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…
Reuters, 10DEC2021: Iraqi Kurdistan halts oil production sharing contracts, pisses-off British oil company!
Rudaw, 09DEC2021: Iraqi Kurdistan troops kill at least three NATO Turkey soldiers, as NATO Turkey continues ‘Claw Lightning’ operations in Northern Iraq!
09DEC2021, Turkish report:
K24, 09DEC2021: Iraqi Kurdistan builds Iraq’s largest steel foundry, 750-thousand tons per year!
Video report using English text, claiming ‘Coalition’ […] Continue Reading…
Anybody remember the very recent main stream news media mantra of ‘Deadlier than Delta’? Anybody remember the ancient Greek fable about The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
07 December 2021 (04:42-UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Azar 1400/02 Jumada l-Ula 1443/04 Geng-Zi (11th month) 4719
InfectionControlToday, 03DEC2021: Omicron May Be More Infectious, Deadlier Than Delta
DNAIndia, 29NOV2021: Omicron more transmissible […] Continue Reading…
Before the U.S. Army settled on using the M551 Sheridan as the basis for its ‘fake news’ Soviet tanks, they tried out the self propelled artillery unit called M109.
U.S. Army photo. Fake News ZSU-23-4, Fort Hunter Liggett (photo info says Fort Ord, I believe that is incorrect as the terrain […] Continue Reading…
Egyptian Ministry of Defense video report from October 2021, showing M60A3, BTR-50, ZSU-23-4, and other weapon systems:
Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video showing artillery systems, including the M109, MLRS and ZSU-23-4, October 2021:
In 2020, Egypt agreed to buy 5-hundred of the Russian T-90MS.Music video report, wargame Qadir 2020:
“About six months ago, we were recruiting for a very high-level position in our company, we were recruiting somebody from California. They said, ‘You know what? Meridian, Idaho, is too expensive for me to live. It’s better for me to stay in California.’ Now how many of us have ever heard that? We never […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, highly incomplete list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 01 December 2021:
On 30NOV2021, about 2-thousand migrants left Southern Mexico for the United States, just one of several caravans:
On 01DEC2021, reports say another 2-thousand migrant caravan gave-up and turned around due to exhaustion, […] Continue Reading…
“Current mRNA delivery methods do not have very effective endosomal escape mechanisms, so the amount of mRNA that actually gets released into cells and shows effect is very low. The majority of them are wasted when they get administered.”-Liangfang Zhang, Zhang Labs/UCSD-Nano Engineering, 30NOV2021
01 December 2021 (13:00-UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Azar 1400/25 Rabi ‘ath-Thani […] Continue Reading…
After 67 years, the world’s first nuclear powered submarine is still afloat, and heading for a $36-million (estimated) refurbishment, so it can continue its job as the U.S. Submarine Force Museum’s centerpiece.
15OCT2021, USN photo […] Continue Reading…