The Ukrainians love hunting Alligators. When the war first started, Russia fielded approximately 100 of the twin-rotor, two-seat Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters. Today, at least 25 have been shot down by Ukrainian defenders, including four in an 18-minute period. Ukraine Shoots Down at Least 4 Russian Helicopters in 18 Minutes This morning, units of the Ukrainian Air Force shot down four Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters in under 20 minutes.wesodonnell.medium.com

The longest recorded sniper kill is held by a Canadian sniper (name withheld) in May of 2017 at 3,540 meters or 2.19 miles. The Canadian was serving in Joint Task Force 2 and was in Iraq at the time of the kill and shot an ISIS militant. Now, Ukraine claims…

The “Kill Chain” might sound like just a bad made-for-TV movie — but it’s essential to understanding Russia’s battlefield failures. In September, Russia faced online mockery for claiming to have destroyed more HIMARS than Ukraine actually owns. Russia had claimed 44, but the U.S. has only supplied 16 to date. …

The U.S. Military can be Defeated — By Inflation This year Congress approved $847 billion for the U.S. military for fiscal 2023. That’s a lot of scratch. Scratch — (n) A term for cash money, paper, skrills, quid, banknotes, etc. …

The latest defense intelligence update from the UK Ministry of Defense claims that Russia has fielded “barrier troops” or “blocking units” whose only purpose is to keep Russian soldiers corralled in the area of operations (AO) and shoot those who retreat or desert. This isn’t the first time Russians…

According to the U.S. State Department, since 2014, the United States has provided approximately $20.6 billion in security assistance for training and equipment to “help Ukraine preserve its territorial integrity, secure its borders, and improve interoperability with NATO.” And since the most recent Russian invasion began, the Biden administration has…

KGB historian, Dr. Yuri Felshtinsky, believes that Russia is preparing to use Belarus as a launchpad for nuclear strikes against Ukraine. If this were true, and not mere speculation, it would be a clever move by Putin to avoid the worst of NATO’s response in the event of a Russian…

For the first time since Darius the Great — whose Persian Empire stretched into parts of what is present day Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine — Iran has troops on the ground on the European continent. Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are providing Russia with on-the-ground, hands-on weapons support…

Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) are the ‘secret sauce’ that makes America’s military lethal on the battlefield. Within many modern militaries, servicemembers are divided into officers (those with at least a 4-year degree) and enlisted (those with a high school diploma — although many enlisted have degrees also). The Russian military is…