Recess..

 

Is it coming soon?    Just a thought.

New ..

 

US-made armored vehicles in service with the Ukrainian military are up against an unfamiliar threat on the battlefield, one that they haven't faced in previous wars.

Russia and Ukraine employ small drones strapped with explosives as a way to deliver cheap and effective precision strikes on enemy armor, often damaging or destroying them.

The US Army is closely watching how US armored systems delivered to Ukraine — specifically the M1 Abrams tank and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle — are performing in combat and holding up in this new type of warfare.

It's also taking lessons from the conflict and applying them in training, teaching new soldiers how to grasp the threat of small drones. Col. James Modlin, the deputy commandant of the US Army Armor School, said that it was "important" for them to be able to understand the prevalence of small unmanned systems on future battlefields and that the fight was changing.

Expanding..

 

The UK wants to let Ukraine use its Storm Shadow missiles on Russian soil but isn't giving Kyiv permission out of concern that the US won't back the call, according to multiple reports.

The Telegraph and the Financial Times reported Tuesday that London officials have privately been asking the US for the go-ahead this summer.

But Ukraine has yet to receive the green light to launch the British and French-made cruise missiles on targets inside Russia — a move that it's championed as the next crucial step for the war effort.

Comment: 

The Ukraine leader wants to expand the war with Russia. Off course he is using weapons from US, France, etc.    What will that lead to? Just a thought.

Middle..

 

Ask..

 
Former attorneys general of the United States sent a letter to ABC News honchos urging specific questions about the U.S. Supreme Court to be asked during the Disney-owned network’s upcoming presidential debate.

Vice President Harris and former President Trump are set to square off on September 10 on ABC.

Ex-Attorneys General William Barr, Edwin Meese, Michael Mukasey and Jeff Sessions, along with First Liberty Institute president Kelly Shackelford, signed the letter addressed to debate moderators Linsey Davis, David Muir and ABC executives that has been obtained by Fox News Digital....

How about American Militaries" endless involvement in the world conflicts. Who controls this various involvement and what is the human cost among other issues. 

 Just a thought.

Special..

Expanding the war will not help any country in the world.  Just a thought.

Moonfish..

 

A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country , a Ukrainian military source told CNN.  

The Ukrainian Defense Forces do not believe pilot error was behind the incident, the source added.   

Pilot Oleksiy Mes, known as “Moonfish,” was killed in the crash while “repelling the biggest ever aerial attack” by Russia against Ukraine, said the source.

The death of the pilot is a major blow for Ukraine. The first F-16s only arrived in the country earlier this month and Moonfish was one of the few pilots trained to fly them.

Cost..

 US Navy carrier strike group and a few other warships that spent months battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in and around the Red Sea fired $1.16 billion worth of munitions during active combat operations, a Navy spokesperson told Business Insider on Wednesday.

This previously unreported figure covers the total cost of the 770 munitions that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group launched from October 7 to mid-July and underscores the significant financial toll of America's ongoing counter-Houthi mission.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             "US Navy ships have maintained a presence in and near the Red Sea to deter threats and protect shipping since the launch of near-daily attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis in November 2023," the spokesperson said.

"In that effort, a variety of weapons have been employed by the carrier strike group, including aircraft as well as vessels operating with the strike group and independently," they added.

Comments:

The total coast perhaps exceeds twenty times what's calculated.  In addition the war in that region blocked ships from going through. 

We wasting our money... Just a thought.

Less..

The Taiwan's military is planning a meeting to reevaluate the use of US-made anti-tank missiles after the weapons saw low accuracy during drills earlier this week, per local reporting.

The recent exercises were aimed at acquainting troops with the weapons, which could be used to bolster Taiwan's defenses against a potential Chinese invasion .
On Wednesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said it would reevaluate the use of the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) 2A missiles after many of the weapons fired during the recent training missed their targets, per Taiwan News .  Only seven of the 17 TOW missiles used during the two-day exercises accurately hit their target. It's unclear if the problem was the weapon or the operator.
Comment:
This is almost half and half. Or less than half and half.   How is the Lucky Ukrainians doing with these weapons?

Low..High...

 Barack and Michelle Obama resurfaced, with a vengeance.
Doug Emhoff, the nation's second gentleman, turned on the goofy charm.
A number of torches were rhetorically passed.

With Joe Biden thanked and sent packing, the second night of the Democratic National Convention swung its full attention to Kamala Harris, with a symbolic roll-call vote and fusillade of attacks on Donald Trump.

Eight years ago, when Democrats gathered to nominate Hillary Clinton, then-First Lady Michelle Obama famously urged them to rise above the ugliness of the race against the vitriolic Trump.

Forget all that. There was not a speck of "they-go-low-we-go-high" restraint when Obama took the stage Tuesday night in her hometown.

"For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to make people fear us," she said of herself and her husband. "His limited and narrow view of the world .....