On this day when Karl Marx became a good communist.
Chinese Chess Moves: A Tectonic Shift in Exquisite Platforms
If the Saab 37 Viggen and the F16 had a love child, it is the Chinese J-10C. The realignment begins, you are witnessing a tectonic shift away from US influence in all the conflict hot-spots on Earth. Meanwhile, the J-10C is equipped to fight against modern threats in air-to-air combat and strike missions with PL-10 short-range and PL-15 beyond-visual-range missiles, high maneuverability, and advanced avionics. Reports indicated that Egypt is diversifying its military suppliers to reduce reliance on the West, particularly the US. Following Pakistan’s purchase of the Chengdu J-10C in 2022,...
All Flesh is Forfeit
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Aerial robotics dominate the battlefield. For the remainder of this century, ALL flesh is forfeit in the combat theater. The Kursk Thunder Run
Ep 015 “Freeboot Reboot: 21st Century PMC in War”
This episode examines what private military companies and campaigns look like. I discuss traditional and emerging trends in private military warfare which tends to still take place in nation-state warfare. While combat support and combat service support billets have been filled with private military entities for all know history, the emergence of larger and larger forces of private kinetic and trigger puller entities has gotten larger over time. References: 'The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industry... Erik Prince at Hillsdale: "The Future of Dynamic Warfare"...
The Crappiest Ship That Couldn’t
The Navy continues to fail with the Little Crappy Ship. Some of these non-functional Navy floating welfare programs posing as ships are being retired five years into the alleged 35 year cruise life. As I have mentioned before, between the LCS and the Zumwalt and the Ford, the Navy has not commissioned a successful surface hull since 1991. Currently, the Navy is primarily focusing on decommissioning Freedom-class LCSs but they need to give it up and retire the entire class soonest. The real littoral combat ship is the adoption of diesel electric submarines and taking advantage of the German...
K46 Refueler Grounded Again
The last KC135s were produced in the 1960s and the Boeing KC46 was thr program to update and replace it. It is a disaster. The crisis continues as the refueler programs continue to crash and burn. After the inspection, if any cracks are found, “the aircraft will undergo repairs before flying again,” the Air Force explained. “The cracks were not found on any flight surfaces or hinges, but rather on the primary or secondary structures,” the Air Force told us. Boeing told us it is working to fix the problem. “We are working closely with the customer to assess a potential issue on KC-46A...
Ep 059 “The Mexican Cartel Conundrum: War Without End Part Two”
We continue the inquiry into the implications and future returns on going kinetic in the drug war as elucidated by worthies in the new administration. I examine the implications and the second and third order effects of this endeavor which is, by extension, a declaration of war on the Mexican government. References: Tom Wainwright Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel Benjamin T. Smith The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade Anabel Hernandez Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers Ioan Grillo El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency David F. Marley Mexican...
Peace is Always Preferable to War Alliances
In case anyone missed it, the Red EU and NATO Pact are the new 21st century variant of the USSR rekindled to make luxury communism great again. The mask on the NATO midgets has finally slipped and the true villains rise from behind the curtain. The sooner the US backs out of it, the better. Cut all ties and send the filthy & corrupt UN packing too. Prepare accordingly. My Substack Email me at cgpodcast@pm.me