The Neutralization of NATO Military Forces From Within
Tactical Equipment the latest sabotage.
The United States military may stand out for many reasons. One such specificities is the Berry Act and Berry-compliance requirements that ensure that not only all equipment is manufactured in the United States of materials made in the United States, but meets certain minimum standards, including FR/FR (Fire/Flame Resistant and Fire/Flame Retardant) and NIR (Near InfraRed) Compliance. This ensures a supply chain at home that is not dependent on foreign countries and even actual enemy states, while also providing gear that is fit for purpose, does not melt on skin when exposed to fire (or explosions), or does not glow in the dark.
The United States, however, are an exception within NATO and the west.
In fact, other western countries, including within NATO, have normalized offshore production of equipment that doesn’t meet basic FR/FR or NIR standards for their militaries and law enforcement. Not only are these militaries now primarily relying on distant supply chains dependent on geopolitical events, but even supply chains controlled by their own enemies, such as China. If this wasn’t bad enough it itself, these western militaries are also equipping their troops with equipment that will greatly help their enemies kill them during combat engagements. The CCP can rejoice in knowing most clothing used in western militaries will first make soldiers glow as targets, then will conveniently neutralize these same soldiers by catching fire and/or melting on their skin when exposed to enemy fire.
The pioneer in what accounts to treason may have been Brynje in Norway several decades ago when the company secured a government contract to equip Norwegian SOF with base layers made of literal plastic that melted on skin. All based on a dubious school paper posing as research and a study by a cadet at a Norwegian military academy, with a conflict of interest, as well as the public claim that this was what the operators wanted. As if any remotely competent special forces operator would favor a base layers that has an alleged marginally faster rate of drying (by a few minutes according to our testing) over Flame Resistant and Retardant underwear. As if any soldier, given a say, would go for a base layer killing them in horrible pain by melting on their skin when under fire just so it could dry a few minutes faster when wet. It is also worth noting that Norwegian males now have the lowest sperm count in Europe. Nothing to do, I’m sure, with Brynje wrapping their body and balls in plastic for decades.
Brynje is not the only case of western companies producing equipment that is not fit for purpose, and, generally offshore on top of it. Norrøna advertised developing the Recon Goretex like for Swedish, Danish and Norwegian SOF. A line that is not NIR compliant, and thus glows in the dark, and is manufactured in China.
Carinthia also recently moved production to Asia as well, going as far as falsely claiming manufacturing in “extended Europe area” (Asia is not Europe, extended or not), for equipment that was neither FR or NIR-compliant in the first place. Arc’teryx Pro (formerly LEAF), also manufactures almost everything offshore, with the exception of tactical Alpha jackets and pants, made in Canada, but still not FR, and with the exception of the Multicam version, not even NIR-compliant.
The latest push for deadly and unfit-for-purpose military and law enforcement equipment in Europe is the UF Pro combat clothing from German Mehler Systems, not only manufactured offshore, but also a fire hazard. Shamelessly sold at a higher price than American-made and fit-for-purpose Crye Precision G3 combat pants.
This latest development within western militaries, based on a trend of unfathomable incompetence (or sabotage) at all leadership levels has already resulted in a carnage in Ukraine, with Ukrainian soldiers becoming glow in the dark targets and dying or being maimed for life by literally plastic melting on their body. Yet, the strategy of replacing tactical gear with crap is accelerating.
An entire generation of soldiers, in addition to being seen as canon fodder for foreign powers at the hands of deranged psychopathic women, now also have to contend with being equipped with subpar equipment that will kill them in combat. Assuming said equipment can even be delivered to them at the slightest geopolitical disruption.
The west (outside of the United States), and Europe specifically, has already lost any future war they will take part in.