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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Military’
How Trump changed America’s nuclear strategy
America’s 14 Trident subs, 8 operating in the Pacific out of Bangor, Washington, and 6 in the Atlantic, are now armed with some low-yield “tactical” warheads. This warhead, dubbed the W76-2, has about one-third to one-half the explosive power of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. De[...]
Why U.S. Navy spending never ends
Apart from the fact ships eventually wear out, you have to invest in the latest naval technology if you don’t want to get blown out of the water. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
How hard is it to get a religious vaccine exemption in the U.S. military?
Recruits and troops in the U.S. armed forces are routinely inoculated against a laundry list of diseases. So, if you sign on the dotted line (nobody is drafted anymore, although the Selective Service law remains on the books for national emergencies), you expect to get jabbed and more than once. (Wh[...]
January 26th, 2022 - 10:01 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Russia
Can Ukraine be defended?
From the map below (click on it to enlarge), it doesn’t look like it, as two-thirds of the country is a salient. A topo map of Ukraine (here) isn’t encouraging; except for the Carpathian mountains in the west, the landscape is mostly plains, steppes, and plateaus (details here). Harsh wi[...]
Army Reserve fires medical officer for his vocal racism
A lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who likes Confederate flags and statues, and doesn’t like Barack Obama, Democrats in general, Black Lives Matter, or Muslims has been found guilty of “conduct unbecoming,” Military.com reported on January 7, 2022 (read story here). Not becau[...]
The dumbest anti-vax argument
A federal judge shot down Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt’s attempt to enjoin the Pentagon from imposing its vaccine mandate on his state’s National Guard troops. The judge ruled the Defense Department’s vaccination protocols “must and do” apply not just to active duty pe[...]
December 13th, 2021 - 3:45 pm § in Misc.
Join Canada’s military and get raped
Sexual harassment is a way of life in Canada’s armed forces. U.S. forces have sexual misconduct problems, too, but perpetrators may risk discipline and dismissal. Not so in Canada; there, it’s different. “Really, there’s a culture that’s been permissive of these acts of[...]
Can someone explain anti-vaxxers?
Nick Rolovich gave up a $3 million-a-year coaching job in order to remain unvaccinated. By then, he was the only major college football coach who wasn’t vaccinated. Sure, he’s suing the college and may eventually get a settlement, but at best that’s a gamble (see article here), and[...]
December 5th, 2021 - 2:33 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
What the heck was he thinking?
Marine Sgt. Travis Glosser insisted to investigators he “never had any intent to harm anyone.” He never considered “selling, giving, or even showing anyone” the 13 lbs. C4 plastic explosive he stole. That’s enough to blow up three “antifa” buses (video below), [...]