#battle group

[lonestarbattleship]

On July 1, 1986, for first time since the Korean war, a battleship battle group was deployed. They are underway with Australian ships during a training exercise.

The ships are, clockwise from left: USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9), USS MERRILL (DD-976), HMAS SWAN (D-50), HMAS STUART (D-48), HMAS PARRAMATTA (D-46), USNS PASSUMPSIC (T-AO-107), USS WABASH (AOR-5), HMAS DERWENT (D-49), USS KIRK (FF-1087), USS THACH (FFG-43), HMAS HOBART (D-39) and USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), center.

Photographed by PH2 Orell.

NARA: 6416192, 6416190, 6416191

[j-august]

The words "Red Guards" were originally a signature on a big-character poster. At first, people signed their actual names to big-character posters, and people who agreed with the views in the poster would add their names. Eventually "battle groups" were established among like-minded people who joined in writing big-character posters, gathering news about the movement and studying its direction. A battle group needed a name, and fashionable political expressions commonly served this purpose. In May 1966, Zhang Chengzhi and some other students at Tsinghua Secondary adopted the name Red Guards (originally Red Bodyguards) to signify that they were Chairman Mao's revolutionary defenders. The Red Guards originated in secondary schools, and their first rebellion was against the education system.

Yang Jisheng, The World Turned Upside Down

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USA 1984

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USA 1984

[taiwantalk]

US Army working through challenges with laser weapons

The Army is grappling with how to fight with laser weapons, as well as how to easily repair them in the field and affordably make the system

I think laser would have to be deployed as battle group like aircraft carrier. wherever that shit goes, it’s unstoppable. Zapping enemy targets like zits. Even incoming missiles or cluster bombs.

[heaven4d]

(Mick Gordon)