Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
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Nothing new about that. Russia's been threatening to supply the Syrians with it though.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180417_32/
(Video statement)
The stupidity of the JSDF (albeit from this man) knows no bounds:
Democratic Party member Hiroyuki Konishi was speaking at an Upper House committee meeting on Tuesday. He said a man identifying himself as an SDF member repeatedly shouted the accusation at him on a street near the Diet the previous night.
Konishi said he told the man that it is illegal for SDF personnel to make such claims. He added that the man eventually agreed to retract his remarks.
Konishi said police told him on Tuesday morning that the man is a member of the Defense Ministry's Joint Staff Office. He also said the man should be punished in accordance with the law.
SDF Chief of Staff Katsutoshi Kawano visited Konishi on Tuesday afternoon to apologize.
Konishi asked Kawano to take disciplinary action against the man and educate SDF officers to ensure civilian control.
Konishi later told reporters that the man's actions are impermissible in light of democracy. He said Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera should resign immediately.
Yeah, there was no way the Russian Merc attack was meant to be successful if they had any idea the Americans were there. Pretty much our entire battlefield doctrine is based around the assumption of an enemy Zerg Rush.
Oh, bother.
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"In Russia, client kill you."
Wouldn't that mean that in the rest of the world, mercs kill their clients? I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. Especially since it means you won't get repeat business.
edited 17th Apr '18 8:30:37 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Well given the history of mercenaries it is a rather apt thing to note.
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"Civilian control". That line is getting really old.
The defence politics in Japan lack so much self-awareness.
edited 17th Apr '18 9:48:42 PM by TerminusEst
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
HIMARS fire on targets at an undisclosed location in Syria. [1]
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
HIMARS has to be the Corps new favorite piece of strategic/tactical long range fire support with the GMLRS guided rockets and hopefully extended range guided rockets. I say strategic because HIMARS can fire the ATACMS missiles as well albeit only one per launcher. We know from the article posted a few pages back the US Army is looking to invest big in long ranges from everything from guns to rockets and missile platforms. The Marines are looking at the same as well as introducing smaller artillery systems that may use the guided Hydra Rockets or similar projectiles.
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They tested them with SLAMRAA Ms too, and the Army's new Long Range Precision Fires missile is supposedly going to work with it. There seems to be a lot of interest in using it as a generic launch platform.
Not only that, but they can be airlifted in a C130. There was a video a few years back of a demonstration where a C130 dropped one off and it started firing as soon as the runway was clear.
They should have sent a poet.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I can see the attraction to using a generic or at least broadly compatible system. It enables broader modularity and the ability to rapidly adapt or adopt various components and munitions into the launcher system.
Floating around somewhere there is an article or paper on creating a broad and modular munitions category that can be used for damn near anything lofted by aircraft from missiles, bombs, to hybrid combinations, and even artillery systems. There is also a similar proposal from one of the companies that manufactures missiles based on a similar system that uses an automated process to assemble a munitions on the spot for loading.
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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180419_02/
Russian forces are starting military exercises in the Northern Territories and Japan's keeping an eye on it.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Methods for defeating drone swarms using microwave emitters and lasers tested ina field exercise.
Sounds like the microwave emitter has some good promise given it was hitting multiple targets at once.
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Reading up on The Second Boer War recently for a story and I've noticed something: British troops in that war used pith helmets. Given how armed their Boer enemies were, why did it take the British Empire almost another decade to finally do metal helmets? I mean, I can understand that South Africa wasn't trench-filled Western Europe but given how most fights were ambushes and it involved covering, how were pith helmets supposed to provide much needed protection if Boer guerillas were using Mauser-made equipment?
Here you go
Having seen that video Terminus gave, if pith helmets were useful for African climates, how was cooling solved for future helmets?
Because the tin hat was meant to protect against shrapnel from artillery fire, not bullets.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
And even when World War I started, why did it take another two more years for the British to make the tin hat?
First issued in September 1915. So not two years at all.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Ah okay.
Speaking of helmets, given that modern-day ones like Enhanced Combat Helmets still be able to protect against shrapnel?
Considering that modern combat helmets offer a much greater degree of overall protection compared to steel helmets, yes.
ECH is rated to level II Ia, if I recall correctly.
edited 19th Apr '18 9:58:11 AM by archonspeaks
They should have sent a poet.
I like the pith helmet shape and overall design. I could see going back to something similar, with modern materials, of course.
I’m not sure that would be the best idea. Even with modern materials the design is unwieldy compared to a “tactical cut” helmet.
I kinda want to see the modern M1 helmet
◊ return. It's still my favorite helmet design of all time.
edited 19th Apr '18 2:11:59 PM by TheWildWestPyro
"In Russia, client kill you."