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News Roundup 8/29/2024

News Roundup 8/29/2024

US News US to Ramp Up Military Support for Kenyan Operations in Haiti The Institute  France French Authorities Issue Preliminary Charges Against Telegram CEO AWC Ukraine EU Considers Training Ukrainian Troops Inside Ukraine AWC China US Military Open To Escorting...

Sealift Takes a Dump: The US Navy Continues to Degrade

Another USN ship disaster in the offing. Contrary to what one would first think, this is tangential to the "IED* recruiting crisis." This is due to a separate recruiting crisis in Military Sealift Command (MSC) caused by the extreme workloads the civilian mariners who...

Sig P320/M17/18: MILSPEC is Overrated

A negligent discharge (ND) in a weapon is when the operator strokes the trigger that results in the firing of the weapon. In my time, the lion's share of these are NDs but actual mechanical (unintentional, accidental or "uncommanded") discharges were rare and then the...

News Roundup 8/29/2024

News Roundup 8/16/2024

Ukraine Biden Considering Sending Long-Range Cruise Missiles to Ukraine AWC Israel US: Israeli Bombing Gaza Will Kill More Civilians But Not Defeat Hamas The Institute  Gaza Health Ministry: Over 40,000 Killed By Israeli Onslaught AWC Antiwar.com Joins Journalists in...

Is the Medal of Honor Now Subject to Woke Revisionism?

Note: We just returned from a short vacation visiting new grandchildren hence the brief interregnum of posting. The Medal of Honor is the highest citation for combat action in the US military. It's premature to say exactly what direction this is going because the DoD...

Pentagon Officially Ends Gaza Pier Operations

Pentagon Officially Ends Gaza Pier Operations

A temporary floating pier that was intended to bring food and other aid into Gaza has been officially terminated, according to the Department of Defense. While the White House is touting the operation as a success, it cost hundreds of millions of dollars and provided...

“Trillion Dollar Trainwreck…”

Hot garbage on the wing. The pursuit of US and Western air dominance is a pipe dream but a fever dream for the military industrial complex. The existential failure of this fighter program has been stunning to behold. The days of manned fighter aircraft are numbered in...

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