In August 2022, there were reports that Iran is supplying Russia with a stealth Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, also known as a ‘drone’). This is feasible because, during the U.S. President Barack Obama regime, Iran was able to capture a U.S. stealth drone in 2011, and they successfully reverse engineered it.
MiG-29, NATO reporting name Fulcrum.
Photo via Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, August 2022.Towards the end of August 2022, Slovak MiG-29s made their final military flights during the Slovak International Air Fest over Malacky-Kuchyňa Air Base. Although they had been recently upgraded with NATO standard equipment, and were expected […] Continue Reading…
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After the First World War, several countries formed a new international military organization called International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM). From the 5th to the 9th of September 2022, the ICMM held a conference in Brussels, Belgium (which also happens to be the […] Continue Reading…
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The U.S. Army has developed yet another new vaccine for Malaria, this time using a formulation based on HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). That HIV formulation is also being tested in vaccines for other diseases.
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are […] Continue Reading…
Believe it or not, little Republic of Latvia doesn’t have any main battle tanks. The closest thing it has is the M109A5Ö self propelled artillery gun, and the Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle-Tracked FV107 Scimitar recon/scout tank. Latvia also uses the CVR-T FV104 Samaritan ambulance, the FV103 Spartan personnel carrier and several other versions of the […] Continue Reading…
From the week ending 10SEP2022:
According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), based in Boise, Idaho leads the nation with 34 reported wildfires, as well as the most acreage burned.
10SEP2022, family moving onto their new property in Northern Idaho discover they are surrounded by wildfires:
09SEP2022, two suspected arsonists arrested:
09SEP2022, Bannock County 2 & 1/2 […] Continue Reading…
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2 & 1/2 Mile Fire, as seen from my backyard in Chubbuck, Idaho.The wildfire currently called Two and a Half Mile Fire is in an area of Bannock County, Idaho, that has a history of going up in smoke. […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the months of July-August 2022:
U.S. Coast Guard/U.S. Naval Forces Central Command photo, 30AUG2022.Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Glen Harris (WPC 1144) interdict a fishing vessel suspected of smuggling illegal narcotics in […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior, incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and reports from the United States Coast Guard, for August 2022:
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) reported they had returned 67 illegals from Cuba to their home country on 15AUG2022. 107 illegals were returned […] 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 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) first entered service in 1983. The Rome Air Development Center can trace its origins back to 1942, World War Two, when it was first used to test bomb sights for […] Continue Reading…