Department of Defense
Adam Linehan, Task & Purpose: Marine Corps Says ‘Pajama’-Like Tropical Uniforms Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
If the U.S. actually goes back to war with North Korea, American troops are going to need a uniform that is lightweight, breathable, and provides adequate camouflage in the forest, complete with a solid pair of boots for humping up and down all of those big mountains. Fortunately for Marines, the Corps has been working hard to ensure they’ll have both.
Lt. Col. Christopher Madeline of Marine Corps Systems Command told Marine Corps Times on Dec. 9 that tropical uniforms and boots should be available starting in late 2018. Members of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines began testing several prototypes more than a year ago in Oahu, Hawaii — and the reviews are stellar.
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WNU Editor: It is when I am reading stories like this one that I am get the impression that everything is being rushed.
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It gets freaking cold in North Korea. I have known too many Korean War vets who talk of fighting in Siberian conditions. Viscious.
@WNU that is a natural phenomenon, that you feel things are being rushed. The reality is that this conflict was in the making for decades, and the buck has been passed down all administrations (Bush, Clinton, Obama). Now the buck has reached the moment where it can no longer be passed on, hence the strategic patience ends. This is in line with predictions made all along, saying that North Korea will have -credible- strike capability as early as Q1 2018. That is in a couple of weeks. Now, when you see Mattis giving the comments he gave about North Korea not being able to hit the U.S. yet, he is talking to the louder growing voices (not just hardliners any more) to finally end this, to not be at the figurative barrel of a nuclear gun, but to strike and dominate the terms. War is in all likelihood happening unless Kim Jong-Un backs down, and backs down quickly. Therefore you also see these mixed signals in the White House regarding conditions for direct talks. Its signaling. The purpose is to show the Kim Jong-Un regime that this can go either way, for real. And that they can influence the outcome, if they want to. So, in absence of real talks, this is the equivalent of JFKs signaling attempt with the navy blockade during the Cuban Missile crisis. Just Trump style. And just like during the Cuban Missile Crisis, you will see generals becoming more and more aggressive in their stance towards North Korea. Why? Because they absolutely know that every month that passes reduces their capability of intercepting all nuclear warheads potentially coming at US territory (continental and overseas) and allies. And not only do they want to lose all those lives on their side, or allies side, but they sure as hell don't want to be the generals who saw the first atomic strike on their interests happening. So why is time so critical, can't we just develop our missile shields faster, or what about THAAD? Sure, we could try to go faster (and we do), but realistically defence against incoming projectiles launched in the fog of war is much harder than getting payload delivery right - which the North Koreans are on the track to do and have demonstrated to be able to do over and over again. Our missile defence however is not bulletproof (pun intended) and so it becomes a numbers game.. number of warheads... in short: North Korea already has enough warheads to get at least one through -now-, potentially even 2 or 3 (as upper bound estimates of their warheads vary). That means, now, in December 2017, North Korea could nuke Guam (easy) and potentially LA or SF (still hard for them now, but possible) at the same time. Despite our missile defence (overwhelming by numbers). Their rate of production more warheads outstrips our rate of missile shield defence. Hence the losing becomes so big potentially soon (you have to assume failure in offence actions!) that generals will potentially start acting on themselves, likely at the border between North and South Korea. I would not be surprised in 3-6 months from now we will see an incident there. January, February should still be fine.. if by March there's no sign of talks and you see more and more things from the North Koreans happening, but no clear decision in Washington, I'd expect things to go bad. But I think Trump will strike. He cannot be seen as weak. His problem is the aftermath of it. His properties around the world. Decades of attacks on his properties by regime sympathisers (that's what he's thinking, potentially)
Korea is a trap ! Trump is a fool! Putler will be happy to supply the Norks with oil to tie us down for years! Will we sink Russian oil tankers?!
Rushed?
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