From what I understand Iran is pulling about 4 oil tankers out of mothballs to use as storage. 2 or 3 of them are super tankers. They average about 30 years old and were retired from service a couple of years ago. It is said this extra storage capacity could give Iran an additional 2 weeks to 18 days before they run out of capacity. I haven't heard anyone discuss the possibility of Iran pumping oil back into the ground or whether they can even do that. I remember back during the oil embargo in the seventies it was rumored that the US was pumping oil into the ground around Signal Hill near Long Beach - all while consumers had to buy gas on odd or even days due to the "shortage."
That is also back when they reduced the speed limit to 55mph. That embargo was the beginning of the death of big engine muscle cars. So sad. Enter the Japanese small engine low mileage beer cans on wheels.
It makes me angry but it also saddens me that a former military pilot could so easily sell out his country - to China. China's targeting of vulnerable individuals to get what they want is very sophisticated and most in the West have been completely oblivious to it. China is not a partner in any way. They are an enemy of the US. They just try to destroy us more covertly under the guise of economic cooperation. They don't have anything that they didn't steal and copy - and they can't even make good copies most of the time, especially when it comes to military tech because their system is rotted with corruption.
The only thing that brings me any solace when it comes to a situation like with this traitor pilot, is the fact that the Chinese military may be able to steal our methods and tactics, but their ability to apply them given the command structure of the PLA is another thing. The PLA cannot operate on an semiautonomous integrated systems level like we can. Commanders and field officers in the PLA have no autonomous decision making abilities in combat much less battlefield units. Everything must go up the chain of command and then wait for commands to come back down. No one dares to make choices for fear of making a mistake. That has always been the biggest problem with the PLA. Everyone basically has a script and they follow the script. Thinking for oneself is not allowed. Problem solving is also not allowed.
PLA solders are expendable. They even have literal kill switches on Chinese solders and pilots that can be activated by commanding officers if a soldier is wounded and separated from their unit, or if they possibly may be captured. It is more important that whatever information a soldier may have does not get into the hands of the adversary. The Chinese people were shocked when they were told what the US was willing to spend in money and manpower to save one weapons officer in Iran. The CCP tried to spin the situation as how stupid and wasteful the US was trying to rescue one pilot. It backfired on the CCP propaganda machine bigly. We are not the same and the Chinese netizens were given a huge reality check about the differences in value systems. Let's just say this reality check did not cast the CCP in a favorable light with their own citizens according to what they were posting on social media.
Glad you liked the video. The other one is very informative as well. Lei does an excellent job in pulling in so much CCP information and knowledge, breaking it down to explain it all to Westerners. I like her analysis of the CCP and how it operates better than most of the so called China experts out there. The State Dept could learn a thing or two from her.
She pronounced the words like she is native Chinese. Wondered if she is Taiwanese?
The pilot instructor is a very sad situation. He was looking for work and respect which he did not earned so when those were given, he was hooked. It's a very basic human nature.
Lei is from the Mainland. She was born in Shanghai and moved to the States with her parents years ago - either as a teenager or young adult. She now is a US citizens and it doesn't sound like she has returned to Mainland China for decades. That would not be a good idea. She is already a CCP target and has been for several years since she started speaking out. I guess you could call her a dissident.
Yes the pilot is a sad case. But, this case also demonstrates what some people are willing to do for personal gain, whatever form that may take - money, respect, power, a good time, etc. Some people could sell their country out for that gain. That is the really sad part and shows how selfish this man really is. I have no sympathy for him. He has endangered all of us and the impacts of what he has done are still unfolding. All for temporary gain which is of little use to him now.
Yes it would be as long as if those Warthogs can hit them in such a way as to disable rather than sink them. Huge oil slicks in the Gulf would be really bad - not just ecologically, but also the US being blamed for it.
From what I understand Iran is pulling about 4 oil tankers out of mothballs to use as storage. 2 or 3 of them are super tankers. They average about 30 years old and were retired from service a couple of years ago. It is said this extra storage capacity could give Iran an additional 2 weeks to 18 days before they run out of capacity. I haven't heard anyone discuss the possibility of Iran pumping oil back into the ground or whether they can even do that. I remember back during the oil embargo in the seventies it was rumored that the US was pumping oil into the ground around Signal Hill near Long Beach - all while consumers had to buy gas on odd or even days due to the "shortage."
That is also back when they reduced the speed limit to 55mph. That embargo was the beginning of the death of big engine muscle cars. So sad. Enter the Japanese small engine low mileage beer cans on wheels.
Well, mac, I have no idea what can or cannot be done but that video of the CCP stealing combat air force information sure is interesting.
It makes me angry but it also saddens me that a former military pilot could so easily sell out his country - to China. China's targeting of vulnerable individuals to get what they want is very sophisticated and most in the West have been completely oblivious to it. China is not a partner in any way. They are an enemy of the US. They just try to destroy us more covertly under the guise of economic cooperation. They don't have anything that they didn't steal and copy - and they can't even make good copies most of the time, especially when it comes to military tech because their system is rotted with corruption.
The only thing that brings me any solace when it comes to a situation like with this traitor pilot, is the fact that the Chinese military may be able to steal our methods and tactics, but their ability to apply them given the command structure of the PLA is another thing. The PLA cannot operate on an semiautonomous integrated systems level like we can. Commanders and field officers in the PLA have no autonomous decision making abilities in combat much less battlefield units. Everything must go up the chain of command and then wait for commands to come back down. No one dares to make choices for fear of making a mistake. That has always been the biggest problem with the PLA. Everyone basically has a script and they follow the script. Thinking for oneself is not allowed. Problem solving is also not allowed.
PLA solders are expendable. They even have literal kill switches on Chinese solders and pilots that can be activated by commanding officers if a soldier is wounded and separated from their unit, or if they possibly may be captured. It is more important that whatever information a soldier may have does not get into the hands of the adversary. The Chinese people were shocked when they were told what the US was willing to spend in money and manpower to save one weapons officer in Iran. The CCP tried to spin the situation as how stupid and wasteful the US was trying to rescue one pilot. It backfired on the CCP propaganda machine bigly. We are not the same and the Chinese netizens were given a huge reality check about the differences in value systems. Let's just say this reality check did not cast the CCP in a favorable light with their own citizens according to what they were posting on social media.
Glad you liked the video. The other one is very informative as well. Lei does an excellent job in pulling in so much CCP information and knowledge, breaking it down to explain it all to Westerners. I like her analysis of the CCP and how it operates better than most of the so called China experts out there. The State Dept could learn a thing or two from her.
She pronounced the words like she is native Chinese. Wondered if she is Taiwanese?
The pilot instructor is a very sad situation. He was looking for work and respect which he did not earned so when those were given, he was hooked. It's a very basic human nature.
Lei is from the Mainland. She was born in Shanghai and moved to the States with her parents years ago - either as a teenager or young adult. She now is a US citizens and it doesn't sound like she has returned to Mainland China for decades. That would not be a good idea. She is already a CCP target and has been for several years since she started speaking out. I guess you could call her a dissident.
Yes the pilot is a sad case. But, this case also demonstrates what some people are willing to do for personal gain, whatever form that may take - money, respect, power, a good time, etc. Some people could sell their country out for that gain. That is the really sad part and shows how selfish this man really is. I have no sympathy for him. He has endangered all of us and the impacts of what he has done are still unfolding. All for temporary gain which is of little use to him now.
Supertankers are a nice big fat target for an A-10 can opener.
Yes it would be as long as if those Warthogs can hit them in such a way as to disable rather than sink them. Huge oil slicks in the Gulf would be really bad - not just ecologically, but also the US being blamed for it.