Clark Griswold

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Didn’t know about that in the 70s, is that a specific event, would want to know more about it. I think that India can serve two purposes in our upcoming sequel to Cold War 1, a type of foil to China and a link to a wounded and pissed off insular Russia after the Ukraine War stops MCO, my belief is it will likely be a frozen conflict with a very tense situation for the next few decades. India can help the West with Russia and we can help them vis a vis China Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So I watched a Zeihan video today on India in a post American led world… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41AEoEkgDm0 and I concur with Zeihan that India is not exactly a friend, not an enemy, my description would be a shrewd business associate occasionally. I listened to 2034 WW3 novel by Ackerman and Stavridis about a year ago and India plays a role there again not exactly friend or foe, just a techno war novel but seems like the policy makers and works see this also, India is not the next great ally we hoped for to balance against China. If this is so, is engagement (arms sales, exercises, security agreements, etc) long term a bad idea. Should we keep them at arm’s length?

Are any of these Russian AF losses (the recent Su-30, 35) attributed to any publicly acknowledged system? Related question, have the Ukrainians gained a BVR capability? IIRC they were mentioned in a YouTube video on the state of the air war in Ukraine as not having one and hence at a big disadvantage vs the Russians, I think it was Bronk on Carroll’s channel. Not trolling from a cubicle in Moscow but if anyone can say inquiring minds would like to know Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Texas law was a good addition to the laws on the books but until you arrest, charge with the employers and other enablers of illegal immigration and employment, asylum abusers and fraudulent claims, birth tourism, etc with RICO none of this matters Count in also H1B visas abused / used by corporations to import compliant cheaper labor often beyond their visa limits As soon as rich mostly white businessmen and their lawyers get arrested, not released on bond and their assets seized this will not get fixed no matter how many you arrest at the border or round up in work place enforcements Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Debrief valid Still they are trying to bury it methinks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not a peep on HuffPost or CNN about the Deliverance inspired CODEL staffer video I should not be surprised as I read the Politico article on the VA Dem candidate caught doing webcam sex shows for money and they gaslit the reader by saying it was a leak of a sex tape, 100% not true as she broadcast it to the web to any paying customer The MSM is utterly bankrupt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Red counties vs blue counties The divide is cultural, economic and regional My two cents our future is still together but as mostly autonomous regions with internal but passable borders, sovereign states should be able to exclude ordinary citizens and legal residents for legitimate reasons, not the movement / presence of government officials for legal reasons. Persons not lawfully present in the USA should be and I think can be legally excluded / removed from a theoretically sovereign state. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Democratic coalition could make this divide go away on Ukraine funding tomorrow if they proposed paying for it via war bonds or tax increases paid by the investor / corporate class (top 0.1%) with passive income tax reforms AND immigration enforcement / border security / reasonable asylum law interpretation Do those two things explicitly to get Ukrainian funding and we can move to the next political argument Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don’t have personal experience with exactly what you are facing but historically if you are a Major with 15 years of service when the board meets you will get continued I don’t believe in spreading false hope but if you are rated, have 3 years of honorable service from your NJP incident and it is not of an extreme nature I think you will be continued I got passed over on AD and that pushed me to the ANG, it worked out for me and I retired as an O-5 and I think I had a greater career from joining the ANG. Not telling you what to do but relaying what happened to me. Best of luck to you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Probably so as the Coasties have their depot and training for the 27 at Elizabeth City, NC L3 was the US company partnering with Allenia at that time which has since become Leonardo and I don’t think L-3 Textron is in the Spartan business anymore Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anybody roll their TSP to their 401k and any tips/gotchas? Seems straightforward but before I pull the handle any advice is appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

3 test pilots, maybe 3k in gas and stripped down Spartan can put on a good show (sts) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Excerises with Guyana https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-s-conducts-joint-military-exercise-with-guyana-as-tensions-with-venezuela-rise Porcupine strategy: mines, a shit ton of small arms, drones, manpads, rpgs and a MEF nearby can probably keep the status quo. Can we supply three allies, potentially a fourth in a hot war simultaneously?

Well that sucks but not the first issues with the mighty Spartan. Ailerons were all custom and they were swapped around between tails, caused grinding, stand down at my Guard wing for removal, repair, rebalancing and matching them back to their original tail IIRC. Good plane though horrible acquisition program when it was the JCA Never flew its main competitor the C-295 but that was probably the right choice for the stated requirement at the time. Might have lasted in the ANG as a light utility airlifter longer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think you meant HELL NO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same, things are coming out of left field these days I don’t know, the US is busy but has forces that could respond to aggression if it happened and we decided that directly involving ourselves was in our interest IDK if any SA country would respond to aid in repelling a Venezuelan invasion and I think the administration would be reticent given the upcoming election for POTUS If the Venezuelans did attack and we did respond to aid Guyana, I could see an air campaign to destroy major conventional capabilities to give them a more even playing field

On the subject of Venezuelan hijinks & shenanigans: https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-hold-referendum-over-essequibo-011431027.html Guyana has little military capability compared to Venezuela whose capabilities I’m sure are somewhat questionable but methinks if they did go kinetic they’d win initially at least, jungle insurgency to follow

Fair enough, it was the question to get a discussion going after seeing Russian helicopters have some losses and what could be gleaned from that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah but you can say that about every platform in a contested environment. Here's another attempt to post the link without trying to spam BO . net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkI51xEDio The critique is now I think due to the proliferation of really good small GBAD systems (not just MANPADs) but the adaptation of new / novel technologies like FPV drone attacks on lower, slower moving platforms This attack was unsuccessful but you can see where this is gonna go https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/06/a-ukrainian-racing-drone-nearly-kamikazed-a-russian-attack-helicopter/?sh=4893c4591af9

Carroll’s video is not about attack helicopters but a discussion on the current state of the Ukrainian air war Task and Purpose video is Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Apologies for the crappy links but go to the YouTube and it’s Ward Carrol’s latest interview with Justin Bronk and the second video was from Task and Purpose asking provocatively if the Attack Helicopter dead based on Russia losing 80+ so far, kinda click bait as it started to turn into an Apache propaganda video towards the end (no shade thrown at the venerable Apache with that) but still recommend for the points made pro / con Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Same... Yep, my guess is that more than the currently planned number of VORs will be left on if the do-it-yourself EM jamming becomes more common...

Not 105mm news exactly but the new model is getting some playing time https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ac-130-ghostrider-gunship-strikes-iranian-backed-militia-in-iraq Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk