2015 Helicopter Heroes, Nuri

http://xnuripilot.blogspot.sg/2015/09/heli...eroes-nuri.html

Harbin Z9.

During the 2015 Russian Arms Expo, the tank units are now covered by GBAD vehicles.

UK MOD unveils futuristic uniform design

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-unve...-uniform-design

RANKED: The world’s 20 strongest militaries
JEREMY BENDER MILITARY & DEFENSE OCT. 3, 2015, 9:00 PM

http://www.businessinsider.sg/these-are-th...9/#.Vg_xe_mqpBc

The US and allies had 4 years to do the no fly zone in Syria.

When the Russian came then this PR about difficulty to do a no fly zone with Russian presence.

Hawkei will only open shop in 2019.

https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/650972742867533824

US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks
By MATTHEW MOSK BRIAN ROSS ALEX HOSENBALL Oct 6, 2015, 12:43 PM ET

Video.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-off...ory?id=34266539

We also have to put in perspective of US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Add in the 4.5 years of Syria and US involvement to destabilise the country.

What Made This Man Betray His Country?
How a troubled past turned a Soviet military engineer into one of the CIA’s most valuable spies.

His anger drove him to become the most successful and valued agent the CIA had run inside the Soviet Union in two decades. The documents and draw­ings he passed to the United States in the early 1980s unlocked the secrets of Soviet radar and revealed sensitive plans for research on weapons systems a decade into the future. His espionage put the United States in position to dominate the skies in aerial combat and confirmed the vulnerability of Soviet air defenses—that American cruise missiles and bombers could fly under the radar.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/a...cia-kgb/400769/

It is a cartridge pouch to catch the expanded rounds.

I believe that the MD530 is not cleared for crossing sea.

26 October 2015 Monday

2015 Exercise Chong Ju, Puckapunyal Military Area, Australia

Exercise Chong Ju is an annual live fire training exercise conducted at the Australian Army’s Combined Arms Training Centre at the Puckapunyal Military Area to showcase capabilities to Army’s next generation of combat leaders. This year’s exercise will include demonstrations from the M1A1 Abrams tank, Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), M113 armoured personnel carriers (APCs), 81mm mortar and M777 155mm howitzer field gun with aerial support for the Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH) and FA/18 Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force. Exercise Chong Ju is named after a battle in North Korea in 1950, when the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, supported by tanks and artillery, attacked and captured a large North Korean defensive line during their northward advance to the Yalu River.

Video

http://video.defence.gov.au/play/xrbmpleDq...Bh2iBg6N8NWV8K#

GGK is tier 1 force, they are not tasked for these type of gig.

The para still in the old camouflage.

November 17, 2015
The French Way of War

http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/11/the-frenc...ium=rand_social

Turkey Has No Legal, Economic Basis to Close Bosphorus for Russian Ships


http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151126/1...rus-strait.html

This post has been edited by xtemujin: Dec 3 2015, 01:02 AM

Interesting scenario in Syria.

Escalation in Syria leads to a global war



This post has been edited by xtemujin: Dec 6 2015, 10:57 AM

IW New Rifles for the NZDF