I wonder whose bright idea this was? SOS? Sec Def? POTUS?
Did the White House screen “fury”? Loved the movie but if you grunts can help me understand, why would tanks be used in modern warfare?
Is this a good tactic or just flinging assets around to say “so there!”
WHO will end up making use of them, I wonder.
Seems it would be cheaper just to give them to the Poles. They have a couple of armored brigades they need to upgrade from old Soviet equipment.
100 armored vehicles?
Are they going to name it “Task Force Smith”?
I looked at this too fast. I thought it read “USA to Deploy 150 Tanks Near Ferguson”...
But don’t put the missile shield back up, you creep!
That said, do we even HAVE 150 tanks these days?
Speed bump, bad move, can’t end well.
Interesting squib this week... Finland is closely watching Russian ambitions. Russia invaded Finland once before. It didn’t end well for the Russians but it didn’t turn out so well for the Finns either.
Things are not safe. The bear is on the prowl and the oil price situation will wound him and make him even more testy.
Watch a few Russian videos... the people are more nationalistic and reckless drunks than ever before from what I see. Vlad is going to have to give them something to do to stay on seat.
I’ll put M1A2s against anything Vladimir can field armor wise. That is acknowledging that Russian tanks have evolved over the 6ears.
While an American war effort on the eastern front and a new battle of Kursk sounds really fun, I question why it’s an American duty to defend the foreign policy of the EU to expand and add member states. If they want to do that, let the Germans, Poles, Danes, Spanish and Czechs pay for the whole thing and be 100% of the forces. They contribute a pittance financially, and barely enough troops do ensure their officers get joint command positions.
The EU is like a girlfriend who picks a fight with the Hells Angels at the next table and then looks at you and says “do something!”.
Of course, this means I’m a Kremlin spy.
I’ve lost track, did we ever deploy tactical nukes with, or without, neutron warheads? If we did do we still have the capability to do so?
I always thought they were the perfect capitalist tool. Kills armies but leaves property intact.
Who do we plan to borrow the tanks from?
Didn’t we just spend about a gazzilion dollars a few years ago to bring them all back to the states?
Is obama losing his grip on reality???
We just shipped those tanks back home in Jan. What a bunch of idiots.
What is really needed is to deploy at least 150 tanks and a couple of divisions at the MEXICAN border or else there won’t BE an America to protect the euros and their sorry butts.
In looking at the title. US Tanks deployed on the border with Russia. Boy I hope they do not sink!
Skip Turkey!
Don’t know if this is a good idea. The battlefield is a muti-dimensional environment. Land sea air space etc. Combined arms tactics...
One of the most important aspects of fighting a war is leadership. Unfortunately, our CIC is in concert with our enemies.
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