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Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 535 casualties on Ukrainian troops over past day Russia’s Battlegroup West struck seven Ukrainian army brigades and inflicted roughly 535 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported. "Battlegroup West units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 14th, 63rd, 115th and 116th mechanized, 3rd assault and 107th territorial defense brigades and nationalists of the 12th Azov brigade [outlawed in Russia as a terrorist organization] near Kupyansk and Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region, Nadiya and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People’s Republic and in the Serebryanka forestry area. During the last 24-hour period, they repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 117th territorial defense brigade," the ministry said. The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 535 personnel, a tank, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and six motor vehicles, it specified. In counterbattery warfare, Russian troops destroyed a Grad multiple rocket launcher, a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a British-made 105mm L119 artillery gun, the ministry said. In addition, Russian troops destroyed Khortitsa-M and Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations and two field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said. (Part Two, Continued in Part Three in the next post) #business #finance #financialservices

Unfortunately, the general view is still that ecological sustainability goals are not compatible with military superiority. This is probably due to the poor compromises and pseudo-sustainable products on the civilian market. However, when outstanding system engineering considers environmental sustainability goals as additional requirements alongside the high military requirements, the result is systems that are clearly superior.

The Chinese Communist Party's suppressing force "the PLA" showcasing its machine operated war-fighting tech advancements and highlighting ongoing research & development of the space as battlefields of the future are rapidly changing. Seems time for the USGOV to strongly consider ramping up public-private partnerships (PPP's) investment opportunities in the emergent tech / future warfare need. To streamline these processes before our military and capabilities lag, or falter through a harsh lesson that right now can potentially be averted. If not only to counter near pier advisories, but to continue American leadership and global stewardship deep into the 21st century. hashtag #usa #ccpglobalenemy1 #templartitannews

Paper: Soldiers Must Prepare for Jungle Warfare Read more on the link below. #defense #sbir #military #jointwerx @jointwerx @blackhaysgroup #governmentcontracts #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #consulting #strategy #leanstartups #startup #growthhacking

Good backgrounder illustrating how aid to #ukraine actively accelerates #USmilitary upgrades (and US industrial employment and our economy). #nationaldefense #nationalsecurity #standwithukraine 🇺🇦

Koehler: Deterring Indo-Pacific Conflict is Team Effort Read more on the link below. #defense #sbir #military #jointwerx @jointwerx @blackhaysgroup #governmentcontracts #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #consulting #strategy #leanstartups #startup #growthhacking

Army helicopter makes emergency landing in Kluang; 3 injured #latest #vanakkamalaysia #Army #helicopter #makes #emergency #landing #Kluang #3injured #trendingnewsmalaysia #malaysiatamilnews #fyp #vmnews #foryoupage

2 January 1967 – Operation Bolo: 30 US Air Force F-4 Phantom jets, operating from Ubon in Thailand, shoot down a third of North Vietnam’s MiG-21s, losing zero Phantoms. Over the previous two years of Air Force and Navy air strikes, only 10 planes had been lost to enemy MiGs. American pilots were forbidden from attacking Hanoi’s airfields fearing that killing Soviet or Chinese advisers that could be there would draw those nations more directly into the war. Knowing this, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force would simply fly their MiGs through the American bombing formations and loiter just long enough to get the crews to drop their bombs and extra fuel early, preventing the strategic strikes without firing a shot. US 7th Air Force selected Colonel Robin Olds (photo) to lead an ambush to stop the harassment. To lure out the North Vietnamese, American F-4s would fly the same routes into the country as the heavyset F-105 bombers—and at the same altitudes and speeds while using the same radio call signs. Meanwhile, signal-snooping aircraft would keep track of the MiGs. Special C-130B-IIs would listen in on enemy radio chatter and feed information straight to American pilots throughout the mission. These specialized aircraft and personnel not only made sure the Vietnamese were responding as expected, but also kept watch in case Chinese jets decided to join the battle. Olds wanted to know if Russian or North Korean advisers were actually in the cockpits when the fighting started. Hanoi’s pilots were caught completely off guard. When Olds’ strike team started its attack, the C-130s picked up enemy pilots shocked to find that “the sky is full of F-4s,” according to the declassified report. “Where are the F-105s? You briefed us to expect F-105s!” Seven MiGs were shot down. After a series of additional aerial ambushes, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force grounded its MiGs and completely revised its procedures. At the end of the year, Washington approved strikes on Hanoi’s air bases. Please visit our website & shop: militaryjavagroup.com *Use coupon code MJG at checkout to receive $8.00 off your order!* Also at MCX and at Military Java Group on Amazon.com 50% of profits from the sale of our 100% Arabica Java is donated to support our wounded troops from ALL service branches.

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a great start to the new year. iKey will continue to support Ukraine and one of our first projects for 2024 will be the inspection of these BMP-1s pictured below. I would like to take advantage of all the experience and knowledge available here on LinkedIn and ask this question; In your opinion, what would be the most needed mechanized infantry fighting vehicle for Ukraine today? In order for us to use this information, we must adhere to certain parameters; The units must be available now, stick to a realistic budget, the know-how to handle these vehicles already exists in Ukraine, and of course, it must come from a friendly country. #ukrainewar #apc #imcv #ifv #ikey #combatvehicle #defenceindustry