Modern conflicts are problematic things.

MQ-9 Reaper launches  the AGM-114 Hellfire missile
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Kimmo Huosionmaa

There was news, that the United States or someone in the government has told lies to people about the situation and reasons, why U.S forces have been used weapons in that area. The reason for the lies might be otherwise caused the very fast analyzes of intelligence data. And if the analyzes are made with hurry, the situation would be very different than what is the base of the solution to use force. But otherwise, the western leaders might want to secure that area because of they afraid that growing influence of China might cause the risk for security operations in that area.


Of course, the military base in Middle-East allows China to begin long-range missions for their air force in the global operations area. The problem of China have been that they don’t have had military bases for supporting their global operations. This means that if some long-range bomber would get damages in turbines, that aircraft needs emergency landing sites or it would be in trouble. In this kind of operations, the long-range bombers and other strike planes would fly from the mainland. And the support aircraft, what are mainly airborne tankers would operate from those bases.


When we are thinking about the fate of Libyan and Iraqi dictators, we must say that nobody misses them. They self-caused the situation, that attack to those countries were able to make. And the open breakings of human rights justified those air strikes. The situation in the global political field is very complicated, what means that the analyzes before actions must be done very carefully. Of course, there have been used inhumane weapons in Syria, and one of the most feared weapons is FAE or thermobaric explosives, what would destroy victims lugs and inner organs.


But the reason why those weapons are used is that the has radius of pressure effect can be defined very sharp. And the kill ratio of that weapon type is about 100 if the targeted person would be in killing radius. Today the British Ministry of defense have prosecuted that they have used AGM-114 N "Hellfire" missiles with their drones, what are equipped with FAE-warheads. But those type of anti-personnel weapons is used also by Russian troops.


The thermobaric explosives are effective against normal buildings and vehicles, but the smooth and aerodynamic shape of the target would decrease the effect of the pressure wave. This weapon is very effective against living force, but as we know that many nations have those FAE weapons in their stockpile. They are quite lightweight and that's why the bazookas have sometimes that kind of warheads. They are also shown their effect against underwater tunnels, where would be pumped mixture of acetylene and oxygen. After that, there would be thrown a couple of torches, and that would destroy entire tunnel system. FAE ammunition is problematic, because of their possible leaks, what makes them ineffective in the real situation.


Those weapons are inhumane like all other weapons on the Earth are. War is the inhumane thing and this is the sad but true in real life. The war on terrorism is the thing, what have always before justified using any weapons, what military leaders want to use. This kind of war has been marketed to the people as the "police action" against non-uniform combatants. And in this case, the international contracts like Geneva-contract are not sustained. Also, use of chemical weapons has been before justified as the legal action, if they are used against guerrilla or "nonuniformed combatants", who are classified as criminals.


We must remember that the Geneva-contract is protecting combatants only in the international conflicts, and in national conflicts like civil wars are combatants without the protection of the law, and when we are looking this thing very cold-blooded, are the military forces justified to execute every guerrilla, what they find. And this is the problem with international law. Those laws are made for protecting the winners, and many modern conflicts are leaving without their jurisdiction. There have been situations that two states were in the conflict that way, that they were supporting guerrillas on opponents area, what have caused bloodshed and traumatic situations were human rights have systematically broken. But the international community has been unable to stop those actions because those situations are classified as "domestic conflicts".

Sources:

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-drones-syria-using-controversial-vacuum-bombs-478492745

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRASCHJe2Q

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The China's new anti-ship weapon will put America's aircraft carriers in the danger.

DF-26

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The China build a new kind of anti-ship missile like DF-26, what have an extremely long range and the mobile launchers.  Those anti-ship missiles targets are United States aircraft carrier units, what they will hit with the speed of Mach 12. Those weapons are terrifying because the extremely high speed and the truck-mounted launchers can make that weapon extremely deadly. 

Those very fast flying missiles are very problematic for the defense of those battlegroups. Even if those missiles will locate before the hit, the aircraft have the problem to fly about 1000 nautical miles to the target, and if the missiles have been launched, the attack will be useless. I’m almost sure that those missiles can be targeted by remote control via internet, and the missile crew must only to drive their truck to the launching point and leave the truck after the missiles are fired. 

The locating the target would happen with satellites or patrolling airplanes, and after the aircraft carrier is located, the launching parameters can be sent by the Internet in the second, and then the missile will rise up from its launcher. The problem with that missile is that it will need no nuclear warhead to destroy their targets, and actually, those missiles destroy their targets with kinetic energy. And that makes the defense very difficult. Those kinetic warheads diameter can be very small size, and that will make those missiles very dangerous. 

Of course, the United States might convert some of their ballistic Minuteman III missiles for that kind of strike. The kinetic energy missile needs very sharp guidance system, that they can strike precise to their target.  And the guidance system of that missile can be IIR (Imaging Infra Red) what is very sharp. That kind of guidance system bases the camera, what makes a picture of the target. Another picture what is taken of the target is stored in those missiles computers, and then the computer will check that those pictures are fully one on the other. That’s how the missile will strike straight to the target. 

Sources 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-26