Category Archives: International

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

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

Forever Wars: Kuwait gets new Special-K M1A2 Abrams!

When did Kuwait first start using the M1A2? Way back in August 1994, it was reported that Kuwait got the first of 2-hundred-18 M1A2 Abrams battle tanks.  Back then it was reported that they cost $5-million each, and the deal was done through the U.S. taxpayer subsidized Foreign Military Sales program.

Remember, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s own website states that Foreign Military Sales are “…funded by country national funds or U.S. Government funds.” 

In December 2016, Kuwait wanted additional M1A2s to cannibalize (officially called ‘recapitalization’) for parts for their aging M1A2 fleet.  The order also included new 120mm main guns, new M2HB .50 caliber (12mm NATO) machine guns, M240 7.62mm NATO machine guns, and new turbine engines.

Then one year later, it was revealed that on top of the taxpayer subsidized Foreign Military Sale of additional M1A2s, Kuwait was about to get a special K version of the M1A2! The new M1A2K was supposed to be ready by 2019-20, but then some False Flag operation called The Pandemic happened.

Kuwaiti M1A2s. Task Force Spartan photo by Master Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 23FEB2023.

In July 2021, it was revealed that Kuwait finally began receiving its new M1A2K Abrams.

Task Force Spartan photo by Master Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 23FEB2023.

Externally, the M1A2K looks like the M1A2SEP with remote controlled Tank Commander’s (TC) weapon system, and an external cooling and auxiliary electrical power generator mounted in the bustle rack on the back of the turret.

Kuwaiti Land Forces photo, July 2021.

One promotional photo shows an M1A2K with an additional .50 cal machine gun mounted on the main-gun-mantlet, ‘Israeli’ style, as well as a possible .50 cal mounted on the gun-ring of the Loader’s hatch.

Kuwaiti Land Forces photo, July 2021.

‘In the field’ photos of the M1A2K shows the standard M240 machine gun at the Loader’s station, no .50 cal mounted on the main-gun-mantlet but there is a machine gun mount present.  Perhaps the only visual identifier is the .50 cal machine gun mount on the main-gun-mantlet?

Video (by Claudia LaMantia) of brand new M1A2K Abrams offloaded upon the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, 03MAR2023:

Forever Wars: IDAHO ARMOR ROLLS OVER KUWAIT!

Mother of all Money Pits: BIDEN SPENDS BILLIONS ON KUWAIT! TO KEEP CHINA OUT, OR TO COVER-UP ECONOMIC COLLAPSE?

Desert Storm: KUWAITI القوات الجوية الكويتية A-4KU SKYHAWK

Forever Wars: Idaho Armor rolls over Kuwait!

03 June 2023 (21:47-UTC-07 Tango 06) 13 Khordad 1402/14 Dhu l-Qa’da 1444/16 Wu-Wu 4721/03 Июнь 2023 года

Camp Buehring, Kuwait, photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (aka Snake River Brigade, one of my military alma maters) is Idaho’s largest Army National Guard unit. The brigade is located in more than 20 Idaho communities as well as units in Montana, Nevada and Oregon.  The 2-116th Cavalry Regiment is headquartered in Caldwell with units in Emmett and Nampa, but is currently deployed to Kuwait as the 2-116 Combined Arms Battalion (2-116 CAB).

Camp Buehring, Kuwait, photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Latasha Price, 18MAY2023.

Photo by Specialist LaTasha Ross, 18MAY2023.

Video by Claudia LaMantia, M1A2 Abrams live fire on Udairi Range, Kuwait, 19MAY2023:

M1135 CBRN Stryker, Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

M12A1 Heavy Decontamination Apparatus. Photo by Specialist LaTasha Ross, 18MAY2023.

2-116th CAB M1A2 on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, 20FEB2023. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist David Campos-Contreras.

An Idaho Army National Guard 2-116 CAB M1A2 Abrams battle tank gets loaded onto a USAF C-17 Globemaster-3 (from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina), on Ali Al Salem air base, Kuwait, 20MAY2023. USAF video by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero:

Idaho’s 2-116 CAB relieved their sibling unit, Bravo Company of the the 3-116 Cavalry, towards the end of 2022 (which had deployed at the end of 2021).  While the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is based in Idaho, the 3rd Battalion of the 116th CBCT is located in Oregon.

A 3-116th Cav M1A2 is loaded onto a C-17 cargo plane. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Matthew Plew, 22AUG2022.

B-Co/3-116th officially ended their deployment on 05MAR2023, with a demobilization ceremony in Hermiston, Oregon.

Forever Wars: ARIZONA, IDAHO & MASSACHUSETTS TAKE ON THE ‘DRAGON’ IN KUWAIT!

2022: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

2021: OREGON DEPLOYED TO POLAND!

OREGON DEPLOYS MILITIA INTO “SIT-COM”!

2019: OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND MONTANA ARMY MILITIAS PREP TO DEPLOY

Vehicle I-D: M93 FOX NBCRSV (CBRN), COLD WAR & BEYOND

Forever Wars: Arizona, Idaho & Massachusetts take on the ‘Dragon’ in Kuwait!

Idaho’s 2nd Battalion-116th Cavalry Regiment, in Kuwait for Dragon Defender on Camp Buehring, 13FEB2023. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist David Campos-Contreras.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (aka Snake River Brigade, one of my military alma maters) is Idaho’s largest Army National Guard unit. The brigade is located in more than 20 Idaho communities as well as units in Montana, Nevada and Oregon.  The 2-116th Cavalry Regiment is headquartered in Caldwell with units in Emmett and Nampa.

In the foreground is an Idaho 2-116 M1135 CBRN Stryker vehicle, behind it is a Kuwait M93 CBRN Fox. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist David Campos-Contreras, 13FEB2023.

An Idaho 2-116 M1135 CBRN Stryker follows behind a Kuwaiti M93 CBRN Fox vehicle. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist David Campos-Contreras, 13FEB2023.

In February 2023, the 2-116th Cavalry Regiment took part in what is called Dragon Defender 2023, on Camp Buehring in Kuwait.  It wasn’t just the Idaho Army National Guard, the 272nd Chemical Company-79th Troop Command of the Massachusetts Army National Guard was also present: “I love CBRN [Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear]. I love that it’s not just one thing; there are so many aspects to it. It’s not just putting on your gas mask and going to a CS [Crowd Suppression gas, aka tear gas] chamber or checking your mask.”-Warrant Officer Kelly Osmon, Massachusetts Army National Guard

Rear view of an Idaho 2-116 M1135 CBRN Stryker. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist Joshua Barnes, 13FEB2023.

Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist Joshua Barnes, 14FEB2023.

Dragon Defender included Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training, specifically involving mounted reconnaissance, extraction and decontamination of victims.  WMD also includes explosives, and the Arizona Army National Guard was there to cover that aspect: “Being EOD [Explosive Ordinance Disposal], our job is to clear the scene of any explosive hazards. A lot of scenarios with CBRN weapons there will be booby traps or dispersal devices with explosives in them. That’s our forte.”-Specialist Tyler Blackmore, 363rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company-158th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Arizona Army National Guard

Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist Joshua Barnes, 14FEB2023.

Saylor Creek, April 2023: USMC & IDAHO AIR GUARD INVADES, PREPS JTAC FOR ‘NEAR PEER’ FIGHT! WITH CHINA?

U.S. Food Crisis, February 2023:

REAL C-B-R-N EVENT, OHIO & WEST VIRGINIA DEPLOYED! OBVIOUS THAT OFFICIALS ARE LYING!

World War Three, January 2023:  IDAHO INVADES SYRIA!

False Flag, October 2022: 1ST TIME EVER, NATO & UN PREP FOR C-B-R-N ATTACK ON Jordanian OIL INFRASTRUCTURE!

Biden’s Borderland: Yet more states send National Guard to border with Mexico!

Mexican news media report drug gangs on the U.S./Mexico border are using anti-tank weapons (they are Swedish made AT-4 non-guided anti-tank rockets, the report incorrectly calls them Javelin guided anti-tank missiles):

24 hours after the governors of South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia announced deployments of Army National Guard personnel to the Joint Task Force Lone Star operation, in Texas, several more states throw their hats in the ring.

On 01JUN2023, Arkansas, North Dakota and Ohio ordered additional militia personnel to the border with Mexico.

El Paso fence. Joint Task Force Lone Star photo by Mark Otte, 10MAY2023.

The Arkansas Democratic Gazette reported that Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is deploying an additional 80 state militia personnel, beginning in July, because of “President Biden’s failure at our southern border”.

There is already 125 North Dakota militia personnel in Texas, Governor Doug Burgum is sending an additional 1-hundred, saying “The threat to national security grows every day that the Biden administration abdicates the responsibility of the federal government to secure our borders – failing to enforce existing immigration laws and failing to dedicate the resources needed to stop the tide of illegal immigration and drug trafficking that endangers lives in communities across our country. If the White House won’t address this crisis, governors will, and we commend Gov. Abbott for taking the lead in the absence of federal action. The North Dakota National Guard has already deployed two units to the southern border in the past two years, and these additional military and law enforcement resources announced today will further strengthen efforts to secure the border and keep Americans safe.”

The Statehouse News Bureau reports that Mike DeWine, Governor of Ohio, ordered a new rotation of 50 National Guard personnel, for October.  There are currently 125 Ohio state militia personnel in Texas.

On 30MAY2023, Iowa’s  Governor Kim Reynolds ordered at least 130 state militia and police personnel, to Texas, saying “The crisis we are experiencing is a direct result of a dereliction of duty by President Biden.” 

Biden’s Borderland: THREE MORE STATES DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TO TEXAS!

That year Idaho & Brazil attacked California & Nevada!

Idaho’s 124thFW/190thFS A-10C and Brazilian A-29B Super Tucano, on Nellis AFB, Nevada, June 2019.

Remember when Idaho and Brazil joined forces and occupied the U.S. Air Force’s Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) near Las Vegas, in Nevada, so they could launch airstrikes on the U.S. Army’s National Training Center in California?

It was called Operation Green Flag West, launched from Nellis AFB, Nevada, 03-14JUN2019.

A-10C Thunderbolt-2 (aka Warthog). Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds, 08JUN2019.

Brazilian A-29B (Embraer EMB 314) Super Tucano. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 08JUN2019.

U.S. Air Force report (edited by Staff Sergeant Danny Rangel) explaining why Idaho and Brazil joined forces, 09JUN2019:

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 08JUN2019.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds, 08JUN2019.

14JUN2019, another USAF video explainer (by Technical Sergeant Danny Rangel):

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds, 08JUN2019.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 04JUN2019.

More Green Flag West videos here: 124th FW A-10Cs Shootin’ & Scootin’ thru California, Idaho and Nevada!

IDAHO A-10C warthogs wallowing IN THE CALIFORNIA DIRT, JUNE 2019

Green Flag East videos: A-29B SUPER TUCANO

January 2023: IDAHO INVADES SYRIA, FOR REALS!

June 2022: IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN: UN authoritarianism through Global Healthcare!

26 MAY 2023 (14:12-UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Khordad 1402/06 Dhu l-Qa’da 1444/08 Ding-Si(4th month) 4721/26 май 2023 года

Robert ‘Rob’ Roos, representative to the European so-called Parliament, from Netherlands, gives warning about new United Nations attempt to become defacto global government through healthcare:

The Telegraph: United Kingdom politicians fear the new UN-WHO healthcare regulations are a covert power grab!

UN-World Health Organization: Article-by-Article Compilation of Proposed Amendments to the ‘new’ International Health Regulations

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN/Global Hunger Games:

WARNING FROM A CANADIAN IMMUNOLOGIST

Denton Program Failure 2023: USAID gave Guatemala nuclear ‘sources’?

One of two Cobalt-60 ‘sources’ found in Guatemala. Defense Threat Reduction Agency photo by Andrea Chaney.

On 22MAY2023, United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) revealed that several months prior they had discovered that the Central American country of Guatemala had at least two ‘sources’ of Cobalt-60!

A Cobalt ‘source’ being loaded into a shipping container. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Apparently, the Cobalt-60 was part of a previous USAID-Denton Program ‘donation’ to the Liga Nacional Contra el Cáncer/Instituto de Cancerología (National League Against Cancer/Cancer Institute) in Guatemala City.

Containerized Cobalt-60. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Cobalt-60 is mainly used in medical applications, and some food irradiation, but has also been proposed for use in a ‘dirty’ nuclear bomb to enhance the radioactive fallout.

Palletizing the containerized Cobalt-60. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

In April 2023, Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration, worked together to remove not one, but two ‘sources’ of Cobalt-60, and send it back to the U.S. of A.

Loading a containerized Cobalt-60 source onto a C-130J. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Through the U.S. Southern Command, the U.S. Air Force loaded two C-130J cargo planes (which had just dropped off ‘backlogged’ USAID-Denton Program giveaways) with the large containers of highly radioactive Cobalt-60.

DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

The Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program is not an independent charity but a taxpayer/’donation’ funded operation of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Agency for International Development (USAID). It is also known as Denton Cargo Program or Denton Program, and was started in 1987, after a 1985 change to Title 10 United States Code.  It allows private charities to use space-available on taxpayer funded U.S. military aircraft to deliver their humanitarian supplies, mainly to Central American countries, ostensibly to improve the quality of life in those countries so the people don’t try to move to the U.S.  Obviously it is a failure.

Denton Program Failure, 2021: CANADIAN FIRE TRUCKS, U.S. AIR FORCE, CENTRAL AMERICA

World War 3, 2021: IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

China declares War on Idaho’s ‘woke’ Micron?

21 MAY 2023 (12:34-UTC-07 Tango 06) 31 Ordibehesht 1402/01 Dhu l-Qa’da 1444/03 Ding-Si(4th month) 4721/21 май 2023 года

“The review found that Micron’s products have serious network security risks, which pose significant security risks to China’s critical information infrastructure supply chain, affecting China’s national security.”-Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC, aka communist China) is now banning the use of Micron Technology’s (Micron) products in “critical information infrastructure” items sold/used in the PRC!  They claim Micron “failed” a national security test.

Supposedly, 10% of Idaho based Micron’s global profits come from sales in China.  However, PRC officials say most of the Micron sales went to other foreign companies operating inside the PRC.  CAC administrators did not give specifics about Micron failed its network security review.

On 16MAY2023, Vision of China (VoC) reported that U.S. chip makers, including Micron, were in trouble and needed the Chinese market to stay alive:

https://youtu.be/GP8j_5Ow-Ew

Two weeks ago, Digitimes Asia speculated that a Micron ban in the PRC would be first felt in server Solid State Drives (SSD) sales.

Idaho’s ‘woke’ Micron: TAKING OVER NATO’S G7, WAR WITH CHINA NEXT?

Idaho’s ‘Woke’ Micron: Taking over NATO’s G7, war with China next?

Here is an incomplete list of links to the latest reports, as of 20MAY2023, about the growing global influence of Idaho’s ‘woke’ Micron Technology:

G7=Group of Seven intergovernmental political forum consisting of NATO Member Canada, NATO Member France, NATO Member Germany, NATO Member Italy, NATO Partner Japan, NATO Member United Kingdom and NATO Member United States.

Micron will be the first chipmaker to use EUV (Extreme Ultra-Violet) for volume production in Japan and Taiwan (Republic of China), using the upcoming 1γ (1-gamma) technology.

Japan announces $1.5-billion deal with Micron, to keep NATO’s G7 supplied with chips:

UNITED STATES: Despite industry analyst’s predictions, Micron actually lowers production costs?

Boise, Idaho, based Micron issues new computer voiced promotional explainer about all the different products that Micron’s memory/storage technologies are used in:

Micron’s home-base of Idaho promotes a career with the global tech giant:

Micron’s new mega-operation in New York is negatively affecting homeowners, as they are forced to sell to Micron and land speculators!

Local government officials love the fact that New York property owners are now being forced to sell to benefit Micron: “We promised the company a mega site of about 1-thousand-4-hundred acres, I think what you’re seeing now is that the company is very committed not just for what we talked about but for more potential growth and they understand that they need to make additional investments into certainly land.”-Ryan McMahon, Onondaga County

The new Micron operation in New York is already causing problems, for local hunters and nature lovers:

A local New York community college has already begun vocational courses for Micron employment:

In September 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration heaped praise, and lots of tax incentives, for the new ‘woke’ Micron!

In March 2022, Micron officially went ‘woke’!

IDAHO’S MICRON, A ONCE INSIGNIFICANT COMPANY NOW TAKING OVER THE WORLD?

U.S. Labor Shenanigans: HOME DEPOT SELLING ‘TAX FREE’ TO WOKE U.S. MILITARY, TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT/RETENTION?

World War 3, February 2023: JAPAN JOINS NATO? PROOF NATO IS A PARANOID-SCHIZOID!