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Some dumbassery by the Army as a Commander Bans Army-Issued Warm, Comfy Fleece Jacket as Winter Approaches. This brings back some wonderful memories from down range and will likely remind some USAF douchenuts that it is time impose some useless directives to screw with deployed folks.

Would help explain why his vertical stab is missing...looks like a clean cut that would not be caused by a missile impact. I thought the chute was integrated into the seat and I've never seen Russia be efficient enough to swap combat colored parachutes. WOuld be interesting to know for certain.

This demented meat bag would eat soup with chop sticks if someone didn't help him.

Crazy! I wonder what hit it, the SU-25 is a tough bird and it came apart in no time. He is barely clear of the aircraft and his aspect to the cockpit is already 90 degrees off, I wonder if the wing came off and caused the roll. It looks like impact (missile?), was at 4 seconds and the bird hit the dirt at 10 seconds, quick decision and reaction.

Crashed on the airfield at Hill, initial reports say an engine fire while in the pattern.

Not saying you did, saying do we...as in the U.S. government, view it as an attack on the U.S. What I am trying to say is what qualifies as an attack on "us"? Reacquiring Taiwan requires a lot of moving pieces that will happen VERY quickly. If they believe we will respond (our official policy was ambiguous until Uncle Joe said we would defend Taiwan), then do you think they wait to go all in? The longer they wait the more risk they accept. We have shooters in place under the water tonight, will they go after our subs at the start, will they target Guam at the start, will they go after space from the start, will they use cyber against our bases AND ALLIES forward at the start and will they use cyber against the U.S. home land? Any one of those could be considered an attack on "us." Elections have consequences, Bill Clinton set the tone and had the chance to steer the ship, instead he let is run with the tide, even though he knew there was danger. “One of the biggest question marks of the 21st century is the path China will take. Will China emerge as a partner — or an adversary?” (Bill Clinton May 2000). It doesn't help that the Friedman's of the world came into vogue in U.S. power circles (I debated the guy once, he is an ARROGANT ASS). Regardless, there is a HUGE difference between policies that balance U.S. economic development and folks outright sharing military tactics. Me either brother....me either. I have been ringing the warning bell for a long time. During both tours in the five sided funny farm I was a zealot for funding and preparation for China. I actually have a picture of me and SECDEF Gates shaking hands on my wall, I wanted to punch him when we took the picture. I understood his desire to fix the horrible issues we were having in Iraq, but he did it buy gutting the Air Force and at the expense of preparing for the fight with China, a fight that will take MANY more lives and treasure. The picture hangs on my wall not as a prize but as a reminder that I failed to make more of a difference on that topic. We all have our flaws...

Have you look at their economy lately? They have SERIOUS issues the are already causing a lot of internal turmoil and it will only get worse. Yes we helped their economy grow but they tried to help themselves through artificial means to sustain that grown and adopted an economic model what was actually just not unsustainable. Holding GDP growth north of 9% was a function of currency manipulation and artificially stimulated domestic demand (google "China Ghost Cities" or watch the 60 minute special on that topic below. They are in a serious economic situation that will likely impact the whole world. Their one child policy didn't help the situation and long held societal preference for male versus female heirs has led to an uncomfortable balance. It is a long held worry that a couple hundred million angry and unemployed young men is difficult to control and the only way to maintain power is to focus them on an external threat. The big question is do we view an attack on Taiwan as an attack on us (under your theory), or do we honor our treaty promise? Bigger than that if they do decided to attack Taiwan (they already have) and they hit us at Guam kinetically and use Cyber on the homeland, how will we respond. For me as a knuckle dragger I have a far simpler view shared by the great Lt Col Andrew Tanner who said "Two toughest kids on the block, I guess. Sooner or later, they're gonna fight."

I was chalking it up to ice cream induced brain freeze.

The Russian pilots who ejected from a military plane moments before it crashed into an apartment building and killed 13 people could face charges, Russia says

In the midst of a horrible war and chaos caused by Putin it is refreshing to see the spirit and compassion of the Ukrainian people endures. There are some incredible people trying to help in the smallest of ways.

Dude maybe be the GOAT QB but he is still a complete douche.

Indeed Heritage leans and is funded by conservatives but they do very good research and reports. I am seeing calls from members across Congress to replenish stocks we've sent to Ukraine. I know there is one contract recently awarded to produce more Javelins, but there is a of other things that will be need to be replaced. As you will see in the Ukraine thread we have even sent them HARMS from the late 90s.

A stark warning from one of the lead commodities columnist/analyst at Bloomberg.

Indeed... Interesting huh. Not as hard as one would think. I think a little more may come out, especially on the intercepted comms side, but Germany appears reluctant to publicly release what they have. That being said, as I said before we know exactly who and how they did it.

First images released to the public showing the blast came from INSIDE the pipeline.

Still an air to air kill right? Whatever hit it was moving fast, at first I thought it might have been something from the gorund but it looks like a flat trajectory.

Drone V Drone Air to Air.

Of course the mainstream media and the Dem controlled House and Senate will ignore everything that is happening and the potential crime the Joe Biden committed. Reports from Saudi indicate he asked them to delay the announcement of the decrease in production until AFTER the Mid-Terms, if true isn't that a crime? Regardless, the real crime is what he is doing to the SPR: The oil market is worried Biden could release another 100 million barrels of crude from strategic reserves, analyst says A quick caveat, Trump falsely claims to have filled to the SPR to 100%, while he asked for funding to add 77 Million Barrels, that funding was not approved. Regardless, Biden is destroying our national security in a short-sighted attempt to keep oil prices low for an election. There are other ways to do this AND make us energy independent without draining the SPR. For the record, as of today Biden has drained nearly a third of the SPR, if the reports are true he will take it well below half what is was when he took office, a 40 year low and to the point it was when first established.

For years folks have warned about the spread of VEOs to Africa, a historically under-resourced AOR. Our haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan appears to have emboldened these folks to grow their influence. We have added forces but the administration promised us they would be able to handle this with an "over the horizon" strategy which appears to be failing miserably. The U.S. Is Losing Yet Another ‘War on Terror’ It is the Rolling Stone so as usual take with a grain of salt. However, those of us who deployed and operated there will see the indicators of a growing problem that WILL manifest itself in the near future.

Correct, typo on my part. *Hawaii* to top off points is 3300NM. Guam to center point of Taiwan is 1700 miles, to the center of the straights is another 100 miles.