09 November 2022 (09:13-UTC-07 Tango 06) 18 Aban 1401/14 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1444/16 Xin-Hai 4720/09 ноября 2022 года
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) just published a new Canadian study (which used data out of British Columbia) comparing Pfizer’s mRNA to Moderna’s mRNA, Pandemic vaccines, in regards to heart problems.
mRNA-1273 = Moderna Spikevax
BNT162b2 = Pfizer Comirnaty, the BNT stands for BioNTech
The study is titled Comparative Risk of Myocarditis/Pericarditis Following Second Doses of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Coronavirus Vaccines. Overall, both vaccines cause increased heart problems for young adults, for both men and women, but more so with Moderna’s Spikevax. The study concludes “…we observed a 2- to 3-fold higher odds among individuals who received mRNA-1273 vs BNT162b2. The rate of myocarditis following mRNA-1273 receipt is highest among younger men (age 18-39 years) and does not seem to be present at older ages. Our findings may have policy implications regarding the choice of vaccine offered.”
YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo by Deng Hua, 08NOV2022.
I have heard many people say the Y-20 is China’s version of the U.S. Boeing C-17, but if you look at the main wing and nacelles, from above, it is clear it is a development of the old Cold War era Soviet Ilyushin 76.
Two Russian IL-76 transports on McChord Air Force Base, Washington. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steve Thurow, 01NOV1995.
Model kit builders: Just take the the Il-76 and stick a C-17 tail on, then get rid of the glass nose.
YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo via Xinhua, 08NOV2022.
Some Chinese news releases are referring to the YY-20 as the YU-20. In this excerpted air show video, released on 09NOV2022, notice that it starts with a graphic calling the tanker a YU-20:
YY-20 during Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Photo via Xinhua, 08NOV2022.
On 01AUG2022, the People’s Liberation Army(PLA)-Air Force announced the successful completion of YY-20 training, which just happened to take place near Taiwan. PLA-AF promotional video:
Also in August, the YY-20 was first used operationally to refuel aircraft taking part in a blockade of Taiwan. I excerpted this video from a PLA Eastern Theater Command report dated 11AUG2022:
PLA Air Force promotional video released on 30AUG2022:
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 (USCG) about the increasing flood of boat people from Cuba, and other countries, for October 2022:
USCG video by Lieutenant Alex Cordes, nine illegals from Cuba, and one dog, captured on Water Cay, Bahamas, 12OCT2022:
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 video, interception of boat full of illegals about 13 miles northwest of Water Cays, Bahamas, 16OCT2022:
On 17OCT2022, the USCG District 7 released a video of various interceptions of boats full of illegals in the Caribbean Sea:
The USCG District 7 reported that they ‘repatriated’ 270-illegals to their home country of Cuba, on 21OCT2022.
FLORIDA:
USCG District 7 photo, 01OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 50-miles south of Boca Chica, 01OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 03OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 30-miles south of Plantation Key, 03OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 04OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 30-miles south of Islamorada, 04OCT2022.
USCG video by Petty Officer Third Class Ryan Schultz, illegals captured approximately 25-miles south of Marquesas Key, 05OCT2022:
USCG video by Petty Officer Third Class Ryan Schultz, illegals captured about 2-miles south of Key Colony Beach, 10OCT2022:
During the night of 12OCT2022, passengers and crew of a cruise ship spotted this boat carrying illegals (from Cuba according to the USCG), about 60-miles south of Sugarloaf Key.
USCG District 7 photo, 13OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 30-miles south of Marathon, 13OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 13OCT2022.
USCG captured this illegal, from Cuba, approximately 45-miles south of Key West, 13OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 14OCT2022.
USCG captured this boat, from Cuba, approximately 20-miles south of Key West, 14OCT2022.
USCG District 7 video, illegals row a large homemade boat about 60-miles south of Key West, 14OCT2022. Obviously the boat is big enough to hold dozens of illegals, where are they:
USCG District 7 photo, 16OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 30-miles south of Long Key, 16OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 18OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 20-miles south of Boca Chica, 18OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 18OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 15-miles south of Cudjoe Key, 18OCT2022.
WPLG Local10 reports 200% increase in Boat People:
USCG District 7 photo, 18OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 30-miles south of Islamorada, 18OCT2022.
USCG District 7 video, illegals captured about 15-miles southeast of Fort Jefferson, 18OCT2022:
USCG District 7 photo, 24OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 35-miles south of Key West, 24OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 25OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 7-miles south of Key Largo, 25OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 25OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 23-miles east of Biscayne Bay, 25OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 26OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, near Cudjoe Key, 26OCT2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 31OCT2022.
USCG captured these illegals, from Cuba, approximately 50-miles south of Marquesas Key, 31OCT2022.
PUERT RICO:
USCG District 7 PADET-San Juan photo, 01OCT2022.
USCG District 7 PADET-San Juan reported they handed over 47-Dominican Republic nationals to the Dominican Republic Navy, on 02OCT2022. They also reported that two people were arrested and face federal charges of smuggling humans.
USCG District 7 PADET-San Juan photo, 18OCT2022.
On 18OCT2022, USCG District 7 PADET-San Juan report they ‘repatriated’ 48-Dominican Republic nationals and two Haitians to the Dominican Republic Navy.
USCG District 7 PADET-San Juan reported they handed over 48-Dominican Republic nationals and two Haitians to the Dominican Republic Navy, on 24OCT2022.
TEXAS: USCG District 8 video report, about the increase in illegal fishing operations along the Texas coast, 373-Mexicans captured:
Even though the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), also known as the Guardian, was developed in the late 1990s, it is actually an evolutionary step in the development of the Cold War era V100/V150/V200 Cadillac Gage Commando armored car.
U.S. Army V100 Commando during Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, 31JAN1967.
The V100 series was first developed in the early 1960s, and saw use in the occupation of Viet Nam. It was also sold, and even given away, to many small countries which could not afford to buy full-blown battle tanks. Several state and city level law enforcement agencies, in the United States (U.S.), use the V150.
Vietnam War era V-100/M706 armored car, displayed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
Eventually, the U.S. military designated it as M706. Six wheeled versions are known as LAV (Light Armored Vehicle)-300 and LAV-600.
Production of the M1117 began in 1999. The occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq resulted in the U.S. military realizing that its even older HMMWV vehicles were vulnerable to land-mines, and thus production of the M1117 was increased. In the early years, the U.S. military referred to the M1117 as the ASV.
Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Jeremy D. Crisp, 04APR2005.
The U.S. Army (USA) M1117 is armed with a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and a Mark 19 40mm grenade machine gun (referred to as a grenade launcher). It is used mainly by Military Police. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) version adds a M240 light machine gun (based on the European FN MAG) on top of the turret.
USA-Reserve video of M1117s conducting gunnery in Iraq, 25OCT2005:
M1117 bore sight target board, Balad, Iraq, October 2006. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Karonda Fleming.
Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. Army photo, 02NOV2006.
Poor quality video report, by Staff Sergeant John Anderson, showing maintenance on the M1117 in Afghanistan, in September 2006. It would not be until 2018 that the USA would develop a specific maintenance training course for what would be unofficially called The Frankenstein:
Taji, Iraq, 17MAY2008. USA photo by Sergeant Andrea Merritt.
USA video report about the use of the M1117 as a convoy security vehicle in Iraq, 05FEB2009. Notice in the report they say that ASV stands for Armored Scout Vehicle:
Brand new M1117 Armored Security Vehicles arrive on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, 04APR2011. USA photo by Specialist Kimberly Hackbarth.
M1117 drives into a hole on the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. USA photo by Michael Beaton, 04OCT2012.
There are many other versions, such as recovery vehicles, ambulances, personnel carriers, and artillery gun carriers and artillery FiST-V.
M1200 Armored Knight FiST-V. Georgia Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tracy J. Smith, 24JUL2014.
Washington DC National Guard M1117 Armored Security Vehicle. DC National Guard photo by Jesse Searls, 21JAN2014.
U.S. Army video by Martin Greeson, from May 2014, U.S. soldiers learn how to unstick an M1117 stuck in a ditch in NATO Germany:
Alabama Army National Guard video, by Sergeant Brenda Smith, showing M1117 gunnery on Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, April 2015:
Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Helen Miller, 23JUN2017.
Pulling the motor from a M1117, 14MAR2018. USA-Reserve photo by Master Sergeant Michel Sauret.
By 2018, the U.S. Army finally create a maintenance training course specifically for the M1117. That is because technicians began to refer to the M1117 as ‘Frankenstein’, because most of its internal components were made by many different companies, which complicated things: “The ASV is a melting pot of parts. Attention to detail with the ASV is needed due to its Frankenstein appearance.”-Herbert Green, M1117 maintenance instructor with the 99th Readiness Division
By 2019, the Illinois Army National Guard began displaying their Guardians alongside vehicles in the State Military Museum. Illinois National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton, 18MAY2019.
In NATO Canada, it is known as the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV). In Afghanistan it is known as the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle (MSFV). The taxpayers of the U.S. have not-knowingly paid for more than one thousand M1117s, donated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to various countries like NATO Greece, Kosovo, Colombia, and now Ukraine.
Michigan Army National Guard photo by Angela Simpson, 04AUG2017.
In 2017, the cost of a new M1117 was put at $809-thousand-5-hundred each!
On 04NOV2022, it was announced that U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior authorized the creation of a new U.S.-led NATO Security Assistance Group Ukraine (SAGU), to be based at Wiesbaden, Germany.
On 04NOV2022, African refugees protesting the recent peace deal between Ethiopia and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), took over and shutdown the northbound lanes of Interstate-5 in Seattle, Washington.
The refugees were displaying the flag of Tigray, and claim their take-over of all five lanes of I-5 Northbound, for four miles, was to bring awareness to the fact that Ethiopia is still killing Tigrayans, despite the peace agreement signed on 02NOV2022.
Local news outlets in the Blue-Liberal state did mention the protestors were demonstrating for Tigray, but they failed to mention most of them were in the country as refugees, as part of Biden’s once secret Operation Allies Refuge (remember that one, it wasn’t just about Afghans, it included refugees from Africa, and it never ended), and that included the local Fox TV station.
06 November 2022 (11:29-UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Aban 1401/11 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1444/13 Xin-Hai 4720/06 ноября 2022 года
On 04NOV2022, the NATO United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced the latest taxpayer funded giveaway for Ukraine; $400-million! This brings U.S. taxpayer military funding (does not include the humanitarian funding!), under U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior, to $18.9-Billion! (could they have canceled all student loan debts?)
This latest free-bee for Ukraine is a new ‘contracting phase’ in which new and refurbished weapons will be sent.
First-gen HAWK being launched by U.S. Marines from Chu Lai, Viet Nam, 1965.
The new free-bees include rebuilt & upgraded Cold War era U.S. HAWK (Homing All The Way Killer) anti-aircraft missiles (to go with the HAWK launchers being sent by NATO Spain), new Phoenix Ghost drone (UAV, aka UAS) bombs, armored river boats, rebuilt Iraq occupation M1117 Armored Security Vehicles, and NATO Netherlands and NATO Czech Republic will be paid by U.S. taxpayers to upgrade, to NATO standards, 45 T-72B Cold War era Soviet designed battle tanks.
Captured T-72M being used by U.S. Marine Corps as Opposition Force tank, June 1997.
Destroyed Ukrainian T-72B, photo published 18MAY2022.
06 November 2022 (12:28-UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Aban 1401/11 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1444/13 Xin-Hai 4720/06 ноября 2022 года
Just a sampling of the robots the People’s Republic of China is making.
So-called Swarm UAV launcher. PLA photo published 04NOV2022.
In November 2022, China showed-off its new lightweight version of its vehicle mounted ‘Swarm’ R/C drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) launcher. It is considered a weapon system, but can used for reconnaissance missions and communication relay.
One of the so-called Rainbow drones.
Also, a family of autonomous A-I UAVs, called Rainbow, was displayed. Their capabilities and configurations are designated by a number system. They can be either fixed wing or rotary wing. There are dozens of versions; long range, high altitude, high speed, heavy lift, naval versions, and stealth versions. The first Rainbow, CH-1, apparently flew in 2000. Several countries use a version of the Rainbow, including countries that are supposed to be allies of the United States.
In October, military units, local government agencies, and civilian (silly-vilian) contractors, took part in exercise Central Shandong Support-2022, in Zibo, Shandong Province.
Photo by Chen Maoxin, published 17OCT2022.
The exercise included the use of robots and UAVs to delivery anything from food to ammunition. One exercise involved delivering ‘non-staple’ food-stuffs to 5-thousand military personnel for seven days. At the same time, those robots and UAVs had to be protected from air attack: “This exercise serves to explore the ways of economic mobilization under the new situation, and has tested the capability of the professional support teams for national defense mobilization in Zibo City.”-Wang Peiquan, commander of the Zibo Military Sub-command
Use of human firefighters and robot firefighting vehicles. Photo by Chen Maoxin, published 17OCT2022.
Another exercise involved using A-I driven fire-fighting robots to respond to an enemy air attack on a civilian building.
Scorpion D UAV transport. Photo via Sichuan Tengden Sci-Tech Innovation.
Also in October 2022, China’s Sichuan Tengden Sci-Tech Innovation (aka Tengden) unveiled a four engined UAV transport aircraft called Scorpion D. It is based on earlier two engined transport drones. They claim it can carry a maximum of 1.5-metric tons.
The robot ‘Kylin Fighter’, developed by a research team from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). Photo by Liu Ruochen, publishe 16SEP2022.
In September 2022, a team from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) took top prize at the Unmanned Ground Vehicles Competition, in Cairo, Egypt. The international contest is sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. The winning robot is called Kylin Fighter, it can be remote controlled or operate independently. The PLA’s NUDT has been taking part in Egypt’s robot games since 2016, and has won four events.
PLA 80th Group Army video showing the use of robots during wargames, August 2022:
TP500
In June 2022, China’s AVIC First Aircraft Institute unveiled its UAV transport aircraft, known as TP500. Its first flight was 27 minutes long. They claim it can carry a 500-kilogram load as far as 500-kilometers. The designers say it can travel as far as 1800-Km, or carry heavier loads.
PLA video report, from 12APR2022, showing a UAV medical transporter, a robot loader and a robot pickup truck used to supply ammo, and other robot/A-I things for logistical supply:
Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) ASM (Anti Satellite Missile)-135A: Two solid-rocket stages (first stage made by Boeing), third rocket stage with telescopic heat seeker known as the Miniature Homing Vehicle, speed of 15-thousand miles per hour.
Boeing promotional photo dated August 1982. Note, the F-15A in the background is not the F-15A used in the ‘Capture Carry’ part of the ASat testing program.
First ‘capture carry’ flights of F-15A Eagle #76-0086 armed with ASat were in December 1982.
F-15A Eagle armed with the ASM-135A, 21DEC1982. U.S. Air Force photo by H.L. Wilson.
Over Edwards Air Force Base, California, 21DEC1982. U.S. Air Force photo by Al Chang.
Over Edwards AFB, California. Boeing photo released in January 1983.
Model kit builders take note, the ‘fin flash’ on 76-0086 is changed sometime between 1983 and 1985.
ASat equipped Eagle over Vandenberg AFB, California, 03APR1985. USAF photo by Paul E. Reynolds.
The actual launch of the ASM-135A was done in September 1985, by F-15A #76-0084 first seen in the photo from August 1982. Model kit builders note that back in August 1982, 76-0084 did not have the fin flash.
F-15 launches an ASat, somewhere off California’s Pacific Coast. USAF photo by Paul E. Reynolds, 13SEP1985.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer, 13SEP2007.
08MAR2015, USAF Space Systems Command releases this video about the only launch of ASM-135A:
Computer generated scenario of resulting debris field created by an ASat strike. As you will see by the date code on the video, it was made in 2014, yet the U.S. Air Force didn’t publicly release the video until November 2021:
