Recent content by NavyShooter

Does it start with tweets, or does it end with tweets? If all there is is tweets, then it's vain repetition, and pointless.

From what I'm seeing, the problem is less about the individual systems - the pumps, the engines, the toasters...and more about the structure of the ships. When a hull is designed to last 25-30 years or so, and they're now at that age, and being asked to serve another 10-15 years...that's...a...

It's a Mig-31 Firefox. :-) There's a few things there which don't actually belong. A-4, CF-18, CF-35B, Swordfish, X-Wing (in the hangar) Avenger, E2C, Cyclone, and a CF-100. Always fun when folks notice them mixed in.

On display this weekend at the Shearwater Aviation Museum hobby show! Drop in and say hi!

You should have seen MON on the way out the door on the weekend...it was notable...alas, when you've only got so many person hours, and so many things that actually need repair/maintenance, I can see how rusticles have less meaning.

What is the threat? Is it a few RUS subs up north? Or. Is it 500+ PLAN warships in their current active fleet (according to Wiki...) with double digit new ships coming online each year? What would be a better tool for dealing with a lot of surface ships than a bunch of Nuc Subs? MK.48's for...

Apparently that 'turtle tank' did survive the attack. It was then geo-located by one of it's crew posing for a picture with his 'local dollie' and it then drew a (HIMARS?) strike that destroyed it, and several other tanks in the same building/garage.

Addition - Looking at the list of 'stuff' that goes into Air Control/Supremacy/Dominance/superiority, the F-35 can do a LOT of things. Wild Weasel aircraft to knock down Air Defenses EW Aircraft to plot and jam the AD Bombers or strike aircraft to hit ground targets Fighters to protect the...

The thing about the F-35 - it's not just a bomb truck. You put 4 of them in the air, and with their sensor fusion and integral data and awareness sharing systems, it's basically like a stealthy distributed network of AWAC aircraft, all of them pulling info from across the EM Spectrum, sharing...

Last summer, Ukraine seemed to attempt their advances into the teeth of the strong(est?) Russian defenses. The previous fall, they did 'end around' advances, looping lighter forces around through poorly defended sections, enabling large, quick gains. I think this year, they should attempt to...

Saw this today - a pretty good take on things. I think.

Question - what impact will this have on the US strategically? I mean, it sure looks like an accident...but a lot of things look like accidents, and a lot of Hillary C's friends have also 'committed suicide' so....who knows?

A handy range card template I was sent that I thought I'd share.

Which is why I'm thinking that in the near term, the Chinese may simply push north and west instead of out to Taiwan. The N/W route becomes much simpler once the Russian Bear is not just distracted, but also de-clawed by NATO.

In the end, I don't think the war in Ukraine really matters much. The next big one will be in the Pacific. That said, demolishing the Russian reserve stocks of war material while testing western war technologies in a space that does not result in NATO deaths is...well...not a bad place to be...