [?] MacArthur and his Far East Command caught flat-footed and flummoxed by the North Korean attack! MacArthur and his staff veterans of the Second World War and highly experienced. but caught off-guard, bewildered and baffled by events as transpired.
More to follow!
coolbert.
Beginning here with links to the You Tube video the topic of which is the Korean War:
"Korean War - PART 1, Prelude to war (1945)"
"An explanation of the first year(s) of the Occupation of Korea (1945-1949), and some of the key Koreans and Foreign authorities involved."
* Korea since 1905 until American and Soviet liberation as controlled and ruled by Japan.
* North Korea [DPRK] relatively strong and prosperous as opposed to to South Korea [ROK] in those immediate years in the aftermath of the Second World War. The North having industrial development [courtesy of the Japanese] of a fairly substantial sort.
* North Korea their military very well organized and equipped. Possessing heavy weapons such as tanks [T-34] and artillery.
* South Korea [ROK] relatively poor and almost exclusively agrarian when compared to North Korea [DPRK]. Very little if any industrial capacity.
* South Korea their military more along the lines of a constabulary force [conventionally armed police] rather than an army. NOT possessing heavy weapons as understood, tanks, artillery, etc. Personnel quite often hold-overs from the period of Japanese rule, a constabulary cadre of which having a reputation for knocking and breaking open heads on command.
To be more precise for the edification of the reader a constabulary:
"A military or paramilitary type force [constabulary] consisting of soldiers trained for police duties . . .
"Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947)"
"A further explanation of the Korean factional powers that took over the Russian"'s and USA's respective occupation zones of Korea during the 1945-1947 period."
* Kim Il Sung his curriculum vitae [CV] not well understood. According to some Kim was [?] a Soviet citizen of ethnic Korean background, a captain in the Red Army and had fought at Stalingrad. A puppet figurehead as installed by Stalin. Loyal, obedient, reliable in all measures to create a Stalinist totalitarian regime.
* Syngman Rhee American educated and a Christian [with Austrian-born wife] but with an autocratic style and apparent messianic complex whose policies often were at odds with an American sense of fair play, free elections, etc. RHEE A LOOSE CANNON!
* North Korean a dictatorial system using draconian methods of population control no opposition present or allowed. South Korea the populace more politically fractured, a situation contentious and discordant. South Korean political situation CHAOTIC.
"Korean War - PART 3, Yeosu - Sunchon Rebellion (1948-1949"
"An explanation of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, Jeju Island Uprising, withdrawal of the occupation forces, and the willingness of both the northern AND southern regimes to begin a war to unify Korea."
* "Ferment existed in the South, pro and con Rhee. Revolutionary violence and reprisal surprisingly [?] more common than generally thought.
"Korean War - PART 4, Beginning of 'The War' (1949-1950"
"This episode deals with the January 12, 1950 Press Club speech by US Secretary of State Dean Acheson which left Korea out of the United States' 'defense perimeter'. Also is an explanation of the North Korean preparations for war."
* The Dean Acheson speech controversial. Often it is suggested that Korea not being included in the from that American "defense perimeter" as stated sending a go-ahead signal [even if unintentional] to the North Korean.
* To have a complete and 100 % full understanding as to the origins of the Korean War see the You Tube video: "Messengers from Moscow - Part 2 of 4 (BBC 1995)". Seventeen minutes into the video as shown and elaborated upon documents from Soviet archives without question [?] verifying the go-ahead signal from Stalin, North Korea and Kim merely executing prepared plans for the invasion south. Stalin having his well-thought-out reasons for war, to gain long-term advantage over Communist China, Soviet unquestioned dominance in the Far East the goal.
* Tensions obvious to all. Incursions by both sides more common [?] than realized.
"Korean War - PART 5, Beginning of the Attack (June 1950)"
"The Korean Civil War enters into a major phase: The South Korean military attempts to deal with the initial attack from the North in June 1950. The North Koreans blame the South Korean army on the Ongjin Peninsula of attacking first."
* North Korean [DPRK units at that exact moment probably the BEST light infantry in the world. Troops having combat experience in World War Two [WW2] and the Chinese Civil War. Soldiers experience, hardened, resolute.
* Surprisingly so [?] the U.S. government does not seem to had an apparatus in place to deal with crisis. Ad hoc response only possible and then subjected to continuous dynamic change for which only very imprecise information was available.
* Also surprisingly so [?] MacArthur and his Far East Command caught flat-footed and flummoxed by the North Korean attack! MacArthur and his staff veterans of the Second World War and highly experienced. but caught off-guard, bewildered and baffled by events as transpired.
More to follow!
coolbert.
Korean War I.
This is coolbert:
Here begins a series of blog entries, links to a You Tube video the subject of which is the Korean War.
I MUST WARN THE DEVOTED READER TO THE BLOG THE QUALITY OF THESE VIDEO POOR BUT STILL VIEW-ABLE!
As originally produced almost thirty years ago but so much more significant as it pertains to the present day Korean Nuclear Crisis.
My comments as usual starred! *
You cannot know where you are and where you might be going unless you know where you have been?
"Korea: The Unknown War (1988– )"
By —Mark Lovmo. And all thanks to Mark.
"A documentary about the Korean War by Thames Television that aired in the Summer of 1988 and in the US in August 1990 through WGBH Boston. Including interviews with participants from both the United Nations (USA, UK), South Korea and North Korea,he war."
PORTIONS OF THE VIDEO REGARDING AMERICAN SATURATION BOMBING OF NORTH KOREA AND ALSO AMERICAN USE OF NAPALM DURING THE CONFLICT EDITED FOR BROADCAST ON AMERICAN TV.
coolbert.
Here begins a series of blog entries, links to a You Tube video the subject of which is the Korean War.
I MUST WARN THE DEVOTED READER TO THE BLOG THE QUALITY OF THESE VIDEO POOR BUT STILL VIEW-ABLE!
As originally produced almost thirty years ago but so much more significant as it pertains to the present day Korean Nuclear Crisis.
My comments as usual starred! *
You cannot know where you are and where you might be going unless you know where you have been?
"Korea: The Unknown War (1988– )"
By —Mark Lovmo. And all thanks to Mark.
"A documentary about the Korean War by Thames Television that aired in the Summer of 1988 and in the US in August 1990 through WGBH Boston. Including interviews with participants from both the United Nations (USA, UK), South Korea and North Korea,he war."
PORTIONS OF THE VIDEO REGARDING AMERICAN SATURATION BOMBING OF NORTH KOREA AND ALSO AMERICAN USE OF NAPALM DURING THE CONFLICT EDITED FOR BROADCAST ON AMERICAN TV.
coolbert.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Sarmat II.
This is coolbert:
"First Sarmat ICBM flight tests to begin in early 2019 — source"
Sarmat. Son of Satan. Satan-2. But has yet to be born? Hey! I thought this was a done deal!
From the Russian media outlet TASS and thanks to the tip from Jeff.
"Sarmat is a promising silo-based missile complex with the heavy liquid-propellant ICBM capable of carrying nuclear charges"
"MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The first flight tests of the promising Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are expected to be conducted in the beginning of next year, a source in the Russian defense industry sector told TASS on Tuesday."
Yet one more Russian super-weapon as touted. One of these liquid-fueled ICBM with a multiplicity of nuclear warheads of prodigious size as carried and as boasted could wipe out all of Texas!
SO HAS THE THREAT BEEN SPECIFIED!
But the missile has yet to even be tested once!
As in the Cold War. "We Soviets/Russians have these enormous and unstoppable super-weapons for which there is no defense and for which you American capitalist running dogs have no equivalent counterpart and never will!" Etc.
But the missile has even yet to fly?
Devoted readers to the blog draw your own conclusions!! Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
coolbert.
"First Sarmat ICBM flight tests to begin in early 2019 — source"
Sarmat. Son of Satan. Satan-2. But has yet to be born? Hey! I thought this was a done deal!
From the Russian media outlet TASS and thanks to the tip from Jeff.
"Sarmat is a promising silo-based missile complex with the heavy liquid-propellant ICBM capable of carrying nuclear charges"
"MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The first flight tests of the promising Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are expected to be conducted in the beginning of next year, a source in the Russian defense industry sector told TASS on Tuesday."
Yet one more Russian super-weapon as touted. One of these liquid-fueled ICBM with a multiplicity of nuclear warheads of prodigious size as carried and as boasted could wipe out all of Texas!
SO HAS THE THREAT BEEN SPECIFIED!
But the missile has yet to even be tested once!
As in the Cold War. "We Soviets/Russians have these enormous and unstoppable super-weapons for which there is no defense and for which you American capitalist running dogs have no equivalent counterpart and never will!" Etc.
But the missile has even yet to fly?
Devoted readers to the blog draw your own conclusions!! Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
coolbert.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Sumatra.
The Burma Railway I had heard of. The Sumatra Railway I had not heard of. Both often referred to as the Railway of Death. As it was in Burma so was it too in Sumatra.
From that era of the Second World War. Allied prisoner of war [POW] and Asian impressed labor [Javanese] forced to build a railway to expedite cross-island [Sumatra] Japanese military movement.
That loss of life during construction of the railway horrific in the extreme. Allied POW and impressed labor basically succumbing to harsh working conditions, cruel and barbaric treatment, disease, malnutrition, etc. What else you might ask!
Thanks to the tip from the BBC History magazine and the original article by Dr Lizzie Oliver.
"The Sumatra Railway, also referred to as the Pekanbaru Death Railway, was a railway project of the Imperial Japanese army in Sumatra during the Second World War. It was designed to connect Pekanbaru to Muaro in an effort to strengthen the military and logistical infrastructure for coal and troop shipments . . . They used forced labour and prisoners of war. 6,500 Dutch, mostly Indo-Europeans, 1000 British prisoners of war along with 300 POWs from America, Australia and New Zealand. This number of POWs was dwarfed however by the over 120,000 Indonesian, mostly Javanese, forced workers called Romusha which were put to work by the Japanese army. By the time the work was completed in August 1945 almost a third of the European POWs had died and only around 16,000 of the 120,000 Indonesian Romusha had survived."
"The railway was completed on VJ Day, 15 August 1945. It was only USED ONCE and then quickly became overgrown by the jungle."
SURVIVORS ALLIED POW AND JAVANESE IMPRESSED LABOR BOTH FORTUNATE THE WAR ENDED ABRUPTLY AND IN THE MANNER AS WHICH IT DID. LAST-LEGGERS [A person who is . . . very tired or near to death] THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY TO BE MEASURED IN WEEKS IF NOT DAYS! ASSISTANCE AND REMEDIAL CARE ARRIVING FORTUNATELY AND ABLE TO AVERT FURTHER CATASTROPHE!
Being a captive of the Japanese during WW2 not a pleasant experience fully understood and for which no further elaboration required!!
coolbert.
Monday, October 1, 2018
Arrow.
This is coolbert:
More scare tactics from the Russian? Yet one more hypersonic missile designed to put the fear of GOD into the Americans and NATO? Arrow [NATO codename]! R-37M.
From Freeper and Deagel:
"Putin's latest weapon: Hypersonic air-to-air missile fired from Russian stealth jets"
"...Russia is set to add a hypersonic missile to its arsenal which can hit targets almost 200 miles away, Moscow's official media outlet has reported. The R-37M missile, which is designed to target enemy aircraft and can travel at Mach 6 - more than 4,500mph - is an upgrade on a Soviet-era weapon first launched in 1985"
Arrow not a new weapon. R-37 has been around for at least thirty years. A long-range air to air missile originally as conceived to be employed strictly [?] by Soviet Air Defense [PVO Strany].
Missile in the configuration R-37M hypersonic and an improved version of the original missile but NOT a whole lot more than that? Formidable YES but not a brand-new system. Hypersonic YES but that is all the rage isn't it? Advertise everything as hypersonic for the purpose of hype. A play on words not unintended!
Nothing to worry about or see folks, move along?
coolbert.
More scare tactics from the Russian? Yet one more hypersonic missile designed to put the fear of GOD into the Americans and NATO? Arrow [NATO codename]! R-37M.
From Freeper and Deagel:
"Putin's latest weapon: Hypersonic air-to-air missile fired from Russian stealth jets"
"...Russia is set to add a hypersonic missile to its arsenal which can hit targets almost 200 miles away, Moscow's official media outlet has reported. The R-37M missile, which is designed to target enemy aircraft and can travel at Mach 6 - more than 4,500mph - is an upgrade on a Soviet-era weapon first launched in 1985"
Arrow not a new weapon. R-37 has been around for at least thirty years. A long-range air to air missile originally as conceived to be employed strictly [?] by Soviet Air Defense [PVO Strany].
Missile in the configuration R-37M hypersonic and an improved version of the original missile but NOT a whole lot more than that? Formidable YES but not a brand-new system. Hypersonic YES but that is all the rage isn't it? Advertise everything as hypersonic for the purpose of hype. A play on words not unintended!
Nothing to worry about or see folks, move along?
coolbert.
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