[HimalMag] Afghanistan is far from stable, more than a year after the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... ’s takeover of Kabul in August 2021. As various reports from the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... Security Council’s (UNSC) sanctions monitoring team concerning Islamic State
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Didn’t all the globalists make the argument that we had to pay attention to Afghanistan so that it didn’t become a failed state where dangerous extremism could foment in the Petri dish of our disinterest. What happened to all those globalists. Also, shouldn’t Cindy Sheehan be protesting our involvement in Ukraine. Is she on a milk carton? Did she make it through Covid?
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^ On a hunger strike in a Jamba Juice
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A note on враньё "Vranyo" : In this video I use the term "Vranyo" to describe a particular pattern or type of lying. Consulting with many Russian speakers in preparation for this segment, i got many conflicting definitions of враньё with some suggesting it was derogatory, others that there was no difference between it and ложь, while others said it was the perfect term for the phenomenon described.
In the end I have used it because it is a neat term to describe a complex practice/phenomenon, but understand that it is being used as a label, not as an unambiguous code word for these practices of collective, knowing deception.
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The performance of a military system is about more than the sum of its equipment, manpower, and training. Culture and practices are critical.
The Russian army appears to suffer from serious cultural issues. Corruption is a key one, while the practice of making up obvious lies to cover up the real state of affairs (which everyone then goes along with) and telling the boss what they want to hear at all costs - those practices enable corruption to thrive, and seriously undermine battlefield decision making.
In this episode, we look at the culture of deception in the Russian army, explore some of the common complaints, and discuss some ways it may (I am not a Kremlinologist) potentially impact or have impacted Russian decision making in Ukraine.
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Stole this from the comments - Burg will likey.
YCPlum
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A funny story involving mathematics when I was in the Army. I was an armored reconnaissance specialist (aka Cavalry Scout). During a training exercise we marched to a railroad bridge. We were given instruction on how to make rough calculations of the load capacity of the bridge based on the size, number, and construction material of the bridge elements.
At the end of the lecture, the instructor, our Plt Sgt, asked if the bridge can take the weight of an M1 Abrams tank.
I immediately said yes. Everyone was in shock. There was no way someone should be able to do the calculations in their head so fast and they knew I was not joking. However, I was also the only soldier in my platoon with a 4 year degree in engineering, other than the Plt Leader, of coursr.
Just maybe ... I did do some type of calculation.
The option sergeant slowly asked how I go that answer. I said according to the map, this is the only b rail line heading east from Fort Knox. All equipment moving to the East Coast of the US to potentially reinforce NATO (this wss before the USSR collapsed) has to go over this bridge. Not only can it support a M1 tank, it can support several M1 tanks sitting on railcars.
And that is the an example of Art (in map reading) vs Science in the military.
Over the weekend, the Ukrainians recaptured the city of Kherson from the Russians. A huge strategic win for Ukraine and only the first of many humiliating retreats & defeats that the Russians will soon face.
If there was one thing Russia's military complex needed, it was rail-support. Take that away and ~poof~ say bye-bye to Russia's supply chain - other than school buses and Scooby-Doo vans.
So what does that mean? The remainder of Russia's forward operations will face similar fates - if not worse.
This is Ukraine's first major opportunity to whittle away at Russian controlled territories at scale, and while the coming days, weeks and months will be pivotal for the Ukrainians, it is nowhere near the end of this war.
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"the Ukrainians recaptured the city of Kherson"
Recaptured is a stretch. Nevertheless RUS isnt there and UKR is. For the minute, as you may be surprised to hear that UAF has issued an Evacuation Order for citizens to leave Kherson.
Commentary from Military Review Telegram Channel
[ColonelCassad] This was said by US Navy Admiral Charles Richard. He said that the United States missed the moment of containing China. The United States (quote) "was far behind due to the failed Zumwalt class destroyers program from Chinese Type-055 destroyers."
For the first time at this level, Zumwalt, worth more than seven billion per copy, was called the cause of the degradation of the American navy.
"Zumwalt" never learned to swim well, to be truly "invisible" and did not even acquire the main weapon, which was first intended to be "railguns", and then hypersonic missiles. Today, the United States does not have a sufficient degree of readiness for either one or the other.
In terms of displacement, Zumwalt is one of the largest attack ships, and in terms of cost it has outstripped the price of the newest aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford type.
Here is one of the most expensive warships in history. One shot of his precision-guided 155mm cannon costs over half a million dollars.
The fact that the Zumwalt are worthless became known at the beginning of 2020, when a new project of the main US destroyer was adopted (the DDG (X) program.
The new US Navy ship, which will be launched no earlier than 2028, is suspiciously similar on the Chinese destroyer of the Type-055 project.The
Chinese destroyer "Type-055" can claim the title of a cruiser. The ship, with a displacement of over 13,000 tons, has 112 launch cells for missiles of various classes, from anti-aircraft HHQ-9 to unique ballistic anti-ship missiles YJ- 21.
Thanks to the latest AFAR radar, the ship has excellent situational awareness and is now actively participating in the "quiet" naval blockade of Taiwan.
The funny thing is that the promising American destroyers "DDG (X)" will be much more similar to the Chinese "Type-055" than to the successors of the "Zumwalt" concept. True, they will cost three times more than the "Chinese" (about $ 4 billion), but there's nothing to be done about it. This is the tradition of the USA.
https://t.me/militaryreview - zinc
Says military journalist Boris Rozhin:
I remember back in 2017 or 2018, the American press came across publications on the dubiousness of the Zumwalt project and the need to stop suffering garbage and build normal large-scale destroyers to compensate for China's shipbuilding program, which was aimed at building a whole fleet of large destroyers of the 54 and 55 type.
But with this dragged on for several years and only at the beginning of the 20s they rushed to create their own answer to large Chinese destroyers, which in size (especially type 55) are closer to missile cruisers of the Ticonderoga and Atlant types, being an integral part of the new Chinese AUG.
Well, among other things, the United States' lagging behind China in matters of hypersonic weapons also makes the situation with the confrontation at sea no longer as clear-cut as it was 10 years ago. Although the United States quantitatively, and qualitatively, still outnumber the Chinese Navy. But the difference between them continues to shrink. Both quantitatively and qualitatively.'
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I wonder who benefited from the Zumwalt class? Who was its 'champion'?
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The notion that the history of the US Navy is not positively littered with failed classes of ships is something only someone not paying attention could entertain.
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Watch the Chinese do damage control drills. They can't do it. Our destroyers would at least float home for the most part. Theirs wouldn't.
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I remember believing that the Moskva was undefeatable.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vesuvius_(1888), the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns.
...and you thought that the LCS was a silly design concept: Vesuvius carried three 15-inch (38 cm) cast-iron pneumatic guns...?!?
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My two favorite bad idea weapons systems were blip enhance and Subroc.
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If a Chinese ship class or weapons system was underperforming, or just plain worthless, would anyone tell Xi?
Also: Does the Chinese military have training accidents? I never read about any, which could mean (1) the information is suppressed or (2) the Chinese are so good that they never have accidents or (3) the Chinese aren't realistically training.
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However, rest assured, all the senior officers in charge in the development, building, and deployments received lots of medals and impeccable ratings.
Navy people in my veteran's groups I've talked to say when they trained with the Chinese around 2008-2014 the Chinese navy personal were just shit. Didn't know their jobs, officers treated enlisted like slaves, poor maintenance, lack of damage control knowledge, etc.
It is possible they have gotten better, but in a totalitarian system I doubt it. It is easier to build a navy than to build a warrior culture that can win. Just ask our current Navy that is trying its best from the top to destroy that culture.
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#magpie : also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-beh4vIY8E
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General Dynamics appears to be everyone's piggybank. "https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2021/09/... WebSep 03, 2021 · WASHINGTON — The third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer conducted its builder’s trials this week, returning to General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works on Sept. 1
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Comatose Joe just stated he doen't see any imminent threat of China invading Taiwan. So... March it is!
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It’s interesting on how this heavily polluted Eastern European immigrants Jews blog and their owners handlers are lying to their readers glorifying an evil and corrupt government that is stealing from is citizens, and even “Partners and allies “, this fascist dictatorship and the crappy retrograde navy’s that this evil use, will kill thousands of young Americans sailors and everyone of the molding residents posters cubicle in here is spitting out their bs in adoration and adulation of the floating caskets
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Europeans will kick out USA out of their garden…
I believe Joe is referring to an incident that took place at Das Olive Garden in Berlin where some of the junior US diplomatic staff became unruly and were asked to leave. This has been hushed up for the usual reasons.
[Babylon Bee] PHOENIX, AZ — After finally tallying the votes from Maricopa County, Arizona has announced that Calvin Coolidge has narrowly defeated John Davis for its three electoral votes.
"We are finally ready for the big announcement," said Election Chairman Bill Gates. "I know the rest of the country has been patiently waiting. We are thrilled to announce that every vote in the 1924 Presidential election has at last been tallied, with Mr. Calvin Coolidge now set to receive all three electoral votes posthumously!"
Though happy to hear about Mr. Coolidge's victory, the remainder of America has continued to ask when we might know the results of the most recent election. "We do recognize that the slight delay in certifying our vote is not entirely ideal, since Mr. Coolidge apparently died back in 1933," said Arizona Secretary of State Ms. Hobbs. "However, we stand by our practice of locking every ballot away in a cellar for thirty years and then asking a drunk raccoon to count the votes. It has worked so well in the past, we see no reason to change now."
According to sources, Ms. Hobbs periodically replaces the drunk raccoon by catching one in her backyard and then steadily introducing Jim Beam into its diet. "People act like I'm so lazy, but this system takes a tremendous amount of work," stated Ms. Hobbs. "Everyone needs to spend a few days trying to teach a raccoon to shoot whiskey before they come at me with all their criticism."
At publishing time, Arizona posted an update that Dewey actually defeated Truman in the infamous 1948 election.
From 7 November, but still interesting for those who want to understand Israeli trends, and perhaps ponder a few parallels to America’s. Very long.
[IsraelTimes] Israel’s left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn’t lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate.
A strange thing happened last Tuesday. As the election results came in, two things became clear. One, Netanyahu’s rightist-religious bloc had won a sweeping, unassailable victory. Two, it had done so without fundamentally changing the actual numbers of votes.
Two political parties, progressive-Zionist Meretz and Paleostinian-nationalist Balad, failed to meet the 3.25 percent vote minimum required to enter the Knesset, and so cost the anti-Netanyahu half of Israeli politics about 6% of the total votes cast. Netanyahu’s 64-seat majority is almost entirely a function of that threshold mechanic, which caused the disappearance of well over a quarter-million votes below the cutoff.
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Basically, the situation called out for leftists who were not self-absorbed jerks and the call radiated out into the vacuum of space to the melodic tune of ELO’s classic Telephone Line.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Babylon Bee] PHOENIX, AZ — After finally tallying the votes from Maricopa County, Arizona has announced that Calvin Coolidge has narrowly defeated John Davis for its three electoral votes.
