US and Israel carry out strikes on Iran

(Tehran)  This morning (28th Feb 2026) saw the long expected attack on Iran carried out by the US and surprisingly the first strikes were carried out by Israel..  The video below is of at least 20 US cruise missiles flying over Iraq heading east

Video of strikes across Iran have been uploaded onto Social media. Interestingly there is also video of Iranians celebrating the attacks, Which has me asking,has the US targeted the bases of those Iranian units  who have been supressing the Iranian people these past couple of months

🚨BREAKING:

EXPLOSIONS all across Tehran right now as the Israeli Air Force is bombing the IRGC.

War has officially begun. Pray. pic.twitter.com/GBecAN2pLm

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) February 28, 2026

🚨 CRIES OF HOPE IN IRAN

Women on rooftops are cheering amid smoke in Tehran. Showing their deep desire for freedom and change after years of struggle.

The people deserve peace, rights, and a better future.

Good luck.@gghamari @elicalebon pic.twitter.com/brvypHvPhL

— Kiera Diss (@KieraDiss) February 28, 2026

🚨 Breaking: Explosions in Bushehr, in southern Iran pic.twitter.com/37Ey3v7Wnv

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) February 28, 2026

Iran has retaliated launching missiles at Israel and Bahrain :

A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel.

Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat. In the past few minutes, the Home Front Command has sent a precautionary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas.

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 28, 2026

Iran targeted the United States’ naval installation in Bahrain as reports of additional Iranian missile launches against Israel, Qatar, and the UAE continue to come in. pic.twitter.com/MYmfQvK5L4

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 28, 2026

Exposing the Misinformation during the rounds regards the Ukraine/Russian conflict: Bio Labs

These last few days across the internet (social media, blogs etc) there has been a huge onslaught by people supporting and promoting Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In which to try and colour the minds of those people who don’t know what the above bun fight is all about. Here are a few which I have taken the time to post the actual facts:

1) Moscow invaded because the US has bio labs in the Ukraine

The above is currently a fav, and gained much publicity when somebody tweet that the places the Russians bombed on the first day of the attack corresponded to the places where these so called US Bio labs were. On looking into the story, it transpires the stories have been going for years (since 2014 after Moscow annexed the Crimea.) but of late it gained much traction from the Chinese who promoted that COVID was designed by the US and that the labs in the Ukraine were but one example of what Washington was getting up to. So I looked into this and guess what lies. Its been debunked by many fact checking sites, its been debunked by the US and Ukraine Government and its also been debunked at the UN.

More debunks on this story can be found at the following links:

Fact check: Why Russian claims about US biolabs in Ukraine don't hold up

Fact check: False claim of US biolabs in Ukraine tied toRussian disinformation campaign

Ukraine, US Biolabs, and an Ongoing Russian DisinformationCampaign

US: VP Kamala Harris causes outrage comparing the 2021 Capitol riot to attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the 9/11 attacks on US

(Washington)  It never fails to amaze me the lengths the left of the political centre will go to in which to character assassinate anybody who doesn’t support them and yesterday Vice President Kamala Harris caused something of an outrage by comparing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 and the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington by al Qaeda terrorists.

Allow me to quote a few facts;

The attack on Pearl Harbour was an act of war by Japan which saw:

4 battleships sunk

4 battleships damaged

1 ex-battleship sunk

1 harbor tug sunk

3 cruisers damaged

3 destroyers damaged

3 other ships damaged

188 aircraft destroyed

159 aircraft damaged

2,335 killed

1,143 wounded

The attacks on 9/11 was also an act of war which saw Al Qaeda hijack 4 jet airliners and crash 3 into building resulting in the deaths of 2,977 people, over 25000 people injured, the destruction of 3 major buildings

On the 6th of Jan 2021 approximately 2000 people stormed the Capitol building in Washington, of which around 800 have been charged, 5 people died

 1 from gunshot,

 1 from drug overdose,

 3 from natural causes

 140 police officers were injured, with 15 hospitalised and around $30 million in costs regards damages and security costs and the current US administration tries to tell me the above is the same as Pearl Harbour and 9/11. Really?

But what the democrats fail to mention is that 7 months before during the latter part of May and the first 3 weeks of June , thousands of BLMs protesters not only protested across Washington , they attacked the police, broke through cordons and caused  untold damage to national monuments , (including pulling down 2 statues and setting fire to St. John's Episcopal Church)  

Now the only reason they didn’t enter the capitol building was because the following  security forces were deployed 7,600 troops or personnel (5885) in Washington, D.C. or stationed (1,704) nearby. 2,935 National Guard troops, 500 U.S. Capitol Police, 500 Metropolitan Police Department and 500 U.S. Secret Service, 445 Bureau of Prisons staff, 168 U.S. Marshals Service members, 160 Drug Enforcement Administration employees, 80 U.S. Park Police and 32 FBI agents were deployed in Washington, D.C. 1,704 active-duty Army troops were stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Fort Belvoir and Fort Myer. Even more interesting the following democrat representatives engaged with the protesters:

Congressman John Lewis,

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Sen. Kamala Harris

Harris , actually tweeted from the protest:

People are in pain. We must listen. pic.twitter.com/5PJ9gqyu1q

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 30, 2020

As many police officers were put in hospital on 1 day during that 3 week period (11) as they did during the capitol riots a year ago (15) and yet here we are with POTUS and his VP only mentioning one set of violent protests, funny that eh:

Flashback: In May 2020, mobs of fat-left rioters tried to storm the White House. They were repelled by police, who were assaulted and hit with projectiles. Democrats and leftists condemned law enforcement at the time for stopping the rioters. #CapitolRiot pic.twitter.com/lJcwdQHC51

— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 7, 2022

US: releases update after 2 nights of air-strikes against Iranian assets inside Iraq

(Washington) The US defence department has released a press statement regards the airstrikes carried out by the USAF in Iraq against Iranian sponsored Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) whom Tehran has been using to strike US assets in a silly little game that Islamic actors love to play in which to express their victimhood status. 

In the press release the US made it quite clear it would go out of its way in which to defend its citizens from attack, which from the photos released show that they weren't messing about, regards sending a message:

We have information that confirms KH conducted the rocket attacks on Camp Taji on March 11th that killed three coalition members and injured fourteen others. We assess that KH has launched 12 rocket attacks against coalition forces in the last six months. pic.twitter.com/gMBAVkaWM7

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2020

The slide shows the five KH locations that are known to have stored Iranian-supplied advanced conventional weapons that we struck at 6 p.m. on March 13, East Coast time, and on March 14 in Iraq.
– Gen Frank McKenzie, CDR CENTCOM

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2020

We have effectively destroyed these facilities and expect that they no longer contain the type of advanced Iranian-supplied weapons that were used in the KH attacks.
– Gen Frank McKenzie, CDR CENTCOM pic.twitter.com/ag27fZnCoO

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2020

US: Wow, just wow

(Washington) Jonny Kim born 1985 in Los Angeles to South Korean parents. After graduating from Santa Monica High School in 2002, Kim enlisted in the Navy as a seaman and made the cut for the elite SEAL team. Earning his way onto San Diego-based SEAL Team Three, Kim served as a sniper, navigator and point man, among other roles, on over 100 combat missions in the Middle East, earning Silver and Bronze stars. In 2006 while in Iraq, two of Kim’s closest friends were shot on the same day. Kim was serving as a medic and treated one of the friends who had a facial wound. Neither friend survived. The deaths of his friends left him with a “feeling of helplessness” and led to his decision to become a doctor. After earning a mathematics degree from the University of San Diego in 2012, Kim went to Harvard Medical School earning a medical degree in 2016. One year into his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital Kim would learn he had been chosen as a NASA astronaut candidate out of a pool out of over 18,000 applicants.

Congratulations! Dr. @JonnyYKim, former enlisted #NavySEAL member, math degree holder @uofsandiego, & @harvardmed alumnus, for becoming the 1st Korean-American @NASA astronaut to embark on assignments to the @Space_Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and potentially Mars! pic.twitter.com/WbANp3aHKA

— U.S. Embassy Seoul (@USEmbassySeoul) January 13, 2020

Iraq: Iran strikes 3 bases where the US is based.

(Baghdad) This morning, the mullahs of Iran set in motion  Operation Soleimani when in conjunction with their proxies (presumed to be Kataib Hezbollah) they launched a missile attack on US assets inside Iraq.  The bases are Ain Al-Asad to the west of Baghdad

#BREAKING: According to #IRGC (#Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), its Aerospace Force assisted by #PMU's Kataib Hezbollah has launched 9 ballistic missiles and multiple unguided rockets at Ain Al-Asad Air Base in #Iraq during Operation #Soleimani. pic.twitter.com/b1O8tgpi0Q

— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) January 7, 2020

and two military bases in use by US Army in & near Erbil which is in the north of the country,

#Breaking
Photos shows An #Iranian missile landed near #Erbil military Airbase which’s host #KTCC (#US , #Italian , #UK , German troops) without any casualties. pic.twitter.com/HXpVX3GLjJ

— Blesa Shaways (@Bilesa_Shaweys) January 8, 2020

The attack on Ain Al-Asad airbase saw around 40 Katyusha rockets (short-range 122mm missiles as seen used by Hamas) which pack around a 20kg warhead  These were backed up by 6 Fateh-110 ballistic missiles launched from inside Iran they have a range of around 300Kms and have a 750kg warhead.

Fateh-110

BM 21, launch vehicle for 40 Katyusha rockets

Regards the missiles strikes to the north of the country in the city of Erbil, the Iranians have launched 6 Qiam-1 missiles (The missile is a derivative of the Scud missile) at two separate targets apparently 5 missiles missed their target  with another being taken out by a Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar platform (C-RAM) basically its a chain gun fitted to a radar which fires around 4500 20mm shells in the direction of anything heading its way. (Video here)

Reports coming in are stating that nobody was killed with the Iranian issuing a warning that if the US retaliates they will target the UAE and Israel.

1/2#IRGC Statement
Operation name: Martyr Solleimani
1/ we warn US for further moves, we'll go for more painful responses.
2/ We warn the governments who gave space and bases to US, wherever we get attacked from, we'll attack there! pic.twitter.com/uKmHCr5z5R

— Aleph ᴼⁿ ᴴⁱᵍʰ ᴬˡᵉʳᵗ 🕯️ א (@no_itsmyturn) January 7, 2020

As usual the Iranian media are bigging up the story for the Western media and their loyal subjects back home claiming they have launched dozens of missiles at Ain Al-Asad claiming to have destroyed 10s of US fighter jets. The thing is the US has no jets in Iraq, they are all based out of the country. The only assets based there are Helicopters and Drones.

While #Soleimani mission, the attack on Al Assad and Erbil bases was a total bust, with no US casualties, Iranian state TV announces it as delivering on the promise of "Hard Revenge" by #IRGC. pic.twitter.com/M2gCp5IhqC

— IranBehtar (@BehtarIran) January 8, 2020

Summary 
With no US casualties after a very heavy missile bombardment, where a lot of the missiles missed their target, either the Iranians are crap , the US got very lucky , or it was something else. I'd like to believe that the Iranians want to deescalate the situation,  That way they can save face at home and allow POTUS to climb down. Now we will have to wait to say how the traitorous Western media will report this. No doubt the headlines in the morning will be Iran  taught the US a lesson, you know like they did with Israel in 2006 against Hezballah.

US: Animal rights activist arrested after stabbing a woman for wearing faux fur boots she thought were real.

(Cleveland)  It never fails to amaze me how the left of the political centre who scream that they are victims of everything and anything , who quite literally scream the house down with their demands for a safe place to live, work, drink coffee in and who character assassinate anybody who doesn't subscribe to their way of thinking as racist bigots are so quick to resort to violence themselves in which to show the other fellow the error of their ways.

We see this on university campuses , we see this on the streets and last night we saw it inside a church when 35 year old animal rights activist Meredith Lowell followed a babysitter dropping off children at Fairmount Presbyterian Church yesterday around 17.15hrs  for choir practice and proceeded to stab her because she was wearing faux fur boots. After stabbing the babysitter 3 times , Lowell was apprehended by church members until the police arrived. 

Police say it's the second time in about a year that Meredith Lowell has stabbed someone for wearing fur. https://t.co/PU3zioqHPC

— WTHR.com (@WTHRcom) November 22, 2019

But get this, she was arrested earlier this year for attacking a shopper with a knife in a health food store for wearing faux fur on her coat and 7 years ago she was arrested for trying to hire hitmen to kill people who wear fur. Currently she is locked up and no doubt with her penchant for going off the rails, she is going to spend a lot of time locked away . No doubt she will have the cleanest cell on the block as she will have a woman in to hover up once a day.(Think about it). But my point is. the left of political centre have lost the art of debate and have become the most intolerant bunch of thugs going who have no problem resorting to violence in which to achieve their political objectives. yet these are the very people who scream out to the world, that they are the real victims at the hands of NAZIS.

The irony here is the full name for NAZIS is National Socialist German Workers' Party

US: Pentagon releases video of IS leader raid

(Washington) The US Defence Department has today released the first images and videos of the special forces raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,the leader of the ISIS terror group, in Syria.

The death of Baghdadi was announced on Sunday by President Donald Trump, who claimed the ISIS leader whimpered like a dog, before taking his own life with an explosion in a tunnel dug within the compound. Special forces then picked through the rubble left behind by the collapsed tunnel to identify the terrorist's body.

In the videos, around a half dozen American troops can be seen approaching the compound, which is protected on the outside by walls that are blasted open. American officials say that six enemy fighters were killed during the special forces raid, while 11 children were safely removed from the house. Two children were reportedly killed during the operation.
Note:
No dogs were killed during the making of this video.

Fighting terrorists takes all types of support. This military dog assisted in capturing and killing the leader of #ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Thank you to all members of the U.S. Special Forces team for keeping #Hoosiers and all Americans safe. pic.twitter.com/Yu4f9riS4v

— Rep. Greg Pence (@RepGregPence) October 28, 2019

US: Intolerance the Dearborn way.

(Dearborn) Sam Zahr, is a Lebanese-American who lives in Dearborn and after successfully opening a franchise of Burgerim burgers a few miles away in Royal Oak, he decided to open up another in Dearborn. Problem is although in the  US Burgerim burgers is a US company based out of California,( it started life in as a single restaurant in Israel, but the company was bought out by Oren Loni in 2011 and he relocated to the US in which to develop the brand) The usual suspects in Dearborn have decided that as the companies roots are Israeli, then it must be boycotted, sorry did I say boycott, I meant issue threats on Mr Zahr and his children

The lead instigated behind all this Amer Zahr, -a University of Detroit law professor, activist who also lives in Dearborn,  has been urging the community to boycott the business when it opens because it was founded in Israel on land he says was stolen from Palestinians.

“We are not boycotting Jewish companies or Jews,” he said, “but boycotting Israeli businesses that support the economy of the Jewish state, which is suppressing Palestinian people. If they do not respond to the dialogue, we have to encourage our community to boycott the restaurant; and I think that the people of our community have enough reasons to abide by that boycott. What Israel did to the Palestinians and the Lebanese is no secret to anyone.”

Just to exemplify his polarised mindset here is one of his tweets;

I don’t see any Arabs in Israel. But I do see a lot of white people in Palestine. #Palestine #FreePalestine

— Amer Zahr (@AmerZahr) June 21, 2019

Attorneys for Sam Zahr have filed a cease-and-desist order against Amer Zahr for “defamatory statements” about Burgerim,  Sam tried to bypass the ‘Anti-Israeli’ angle by putting up a tent and offering free food, but it was destroyed, having paid to develop a site for his latest franchise, Sam has decided to put on hold opening up his new franchise due to pressure from the BDS crowd. What I cannot understand is why all these BDS people who are so passionate regards boycotting Israeli goods, have no problem using mobile phones, computers and even medical devices which were designed in….Israel.

Happy 4th of July

To our cousins over the water have a fantastic independence day:

Even google has got in on the act , do a search on 4th of July and watch the fireworks.

US: Man sets himself on fire outside the Whitehouse.

(Washington DC)  It appears somebody felt the need to immolate himself for some reason and decided to do so in front of the Whitehouse?

@FoxNews Video of the person that was literally engulfed in flames on the #WhiteHouse lawn. Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/4IS37Rndme

— Krisjan Berzins (@KrisjanBerzins) May 29, 2019

Germany: Comes up with a fantastic idea to preserve the INF Treaty: NOT

(Berlin) So whilst the liberal world blamed President Trump (like they do) for pulling the US from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty- Which prohibited Washington and Moscow from fielding ground-launched cruise missiles that could fly between 310 and 3,420 miles.

- when they re-rolled the submarine launched RK-55 cruise missile for service on land as the 9M729 missile. 

The US stated in 2014 that the latest iteration broke the agreement as laid down in the INF, but the Russians replied actually it doesn't as they didn't provide the missiles with enough fuel to go further than 480 miles , so with Moscow taking no notice of the rule book or the protests agaisnt it regards the deployment of 2 battalions of the 9M729. Washington stated the otherday :

"If Moscow failed to destroy all new missile systems that  violate the treaty, "Russia will bear sole responsibility for the end of the treaty".

Well Moscow's answer was to be expected, seeing as both countries see the threat of China greater than agaisnt each other (China doesn't have to conform to the same rules). However in an attempt to defuse the situation Germany has come up with a novel idea of keeping both sides happy. Relocate the missiles to the other side of the Ural mountain range so as to ensure they can't hit Europe. Unless of course they move or even add more fuel. But hey I am talking about Europeans now who whilst relying on the US  to defend them, go well out of their way to mock Americans whilst waxing lyrical about those who can harm them: Russia/Iran. Funny enough this is just a repeat of the cruise missile crisis of the 1980s when cruise missiles deployed to Europe in response to the deployment of Russian missiles earned the anger of the ethical latte brigade , whilst their answer to the Russian nukes:

"Better red than dead"

Sometimes I wonder why the US bothers

Israel: US Army to procure two Iron Dome batteries

(Jerusalem) The US Army looks set to procure two Israel-made Iron Dome batteries to defend its military personnel around the world. According to reports, the US Army has asked Congress for $373 million to buy the two batteries. Israel's Iron Dome missiles defence system, which has been successfully protecting residents of Israel for over a decade by intercepting rockets fired from Gaza. The US Army is seeking to have them delivered by 2020.

US: Gunman strikes at Synagogue,

(Pittsburgh)  This morning at around 10am local time a gunman walked into the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh and decided to open fire on the congregation.

It appeasrs the Gunman burst through the synagogue's doors and opened fire on the congregation on the main floor where around 40 to 50 people had gathered for a Sabbath service, shouting 'all Jews must die!' while spraying bullets over them. After killing three people on the main floor, he moved downstairs, and opened fire there, murdering four people there then fled upstairs where, on the third floor, he exchanged fire with SWAT teams and injured three police officers. After being injured himself in the crossfire, the gunman surrendered to police.  He is now in custody and is yet to be named.

And to think Obama received the Nobel Peace prize for doing....Nothing.

US: Transgender male breaks female track record

(US) At the Connecticut State Open track and field championships at Willow Brook Park, Terry Miller of Bulkeley broke the State Open records for girls in both the 100 and 200-meter runs. The thing is Terry was born a biological boy. In the 100 meter dash, the runner-up was Andraya Yearwood of Cromwell, also a transgender. Call me old fashioned if you must, but men and women are built differently and a transgender male to female will always be stronger than a natural woman. The looks on the real women in the following video clip says it all.

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Terry Miller of Bulkeley wins the 100m girls dash i. 11.72 (meet record). Andraya Yearwood of Cromwell 2nd, RHAM’s Bridget Lalonde 3rd #cttrack pic.twitter.com/4GmLRyicDI

— GameTimeCT (@GameTimeCT) June 4, 2018

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Terry Miller of Bulkeley sets another meet record in winning the girls 200m, 24.17 #cttrack pic.twitter.com/6hAaFApIwk

— GameTimeCT (@GameTimeCT) June 4, 2018

Talk about common-sense being thrown out of the bloody window.

US: To hand over US citizen captured fighting for ISIS in Syria to third country.

(Washington) The US Government (under the Trump administration)  first decision on how to deal with citizens caught fighting for a designated terror group (ISIS) , is to turn over the ISIS terrorist,( a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen born in the United States and now held in Iraq)  to an unnamed country as early as late Thursday rather than present him to the U.S. justice system. The two countries the man  could be sent to are either: Saudi Arabia, or Iraq.

The man is the only known U.S. citizen held as an enemy combatant from the battlefields of Iraq and Syria. Last September  the Pentagon confirmed that they were holding him, saying he had been fighting for the Islamic State group and surrendered to the allied Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria . He was then moved to Iraq where he has been interrogated by military and FBI investigators. The International Committee of the Red Cross was given access to him, and the ACLU sued to be able to represent him. In discussions with him, the ACLU says he asserted his habeas corpus rights to be charged under U.S. law or be freed.

Isn't it strange how the very people who renounced the citizenship of the countries they left in which to murder, death, kill for ISIS and its ilk , all of a sudden develop a love for the country they hate the most when arrested and faced with the death penalty in the lands they ravaged Funny enough all of which subscribe to Sharia law.

Syria: US, France and UK carry out strikes.

(Damascus) President Donald Trump says he has approved US military strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites, in collaboration with the UK and France. The strikes are in response to an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week. Speaking in an address to the nation President Trump said:.

"A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway," 

President Trump said in an address to the nation.

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Tonight, @POTUS Donald J. Trump addressed the nation to announce a combined operation- with the #UnitedKingdom and #France- of precision strikes against sites associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of the #Assad regime in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/m0H3Pk8Dh1

— Department of State (@StateDept) April 14, 2018

Explosions have been  reported near the Syrian capital Damascus.

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BREAKING: VIDEO from #Syria User of Airstrikes now in Damascus pic.twitter.com/itDTlyMzNp

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 14, 2018

Possible targets for the Allied strikes could be:

Map taken from Adam Milstein tweet

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Missiles strike Damascus. #Syria pic.twitter.com/bTrWygWMKX

— Based Monitored 🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@BasedMonitored) April 14, 2018

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Missile attack on #syria by #US#TRUMP #SyriaStrikes #SyriaCrisis #SYRIA #IRAN #RUSSIA #TRUMP pic.twitter.com/JUX70Cb19y

— Mohsin (@Mohsi_n) April 14, 2018

Syrian state TV is reporting they shot down 13 cruise missiles during the attack, whilst there may be an element of truth in them shooting down a missile, we have to remember that when Israel struck Syria after the downing of one of its F16I jets in February of this year, the retaliatory air strikes took out half of the Syrian air defence network.

Norway: US Marines undergo Arctic training

(Norway) For the past few weeks, Viking Squadron , Royal Marines have been introducing the US Marine Corps how they operate their armour under Project Odin, as the  US Marines look for a vehicle suited to such extremes as they expand their cold weather warfare capability.

Viking Drift ❄️ U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.2 participate in skid pan training in Bardufoss, Norway. Try this move in a Viking Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle (BvS10). @Marines 📹: Cpl. Raul Torres

A post shared by U.S. Dept. of Defense (@deptofdefense) on Feb 25, 2018 at 5:33am PST

C/Sgt Alex Hayden, in charge of the armoured training in Norway.

 “Viking is the vehicle of choice, It’s capable of crossing undulating deep snow, steep slopes and swimming in water, it can also be mounted with a heavy machine-gun and has white phosphorous smoke. This makes it a formidable but manoeuvrable vehicle.

 Since being in the Arctic, the US Marines are realising the true benefits of this vehicle and the capability it can offer to their commanders.” US Marine Sgt Scotty Lyall is one of those who’s received Viking training under the Royal Marines.

 “The instruction has been fantastic. We don’t have a vehicle like this, and this is exactly what we need in this environment.”

US: Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor undergoes flight testing.

(Amarillo)  The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. Designed for a cruising speed of 280 knots  (hence the name V-280) a top speed of 300 knots , a range of 2,100 nautical miles and an effective combat range of 500 to 800 nmi . The V-280 is one of two prototypes battling to replace the ubiquitous Blackhawk Helicopter.    

Whilst similar looking to the V22 Osprey a major difference, is that the engines remain in place while the rotors and drive shafts tilt. A driveshaft runs through the straight wing, allowing both prop rotors to be driven by a single engine in the event of engine loss. Which I am led to believe has been a major issue with the V22 . The V-280 has retractable landing gear, a triple-redundant fly by wire control system, and a V-tail configuration. The wings are made of a single section of Carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite, reducing weight and production costs. The V-280 will have a crew of 4 and be capable of transporting up to 14 troops.

Anyway the V-280 is currently undergoing flight tests in Texas where it has reached a flight speed of 80 knots and flying at an altitude of 1,000ft above ground and demonstrated those things which make Aircraft airworthy. Enjoy.