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International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Indonesia’s BMP-3F

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

United States (U.S.) ally Indonesia has been buying Russian made BMP-3Fs since 2010. A new order was placed in April 2019.

A U.S. Marine in front of a BMP-3F, 09SEP2023. USMC photo by Corporal Vincent Pham.

The BMP-3 is a Cold War era Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) first designed and produced by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, to replace the much older BMP-1 and 2.  BMP means Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry.

Banongan Beach, East Java, Indonesia. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Maria I. Garcia, 10SEP2023.

During this year’s U.S. taxpayer co-funded international wargame Super Garuda Shield 2023, Indonesia showed-off its BMP-3F.

Making smoke. USA photo by Specialist Josue Mayorga, 10SEP2023.

The BMP-3 has a 100mm cannon with a co-axially mounted 30mm machine-cannon, as well as anti-tank missiles and light machine guns.

In this U.S. Army video (recorded on 10SEP2023 by Specialist Josue Mayorga) you’ll see that Indonesia also operates the U.S./British made (BAE Systems subsidiary U.S. Combat Systems) AAVP-7:

USMC photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

BMP-3F during wargame Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARaT)/Marine Exercise (MarEx), December 2022.

Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: NATO-ROMÂNIA MLI-84M1 JDER, NOT YOUR FATHER’S BMP!

NATO-SLOVAK BMP (BVP) & OT-90

New Cold War, 2022: RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

Idaho

Chubbuck Days, 2023: U.S. Navy deploys Mini-Sub to Landlocked Idaho!

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USS Idaho Commissioning Committee

The large scale miniature of USS Idaho SSN 799 was towed onto Chubbuck’s Cotant Park, on 12AUG2023.

Kawaii, February 2023: U.S. NAVY DEPLOYS USS IDAHO TO…IDAHO?

Cold War Subs: USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?

Chubbuck Days, August 2023: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

International

Forever Wars: Japan #1, Global Takeover, NATO War with China?

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NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization

After World War Two, ‘Western’ European and North Atlantic countries formed NATO, specifically to counter the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991-92, but NATO has since expanded its reach around the world.

NATO Pacific Partners, from left to right; Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea.

Japan’s Prime Minister, Kishida Fumio, attended a ‘bilateral meeting’ at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 12JUL2023.

‘Special’ bilateral meeting with Japan, 12JUL2023.

“No other Partner is closer to NATO than Japan.”-Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General

“…security is not regional, security is global.”-Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General

“We are, of course, also concerned with China’s heavy military build-up… and its expansion of nuclear forces…”-Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General

“Welcome to NATO”, video released 12JUL2023:

“Japan and NATO share the understanding that unilateral attempts to change the status quo…. will not be tolerated, regardless of where in the world.”-Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan

“…we will cooperate in new security areas, such as cyber…  destructive technologies, and strategic communications including countering information manipulation.”-Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan

Please notice that NATO uses British/King’s English grammar/spelling in its press releases, not U.S. English, which is proof to me that NATO is a tool of the British empire (Commonwealth of Nations)!

Destroy U.S. Dollar/Return to the Empire, March 2023: JAPAN TOPPLES CHINA, NATO ALLIES & BRITISH EMPIRE TOPPLE JAPAN!

World War Three, February 2023: JAPAN JOINS NATO? PROOF NATO IS A PARANOID-SCHIZOID!

World War Three, False Flag 2022: CHINA WARNS UKRAINE CRISIS IS A DIVERSION, TRUE GOAL OF A-U-K-U-S IS WAR WITH CHINA!

World War Three, 2017: NATO GETS BIGGER, WELCOME JAPAN!

World War Three, 2013: NATO STATEMENTS CONCERNING JAPAN, AND THE NEW GLOBAL NATO!

International, Technology

Forever Wars: Baptism-of-Fire for New ‘Berezhok’, in Ukraine!

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On 10JUL2023, Russian news outlet RIA Novosti reported that the ‘new’ BMP-2M ‘Berezhok’ successfully attacked Ukrainian positions outside the city of Avdiivka (Avdeevka).

The BMP-2M is an upgrade of the Cold War era Soviet BMP-2. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Боевая Машина Пехоты), literally Combat Vehicle Infantry.

The crew of the BMP-2M used their 30mm gun and two 9M133 Kornet missiles to destroy a Ukrainian machinegun nest, and a Ukrainian truck carrying troops.  The BMP-2M also has a 30mm grenade launcher.

Video released by RIA Novosti claiming to show the Berezhok in combat near Avdiivka:

Berezhok is the name of a city in the south-west area that is part of the dispute between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists. 

Forever Wars: UKRAINE DEAL GETS NATO-CZECH REPUBLIC ‘NEW’ LEO 2A4

HOW TO ESCAPE A BLOWN-UP BRADLEY, UKRAINIAN STYLE!

International, Technology

Forever Wars: Ukraine deal gets NATO-Czech Republic ‘new’ Leo 2A4

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On 21DEC2022, NATO’s Czech Republic (aka Czechia) received its first rebuilt Leopard (Leo) 2A4 battle tank from NATO-Germany.

Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

It was part of a deal in which Czech Republic agreed to buy new-build Combat Vehicle (CV)-90 ‘tanks’ from Sweden, and gave Ukraine older Soviet era military equipment: “We got the tanks for supporting Ukraine. The support of Ukraine is absolutely correct and necessary, I am proud of it.”-Major General Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Army Czech Republic (ACR)

Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

Officials from NATO Member Germany, and NATO Partner Austria, observed the ceremony. Czech Republic is getting 13 additional Leo 2A4 battle tanks (along with spare parts) by the end of 2023, and one Leopard recovery vehicle by the middle of 2024.

Video via Czech Ministry of Defense, 21DEC2022:

Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

Forever Wars: RUSSIAN ALLY SERBIA ALLOWS NATO WARGAME? OHIO SENDS TROOPS!

U.S. NATIONAL GUARD PREPS FOR GLOBAL WAR!

The newest NATO member Finland already uses the Leo 2A4, and the CV-90. 

World War Three, 2012: QATAR JOINS SAUDI ARABIA IN BUYING HUNDREDS OF GERMAN LEOPARD TANKS

International, U.S.

Forever Wars: Russian ally Serbia allows NATO wargame? Ohio sends troops!

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While Serbia is not a member of NATO, it is a ‘partner’ in NATO’s Partnership for Peace program.  Alliances between Serbia and Russia can be traced all the way back to the 14th Century.

Photo by Sergeant First Class Zach Sheely, 07JUN2023.

U.S. National Guard Bureau General Daniel Hokanson shakes hands with Serbia’s President, Aleksandar Vučić, 07JUN2023.

On 15JUN2023, Serbia hosted the U.S./NATO Platinum Wolf wargame, for the first time since 2021. Serbia halted the Platinum Wolf wargame due to NATO’s support for Ukraine, but, after a meeting with U.S. military officials in March 2023, Serbia agreed to continue Platinum Wolf.

On 16JUN2023, it was announced that a Serbian Sergeant First Class had been killed in a vehicle accident near the disputed boundary line with Kosovo and Metohija, in the village of Drenovac.  Metohija is the province claimed by Serbia, yet disputed by Kosovo and NATO. Apparently, rumors were being spread that the accident actually happened during the Platinum Wolf wargame.

Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia photo of Ohio Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk, 22JUN2023.

It should be realized that U.S./NATO wargames almost always have a scenario involving social collapse, where the public turns against the government! Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia video, Platinum Wolf VIP (very important person) display, 22JUN2023:

Serbia has hosted Platinum Wolf since 2014.  This year’s wargame ended on 27JUN2023.

Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia photo of U.S. Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, 22JUN2023.

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Christopher R. Hill, attended the VIP ceremony.

NATO members who participated are Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom,  and the United States (including the Ohio Army National Guard, which has operated inside Serbia since 2006).  NATO ‘partners’ Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Serbia also participated.

Forever Wars:U.S. NATIONAL GUARD PREPS FOR GLOBAL WAR!

Vehicle I-D:SERBIA’S UP-ARMORED BRDM-2MS

SERBIA’S NEW T-72MS

International, U.S.

Forever Wars: NATO greatly increases taxpayer funding, expands global ammo supply, forms ‘Birds Coalition’ with Ukraine!

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NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organization, “…was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War.   …countering the threat posed at the time by the Soviet Union.” The Soviet Union ceased to exist on 25DEC1991, yet it seems NATO is still fighting that war.

“The biggest thing that has happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this: By the grace of God, America won the Cold War.”-George H. W. Bush, President of the United States, 1992 State of the Union Address

Joint statements by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the Third, in which it is revealed that taxpayer funding for NATO is being greatly increased; the original 2% maximum of GDP funding is now considered “a minimum” for defense spending. NATO video released 15JUN2023:

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says “All allies stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes.” Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov, reveals formation of ‘Birds Coalition’ to begin training on F-16 Falcon aircraft in Netherlands and Denmark, as well as yet-to-be specified ‘testing’ with Sweden. NATO video released on 15JUN2023:

NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, praises the expansion of NATO’s Multinational Ammunition Warehousing Initiative (MAWI). It is not just about the war with Russia, but the fact that NATO is rapidly expanding its operation around the world. NATO video released 15JUN2023:

World War Three, 13JUN2023: THE ONLY GLOBAL MILITARY ALLIANCE (NATO) SAYS THE WAR WITH RUSSIA IS IN “BEGINNING STAGES”!

Forever Wars:

International, U.S.

World War 3: The only global military alliance says the war with Russia is in “beginning stages”!

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Joint statements by the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, and the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, in Washington DC, 13JUN2023:

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM: MAINTAINING POWER THROUGH A CONTINUOUS WAR ON TERROR, OR WAR IS A COMPETITION TO CONTROL THE MOST SLAVE WAGE WORKERS

Orwell’s 1984 for reals, March 2022: NATO BULGARIA TO LEAD ANTI-RUSSIA OPERATION, WITH BIDEN’S BLESSINGS!

World War Three, December 2013: JAPAN and OFFICIAL ORWELLIAN DOUBLE-SPEAK PRO-WAR PROPAGANDA PROGRAM HAS BEGUN, MILITARY FORCES INCREASING!

International, Technology

Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: Slovak BMP (BVP) & OT-90

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

A Indiana Army National Guard soldier gets a lesson on how the BVP works, 15SEP2015. Indiana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Daniel Dyer.

Slovak BVP (BMP) based ambulance. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Micah VanDyke, 12OCT2016.

During the ‘Cold War’, Czech-o-Slovakia was one country created by the victors of World War Two by forcing Slovakia and Czech Republic together (just as they did after World War One).  Czech-o-Slovakia became a member of the Warsaw Pact in response to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Slovak BVP-1 (BMP-1). U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Micah VanDyke, 12OCT2016.

Slovak BVP-1 during a NATO CBRN exercise near Lešť, 20MAR2017. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Justin Geiger.

In the Czech-o-Slovak language the BMP became Bojové Vozidlo Pěchoty (BVP), which means basically the same thing as the Russian BMP; Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).  Like most users of the BMP/BVP, Czech-o-Slovakia made many different versions, including their unique OT-90.

Slovak OT-90 crew launches an S2M anti-aircraft missile, October 2013. Photo via Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic.

According to the current Ministry of Defense of Czech Republic (aka Chechia), the OT-90 was developed to carry a squad of infantry equipped with anti-aircraft weapons.

The man/woman portable S2M missile. Photo via Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, October 2013.

The large turret of the BMP/BVP was replaced with a smaller turret (same used on the Czech-o-Slovak designed OT-64 armored car), to make room for the specialized anti-aircraft weapons.

S2M launch from OT-90. Photo via Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, October 2013.

After the so-called Cold War ended, Czech Republic and Slovakia went their separate ways, and since there was no more Soviet-Warsaw Pact, they both joined NATO (NATO felt it necessary to remain in existence, even though its stated enemy the Soviet Union no longer existed). Today’s NATO-Czechia replaced their OT-90s with NATO-United Kingdom designed Land Rover vehicles. NATO-Slovakia still uses the OT-90.

Battle for Ukraine: February 2014 (NATO backed coup) to present.

U.S. Army video (by Sergeant Alan Brutus) of Slovak BVP-2 live-fire, during wargame Dragoon Crossing, 16SEP2015:

More live-fire video (by Christoph Koppers), 16SEP2015:

NATO video of rail off-load of Slovak BVP-2s and OT-90s, in NATO-Latvia, 13APR2017:

NATO video of Slovak BVP-1s and OT-90s, assigned to a newly formed ‘anti-Russia’ NATO Battle Group, 21SEP2022:

On 29NOV2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic announced that 30 BVP-1s had been sent to Ukraine. Officially it is part of a NATO weapons deal, in which Slovakia would get 15 upgraded Leopard 2A4 battle tanks from Germany.

Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: NATO-ROMÂNIA GARDIENII CERULUI GEPARD

H-A-W-K, HOMING ALL-THE WAY KILLER

NATO Vehicle I-D: BMP AMBULANCE, ROMÂNIA STYLE

Vehicle I-D: GEORGIAN T-72 & BMP

International

End of Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: Those decades when U.S. taxpayers supplied Russia with USAID!

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USAID photo, date and location not given.

According to U.S. federal government sources, the official date of the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the end of the undeclared Cold War, was December 1991. But even before that, in December 1990, the United States had begun distributing taxpayer funded humanitarian aid to the Soviet Union, via the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere).

USAID photo, date and location not given, but you can see by the 1980s Ford pick-up marked with the Marriott Hotel logo that it’s possibly somewhere in the U.S.

Russian Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO reporting name Candid) cargo planes were allowed onto U.S. territory to be loaded with Project HOPE supplies. I assume that the USAID photos seen here are from the December 1990 to December 1991 period, as the planes still carry the flag of the Soviet Union on their tails.

Tail-end of Russian Il-76 filled with Project HOPE supplies. USAID photo.

I discovered that USAID itself does not talk about the deliveries to the USSR during the last year of the Cold War, referring only to the former republics (like Russia), or the ‘former’ Soviet Union, when talking about their taxpayer funded deliveries.

U.S. taxpayer funded aid increased in 1992, due to the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act.

USAID began their official involvement with Ukraine in 1992.

In August 1995, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published assessments of several USAID operations inside Russia.  It revealed that “Hundreds of U.S. contractors and grantees are responsible for implementing individual projects in the 13 sectors.” Also that “USAID did not adequately manage some projects it funded. The devolution of management and monitoring responsibility from USAID’s Washington office to its Moscow office delayed decision-making and created confusion among contractors. Furthermore, USAID’s management information systems were inadequate, and it did not adequately monitor or coordinate some projects.” 

In September 2012 (the year the Ukraine Crisis actually began, the coup taking place in 2014), USAID announced they were halting their Russian operations at the request of the Russian government. Russia accused USAID of funding/supplying Russian rebels.

Project HOPE was created during the early years of the Cold War, in 1958, by the United States. Its mission statement was to help poorer countries with healthcare needs.

End of Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: NO MORE OPEN SKIES, OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE OC-135B?

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: ILYUSHIN 76/78, RUSSIA & NATO?

Peacekeeper ’95: RUSSIA INVADES NATO UNITED STATES! RED DAWN FOR REALS?

Cold War Finale: SOVIET HELIX BOARDS U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER!