Oleg.

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A very grim task, indeed, counting the deaths of Komi people as killed the Ukraine Conflict.

"Counting of killed Komi warriors reaches 400"

"It is unknown how many soldiers from the north Russian region that actually have lost their lives in the war, but a local count now reaches four hundred."

From https://thebarentsobserver.com  |  By Atle Staalesen January 17, 2024.

"It is the Pesets Telegram channel that has counted the number of men from the Komi Republic that are confirmed killed in Ukraine."

"On the 16th of January, the number reached 400."

"It was Oleg Cheredov from the regional capital city of Syktyvkar that became the 400th man on the death list."

Komi people this is not your fight. You are acting in solidarity with the people of the Russian Federation but this is not your battle!

See previous blog entries the participation of the Komi people in the Ukraine Conflict:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/12/sergei.html

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

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/komi-ii.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/komi-i.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/09/contribution.html

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Proverbs.

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It is with much anxiety that I make this blog entry. It might create needless hackles in some quarters. Nonetheless, here is the post.

"hackle: noun - 3. hackles plural b. TEMPER, DANDER"

Israeli citizens cheering, applauding and laughing as bombs drop on Gaza, retaliation for the murderous Hamas attack of 7 October 2023.

Proverbs 24:17-18: The Message (MSG)

"Don’t laugh when your enemy falls; don’t gloat over his collapse. GOD might see, and become very provoked, and then take pity on his [your enemy] plight."

This video courtesy of a website with an unspeakable name, which shall go unmentioned to infinity:

That proverb from the Old Testament of the Hebrew people as valid today as it was 3,300 years ago, the death of the Egyptian army of Pharaoh during the Red Sea Crossing not something to be cheered, applauded and laughed about. Scripture validates!

During the Exodus from Egypt in ancient times and as it is now with the Gaza War, the aerial bombardment of an overwhelming nature.

I fully understand the reaction of the Israeli public with regard to the extreme events having occurred on 7 October 2023 creating a lot of hate and anger.

Devoted readers to the blog you are going to have to decide all this for yourself!

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CAESAR.

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The various European powers have now come to their senses, are now ramping-up production of war-making stuff. The hand writing is on the wall and now something of a drastic nature must be done.

"France Ramps Up Weapons Production for Ukraine, Cut Time to Make New Artillery From 30 to 15 Months"

From https://www.breitbart.com  | BREITBART LONDON | 18 Jan 2024.

"PARIS (AP) – French manufacturers have reduced the manufacturing times for some of the weapons systems they supply to Ukraine by half or more, as France increasingly switches away from its previous policy of dipping into its own military stocks to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion, France’s defense minister said in an interview published Thursday."

Specifically, with regard to the French CAESAR self-propelled howitzer:

"In peacetime the production rate at Nexter was understood to be 10 CAESARs per year. The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine boosted demand. By early 2023 Nexter's factory in Bourges was producing between two and four units per month in continuous operation. The next milestone expected is to produce eight CAESARs a month by December 2023."

See prior blog entries the CAESAR self-propelled howitzer: 

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

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

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Typhoon UK.

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British warplanes the Yemeni mission flying a protracted and dangerous mission.

"Middle East crisis: UK fighter pilots flew 3,200-mile [nearly 5,000 kilometers] round trip to strike Houthis"

See the You Tube video:

"Sky News military analyst Prof Michael Clarke looks at the military operation behind the UK-US air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen."

"He said fighter jets and support aircraft would have flown a 3,200-mile round trip from British bases in Cyprus, spending at least eight hours in the air."

See the combat range of a British Typhoon warplane in the ground attack mode:

"Combat range -  601 km (325 nmi; 373 mi) ground attack, lo-lo-lo (with 3 × external 1,000 l tanks)"

British Typhoon warplanes the Yemeni mission each carrying four 500 pound bombs of the Pave-way IV version.

Presumably the Typhoon warplanes additionally having a supporting retinue of other military aircraft all the way to the target and back. Accompanied at a minimum by a Voyager air-air refueling tanker.

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Halfway.

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A milestone indeed has been reached.  # 1,000th F-35 fighter plane is now come off the assembly line.

The USAF's goal was to purchase about 2,500 F 35 for the inventory. Whether that figure will be actually realized or not I cannot say but is probably a budget issue more than anything else.

That number of 1,000 F-35 includes those that were sold to foreign countries. 1.000 planes have not been delivered to the USAF.

"Lockheed Martin Has Built The 1000th F-35."

From https://theaviationist.com  |   STEFANO D'URSO  |  January 17, 2024.

"The 1000th F-35 Lighting II jet will be delivered once it receives the necessary TR-3 hardware and final TR-3 software."

"Lockheed Martin confirmed it has built the 1000th F-35, an important milestone for the multinational program which is about to hit another milestone soon: the full rate production decision in early 2024. The company said in a statement emailed to us that the aircraft has not yet been delivered and further details about the airframe, customer and photos will be released upon delivery."

And the final cost of a brand spanking new F-35 coming of assembly line is what exactly? Cost per-plane originally touted at about 30 to $40 million USD. At this exact moment in time the actual amount probably much more than that.

The die has been cast, the game is afoot. It is F-35 or nothing there not being any alternative. F-35 will rule the skies at least until the year until the year 2050? I sure hope so.

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USAF Yemen.

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Cruise missile the Red Sea direct attack American naval vessel!

Cruise missiles shot out of the sky by United States Air Force combat warplanes?

"Air Force [USAF] says it stopped anti-ship cruise missile fired at US Navy ship but Houthi rebels claim it was a 'direct hit'"

FROM https://warisboring.com |  FEATURED WIB |  January 16, 2024 | Staff Writer.

"Washington — The US military said another missile fired by the Houthi rebels based in Yemen was intercepted in the south of the Red Sea."

"The rebels had fired the anti-ship cruise missile towards a US Navy destroyer around 4:45 pm (1345 GMT) on Sunday, the US military’s regional command announced in the early hours of Monday on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter."

"The missile was intercepted by the US Air Force near the Yemeni coastal city of al Hudaida. There were no reports of casualties or damage."

Hey! I thought that the Red Sea mission intercepts of Hootie Tootie drones was strictly a US Navy mission and not involving the Air Force. But this has now been seen to be not true? Air Force fighter plane shooting down the cruise missile were based from where exactly? 

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Plowed.

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"plow: verb - 5. to spend or invest (money) in substantial amounts —used with into"

French naval vessel under attack direct drone attack the Red Sea.

Hootie Tootie the Red Sea still has the power and advantage. Drone attack benefit-cost-ratio still very much in the favor of Hootie Tootie and perhaps always will be.

$1 million missile required to shoot down either a $2,000 are $20,000 drone.

"French Navy Plows Through Million Dollar Missiles To Defeat Cheap Houthi Drones"

From https://www.rfi.fr  | via https://www.zerohedge.com | BY TYLER DURDEN  |   JAN 15, 2024.

"French warship in Red Sea targeted by drones launched from Yemen"

"France says that one of its warships in the Red Sea was targeted by two drones coming from Yemen. Both were intercepted and shot down." 

"A key reason that Yemen's Houthis are unlikely to halt their attacks on Red Sea shipping as well as Western warships parked there is because immense pressure on the global transit waterway can be kept up, while it costs little to persist with such launches."

This French war ship not under the command of TF-153. French naval assets the Red Sea operate only under a NATO/European command.

This French warship is a FREMM class frigate with 16 vertical launch system cells.

FREMM fires the ASTER surface to air missile.

ASTER answer consisting of four variants. Local and wide area defense and ballistic missile defense short and medium range. Warships of the FREMM class generally carry a mix of ASTER surface to air missiles task tailored?

To keep a viable combat effectiveness all nations with military vessels active in the Red Sea mission intercepting Hootie Tootie drones need to have at least four vessels dedicated to the mission at any given moment. 

One vessel at home port reloading the various vertical launch system cells. A second along the way to patrol station. A third returning from patrol station to home port and the fourth on-station preparing to engage enemy.

Please recall that these missiles fired from these vertical launch cells of warships can only be reloaded at a home port.

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