XM196 and M134 (U.S. Army), GAU-2 and GAU-17 (U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy), all General Electric/Dillion Aero/Garwood Industries 7.62mm x 51mm (7.62-NATO, 308 Winchester) miniguns. Minigun pods M18 for U.S. Army(USA), and SUU-11 for U.S. Air Force(USAF), are essentially the same.
In 1964, the USAF units in Viet Nam began experimenting with C-47 Dakotas, […] Continue Reading…
In the past several years, versions of the OH-58 Kiowa have been retired from U.S. Army (USA) service.
U.S. Navy photo.The U.S. Navy plans on retiring their aged fleet of TH-57 Sea Rangers (Kiowas and Sea Rangers both based on the Bell 206 JetRanger) next year, but it turns out that […] Continue Reading…
One of the ‘robot’ ships at the U.S. Navy’s UxS IBP 21 looks like something ‘boat people’ from Cuba would make.
USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon T. Williams-Church.This floating target is based […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of links to reports and studies showing the vaccination campaign is a failure, as of 03MAY2021:
The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) has not approved a single CoViD vaccine! CoViD shots have only been authorized for emergency use under the UN-WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL), which states “The WHO Emergency Use Listing […] Continue Reading…
On 20APR2021, a couple of composite trimaran hulled robots sailed around San Diego, California. One is called Sea Hunter, the other Seahawk.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe.This one is called Seahawk.
USN photo by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe, 21APR2021.Seahawk.
USN […] Continue Reading…
MTLBs operated by 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, acting as opposing forces (OpFor) during wargame Kernel Blitz in June 1997, Camp Pendleton, California.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Ryan Ward.USMC […] Continue Reading…
On 17APR2021, the Maritime Tactical Systems’ ManTAS (Man-Portable Tactical Autonomous Systems) T38 Devil Ray robot boat was demonstrated just prior to the U.S. Navy’s (USN) UxS IBP 21, in San Diego, California.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Jones, 17APR2021.According to an article published in March 2021, the […] Continue Reading…
In 2021, the Texas Air National Guard revealed their latest autonomous system, a robot that washes airplanes.
Texas Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Ryan Mancuso, 28APR2021.The 149th Fighter Wing, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, sacrificed […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, incomplete list of links to news/government agency reports as of 01 May 2021:
On the Mexican side of the border, in one location so many illegals are expected that charities have built a ‘home’, and already they have tenants.
In another border location, the City of Tijuana […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Army’s (USA) 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group-Airborne, traveled to New Hampshire in April 2021.
USA photo, 22APR2021.They were training for what’s called Low-Visibility Force Protection Training, specifically while using silly-vilian vehicles, in preparation for Low-Visibility Operations in hostile urban/city environments.