{"id":148077,"date":"2023-10-02T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148077"},"modified":"2023-10-01T20:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:38:56","slug":"thought-our-military-sucks-not-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148077","title":{"rendered":"Thought OUR military sucks? Not really."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s easy to complain about the military – heck, it’s a RIGHT. Not sure, but I think it’s Amendment 1.1 where it says “All military have the right to (discreetly) complain about the service. Forever, amen.” You could be one of those folks whose PCS orders have to be reissued since someone screwed up the funding in the just-ended fiscal year and all your old orders are invalid. Army Times<\/a> You could\u00a0 be a\u00a0 former ROTC guy who just found out that his Green to Gold college years do not really, despite what you were always told, count toward retirement. Army Times II<\/a> . You could just be a simple Marine unable to get the right uniform because its manufacturer isn’t able to supply at the contract price\u00a0Marine Times<\/a> \u00a0 Life in our military…. but wait:<\/p>\n

You could have been on the Malian Air Force’s (who knew Mali even HAD an air force?)\u00a0 only IL-76 which overshot the runway on landing, dropping down an embankment, and exploded into flames (above).<\/p>\n

Why TZ-98T touched down so far onto the runway remains unclear, and questions have equally been raised as to why additional braking measures were not implemented by the pilots, notably the aircraft\u2019s spoilers. As @thenewarea51 indicates, Il-76s also feature a reverse thrust capability \u2014 designed to deflect airflow from aircraft engines upward and forward when landing, thus minimizing the distance needed to stop \u2014 although this functionality wasn’t implemented.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the Malian Air Force has lost a significant number of aircraft over the course of the past year due to both enemy action and various mishaps. Since October 2022, it has lost two Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoots and two L-39 Albatros jet trainers supplied by Russia, and a Hind Mi-24D attack helicopter obtained from Bulgaria.\u00a0\u00a0The Drive.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You could have to fly for them, right? Seems this particular IL-76 was a former Wagner Group air frame.\u00a0 Makes you wonder.<\/p>\n

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You could be a Chinese Navy guy who finds that Taiwan is now making their own submarines. Diesel\/electric, but they are quiet as hell in shallow waters…like maybe the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n

Named the Hai Kun, it is a diesel-electric submarine (SSK) that looks to be based on the Japanese Soryu class with some design features carried over from Taiwan\u2019s two Dutch built SSKs. Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

The Haikun will carry U.S.-made Mark 48 heavyweight torpedoes and use a combat system manufactured by U.S. defense industry giant Lockhead Martin.\u00a0 MSN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Believe our guys claim Mk48s will sink anything afloat… and if I recall my Tom Clancy right, a submarine running full-on electric can be very, very stealthy. And they are cheap – only a billion and a half at a shot. Compare with the cost of our techno-wonders… the new Colombia-class is already projected to cost us $112,000,000,000 for 12 – my math says that’s about $9.5 billion apiece. And the program hasn’t even delivered it’s first cost overrun<\/del> sub yet.
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My favorite, though, is this. There’s always a rivalry between Air Defense guys and pilots – after all, one group flies and the other group says “if it flies, it dies.”. All good clean fun…usually:<\/p>\n

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Russian air defences have shot down one of the country\u2019s most advanced fighter jets in a friendly fire incident, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The Russian Su-35 was downed over Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on Thursday where Ukraine is mounting its counter-offensive.<\/p>\n

A Russian Telegram channel with close links to the country\u2019s air force appeared to confirm the incident on Friday when it paid tribute to the pilot, who did not survive.<\/p>\n

Footage showing a fireball falling out of the sky began circulating on Friday.\u00a0 Telegraph II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Y’all need to get your command coordination down a little better maybe? Looks like the S-300 system got the kill. “Works on Su-35? Da, check!”<\/p>\n

And we worry about our little problems…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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