Instapundit relayed information from Alex Pournelle that Science Fiction author Jerry Pournelle has died. Wikipedia also confirms the death of Jerry Pournelle. Jerry Pournelle wrote online at Chaos Manor. In 1985, Footfall, in which Robert A. Heinlein was a thinly veiled minor character, reached the number one spot on the New York Times Best Seller …
Putin addressed 16000 Russian Schools with the following statement: “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind,” he said, via live video beamed to 16,000 selected schools. “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.” There is an intensifying race among Russia, China, and …
U.S. Army trucks brought four more THAAD anti-missile launchers onto a former golf course in South Korea. On Wednesday, the South Korean Defense Ministry gave approval to the placement of six launchers in response to North Korea’s underground detonation last week of a nuclear weapon that may have been a hydrogen bomb. Trump tweeted on …
The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it is rapidly procuring more than 1,000 shoulder-fired 84mm recoilless rifles. (Carl-Gustaf M4, known as the M3E1 in the United States) The titanium Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS, is more than six pounds lighter than its earlier iteration, 2.5 inches shorter and has an improved carrying …
The Russian Ground Forces are expected to receive up to 100 third-generation T-14 Armata main battle tanks (MBT), by 2020 and not the old plan for 2500 new tanks by 2020. The T-14, an armored vehicle based on the “Armata” universal chassis system, is one of the world’s first battle tanks to feature an unmanned …
There are many analysis of potential conflict with North Korea. In general the expert opinion is that North Korea would be mostly defeated within 4 to 8 weeks. Assumptions * China does not intervene on the side of North Korea Factors * North Korea will likely try to fully utilize chemical and biological weapons * …
Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, says the US Navy could get closer to the 350 ship target faster by counting unmanned vessels with capabilities similar to a manned ship— a new twist on the definition of a ship. Unmanned undersea vehicles currently used by the Navy aren’t at the point now where …
Russia has new 25-ton Armata based platform for new armored personnel carriers. They are known as Kurganets and be replacing BMP and BMD and MT-LB and other types of tracked armored platforms currently in service, providing a more maneuverable and better-protected platform. Kurganmashzavod is expecting to launch serial production of the new family in 2021, …
Hours after the North’s sixth nuclear detonation, an announcer on its official Korean Central Television declared: “The hydrogen bomb test was a perfect success.” Earlier monitors measured a 6.3-magnitude tremor near its main testing site, which South Korean experts reportedly said was nearly 10 times more powerful than the 10-kiloton test carried out a year …
The UK submarine force is also being modernized. The Royal Navy maintains a fleet of ten nuclear-powered submarines, currently comprised of three types. The four Vanguard Class Strategic Ballistic Missile Submarines are carrying the Trident II D5 intercontinental ballistic missiles. These submarines are set for replacement in ten years, by the Dreadnought class, currently in …
The Defense Ministry is drafting a new plan to thwart a full-fledged North Korean military offensive and occupy Pyongyang within weeks without waiting for U.S. troop reinforcements. * preemptive strikes against North Korean nuclear weapons and missile bases and assassination of top North Korean officials * identify 1,000 North Korean targets for missiles and precision-guided …