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U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, incoming Air Mobility Command commander, prepares to give his first salute during the AMC Change of Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Oct. 5, 2021. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Isaac Olivera).

A top U.S. Air Force general is not only preparing for the possibility of an armed conflict with China, but believes it will happen in the next two years. 
“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we will fight in 2025,” Air Mobility Command (AMC) commander Gen. Mike Minihan wrote in a recently-released memo forward dated for Feb.

Host L Todd Wood speaks to ‘Alex’ on the inside in Kyiv as to what is happening with American aid.
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Thursday saw the successful launch of a rocket carrying a government radar satellite designed to gather intelligence that would be used to enhance disaster response and keep tabs on advancements at North Korean military installations.
The radar satellite can capture terrain images at night and during adverse weather conditions. According to the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, which commissioned Mitsubishi Heavy to launch, it can be used to transmit data in the event of a natural catastrophe.
After a one-day delay due to severe weather, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd’s No.

PARIS, FRANCE – In late 2022, the French DGA completed qualification testing of the AASM 1000 GS bomb and its support system. The bomb was developed by Safran Electronics & Defense under an 85 million euro contract awarded by the DGA in 2017.
The AASM 1000 consists of a guidance kit that uses GPS, an inertial system, and a [engine] kit that increases its range.

FILE – This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows the main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (Lenny Ignelzi, Associated Press).

U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton closed the base’s main gate Friday evening after a car rammed it in an attempt to get onto the base.
The incident happened at 6:30 p.m. on Jan 27. The Marine Corps confirmed that someone attempted to “gain unauthorized access to the installation.”
“The MCB Camp Pendleton Provost Marshall Office deployed the final denial barriers and disabled the vehicle,” base staff tweeted at 8:39 p.m.

The German arsenal of main battle tanks, which is barely around three hundred Leopard 2, will be further reduced with the announced deployment of units in Ukraine. This comes at a time when these weapons are again arousing the interest of Western arms procurement authorities.
Local ground systems company Rheinmetall revealed its ability to renew these arsenals a few months ago, amid the war in Ukraine, and has recently offered more details.

Zunyi, the seventh Type 055 destroyer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army [PLA] fleet, has made its first public appearance since commissioning. This is reported by the Chinese publication Global Times.
According to journalists, the newer ship was shown in a television report on the occasion of the Lunar New Year celebration in Zunyi, after which the destroyer is named.

The McCain Neocons

Guest post by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) need to shut-up and sit the hell down on Ukraine, NOW!  I don’t care if they are Senators and veterans, they show ignorance about military strategy and operations, especially in the context of Russia’s ‘near abroad’. They certainly are totally clueless on the history of the region.

L. Thompson, Forbes
The U.S. rotorcraft industry is highly concentrated, and heavily dependent on military funding.

Rodani Tan, Small Wars Journal
Historically, commanders (CDRs) and staff manage complex situations within an operational environment (OE) that continuously changes.