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Contingency Planning

Posted on 05/06/2022 5:53:14 AM PDT by O6ret

An old Army bud has observed an uptick in "training tempo"...curious if any freepers in that area observing this also?

"Living close to Hunter Army Airfield and Beaufort Marine Air Station I am used to frequent flights of tactical aircraft overhead but the last week or so there has been an extraordinary amount of formation traffic at all hours, every day and night, of F18, F35, F22, etc. I thought money for training was hard to come by these days."


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1 posted on 05/06/2022 5:53:14 AM PDT by O6ret
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To: O6ret

Loose lips........


2 posted on 05/06/2022 6:02:36 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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China is supposed to invade Taiwan this Fall.


3 posted on 05/06/2022 6:03:14 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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Possibly coincidence, but it seems there’s’ been a different flying ops schedule at Randolph and the 149th ANG F-16 wing at Lackland over the last few weeks.

Colonel, USAF TJAGCR (Ret)


4 posted on 05/06/2022 6:04:05 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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Getting ready to take on all those white supremacists...


5 posted on 05/06/2022 6:20:54 AM PDT by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Thunder90

China is supposed to invade Taiwan this Fall.


I would be very surprised if China invades Taiwan this year (or ever).

China is in no better shape then the Russians. The Russians have stalled in their invasion of Ukraine taking great loss in men and material and they have it relatively easy compared to what the Chinese face trying to invade Taiwan.

The strait between China and Taiwan is relatively shallow (submarines can not really hide). Taiwan also has laid a lot of detection equipment in the straits. They would be able to locate targets as required.

The Chinese military is poorly trained, their main function appears to be cheap labor and ceremonies. They would have to have a couple of years of real training before attempting and invasion.

Where and when to invade - as I understand it there are just a few spots on Taiwan that a large invading Army could land and because of weather only a few times during the year it makes it safe for the invaders to cross the straits. Taiwan knows when those times are and where those locations are so I assume they are watched and well defended.

Taiwan has a mountain range that runs the lengths of the country. Don’t know for a fact but would not be surprised it there are tunnels throughout fully stocked with supplies.

Last is that the other nations in the region have been joining in self defense agreements where if one nation is attacked the others would provide support.

Invading Taiwan would be a losing proposition for China and only a insane leader would order it. Since we are talking about a Communist dictator it is possible they would invade anyway. (see Putin and his advised invasion of Ukraine)


6 posted on 05/06/2022 6:49:20 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: O6ret

It is, and the person’s observations are especially pertinent.


7 posted on 05/06/2022 6:50:05 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: O6ret

Get ready for war/DISTRACTION!

The SOR is being refilled!

MSM keeps implying WE are the ones running the war in Ukraine with their steady release of US Intel data.

Get ready folks because they KNOW we will not capitulate to another round of covid porn!


8 posted on 05/06/2022 6:59:26 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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The people are getting uppity. The ministry of truth will not tolerate disobedient serfs and deploreables.


9 posted on 05/06/2022 9:06:43 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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