Clem — we seem to have misplaced the article that was here. If you would you be so kind as to post the link in the O Club (which is open to everyone, not just whatever would be considered officers here at Rantburg), we’ll reconstitute the thing and send it back to yesterday, where it belongs.
—trailing wife for the moderators at 11:50 a.m. EDT
[Just the News] Former Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort has reportedly been released from prison amid the coronavirus.
Manafort’s lawyers in past weeks have requested that their client be allowed to serve his sentence under home confinement, citing his age and pre-existing medical conditions, two factors that put him at higher risk for contracting the highly virus.
A Manafort lawyer has declined to comment and the Bureau of Prisons has yet to respond, according to ABC News, which reported on Manafort’s purported release, based on sources.
The Navajo Nation has reported 3,204 positive COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths as of Monday, and the number of infections continues to climb
The virus was brought to the Navajo Nation, home to roughly 175,000, by a man who attended a basketball tournament in Tucson, Arizona
He brought it to small Chilchinbito church where locals across region gathered ...a typical superspreader event...
The number of cases is disproportionately high among Native Americans
If the Navajo Nation were its own state it would have the second highest per capita rate of nearly 18 cases per 1,000 people, only behind New York
Factors including crowding, tradition, medical disparities and a lack of running water and electrify have contributed to the virological catastrophe
Doctors Without Borders, known to aid in medical crises across the globe, has now dispatched a team of nine to the hard-hit Navajo Nation
More doctors from the federal Indian Health Service, local hospitals, Navajo Nation officials, the National Guard, volunteer doctors, nurses and EMTs from across the nation have arrived to help
Over 18,000 tests have been administered and 13,576 proved negative as of Monday
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Health
Diabetes. Alcoholism. Obesity. Cardiovascular disease. All are health problems that confront the Navajo at rates greater than the national average.
At the moment, Type 2 diabetes in children is rampant. In fact, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Native American youth between 10 and 19 years old is more than nine times higher than in white children.
Other common health issues include cardiovascular disease and chronic obesity. Between 1995 and 2004, the most common cancer among the Navajo was colon cancer, while stomach cancer had the highest mortality rate, according to a report by the Navajo Epidemiology Center.
Alcohol abuse, and to a lesser extent, drug abuse, are also prevalent among the Navajo, which could explain their higher-than-average rates of motor vehicle related death, homicide, suicide and depression.
Many of the health problems expressed by the Navajo these days can be linked with their gradual transition from an active population who ate healthy foods to a more sedentary population who tend to eat starchy, packaged foods. Such a lifestyle can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.
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..don't forget the genetic factors as well. The Navajo survive isolated in high desert country where water and food supplies have been limited for centuries. They adapted to their environment. Unfortunately, the environment changed with a dramatic increase in the availability of both. The Pueblo natives along the Rio Grand river corridor live among the communities the settlers established for a couple centuries (ie Tome NM est 1650) now. The settlers and the Pueblo natives have largely been farmers with somewhat reliable crops, food and water.
It will be interesting to compare to the Hopi tribe that the Navajo nation surrounds. They don't play well together. The Hopi have a long tradition of Pueblo runners and exercise.
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South Korea, for all its First World hygiene, formal culture, and disciplined behaviours, also had a church superspreader event. But it isn’t all over Facebook how foreign nations sent South Korea medical supplies and volunteer medical staff.
[Business Insider South Africa] The LGBTQ community in South Korea fears a rise in discrimination after a reported new spike in coronavirus cases was linked to a man who attended night clubs in Seoul's gay district and later tested positive for the disease.
As of Saturday, May 9, South Korea confirmed 18 new coronavirus cases - the first time in five days that the number jumped above 10. Most of the cases originated in the popular Itaewon district in Seoul, where a 29-year-old man visited three nightclubs before testing positive for the virus.
The man tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, May 7, while an additional 14 people with who he had contact were also infected on Friday.
The 29-year-old could have also infected an estimated 2,000 people after he also walked around Seoul and other neighbouring provinces, including Gyeonggi and Gangwon, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said, according to Reuters.
But the new reports have left the LGBTQ community fearful of discrimination after several local media organisations have sensationalised details about the outbreak occurring in the gay district of the capital.
After the major media outlet Kookmin Ilbo ran the story of the man visiting the gay nightclubs, a social media storm ensued. The terms "gay" and "Itaewon corona" were trending on South Korea's Naver web search portal.
Some social media users also posted videos of the bars and clubs in the district, urging followers for donations "to help put a stop to these disgusting goings-on," according to The Guardian.
[Business Insider South Africa] African Swine Fever has hit South Africa again, with government confirming cases in the Eastern Cape over the weekend.
This has caused some panic that the pork industry could face a listeriosis-like crisis, but experts believe that while some producers may suffer heavy losses, the supply of pork in the market should remain stable.
The disease is deadly to pigs - sometimes killing 100% of herds - and is highly contagious. Pigs can die from haemorrhaging within days of contracting the disease, and there is no cure or vaccine. But it is harmless to humans.
Last year, the disease swept through Asia, and millions of pigs were slaughtered. It has also wreaked havoc in Western Africa, and three years ago, cases were recorded in the Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
Because the disease is so contagious, all affected livestock need to be slaughtered immediately.
More pressure on the world supply of pork, impacting the price and availability in China...
"Farmers have no choice but to cull their stocks, this will have a significant impact on their farm finance. Furthermore, the industry has to bear the cost of culling and controlling further spread of the disease," says agricultural economist at FNB Agribusiness, Pertunia Setumo.
Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, believes that the county’s pork industry will not be heavily impacted because the outbreak occurred in a communal setting and large pork suppliers remain unaffected.
[Townhall] Doctors Without Borders, the international humanitarian organization, is frequently known for its work around the world. The organization typically deploys medical personnel to places like Africa and the Middle East. But the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has the organization deploying to the United States for the first time ever.
A nine-person medical team — made up of two physicians, three nurse/midwives, a water sanitation specialist, two logisticians and a health promoter who specializes in community health education — have been deployed to the Navajo Nation, CBS News reported.
The Navajo Nation, which sits in parts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico and spans 27,000 square miles, has been hit particularly hard by the Wuhan coronavirus because of preexisting conditions, like hypertension and diabetes, and the lack of adequate medical care. According to CBS, the Navajo Nation, which is home to around 170,000 people, "has a higher coronavirus death rate than that of 46 states."
According to Fox News, the reservation has had more than 3,120 coronavirus infections and more than 100 deaths. That puts their infection rate at 18 percent.
"There are many situations in which we do not intervene in the United States, but this has a particular risk profile," Jean Stowell, the organization's coronavirus response lead in the United States, told CBS. "Situationally, the Native American communities are at a much higher risk for complications from COVID-19 and also from community spread because they don't have access to the variety of things that make it possible to self-isolate... You can't expect people to isolate if they have to drive 100 miles to get food and water."
The White House Coronavirus Task Force previously warned about those with preexisting conditions, particularly those in minority communities, about the greater likelihood of them contracting the virus.
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"The Navajo Nation, which is home to around 170,000 people, "has a higher coronavirus death rate than that of 46 states." According to Fox News, the reservation has had more than 3,120 coronavirus infections and more than 100 deaths. That puts their infection rate at 18 percent."
Is this the New Math?
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Farmington is a scary, depressing place. I have an old buddy from my bike messenger days that lives there. He was lured back by the tribe with promises of land, work, and a house... none of which materialized. But he met a girl and there you go.
I remember riding a motorcyle through there in '98. I stopped for some gas and the teenage girl behind the counter mouthed out silently "Take me with you!"
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Apache had not lived in the southwest as long. There were nomadic and are recent arrivals (historically) to the SW. Supposedly their orgins were Canadian and from the plains.
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Good question. Insufficient information to provide an answer of any high confidence. What I do know is that the tribes that are more self sufficient seem to be doing better than those who are not. The Navajo are sort of like a Detroit of the tribes. Highly dependent upon Bureau of Indian Affairs and government largess.
— The Baghdad Post (@BaghdadPostPlus) May 12, 2020
737 die as corona continues to prey on more
[The News (Pak)] Coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to infect and kill more people in Pakistain with the number of confirmed cases rising to 34,325 and fatalities to 737 on Tuesday as of 1:30am. As many as 31 people died of the COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Of the reported 34,325 confirmed cases, Sindh reported 12,610 cases, Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... 13,259, KP 5,021, Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 2,158, Islamabad Capital Territory 716, Gilgit-Baltistan 457, and AJK 86.
Of 737 deaths, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa reported 267, Sindh 218, Balochistan 27, Gilgit-Baltistan 4, Punjab 214, and Islamabad Capital Territory 6.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse... the recovery ratio of patients stands at 39 percent in Punjab, as Lahore remains the hotbed of new infections, mortalities, and low percentage of recoveries among the patients.
In Punjab, as many as 4,452 patients have recovered so far out of 11,869 cases with a recovery ratio of 39 percent. The corpse count has climbed to 211, while the fragile health system is coping with 7,206 active cases of novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... admitted to public sector hospitals, makeshift field hospitals and quarantine centres in the province.
During the last six days, as many as 28,531 tests were performed across Punjab resulting in diagnosis of 3449 patients as Covid-19 positive.
In the same period, the percentage of positive cases hovered around 10.44 percent to 18.39 percent. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... the ratio of positive cases dropped to single digit Tuesday for the first time since last six days as only 301 patients were confirmed positive out of 4,568 suspected patients with a ratio of diagnosis at 6.59 percent.
Coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to infect and kill more people in Pakistain with the number of confirmed cases rising to 34,325 and fatalities to 737 on Tuesday as of 1:30am. As many as 31 people died of the COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Of the reported 34,325 confirmed cases, Sindh reported 12,610 cases, Punjab 13,259, KP 5,021, Balochistan 2,158, Islamabad Capital Territory 716, Gilgit-Baltistan 457, and AJK 86.
Of 737 deaths, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa reported 267, Sindh 218, Balochistan 27, Gilgit-Baltistan 4, Punjab 214, and Islamabad Capital Territory 6.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse... the recovery ratio of patients stands at 39 percent in Punjab, as Lahore remains the hotbed of new infections, mortalities, and low percentage of recoveries among the patients.
In Punjab, as many as 4,452 patients have recovered so far out of 11,869 cases with a recovery ratio of 39 percent. The corpse count has climbed to 211, while the fragile health system is coping with 7,206 active cases of novel coronavirus admitted to public sector hospitals, makeshift field hospitals and quarantine centres in the province.
During the last six days, as many as 28,531 tests were performed across Punjab resulting in diagnosis of 3449 patients as Covid-19 positive.
In the same period, the percentage of positive cases hovered around 10.44 percent to 18.39 percent. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... the ratio of positive cases dropped to single digit Tuesday for the first time since last six days as only 301 patients were confirmed positive out of 4,568 suspected patients with a ratio of diagnosis at 6.59 percent.
Leaked internal government documents on biosafety, obtained by @news_ntd, suggest the #Chinese regime knew about human-to-human transmission of the #CCPVirus and already warned regional health commissions and top bio-safety labs weeks before telling the public. pic.twitter.com/WM4BjNFkTq
— China in Focus - NTD (@ChinaInFocusNTD) May 12, 2020
Reuters: CHINA'S JILIN CITY VICE MAYOR SAYS CURRENT COVID-19 SITUATION IS QUITE COMPLEX AND SEVERE, THERE IS HUGE RISK OF FURTHER SPREAD OF THE VIRUS
An army of bot accounts linked to an alleged Chinese government-backed propaganda campaign is spreading disinformation about coronavirus and other topics https://t.co/HbddrePA0I
An @AP investigation has found a planeload of N95 masks from #China were counterfeits — as are millions of medical masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies being used in hospitals across the country, putting lives at risk. https://t.co/foMw7ZMuIw
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^Nebraska has stopped reporting on confirmed coronavirus cases in the state's meatpacking plants, after the state revealed more than 1,000 workers were infected.
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Hey! Anybody remember the IHME models? I was browsing through their updates to the latest model (05/12) and discovered this nugget (a model, remember) --
While most other EEA countries saw small to moderate increases in projected cumulative COVID-19 deaths since the May 4 release, Sweden was the main exception: today’s projections point to 5,760 cumulative COVID-19 deaths (estimate range of 4,426 to 9,089) by August, while the May 4 release had Sweden’s predictions at 10,196 (estimate range of 3,474 to 37,830). Although the uncertainty intervals overlap for both sets of predictions, the updated estimates are, on average, 4,436 deaths lower.
http://www.healthdata.org/covid/updates
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^ I can't read the IMHE cuz my internet is down due to Net Neutrality and I already died from Covid, tax cuts, withdrawing from the Iran deal and Paris Accords, and Orange Man Bad
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ForeverQuarantine religionists hit hardest...
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Those cops need to be reassign to 'Handicap Parking' enforcement. If you weren't handicap when you parked there, you will be afterwards. Square hole, square peg sort of thing.
[FOX] The foreign minister of Mexico announced on Monday that he sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. requesting answers related to a gun-running sting that caused tension during the Obama administration, according to a report.
In a video posted on Twitter, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard quoted Eric Holder, the former U.S. Attorney General, as saying Mexican authorities knew about the ill-fated 2009-2011 scheme known as "Fast and Furious."
"The [Mexican] government requests that it be provided with all the information available regarding the 'Fast and Furious' operation," Ebrard said, according to Reuters.
Nothing to see here, literally. Go about your business, Zek
[NY Post] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been missing for another 12 days ‐ leaving US intelligence only able to guess this week that he is "probably" alive and well.
The Hermit Kingdom released photos of its dictator at a red-ribbon event on May 1 to quash escalating rumors that his three-week absence was a sign that he was dying or even dead.
But he has not been seen since ‐ making it a dozen days and counting from the release of the images, which US intelligence has been unable to verify.
"He seems to be out and cutting ribbons on fertilizer factories," White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien told reporters in Washington on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.
"So, you know, our thinking is he is probably doing well."
However, he conceded that intelligence "can't say one way or the other" whether the recent "open source" photos of Kim were real. They're not. A bad double
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Wait, wasn't there a sighting just this last weekend?
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Dead and power struggle? Absolutely possible, but his international problems are otherwise occupied. Add into the mix he has his own resort, a yacht, a couple of thousand whores, a mid size remuda of chefs and wine/intoxicant cellar one must imagine to be extensive. Time will tell, but there are a great many things he could be doing.
[FOCUSTAIWAN.TW] Taiwan said Tuesday that contingency plans are in place for its outlying islands in the South China Sea, following a Japanese media report that the Chinese military is planning to conduct drills in the area to simulate the seizure of one of the islands.
Japan's Kyodo News reported that day that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is planning to hold a large-scale beach landing exercise near China's Hainan Province in August, with a scenario of capturing the Dongsha Islands (Pratas Islands), currently controlled by Taiwan.
The report, which did not cite its sources, said the Dongsha Islands are significant to Beijing as they sit at a strategic point, because Chinese warships have to sail by them when going to the Pacific from Hainan Province.
Responding to this, Maj. Gen. Lin Wen-huang (林文皇), who heads an operations and planning office at the Ministry of National Defense (MND), said at a presser that the ministry is monitoring movements of "hostile forces" through intelligence gathering and surveillance.
He made clear that the MND has contingency plans in place for the South China Sea and that work to strengthen combat readiness and defense preparedness on Taiping Island and the Dongsha Islands will not stop.
Taiwan, along with Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, claim ownership of the South China Sea region, either in part or wholly. At present, Taiwan controls Taiping, the biggest island feature in the South China Sea, and the Dongsha Islands, with coasties personnel deployed on them.
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[RedState] As the nation is aware, a special election was held Tuesday in California to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned after an ethics scandal in October 2019. In the last month both President Trump and Barack Obama have relentlessly pushed for their party's candidate on social media, as have heavyweights from both sides of the aisle.
As of 11:00 p.m. Pacific, it looks like Republican Mike Garcia is going to fill that term, flipping the seat from blue to red – the first such flip in more than 20 years. In fact, Garcia holds a 12-point lead over Democrat Christy Smith.
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Special Election in Wisconsin also went Red. The state voted Trump previously but had a long streak of going Democrat since they voted for Reagan back in the day.
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I don't think they will cheat for this one. That will be for the November push. The DNC has pretty much already written this off until Nov. as per their announcements.
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You can beat the Democrat, but can you beat the fraud?
Tough to do. Ask Norm Coleman
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It looks like he’s a good pick: Annapolis, F/A-18 fighter pilot in Iraq (2003), VP of business development at Raytheon, backed by President Trump among others, step-father an LA policeman. He should get some plum committee seats and bring back goodies for his district as well.
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Remember the media analysis formula: Red flips blue or blue hold = Big deal, huge bellwether, Orange man on the way to jail. Blue flips red or red hold = Can't read anything into it or it's trending to go blue next time, Orange man on the way to jail.
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Dems are not a party but a criminal cartel
As I see it there are 3 kinds of Democrats:
1) Corrupt, tyrannical and basically treasonous
2) Not personally corrupt but willing to ride along for the personal perks
3) Too stupid to know s/he is aiding and abetting crooks and treachers
Group 1: Nearest lampost
Group 2: Tar and feathers
Group 3: Give them a lollypop and a pat on the po-po and send them to bed.
All three groups - debar from any public office (though admittedly this would be redundant for group 1)
Like that guy said:
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
The Dems have truly achieved racket-hood. The party started as a great cause - protecting the working man from the rich fat cats. They went thru a business phase that profitably turned cities like Chicago into cities like Chicago. Now, it's the party of grifters, con artists, and race-hustlers. It's still the party of the working man, if you still believe the mythology, but all the money comes from Big Hollywood and Big Tech instead of the union halls.
[IsraelTimes] UAE and Bahrain have been in touch with Ramat Gan’s Sheba hospital for months; now a third country — likely Kuwait — has asked for help erecting telemedicine facilities.
[Jpost] Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is found in the heart, kidneys and other organs.
Men's blood has higher levels than women's of a key enzyme used by the new coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed on Monday -- a finding which may help explain why men are more vulnerable to infection with COVID-19.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is found in the heart, kidneys and other organs. In COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it is thought to play a role in how the infection progresses into the lungs.
The study, published in the European Heart Journal, also found that widely-prescribed drugs called ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) did not lead to higher ACE2 concentrations and should therefore not increase the COVID-19 risk for people taking them.
ACE inhibitors and ARBs are widely prescribed to patients with congestive heart failure, diabetes or kidney disease. The drugs account for billions of dollars in prescription sales worldwide.
"Our findings do not support the discontinuation of these drugs in COVID-19 patients," said Adriaan Voors, a professor of cardiology at the University Medical Center (UMC) Groningen in The Netherlands, who co-led the study. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 4 million people worldwide and killed almost 277,000, according to a Rooters tally. Death and infection tolls point to men being more likely than women to contract the disease and to suffer severe or critical complications if they do.
Analyzing thousands of men and women, Voors' team measured ACE2 concentrations in blood samples taken from more than 3,500 heart failure patients from 11 European countries.
The study had started before the coronavirus pandemic, the researchers said, and so did not include patients with COVID-19.
But when other research began to point to ACE2 as key to the way the new coronavirus gets into cells, Voors and his team saw important overlaps with their study.
"When we found that one of the strongest biomarkers, ACE2, was much higher in men than in women, I realized that this had the potential to explain why men were more likely to die from COVID-19 than women," said Iziah Sama, a doctor at UMC Groningen who co-led the study.
ACE2 is a receptor on the surface of cells which binds to the new coronavirus and allows it to enter and infect cells.
Sama and Voors noted that as well as in the lung, ACE2 is found in the heart, kidneys, in tissues lining blood vessels, and in particularly high levels in the testes.
They said its presence in the testes might partially explain higher ACE2 concentrations in men, and why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
ACE inhibitors and ARBs are widely prescribed to patients with congestive heart failure, diabetes or kidney disease. The drugs account for billions of dollars in prescription sales worldwide.
"Our findings do not support the discontinuation of these drugs in COVID-19 patients," said Adriaan Voors.
No way in hell I'd believe in the discontinuance conclusions. Deep suspecting as money talks.
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^Thehormone is known to help regulate the body's immune response but when a man has low levels of testosterone, the immune system is not kept in check and can go haywire following infection.
The Raytheon-TNO XM1155 cannon-launched, ramjet-powered artillery round will double the U.S. military’s cannon artillery range to > 100 km. It will be fired from the same artillery cannon as Excalibur, including the U.S. Army’s new 58-caliber Extended-Range Cannon Artillery. 👇 https://t.co/R2Tl4OZJrapic.twitter.com/wCoBKQ5XpX
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So if I'm reading this right, it will hit a target fast enough to kinetically kill it. No explosive involved so you can kill the "chicken truck" without excessive collateral damage, .....The goats of the Mideast thank you.
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"I would have thought that something with an engine would be called a rocket or a missile rather than a cannon round"
Artillery is characterized as mortars, cannons, and missiles. The launching mechanism defines the payload. Back in the day we had Rocket-Assisted Projectiles (RAP) fired from the M198 155. We also had the Silver Bullet - nuke rounds.
Bangkok Billy, Capt, USMCR, 1st Bn/11Th Marines and 3rd Anglico
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Bangkok Billy. In 1970, was in jump school at Benning with a Marine captain whose career ambition was to call in the New Jersey.
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Not to throw a wet blanket but what is the cost per round?
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Great minds, Woodrow... must be something in the water. Seems like we're pricing ourselves out of the game. "OK, your allotment for this month is 3 rounds"
Who knows what a GPS + Ramjet shell will cost? When the Navy tried for a really long range shell for the 6" Zumwalt cruiser guns, each shell ran about $1 million. Program got cancelled.
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U.S. Army’s new 58-caliber Extended-Range Cannon Artillery.
I hate being picky and pedantic (Are you kidding? I love being it!), but it is calibers not caliber.
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In 1970, was in jump school at Benning with a Marine captain whose career ambition was to call in the New Jersey.
One of my very few claims to fame was to be the sole FO on comms with the USS Wisconsin during late stages of Desert Storm (aka Desert Souvenir Hunt). No fire missions but 1 grunt had an ND w/his 60. Later went to Benning for my 5 Jump Chump award.
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6" Zumwalt cruiser guns
155mm (6.1"). If the Army get this to work, maybe the Zumwalts will finally have working guns.
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I happened to see the Michael Mansoor (#2 in the Zumwalt class) underway in San Diego Bay about a year ago. It's a great hulking beast, but it was unsettling to see a combatant ship with no visible weapons. It ain't ever gonna happen, but if we're going to do FONOP's through the Strait of Formosa, I would be delighted to see a couple of Iowa's (or all four) doing it, instead of an LCS and a replenishment ship.
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I used to be excited about stuff like this, but nowadays I find myself wondering how it might be used on us.
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Sigh , I remember one of the dreams , was buying a bunch of double hulled oil tankers , filling up the space between the inner and outer hull with some kind of stuff ( mixture of ping pong balls and glass ? ) and using the top deck for VTOL or missiles . I wouldn't want to crew one.
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.
[Just the News] Former Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort has reportedly been released from prison amid the coronavirus.
[FOX] The foreign minister of Mexico announced on Monday that he sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. requesting answers related to a gun-running sting that caused tension during the Obama administration, according to a report.
Blue-To-Red... not good for Plugs, not good at all. 
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
