America has 1.5 icebreaker left and the rest of the world has more. The Royal Navy is the only competition with America in this race to the bottom with icebreaker loss of capacity.. Royal Navy’s only icebreaker out of action [at a vital point in time, the Falklands need protecting] HMS Protector towed back to Plymouth port after double engine defect... The UK has been left without its critical ice patrol ship after she suffered an engine failure at sea. The Telegraph understands that HMS Protector was leaving the UK on Tuesday morning when she suffered a double “engine defect” and was towed...

The Royal Navy (RN) is sinking below the waves literally and figuratively every year. At the outbreak of war in Iran, the UK could not get a single ship ready to send to the gulf region. It is time to turn off the lease to their nuclear Trident missiles on the Vanguard SSBN fleet, they are no longer reliable nor capable. While the US is at it, toss the Five Eyes (FVEY) relationship into the rubbish bin too. Commander Salamander adroitly weighs in: The Royal Navy’s relative collapse is shocking. Since the mid-1980s, the US Navy’s submarine force has shrunk to 59% of its 1985 level. The Royal...

The standard is the olive drab variant of Chesterton’s Fence. Captain Kristen M. Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye L. Haver made history on August 21, 2015, as the first two women to graduate from Ranger School under incredibly fake conditions. They were part of an initial group of 19 female soldiers who volunteered for the first co-ed class in April 2015. Griest has been publicly linked to a West Point Tactical Officer role since 2022; Haver’s last clearly reported assignment was with The Old Guard (with a move to CGSC around 2023). Both are still described as serving in the Army. Both are...

  On February 5, 1958, a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet bomber collided in mid-air with an F-86 Sabre fighter jet near Tybee Island and Savannah, Georgia. The crew requested permission to jettison the bomb, in order to reduce weight and prevent the weapon from exploding during an emergency landing. Permission was granted, and the bomb was jettisoned at 7,200 feet, while the plane was traveling at about 200 knots mph. The crew did not see an explosion when the weapon struck the sea. The Mark 15 nuclear bomb, or Mk-15, was a 1950s American thermonuclear bomb, the first relatively...

One of the cursed blessings of the F-35B Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) requirement, the spec that created made Fat Amy fat. Without the VTOL configuration, the extra internal volume is used for additional fuel, creating single engine jet with almost as much internal fuel as a Sukhoi Su-27. In the 21st century, long loiter time and sensors are what make an aerial platform, and for this the F-35 did achieve something, by being the smallest possible airframe to fit a large radar and fuel tank. The pointlessness of the 35B, can't even do supersonic for more than one minute without burning...

Now America needs to "turn off" the leased Trident II D5 SLBM missiles on the HMS Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant, and Vengeance, which maintain the UK's Continuous At-Sea Deterrent (CASD)and close out the agreement indefinitely. The UK can keep the Holbrook Mk-4A warheads. Around 30% to 40% of the Royal Navy's major surface combatants (destroyers and frigates) are fully operational or immediately deployable at any given time due to maintenance, refits, and crew constraints. The Royal Navy operates roughly 13 to 15 major surface combatants on paper, consisting of 6 Type 45 destroyers and...

Operation Gothic Serpent 3 October 1993 Shughart: “Gordy’s gone man. I’ll be outside.” There is no doubt Mogidishu, Somalia was a bad conflict (American has not been involved in a good one since 1871) but the valor and sprezzatura of Gordon and Shughart is off the charts. Heroes happen because events take a bad and unpredictable turn. Medal of Honor winners step into the breach when the shit hits the fan. Remember. Chasing Ghosts Episode 022 "Review and Discussion: Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On"" https://rss.com/podcasts/cgp/1065857/