The 2S3 Akatsiya (2C3 Акация) was developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1960s. It is a self propelled howitzer that fires a 152.4mm round. It is still in use by Russia, Ukraine and about 15 other countries.
2S3 launches one […] Continue Reading…
On 27DEC2021, U.S. led Coalition ‘partners’ and Iraqi commanders met in Baghdad, to conduct an annual review of the ‘progress’ of Operation Inherent Resolve.
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Matthew Marsilia, 21DEC2021.On 21DEC2021, a U.S. designed Iraqi C-130J […] Continue Reading…
The North American Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) pit-viper.
The laser guided artillery round called M712 Copperhead, was the result of an early 1970s concept, tested by the early 1980s, and first used in combat during Operation Desert Storm despite the fact that production ceased in 1990 (according to Lockheed Martin). It […] Continue Reading…
27 December 2021 (16:02-UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1400/15 Jumada l-Ula 1443/17 Geng-Zi (11th month) 4719
“The accelerating emergence of human coronaviruses throughout the past two decades and the rise of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including most recently Omicron, underscore the continued need for next-generation preemptive vaccines that confer broad protection against coronavirus diseases. Our strategy has […] Continue Reading…
While doing time with NATO’s Kosovo peace enforcing operation (KFOR), some Ukrainian troops decided to bring a little friend to some crowd/riot control training on Camp Marechal de Lattre De Tassigny.
Iowa Army National Guard photo by […] Continue Reading…
The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th FW, 190th FS, decided to light up one of their home based (Gowen Field) A-10Cs with end-of-year holiday colors, starting on 20DEC2021.
The ID-ANG has been flying the A-10 since 1996. Idaho […] Continue Reading…
20 December 2021 (09:02-UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1400/15 Jumada l-Ula 1443/17 Geng-Zi (11th month) 4719
Incomplete list of links and videos to the latest Pandemic mandates in the U.S. and Germany (Germany because the U.S. military is directly involved):
GERMANY: Starting on 15DEC2021, the City of Wiesbaden asks all fully vaccinated or recovered people to […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, highly incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 17 December 2021:
The International Organization for Migration has published 2020 data on just where illegals are coming from, and where they are going.
Yet another migrant caravan […] Continue Reading…
Mil (мил) 26, NATO reporting name Halo.
The Mil 26 Halo was developed in the 1970s, to replace the older Mil 6 Hook. Mil is now part of the larger Russian Helicopters (JCS Russian Helicopters) ‘holding company’.
Video report, Mi-26 lifts its predecessor the Mi-6:
On 22NOV2021, Russian Helicopters-Rostec announced a deal for mass production of the […] Continue Reading…
Wind & snow storm hit Southeastern Idaho on 14DEC2021. Sustained winds hit 42mph, wind gusts hit 68mph, at the Pocatello Airport (which is actually in Power […] Continue Reading…