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Vehicle I-D: Shield of the UAE درع الامارات العربية المتحدة

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The United Arab Emirates (The Emirates al-ʾImārāt الإمارات) uses a variety of armored vehicles, here’s just a few:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

United Arab Emirates’ French made Leclerc battle tank during ‘Iron Magic’, a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) with the U.S. Marine Corps, 31OCT2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

USMC photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Боевая Машина Пехоты, Combat Vehicle Infantry number 3 (BMP-3) roll across the sand during ‘Iron Magic’ CALFEX, 31OCT2017.

U.S. Army photo by Captain Scott Kuhn.United Arab Emirates’ Leclercs and BMP-3s during ‘Iron Union 5’ at the Al Hamra Training Center on 28SEP2017.

USA photo by Captain Scott Kuhn.

Russian made BMP-3.

U.S Army video by Captain Scott Kuhn, ACVs, a Leclerc based DNG/DCL recovery vehicle with mine plow, BMP-3s and Leclercs during Iron Union 5:

USA photo by Sergeant Aaron Ellerman.

UAE BMP-3 during U.S. led wargames in Kuwait, 27SEP2016.

USA photo by Sergeant Aaron Ellerman.

UAE’s Turkish made ACV (M113 based Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle) during U.S. led wargames in Kuwait, 27SEP2016.

USA photo by Sergeant Marcus Gable.

February 2011, taking part in a parade remembering the 1991 Desert Storm liberation of Kuwait.

False Flag 2015:  I-M-F PUTS U-A-E IN CHARGE OF ARAB SPRING COUNTRIES!

World War Three 2014: OBAMA DEPLOYS U-S-M-C TO U-A-E! U.S. CONGRESS APPROVES $150-MILLION FOR U-A-E! 

World War Three 2012: U-A-E COMPLETES MASSIVE PIPELINE AROUND STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Vehicle I-D:   Jordanian Shield اردني درع (Including Leclercs donated by United Arab Emirates)

IRAQI ARMOR, AFTER THE INVASION

KUWAITI C-17 الكويت

Helicopters: EGYPT

Technology

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: Bulgaria, plus the Bulgarian BMP-23

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Michigan Army National Guard photo by Specialist Alan Prince, 18JUN2019.

Self propelled artillery 2S1 Karamfil (Russian name Gvozdika, Гвоздика, carnation) Novo Selo Training Area, June 2019.

U.S. Army photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

The 2S1 has a 122mm howitzer.  It is based on a stretched MTLB hull.

Bulgar music video of 2S1s doing their thing, 12JUL2017:

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Column of BTR-60PBs on the Novo Selo Training Area, 13JUN2019. Notice that the exhaust system on the Bulgarian BTR-60s is different from the original BTR-60 design.

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Rear view of two BTR-60PBs (Brone-TransporteR, Броне-TранспортеP, Armored Transporter) on Novo Selo Training Area, 12JUN2019.

USA photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

BTR-60PB, Novo Selo Training Area, 11JUN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons, 11JUN2019.

BTR-60 tags along with a Bradley.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 10JUN2019.

2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA-6 Gainful) Bulgarian National Air Defense Training Center,  June 2019.

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

The 2K12 missiles are facing over the rear of the hull, June 2019.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 13JUN2019.

2K12 launching a medium range radar guided anti-aircraft missile.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Thomas Mort, 12JUN2019.

Video by Laurens Vermeire, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

NATO video, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

Ohio National Guard Sergeant First Class, of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, walks past a 9K33 (NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko), June 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

MTLB during NATO Saber Guardian/Strike Back, 05JUN2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

Notice the use of rubber mats to protect the asphalt road.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Kelly L. Street, MTLB mortar carriers (incorrectly identified by the USMC as BMP-23!), 13JUL2016:

USMC photo by Corporal Kelly L. Street.

Launching a round from a MTLB mortar carrier, 13JUL2016.

USA photo by Specialist Jacqueline Dowland.

Bulgar MTLBu leads a MTLB, 25JUN2015.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

Bulgar infantry dismount their BMP-1, Anevo Training Area, 25APR 2018.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

“Mount up!”

USA photo by Specialist Thomas Scaggs.

BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Боевая Машина Пехоты, Combat Vehicle Infantry) during combined arms live fire exercise titled Peace Sentinel near the village of Koren, 19JUL2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Justin T. Updegraff.

Bulgar BMP-1s play follow the leader to a USMC M1A1, 28OCT2015.

USA photo by Sergeant Paul Sale, 25OCT2012.

Bulgar BMP-1s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25OCT2012.

Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Megan Zander, 02FEB2020.

Bulgarian 2S1 based BMP-23, Hohenfels, Germany, February 2020.

Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Gregory Stevens, 02FEB2020.

USA photo by Specialist Julian Padua, 02FEB2020.

South Dakota National Guard photo by Sergeant Fiona Berndt, January 2020.

Bulgar designed and built BMP-23s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25JAN2020.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

BMP-23, live-fire exercise during Platinum Lion at Novo Selo Training Area, 17JUL2019.  In the above photo try to locate the World War Two era T-34 based SU-85/SU-100, being used as a gunnery range target.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao.

It is armed with a 23-mm gun, 9K111 Fagot (Фагот, bassoon) anti-tank guided missile launchers (NATO reporting name AT-4 Spigot), and 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder launched anti-aircraft missiles (NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail).

USA photo by Sergeant First Class Osvaldo Sanchez.

Bulgarian BMP-23s, October 2009.  The BMP-23 is not based on the BMP-1 or BMP-2, but on the 2S1 hull.

Video of BMP-23s during a public demonstration of force, 08OCT2009:

 

Soviet era Armor used by NATO:   BULGARIAN T-72

Soviet era Armor used by NATO:

POLAND

Emerald Flag: RUSSIA INVADES FLORIDA?

Vehicle I-D:

ARMURĂ ROMÂNIA

Soviet era Tanks used by NATO:

SLOVENIAN M84

Kit Bashing, Technology

A-10C: Afghan Phase Inspection

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The following are U.S. Air Force (USAF) photos of 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s phase inspection (inspection based on flight hours) of A-10C Thunderbolt-2 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, December 2009, model kit builders notice the plethora of raised rivets on the fuselage of the A-10C:

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Efren Lopez, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Efren Lopez, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF video from 2011, simple explanation of Phase Inspection of A-10C in Afghanistan:

Vehicle I-D:

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

A-10C SEA CAMO

Pocatello Airport:

The awesome A-10 is the last of Idaho’s Air National Guard air assets. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT-2 my personal ‘walk around’ photos

Technology

Vehicle I-D: F-15EX has arrived! Commander says “It’s an EX-citing day!”

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U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant John McRell.

On 11MAR2021, Boeing delivered the first production F-15EX to Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, for testing and evaluation.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John McRell.

The 96th Operations Group 40th Flight Test Squadron, and 53rd Wing 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron, will put the F-15EX (aka EX1) through the mill.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven.

Can you spot EX1?

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven, 11MAR2021.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins.

The F-15EX is hard to distinguish from the F-15E Strike Eagle.  A couple of ECM ‘ears’ protruding on the sides of the cockpit.  The blade antennae are different.  The pods on top of the tail fins are now symmetrical.  Some ECM bumps protruding from the rear.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins.

F-15EX arrives, parks next to F-15E, video by Jennifer Vollmer:

Official USAF video report, reveals that while it is a two seater it actually needs only one crew to operate:

Official USAF music video:

EX2 is also expected to make an appearance over Eglin AFB, soon.

Vehicle I-D, February 2021:   F-15EX-CITEMENT!

International, Technology, U.S.

Vehicle I-D: M109A7, don’t call it a Paladin, another ‘tool’ of the British Empire!

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“Samuel, notify your men; the British are coming.”-General Oliver Prescott, 19APR1775

North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Robert Jordan.

On 18MAR2021, the North Carolina Army National Guard got brand new M109A7s.

U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter.

About 36 M109A7, so-called next generation Paladin, self propelled artillery, and their ammo carrying M992A3 vehicles, arrived at the U.S. Army Prepositioned Stock-2 Coleman worksite in Germany, 04MAR2021.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

On 16SEP2020, the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (2-82 FA), 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fired its first shots with next-gen M109A7, at Fort Hood, Texas.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Here’s why it is not a Paladin: At first it might be hard to tell the difference between an M109A7 and the M109A6.  It is not just a radical upgrade of the M109A6, it is a totally new vehicle.  The hull of the M109A7 is not your father’s/grandfather’s M109, it is based on the lower hull of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Texas artillerymen take cover behind an M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (also based on the Bradley) while they pull the lanyard on the M109A7.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 gets a lift at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, 22JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 Howitzer from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, maneuvers inside the cargo-ship Resolve, 20JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Heidi Kroll.

Compare this photo of an M109A6 during a wargame in Toruń, Poland, 22JUL2020, with the photo of the M109A7 in the cargo-ship Resolve.  You should be able to note the differences (tracks, shape of hull).

Video by Staff Sergeant Adam Decker, explaining 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division’s M109A7 qualifications in Toruń, Poland, March 2019:

Photo via 1st Infantry Division.

More examples of why the ‘A7’ is not a Paladin: In this 2016 photo of a M109A6 on Fort Riley, California, you can clearly see the recoil spade on the back of the hull (one on each side of the access door).  The M109A7 has no spades.  You can also see the type of track, which is skinnier than that used on the M109A7.

The M109A6 has a 440 horsepower diesel, while the M109A7 has a 600hp engine.  According to British sources, the M109A7 requires only four crewmembers and has automated loading of the gun, which can be aimed while the vehicle is moving.

The U.S. Army awarded a $688-million contract to BAE Systems, in October 2013, for the production of Paladin M109A7.  BAE is a British Empire company (formerly British Aerospace BAe, and GEC-Marconi/Marconi Electronic Systems MES).  In 2015, BAE got another $245-million from the U.S. Army, for the M109A7 and the M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle.  Another $414-million was paid to BAE at the end of 2017!  All that was in addition to the total of at least $377-million paid to BAE to upgrade the M109A6 and M992A2 under the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program!

In the late 1990s, under the Bill Clinton regime, MES began taking over U.S. defense contractors.  In 1999, MES and BAe merged to create BAE Systems, apparently to stop a U.S. defense contractor from taking over MES.  In 2001, the same year the False Flag War on Terror began, BAE Systems aggressively invaded the U.S. defense industry, taking over many U.S. companies, including cyber security companies.

Vehicle I-D: MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

Proof the U.S. is the ‘tool’ of the British Empire: BAE M777 Artillery

Rivet Joint-Air Seeker: RC-135V/W PATRIOT & RED COAT

Vehicle I-D: ONCE A RED COAT, NOW A BLUE ANGEL

Vehicle I-D: POKEY AIRPORT, IDAHO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD M109 PALADIN

Vehicle I-D: 1-148 FIELD ARTILLERY GATE GUARDS, including an older M109

International, Technology

Mexican helicopter attacks USS Conolly!

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Photo by Alan Gragg, 29APR2009.

In 2009, a Mexican MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) Bo-105 Bolkow helicopter attacked the former USS Conolly (DD-979).  It was part of a multi-national effort to sink the ex-U.S. Navy ship.

It was part of an international wargame called UNITAS Gold (‘Gold’ referring to the 50th Anniversary of the wargames).  Participating countries were Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United States and Uruguay.

2.75 inch rocket hits Conolly in the signal tower.

Photo by Alan Gragg.

U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) joins in, firing on the Conolly in the background.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Seth Johnson.

The Spruance class destroyer was named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly.  Laid down 29SEP1975, launched 19FEB1977,  commissioned 14OCT1978, decommissioned 18SEP1998, sunk 29APR2009.  Efforts were made to turn it into a museum ship in Illinois, but failed due to lack of financial support.

Radar equipped Bo-105, 26APR2009, USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Shelander.

Video report about UNITAS 2009:

Vehicle I-D: MARINA ARMADA DE MÉXICO MIL 17

Kit Bashing, Technology

Vehicle I-D: A-10C SEA Camo

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The U.S. Air Force’s Heritage Flight operates at least three A-10Cs, one in grey, one with World War Two invasion stripes and now another with Viet Nam era South East Asia (SEA) camouflage.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Sergio A. Gamboa.

In January 2021,  an A-10C was prepped for its new SEA camo at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sergio A. Gamboa.

The plane was ready for public viewing by the end of February.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

Video by Senior Airman Blake Gonzales of USAF Heritage Flight A-10C in SEA camo, 06MAR2021:

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

The SEA A-10C made its air show debut at Naval Air Station El Centro, California, 13MAR2021.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

“Our latest message with the A-10 Demo Team is to promote an annual heritage paint-scheme.  This year we are inspired by the United States Navy River Rats and the F-105 Thunderchiefs of the Vietnam War. I think it’s a fitting tribute because like the A-10, the F-105 was a dominant attack aircraft.”-Technical Sergeant Brian Pontes, crew chief

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

Pandemic Overflight: A-10C (C FOR COVID?) THUNDERBOLT-2

Vehicle I-D: ANOTHER A-10C WITH INVASION STRIPES

International, Technology

Russia invades Florida?

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“Technology is advancing faster than ever before and Emerald Flag is at the cutting edge of connecting land, sea, air, space and cyber assets across all domains simultaneously.”-Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fritts

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft radar unit known as SURN 1S91.

“The goal is to align DoD resources across the Florida panhandle and enable multi-domain test and experimentation to prepare the warfighter for a 21st-century fight.”-Major Alexander Hillman, 45th Test Squadron

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA 6 Gainful) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

During the first week of December 2020, Eglin Air Force Base conducted its first-ever ‘native multi-domain test exercise’, during a wargame called Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

At the end of November, Russian made (Cold War era Soviet) armored vehicles were staged around the Eglin Test and Training Range.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The goal of Emerald Flag is to incorporate ground, air, space, cyberspace and experimental platforms, involving 25 government agencies, to develop the concept of the ‘joint domain warfighter’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The use of Russian/Soviet designed vehicles was only one part of the larger Emerald Flag operation: “We brought together fighter, command and control and electronic warfare aircraft with advanced weapons and integrated them into a strike package with cyber and land assets that used innovative experimental technology in a challenging environment.”-Colonel Doug Creviston, 96th Operations Group commander

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The positions of the Russian/Soviet designed vehicles were marked by GPS.  Interestingly, the December 2020 Emerald Flag was the first wargame where classified information was collected and shared by many groups on the ‘cloud’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 01DEC2020.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16C refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16D refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-15E refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. KC-46 refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. EC-130H refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

In March 2020, Emerald Flag was held on Hurlburt Field, Florida, and was concerned with the administrative and logistical problems of forward-area/combat deployments.

IDAHO’S 1:1 SCALE FAKE NEWS RUSSIAN 1S91 RADAR TANK

Near Peer Threats: CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

OPERATION TURNING POINT

1939 Vs 2019; GERMANY INVADES POLAND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF NATO!

UNITED STATES INVADES IDAHO!

Business/Economics, Idaho, Technology

Pandemic Panic-Attack hits Cat Litter? Blame logistics competition and Robots!

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For the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed a growing shortage of cat litter products at stores in Bannock County, Idaho.

Photo by AAron Hutchins.

I took this photo in the Pocatello Fred Meyer, on 05MAR2021 at about 22:50, just before they closed for the night.  Notice that even litter boxes and some other litter accessories are short supply as well.

Across the street at Winco, they’ve been shifting around slow selling basic clay litter to fill in the empty spaces of the faster selling clumping litter.  Is the litter shortage due to panic buying, or continued problems with a new global logistical supply system that still doesn’t work?

In September 2020, a Canadian news report suggested that cat litter shortages were the result of panic buying and that ‘experts’ expected high demand to last long after the ‘pandemic’ ended!

However, in April 2020, a possibly ignorant Alabama Public Radio stated that pet products were not subject to panic buying, but at the same time encouraged their listeners to stock up on pet supplies!

That Alabama Public Radio report came a few months after a report out of the United Kingdom, in January 2020, which stated that a big supplier of cat litter had “collapsed”, leaving British stores without litter!

But what about now, in 2021?  On 06MAR2021, a study was made available regarding the global cat litter market, saying pandemic panic-attacks had changed the dynamics of the litter market.  The ‘pay-per-view’ study gives predictions through 2025.

Another cat litter market study, also released in March, gives predictions through 2027.

Yet another litter market study predicts that post-pandemic litter sales will hit $5.37-billion by 2027!

And yet another study says it’s not just litter but litter boxes that are experiencing skyrocketing demand!

There are dozens of cat litter market studies out there, all saying demand is only going to go up, and it’s blamed on what I call pandemic panic-attack syndrome.

Recently, a cat litter company called Dr. Elsey’s moved production from Colorado to Wyoming, into a bigger factory to meet high demand for their products.

Pretty Litter recently joined up with Marquee Brands/Martha Stewart in an attempt to increase sales.

Logistics, better known as the supply chain, is partly to blame for random shortages as well.  It’s one reason why Arizona has been relying on its National Guard to deliver food to grocery stores ever since the pandemic panic-attack began.

An article by DHL, about the difficulties of distributing the CoViD vaccines, indicates that such global vaccine operations are impacting the supply of everything else!

In Pennsylvania, a large trucking company just shutdown a distribution operation, affecting at least one thousand employees!  The reason was that the client they were serving dumped them and signed a new contract with a new supplier.

Globally, a lot of bigger supply companies are taking over smaller logistics providers, and whenever that happens operations are shutdown and people lose their jobs, and that has to affect supply chain.

An article by Logistics Management says the pandemic panic-attack “amplified existing logistics challenges around the world”.  Meaning the global supply system was already in trouble.

But even more importantly, the logistics industry is actually getting rid of human labor.  Recently, Swiss logistics company CEVA announced it is replacing human labor in Canada with robots, those robots are made by a Massachusetts company called Berkshire Grey.  This is very important because according to another article, Berkshire Grey’s sudden involvement in automating the North American logistics industry began just before the pandemic panic-attack: “When I visited its Massachusetts headquarters last year, following a massive $263 million Series B, the company discussed some pretty aggressive growth plans. Mind you, that was before the pandemic had really touched down in the U.S. in a meaningful way.

If anything, COVID-19 has accelerated interest in automation….”-Brian Heater, TechCrunch

Manufacturing.net: The Future of Warehouse Logistics

Shipping Watch UK: Logistics chain bottlenecks trigger longer contracts for container carriers

U.S. Food Crisis: MILITARY DISTRIBUTION SUCCESS PROVES THE MARKET SYSTEM HAS FAILED!

Pandemic Panic-Attack: GLOBAL SUGAR CRISIS, BETTER STOCK UP NOW!

Pandemic Panic-Attack: HOSPITAL SHORTAGE? DON’T BLAME PANDEMIC, BLAME OBAMACARE!

Pandemic Panic-Attack: SHOPPING MAYHEM AT POCATELLO WINCO!

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Marina Armada de México Mil 17

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Mil 17=NATO reporting name ‘Hip’.

Marina=Marine, as in ocean/sea/water.

Armada=Fleet of ocean going military vehicles, or navy.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class John Stratton, 31JAN2010.

Mexican Mil 17-V5 delivers aid to Haiti, 31JAN2010.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Eric T. Crosby, 20JUL2012.

Mexican Navy Mi-17 Hip lands behind a U.S. Marine CH-53E Sea Stallion on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 13JUL2012.

Mil 17-1V flying off ARM Usumacinta A412 (ex-U.S. Navy USS Frederick LST1184 tank landing ship) during Rim of the Pacific war games (RimPac), 13JUL2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 14JUL2012.

Maintenance on an Mi-17-1V, July 2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 11JUL2012.

U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, fast roping from a Mexican Hip, during RimPac, 15JUL2012:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Captain Naomi Dorren, 16AUG2014.

Infanteria de Marina (Infantry of the Ocean) board a Mil 17-1V during exercise Partnership of the Americas, in Chile, August 2014.

USMC photo by Private First Class Devan Gowans, 06SEP2015.

Mil 17-1V lands on ARM Usumacinta A412 during Exercise Dawn Blitz, 06SEP2015.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Frank Cordoba.

During 2016’s RimPac wargames, Mexican navy Mi-17-V5 were used in training operations on Hawaii and California.  This is a medevac operation on San Clemente Island, California, 28JUL2016.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Jason Estevez.

Mexican Marina Mil 17-V5 arrives on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017, for exercise Bold Alligator.

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer Izzel Sanchez, 23OCT2017:

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Cody J. Ohira.

Mi-17-V5 parked near a CH-53E Super Stallion, MCAS New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017.

Vehicle I-D: UH-60 FOR AFGHANISTAN, KILLED-OFF BY THE MIL 17?