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Some lingering PLA activity since the recent pair of days of busy fighters over the strait. A Y-8 on Sept 24th and a Y-9 on Sept 25th. https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1309134285660708870 https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2020/press_pdf/p20200925_03.pdf

About 250 British paratroopers drop in joint-training with/in the Ukraine. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hundreds-of-uk-troops-parachute-into-ukraine-for-joint-exercises Exercise Keen Sword to be carried out from October 26th through to November 5th which includes about 37,000 personnel, 20 warships, and 170 aircraft from the JSDF branches, about 9,000 personnel (with aircraft and ships of course) from the US military, and 1 Canadian warship. As part of the exercise there will be joint-training in amphibious operations that include 4 Ospreys from the USMC

This whole page pretty much can make up a single batch 12 a big one. Batch 11 as well as batches 1-10: https://www.tanknet.org/index.php?/topic/38972-cold-war-the-reimagined-series/&do=findComment&comment=1493920

Some more photos from the exercise. Pictures from the linked video at the end of the post. http://www.js7tv.cn/video/202009_230410.html

Might make a good theme song for the next 37 days

Here's a congressional research report dated September 17th, 2020 on US progress thus fair, descriptions of categories, and estimated needed budged in time frame up to 2025 in the R&D, on unmanned surface and undersea vessels. Among many points, the "large unmanned surface vessels" are envisioned to be 200 to 300 feet (60-90 meters) at full displacement between 1,000 to 2,000 tons. It looks like these unmanned concepts will probably enter a phase of initial combat readiness from 2030 onwards https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R45757.pdf

They're popping up all over the place.

US sending 720 million USD aid to Syria. https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSL2N2GL1OZ

Some pictures from the exercise. https://www.flickr.com/photos/us-pacific-command/50375803693/in/photostream/ https://twitter.com/INDOPACOM/status/1309302851991085056 https://twitter.com/EielsonAirForce/status/1306470838049206272 https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2354079/us-joint-forces-sink-ex-uss-curts-during-valiant-shield-live-fire-exercise/utm_source/twitter/utm_medium/social/utm_content/100001514532011/utm_campaign/Train/linkId/100000015332014/ https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-n

Those are good finds too.

A lid, lid, l i d.. hmm hmmm hmmm Leave It Day "We're calling it a leave it day today." "We're calling it a lid today." "Man, I'm beat. Let's call it a leave it day." "Man, I'm beat. Let's call it a lid." "Sir, we've had 8 leave it days in the past two weeks. So we better get out today." "Sir, we've had 8 lids in the past two weeks. So we better get out today." Well, one possibility.

"Hey A.I., my kid says he feels sick and wants to stay home. I checked his temperature and it seems a little high with 37.03 to 37.2 but I'm not sure if the thermometer off balance. Should I let him stay home? The school seems concerned about sick kids these days. They already cautioned some other parent's kid the other day. I don't have time to get a new thermometer right. I'm freaking out, the cat pissed on the kitchen floor, the husband didn't come back last night although so-and-so said to me thathe's alreight but just wanted a break, she said. Some times I feel so stressed, shut up kid f

Bombs Guam or The Rock.

Some scans from the Internet God. Targeting stealth drones.