The Land Forces • Since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine more...
A fairly reasoned opinion piece:Since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine more than two years ago, the West has desperately sought ways to punish Russia without harming itself in the...
View ArticleBattleship Vs Battleship • "Circling the wagons" for battleships
In land warfare there were / are often situations where a mobile force chooses to give up mobility to fight in-place for all sorts of advantages: better ground, fortifications, hull down tank...
View ArticleNaval Fiction • Loss lists?
Has anyone compiled lists of the losses suffered by the Brits and Germans in each action? I've done so, but am not confident that I've gotten all of them as some of the original posts are pretty hard...
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Naval Weapons • Yesterday's Super Weapons
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View ArticleBattleship Vs Battleship • Strange things too Sea
So I'm listing to the WFA presentation of an account from the RND in Belgium in 1914 ( iframe And it seems as if Winston Churchill was running around wearing the Active Service uniform of an Elder of...
View ArticleThe Land Forces • Artillery Dispertion
Would artillery/mortar crews have to adjust their aim slightly between each shot to cover a larger area or would they expect differences in wind speed/direction etc. to disperse their subsequent...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • The Baralong incident.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/will ... y-warfare/This bloodlust was fairly institutionalized. In the aftermath of the Lusitania sinking, two officers of the Admiralty’s Secret Service branch...
View ArticleBattleship Vs Battleship • Battle of Cape Spartivento
During this battle HMS Berwick was hit by two Italian 8" shells, the damage report states that the hits occurred between 25,000 and 26,000 yards! Do Italian records confirm this?Neilstatistics: Posted...
View ArticleThe Land Forces • Sherman vs. Panther Mobility
The common wisdom is that the Sherman, whilst more lightly armored, made up for this in part because it was "more mobile" than the German heavies.But was it? iframe statistics: Posted by Whwalls —...
View ArticleThe United States Navy • Army Withdraws from the Pacific and Indian Ocean |...
Army Withdraws from the Pacific and Indian Ocean | Army Plans to Lay Up its Prepositioning FleetWhat is Going on With Shipping? iframe Cheers,USS ALASKAstatistics: Posted by USS ALASKA — 11:46 PM - 1...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • NY Times editor says it's not paper's job to be Biden...
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn said in a new interview that he won't allow his paper to become an "instrument of the Biden campaign" simply because his agenda aligns with traditional...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Biden blocks weapons shipments to Israel
He has - in words of his spokesperson - "forbidden" Israel to attack into Rafah and finish the job. Apparently Joe doesn't want campus protestors mad at him for not saving their beloved genocidal...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • A bill we can all support
A new House Republican bill would send any person charged and convicted for illegal activity on a college campus to Gaza for at least six months.Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced the bill on...
View ArticleThe United States Navy • What came before 'Ship's Data'?
Hi There,I'm trying to put together an o.b. for the USN Asiatic Station around 1909, basically while the Great White Fleet was absent. Something like the Ship's Data series would be useful but this...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • RFK Jr said a worm ate part of his brain and died in...
He'll have to drop out after this. Why does Biden present as more coherent and alert than someone who has "cognitive problems and short- and long-term memory loss"? RFK revealed in a 2012 deposition...
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The Land Forces • Marine resupply Drone.
There was a heavy unmanned systems presence on the show floor at Modern Day Marine 2024. The Kamen Kargo unmanned supply vehicle claims a range of 500 nautical miles with up to 800 pounds of payload....
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Insane Rep. Jamaal Bowman is still a conspiracy...
Scary that he's in Congress. At least George Santos was just a liar and possibly a criminal. There have been lots of those.https://www.thedailybeast.com/squad-rep ... p?ref=homeJamaal Bowman has...
View ArticleAircraft Carriers • CV-63 BOGP
Well, never thought I'd see this, but CV-63 BOGP was posted at NARA: CV-63 BOGPUnlike the CV-60 BOGP on HNSA, this is unredacted under the waterline. Probably nothing classified anymore WRT to...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • Israel left swinging in the wind by Biden
Biden threatened to cut off APPROVED military aid to Israel unless they stop there actions in Gaza.Quid pro Quo.Trump was impeached for that.But since the world has been exposed as greatly...
View ArticleThe Politics Of War • "QUID PRO JOE" impeachment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-drafting-biden-impeachment-articles-israel-aid-cutoff-threat Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., is preparing impeachment articles against President Biden over his...
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