Recent content by Colin Parkinson

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Not to mention that if you contracted helicopter support for the AOP's in the Arctic from TC, then it would cover that option as well.

I would not be surprised if someone was told to go find some "sympathetic voices". Then they blunder around asking obvious questions in a small community. At best they found someone with a grudge/grievance who they connected with and made some promise. Said local goes to the bar , gets drunk and...

My fear is the TCCS workers will be looked upon as a way to do police/EMS work on the cheap.

Just wait till those newly trained TCCS workers starting wanting to claim PTSD or a physical injury associated with their work, leading to a life long disability claim.

@Kirkhill you might find this interesting, have not had time to read it myself...

Wrong thread I think.

The USA has a long history in South and Central America. The post WWII CIA had a lot of experienced people in it that were willing to do mostly anything to win.

Modi intends to outlast Trump and India is to important in the efforts to contain China for the spate to last beyond Trump's attention span.

China built access roads into their area, which was against the agreement, some nasty hand to hand happened. While India nd China don't want it spiralling (hence the lack of firearms used in the fights) India maintains roughly 100,000 troops in the area...

Until China breaks the deal again. The LOC is a thorn in India's side and Pakistan is a client state of China for the moment.

China and India will never be in bed with each other. India and Russia perhaps. India likes to play the middle and is starting to enjoy "Regional power" status, not so long ago they sent their navy to deal with pirates and interference to their shipping. Buying cheap Russian oil and either using...

I suspect that the best UAS can't do a lot of what a Merlin could do. That is not to discount the benefits of a good UAS, but just temper expectations. The UAS will give benefits at a reduced cost, but with limitations.

Except, that a number of murdered and missing Chinese have had their demise linked to their hired security. A lot of nations in Africa are seeing strong dislike of the Chinese and a Chinese only security force, might have success for awhile, but will eventually become the target of a African milita.

Took my wife for a walk in the woods near a popular trail, we went off trail and it looked like there were no people around, so I had her practice with a small can of dog spray. All went well and as we moved back to the trail, a bunch of ladies were coughing and hacking as they had been downwind...