[jlisenbe]

"The decision comes as Berlin aims to create Europe's strongest conventional army." Kind of an unnerving comment.

[tomder55]

German military service reform triggers major youth protests – POLITICO

[tomder55]

Things that keep me awake at night . Planning for the last war ;or in this case WWI

Here I'm talking about cyber ;drone and long range hyper missiles being the great equalizer to the fleet ;and here is Trunp saying he wants bigger coffins for our sailors

Trump announces new Trump-class 'battleship' as part of 'Golden Fleet' - Breaking Defense

All so he can name a class of war ships after himself . The battleship became obsolete in Pearl Harbor . Yes we can still project power in 3rd world nations with them. But we don't need a new class of them to accomplish that .

Any thought of wasting $$ to build any future fleet that is heavily dependent on manned vessels is insane

[tomder55]

Evidently the US deployed a new weapon when we snatched Maduro . This could be as much a game changer in warfare as the nuke drops at the end of WWII .

It was some kind of microwave device that annihilated the Cuban force that was protecting Maduro.

“We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation,” the guard said. “The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.”

Moments later, a handful of helicopters appeared — “barely eight,” by his count — deploying what he estimated were just 20 US troops into the area.
But those few men, he said, came armed with something far more powerful than guns.
“They were technologically very advanced,” the guard recalled. “They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before.”
“We were hundreds, but we had no chance,” he said. “They were shooting with such precision and speed; it felt like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute.”

Then came the weapon that still haunts him.
“At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it,” he said. “It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside.”
“We all started bleeding from the nose,” he said. “Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon — or whatever it was.”

US used powerful sonic weapon in Venezuela during raid to capture Maduro: incredible witness account | New York Post


With the successful capture of Maduro ;the US fleet is repositioning around Cuba.

U.S. reduces number of warships near Venezuela after Maduro raid - The Washington Post

Meanwhile the body count on the streets of Iran has multiplied as the regime is in the process of suppressing another protest . 500 reported today .

'Massacre' unfolding in Iran as protest death toll triples, rights group warns | New York Post

Trump already warned them that the US would act if they started killing off protestors.

Trump is weighing options against Iran: Reports


What keeps me awake is the potential of the weapon for domestic crowd control. I don't care what side of the political aisle you are on . A government with that type of weapon at it's disposal is scary .