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Remember the time the Serbs captured a NATO tank? Or, how your garage becomes a “weapon storage site”!

Image November 30, 2022 Hutchins AAron

In 1995(July?), ethnic Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) captured several NATO-Netherlands (Royal Netherland Army) armored personnel carriers, which were ‘in-country’ under a United Nations operation. Of course, the Western-NATO news media reported that they were “stolen”.

A tow bar is attached to the AWOL YPR-765, and then to a M88A1 Hercules. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Two years later, in March 1997, NATO-United States forces made a true ‘barn-find’ when they discovered the ‘AWOL’ (Absent With Out Leave) YPR-765 (a variant of the M113) in a barn/garage in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Of course, the U.S. military referred to the barn/garage as a “weapon storage site”.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA M88A1 Recovery Vehicle tows the AWOL YPR-765 APC out of a “weapon storage site” in Karakaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The U.S. Army (USA) press release also stated they were “confiscating” the YPR-765, referring to it as a Serb Army weapon, and adding that it made multiple confiscations in the first few months of the start of the SFor (Stabilization Force) mission.

The YPR-765 was towed to Camp Dobol, while soldiers with the Bosnian-Serb army watch helplessly. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Inside the YPR-765 was found a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and cans of 50-cal ammo. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The USA press releases also contradicted themselves when giving the location, sometimes saying it was Karakaj, sometimes saying it was Zvornik. Zvornik is a city in the Republika Srpska area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Karakaj is a town north of Zvornik.

Soldiers from NATO-Luxembourg inspect the ammunition, which was destroyed under SFor rules. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

The YPR-765 is about to be pulled onto a flatbed trailer. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

The YPR-765 will be hauled to the Dutch (Netherlands) Sector of Bosnia-Herzegovina. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

On its way. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

Some of the other captured YPR-765s were transferred to Serbia.

SFor, 1997: HOW TO USE C-4 & THERMITE TO KILL A ZOMBIE TANK

Cold War Battle Damage: STEEL INFERNOS OF DESERT STORM

Technology

How to use C-4 & Thermite to kill a Zombie Tank

Image November 29, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Yes, Virginia, steel will burn!

A captured Serbian T-55 awaits destruction by C-4 ‘plastic’ explosives, and thermite grenades, in the field artillery area of Camp Dobol, Bosnia & Herzegovina. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

Planks of C-4 plastic explosive duct-taped to the turret ring, just wanted to see what would happen. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

C-4 was placed inside the turret. The next day, Thermite was placed in the barrel, engine, and transmission. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

Boom! USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

Apparently, the C-4 plastic in the turret was set-off first. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

A U.S. Army First Lieutenant tries to extinguish flames caused by the C-4 explosions, so they can try-out the Thermite. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

Is it safe to install the Thermite? USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 15MAR1997.

Thermite grenades placed on the ‘powerpack’ (motor/transmission), then mud was packed on top in the hopes it would direct the thermite plasma downward. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 16MAR1997.

The Thermite was set-off next. In the foreground you can see the hands operating an electrical blasting/firing device. You can see the electrical cord leading into the main gun barrel, to set-off the Thermite. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, photo is dated 16MAR1997.

A blurred knife in the foreground. Engineers used the knife to attach the electrical cord to the firing device. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 16MAR1997.

Checking-out the damage. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 16MAR1997.

2-thousand-200 degrees (F) of heat that oozed out of the thermite hand grenades onto the transmission. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 16MAR1997.

End result. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 16MAR1997.

Vehicle I-D: COLD WAR ZOMBIE TANK T-54/55, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!

Peacekeeper ’95: Remember when Russia invaded the U.S., in preparation to invade Bosnia-Herzegovina?

Technology

Cold War Battle Damage: Steel Infernos of Desert Storm

Image November 28, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Operation Desert Storm, 17JAN1991–28FEB1991

Just a smattering of armor destruction from Desert Storm:

A shot-up Iraqi Faun Herkules, hauling a ZSU-23-4, failed at trying to escape Kuwait via the Basra-Kuwait Highway. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Holmes, 28JAN1991.

Iraq used a lot of Soviet and Chinese armored ground vehicles, including both the T-55 and Type 69-2. The Chinese Type 69 series is the result of combining hull parts of a T-62 and a T-54, then adding an infrared spotlight and laser range finder over the main gun mantlet, and headlight groups on the both fenders. The Type 69 retained the roof mounted ventilator of the T-54. Early versions of the Type 69 series did not have the turret mounted stowage racks, which were actually a stand-off armor design that doubled as stowage racks. The main gun of the Type 69-1 was a Chinese designed 100mm with smooth-bore (bore evacuators on the guns varied in their position), the Type 69-2 has a 100mm rifled bore. The Type 69-2 had fender skirts, but it seems that most of the Iraqi Type 69s did not use the skirts.

Destroyed Chinese made Iraqi Type 69 (indicated by the T-62 style rear end) inside Kuwait. Photographer unknown, photo dated 01FEB1991.

This shows the squared-off butt of a Soviet built T-55. Photographer unknown, dated 01FEB1991.

This appears to be a T-55 with skirts. No evidence of turret top ventilator, no laser ranger, no stand-off/stowage racks. The Iraqis did modify their vehicles. Photographer unknown, dated 01FEB1991.

A Chinese built Iraqi Type 69-2 (note ventilator on turret roof and remains of stowage rack/stand-off armor, barely visible is evidence of fender mounted light groups), charred by an air strike. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Elliot, 07FEB1991.

The remains of an MTLB(?) on a highway south of Kuwait City. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Kit Thompson, 27FEB1991.

Photo dated 28FEB1991, an Iraqi tank explodes after an attack by the First United Kingdom Armoured Division. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Holmes.

Photo dated 28FEB1991, a Type 69 burns after an attack by the First United Kingdom Armoured Division. Photographer unknown.

One tank was trying to tow the other out of Kuwait, when they were both hit. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 28FEB1991.

Same T-55 tanks, different angle. Turret has no roof ventilator, and has the single T-55 headlight group on the front slope. The ‘ring’ sticking out of the ground behind the T-55 is the mount for the 12.7mm heavy machine gun. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 28FEB1991.

Iraqi T-72 in Kuwait. Destroyed or abandoned? U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant J.R. Ruark, 01MAR1991.

Bullet hole to an Iraqi T-55, Jalibah Airfield, Kuwait. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Otero, 02MAR1991.

Type 69 destroyed by the French Sixth Light Armored Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 02MAR1991.

This T-55 died on Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Perry Heimer, 02MAR1991.

Same T-55 still on Al Mutla Pass, more than one month later, covered by graffiti. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Joe Coleman, 18APR1991.

Stopping to check out a burned-out T-72. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 03MAR1991.

Just outside Kuwait City, a T-55 failed to escape on the Basra-Kuwait Highway. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Bill Mohl, 04MAR1991.

Same tank, different angle. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Bill Mohl, 4MAR1991.

A line of destroyed armor, Euphrates River Valley, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 04MAR1991.

A destroyed BMP-1 and what is left of a T-72, Euphrates River Valley, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 04MAR1991.

Chinese made YW-531 (Type 63 family) followed by a Soviet made MTLB, Euphrates River Valley. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 04MAR1991.

What happened to the main gun? U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 04MAR1991

The rear end indicates this is a Chinese Type 69 flipped on top of a U.S. made Chevy van. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Billings, 06MAR1991.

MTLB, U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Billings, 06MAR1991.

Iraqi T-55, indicated by single headlight group on front slope. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 27MAR1991.

A Chinese made Iraqi Type 69 (note laser ranger on the mantlet, turret-top ventilator, but no stand-off armor/stowage racks, has the fender mounted light groups) and a Chinese made YW-701 (Type 63 family) Command Post. The Type 69 was towing the YW-701 when they were both hit. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 27MAR1991

T-72 with dozer blade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Reeve, 27MAR1991.

Iraqi T-72 near Ali Al Salem Air Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Joe Coleman, 18APR1991.

A big bullet hole (probably a SABOT) in an Iraqi T-72. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Joe Coleman, 18APR1991.

Iraqi T-62 near Ali Al Salem Air Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Joe Coleman, 18APR1991.

Same T-62, from behind. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Joe Coleman, 18APR1991.

Cold War Battle Damage: ALL HAIL THE HAIL BUSTER! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLY YOUR C-130E THROUGH A HAILSTORM?

USS TRIPOLI LPH-10 DESERT STORM

THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM

STEEL SKELETONS OF SOVIET AFGHANISTAN

Iraq 2003: ARMOR BATTLE DAMAGE (Déjà vu)

October 2008: IRAQI T-72, LIVE FIRE BESMAYA GUNNERY RANGE

March 2011: U.S. ARMY BLOWS-UP BRITISH MADE IRANIAN CHIEFTAIN IN IRAQ!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: M1117, GUARDIAN OF SECURITY OR A FRANKENSTEIN?

Vehicle I-D: COLD WAR ZOMBIE TANK T-54/55, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!

Business/Economics, Influenza, International, Technology, U.S.

Operation Jupiter: G20 to create new Pandemic, new Digital Global Health tracking system, Pandemics are about creating Digital Wealth?

Video November 20, 2022 Hutchins AAron

G20 (Group of 20)=Argentina, Australia (Commonwealth of Nations, a NATO partner), Brazil, Canada (Commonwealth of Nations, NATO member), People’s Republic of China (Communist China), Japan (NATO partner), India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea (South Korea, a NATO partner), Mexico, Russia (formerly a NATO ‘Partnership for Peace’ participant, suspended as of 2021), South Africa (Commonwealth of Nations), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turkey (NATO member), United Kingdom (Commonwealth of Nations, NATO member), United States of America (NATO member), plus the leading member countries of the European Union (which are also NATO members)

Notice how many of the G20 are part of the British empire’s Commonwealth of Nations.

Notice how many are/were NATO Partners.

Notice how many are NATO Members.

G20 Fostering Stronger Recovery and Building Resilience: “…is committed to working towards achieving the global agenda of vaccinating 70% of the world’s population…

…addressing the continuity of [global] health services beyond COVID-19…”

'If you have been vaccinated or tested properly, you can move around..
'We will sub [this digital certificate using WHO standard] into the next World Health Assembly.. as the revision to intl health regulation': Indonesia MoH Budi Sadikin, ex-banker #B20Summit #B20 #DigitalID pic.twitter.com/mt2XugRhiC

— Tim Hinchliffe (@TimHinchliffe) November 14, 2022

G20 Health Working Group: “…the operationalization of the Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund). The PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund is hosted by the World Bank, and has been established in close collaboration with the WHO [United Nations’ World Health Organization] which, as the lead international technical agency responsible for PPR and custodian of the IHR (2005), will play a central role in the PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund. The PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund complements the work of existing institutions and provides additional international financing for PPR, especially to support increased PPR capacities for eligible countries.

…enhance cooperation in genomic surveillance… …welcome the establishment of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.

…facilitate seamless international travel, interoperability, and recognizing digital and non-digital solutions… …used for COVID-19 proof of vaccination or verification of tests… [UN-WHO’s Digital documentation of COVID-19 certificates]

…support continued international dialogue and collaboration on the establishment of trusted global digital health networks as part of efforts to strengthen prevention and response to future pandemics. Further steps should capitalize and build on the success of the existing standards and digital COVID19 certificates.”

Read what the evil doers are planning for your life, for yourself: 2022 G20 BALI UPDATE on the G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and G20 Development Commitments (Notice that this publication uses British empire/Commonwealth of Nations English, not U.S. English)

Liberty Counsel, 17NOV2022: G20 World Leaders Agree To Implement Vaccine Passports

While the G20 Action Plan for 2030 repeats (ad nauseum) the claim that The Pandemic is hurting the global economy, the administration of U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior published a G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration in which they admit that “The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transformation of the digital ecosystem and digital economy.”

G20 2016: GLOBAL DEPRESSION AS CHINA KILLS 1.8 MILLION JOBS & BEGINS MONETARY EASING! BLAME ‘WESTERN’ LED G20!

G20 2014: AUSTRALIA CREATES G20 MARTIAL LAWS! MORE PROOF YOUR ‘FEARLESS’ LEADERS ARE A BUNCH OF PARANOID-SCHIZOIDS!

OBAMA SPENDS BOOKOO TAX DOLLARS ON HOTEL DURING G20 MEETING! OUTSPENDS RIVALS!

G20 2013: G20 ADMITS ECONOMIC RECOVERY FAILURE! WANTS NEW GLOBAL TAX! NSA SPYING JUST PART OF NEW GLOBAL GOVERNMENT PERSONAL DATA MINING!

G20 2012: G20 SAYS NO MORE MONEY FOR THE IMF, UNTIL NATO-GREECE MAKES EVEN MORE DRACONIAN CUTS! WANTS U.S. TO END VOLCKER RULES!

G20 2011: NEW G20 MEETING WILL REVEAL HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS. THE UNITED STATES IS NOW A BEGGAR THY NEIGHBOR NATION?

G20 MEETING FOCUSING ON LETTING CHINA IN, KICKING United States OUT?

Global Financial Martial Law, March 2022: BIDEN ISSUES ORDER TO SHUTDOWN ‘FOREIGN’ CRYPTOCURRENCIES, PROTECT TOP CURRENCY STATUS FOR UNITED STATES, by creating government backed digital dollar!

Global Financial Martial Law, February 2022: BANKS BEGIN BLOCKING & SEIZING ACCOUNTS! CANADA & U.S. GOVTS ISSUE ORDERS TO SEIZE ASSETS!

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK ADMITS PANDEMIC HELPED BIG-BANKS MAKE BIG-PROFITS!

NATO, November 2022: Bunker Busting Cruise Missile launched out of a cargo plane for first time, over NATO Europe!

NATO INVADES TINY QATAR UNDER GUISE OF PROTECTING THE WORLD CUP! IS IT A LABOR SHORTAGE, OR MONEY FOR NATO?

U.S. TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE YEMENI NATURAL GAS FOR NATO EUROPE?

NATO, October 2022: 1ST TIME EVER, NATO & UN PREP FOR NUKE ATTACK ON Jordanian OIL INFRASTRUCTURE!

Pandemic Perfidy: LOCKDOWN LOVING AUSTRALIA ABANDONS BOOSTERS?

Operation Jupiter:

m-R-N-A SECRET WEAPON TO DEPOPULATE PLANET EARTH? NEW DATA SUGGESTS SO!

Operation Jupiter, April 2019: MEASLES PANDEMIC SPREAD BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OR EVIL BILDERBERG VACCINE PROGRAM?

Operation Jupiter, June 2015: JUPITR A-T-D; A SMALL PART OF A LARGER MILITARY OPERATION SPREADING DISEASE AT A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU!

International, Technology

World War 3: NATO ‘pallet’ launches J-A-S-S-M, for first time!

Video November 14, 2022 Hutchins AAron

“The future is going to be different than what we have experienced for the last 20 years….”-Lieutenant General Jim Slife, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, during the most recent iteration of ATREUS

Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Brigette Waltermire, 09NOV2022.

On 09NOV2022, U.S. Special Operations Command Europe conducted the first-ever demonstration of the ‘palletized’ launching system of the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) ‘bunker buster’ in NATO Europe (specifically NATO Norway).

Palletized JASSM being loaded onto a NATO Poland C-130 Hercules, in Powidz, Poland. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Julson, 08NOV2022.

This is part of the U.S. European Command’s Operational Series ATREUS: “This effort is meant to increase integration of both conventional and Special Operations Forces from participating nations and enhance interoperability with our NATO allies and European partners. ….ATREUS training events enable effective responses for any contingency, as well as continuation of training, and increased readiness and collective defense.”-Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Melnicoff, Operation ATREUS ‘lead’

Even though the U.S. military spells ATREUS in all caps, it is not an acronym, it is the ancient Greek god of war. It is silly that Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Melnicoff stated that Operation ATREUS was “routine engagements”, as the first ATREUS exercise began in April 2021. However, there have already been seven ATREUS ‘iterations’ in NATO Europe since then! And apparently, ATREUS is meant to be a global operation: “Participation from our allies is the cornerstone of ATREUS iterations. Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom have been regular participants in the most recent ATREUS iterations throughout 2021 and 2022, but the global effort with our fellow geographic combatant commands makes this a historic demonstration of allied solidarity worldwide.”-Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Melnicoff, Operation ATREUS ‘lead’

Palletized JASSM being loaded onto a NATO Poland C-130 Hercules, in Powidz, Poland. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Julson, 08NOV2022.

During the most recent iteration of ATREUS, the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) 67th Special Operations Squadron, 352d Special Operations Wing, demonstrated the Rapid Dragon Palletized Effects System (RDPES), using the latest JASSM cruise missile. The RDPES is an experimental system that allows special operations cargo planes, like the MC-130J Commando-2 (a combat variant of the Super Hercules), to carry and launch cruise missiles. The USAF is already using the system inside The Arctic Circle, and now in NATO Europe.

Silent U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Izabella Workman, showing how the JASSM is launched from a MC-130J. Notice at first it looks like a supply drop, but then the JASSMs start flying out of the pallet, then impact the water. Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, 09NOV2022:

Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Brigette Waltermire, 09NOV2022.

Staff Sergeant Izabella Workman shows you the launching from inside the MC-130J:

USAF photo, 06JUN2022.

In June 2022, the JASSM was test launched from an Arizona Air National Guard F-16 Falcon. The test was conducted from Hill Air Force Base (AFB), in Utah.

USAF photo, 06JUN2022.

The JASSM has been in use, by the U.S., since 2009. Australia, Finland, and Poland, began stockpiling them in 2014 (same year as the NATO backed coup in Ukraine). In April 2018, two USAF B-1B Lancer bombers launched 19 JASSMs against Syria’s military.

On 25FEB2022, JASSMs were delivered to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. USAF video report by Technical Sergeant Anthony Plyler:

20NOV2020, B-1B Lancer conducts first external carriage (‘capture carry’) of JASSM, Edwards AFB, California. Take-off video by Joshua Miller:

Chase video by Ethan Wagner:

USAF video by Airman First Class Susan Roberts, B-1B Lancer being bombed-up with JASSM, 03NOV2017, Dyess AFB, Texas:

World War 3: NATO INVADES TINY QATAR UNDER GUISE OF PROTECTING THE WORLD CUP! IS IT A LABOR SHORTAGE, OR MONEY FOR NATO?

U.S. TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE YEMENI NATURAL GAS FOR NATO EUROPE?

1ST TIME EVER, NATO & UN PREP FOR NUKE ATTACK ON OIL INFRASTRUCTURE!

Technology

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: YY-20, China’s new long range airborne fueler, offspring of the Il-76?

Video November 9, 2022 Hutchins AAron

YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo by Deng Hua, 08NOV2022.

I have heard many people say the Y-20 is China’s version of the U.S. Boeing C-17, but if you look at the main wing and nacelles, from above, it is clear it is a development of the old Cold War era Soviet Ilyushin 76.

Two Russian IL-76 transports on McChord Air Force Base, Washington. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steve Thurow, 01NOV1995.

Model kit builders: Just take the the Il-76 and stick a C-17 tail on, then get rid of the glass nose.

YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo via Xinhua, 08NOV2022.

Some Chinese news releases are referring to the YY-20 as the YU-20. In this excerpted air show video, released on 09NOV2022, notice that it starts with a graphic calling the tanker a YU-20:

YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo via Xinhua, 08NOV2022.

On 01AUG2022, the People’s Liberation Army(PLA)-Air Force announced the successful completion of YY-20 training, which just happened to take place near Taiwan. PLA-AF promotional video:

Also in August, the YY-20 was first used operationally to refuel aircraft taking part in a blockade of Taiwan. I excerpted this video from a PLA Eastern Theater Command report dated 11AUG2022:

PLA Air Force promotional video released on 30AUG2022:

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, USING NEW Y-20!

Labor Shortage: CHINA TURNS TO ROBOTS & DRONES TO SUPPLY ITS MILITARY!

Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: M1117, Guardian of Security or a Frankenstein?

Video November 7, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Even though the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), also known as the Guardian, was developed in the late 1990s, it is actually an evolutionary step in the development of the Cold War era V100/V150/V200 Cadillac Gage Commando armored car.

U.S. Army V100 Commando during Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, 31JAN1967.

The V100 series was first developed in the early 1960s, and saw use in the occupation of Viet Nam. It was also sold, and even given away, to many small countries which could not afford to buy full-blown battle tanks. Several state and city level law enforcement agencies, in the United States (U.S.), use the V150.

Vietnam War era V-100/M706 armored car, displayed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Eventually, the U.S. military designated it as M706. Six wheeled versions are known as LAV (Light Armored Vehicle)-300 and LAV-600.

Production of the M1117 began in 1999. The occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq resulted in the U.S. military realizing that its even older HMMWV vehicles were vulnerable to land-mines, and thus production of the M1117 was increased. In the early years, the U.S. military referred to the M1117 as the ASV.

Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Jeremy D. Crisp, 04APR2005.

The U.S. Army (USA) M1117 is armed with a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and a Mark 19 40mm grenade machine gun (referred to as a grenade launcher). It is used mainly by Military Police. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) version adds a M240 light machine gun (based on the European FN MAG) on top of the turret.

USA-Reserve video of M1117s conducting gunnery in Iraq, 25OCT2005:

M1117 bore sight target board, Balad, Iraq, October 2006. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Karonda Fleming.

Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. Army photo, 02NOV2006.

Poor quality video report, by Staff Sergeant John Anderson, showing maintenance on the M1117 in Afghanistan, in September 2006. It would not be until 2018 that the USA would develop a specific maintenance training course for what would be unofficially called The Frankenstein:

Taji, Iraq, 17MAY2008. USA photo by Sergeant Andrea Merritt.

USA video report about the use of the M1117 as a convoy security vehicle in Iraq, 05FEB2009. Notice in the report they say that ASV stands for Armored Scout Vehicle:

Brand new M1117 Armored Security Vehicles arrive on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, 04APR2011. USA photo by Specialist Kimberly Hackbarth.

M1117 drives into a hole on the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. USA photo by Michael Beaton, 04OCT2012.

There are many other versions, such as recovery vehicles, ambulances, personnel carriers, and artillery gun carriers and artillery FiST-V.

M1200 Armored Knight FiST-V. Georgia Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tracy J. Smith, 24JUL2014.

Washington DC National Guard M1117 Armored Security Vehicle. DC National Guard photo by Jesse Searls, 21JAN2014.

U.S. Army video by Martin Greeson, from May 2014, U.S. soldiers learn how to unstick an M1117 stuck in a ditch in NATO Germany:

Alabama Army National Guard video, by Sergeant Brenda Smith, showing M1117 gunnery on Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, April 2015:

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Helen Miller, 23JUN2017.

Pulling the motor from a M1117, 14MAR2018. USA-Reserve photo by Master Sergeant Michel Sauret.

By 2018, the U.S. Army finally create a maintenance training course specifically for the M1117. That is because technicians began to refer to the M1117 as ‘Frankenstein’, because most of its internal components were made by many different companies, which complicated things: “The ASV is a melting pot of parts. Attention to detail with the ASV is needed due to its Frankenstein appearance.”-Herbert Green, M1117 maintenance instructor with the 99th Readiness Division

By 2019, the Illinois Army National Guard began displaying their Guardians alongside vehicles in the State Military Museum. Illinois National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton, 18MAY2019.

In NATO Canada, it is known as the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV). In Afghanistan it is known as the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle (MSFV). The taxpayers of the U.S. have not-knowingly paid for more than one thousand M1117s, donated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to various countries like NATO Greece, Kosovo, Colombia, and now Ukraine.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Angela Simpson, 04AUG2017.

In 2017, the cost of a new M1117 was put at $809-thousand-5-hundred each!

On 04NOV2022, the U.S. DoD announced that 250 M1117s would be rebuilt for use by the Ukrainian military, in its war against Russia.

May 2022: It has been revealed that the U.S. M113 Armored Personnel Carriers for Ukraine are coming from the Army National Guard inventories of at least five states!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: USAF SENDS 27 BLOCK-25 FALCONS TO THE BONEYARD!

ANTONOV 2 BIPLANE, THE MOST PRACTICAL AIRCRAFT EVER?

M-T-L-B, USED BY U.S., NATO, UKRAINE AND STILL USED BY RUSSIA!

International, Technology, U.S.

Biden’s War: U.S. taxpayers to upgrade Cold War era T-72B for Ukraine! That’s just the tip of the latest U.S. funded weapon systems give-away!

Video November 6, 2022 Hutchins AAron

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On 04NOV2022, the NATO United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced the latest taxpayer funded giveaway for Ukraine; $400-million! This brings U.S. taxpayer military funding (does not include the humanitarian funding!), under U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior, to $18.9-Billion! (could they have canceled all student loan debts?)

The DoD also boasted that since 2014 (when the NATO backed coup took place, under the Obama regime, for control of natural gas), the U.S. taxpayer has sent (unknowingly for most taxpayers) more than $21-Billion in military assistance to Ukraine!

This latest free-bee for Ukraine is a new ‘contracting phase’ in which new and refurbished weapons will be sent.

First-gen HAWK being launched by U.S. Marines from Chu Lai, Viet Nam, 1965.

The new free-bees include rebuilt & upgraded Cold War era U.S. HAWK (Homing All The Way Killer) anti-aircraft missiles (to go with the HAWK launchers being sent by NATO Spain), new Phoenix Ghost drone (UAV, aka UAS) bombs, armored river boats, rebuilt Iraq occupation M1117 Armored Security Vehicles, and NATO Netherlands and NATO Czech Republic will be paid by U.S. taxpayers to upgrade, to NATO standards, 45 T-72B Cold War era Soviet designed battle tanks.

Captured T-72M being used by U.S. Marine Corps as Opposition Force tank, June 1997.

Destroyed Ukrainian T-72B, photo published 18MAY2022.

No images of the so called Phoenix Ghost are available, apparently it was just a proposal for the U.S. Air Force. It is a remote controlled suicide drone, reportedly designed specifically for use against Russia. The bomb UAV was promised to Ukraine in the DoD’s assistance announcement back in April 2022.

Is this the Armored Riverine Boat they are talking about? U.S. Army photo, Basra, Iraq, 04MAR2010.

M1117 Armored Security Vehicle, Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. Army photo, 03NOV2006.

Video of Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singhd, announcing the weapons funding plan, 04NOV2022:

U.S. DoD: $400 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine

Biden’s War: BILLIONS OF $ WORTH OF GEAR BEING TAKEN FROM U.S. TROOPS, GIVEN TO UKRAINE! It is called the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA)!

May 2022: It has been revealed that the U.S. M113 Armored Personnel Carriers for Ukraine are coming from the Army National Guard inventories of at least five states!

Ukraine Battle Damage, early 2022:

Ukrainian Azov militia T-72.

ARMOR, ABANDONED OR DESTROYED

Trident of Poseidon, 2021: NATO’S NEW U.S. based Head Quarters FULLY OPERATIONAL!

ALREADY-PAID-FOR OBAMA-ERA PATROL BOAT, SUNK BY BIDEN? RE-FLOATED BY UKRAINE CRISIS!

Sumerian Lament, March 2014: NAZI GERMANY vs SOVIET UNION = UNITED STATES-NATO vs RUSSIA

Vehicle I-D:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Timothy Reynolds.

SOVIET ARMOR OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS

Business/Economics, Technology

Labor Shortage: China turns to robots & drones to supply its military!

Video November 6, 2022 Hutchins AAron

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Just a sampling of the robots the People’s Republic of China is making.

So-called Swarm UAV launcher. PLA photo published 04NOV2022.

In November 2022, China showed-off its new lightweight version of its vehicle mounted ‘Swarm’ R/C drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) launcher. It is considered a weapon system, but can used for reconnaissance missions and communication relay.

One of the so-called Rainbow drones.

Also, a family of autonomous A-I UAVs, called Rainbow, was displayed. Their capabilities and configurations are designated by a number system. They can be either fixed wing or rotary wing. There are dozens of versions; long range, high altitude, high speed, heavy lift, naval versions, and stealth versions. The first Rainbow, CH-1, apparently flew in 2000. Several countries use a version of the Rainbow, including countries that are supposed to be allies of the United States.

In October, military units, local government agencies, and civilian (silly-vilian) contractors, took part in exercise Central Shandong Support-2022, in Zibo, Shandong Province.

Photo by Chen Maoxin, published 17OCT2022.

The exercise included the use of robots and UAVs to delivery anything from food to ammunition. One exercise involved delivering ‘non-staple’ food-stuffs to 5-thousand military personnel for seven days. At the same time, those robots and UAVs had to be protected from air attack: “This exercise serves to explore the ways of economic mobilization under the new situation, and has tested the capability of the professional support teams for national defense mobilization in Zibo City.”-Wang Peiquan, commander of the Zibo Military Sub-command

Use of human firefighters and robot firefighting vehicles. Photo by Chen Maoxin, published 17OCT2022.

Another exercise involved using A-I driven fire-fighting robots to respond to an enemy air attack on a civilian building.

Scorpion D UAV transport. Photo via Sichuan Tengden Sci-Tech Innovation.

Also in October 2022, China’s Sichuan Tengden Sci-Tech Innovation (aka Tengden) unveiled a four engined UAV transport aircraft called Scorpion D. It is based on earlier two engined transport drones. They claim it can carry a maximum of 1.5-metric tons.

The robot ‘Kylin Fighter’, developed by a research team from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). Photo by Liu Ruochen, publishe 16SEP2022.

In September 2022, a team from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) took top prize at the Unmanned Ground Vehicles Competition, in Cairo, Egypt. The international contest is sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. The winning robot is called Kylin Fighter, it can be remote controlled or operate independently. The PLA’s NUDT has been taking part in Egypt’s robot games since 2016, and has won four events.

PLA 80th Group Army video showing the use of robots during wargames, August 2022:

TP500

In June 2022, China’s AVIC First Aircraft Institute unveiled its UAV transport aircraft, known as TP500. Its first flight was 27 minutes long. They claim it can carry a 500-kilogram load as far as 500-kilometers. The designers say it can travel as far as 1800-Km, or carry heavier loads.

PLA video report, from 12APR2022, showing a UAV medical transporter, a robot loader and a robot pickup truck used to supply ammo, and other robot/A-I things for logistical supply:

In October 2018, China turned the old Antonov 2 biplane into the world’s largest UAV cargo-plane. They call it the FH-98.

Labor Shortage, 2022: U.S. ARMY BEGGING SOLDIERS TO TRANSFER TO PANDEMIC PLAGUED KOREA!

U.S. LABOR SHORTAGE RESULTS IN MERGING OF MILITARY/CIVILIAN FIRE DEPARTMENTS!

IDAHO’S 124TH PREPS FOR AIR STRIKES, OR, LABOR SHORTAGES CAN GIVE YOU A CASE OF THE BLUE BOMBS!

U.S. Food Crisis + Labor Shortage: BIRD FLU SWARMS THE U.S., CHINA BLAMED! MILITARY PERSONNEL AS FOOD AID DISTRIBUTORS IS NOW Standard Operating Procedure!

World War 3/Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S A-I-P ATTACK SUB REFRESHES TORPEDOES

Zombie Tank: CHINA’S TYPE 59D, UPDATED COLD WAR T-54/55, TO LIVE-ON AS A ROBOT TANK?

Kit Bashing, Technology

F-15 50th Anniversary: The A-Sat, with some visual tips for the kit builder

Video November 5, 2022 Hutchins AAron

ASat=Anti Satellite

Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) ASM (Anti Satellite Missile)-135A: Two solid-rocket stages (first stage made by Boeing), third rocket stage with telescopic heat seeker known as the Miniature Homing Vehicle, speed of 15-thousand miles per hour.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagle: F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD, a quick visual history

Boeing promotional photo dated August 1982. Note, the F-15A in the background is not the F-15A used in the ‘Capture Carry’ part of the ASat testing program.

First ‘capture carry’ flights of F-15A Eagle #76-0086 armed with ASat were in December 1982.

F-15A Eagle armed with the ASM-135A, 21DEC1982. U.S. Air Force photo by H.L. Wilson.

Over Edwards Air Force Base, California, 21DEC1982. U.S. Air Force photo by Al Chang.

Over Edwards AFB, California. Boeing photo released in January 1983.

Model kit builders take note, the ‘fin flash’ on 76-0086 is changed sometime between 1983 and 1985.

ASat equipped Eagle over Vandenberg AFB, California, 03APR1985.
USAF photo by Paul E. Reynolds.

The actual launch of the ASM-135A was done in September 1985, by F-15A #76-0084 first seen in the photo from August 1982. Model kit builders note that back in August 1982, 76-0084 did not have the fin flash.

F-15 launches an ASat, somewhere off California’s Pacific Coast. USAF photo by Paul E. Reynolds, 13SEP1985.

In September 1985, a Solwind P78-1 satellite was destroyed by the ASM-135A ASat, launched by F-15A Eagle 76-0084.

Major Wilbert ‘Doug’ Pearson successfully launched the ASM-135A. USAF photo by Paul E. Reynolds, 13SEP1985.

The successful ASat program was canceled in 1988, due to U.S. public concern over the possibility of war in space. However, that concern seems to have disappeared as the U.S. now has a dedicate military Space Force, co-chaired by the British empire.

Father gives his son some pointers about flying ‘his’ Celestial Eagle. USAF photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer, 13SEP2007.

In September 2007, an anniversary flight of 76-0084 was arranged, with Major General (retired) Doug Pearson’s son, Captain Todd Pearson (and for those of use in Idaho, this is the Idaho connection), at the controls. It was then that 76-0084 was dubbed ‘Celestial Eagle’. Model builders note that it was not named Celestial Eagle at the time of the launch.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer, 13SEP2007.

08MAR2015, USAF Space Systems Command releases this video about the only launch of ASM-135A:

Computer generated scenario of resulting debris field created by an ASat strike. As you will see by the date code on the video, it was made in 2014, yet the U.S. Air Force didn’t publicly release the video until November 2021: