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Technology

Vehicle I-D: China’s H-6K

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One China’s latest bombers, the Xian H-6K, is a development of their H-6 which itself is a license built Cold War era Soviet Tupolev 16.  It debuted in 2007.  The most recent version is the H-6N (debuted in 2019) which looks just like the H-6K, but can be identified by the refueling probe sticking out of the nose.

H-6K bomber patrolling the oil rich South China Sea. Xinhuanet (Xinhua) photo, not dated.

China Defense Ministry promotional video explainer/walkaround report of the ‘new’ H-6K, December 2021:

China Defense Ministry video of scramble and patrol of H-6 & H-6K, November 2021:

In November 2021, two Chinese H-6K joined with two Russian Tupolev 95MC (NATO reporting name Bear) in a patrol flight over The Sea of Japan and The East China Sea.  It was the third such joint China-Russia aerial patrol of that area.

People’s Liberation Army photo by Yu Hongchun.

The most noticeable differences between the H-6 and H-6K are the cockpit/nose area and the engine air intakes.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun.

PLA-Navy photo by Yang Ling, dated 09AUG2021.

PLA-Eastern Command photo by Wang Jun, dated 30MAR2021.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun, March 2021.

PLA-Southern Command photo by Gao Hongwei, August 2020.

PLA-Southern Command photo by Gao Hongwei, August 2020.

Notice that the tail gunner’s position of the H-6/Tu-16 is faired over on the H-6K.

PLA-Southern Command photo, 15OCT2018.

Attending Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

H-6K bomb bay, Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

Attending Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

Xinhuanet (Xinhua) video report, edited by Li Jiayao, for first time H-6K participates in the Russia hosted International Army Games 2018:

Anti-ship missile armed H-6K patrols near Taiwan along with J-11s. Xinhuanet photo, 11MAY2018.

2018 Xinuanet video, edited by Li Jiayao, promoting the H-6K and showing what it takes to become an H-6K pilot:

2018 Xinhuanet music video of H-6K:

Financial Martial Law:

U.S. based WORLD BANK FINANCES REPRESSION BY CHINA?

Vehicle I-D: TYPE 7-4 INVADES EVERGREEN STATE! PREPS FOR WAR WITH CHINA?

International, Technology

Biden’s War: More U.S. Assault Rifles going to Africa

“The M4A1s are one of our high demand commodities and buying more to support urgent requests will be a good strategic decision.”-U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command – Security Assistance Management Directorate

A load of 1,250 M4A1 assault rifles arrived in Dakar, Senegal, 21JAN2022. It’s part of a larger contract for 5,000 M4A1 ARs and accessories over the next two years. U.S. Army Security Assistance Command photo by Tim Hanson.

The United States is in the midst of delivering 5-thousand M4A1 (descendent of the M16/AR-15) assault rifles (AR) to the African country of Senegal.  It is part of Senegal’s desire to replace its worn-out M16A1s.

This is being called a ‘foreign military sale’ yet it was funded through the U.S. Special Defense Acquisition Fund, which is routinely used by the U.S. Army Security Assistance Enterprise to pay for so called foreign military sales. In other words, it is a shell game in which U.S. taxpayers actually pay for another country’s ‘purchase’ of U.S. weapons.  And this includes training the other country’s troops on how to use those weapons.

Biden’s War: IS NATO EUROPE UN-ASSING AFRICA TO PREP FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA? WHY IS RUSSIA SO INTERESTED IN AFRICA?

Mother of all Money Pits: M4 GIVEAWAY, IN IRAQ!

U.S. Christian Rapture 2018: AR-15 = GOD’S ‘ROD OF IRON’?

False Flag 2016: AR-15 (M16, M4, etc) IS NOT “HIGH POWER” OR “HIGH VELOCITY”! IT’S A “PLINKER”!

U.S. MILITARY ‘LOSES’ 1,000+ HIGH TECH DEVICES IN ONE YEAR!

2015: NO MORE M16s OR M4s?

False Flag 2014: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT GOES MISSING IN ALABAMA? Alabama is second largest recipient of U.S. military gear, which state is number one?

2012:  U.S. MADE AIRCRAFT PARTS BEING RIPPED OFF BY ISRAELI MILITARY AND SCRAP METAL DEALERS, ARMY VEHICLES AND AMMO DISAPEARING!

False Flag 2011: 14,000 ROUNDS OF .223 caliber (5.56mm) AMMO FOR M16/M4s MISSING FROM U.S. MILITARY BASE!

Technology

USN’s new rebuilt Cold War era F-5N Tiger-2, NATO’s Russian ‘aggressor’ simulator

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Video report, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Florida, announces their first rebuilt F-5N is complete, 27MAY2021:

USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 01MAR2021.

USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 01MAR2021.

A rebuilt F-5N gets a pre-flight inspection. USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 01MAR2021.

USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 17FEB2021.

USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 17FEB2021.

Jacksonville, Florida, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast. U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson, 17FEB2021.

A spare intake is used to practice a new paint process that is meant to streamline the engine air intakes. USN photo by Ashley Lombardo, 20JUL2020.

USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 20MAY2020.

A 3D scan was made of theF-5N’s engine air intakes, to help engineers create a new paint/coating that will streamline the intake. USN photo by Toiete Jackson, 24SEP2019.

On 11SEP2019, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast got its first F-5N to be rebuilt. USN photo by Toiete Jackson.

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast video report announcing new contract to rebuild F-5Ns, 06FEB2019:

Vehicle I-D: USMC’s new aggressor HAWKER HUNTER?

Technology

Vehicle I-D: MiG-31K Hypersonic Kinzhal Launcher

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MiG-31K with Kinzhal, February 2022. Russian Defense Ministry photo.

Production of the Cold War era MiG-31 (NATO reporting name Foxhound) began in 1979, in February 2022 it was used to launch what the Russians call a hypersonic ballistic missile.  MiG-31s converted to carry the ballistic missile are called MiG-31K.

MiG-31BM, Central Military District photo.

Russian Ministry of Defense video, MiG-31K hypersonic ballistic missile ‘Kinzhal’ (dagger) launch, February 2022:

To confuse you, Kinzhal-dagger is also a name applied to other Russian missile systems.

MiG-31K, Russian Defense Ministry photo June 2021.

MiG-31K with Kinzhal, in 2018. Russian Ministry of Defense photo.

Vehicle I-D 2019: MIG-31 SPACE BOUND DOGFIGHTER?

Kit Bashing, Technology

Vehicle I-D: “The Dud Scud” Fake News Ballistic Missile

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During the 1990s, following the end of the non-declared/non-official Cold War, the United States held a yearly massive NATO wargame called Roving Sands, in New Mexico.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Marv Lynchard, 23APR1995.

One of the many oddities that made an appearance at these war games was the U.S. military’s “The Dud Scud”; a 5-ton dump-truck (some of the info says duce-n-a-half, other info says 5-ton) with ballistic missile looking things mounted on top of the dump-bed.  Scud is the NATO reporting name for a Soviet tactical ballistic missile launcher system.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Marv Lynchard, 23APR1995.

Of course the Dud Scud doesn’t look anything like a real Scud, they were just meant to simulate a generic ballistic missile launcher.

The Dud Scuds were positioned at various locations across Fort Sumner, New Mexico. USAF photo by Sergeant Nicole Snell, 29APR1995.

Because of the experience of having to hunt down Iraqi Scuds during Desert Storm, NATO exercise Roving Sands incorporated such a scenario into the yearly wargame.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Marv Lynchard, 23APR1995.

Cold War Vehicle I-D:

Photo attributed to Bernd Hartmann, Germany 1978.

FAKE NEWS ZSU-23-4 INTO THE J-A-W-S OF DEATH!

Technology, U.S.

Cold War: Going ‘Gangbusters’ with Texas F-4C & Georgia F-105G!

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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).

Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

The U.S. National Archives makes available a lot of cool imagery, but unfortunately a lot of the info issued with it is wrong.  Can’t blame the National Archives, they simply repost what was given to them, so a lot of the ‘false’ info actually comes from the source; the U.S. Department of Defense.  The following is a case-in-point; photos of Cold War era Exercise Gangbuster #11 show both F-4C Phantom-2s and F-105G Thunderchief ‘Wild Weasels’, it lists both aircraft as being with the “128th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 116th Tactical Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guardsmen”.  For the record, the F-4s are part of the Texas Air National Guard but not the 128th TFS/116th TFW, the F-4Cs belong to the 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 149th Tactical Fighter Wing.  The F-105Gs are part of the 128th TFS/116th TFW, which is Georgia Air National Guard.  In some photos the obvious belly of an F-105G is shown, yet the info says it is an F-4 Phantom II.  Also, the exalted U.S. Air Force/National Guard info calls the F-105 the “Delta Dart”! Maybe this was an attempt to deceive the Soviets?

A faded ‘blue bomb’, hi-drag ‘snake eye’, is brought to a waiting Texas F-4C. Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Georgia Air National Guard F-105G gets bombed-up with a cement filled Blue Bomb. Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

This is one of the photos that was listed as being an F-4. Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Gangbuster XI took place on Stewart Airfield, Georgia, in April 1981.  It was about bombing accuracy, and included the USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) as a floating target in The Atlantic Ocean.

Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Messing with the drogue ‘chute of the F-105G. Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

The F-105G used water injection for take-off runs. Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

Photo by Airman First Class Sheryl D. Barnett, 10APR1981.

I could find only two photos of Texas F-4Cs at Gangbuster XI, so here’s a photo of a 182nd TFS/149th TFW F-4C ‘intercepting’ a Soviet Tu-95 ‘Bear’ near Iceland, in 1981:

Photo dated 26AUG1981.

Weapon I-D: MARK 82, COLD WAR & BEYOND

Vehicle I-D: ROKAF 대한민국 공군 PHANTOMS

Idaho, Technology

New Cold War: Idaho Air National Guard trains with USMC F-35!

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds, 08JAN2022.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds, 08JAN2022.

“This is the first time we’ve worked with F-35s and we continue to build these types of relationships throughout all services and airframes. Other units outside of Idaho continue to come here because we have some of the best ranges in the world, thanks to the outstanding Airmen in the Idaho Air National Guard.”-Lieutenant Colonel Mike Hampton, director of operations for Idaho’s 190th Fighter Squadron/124th Fighter Wing

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09JAN2022.

Four U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs, from Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, Arizona, spent the weekend of 07-09JAN2022 over Gowen Field, Idaho, playing tag with the Idaho Air National Guard’s A-10Cs, it was a first.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09JAN2022.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09JAN2022.

“This shows that one of the best attack aircraft in the inventory, the mighty A-10 Thunderbolt II, can lethally integrate with the newest, most advanced aircraft in the world, the F-35 Lightning II. Additionally, it is an opportunity for two services to train together in anticipation of fighting alongside each other in future conflicts.”-Lieutenant Colonel Mike Hampton, director of operations for Idaho’s 190th FS/124th FW

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09JAN2022.

“Training with other units is a critical component to our wing maintaining combat readiness. We typically operate in a joint combat environment, working hand-in-hand with other services, and this training is imperative to prepare our pilots for combat operations.”-Colonel Chad Kornberg, 124th Fighter Wing commander

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09JAN2022.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds, 08JAN2022.

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

Vehicle I-D: IDAHO GETS NEW UH-60M

Idaho, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Idaho gets new UH-60M

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“It’s an exciting and unprecedented opportunity to have access to the newest air frame in the U.S. Army’s fleet. It’s exciting being on the leading and cutting edge of aviation. The M model has really set us up as a state and a National Guard entity to continue to lead the way and be on par with active duty counterparts.” -Lieutenant Colonel Nicole Washington, 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion commander

Brand new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters line the tarmac on Gowen Field. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13JAN2022.

Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion has completed the transition to the new UH-60M.  As of January 2022, Idaho now has 20 of the newest Black Hawk.

Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13JAN2022.

Pilots says the UH-60M is a long distance runner; crews don’t feel as exhausted after an all day mission, compared to the older Black Hawks, because for one thing the UH-60M has less vibration. Improvements include stiffer rotary wings for more lifting power, a new airframe, more powerful engines and advanced digital avionics inside the enlarged ‘glass’ instrument panel, being able to track yourself in relation to enemy/friendly forces, etc.

Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13JAN2022.

Idaho’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion has already put to use the UH-60M, last year they dumped more than 200-thousand gallons of water on forest fires in the Northern part of The Gem State.

Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13JAN2022.

The 1-183rd AHB flew the AH-64A Apache for almost 20 years before transitioning to the AH-64D Longbow model in 2012, and then to the UH-60A/L Black Hawk through 2016-2018.  In 2019 they went through UH-60M training. The unit received its first UH-60M on Gowen Field in June 2020 and flew the remaining 19 airframes back from New Jersey to Boise since then.  On 16JAN2022, the last two of a total of 20 UH-60Ms arrived on Gowen Field.

“Combined with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s modernized armor equipment, the Idaho Army National Guard is one of the most modernized states in the Army National Guard. Modernized equipment enhances our capability to be interoperable with our active duty peers.”-Brigadier General Farin Schwartz, commander of the Idaho Army National Guard

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Jessica L. Pauley, 31JUL2016.

The first time the Idaho/Oregon/Montana Army National Guard experienced the UH-60M was while taking part in NATO wargames in Romania, in 2016: BRAND NEW BLACK HAWKS: CANUCKS JOIN SNAKE RIVER MILITIA, AIR ASSAULT MOVE TO CONTACT, ROMANIA!

New Cold War: IDAHO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MEDEVACS WOUNDED FROM GOWEN FIELD!

Disaster 2021: Idaho Army National Guard UH-60 & UH-72 rescue Boise fire fighters from raging rapids…..truck trailer?

IDAHO BLACK HAWKS HEAD SOUTH, DOWN CENTRAL AMERICA WAY, YOU PAID FOR IT!

Technology

Vehicle I-D: New Cold War-games in Belarus, armor & aircraft

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Exercise Union Courage continued on 11FEB2022, with more armor maneuvers and aircraft flights.

How many vehicles can you identify in these videos?

Can you identify the Russian Eastern Military District aircraft in this video?

Vehicle I-D, New Cold War: T-72B3M live fire Crimea!

New Cold War: EXERCISE UNION COURAGE OFFICIALLY BEGINS

International, Technology

New Cold War: Bombers & Fighters in the Sky over Belarus, ‘bombin’ bread for the troops!

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On 09FEB2022, TASS reported that Su-35S fighters took part in interceptor training.  Su-25 ground attack aircraft played the role of invaders to be intercepted.

Russian Defense Ministry video, posted 09FEB2022, Eastern Military District S-400 missile system on patrol in the area around Brest, Belarus:

In December 2021, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said that they would continue air policing of the sky over the area of Belarus and Russia, along with Russian aircraft, for 2022.  Both Russian and Belarusian aircraft use the Red Star as their insignia.

On 08FEB2022, a joint Belarusian/Russian air patrol was flown, supposedly for the second time this month.

Russian Defense Ministry video, dated 08FEB2022, showing Tu-22M3 bombers, Su-30SM two seater and Su-35S single seater patrolling the sky over Belarus:

Another video dated 08FEB2022, shows Russian army bakers making bread for the troops now in Belarus:

New Cold War: RUSSIAN SU-30SM NOW PATROLLING THE SKY OVER BELARUS, WARGAMES ON THE GROUND UNDERWAY