tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63220652024-03-07T20:26:07.220-06:00Military ThoughtsThoughts on the military and military activities of a diverse nature. Free-ranging and eclectic.Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1803125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-8520056463981970842008-11-13T06:36:00.002-06:002009-08-13T22:06:17.873-05:00Nice Military Photos below:http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.3.htmNice Tribute to Veterans below:http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1587668847362&source=jl99C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-33061041720605902792008-11-13T06:26:00.001-06:002008-11-13T06:27:51.806-06:00Nice Military Photos below:http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.3.htmNice Tribute to Veterans below:http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1587668847362&source=jl99C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-59201402170966240402008-09-01T13:16:00.003-05:002008-10-26T14:38:23.365-05:00The End!This is coolbert: The End!!Friends, devoted readers, comrades-in-arms!This particular blog of mine, Military Thoughts, is coming to an end.NOT an end, however, to blogging on my part.I have already begun a new and better blog. This one entitled Military Analysis.Same blogger, but new format, new template, what they call it, new gadgets, what they call them, etc.Newer and hopefully better.Please Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-76716058606339120852008-08-23T10:43:00.005-05:002008-10-26T14:38:59.499-05:00WeaponsWeapons and Human EvolutionWeapons are very important to human evolution. Recent DNA findings prove the point.MTDNA - DNA that passes from mother to child, indicates that every human alive is descended from one woman who lived about 150,000 years ago in Africa. But the Y Chromosome, that passes from father to son, indicates that every human alive descended from one man who lived about 60,000 C Hullingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815089043570782387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-12856862734620366462008-08-20T22:52:00.004-05:002009-05-10T21:19:04.835-05:00Russians III. [Conclusion]This is coolbert:Here is a whole series of extracts from the blog Cuban Colada concerning the proposed and suggested renewed use of Cuban soil for Russian military adventures. Primarily refueling of long-range aviation assets of the Russian Air Force. Bomber aircraft of the "Bear" and "Blackjack persuasion."Izvestia (sort of) recants tale of bombers""The Russian newspaper Izvestia reluctantly Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-24740568853390742192008-08-18T14:35:00.005-05:002009-05-10T21:18:11.140-05:00Russians II.This is coolbert:From a Chicago Tribune op-ed piece dated this last Friday."Another Russian thrust""Fifteen years after a breakup that ended with both parties reeling, Cuba and Russia are rediscovering that old magic - - the heady satisfaction that comes from keeping American's defense warriors up at night."The Russian military is contemplating a return to the bad-old-days? A resurgent and Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-16705400723861255622008-08-17T20:34:00.009-05:002009-05-10T21:17:25.072-05:00Russians I.This is coolbert:Here are excerpts from an Israeli source - - a quick and dirty analysis of the conflict currently taking place between Russia and Georgia."The Russian-Georgian War: Implications for the Middle East"By Ariel Cohen."Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at The Heritage Foundation."Thanks to the Institute for Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-74882499822563783332008-08-13T22:55:00.003-05:002008-10-30T07:55:46.254-05:00The Flying Bomb!This is coolbert: "Harry [Truman], what the hell are you doing campaigning for that crippled son-of-a-bitch that killed my son Joe?" - - Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.Sixty-four years ago yesterday, Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., naval aviator, met his untimely death in the skies over England.Flying a B-24 Liberator bomber, on a TOP SECRET experimental mission, the details of which were not made publicAlberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-63010591656694288022008-08-13T21:36:00.005-05:002008-10-30T07:56:57.416-05:00GWOTThis is coolbert:Here is a big break in the war on terror?Again, being handled as a mere criminal case?"Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence"From only yesterday, when this woman was arraigned? "August 12, 2008".Aafia Siddique. Woman Al Qaeda operative [alleged], captured in Afghan, brought to the U.S. This woman is a legal U.S. resident, with American born Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-24982104118322501172008-08-13T21:12:00.002-05:002008-11-11T19:24:25.689-06:00Glider - - Again! III. [Conclusion]This is coolbert: Allied and German forces both during World War Two [WW2] extensively employed gliders for their airborne operations. Glider-borne troops, following an initial parachute assault would bring reinforcement, supplies, heavier weapons, etc. right to the target consolidated in a unit, intact! A big advantage over parachute drops, which had a bad habit of dispersing paratroopers over aAlberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-3008813164140838252008-08-11T20:30:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:25:15.839-06:00Design?This is coolbert:Here is an example of independent parallel design and development?First, the American C-82 Packet. "The C-82 Packet was a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces following World War II."And the German Gotha Go 242. "The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.""The Go 242 was designed by Albert Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-25579493257140285692008-08-11T19:47:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:26:13.497-06:00Commentary - - GliderThis is coolbert:From a comment to the blog:"I've always been surprised that militaries don't use gliders anymore . . . they seem cheap to make. I am sure they could be built of "stealth" materials making them even harder to detect . . . When you jump out of a plane as a paratrooper, you are limited in the amount of stuff you can carry . . . I don't see why unmanned gliders that are remotely Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-19412840311316547092008-08-09T22:30:00.005-05:002008-11-11T19:27:21.268-06:00Gliders - - Again IIThis is coolbert: "Germania rules!" - - Bert.Originally my favorite military glider from the World War Two [WW2] era, to be resurrected and used by the American military for special operations type missions was the British Horsa. Able to accommodate a platoon of troops in one aircraft, hopefully with each man carrying his fighting load.As an alternative, the German WW2 military glider, the Go 242Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-28674691540388462372008-08-09T21:52:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:29:54.910-06:00Gliders - - Again IThis is coolbert: [please see my previous blog entry on the subject of military gliders.]Here is an English chap who is thinking along the same lines as I am. At least with regard to military gliders. Resurrection of a concept [military gliders], that was thought be gone in the same manner as the Dodo!!"Lord Gilbert, defence minister of state formally responsible for intelligence during the Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-42288362729708070732008-08-08T20:56:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:29:18.401-06:00Justice?This is coolbert: Again, from the Chicago Tribune today:"Al Qaeda ex-driver's sentence: 5 1/2 years""GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - - A military jury imposed a surprisingly lenient sentence of 5 1/2 years on Osama bin Laden's former driver Thursday for a war crime that could have brought him a life term.""The sentence - - all of but about 4 months of which has been served by Salim Hamdan - - appeared to Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-52241039725281122042008-08-08T07:42:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:30:50.537-06:00UAV.This is coolbert:From the Chicago Tribune today:"MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. - - The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching missile attacks from the safety to Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield.""Working in air-conditioned trailers, Predator pilots .Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37363626142618815832008-08-07T01:21:00.007-05:002008-11-11T19:31:52.197-06:00Blast-Off!!This is coolbert:Here is the final word on rocket artillery as employed from submarines during World War Two [WW2]."The U-Boat Rocket Program""America's entry into WW2 prompted a discussion among German strategists seeking ways to strike the American mainland." "Various methods were available at that time" [American entry into WW2]. Methods to include:* "saboteurs by U-Boat" German saboteurs wereAlberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-82100892530052447492008-08-07T01:11:00.001-05:002008-11-11T19:33:31.328-06:00Believe?This is coolbert:Thanks here to KTB "Sharkhunters" from Harry:The development by the German to fire rocket artillery from submarines came about as the result of:"a conversation between Dr. Ernst Steinhoff, an engineer at the Penemunde rocket development facility, and his brother, Korvettenkapitan Fritz Steinhoff, Kommandant of U-511." The ultimate fate of Fritz was grim. Indeed, very grim. Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-58270904088986618572008-08-04T22:06:00.003-05:002008-11-11T19:35:48.563-06:00The jury is out!!This is coolbert: “I have done nothing seriously wrong!! I am just a small fry! I was just obeying orders! Why are you persecuting me?”From the Chicago Tribune today:“Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - - “The case against Salim Hamdan - - Osama bin Laden’s former driver - - goes to the jury Monday”“Military jury weighs 1st Gitmo Verdict”We wait, with baited breath, for the verdict to be rendered in the Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-269878226105726582008-08-03T09:05:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:37:17.847-06:00Projektil Amerika II. [Conclusion]This is coolbert: "Darkest of nightWith the moon shinin' brightThere's a set goin' strongLotta things goin' on" - - "Superfly"With regard to the German "desire" to bombard American cities during the Second World War:3. Rockets?"German engineers were also exploring the possibility of a rocket launched from a submarine. Allied photo reconnaissance over the coast of . . . Norway had, in fact, Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37196300749115850782008-08-03T08:00:00.007-05:002008-11-11T19:38:20.782-06:00Projektil Amerika I.This is coolbert: As the Second World War progressed, the German did develop a desire to bombard the American "homeland". Give back in measure and respond in kind to what the allied strategic bomber force was doing to the cities of Germany. The German was developing [and only that], weapons that did have, on paper, a capability for long-range attack on American cities, albeit almost exclusively Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-30287707298659876772008-08-02T13:29:00.003-05:002008-11-11T19:39:28.514-06:00They!This is coolbert:"They don't shoot as well - - they don't swim as well - - they don't follow a course on the ground from a map as well!!" - - General Mundy, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps."They!!"These famous words were part of a exchange between General Mundy and a reporter for the television program "Sixty Minutes". This occurring some years ago now.General Mundy was specifically being Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-17342452780037158962008-07-31T18:24:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:40:23.482-06:00Iranian EMP?This is coolbert:Intel Flash!! Hot off the presses. Thanks here to K. Timmerman, through NewsMax.Here is the type of alarmist headline that causes undue headaches? Catches your attention with speculation - - that nonetheless - - does raise questions?"U.S. Intel: Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S."Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:00 AMBy: Kenneth R. Timmerman"One group of tests [recent Iranian missile Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-75595108093439876562008-07-30T20:46:00.006-05:002010-03-27T19:07:25.965-05:00SA-80.This is coolbert:Here, from an English source, a description of problems, deficiencies, difficulties, etc., as found with the SA80 assault rifle. Currently, and for over twenty years now, the basic personal weapon issued to the common British soldier.IT IS NOT ONLY IN COMBAT THAT WEAPONS AND WEAPONS SYSTEMS CAN BE FOUND TO BE FLAWED TO A DEGREE THAT PUTS THE USER IN SERIOUS RISK!!As originally Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-5572004452989052842008-07-29T21:59:00.003-05:002010-03-13T07:57:43.414-06:00Barbette.This is coolbert:"Chatfield, there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." - - Beatty at Jutland - - 1916.There was something wrong with the “bloody ships” under the command of Beatty at Jutland [1916]. Weaknesses, made manifest only DURING COMBAT, led to the repeated destruction of British combat vessels.“Flash”, from the detonation of a German naval shell penetrating the roof Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0