Sure they can land, but now how are they going to get it back up? har har har
Yes I know that as well....just hasn't been practiced in a long time why now ? Hhhmmmm?
Yes, notice it is planes for dealing with an insurgency, not fighter planes.
CIA Counterterror Chief Suggests Going To War Against "Domestic Insurgents"
THURSDAY, FEB 04, 2021 - 21:20
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,
The former head of the CIA Counterterrorism Center has suggested that counterinsurgency tactics used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan should be applied to ‘domestic extremists’ inside the US.
NPR reports that Robert Grenier, who directed the CIA’s Counterterrorism program from 2004 to 2006, declared “We may be witnessing the dawn of a sustained wave of violent insurgency within our own country, perpetrated by our own countrymen.”
In an op-ed for The New York Times last week, Grenier suggested that “extremists who seek a social apocalypse … are capable of producing endemic political violence of a sort not seen in this country since Reconstruction.”
Grenier, also a former CIA station chief in Pakistan and Afghanistan, grouped together “the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters, the Oath Keepers, ‘Christian’ national chauvinists, white supremacists and QAnon fantasists” and claimed they are all “committed to violent extremism.”
Grenier labeled dissenters an “insurgency” and called for them to be “defeated” like an enemy army.
In further comments to NPR, Grenier stated that “as in any insurgency situation, you have committed insurgents who are typically a relatively small proportion of the affected population. But what enables them to carry forward their program is a large number of people from whom they can draw tacit support.”
Grenier also stated that insurgents may emerge from groups who “believe that the election was stolen,” or those “who don’t trust NPR or The New York Times.”
“The most violent elements that we are concerned about right now see former President Trump as a broadly popular and charismatic symbol,” the CIA spook added, before comparing Trump to Saddam Hussein.
“You know, just as I saw in the Middle East that the air went out of violent demonstrations when [Iraqi leader] Saddam Hussein was defeated and seen to be defeated, I think the same situation applies here,” he proclaimed.
Grenier suggested that Trump should be convicted at the upcoming impeachment trial as a ‘national security imperative’ because “So long as he is there and leading the resistance, if you will, which he shows every sign of intending to do, he is going to be an inspiration to very violent people.”
Grenier then compared Americans to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, noting that in Afghanistan “the thrust of our campaign there was, yes, to hunt down al-Qaida, but primarily to remove the supportive environment in which they were able to live and to flourish. And that meant fighting the Taliban.”
“I think that is the heart of what we need to deal with here,” he added.
Linking to Grenier’s comments, journalist Glenn Greenwald quipped that wedding guests throughout America should watch out for drone missiles:
The call to treat Americans as terrorist insurgents comes on the heels of a Department of Homeland Security warning that those dissatisfied with the election result may rise up and commit acts of terrorism in the coming weeks.
“Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence,” stated the bulletin issued last week through the DHS National Terrorist Advisory System — or NTAS.
The bulletin added that ‘extremists’ may be “motivated by a range of issues, including anger over COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 election results, and police use of force.”
Zerohedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zerowww.zerohedge.com
Yes I know that as well....just hasn't been practiced in a long time why now ? Hhhmmmm?
The future they have in store for us includes states not obeying and cw2. Training has begun.
A plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF), carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, will conduct a mock emergency landing on a national highway in Rajasthan's Barmer this week...
IAF plane with Rajnath, Gadkari to conduct mock emergency landing on highway in Rajasthan's Barmer
According to sources, the two Ministers will be inaugurating the 3.5 km-long strip on the NH in Barmer this week as it is ready to handle emergency landings.www.thehindu.com
At 1:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, the Wanan air defense drill will be held simultaneously throughout Taiwan, with citizens expected to shelter in place as air-raid sirens sound for 30 minutes to simulate a wave of incoming Chinese missiles and warplanes... Among the highly watched drills will be the air force's use of wartime highway strips, which assume the destruction of all other military and civilian runways.
Taiwan War Games Simulate Chinese Biological and Chemical Attack
Taiwan's annual Han Kuang live-fire drills—scaled down due to the pandemic—will last through Friday and include both standing army and reserve mobilization.www.newsweek.com
Local story, but with national implications…
The Taliban were pissed when they discovered that the C-130s they captured had been disabled by the landing gear being cut. If you look at the photos of them when the Talibs were crawling over them you'll notice they are leaning over pretty well towards the side the gear was collapsed.
My guess is a couple of wraps with det cord and "Poof!", airplane fall down. I doubt anybody will be selling them a spare, because only Lockheed Martin or the C-130 depot at Hill AFB do replacement work and neither is likely to be sending teams to Kabul to do a field replacement.
Maybe international implications with Taiwan and India doing something similar.
Even if there are DS implications to consider,
All this new training in strange places is not targeted toward us the citizens, the military is getting ready for war right here on US soil.
Same with all the train loads of armor being reported moving around the country.
All of our bases are targeted for sunshine in a can. The Military is spreading stuff out.
Yes, notice it is planes for dealing with an insurgency, not fighter planes.
But-the North Vietnamese were able to keep most of the captured South Vietnamese air force planes flying for a number of years
USS Forestall. It's in one of my cruise books.Back in the 1960s they landed C-130s on a Navy Aircraft Carrier and could take off without the aid of a catapult! Just point the ship into the wind and full speed ahead and get the C-130 engine's up to speed and let go of the brakes and off it go's no problem.
Thanks for the merge…makes perfect sense…That we did.
.I was just gonna type: they're just making sure the chinese transports can land safelyTrainging for CCP invasion in a couple of years.
WATCH: Air Force Plane Lifts Off From Wyoming Highway
A multi-branch military operation included a dramatic scene on the Wyoming prairie when a US Air Force Reserve C-130J aircraft touched down on the highway.k2radio.com
More news about the event and training background, as well as better pics.
A multi-branch military operation included a dramatic scene on the Wyoming prairie when a US Air Force Reserve C-130J aircraft touched down on the highway.
According to the Air Force Reserve, the operation — Rally in the Rockies — kicked off Monday when the aircraft touched down on US 287 north of Rawlins.
"This was one of many training scenarios scheduled for Sept. 13 - 16 across Colorado and Wyoming," a news release states. Units are tasked with delivering critical cargo and personnel to U.S. forces located in simulated contested areas.
The 913th Airlift Group is based out of Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.
Bigfoot 99 (local radio station) shared this incredible video of the operation, which is expected to last through Thursday.
The article said this landing represented over four months of planning. This “event” runs through this Thursday…
Read More: WATCH: Air Force Plane Lifts Off From Wyoming Highway | WATCH: Air Force Plane Lifts Off From Wyoming Highway
View attachment 289381
View attachment 289382
View attachment 289383
View attachment 289384
View attachment 289385
View attachment 289387
I hope we're not showing them where they can land their planes.
Looks like they are expecting war on our soil this time.