Uutisia Yhdysvalloista

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Kenraali lyttää amerikkalaisten luodit tehottomiksi - ottaako USA pian mallia Suomesta?

Perjantai 26.5.2017 klo 19.02

Amerikkalaiskenraalin mukaan Yhdysvaltain maavoimien käytössä olevat kiväärit eivät ole tarpeeksi tehokkaita.

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Amerikkalaissotilaita harjoittelemassa M4 karbiinien käyttöä. (ALL OVER PRESS)

Business Insider -lehden sekä military.com-verkkosivuston mukaan Yhdysvaltain maavoimien esikuntapäällikkö, neljän tähden kenraali Mark Milley on tyytymätön sotilaidensa aseistukseen.

Milleyn mukaan amerikkalaissotilaiden käytössä olevat M4 karbiinien 5,56 kaliiperin luodit eivät ole tarpeeksi tehokkaita nykyisiä vihollistaistelijoiden käyttämiä vartalosuojuksia vastaan.

Kenraalin mukaan armeija tarvitsee käyttöönsä 7,62 kaliiperin luoteja sekä niitä ampuvia rynnäkkökivääreitä. Suomen puolustusvoimat käyttää 7,62 kaliiperin patruunoita muun muassa RK 62 -rynnäkkökivääreissä.

- Olemme havainneet että 5,56 kaliiperia ei läpäise kaikkia vartalopanssareita. Myös meidän joukoillamme on tällaisia suojavarusteita, kenraali kertoi Yhdysvaltain senaatille.

Milley kertoi, että Yhdysvaltain armeijan työntekijät ovat kehittäneet entistä tehokkaamman 7,62 kaliiperin patruunan, joka ratkaisee ongelman.

Vielä ei ole varmaa vaatiiko uudenlainen patruuna myös uudet aseet vai voidaanko vanhat aseet muokata sille sopiviksi. Kaikki sotilaat eivät kenraalin mukaan tule uusia patruunoita tarvitsemaan.


JUHO RISSANEN
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(Ihan vinkkinä Rissaselle, että ei, ei ota USA mallia soumesta. 7,62x39 ei ole sama asia kuin M80 eli 7,62x51)
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No, VPT:n patruunalla voisi olla paremmat mahdollisuudet osua sinne mihin jenkkipatruunalla ei yleensä osu.
 
Portland deaths: Two stabbed trying to stop anti-Muslim abuse
The abusive man turned on the two men and fatally stabbed them in the city of Portland, police said.

The incident happened on a commuter train. Another passenger was wounded before the attacker was arrested.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations urged President Trump to speak out against increasing Islamophobia in the US.

It accused the president of exacerbating the trend with his statements and policies.

The attack took place at about 16:30 local time (00:30 GMT) on a train at Hollywood Transit Station, police said in a statement. One of the victims died at the scene, the other died in hospital.

Police have identified the suspect as Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35. He has been charged with offences including aggravated murder, attempted murder, intimidation and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40070319
 
Rotujen väliset avioliitot yleistymässä Yhdysvalloissa.

Steep Rise In Interracial Marriages Among Newlyweds 50 Years After They Became Legal
Close to 50 years after interracial marriages became legal across the U.S., the share of newlyweds married to a spouse of a different race or ethnicity has increased more than five times — from 3 percent in 1967, to 17 percent in 2015, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.

The Pew report comes about a month before the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia. Mildred Loving, a part-Native American, part-black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, landed in a Virginia county jail for getting married. Today, one in six newlyweds marry someone outside their race, which appears to allude to a more accepting society.

Among adults who are not black, there's a shrinking share of those who say they would be opposed to having a close relative marrying someone who is black — from 63 percent in 1990, to 14 percent in 2016. The share of people who oppose marriages with Asian or Hispanic people has also dropped from about one in five to around one in ten adults not in those groups. Among those who are not white, the share opposed to a relative marrying a white person has dropped from 7 percent to 4 percent
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http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswi...al-marriages-50-years-after-they-became-legal
 
Pentagon testaa ohjustorjuntajärjestelmäänsä.

As tensions with North Korea grow: US to test upgraded anti-missile system
The Pentagon will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile using its upgraded anti-missile system for the first time today. The test comes amid the growing tensions between the US and North Korea. However, the Pentagon clarified that the decision to carry out the test was not solely based on the threat from Pyongyang. May 30, 2017, 1:30PM Becca Noy

The Pentagon has announced that it will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time using its upgraded long-range missile interceptor on Tuesday. The test will be carried out above the Pacific Ocean.

The trial is widely being considered a test of America’s readiness and ability to deal with the possibility of a North Korean missile launch toward the US mainland. However, the Pentagon clarified that the decision to carry out the test was not solely made based on the threat from Pyongyang.

During today’s test, an interceptor missile will be launched from an air force base in California. The simulated threat missile will be launched from the Marshall Islands.

Yesterday, North Korea tested another ballistic missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan, in the country’s ninth missile trial since the beginning of 2017. According to North Korea’s KCNA news agency, the country’s leader Kim Jong-Un supervised the test. US President Donald Trump condemned the test on Twitter, saying that Kim disrespected China by testing yet another missile.

North Korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, China, by shooting off yet another ballistic missile...but China is trying hard!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2017

http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...reat-us-to-test-new-anti-missile-system-28796
 
Hienosti jenkit ampuivat ohjuksen alas. Tosin p-korean mahdollinen ohjus tulee huomattavasti pidemmältä,korkeammalta ja kovempaa.
 
Jukka Juusti edusti Suomea Apulaispuolustusministeri Bob Workin vieraana.

Work Hosts Nordic-Baltic Forum at Camp Lejeune
DoD News, Defense Media Activity


WASHINGTON, June 2, 2017 — Deputy Defense Secretary [URL='https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/602787/robert-o-work/']Bob Work hosted his counterparts and government officials from eight Nordic-Baltic countries today for a Nordic-Baltic Forum at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.




Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work hosts his counterparts and government officials from eight Nordic-Baltic countries for a dinner at Carnegie Library in Washington, June 1, 2017, in advance of a Nordic-Baltic Forum the following day at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
The deputy secretary was joined by Danish Defense SecretaryThomas Ahrenkiel, Estonian Defense Secretary Jonatan Vseviov, Finnish Defense Secretary Jukka Juusti, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Iceland Erlingur Erlingsson, Latvian Defense Secretary Jānis Garisons, Lithuanian Vice Defense Minister Vytautas Umbrasas, Norwegian Defense Secretary Øystein Bø and Swedish Defense Secretary Jan Salestrand.

"Much of the discussion focused on the changing geopolitical security environment in the Nordic-Baltic region, Russian behavior and increasing interoperability," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, spokesperson for Work, said in a statement summarizing the forum. "They also discussed opportunities to further defense cooperation and emphasized the strategic, operational and tactical benefits of defense cooperation. They all noted the cohesion of the Nordic-Baltic region is critical to European and trans-Atlantic security."

Opportunity to Exchange Views

Work thanked the participants for their contributions to international security and for their bilateral partnerships with the United States, Hillson said. "He noted that meetings like today’s forum provide an opportunity to exchange views about security challenges, as well as to discuss current and future threats in the region and ways we can work together to mitigate those threats," she added.

As part of the forum, the leaders also observed capability and technology demonstrations of an infantry unit at the Marine Corps base.[/URL]

https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1201462/work-hosts-nordic-baltic-forum-at-camp-lejeune/source/GovDelivery/
 
US Air Force näyttää lippua tuomalla kaksi B-2 pommaria Britanniaan.

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Arrive in England
By Air Force Maj. Jeffrey M. Bishop U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa


ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England, June 13, 2017 — Two B-2 Spirit stealth bombers arrived here June 9 from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, joining B-1B Lancer and B-52H Stratofortress bombers already here in theater assurance and deterrence operations.




A B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., lands on the flightline at RAF Fairford, U.K., June 9, 2017. The B-2 regularly conducts strategic bomber missions that demonstrate the credibility of the bomber forces to address a global security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Miguel Lara III)
Three B-52Hs from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and three B-1Bs from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, along with about 800 airmen, are supporting exercises Saber Strike and BALTOPS in the European theater.

While not actively participating in ongoing regional exercises, the B-2s join the other Air Force Global Strike Command assets in support of recurring bomber assurance and deterrence operations. Bomber deployments enhance the readiness and training necessary to respond to any contingency or challenge across the globe.

"The bomber assurance and deterrence missions these three aircraft are supporting are key to reinforcing our commitment to our allies in NATO -- in a very visible, very tangible way -- that we stand shoulder to shoulder with them, no matter what," said Air Force Col. Jared Kennish, the 322nd Air Expeditionary Group commander.

Flexible Capabilities on Display

U.S. Strategic Command routinely conducts bomber operations around the globe as a demonstration of commitment to collective defense and to integrate with geographic combatant commands operations and activities. This is the first time that all three bomber platforms have been located together in the European theater, and only the second time in AFGSC command history. The first was in Guam in August.

"This short-term deployment demonstrates the flexible global strike capabilities of the U.S. bomber force, and ensures bomber crews maintain a high state of readiness," Kennish said. "The training will provide opportunities to integrate capabilities with regional partners, and is part of the United States' commitment to supporting global security."

Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base are supporting the B-2s. Many, including Kennish, are members of the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing. The Guard wing has cleared a number of operational performance evaluations and readiness assessments to obtain full operational capability to perform the strategic bomber mission of the B-2 alongside the active duty 509th Bomb Wing, at home and at Fairford.

Members of the 131st BW have been a part of every previous bomber assurance and deterrence operation; however, this is the first time that the operations of all three strategic bombers have been led by a guardsman, further signaling the full arrival of the total force construct in Air Force Global Strike Command.

"There may have been a time early in our transition when people wondered if our two wings could make [total force integration] work in the B-2 operations, maintenance and support missions, but we've long since proved the concept at Whiteman," Kennish said. "Operations like the ones we're supporting this month just put an exclamation point on our record of total-force team success."
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https://www.defense.gov/News/Articl...bombers-arrive-in-england/source/GovDelivery/
 
Jahas, nyt on sitten jenkkilässä ammuskeltu jo poliitikkoakin.. saattaa kääntää uuden sivun Trumpin touhuissa jos tästä selviää että taustavoimina on vaikkapa ISIS

Yhdysvaltalaispoliitikko ammuskelun kohteena – 50-100 laukausta ammuttu baseball-kentällä
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Edustaja Steve Scalise sai ammuskelussa osuman lonkkaansa. (KUVA: ZACH GIBSON)

Julkaistu: 14.6. 15:07 , Päivitetty: 14.6. 15:26

Poliitikkoa ja tämän avustajia on ammuttu baseball-kentällä Yhdysvalloissa.
Yhdysvaltain edustajainhuoneessa toimivaa poliitikko Steve Scalisea ja tämän avustajia kohtaan on avattu tuli baseball-kentällä Alexandriassa, Virginian osavaltiossa.

Ensitietojen mukaan ampuja avasi tulen kohti poliitikkoja ja tulitti noin 50-100 laukausta. Scalisen tai tämän avustajien vammojen vakavuudesta ei vielä ole tietoja. Uutiskanava CNN:n mukaan ainakin viisi ihmistä on loukkaantunut tilanteessa.

Reutersin mukaan Scalise sai ammuskelussa osuman lantioonsa, kertoo Fox News. CNN:n saamien tietojen mukaan ammuskelussa käytettiin puoliautomaatista asetta.

Valkoisen talon tiedottajan mukaan presidentti Donald Trump on tietoinen tapahtumista.

CBS:n mukaan ammuskelussa loukkaantui ainakin neljä ihmistä. Loukkaantuneista kaksi kuuluu poliitikkojen turvatiimiin ja loput kaksi ovat Scalise ja itse ampuja.

Ammuskelun tapahtuessa kentällä oli käynnissä poliitikkojen baseball-harjoitukset. Paikalla on virallisten tietojen mukaan ollut noin 20 poliitikkoa sekä heidän avustajiaan ja turvamiehiä.

New Orleansissa vuonna 1965 syntynyt Stephen Scalise kuuluu republikaanipuolueen ryhmänjohtoon. Hän on puolueensa kolmanneksi ylin edustaja edustajainhuoneessa.

Asiasta lisää hetken kuluttua.

@ http://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005254277.html
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Jahas, nyt on sitten jenkkilässä ammuskeltu jo poliitikkoakin.. saattaa kääntää uuden sivun Trumpin touhuissa jos tästä selviää että taustavoimina on vaikkapa ISIS
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Valkoinen 66 -vuotias Bernie Sandersin kannattaja.
 
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