#base militaire

[hcdahlem]

Saint-Nazaire

Patrick Deville fit un petit écart à son projet Abracadabra pour nous proposer ce « roman sans fiction » sur Saint-Nazaire. On y découvre l'histoire de cette ville, celle des chantiers navals et de ses paquebots de prestige.

En deux mots Né en face de Saint-Nazaire, l’écrivain-voyageur nous raconte la naissance de cette ville sous le Second Empire, son essor autour des chantiers navals qui auront vu défiler des paquebots de prestige, sa destruction par les Alliés parce qu’elle abritait la base des sous-marins allemands, puis la ville moderne, croisement d’aventuriers et d’écrivains invités sous son égide. Ma…

[infosisraelnews]

Après presque une journée, l'incendie d'une base militaire à Tel-Aviv n'est toujours pas éteint

Ynet rapporte qu’après 20 heures, l’incendie de la base militaire de Tel Hashomer, où se trouvent les unités logistiques et les entrepôts d’équipements, n’a pas été complètement éteint. 28 services d’incendie ont été impliqués dans l’extinction du grand incendie mardi , et de la fumée était visible de partout dans le Gush Dan. La police a bloqué les rues, elles sont désormais ouvertes, mais les…

[carbone14]

Chasseur embarqué Grumman F6F Hellcat

©Kaboldy

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La France restitue la station d'émission interarmées de Rufisque au Sénégal

La France a remis ce 1er juillet la station interarmées de Rufisque, au Sénégal, en service depuis 1960. Cette restitution s’inscrit dans le cadre du retrait progressif français, prévu pour fin juillet 2025. Elle intervient après celles des emprises de Hann et du port de Dakar, selon un calendrier défini par la commission franco-sénégalaise… Dépêches Lire la suite de l’article Source : RT en…

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Actualités du Monde Aujourd'hui 🌍🗞️

1. 🇮🇱🇵🇸 ISRAËL-GAZA : Biden presse pour un cessez-le-feu à Gaza, mettant l’accord entre les mains du Hamas. L’ONU alerte sur une famine imminente à Gaza, mettant en danger les enfants palestiniens.2. 🇺🇸 ETATS-UNIS – “Super Tuesday” :** Trump domine les primaires républicaines, Haley suspend sa campagne. Une confrontation Trump vs. Biden se profile pour la présidentielle de novembre.3. 🏹 JO à…

[2t2r]

L'étrange pyramide du Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/letrange-pyramide-du-stanley-r-mickelsen-safeguard-complex/

L'étrange pyramide du Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex

[soirinfotchad]

#Niger, des manifestants se sont pris à un véhicule qui transportait de l'eau pour des soldats français au Niger

Des dizaines de nigériens ont caillassé un véhicule qui transportait des bouteilles d’eau pour les soldats français installés dans le camps d’Ayorou. Ces images montrent combien les nigériens ne veulent plus des officielles français qui soutiennent des président mal élu qui asservissent et appauvrissant les peuples africains.

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TCHAD: MAHAMAT KAKA DEBY SORT VIVANT DE L’EXPLOSION DE LA PRINCIPALE BASE MILITAIRE DE KOURIBOUGUIDI.

Une explosion secoue la principale base militaire de Kouribouguidi, abritant actuellement le chef de la junte militaire et sa suite. D’après les informations provenant du terrain rapportées et recoupées par un journal local a N’Djamena, la déflagration provoquée par l’explosion de deux citernes de carburant de l’armée tchadienne a engendré un lourd bilan de morts et de blessés. Les dégâts se sont…

[spirestar]

@heartinhands 😇 for bb

"C'mon," Kaz leans over their Jeep's right side mirror, his wrists dangling as he droops his head down between his arms. He's sweaty enough in the scorching sun for his sunglasses to slllllowly start to slide down his nose, too. Urgh. If this keeps up, they'll have to start staking trees for sap or something. They're way too far out from any port to find a way back to the base. "Boss, you said you already knew what was wrong--"

It's hardly been a year since he was recruited on as the Militaires Sans Frontières second-in-command and he likes to think he's a competent member--tactical, thoughtful, ambitious. He believes in what they're building, he believes in Snake, and he doesn't pick fights every single time he disagrees with someone--usually on account of their disagreeing with the other man specifically--either, which has to count for something. How was he supposed to know that hot-wiring cars was meant to be in his skill set? Kaz would do a better job navigating them through the middle of the woods out here than he would getting this stupid engine to restart. He reaches to untie his short yellow scarf and starts to fan his face with it once he's yanked the fabric free. Never let it be said he lacks in drama, even in the face of most benign of inconveniences. Snake is the man he admires most in the world but:

"--And if you say one more time that you're just getting a better look at it--!"

[aedislumen]

Today I finally decided to check something a friend told me a while ago. It was about Robespierre allegedly supporting and pushing for a full scale invasion of Italy, an idea that came from his younger brother Augustin and Napoléon.

The evidence for such claim is mentioned in Mary Young's biography on Augustin Robespierre. This is what Young has to say about it:

(page 142).

So not only was Carnot - someone who's considered responsible for turning a war of defense into one of conquest by robespierrist historians - unexpectedly against the idea of invading Piedmont, but Maximilien Robespierre, even more unexpectedly, was pushing for it.

And there's more: at page 154 - 155, Young mentions, quoting a work by J. Colin, that the reason why the CSP fell apart was because Robespierre interfered with war affairs to the point of alienating Carnot. While the latter was indeed against invading foreign countries, Robespierre, on the contrary, approved it and wanted it to be accomplished:

So it seems like the story about great advocate of peace, Maximilien Robespierre, is indeed just a story...!

Because of course a historian, whose book presents a foreword by Marisa Linton, wouldn't completely intentionally or unintentionally twist and misunderstand sources, right?

Right!?

Wrong.

The sources which Young uses to support her ideas are from Histoire de la campagne de 1794 en Italie by Gabriel Fabry vol 2, p. 438 and L’Éducation Militaire de Napoléon by J. Colin. Let's give them a quick look.

Fabry's histoire simply reports a CSP decree showing a certain eagerness in wanting to invade Piedmont. The excerpt, as you can see, doesn't include any signature.

(pages 438 - 439.)

Since Young said that Robespierre approved it, one would be inclined to think that it was Maximilien who wrote and signed the decree, with his signature being the first one. Of course the handwriting and signature of a CSP member isn't absolute proof of approval, but I usually see these two things used as arguments to show that a CSP member agreed; even by reputed historians; so I wasn't surprised to see Young making such a bold assumption. I then checked Aulard's Recueil and surprise surprise that decree was written and signed by Carnot only. No trace of Robespierre:

(I underlined in cyan the part similar to what Fabry reported, since Aulard made only a summary of the decree.)

Concerning the fact that Carnot was opposed to Robespierre's - yes, because Colin considers it as such - warmongering plans, the latter mentions a letter dated 26 Thermidor, in which Carnot complains about it:

I happened to find that letter in Correspondance générale de Carnot vol. 4, p. 575 - 576:

To sum up, it says that the plan comes from the mind of Augustin, but that it was the tyranny of his brother that inspired it.

Now, this is a letter written shortly after the fall of the Robespierrists, it doesn't take much to understand that this is purely thermidorian propaganda, not only because of its content, but also for the wording used. Moreover, it's not a personal letter, in which Carnot rambles with a friend or relative, it's an official one from the Committee of Public Safety.

Saying that Carnot didn't approve the conquest of Piedmont whereas Maximilien Robespierre did - I actually don't know if it was Augustin's idea, but this is not the point right now - is simply wrong since the decree of 19 floréal quoted above has been written and signed exclusively by him.

Thinking that a historian didn't care to double check their sources leading to such a misinformed mess is... truly appalling. This is proof of how one should always double check sources when possible, even if they come from historians we trust or appreciate!

Not that I personally trust or appreciate Young, considering that another of her bizarre claims based on dubious sources almost caused a sort of Thermidor in the community almost one year ago...

EDIT: Mary Young wasn't a historian, but a psychologist, so I did wrong in calling her as such. I do still think that someone of the reputation of Marisa Linton should have done a much better job in reviewing the book.

[notesdunevieordinaire]

Ce mec est une arnaque !

Hier, le pseudo @joshgty m’a écrit pour la première fois. Il disait être Canadien, du Québec, mais vivant désormais aux États-Unis. Il avait envie de discuter en français pour perfectionner sa langue maternelle. Jusque-là, rien de répréhensible. Mais, en bonne méfiante que je suis, j’ai visité son profil. Il s’y présentait comme un homme droit, très croyant, et il n’y avait pas une seule photo douteuse sur son jeune profil. Mais tous les comptes qu’il suivait étaient ceux de femmes…

Voyant que je n’accrochais pas trop à la discussion, il m’a dit qu’il n’allait pas me déranger plus longtemps. Je pensais qu’il allait arrêter de m’écrire. Mais non : une heure plus tard, je recevais un autre message. Je lui ai demandé de se présenter, car je ne savais rien de lui, et là il m’a envoyé ce message :

Bon je m'appelle Joshua Robertson, j'ai une petite fille de 6 ans. J'ai été élevé par un prêtre de l'Église catholique car ma mère m’a eue très jeune, elle ne pouvait pas assumer ses responsabilités. Et quand j'avais 11 ans, mon père s’est fait tirer dessus. Et ma fiancée m’a trompé quand notre fille avait seulement 4 ans. Je suis quelqu’un d’allergique à la tricherie, donc je lui ai demandé de dégager. Je suis dans l’armée américaine, présentement même pas à la maison. Ma fille me manque tellement… mais ça ira. Bon, dis-moi ce que tu penses et pose-moi des questions. Et après, c’est ton tour de me parler de toi.

Et là, forcément, des panneaux DANGER se sont mis à clignoter en rouge dans ma tête. Le coup du Marine loin de sa famille, avec son enfant confié à je-ne-sais-qui, je l’ai déjà eu ! Celui du mec à qui la vie n’a réservé que des malheurs, également ! Alors j’ai copié son message et j’ai demandé à mon pote ChatGPT ce qu’il en pensait. Et voici ce qu’il m’a expliqué :

Récit chargé émotionnellement dès le début : il enchaîne les éléments douloureux (enfance difficile, perte de son père, trahison amoureuse, éloignement de sa fille) dans un seul message. Cela peut être une façon d’attirer la compassion ou de créer rapidement un lien émotionnel fort. C’est courant dans certains scénarios de manipulation affective, notamment les arnaques sentimentales.

Profil cliché du “soldat américain” en mission avec un enfant à charge : ce genre de profil revient fréquemment dans les arnaques en ligne. Beaucoup de faux comptes utilisent cette figure : militaire, veuf ou trahi, père d’un enfant, sensible mais fort. Ça ne veut pas dire que Joshua est forcément faux, mais il faut rester lucide.

ChatGPT m’a conseillé de lui poser ces questions : "Tu es dans quelle base en ce moment ? Comment arrives-tu à rester en contact avec ta fille ? Elle est avec qui pendant ton absence ?" Ce que j’ai fait. Et sa réponse a été la suivante :

Ma fille est sous protection spéciale. C’est-à-dire avec une nanny donnée directement par l’armée. Au début, quand ils m’ont approché, je n’étais pas intéressé à cause de ma fille, mais ils m’ont rassuré qu’elle serait en sécurité.

ChatGPT m’a alors expliqué que l’armée américaine n’attribue pas de “nounou officielle” comme dans un film. Cela fait partie des éléments fantaisistes souvent utilisés dans les arnaques sentimentales, pour justifier qu’ils n’ont aucun lien direct avec leur enfant, qu’ils sont isolés, etc.

J’ai envoyé cette réponse à mon interlocuteur et attendu qu’il la lise. Rapidement, il m’a répondu, sans réagir à ce que je venais de lui dire ,que même à cet instant, il n’avait normalement pas le droit de m’écrire car il était en service. Sérieusement ? Depuis quand un soldat ne respecte pas les ordres qu’on lui donne ? Je l’ai bloqué sur-le-champ. C’est vraiment pénible, ce genre d’approche visant à nous arnaquer. On doit constamment être sur nos gardes, et après, les hommes nous reprochent d’être trop méfiantes ! Vis ma vie de femme sur les réseaux avant de juger ! Et encore… je ne cherche ni mec, ni même ami, et je ne parle jamais à personne en premier. En tout cas, avec ChatGPT, c’est la deuxième fois qu’il me conseille de fuir quand je lui expose des échanges qui me semblent suspects. Franchement, l’intelligence artificielle, ça a vraiment du bon.

[infosisraelnews]

Khamenei est vivant, souriant, et se pavane pendant qu’Israël se tait. Mais combien de bases ont vraiment été touchées ? Et que nous cache Tsahal ? Découvrez les dessous explosifs d’une guerre encore trop silencieuse. 👉 https://infos-israel.news/category/alerte-info-24-24/ciblage de cinq bases militaires

[carbone14]

Un F4U-4 Corsair du Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA-212 est sur la catapulte, prêt pour un lancement depuis le porte-avions d'escorte USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) pour une frappe en Corée – Guerre de Corée – 1952

Photographe : Gerald Haddock

©US Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation - 1996.253.7154.010

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La France rétrocède officiellement sa base militaire de Port-Bouët à la Côte d'Ivoire

La France a procédé, jeudi à Abidjan, à la rétrocession officielle à la Côte d’Ivoire de sa base militaire du 43e Bataillon d’infanterie de marine d’Abidjan (BIMA), située dans la commune de Port-Bouët (sud)… ABIDJAN, 21 février (Xinhua) — La France a procédé, jeudi à Abidjan, à la rétrocession officielle à la Côte d’Ivoire de sa base militaire du 43e Bataillon d’infanterie de marine d’Abidjan…

[greatworldwar2]

• Fokker D.XXI Fighter

The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL). The D.XXI was designed as an inexpensive, rugged, and compact fighter aircraft that would possess respectable performance for its era.

On November 14th, 1934, design proposals for a new fighter aircraft were submitted by Fokker to the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Aviation Group). Fokker's design team, led by Erich Schatzki, and based at the firm's newly completed plant in the southern district of Amsterdam, had sought to incorporate and combine various new concepts and recent features from successful fighter aircraft, including the previous C.X and D.XVII aircraft. The proposed aircraft was a low-wing monoplane which adopted an entirely enclosed cockpit; initial design work had been conducted in cooperation with British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, and it had been originally envisaged that the type would be powered by a Rolls-Royce Kestrel IV. Projections of the aircraft's performance included a maximum speed of 420 km/h at an altitude of 4,350 meters, a range of 888 km, and an altitude ceiling of 10,000 meters. The planned armament included rifle-calibre machine guns or 20mm cannons, which were to be embedded into the wings and fuselage.

In early 1935, the Luchtvaartafdeling signed a contract for a single prototype of the proposed fighter to be constructed for an evaluation to be performed by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. This prototype, designated FD-322, which was powered by a single Bristol Mercury VI-S radial engine which drove a three-blade, two-pitch propeller, performed its maiden flight at Welschap Airfield, Eindhoven, on March 27th, 1936. According to aviation author G.H. Kamphuis, the prospects for series production of the new fighter looked doubtful shortly after the first flight was performed due to a high level change in Dutch defence policy; Minister for Foreign Affairs Hendrik Colijn informed the Ministry of War that, in response to the changing international situation, a higher priority would be placed on building up a substantial bomber capability over new fighter aircraft. In addition to the Luchtvaartafdeling's interest in a trainer aircraft, the service had also attached great importance to the concept of a heavily armed 'cruiser' aircraft capable of performing multiple mission types. Further doubts and confusion were added by the emergence of a competing aircraft proposal in the form of the Koolhoven F.K.58, which had also been designed by Ir. Schatzki. It was decided that the D.XXI and F.K.58 should participate in a series of comparative tests against one another, leading to the D.XXI prototype being dispatched to Soesterberg Air Base, Utrecht, in November 1936. However, head-to-head testing between the two types was delayed by the F.K.58, which did not perform its first flight until September 1938.

During 1937, the Dutch government gave funding and its approval for a limited expansion of the Army Aviation Group, which resulted in an order being placed for 36 Fokker D.XXI fighters, to be powered by the 830 h.p. Bristol Mercury VII or VIII engines. According to Kamphuis, Dutch interest in the D.XXI had been revived, in part, due to an examination of the first aircraft by an evaluation board, which itself had been conducted due to interest expressed by the Finnish Air Force, which itself would result in export sales being made to Finland. On July 20th, 1938, the first Luchtvaartafdeling D.XXI conducted its first flight, after which it participated in test flights prior to deliver to Soesterberg. On September 8th, 1939, the final aircraft of the first batch of 36 was delivered. Even as the domestic demand for the D.XXI was being questioned, the type had attracted the attention of a number of foreign governments. In 1937, the Finnish government decided to place an order for an initial batch of seven aircraft, further negotiations were also conducted towards the acquisition of a manufacturing license, under which Finland proceeded to domestically produce further aircraft as well. Throughout 1940 and 1941, the Finnish State Aircraft Factory set about reconditioning the aircraft that had been used in the Winter War for continued service; an additional 50 D.XXIs were ordered in 1941, which were powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior engine, acquired via Sweden. The Danish government ordered a pair of D.XXI fighters along with arrangements for its own manufacturing license. The Danish D.XXI fighters were powered by a 645 h.p. Bristol Mercury VI-S radial and carried a Madsen 20 mm cannon under each wing. Ten aircraft were completed by the Royal Army Aircraft Factory in Copenhagen prior to the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940. The Second Spanish Republic also acquired a manufacturing license for the D.XXI. Reportedly, a total of 50 fuselages were manufactured on the Spanish production line; however, the Spanish plant in which the fighter was being produced was overrun by Nationalist forces before any of the Spanish-built aircraft were completed.

The Fokker D.XXI was a low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft. Following standard Fokker design practice of the period, it featured a welded steel tube fuselage that was largely covered by fabric, including the flight control surfaces; element forward of the trailing edges of the wings were covered by detachable aluminum panels instead. The wings were of a wooden construction, being composed of two box spars attached to ribs made of plywood. The aircraft was outfitted with a fixed spatted undercarriage with cantilever legs; braking was provided by independently-operated pedals using compressed air. The cockpit of the D.XXI was fully enclosed by a plexiglas hood featuring large sliding sections, and was entirely jettisonable in an emergency situation to enable pilots to bail out. Pilots were protected against turnover injuries by means of a pylon built into the structure of the aircraft set behind the seat. Fuel was housed in a 350-litre (77 imp gal) tank located aft of the engine. The main armament consisted of two pairs of 7.92mm M36 FN-Browning machine guns, one pair housed within the wings, carrying 300 rounds of ammunition each, and the other pair within the forward fuselage and shooting through the propeller blades, carrying 500 rounds each. Upon its entry to service in 1938, the D.XXI represented a significant leap forward for the Dutch Army Aviation Group, whose fighter force had until that time consisted of aging biplanes with open cockpits. The new Fokker quickly proved to be an extremely sturdy aircraft, being capable of attaining a speed of 700 km/h in a dive.

The Fokker D.XXI was first used in combat by the Finnish Air Force during the 1939–1940 Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland. Upon the war's outbreak, a total of 41 aircraft were in Finnish service, all powered by the Mercury VIII engine. On December 1st, 1939, the D.XXI achieved its first victory with the shooting down of a Soviet Tupolev SB. The Fokker was evenly matched against the aircraft of the Soviet Air Force, and its rugged design with a radial engine and fixed undercarriage made it well suited for Finnish conditions. As the Winter War continued and newer models of Soviet fighters appeared, the Fokker D.XXI proved to be increasingly underpowered and too lightly armed to compete; plans to arm the Fokkers with 20 mm cannons were dropped, and only one fighter was armed with two 20 mm cannons and two 7.92 mm/.312 in machine guns. The conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union was resumed in the Continuation War (1941–1944), the D.XXI was again a key element of the Finnish Air Force. During the first air battle, six Mercury-engined D.XXIs shot down a pair of Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 bombers. Several Finnish Air Force pilots became fighter aces with the Fokker D.XXI.

Although the order by the ML-KNIL was cancelled, the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Air Force before World War II) placed an order of 36 aircraft, which were all delivered in time to participate in the war against the Germans in May 1940. On May 10th, 1940, the day that Germany launched its invasion of the Netherlands, 28 D.XXIs were serviceable and ready for operations. That first day, six D.XXIs escorted a formation of Fokker T.V bombers to attack the Meuse bridges to hinder the German advance; they were intercepted by nine German Messerschmitt Bf 109s, and during the ensuing dogfight, one Bf 109 was shot down and two more damaged for the loss of one D.XXI and two T.Vs. That same day, a flight of D.XXIs intercepted and shot down 37 out of 55 inbound Junkers Ju 52 transports which had crossed the border during the early morning. Due to many aircraft becoming unserviceable as a result of battle damage after the first day, it was decided to regroup at Buiksloot, north of Amsterdam, on May 11th. For the following four days, missions out of Buiksloot were flown by D.XXIs flying in both solo and small formations to escort friendly units as well as in the search-and-destroy role. Sorties against the numerically superior German forces continued until the middle of May 14th, at which point news of the Dutch capitulation reached Buiksloot, upon which both the remaining aircraft and the airstrip were destroyed to prevent their use by the Germans. Out of the original force of 28 D.XXI aircraft, eight fighters had remained airworthy. The D.XXI, although much slower and more lightly armed than the Bf 109, performed surprisingly well in combat due to its manoeuvrability. It was also one of the few aircraft that could follow a Stuka bomber into its dive. Nonetheless, the numerical superiority of the Luftwaffe led to the destruction of most Luchtvaartafdeling D.XXI fighters during the campaign. The LVA (Netherlands Air Force) scored a total of 38 victories against the Luftwaffe during their struggle against the German juggernaut. 16 of those went to Fokker D.XXI pilots.

A Mercury-engine Finnish-built Fokker D.XXI, FR-110, is on display at the Finnish Air Force Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland. This is the highest scoring (10 victories) D.XXI airframe. It was the mount of Lt. Viktor Pyötsiä during the Winter War. In 2022, a flyable replica was completed at Hoogeveen Airport by veteran aircraft restorer Jack van Egmond. A number of original parts was used and the plane was built according to original Fokker build specifications as Jack van Egmond is in possession of 397 out of 416 Fokker blueprints.

[aurevoirmonty]

Le général Burkhard a déclaré : « C’est Poutine qui le dit : “La France est mon adversaire principal en Europe”.

LE GENERAL BURCKHARD A MENTI !

GROK Poutine a t’il dit cela ? : « Non, après une recherche approfondie sur le web et dans les archives de discours de Vladimir Poutine (y compris sur le site du Kremlin et des bases de citations comme Wikiquote), je n’ai trouvé aucune citation écrite directe ou vérifiable où Poutine déclare explicitement que la France est son principal ennemi en Europe. »

DeepSeek Poutine a t’il dit cela ? « D'après les sources consultées, Vladimir Poutine n'a pas désigné la France comme son "principal ennemi en Europe" dans des déclarations officielles récentes. »

CONCLUSION : Macron arrive à transformer nos plus brillants militaires en menteurs patentés !