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World War 3: Iran’s ‘Kamikaze’ Drones?

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01 November 2022 (01:19-UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Aban 1401/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1444/08 Xin-Hai 4720/01 ноября 2022 года

This year there is a lot of talk in the Western-NATO news media about Iranian ‘Kamikaze’ drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) being used by Russia.  Maybe it is because in March of this year, Iran actually revealed what their own news media calls Kamikaze drones.

Photo via Tasnim News Agency, 06MAR2022.

The actual official name of these UAVs is Me’raj-504.  Me’raj means ‘ascension’, not Kamikaze.  It was designed for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), it is considered an upgrade of the Me’raj-214 UAV.  They are used specifically to target air defense systems.  The Me’raj-504 can carry a bomb with up to an equivalent explosive force of 2.5kg of TNT over a 100-kilometers flightpath.

The biggest advancements in the new design is a great reduction in cost, and time, to build.

The problem I have with the use of the word Kamikaze is that it is totally psychological on both the Western-NATO governments/news media, and Iran’s news media.  The official meaning of Kamikaze is ‘Divine Wind’, coming from two failed attempts by the Mongol Empire to invade Japan.  Both times a typhoon struck just as the Mongol ships arrived off Japan, destroying them. Thus it was divine intervention using the wind.

However, ever since the end of World War Two, the Western world associates Kamikaze with suicide.  In desperation, during the last couple years of the war, Japan formed a suicide squadron; pilots who were trained to deliberately use their aircraft as bombs. They were officially called Kamikaze as in a Divine Wind to save Japan, but the victorious Western allies took it to mean suicide.

U.S. Navy (USN) silent film, made between 1944 and 1945, shows a Kamikaze just missing a U.S. battleship, and then striking the side of an aircraft carrier. The USN likes to boast that no Kamikaze succeeded in sinking a ‘major’ U.S. ship:

Perhaps the Iranian news media is using Kamikaze in the Divine Wind sense? The Western-NATO news media is certainly using it in the suicide-terrorist sense.

World War 3: IRAN SENDS RUSSIA COPIES OF U.S. STEALTH DRONES?

Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis & Beyond: Antonov 2 Biplane, the most practical aircraft ever?

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To many people, the Antonov 2 is something that harkens back to the First World War’s biplanes, but it was developed after the Second World War (first flight 31AUG1947), soldiered on through the undeclared Cold War and continues flying for militaries on both sides of the Ukraine Crisis.

A proud Oleg Antonov stands between the crew that flew the An-2 on its first flight. Photo via Antonov Company.

It was Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov’s first aircraft design through his new independent Antonov Design Bureau.  It is a utility aircraft, originally meant as a crop duster/agricultural aircraft, and originally known as Sel’sko−Hoziaystvenniy samoliot (literally Agricultural Aircraft).  Mass production of the An-2 Maize actually began in a factory in Ukraine, in 1948.  In 1952, O.K. Antonov moved his design bureau operations/headquarters from Russia to Ukraine, where it is now known as Antonov Company.

The crop duster was a top loader. Photo via Antonov Company.

Photo via Antonov Company.

Round them doggies up! There’s almost as many ‘Colts’ as there are cows! Photo via Antonov Company.

Silly music video by Antonov Company:

Photo via Antonov Company.

Since 1948, the ‘Maize’ has been produced in several dozens of factories in dozens of countries, with at least six official modifications resulting in dozens of silly-vilian (civilian) and military variants.  The NATO reporting name is Colt.  Colt = An-2, 3, 4, 6, plus many other variants.  In China it is known as Y-5, and they even built a pilotless/robot version called Feihong 98.

An-2CX, photo via Antonov Company.

Even Santa Claus uses the Maize/Colt to transport his reindeer! Photo via Antonov Company.

An-6 fire fighter, photo via Antonov Company.

This odd looking Maize/Colt is the An-6 Meteo, high altitude weather tracker. Notice the cockpit in the tail, and the supercharged radial engine. Photo via Antonov Company.

Mount McCauley, Antarctica, 1973. Photo via John Sheraton.

A Warsaw Pact Polska (Poland) built PZL Maize/Colt floatplane, known as An-2M or An-2W in Poland (in the Soviet Union it is An-2V). What is realy interesting is that the NATO info published with this photo (in 1978) actually stated that the floatplane version was “rather rare”.

Sometime during the Cold War, in Warsaw Pact Deutsche Demokratische Republik (aka East Germany) fighter pilots were required to learn how to jump from a Colt.

In Warsaw Pact Československo (Czech-o-Slovakia), silly-vilian (civilian) parachute clubs were the rage, and the Colt was a major player. Photo made sometime in 1979.

SlovAir operated Colts were used by silly-vilian parachute clubs in Warsaw Pact Czech-o-Slovakia. Photo made sometime in 1980.

Czech-o-Slovaks loved parachuting so much they even jumped during Winter. Photo from Winter of 1979/80.

A Soviet agriculture Maize gets dusted. Photos by V. Jukl, sometime in 1980.

Ready for dusting. Photo by V. Jukl, sometime in 1980.

Antonov Company video, sometime towards the end of the undeclared Cold War, a mini-documentary was made about O. K. Antonov’s love of designing aircraft (in his own words), including his Maize:

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).  The Western NATO (North Atlantic treaty Organization) must not have considered the Colt a significant aircraft, I have several books concerning Soviet aircraft, published in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s, only two slightly mention the An-2 and only one has a photo of it.

Last days of a former Warsaw Pact-East German Colt. In 1990, East & West Germany officially became one, but many East German aircraft continued to carry their Cold War insignia. East German An-2s were quietly retired.

Colt cargo aircraft on display U.S. Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Zachary Cacicia, 15NOV2014.

Video report from 2016, about conversion of old Russian Colt/Maize to U.S. turbo-prop engines (made by Honeywell) and redesigned wings:

The composite winged TVS-2DT, Rostec photo.

Video report from 2016, about the new build TVS-2DT, an attempt to modernize the An-2:

Antonov Company video, An-2-100 turbo-prop sets lift record, April 2017:

Antonov Company video, celebrating 70 years of An-2, September 2017:

This Russian civilian Maize crashed in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, December 2017. It was loaded with 13 crew and passengers, three of which did not survive.

CGTN video report of Feihong-98 (FH-98) cargo UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), October 2018:

In 2018, Russia’s Rostec State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology, announced production of a new ‘An-2’, called the TVS-2DTS.  First deliveries were expected in 2021, but oh that darn Pandemic lockdown.

Composite wing and fuselage TVS-2DTS, Rostec photo 2018.

The difference between the TVS-2DT and the TVS-2DTS is that the 2DTS has all composite wings and fuselage, whereas the 2DT has composite wings.

A Colt makes an ‘after hours’ drop to U.S. and Latvian Special Forces units during a wargame. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Garrett L. Dipuma, 22NOV2020.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 05MAR2021.

Serbian paratroops make their first jump from a Colt, February 2022. Photo via Serbian Defence Ministry.

NATO Latvian An-2, notice the large muffler on the exhaust. Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

A privately owned An-2 performs during the Sivrihisar Airshow in NATO Turkey, 17SEP2022. Photo by Mustafa Kaya via Xinhua News.

A child of California seems excited to in the cockpit of an old Colt/Maize, part of the air show on Edwards Air Force Base. USAF photo by Lisa Dixon, 15OCT2022.

On 14NOV2022, a Cold War era Cuban An-2 crashed while taking off from Florida, U.S.  It was later discovered that the same Antonov had  arrived in Florida the prior month, possibly the pilot was trying to defect to the U.S.:

A bigger Antonov, this time in use by the United States?: 

USMC photo by Corporal Nathan Wicks, 02AUG2016.

RUSSIAN ANTONOV DELIVERS KC-130J SIMULATOR TO U.S. MARINES IN JAPAN!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: KAMOV 27 HELIX

F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

M-T-L-B, USED BY U.S., N-A-T-O, AND STILL USED BY RUSSIA!

International

Ukraine Crisis? NATO Poland’s new U.S. Army tank academy & more proof U.S. taxpayers controlled by foreigners!

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28 August 2022  (13:04-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Shahrivar 1401/30 Muharram 1444/02 Wu Shen(8th month) 4720

The newly opened U.S. Army tank academy in NATO Poland is part of Poland’s agreement to purchase (? actually beg, borrow and possibly steal from U.S. taxpayers) the new M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 Battle Tank, and the M1074 Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) bridge-layer version (the M1074 actually being a NATO Italian & Israeli design).  Since the beginning of 2022, news outlets and government officials have repeated stated that the deal is all about confronting Russia in Ukraine, however, Poland’s U.S. directed military expansion officially began in October 2019!

On 25AUG2022, it was revealed that it will cost $1.148-billion just to deliver the tanks to Poland, it is part of the U.S. taxpayer funded Foreign Military Sales program!

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency specifically states that Foreign Military Sales “May be funded by country national funds or U.S. Government funds.”

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, 15AUG2022. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Alvin Reeves.

The U.S. Army does not use the M1074 JAB operationally (the first JABs were used for testing/evaluation), a version called M1110 JAB is expected to eventually go into service with U.S. forces (production delayed by government Pandemic Panic attack mandates/lockdowns).  NATO Italy’s Leonardo, through its Saint Louis, Missouri, based DRS division, has a contract with Anniston Army Depot, in Alabama, to convert old M1 Abrams tanks to the JAB configuration.  Leonardo is the same company that makes U.S. Air Force’s new Grey Wolf helicopter (it is not made by Boeing, despite industry reports!).  DRS used to be a U.S. owned company, but in 2008 was sold to Italian company Finmeccanica.  Finmeccanica changed its name to Leonardo DRS. In June 2022, Leonardo DRS merged with Israel’s RADA Electronics Industries.

NATO-U.S. Army Abrams Partnership Program promotional video, 10AUG2022, announcing the tank academy:

On 15JUL2022, Poland announced plans to buy (just where is Poland getting this money from?) 116 former U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 tanks.  (See LAST RIDE FOR 1ST, 2ND & 4TH TANK)

In July 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce-International Trade Administration revealed that NATO Poland’s military expansion began in October 2019.  The U.S. Department of Commerce admits to encouraging the government of Poland to buy equipment specifically from the United States, being funded in part with the increased use of massive debt financing.

In May 2022, U.S. Congress members, and U.S. Army officials, expressed a desire to use the new Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act to effectively give Poland the tanks, placing the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers.

This U.S. Army (USA) video, by Specialist Javen Owens, shows M1074 bridge-layer already in action (U.S. personnel operating) in NATO Poland on 28APR2022, just weeks after the M1A2 agreement:

More JAB action, 28APR2022, USA video by Specialist Ellison Schuman:

USA video report, dated 27APR2022, revealing that training of NATO Poland tankers on Abrams tanks began immediately:

U.S. Army video dated 26APR2022, by Specialist Hassani Ribera Soto, shows M1A2-SEP already operating (U.S. personnel at the controls) in NATO Poland:

Bucierz Range, Poland. Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Specialist Hedil Hernández, 22APR2022.

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command video, dated 01APR2022, announcing M1A2 agreement with NATO Poland:

The $6-billion 01APR2022 agreement will result in NATO Poland getting 250 M1A2-SEPv3 main battle tanks, 26 M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicles and 17 M1074 JABs.  Does anybody believe that Poland has $6-billion?

The United States military has been increasing its presence in NATO Poland ever since the 15AUG2020 signing of the Poland – United States Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Biden’s War, July 2022: FIRST PERMANENT U.S. BASE IN NATO POLAND!

NATO Vehicle I-D, April 2022: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

March 2022, Vehicle I-D: U.S. ARMY GETS NEW VERSIONS OF ABRAMS AND BRADLEY (U.S. taxpayer funding benefits British company)

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Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: Kamov 27 Helix

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The first look for NATO of a Ka-27, aboard Soviet destroyer Udaloy, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, September 1982.

The first Kamov 27 flew in 1973, beginning naval service by 1982, today at least a dozen countries still use it. NATO calls it the Ka-27 Helix. China and India use the export version known as Ka-28. It is primarily used as an anti-ship weapons platform, but is also used for things like transport and fire fighting. The silly-vilian (civilian) version is Ka-32.

A Soviet Kamov 27 flying alongside a USN SH-3 Sea King. Location, date and photographer unknown.

Video of Cold War era film of Ka-27 action:

 

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Ka-27 Helix helicopters aboard Soviet aircraft carrier Baku (CVHG 103). USN photo by Lieutenant P.J. Azzolina, June 1988.

A Soviet Ka-32 Helix during Airshow Canada ’89 (Abbotsford Air Show), in British Columbia. Photo by Pat Nugent, August 1989.

Helix hangers on a Soviet Udaloy class guided missile destroyer. U.S. Navy photo dated October 1990.

In October of 1992, as the Soviet Union fell apart, a Kamov 27 (Red 46) made history by becoming the first Russian helicopter to land on not one, but two U.S. Navy (USN) ships.

Three Russian Ka-32 Helix-C in Bahrain, 16MAY1993. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade John Bouvia.

In June 1994, U.S. military personnel took part in a disaster response exercise on Vladivostok, Russia. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate First Class Charles W. Alley.

U.S. ally Republic of Korea (South Korea) uses the Ka-32C for Maritime Police actions. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Grenda, 19JUL1999.

Ka-27 on the fantail of the Russian Frigate Neustrashimy (712). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class George Sisting, 07JUN2004.

Kamov 27 Helix landing on the Ticonderoga Class Cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), somewhere in the Baltic Sea, 07JUN2004. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class George Sisting.

A Russian Ka-27 Helix takes part in a USN disaster response exercise on Santa Rita Naval Base, Guam, 31MAR2006. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Edward N. Vasquez.

A Russian Navy Ka-27 during anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, 09FEB2009. USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Jason Zalasky.

Kamov on the fantail of destroyer Admiral Vinogradov, Gulf of Aden. USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Jason Zalasky, 09FEB2009.

USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Jason Zalasky, 09FEB2009.

Ukrainian Ka-27 Helix aboard USS Taylor during NATO wargame Sea Breeze, 20JUL2010. USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Edward Kessler.

A NATO Portugal Ka-32A11BC fighting a wildfire.

14AUG2012 video of NATO Portuguese Ka-32A11BC fighting fires:

Indian Navy Ka-28 Helix lands on the flight deck of USS McCampbell (DDG 85), 07NOV2013. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Paul Kelly.

Ukrainian Helix aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) during a wargame, 02JUN2015. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Robert S. Price.

Ukrainian Ka-27 Helix during NATO’s Sea Breeze wargame, 22JUL2016. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Justin Stumberg.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Justin Stumberg, 22JUL2016.

Ka-28’s forward landing gear. PLA-Navy photo by Li Hengjiang, 24FEB2018.

PLA-Navy photo by Li Hengjiang, 24FEB2018.

PLA-Navy photo by Li Hengjiang, 24FEB2018.

NATO wargame Sea Breeze, in The Black Sea, July 2018. A Ukrainian Kamov aboard the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Justin Stumberg.

In September 2018, Russian Helicopters (which now includes Kamov) announced it had received more orders to build its latest version of the Helix, the Ka-32A11BC Heavy Utility Helicopter.

In December 2018, a Korean Ka-32T crashed into the Han River while fighting a wildfire. Two of the three crewmembers survived. The photo purports to show the same Ka-32T before the crash. Photo via Yonhap News Agency.

The Ka-32A11BC not only uses a bucket for fighting fires, it also uses a giant spray gun:

Russian Ministry of Defense video of the Ka-27 dropping bombs from its internal bomb bay, February 2020:

SWISSPOWERJET video of Ka-32 in action, April 2021:

Russian Navy Ka-27 during joint China-Russia wargames in the Peter The Great Gulf, Sea of Japan, 15OCT2021. PLA-Navy photo by Sun Jingang.

China uses the new Ka-32A11BC for fire fighting.

PLA Eastern Command Ka-28, photographed by Xu Ziyang, 21JAN2022.

HeliSwiss Ka-32. Since March 2022, and because of the Ukraine Crisis, the European Union has suspended certificate approval for Kamov helicopters operated by EU members.

In this People’s Liberation Army (PLA)-Navy video, about bad weather helicopter training, you can see a Ka-28 Helix, 31MAY2022:

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

In November 2021, Rostec (aka State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology), revealed that flight testing for the latest fire-fighting version began.  It is called the Ka-32A11M.

Photo via Russia Helicopters/Rostec, November 2021.

Cold War Helicopters: KAMOV 25 ‘HORMONE’

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

MTLB, USED BY U.S., NATO, AND STILL USED BY RUSSIA!

Idaho, International, U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: ‘Rustic Vessel’ navy of Cuba & Haiti invades? Border Patrol investigates itself!

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Welcome to borderland hell under the U.S. President, highly incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and links to news/government agency reports for 27 MAY 2022:

Canada to search your cell phone if you want to cross over!

Pro-illegal ‘christian’ priest and migrant camp operator, in Mexico, found beaten to death!

Between March 1st and May 15th, border officials have had to deal with more than half-a-million illegals!

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez.

On 30APR2022,  the U.S. Coast Guard District 7 reported ‘rescuing’ 102 illegals from Haiti, crammed onto a boat near the  near Isle de Tortue.  They were sent back to Haiti on 03MAY2022.

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa-Rodriguez, 09MAY2022.

On 09MAY2022, the USCG District 7 captured an ‘unsafe’ vessel packed with illegals from Haiti, near Turks and Caicos Islands.

NBC News confirms that social media is being used to trick illegals into coming to the United States:

Associated Press discovered that a law student is using social media to help illegals get into the U.S.  The law student has 3.1-million followers:

https://youtu.be/e_oS50Dxawg

ARIZONA: Governor blames social media for posting advertisements promoting human smuggling!

FLORIDA: Politician releases photos proving there is no baby formula shortage at detention centers for illegals!

USCG District 7 photo, 14MAY2022.

On 14MAY2022, about 32 miles south of Key West, 48 illegals from Cuba, using several homemade boats (aka ‘rustic vessels’), were captured.  They were sent back to Cuba on 19MAY2022.

USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa-Rodriguez, 17MAY2022.

On 17MAY2022, about 40 miles south of Long Key, 43 illegals from Cuba were seen using a couple of homemade boats (aka ‘rustic vessels’).  They were captured and sent back to Cuba on 21MAY2022.

A very quick USCG video of a boat crammed with 146 illegals from Haiti, captured approximately 45 miles southeast of Islamorada, 24MAY2022. They were sent back to Haiti on 27MAY2022:

IDAHO: Most refugees in Idaho are still coming from African countries.

City of Nampa is location for new Ukrainian refugee center.

Forbes reveals skyrocketing housing costs involve area of refugee resettlement, like Boise in Idaho, warns that same areas are already suffering huge declines in home prices!

LOUISIANNA: Federal judge says Title 42 must not end:

MASSACHUSETTS: Governor vetoes bill that would have allowed illegals to get drivers licenses:

PUERT RICO: Approximately 10 miles north of Desecheo Island, a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquin SAR crew ‘rescued’ survivors of an “illegal voyage” on 12MAY2022.  Video via USCG District 7:

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan photo, 16MAY2022.

On 16MAY2022, approximately 15 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, 22 illegals from Dominican Republic and Haiti were captured.

USCG District 7 PADET San Juan photo, 18MAY2022.

The USCG says this boat contained 18 illegals, captured on 18MAY2022, approximately 11 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla.

USCG District 7 PADET San Juan photo, 23MAY2022.

On 23MAY2022, the USCG intercepted this ‘illegal voyage vessel’ with 21 illegals, approximately 10 nautical miles south of Mona Island.

TEXAS: Illegals file lawsuit against taxpayers of The Lone Star State, want $5-million!

USCG District 8 photo, 18MAY2022.

The USCG claims this tour boat was operating illegally on Clear Lake in Kemah,18MAY2022.  Houston Police arrested the captain and crew.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi claims this is video of Mexicans illegally fishing in U.S. water, 19MAY2022:

Illegals cross border dressed like a military unit:

The mayor of Del Rio says there is no way to prepare for the daily crossings of thousands of illegals:

Democracy Now! report reveals massive involvement of Border Patrol in Uvalde school shooting, and reveals most residents are “mixed immigration status” and demands that ICE not deport any illegal students that might have been revealed as a result of the shooting:

Washington DC: U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior is going to try a new legal way to avoid Title 42 and let in more illegals!

Wall Street Journal says there is proof that U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior is signaling massive illegal immigration through policy incentives!

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a video explaining what happens after the end of Title 42:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a video report explaining the 2021 investigations into its own employees:

Biden’s  Borderland, April 2022:  “THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO WAKE UP!”

U.S. Food Crisis: FEDEX TAXPAYER FUNDED, SHIPS ANTHRAX, THEN PPE & EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES, NOW FOREIGN MADE BABY FORMULA for illegals!

International

Biden’s NATO War: “New Strategic Concept”, buying new allies while keeping old enemies

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Just a little bit of what NATO is doing in relation to the Ukraine Crisis, for the month of April 2022.

U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner, 17MAR2022.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing the construction of a new US$360-million Army Prepositioned Stock, or APS, facility in Powidz, NATO Poland.  So not only has NATO absorbed Eastern European countries, it is now expanding huge weapons storage facilities closer to the border with Russia.  The APS is the largest project in Poland being managed by U.S. Army Europe District’s Northern Europe Area Office.

NATO video from 03APR2022, showing French Combat Air Patrol operations over NATO Poland:

U.S. Army photo by Captain Angelo Mejia, 05APR2022.

On 05APR2022, the U.S. Army’s V Corps got a new (yet officially temporary) home in NATO Germany.  In 2012, V Corps was officially inactivated, but don’t blame the Ukraine crisis for its rebirth.  V Corps was officially reborn in 2020, with HQs in Kentucky and NATO Poland.  Now, V Corps is in Ansbach: “The United States Army and Bavaria go back for a long time, being loyal partners and friends for more than 65 years. Bavaria is proud to host the largest concentration of U.S. land forces in Europe and all the personnel working with the forces.”– Johannes Urban, Armed Forces Affairs, Security and Defense Policy in the Bavarian State Chancellery

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Agustín Montañez, 06APR2022.

German made Norwegian Leopard 2 tank prowling the forests of NATO Latvia during wargame Rising Griffin, 06APR2022.

New World Order! 06APR2022, NATO press conference reveals that Biden is using Russia/Ukraine crisis to build a neu NATO. Upcoming NATO Summit will be about creating “a new strategic concept” (new reason for existing) for NATO:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Gabriel Rivera, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, soldiers of the U.S. Army’s repositioned V Corps began arriving in Torun, NATO Poland.

U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force met with NATO Norway’s Secretary of Defense, in the U.S. state of Virginia, to discuss the current structure of NATO (Norway was one of the founders of NATO) and the Ukraine crisis.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman, 08APR2022.

On 08APR2022, NATO United Kingdom officially began Combat Air Patrol missions from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in NATO Romania.

On 10APR2022, six Chinese Y20 transport aircraft flew through NATO airspace (Turkey and Bulgaria) to deliver antiaircraft missile systems to Russia’s long-time ally Serbia.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jack Sanders, 11APR2022.

On 11APR2022, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Washington DC.  The United States is trying to convince India to to give up its ‘non-alignment’ policy, and move away from Russia.

U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Thurnapuf Valle, 11APR2022.

Also on 11APR2022, U.S. Congressional Representatives paid a congressional delegation visit with U.S. forces on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO Romania.

Video, U.S. President  Joseph R. Biden Junior tries to woo over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, 11APR2022:

NATO video from 13APR2022, showing Romanian, French and Belgian soldiers training for war in NATO Romania:

Hungry U.S. Sailors onboard USS Ross (DDG 71) go through a pallet of food delivered by the French ship FS Marne (A 630) on 02APR2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Claire DuBois.

It was revealed, on 14APR2022, that the U.S. military is now spending U.S. taxpayers’ money on purchasing food directly from European NATO members!  It is known as the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA), and the first deliveries of food went to the Sailors and Marines onboard the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80).  The ACSA began in March, U.S. Navy officials blame it on government Pandemic Mandates which are interfering with globalized supply systems: “Due to time constraints and unique global supply chain challenges, the ACSAs to procure food entirely through our NATO Allies were crucial to our acquisition strategy to keep our ships in foreign waters at an optimal fill levels to maintain readiness and the health and well-being of personnel.”-Captain Douglas S. MacKenzie, U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella

U.S. Army photo by Jason Tudor, 16APR2022.

On 16APR2022, NATO Romania officially activated its Installation Operations Center, on Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base (MKAB).  It was immediately used for the U.S. Army Support Activity-Black Sea Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (ASA-Black Sea) exercise, which is all about moving U.S./NATO troops closer to the Russian border: “As ASA-Black Sea continues to move its force protection forward, we continue to work closely with our multinational partners and U.S. teams to ensure our readiness is a strength we can all count on in the event of an emergent event.”-John P. Smith the Third, chief of the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security on  MKAB

On 18APR2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, specifically about the Russian-Ukraine crisis.  Moldova is officially neutral, but is also a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, a kind of first step to joining NATO:

On 19APR2022, NATO deployed U.S. made Patriot missiles, operated by NATO personnel from Germany and Netherlands, to NATO Slovakia:

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Brittany A. Chase, 20APR2022.

On 20APR2022, Minister of National Defense for NATO Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, spent time at the Pentagon.

West Virginia Air National Guard photo by Major Holli Nelson, 21APR2022.

From 19 April to 21 April 2022, West Virginia Army National Guard, and the North Carolina National Guard, took part in NATO’s Locked Shields which is considered to be the world’s largest international cyber defense wargame.  Locked Shields was conducted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, NATO Estonia.

U.S. Army photo by Major Joe Bush, 20APR2022.

From 11 April to 22 April 2022, U.S.-NATO conducted an artillery ‘seminar’ in NATO Estonia, as part NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Estonia.  NATO officials claim this was at the request of the Estonian Defense Force.

On 22APR2022, Ukraine’s Prime Minister spent time in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of State said it is “…evidence….Ukraine is going to be around a lot long than Putin.”:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 26APR2022.

The U.S. Marine Corps deployed the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to Siauliai Air Base, NATO Lithuania.

On 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of State met with the Foreign Minister of NATO Czech Republic:

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 26APR202.

Also on 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of Defense led a meeting of  the Ukraine Defense Consultative Group with NATO counterparts, and other nations, on Ramstein Air Base in NATO Germany, discussing both the current and future military needs of Ukraine (can they predict the future?).

A USMC F/A-18D in Poland. USMC photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 27APR2022.

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets of VMFA 312, 2nd MAW are now operating from Łask Air Base in NATO Poland.

On 27APR2022, the Indiana Army National Guard issues video (by Sergeant Hector Tinoco) explaining their part in sending Ukraine Viet Nam era M113 APCs:

New York Army National Guard-138th Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sergeant Amouris Coss, 28APR2022.

On 28APR2022, Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a weapons qualification for NATO soldiers from Germany and Poland.  The weapons training was held on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, and involved U.S. M4 assault rifles, M17 pistols and M249 machine guns.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Thomas Boatright, 28APR2022.

Somewhere in the Adriatic Sea, the command staff of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) watch as a C-2A Greyhound lands, 28APR2022. Onboard the Greyhound are the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Slovakia, as well as the Prime Minister of NATO Slovakia.

On 29APR2022, NATO issued yet another promotional video to justify their existence:

On 29APR2022, tiny NATO Latvia held an emergency meeting concerning refugees from Ukraine. It was decided to cap the number of Ukrainian refugees at 40-thousand.

NATO Response 2022: “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

NATO Vehicle I-D: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era weapons now in use by NATO:

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

DANA AND THE NEW ZUZANA

Technology

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: China makes surprise(?) delivery of military aid to Russian ally, using new Y-20!

Video

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Paratroopers jump from a perfectly good Y20, 17FEB2022. People’s Liberation Army photo by Liu Bingbing.

Video report, dated 03MAR2022, showing Y-20 airborne operations:

South China Morning Post/Associated Press reports that on 10APR2022, the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force flew six of their relatively new Y20 transport aircraft, through NATO airspace (Turkey and Bulgaria), packed with military equipment, to the traditional ally of Russia; Serbia.

PLA photo by Su Feng, 26APR2021.

The report claims the six Y-20s delivered Chinese made HQ-22/FK-3 antiaircraft missile systems.  Communist China’s Y-20s landed at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade. Associated Press says Serbian officials refused to comment.

PLA photo by Liu Shu, 04JAN2021.

The Serbian government purchased the HQ-22/FK-3 missile system in 2019, the United States government protested the purchase in 2020.

PLA photo by Liu Shu, 04JAN2021.

China claims the shipment of the HQ-22/FK-3 system, using six fuel guzzling air-transports, was just about delivering “regular military supplies”.

Interestingly, in the past day Serbia has announced intentions to buy fighter-jets from NATO France and drones from NATO Turkey.

In this video report, dated 07MAR2022, a Y-20 pilot states that civilian airports in China must be ‘upgraded’ to support military aircraft, in the name of disaster response:

The Y-20 made its first flight in 2013 and reported for duty with the PLA-Air Force on 06JUL2016. Video report dated 26JAN2022, about the 9th Anniversary of the Y-20’s first flight:

The Y-20 has also made global deliveries of China’s anti-Pandemic vaccine, as well as other Pandemic “prevention and control materials”.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Deng Liang, 18JAN2018.

World War 3-False Flag: CHINA WARNS UKRAINE CRISIS IS A DIVERSION, TRUE GOAL OF AUKUS IS WAR WITH CHINA!

U.S. WORLD WAR TWO DOCUMENTARY SAYS UKRAINE & CRIMEA ARE RUSSIAN!

CHINA OFFICIALLY BLAMES WAR IN EUROPE ON BIDEN & NATO!

World War 3, 2014: CHINA SUES NEW OBAMA REGIME STOOGES IN UKRAINE FOR $3-BILLION!

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S ‘FINBACK’, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

International, U.S.

U.S. World War Two documentary says Ukraine & Crimea are Russian!

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During World War Two, the United States government commissioned the creation of an anti-German/Japanese documentary called Why We Fight, supervised by Hollywood legend Frank Capra.  The first episode focused on explaining the military history of Russia leading up to the Second World War.  This included the Battle of Poltava, Poltava is a major city in Ukraine. It also mentions the Russian state of Ukraine and the Crimea during the First World War, saying “And only the ultimate collapse of Imperial Germany saved Russia from losing the Ukraine and Crimea.”

Here is an excerpt from the first episode of Why We Fight, up to the Battle of Poltava:

Here is an excerpt from the first episode of Why We Fight, including the part where it is stated that Ukraine and Crimea are Russian, and ends by saying “Yes, for seven hundred years Russian people have had to fight, to defend their land against would be conquerors. Why? Why have all these attempts been made to conquer Russia?”:

In this excerpt, Why We Fight explains the true reason why Russia is the target of global control freaks; natural resources:

Why We Fight also focuses on the people of Russia, referencing Ukraine and its residents as “Little Russians”:

The Why We Fight documentary series was the result of the U.S. Congress voting to force men into the military by drafting them (yes, despite what we are told, at least half the people of the U.S. were anti-war).  Through their own surveys, the U.S. War Department knew that even with a draft they would have a hard time building their forces, so they commissioned Hollywood to create a propaganda film series called Why We Fight.

Today, why do they still fight over Russia/Ukraine?

GERMANY DESTROYS U.S. BOMBERS IN Poltava, UKRAINE (I mean Russia)! 

NATO Response Force:  “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

JUST THE BEGINNING? UKRAINE REALIZES IT’S A CONSPIRACY, PART OF AN EVIL JOINT NATO-RUSSIAN PLAN TO BRING BACK THE IRON CURTAIN!!!

Biden’s War: ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS, DoD CALLS IT “STRATEGIC COMPETITION”, USAF WANTS YOU TO LEARN RUSSIAN!

CHINA OFFICIALLY BLAMES WAR IN EUROPE ON BIDEN & NATO!

Technology

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: DANA and the new Zuzana

Video

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak ShKH vz. 77. Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

The ShKH vz. 77 DANA began service with Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia in 1981. New versions are continually being created, and currently is in use by at least six countries.

Polish DANA lets one rip while deployed to Afghanistan, November 2010. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Gunner’s position inside the DANA. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, 11JAN2012. In the background a Polish DANA. California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Adam Carrington.

Cold War era Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak designed/built Soviet 152mm gunned Samo-hybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77, or self-propelled cannon howitzer model 77), also known as DANA (Dělo Automobilní Nabíjené Automaticky, in English means gun vehicle loaded automatically).  In today’s NATO Czech Republic it is called the SPGH-M77 or Type 77.

NATO Czech DANA on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 25OCT2012. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

Near Peer Threats and Russo-Ukraine War, 2014 to present. 

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 02SEP2014. USA photo by Sergeant Christina M. Dion.

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014, USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

NATO Czech ShKH-77 Danas in a garage on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 08AUG2015. USA photo by Specialist Tyler Kingsbury.

North Carolina Army National Guard examine a Polish 152mm DANA, 05JUN2016. North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Robert Jordan.

Polish 152mm DANA launches rounds during Exercise Anakonda, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, NATO Poland, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Quick U.S. Army video by Sergeant Austin Majors, wet gap (river) crossing showing Polish DANAs crossing pontoon bridge during NATO’s Saber Strike wargame in June 2017:

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Polish DANA, 26SEP2018. USA photo by Sergeant Christopher Case.

What do you call a DANA that has been upgraded with a NATO compatible 155mm gun? The Zuzana.

U.S. paratroopers take photos of Slovakia’s Zuzana, 08MAR2019. USA photo by Specialist Rolyn Kropf.

In 2021, NATO Slovakia began using a new version of the Zuzana, called Zuzana-2.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Zuzana-2 uses the latest in automation and has a human crew of only three.

Slovak Zuzana-2 launching a projectile on Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, 30NOV2021. USA photo by Private First Class Jacob Bradford.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Jameson Harris, NATO Slovakia tries out their new Zuzana-2 in NATO Poland, 30NOV2021:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

In NATO Latvia, Forward Operating Site Adazi, NATO Slovak personnel showed-off their new Zuzana-2 to artillery men from Fort Riley, Kansas, on 06MAY2022.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

On 09OCT2022, NATO-Slovakia revealed that it had sent a total of ten of the new Zuzana-2 gun systems to Ukraine.

Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Poland’s new Krab, updated for Ukraine Crisis: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: POLAND

Soviet era Aircraft used by NATO: POLAND SUKHOI 22

NATO Vehicle I-D: FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

International

NATO Response Force: Just the beginning? Ukraine realizes it’s a conspiracy, part of an evil joint NATO-Russian plan to bring back the Iron Curtain!!!

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Recent NATO reaction to Russia-Ukraine Crisis, from 01MAR2022 to 17MAR2022:

The first ever deployment of the NATO Response Force has just been assigned a year to its title: NATO Response Force 2022, indicating there will be more deployments past the Gregorian year 2022.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kendall Stuckman, 07MAR2022.

It has been revealed that on 07MAR2022, the U.S. Armed Services Blood Program-Europe held the 2nd Annual Tri-Border Blood Drive at The Hub in Brunssum, Netherlands. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Armed Services Blood Program-Europe is based in Landstuhl, Germany.

A NATO France Rafale lands on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), in the Ionian Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Tate Cardinal, 11MAR2022.

NATO Germany has increased its military presence in NATO Lithuania, under the guise of defending against Russian aggression:

Members of NATO are officially called “member states” indicating that NATO is not just a ‘defensive’ military pact, but is a pseudo-government!

12MAR2022, U.S. Navy video, by Petty Officer First Class William Dodge, showing NATO French personnel packing up their vehicles in Rygge, NATO Norway, to travel to a new location to prepare the High Readiness Brigade in Norway 2022 for use in the NATO Response Force 2022:

13MAR2022, USN video by by Petty Officer First Class William Dodge, NATO Polish personnel arrive in NATO Norway for exercise Brilliant Jump 2022, part of the High Readiness Brigade in Norway 2022 to prep for possible use in the NATO Response Force 2022:

13MAR2022, USN video by by Petty Officer First Class William Dodge, NATO Spanish personnel arrive in NATO Norway for exercise Brilliant Jump 2022, part of the High Readiness Brigade in Norway 2022 to prep for possible use in the NATO Response Force 2022:

U.S. Army photo.

According to a report released 14MAR2022, by U.S. Army employee Cameron Porter, NATO Germany’s Deutsche Bahn (German Railway) is now helping the U.S. Army ship tanks and other vehicles from the open-air warehouse (Army Prepositioned Stocks-2, APS-2) in Germany to distribution locations such as Grafenwoehr Training Area.

U.S. Army photo by Jason Todd, 15MAR2022.

On 15MAR2022, the NATO German military (Bundeswehr) is now using its military logistics trucks to help the U.S. Army ship tanks and other vehicles from the open-air warehouse (APS-2) in Germany to distribution locations such as Grafenwoehr Training Area.

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 16MAR2022.

On 16MAR2022, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin the Third and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meet (again) at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss their plans against Russia.  The day’s meeting also included the defense ministers of non-NATO countries of Finland, Georgia, Sweden and Ukraine.  It also included reps from the European Union, which just happens to also be based in Brussels, Belgium.  There are reports that Sweden and Finland might join NATO.

Also on 16MAR2022, NATO U.S. President Joe Biden’s promise of ‘unprecedented’ deliveries of antiaircraft systems to Ukraine actually involves U.S. taxpayers buying NATO Slovakia’s Russian made (ironic) S-300 system (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble), and giving it to Ukraine!

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 17MAR2022.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin the Third just met with Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger, 17MAR2022, concerning the Biden plan to spend U.S. taxes on buying NATO Slovakia’s Russian made S-300 antiaircraft missile system, and then give it to Ukraine! Slovakian officials say they will agree to the deal if only NATO replaces the S-300 antiaircraft system with a new antiaircraft system.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Miquel Jordan, 17MAR2022.

17MAR2022, NATO Croat MiG-21s are now flying ‘air policing’ operations alongside U.S. Air Force F-16s out of NATO Italy.

On 17MAR2022, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a live video speech to the German Bundestag, in which he essentially says he now realizes Ukraine was just a pawn, that the reason why the West/NATO dragged their feet on helping Ukraine was that there is a conspiracy between Russia and NATO to bring back the Cold War era Iron Curtain.  He specifically used the word “wall” and said the true goal is to create a new “divided Europe”:

World War 3: NATO RESPONSE FORCE DEPLOYS, BUT NOT FOR UKRAINE?

JAPAN SIDES WITH UNITED STATES & UKRAINE, HAS NEVER MADE PEACE WITH RUSSIA!