Trump likes military parades. He reportedly wanted tanks and missiles in his inauguration parade, but the Pentagon nixed the idea because tanks would destroy the streets (see story here). What he didn’t want was wounded veterans in his big military parade. “Look, I don’t want any wound[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Military’
USA politics circa 2022
Salon sizes things up thusly: “The summer of 2022 is hot and furious. We are dealing with a world literally on fire due to climate change. We are dealing with a world metaphorically on fire with a continuing war in Ukraine. We are dealing with monkeypox, a continuing pandemic, haters, baite[...]
July 7th, 2022 - 12:28 am § in Russia
Are tanks obsolete?
Western military leaders say they’re not, and explain the Russians’ problem in Ukraine is they don’t know how to use them. That’s why their advance on Kyiv failed. The Russian army is better at handling artillery, which is how they’re pushing back the Ukrainians in Donb[...]
June 5th, 2022 - 4:27 pm § in Misc.
Why do you need an AR-15?
You don’t. The AR-15 is a civilian version of the M-16 rifle lacking the selector switch to fire automatically (unless it’s been illegally modified with a readily-available kit) and a bayonet lug. I trained on both the M-14 and M-16 in basic, and was married to an M-16 for 13 months in V[...]
May 12th, 2022 - 3:21 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump wanted to court-martial retired military officers who criticized him
It’s abundantly clear that Trump was lawless and accepted no limits on his power. Admiral William McRaven (bio here), retired since 2014, criticized Trump as a civilian. Furious, Trump wanted to recall McRaven to active duty and court-martial him for “disloyalty.” Same with General Stanley McC[...]
May 10th, 2022 - 4:52 pm § in Russia
What’s behind Russia’s air war failures?
It takes more than flashy jets to win. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Covid denier can kiss his Army career goodbye
An Army lieutenant who refused to telework, provide a negative test, or wear a mask was convicted by a special court-martial of violating orders. Mark Bradshaw (photo), an Air Force sergeant who became an Army officer, is a jerk. He was a company commander, and the soldiers under him had no choice a[...]
March 15th, 2022 - 4:48 am § in Russia
Why Ukraine is winning (video)
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March 15th, 2022 - 4:30 am § in Russia
Are tiny cheap weapons making traditional armies obsolete?
A Russian main battle tank costs about $5 million. A Javelin anti-tank missile costing $175,000 can destroy it. Russia has committed about 2,000 of its roughly 12,000 tanks to its Ukraine invasion. Those tanks cost Russia ~$10 billion, not counting crew training costs, and given a Javelin kill rate [...]