Sunday, May 19, 2019

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 19, 2019

With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships, and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12, Destroyer Squadron 2, USS Leyte Gulf and Carrier Air Wing 7. Petty Officer 3rd Class Darion Chanelle Triplett/U.S. Navy via AP

Arab News: Gulf nations ‘approve US request to deploy troops in the Gulf’

* Media reports quote unnamed sources as saying the move is designed to deter aggression from Iran
* Tensions have risen in the region following attacks on tankers in the Gulf and a Saudi oil pipeline

JEDDAH: The United States is planning to deploy military forces in the waters of the Arabian Gulf and in a number of Gulf Cooperation Council countries, according to media reports in the region last night.

The request from Washington was approved by a number of GCC nations, including Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, which quoted unnamed Arab diplomatic sources.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May19, 2019

Iran military could misidentify commercial airliners amid tension, US diplomats warn -- ABC News Online

Iran warns US warships are in range of its missiles as 2 destroyers sail into the Persian Gulf -- Business Insider

The U.S. Navy’s Next Submarines Will Be Drone-Carrying Super Special Forces Boats -- Foxtrot Alpha

Study Says Navy Logistics Fleet Would Fall Short in High-End Fight -- USNI News

The Air Force's New HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Has Taken Flight For The First Time -- Warzone/The Drive

Acting US Defense Secretary Faces Challenges Ahead of Confirmation -- VOA

President Trump could pardon Gallagher, Golsteyn, and Marine Scout Snipers on Memorial Day -- Task & Purpose

Marine Corps punishes at least eight drill instructors amid allegations of hazing and abuse -- New York Daily News

Pentagon spending on sex assault programs quadruples, yet incidents creep back up in latest report -- USA Today

The 5 Worst Navy Bases To Be Stationed At (And why). -- National Interest

The Pentagon keeps pissing away money on weapons programs and getting little in return -- Task & Purpose/National Interest

Where do special forces fit in the National Defense Strategy? -- Jen Judson, Defense News

Is the Air Force Really Testing an ‘Earth-Penetrating’ Nuclear Bomb? -- National Interest

GenDyn tapped for 120mm tank ammunition for Iraq -- UPI

US and Finnish soldiers go head-to-head with Marines in mock armored vehicle battle -- Stars and Stripes

U.S., Lebanese Leaders Conduct Bilateral Meeting at Pentagon -- Department of Defense

US clears $1 billion in Raytheon weapons for Canada, South Korea and Japan -- Defense News

Introducing Russia's S-500: Can It Take Out an F-22 or F-35? -- National Interest

Erdogan Says Russia, Turkey May Discuss Joint Production of S-500 Defence System -- Sputnik

The US is getting closer to punishing Turkey for buying advanced Russian weapons, but now another US partner is signing up to buy them -- Business Insider/Reuters

Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Less Predictable, and More Dangerous -- Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Is The Pentagon Exaggerating Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons? -- Hans Kristensen, Forbes

Russia Warns U.S. is Preparing to Use Nuclear Weapons in Europe -- Moscow Times

Putin Hails New Russian Laser Weapons -- Military.com

Russian Military to Produce Patriotic Movies About War in Syria -- Newsweek

South Korea's army is training drones to teabag enemies with explosives -- Task & Purpose

Greece Gets First Upgraded Lockheed Martin P-3B Maritime Surveillance Aircraft -- Sputnik

Colombia Army’s New Kill Orders Send Chills Down Ranks -- The New York Times

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Rapid DNA testing reveals a THIRD of migrants faked family relationship with children to claim asylum during ICE pilot of the procedure in Texas"


"The Places In America With The Most Cases Of Human Trafficking"
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-16/places-america-most-cases-human-trafficking

1st DC
2nd Ottawa

Anonymous said...

Utility Halts Natural Gas Hook-Ups For NYC, Long Island After Cuomo Administration Blocks Pipeline

This shows down between people who have to make it work where the rubber meets the road and Liberals will have an effect.


In the short term Liberals will get more vocal, more demanding, and more violent.

In the long term more liberals (4 to 20 years ) will be voted out of office for being, let's face it, stupid.


“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it”
– Upton Sinclair


The same thing that happened Rahm "Dead Fish" Emmanuel will happen to Cuomo. He will decide not to run because he can no longer excuse the problems on someone else.

Business will move out of NYC & NY. Other businesses will not set up. People will not get their natural gas for heating and energy.

Here is a pro tip the Guv and people, who believe in unicorn farts. You add people to your state's population, they expect services such as gas, energy and water. That means more demand. Which means more supply or the two don't meet and you get angry people/voters.

Now being a good boy and a good lib (that is dumb) Cuomo wants to please his voters to get reelected. That is provide them with (1) heat and (2) stopping all new pipelines. Gotta please those whacked out agitators with their pseudo degrees.

Here is the thing the existing pipelines have this thing called capacity. The gasline exec knows he cannot exceed it or he has problems like explosions and lawsuits. The exec cannot expand capacity because of the fruit loops people with their pseudo degrees and he cannot meet the growing demand. So he does the only thing he can do. Deny new applications for hookups.

Cuomo being a politician, a snake, will castigate him for denying new hookups. Cuomo being merciful and beneficent will will expedite the new hookups after appointing a committee to make it look like he is busy and then under the radar he will get new pipelines built and take credit for them before his Joe Blow voters while not advertising it and antagonizing it tho the preeners. Some of the preeners will notice and grouse, but they will have taken their bows for virtue signaling and will rest and reset for the next round of outrage.

Pipelines that are not built under the cover of darkness will somehow be new and improved and Cuomo and the preeners will take credit for it.


Anonymous said...

And coming in at #1 is 9:33 AM

Trump sucks

Anonymous said...

Stayed up all night working on that one didn't you.