The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) had an impressive, and expensive, replacement for its outdated Cold War era Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV). It demonstrated incredible abilities for speed, range and firepower, and then was suddenly canceled in favor of a British empire (BAE […] Continue Reading…
During the Cold War, Yugoslavia developed their own version of the Soviet T-72, using NATO targeting systems, called the M-84. Now, Serbia is using the new MS (MC in Serbian Cyrillic) version of the T-72.
Mounting the 12.7mm heavy machine gun. Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 26SEP2022.
On 08DEC2022, the Serbian CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) forces decontaminated an old Cold War era M47 Patton tank.
Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 08DEC2022.The CBRN decon truck is made in Serbia, called the MDP-09.
Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, 08DEC2022.
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of video reports and links to United States (U.S.) drug related crimes and oddities for the month of December 2022:
ARIZONA: Border Patrol agent gets more than 12 years in federal prison for his crimes, including illegal drugs, and he has to refund the taxpayers the salary […] Continue Reading…
28 December 2022 (09:46-UTC-07 Tango 06) 07 Dey 1401/04 Jumada t-Tania 1444/06 Ren-Zi (12th month) 4720/28 Декабрь 2022 года
“The Greek population directly benefits as each company eligible to compete on U.S. Army contract actions will provide the population of Greece a steady and reliable source of income as our posture grows or is sustained […] Continue Reading…
On 17DEC2022, North Carolina Army National Guard’s 2-130th Airfield Operations Battalion held a deployment ceremony, in Salisbury. They are deploying to support operations of the U.S. Africa Command (AfriCom).
North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Captain Patrick Montandon, 17DEC2022.Children of the deploying soldier-airmen were given early xmas gifts.
It is armed with the M15 remote controlled weapon station (RCWS), with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun, or a much larger turret with a 30mm gun.
Photo via Ministry of Defense of Republic of Serbia, 21DEC2022.The infantry inside […] Continue Reading…
In the mid-1980s, a company called Standard Manufacturing (not to be confused with today’s firearms manufacturer of the same name) created what might be the ultimate ‘gun-truck’; the Excalibur, armed with a 20mm Vulcan gun.
USA photo by […] Continue Reading…
26 December 2022 (11:51-UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Dey 1401/02 Jumada t-Tania 1444/04 Ren-Zi (12th month)4720/26 Декабрь 2022 года
Ever hear of the non-governmental organization (NGO) EcoHealth Alliance? Most people haven’t, but on 06DEC2022 a former vice president of the NGO released a ‘tell-all’ book about how taxpayer funded EcoHealth Alliance was directly involved with gain-of-function […] Continue Reading…
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
The Avro Vulcan was a Cold war era NATO-United Kingdom nuclear bomber, first flying in 1952 (70 years ago).
Avro Vulcan B.1A, flying over Las Vegas, Nevada, during the World Congress of Flight air show, April […] Continue Reading…