Clark Griswold

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What at @Lawman man said The other thing I see is how many of these monster in ground effect platforms could you have? I see a reborn R3Y platform as being more affordable to procure and deploy in numbers, able to do more missions and service more island FARPs during a high intensity conflict more often than a huge in ground effect platform(s). Historical photo, seaplane and submarine refueling: Posted this to stir the pot on what the CONOP would be for short, medium and long range operations for a seaplane. The Air Force develops the aircraft, Navy the resupply submarine or semi submersible base ships and the USMC develops the mobile ramps, docks and bridging equipment that can support amphibious operations.

Just some more posts on the G111T - this (seaplane revival) is a path to establishing more defense links with the Aussies

An oldie but goodie and this will never happen ever but... take the Convair R3Y Tradewind as a basis / inspiration and build a new platform using the Europrop TP400 Give it a little fatter longer hull, integrate landing gear into the new hull like the US-2 and keep the cargo door / ramp on the bow... I know this is day-dream territory but if you want a dramatic statement and gain in capability, a program to create a rapid, fast, capable platform would signal and deter an aggressor in a large, maritime theater. We have advanced engineering, manufacturing capability and supposedly a focus on this type theater, how long would it really take to fast track and develop this? Assuming the resources were to be made available...

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No doubt as to your points on the strength of / probable necessity of having a ramp and door system vs standard or roll-up only doors. So that's the 6.9 billion dollar question(s) - Do you need a fixed wing amphibious platform and does it have to have a ramp and door system for roll on / off & air drop? Probably not something to be discussed here but given the way the USMC and USAF are planning on major distributed ops, yes to both. Observing the Ukranian-Russian war, munitions expend rates will drive high resupply needs in most modern conflicts between capable opponents. A smallish fleet of US-2s and amphibious Twin Otters while developing a US designed / produced platform in a hurry? DARPA's interested in this and they want it supersized vs something 130 sized DARPA wants a heavy cargo plane that can land at sea (defensenews.com)

Yup, one of their guys write for WOR and ii pulled it from the his article https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/a-japanese-seaplane-could-be-the-difference-maker-for-the-u-s-military/ I think if we’re serious about having this capability then sooner is better than later hence the advocacy for existing designs The biggest thing about the US-2 or what would be the big platform would be whether or not it needs a ramp to offload X pallets, containerized X system or a vehicle(s) and would it need to be able to do this beached or afloat? Define the requirements Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Concur, I love the lines but if this is to actually happen another design is probably / have to be it. My druthers, the amphibious requirement is two parts, a short range containerized delivery capable platform and a long range people and unpalletized cargo platform. I caveat those to advocate for two already flying designs with some reasonable mods: Amphibious variant of the War Tractor with a new cargo pod capability: Pod attached between the pontoons capable of air drop or combat offload US-2 in ANG colors

New PBYs https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/aviation-company-relaunching-pby-5-as-modern-military-aircraft Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not saying anything negative against the B-52s and I would agree with your take that the BUFF would or will not be a top pick from the crew tracked. I don't think it's a conspiracy against herbies but an open policy decision, these guys get a flight hours and these guys get an Atari level simulator. No conspiracy but an explicit policy choice. Not a butt hurt herbivore here but one who thinks not standing up for our communities and those who are going to follow us is a not a good idea nor the right thing. I'll agree to disagree.

Nothing, this is just the psychology of high school cliques at work here and if it's not a fighter but has some cool factor to it let's let only our tribe have it. #not-a-bit-cynical

Super! You’ll (B-52 bound studs) have lots to talk about Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are the UFOs real or a really good disinformation tool brought out strategically to distract? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But if he sings the popular song even if he knows (I suspect) that it’s wrong then what does that say about him? That he’s morally flexible or he’s a nihilist who is just trying for the next ring of the ladder? At what point does a person who becomes a GO say this is enough and for that next star saying some bullshit is not worth it and I’ll just tell them no? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure what the per student cost would be for a T-1 sim only syllabus would be but probably 6.9 times more than just running them thru a multi engine course at a Flight School and then sending to go thru a type course on a transport category aircraft Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Conservative Group Urges Senators to Vote ‘No’ on Gen. CQ Brown for Joint Chiefs Chairman https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/25/conservative-group-urges-senators-to-vote-no-on-gen-cq-brown-for-joint-chiefs-chairman/ From my knowledge of him prior to the last year or so, he (Brown) seemed fairly benign and reasonable but I despise anything woke so I have doubts now What does this forum think? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anytime we have a long term occupation and pacification mission, we should institute a draft for this mission Conscription would be specifically for this mission for at least 1 year in country in combat only MOSs. Conscripts must be 15% of all ground forces at all times I’m not ranting for this for the purpose of military efficacy but for societal risk burden sharing and to give pause for politicians, media and policy makers Draft selection would be on composite score of academic performance, standardized test performance and athletic achievement. This would be to ensure smart kids at exclusive schools and star athletes whom both groups are connected to the wealthy, privileged and powerful are subject to it. They are also highly visible members of communities. If the nat sec blob wants to remake a country then they (their socio economic cohort) will be required to participate in the mission Negative 69 percent chance of ever happening Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Work hard, be grateful, don't whine, start with the end in mind.

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No but there is resistance that can occasionally crop up even in what we think of as the most controlling systems. If the fighting age males and their families of a lot of one child families decide that risking their only son’s life to make Taiwan part of the PRC isn’t worth it, the CCP which cares first and foremost about regime survival might not risk that internal conflict. Putin is cremating his KIAs in Ukraine to limit the visceral effect of returning fallen soldiers to their communities and the Wagner business a couple of weeks ago are examples of dictators considering / fearing domestic unrest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quite possible Angry young men told they are going to win back the honor of their nation plus amphetamines can get people to do a lot things they might not ordinarily do, I wonder how the videos coming out of Ukraine of close quarter battle, artillery barrages and the absolute horror of war is affecting the tech savvy fighting age males of China. I imply no cowardice to them in that statement but I wonder if this is giving them the CCP pause as to would they answer the call? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The unintended consequences of poor social policies will likely not end well https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1209713.shtml Men (people but especially young men) need to actualize, usually thru school-work-marriage-children-family-wealth building but if none of that is available to you other more anti-social paths become attractive We see this at every level of society, my hope is that they can find someway to channel that energy into something productive I doubt the leaders of China will do what the “leaders” of the West are trying to do to large swaths of their young male population (mollify / distract them with legalization of narcotics, porn, identity and sexual politics / cultural issues) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ominous… China’s Youth Unemployment Hits Record High https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/07/17/chinas-youth-unemployment-hits-record-high/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gen Zinni was right that fresh water was going to be the next liquid we will be fighting over. Ordinarily I would agree with you but chaos begets chaos, sometimes in the short term we can use that but long term it’s not viable IMHO. Besides the world already has enough bad guys, as much as despise the Taliban and the government of Iran, if we could get them to some negotiated state better than now I’d support it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Iran, Afghanistan and water. It’s gonna be a problem for them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk