Always the sleeping Bear?
Russia is a country that one should really heed advices on starting any military conflict with, there have been many great world leaders and Empires that sought a scuffle with and have ended up in more of a mess than when they started!
Genghis Khan, Sweden, Napoleon and Adolf Hitler have all come to their ends with the stamina of the Russians over the last one-thousand years of history. Today Barak Obama wants to make a name for himself, but if he wakes up this slumbering bear his own people may lynch him up somewhere.
Russia has ordered 40 nuclear warheads and many former Soviet era designs are being updated for joint construction with its close allie China. Russia still has many friends in our world, they might be small but they hold strategic positions and once Russia is ready the U.S.A. may have more than they bargained for with Europe being obliterated, or was that Australia?
Thursday 30 July 2015
Thursday 23 July 2015
Auto-Gyros.
Simple and Cheaper.
The Gyro-Copter is now available to anyone who can afford to buy or to build their own (See Gyro-Planes. Part-One/Two).
New types of plastic and fibre glass have made this concept of combined aircraft and helicopter much lighter from using glass and metal.
The concept was first conceived jointly in the 1930's in Nazi-Germany and the United States, by the late 50's into the 1960's there were several types flying. From one to five seat versions and the British were responsible for building the largest ever. But they never really took off, in one or two of the fictional James Bond movies 'Nelli was a serious contender for a real military version.
It was believed that designer Barnes-Wallis may of built special one offs for the British secret service?
Today there are still many uses for this type of aircraft from patrol of borders to many other similar inspection works, on electricity and pipe lines, other than that it is for sheer pleasure
The Gyro-Copter is now available to anyone who can afford to buy or to build their own (See Gyro-Planes. Part-One/Two).
New types of plastic and fibre glass have made this concept of combined aircraft and helicopter much lighter from using glass and metal.
The concept was first conceived jointly in the 1930's in Nazi-Germany and the United States, by the late 50's into the 1960's there were several types flying. From one to five seat versions and the British were responsible for building the largest ever. But they never really took off, in one or two of the fictional James Bond movies 'Nelli was a serious contender for a real military version.
It was believed that designer Barnes-Wallis may of built special one offs for the British secret service?
Today there are still many uses for this type of aircraft from patrol of borders to many other similar inspection works, on electricity and pipe lines, other than that it is for sheer pleasure
Thursday 16 July 2015
Road Trains. Part-Three.
Helping to Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia.
Logging world-wide is big business, many countries have taken advantage over the last fifty years of growing forestry mostly pine trees of various kinds. The trucks developed for military vehicle transportation after world-war-II (1939-45), were thus employed to this new role.
Traditionally logging was done with horses pulling one log at a time, but these days are now long gone. Many new machines have been developed, even to cut out manpower and trees are even processed and trucked to the various mills.
Brazil and Indonesia are seeing the worlds fastest deforestation, with little or no new growth being introduced. In Brazil deforested land is used for farming, while in Indonesia natural forests are being replaced with Palm oil trees that are not suitable.
Logging world-wide is big business, many countries have taken advantage over the last fifty years of growing forestry mostly pine trees of various kinds. The trucks developed for military vehicle transportation after world-war-II (1939-45), were thus employed to this new role.
Traditionally logging was done with horses pulling one log at a time, but these days are now long gone. Many new machines have been developed, even to cut out manpower and trees are even processed and trucked to the various mills.
Brazil and Indonesia are seeing the worlds fastest deforestation, with little or no new growth being introduced. In Brazil deforested land is used for farming, while in Indonesia natural forests are being replaced with Palm oil trees that are not suitable.
Thursday 9 July 2015
Terrorism. Part-Two.
Adaption.
The movies like 'Black Hawk down' allow us to see how various groups use their vehicles to fit heavy guns, but it is in the news footage that we glimpse some of what appear at first hand to be silly adaptions. Most common guns are between 12.7 to 20mm and sometimes in pairs.
If they work, they will be used and if not then attempts to capture the real 'McCoy will be made. The problems with this type of small unit warfare is that bulky items such as MBT and other tracked vehicles eventually have to be abandoned, just because they are hard to hide.
Many modern armies around the world employ spacial forces in their counter-measures operations, such the U.S. Seals, Russian Spetnatza and the British SAS. All of these, plus a few others have improvised vehicles that are light to meet their limited capability of lightening strikes.
It is perhaps only the Israelis who operate, as a disguised army and have the best world-wide reputation for being effective.
The movies like 'Black Hawk down' allow us to see how various groups use their vehicles to fit heavy guns, but it is in the news footage that we glimpse some of what appear at first hand to be silly adaptions. Most common guns are between 12.7 to 20mm and sometimes in pairs.
If they work, they will be used and if not then attempts to capture the real 'McCoy will be made. The problems with this type of small unit warfare is that bulky items such as MBT and other tracked vehicles eventually have to be abandoned, just because they are hard to hide.
Many modern armies around the world employ spacial forces in their counter-measures operations, such the U.S. Seals, Russian Spetnatza and the British SAS. All of these, plus a few others have improvised vehicles that are light to meet their limited capability of lightening strikes.
It is perhaps only the Israelis who operate, as a disguised army and have the best world-wide reputation for being effective.
Thursday 2 July 2015
Terrorism. Part-One.
Improvisation.
Terrorists usually operate with light arms, RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers), SAM's (Surface to Air Missiles) and occasional Cannons up to 23mm calibre. But some are more than a small group and could be described as a little army.
ISIS/ISIL Now come into to join the PLO, Hezbollah, FARC and the Al-Quida/Mujaheddin-Taliban.
Many of these groups have commandeered existing occupation military equipment and have adapted it to suit their own environments such as Libya, Somalia and Iraq/Syria. From Toyota pickups to heavy armour are being converted or worked down, rather than reinforced.
Terrorists usually operate with light arms, RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers), SAM's (Surface to Air Missiles) and occasional Cannons up to 23mm calibre. But some are more than a small group and could be described as a little army.
ISIS/ISIL Now come into to join the PLO, Hezbollah, FARC and the Al-Quida/Mujaheddin-Taliban.
Many of these groups have commandeered existing occupation military equipment and have adapted it to suit their own environments such as Libya, Somalia and Iraq/Syria. From Toyota pickups to heavy armour are being converted or worked down, rather than reinforced.
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