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
The Royal Navy is Now a Third World Force
The development and maintenance of advanced naval platforms like the HMS Queen Elizabeth are costly endeavors. Budgetary constraints have often led to delays in maintenance and upgrades, exacerbating existing issues and preventing timely resolution of technical problems. Ensuring adequate funding is crucial for maintaining the carrier’s operational readiness and addressing its persistent challenges. They are being coy about just how bad this ship is. And the very notion of having a single carrier instead of two does not say much about force projection capabilities. I am highly suspect...
I Have a Dream!
Dear President Trump, Fire missions! Please conduct airstrikes on: The FBI Central Records Complex in Winchester, Virginia. AND The NSA Bluffdale/Camp Williams LEED Silver facility in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Please be sure to evacuate all employees to a local detention center to be screened before release. Cordially, The American Taxpayer *** America turns this into a national event with a countdown televised and broadcast across the land. SHOT, OUT. SHOT, OVER. SPLASH, OUT. SPLASH, OVER. Then do firefighter aircraft flyovers with massive salt drops to symbolically close the mass...
Dust to Dust: Imperial Decline is Baked into the Statist Recipe
Nothing is working for anyone with a clear eye to reform in the Department of Defense. We may find some reform will take place now but I am cynical and not holding out much hope. Nothing. "Fixes are proposed; panels are held; good, sensible reforms are constantly suggested: yet nothing works, everything keeps getting worse, and there seems to be no way out of the crisis." The crisis will be solved through the bankruptcy the state is volunteering for. The missing link inside the American policy establishment today is a basic discussion about the future and sustainability of the empire in...