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If the United States is the leader of NATO, then why does NATO use British/King’s English grammar/spelling, and not U.S. English? Even the British Council specializes in teaching the difference between Yankee English and King’s English.

On 14FEB2023, NATO began a huge anti-Russia meeting, called the Meeting of the Defence (King’s English spelling used by NATO) Ministers. The meeting took place at NATO’s massive headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

The first day of the meeting was actually about the U.S. led 9th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (notice the U.S. spelling of defense). U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 14FEB2023.

The European Union (EU) is not officially a country, it is considered a supranational political and economic union. Many of its member countries are also members of NATO, but not all the EU countries are NATO members. 14FEB2023 statements of EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy representative Josep Borrell; the NATO meeting is about Ukraine and Russia, and reveals EU & NATO are willing to spread the war to non-NATO countries Georgia and Moldova:

Ukraine is not a full member of NATO, yet Ukraine’s Defense (U.S. spelling not used by NATO) Minister Oleksii Reznikov is taking part. Towards the end of the video he hints at getting fighter jets from NATO taxpayers, by showing the reporters a handkerchief with the image of a Russian Sukhoi 27 on it:

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin the Third greets Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 14FEB2023. U.S. DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley.

Sweden is not a full member of NATO, here the Defence Minister of Sweden Pål Jonson answers a question about becoming a member of NATO, on the second day of the meeting, 15FEB2023:

Finland is not a full member of NATO, here is a statement by the Defense Minister of Finland Mikko Savola, second day of meeting, 15FEB2023. Notice that he mentions ‘conscription’, many NATO members force their citizens into the military. In the U.S. this is known as ‘The Draft’, or ‘Being Drafted’, and such practice was ended in 1973, however, adult males are still required to register with what is called the Selective Service:

Opening statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on second day-15FEB2023, reveals NATO is at war with Russia, NATO is planning for the war to last “for the next few years”, will increase spending on NATO’s military industrial complex, will increase the acquisition of “resources”:

World War 3, 2023: IDAHO INVADES SYRIA!

TIME LINE OF EVENTS INVOLVING UKRAINE FROM 2011 TO 03FEB2023

JAPAN JOINS NATO? PROOF NATO IS A PARANOID-SCHIZOID!

World War 3:

GEORGIAN T-72 & BMP Live Fire

ARMURA MOLDOVAN, IN A COLD WAR CREATED COUNTRY THAT COULD GO HOT ANY SECOND!

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WW3 Vehicle I-D: Su-75, The Checkmate, will they or won’t they?

Image September 27, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Full scale model of Su-75, at one of the many international air shows for manufacturers, in 2021.

Russia’s Sukhoi 75 ‘The Checkmate’ is a single engined ‘low cost’ 6th Gen fighter. It uses the AL-41F1 ‘project 117’ engine, a development of the engine used on the twin engined 5th Gen fighter Su-57, as well as the Su-35.

Full scale model, sometime in 2021.

First flight is expected sometime in 2023. After a few years of testing, Rostec (aka State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology) hopes that production can commence in 2026-27.

Rostec claims the 6th Gen fighter will cost about 30-million U.S. dollars. A two seat trainer is planned, as well as an pilotless robot version.

Artist’s concept of robot version.

The Su-75 is intended to work in conjunction with the Su-57 Felon and the S-70 Hunter drone.

Overhead view of Su-75 and Su-57, Rostec photo 2021.

Russian news reports are confusing, some claim Russian officials are considering it for the Russian Aerospace Forces, while others say the Russian military has yet to express interest in the 6th Gen fighter.

Rostec photo, 2021.

Rostec representatives admit they are hoping that potential foreign buyers will result in at least 3-hundred foreign orders, which could spur interest by the Russian military.

Rostec photo, 2021.

World War Three, Vehicle I-D: SUKHOI 57/T-50 PAK, PRODUCTION OF THE CONVICT (FELON) RAMPS UP!

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World War 3 Vehicle I-D: Sukhoi 57/T-50 PAK, production of The Convict (Felon) ramps up!

Video September 22, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Su-57 (Су-57), NATO reporting name Felon.

United Aircraft Corporation photo.

KnAAZ photo.

On 22SEP2022, after the partial mobilization of Russia’s reserve military units against a perceived invasion by NATO, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Factory (KnAAZ) announced it is ramping up production of the Sukhoi 57: “We understand how important this work is, so the plant is actively expanding and modernizing to increase production of the Su-57. At the moment, KnAAZ is loaded with orders until 2028.”-Sergey Chemezov, State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology (aka Rostec)

Sukhoi 57 (Сухой 57), the version offered for international sales is known as the PAK T-50 (ПАК ФА T-50). Weapons are stored internally, the Felon is able to interact electronically with other Su-57s:“Repeatedly involved, and single sorties, and several aircraft in coordination, in information interaction used aviation weapons, very effectively. Reviews are very good. Intra-fuselage armament worked flawlessly.”-Yuri Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

“As part of the state contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the mass production of the Su-57, four aircraft have been built to date. This year it is planned to deliver the next batch of aircraft. UAC with allied enterprises performs work in accordance with the concluded state contract.“-Yuri Slyusar, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), 16AUG2022

The first mass production (specifically for Russia) Su-57 crashed during a test flight in 2019. The second production Su-57 is being used as a test vehicle. Before the partial mobilization of reserve forces was ordered, it was planned for 76 Felons to be delivered to Russian Aerospace Forces by 2027.

The new helmet to be worn by Russian Su-57 pilots.

This Su-57 pilot is wearing the old Cold War era helmet.

The proposed two seat Su-57E, with insignia for Indian Defense Forces.

Since 2019, flights were conducted with a Su-57 ‘drone controller’ and the S-70 Hunter drone. It is planed that a single Su-57 can control several of the new combat UAVs in one flight.

Video showing a Su-57 flying with a Russian Sukhoi stealth UAV (unmanned Aerial Vehicle), which looks very similar to a U.S. stealth drone:

China has considered testing the PAK T-50 (export Su-57) as a pilotless combat drone.

According to unnamed Russian sources, the prototype T-50 UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) will still have a pilot, but only as a back-up. The T-50 UAV is part of experiments to create a 6th Gen fighter aircraft.

Promotional video from March 2020:

First mass production Felon, November 2019.

In August 2019, Russia’s Vladimir Putin showed-off the Su-57/T-50 to NATO Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Su-57 preproduction/prototype at an airshow with old World War Two aircraft. Development of the Felon began in 1999, first flight in January 2010 (was to be in 2007, but was delayed due to ‘technical’ problems).

World War 3: Iran sends copies of U.S. stealth drones to Russia?

NATO Vehicle I-D: LATVIJAS CVR(T) SCIMITAR, SAMARITAN, SPARTAN

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S A-I-P ATTACK SUB REFRESHES TORPEDOES

CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, USING NEW Y20!

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Vehicle I-D: New(?) Iraqi Sukhoi 25 KM & UBKM

Video March 3, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Su-25, U.S. Army photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 07JAN2022.

What many people in the United States don’t know is that under President Barack Obama, Iraq was allowed to get weapons from countries considered ‘not friendly’ to the United States, like Iran and Russia. In fact, Iranian Sukhoi 25 aircraft operated inside Iraq, from Iraqi air bases, to help Iraq fight the so-called Islamic State. When Iran left they ‘gifted'(?) the Su-25s to Iraq. These were in addition to the Russian Su-25s acquired by Iraq. They are Su-25KM single seaters and Su-25UBKM two seaters.

Su-25KM, USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 07JAN2022.

USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 07JAN2022.

U.S. Army video, by Specialist Nathan Smith, maintaining an Iraqi Su-25KM on Al Asad Air Base, 10JAN2022:

Su-25UBKM, USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 07JAN2022.

USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 07JAN2022.

Su-25KM, Iraq Ministry of Defense photo, 2016.

Video report about Su-25s being used against so-called Islamic State:

Su-25KM, Iraq Ministry of Defense photo.

2014 video of Russian delivery of Su-25KM, no audio until interview with Iraqi pilot:

Desert Storm Battle Damage:

Iraqi Su-25, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) photo.

Iraqi Aircraft Graveyard

Vehicle I-D: IRAQI HUEY

Mother of all Money Pits: KURDS TAKE THE FIGHT TO ‘ISLAMIC STATE’, WHILE U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND DINNER PARTIES!

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Vehicle I-D: New Cold War-games in Belarus, armor & aircraft

Video February 11, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Exercise Union Courage continued on 11FEB2022, with more armor maneuvers and aircraft flights.

How many vehicles can you identify in these videos?

Can you identify the Russian Eastern Military District aircraft in this video?

Vehicle I-D, New Cold War: T-72B3M live fire Crimea!

New Cold War: EXERCISE UNION COURAGE OFFICIALLY BEGINS

International

New Cold War: Exercise Union Courage officially begins

Video February 10, 2022 Hutchins AAron

On 10FEB2022, the join Russian-Belarusian wargame known as Union Courage 2022 ‘officially’ began (many activities had been taking place earlier).

Russian Defense Ministry video released on 10FEB2022:

Combat exercises will be carried out at the Domanovsky, Gozhsky, Obuz-Lesnovsky, Brestsky and Osipovichi areas of Belarus. They are expected to last until 20FEB2022. Officials say the wargame complies with the Vienna Document of 2011.

New Cold War: BOMBERS & FIGHTERS IN THE SKY OVER BELARUS, ‘BOMBIN’ BREAD FOR THE TROOPS!

International, Technology

New Cold War: Russian Su-30SM now patrolling the sky over Belarus, wargames on the ground underway

Video February 7, 2022 Hutchins AAron

On 07FEB2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that its Sukhoi 30SMs are now patrolling the sky over Belarus.

Russian Defense Ministry video released on 07FEB2022:

The Su-30SM ‘Irkutsk’ is a two seat multi-role combat aircraft that can trace its lineage back to the older single seat Su-27.

On 02FEB2022, it was reported that the ground force wargames in Belarus had begun:

New Cold War:

Su-35S of the Eastern Military District were deployed to Belarus, 26JAN2022. Photo via Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

RUSSIAN ground & air units DEPLOY TO BELARUS, PREPS FOR 2022 INVASION BY NATO! (including Su-35S)

RUSSIAN OPS IN TAJIKISTAN, 2021 VIDEO-FEST. (including Su-25)

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New Cold War: Russian ops in Tajikistan, 2021 vid-fest

Video February 5, 2022 Hutchins AAron

“This year, we conducted 11 joint exercises through the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.”-Colonel General (U.S. equivalent Lieutenant General) Alexander Lapin, Central Military District, December 2021

In Russia’s Central Military District there were 11 wargames held in 2021. They spread across Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The wargames also included military units from Armenia, Belarus, China, India and Pakistan.

This covers some of what went down in Tajikistan.

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first Mi-24P & Mi-8MTV5-1 operations of the year:

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first live-fire gunnery of the year; T-72s (notice the T-72 T-C is wearing a damn Pandemic face mask!) & BTR-82As:

Russian Defense Ministry video, February 2021, live-fire gunnery for mechanized infantry:

Russian Defense Ministry video, March 2021, all those BTRs and T-72s are thirsty:

A full-on wargame was held in Tajikistan, at the end of April 2021, involving more than 3-thousand-5-hundred Russian and Tajik personnel.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Sukhoi 25s arrive for the games:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BM-21 Grad rocket launchers (the Russian word translates to ‘flamethrower’):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, load, aim and fire your BM-21:

Mi-8MTV5-1s were busy working training sorties along with Mi-24Ps. Central Military District photo.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Mil 24P (NATO reporting name Hind-F):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S1 (aka M-1974, aka SAU-122):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, T-72 gunnery, from the point of view of the crew:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, more T-72 gunnery:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S3 (aka M-1973, aka SAU-152):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BTR-82A:

BTR-82A, in the Khatlon region at the Kharb-Maydon training ground. Central Military District photo.

1-thousand targets were set-up for the August 5-10 wargame in the Khatlon Region, on the Kharb-Maydon training ground.

Anti-tank rocket launchers. The Russian word translates as ‘flamethrower’, this is confusing because in English a flamethrower is a different type of weapon.

The scenario of the August Tajikistan wargame was that the Central Asian country was invaded. About 2-thousand-5-hundred personnel from Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part, with about 5-hundred vehicles.

T-72, Central Military District photo.

In November, Russian troops from the 201st Military Base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, got to try out their new 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifles during the Cobalt 2021 wargame. Central Military District video:

New Cold War: Live fire video as RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

Vehicle I-D:

2S3 AKATSIYA (2C3 АКАЦИЯ), COLD WAR TO UKRAINE BORDER CRISIS!

2S1 self propelled artillery gun, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

Cold War Battle Damage: THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM

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NATO: Poland Sukhoi 22

Video May 9, 2020 Hutchins AAron

The Sukhoi 22M4 is the export version of the Sukhoi 17M4. The NATO reporting name for both is Fitter-K. Poland began using Su-22s in August 1984, when it was a member of the Cold War era Warsaw Pact. Poland joined NATO in 1997. Polish officials want to phase-out the Su-22 by 2026.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Dengrier M. Baez, 07JUN2018.

Note the shark mouth painted external fuel tanks on this Polish Su-22M4, NATO Baltic Operations (BaltOps), June 2018.

U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Jacob Holmes, Su-22s over the Gora Hetmanska Range in Drawsko Pomorskie, 15FEB2017:

A Polish Su-22 now a museum piece. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Lauren Harrah, 13AUG2016.

Swedwin, Poland, 08JUN2016. USA photo by Private First Class Antonio Lewis.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Matthew Plew, 05JUN2016.

Polish Su-22M4s in Estonia, taking part in NATO’s Spring Storm wargames, June 2016.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Matthew Plew, 05JUN2016.

Tight formation break-away during Spring Storm 2016. For kit builders, note the new larger blade antenna behind the cockpit.

Video showing Su-22M4s along with F-15s and SAM batteries:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Kyle Gese, 13JUN2014.

Polish Su-22M4s take-off from Lask Air Base during NATO’s Eagle Talon, June 2014. Note the smaller original blade antenna behind the cockpit.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Kyle Gese, 13JUN2014

Video, Polish Su-22 during NATO Exercise Anakonda 2014:

Apparently there are only a handful of countries using the Su-22, with Poland being the only NATO member flying the Fitter-K. Peru has less than a dozen Su-22s in reserve status. In 2012 Peru signed a ‘codification’ agreement with NATO but is not considered a member, or partner, of NATO.

NATO MiG-21

Vehicle I-D: Sukhoi 24

Technology

Indian Air Power, 2021

Video April 15, 2020 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete images of India’s current state of Air Power.

Indian C-17 on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 20NOV2020. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail.

Indian Air Force promo:

Indian Navy Harrier

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Hannen, 30JUL2007.

Jaguar/Shamsher

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Hannen, 30JUL2007.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Shawn Nickel, 29APR2016.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Turner, 02MAY2016.

(INDIA DEVELOPS RARE EARTH ALLOY TO EXTEND LIFE OF COLD WAR STRIKE AIRCRAFT!)

Radar equipped Shamsher leads U.S. Super Hornets and Indian Su-30MKIs. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Brandie Nuzzi, 28MAR2021.