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Let me post this again, a mile long train of military equipment is common; I see it EVERY day. Just because you don't see it, does not mean it doesn't happen often. Rail Roads are the most commonly used method of transporting goods; hell they even move nuclear waste by rail; through heavily populated areas!
Thank you. I got this about 20 posts ago, but appreciate the reiteration. ;)
No. This was just on youtube, a friend of a friend posted it, Found it interesting as I (nor many in this area) find if common to see 150+ Bradley's trotting through. Why would you ask if I worked for a major news network? Can people not pose questions, and hope for a response (which I now have)?
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Let me post this again, a mile long train of military equipment is common; I see it EVERY day. Just because you don't see it, does not mean it doesn't happen often. Rail Roads are the most commonly used method of transporting goods; hell they even move nuclear waste by rail; through heavily populated areas!
Let me guess. You work for one of the major news networks?
No. This was just on youtube, a friend of a friend posted it, Found it interesting as I (nor many in this area) find if common to see 150+ Bradley's trotting through. Why would you ask if I worked for a major news network? Can people not pose questions, and hope for a response (which I now have)?
Might be headed to Korea or Guam. USMC is moving from Okinawa to Guam so they might be getting new toys. There is a fleet of ships anchored at Diego that has a large force as well. Things get rotated all the for overhauls.
Yeah, didn't think about that. My family lives in Guam and they have been talking about the shift and all the money that is being dumped into that little island to support it and the influx of soldiers and people that it will be seeing in the next years to come.
Yawn... If you think it is bad to see this much equipment moving by rail in the states you should have seen how many pieces we moved by rail between Italy and Germany just for training exercises. The Austrians and/or Sweds must have been shitting themselves!
Might be headed to Korea or Guam. USMC is moving from Okinawa to Guam so they might be getting new toys. There is a fleet of ships anchored at Diego that has a large force as well. Things get rotated all the for overhauls.
This was filmed in Watsonville, CA on Jan 20th of this year (yesterday). What the hell, and where the hell did this many tanks, and transports come from, and where are they headed? I mean a few in redistribution across the country is one thing, but I have never seen a train/cargo this large. Almost like we are gearing up for something big to come? Iran maybe?
Let me guess. You work for one of the major news networks?
50 bucks says they are on their way to, or coming from the re manufacturing facility, where they rebuild them from the ground up. They're all shipped to and from there by train in mass amounts as it's the most economical way of doing it.
Probably headed to a training center somewhere or being prepped for sale/distribution.
Believe me.. there is enough equipment in Iraq/Afghanistan/Kuwait right now to take over the entire middle east. You would not believe the capability of our military vehicles. The Brads on this train do not look like they are even equipped with the most recent commo/tracking systems that the military has been using for YEARS.
Google "Blue Force Tracker" and read up on our capabilities.. you haven't even seen this in movies yet, I can promise you.
I'm a transporter, this is what I do in the army. Trust me this is no big deal. As others have said before, it happens everyday.
Guess were just not use to seeing this many Bradley's on one train being shipped through. Even when living in San Diego, I never saw anything of this magnitude. Good to know though.
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