Giving A Spread ...

... so to speak of "issues" and why US top brass loves to talk but not fight.

It Takes Different System.

In fact, it takes different economy. Calling on the phone or arranging conference calls is not going to cut it. 

The US is working to ramp up missile production in preparation for a potential conflict with China, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The Pentagon is reportedly pressing defense contractors to double or quadruple output amid mounting concerns over insufficient weapons stockpiles. The US Department of Defense launched the drive in June, when it invited top missile makers to a Pentagon roundtable, sources told the paper. Led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, the meeting drew major arms contractors, startups like Anduril Industries and crucial component suppliers.

To understand the scale it is enough to mention that Russia is using up to 500 air defense missiles DAILY--primarily short to mid-range AD complexes such as Pantsir, Tor and Buk of various iterations. Here is a demonstration:

This is a rather "calm" day and only 147 UAVs have been shot down, then there are always all kinds of shit like HIMARS et al--they also get shot down (most if not all of them) and just for the 29 September 2025 Russian Army's expenditure of missiles (including missiles of Igla type launched often from Ka-52 and Mi-28 helos). There is, obviously, EW too. The average daily shooting down of UAVs alone throughout SMO is about 180 (178, actually) per day. So, we can now move into a very rough estimate for UAVs (alone, I stress it for UAVs alone). We reduce the number of those UAVs shot down by AD missiles (for convenience) to 100 daily. 

So, the basic math, then, is such: 100 daily shot down by AD missiles (no EW, no anti-drones, no AAA), SMO lasts 1,313 days so far. So, we multiply 100 by 1,313 and get 131,300 air defense missiles of all kinds. If you think that this:

Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg is playing an “unusually” hands-on role in the effort, reportedly known as the Munitions Acceleration Council. The WSJ noted that the top official personally calls some executives on a weekly basis to track their progress. “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are exploring extraordinary avenues to expand our military might and accelerate the production of munitions,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the newspaper. “This effort has been a collaboration between defense industry leaders and senior Pentagon officials.” The new acceleration council is focused on 12 weapons that the Pentagon wants on hand for a potential conflict with China, the WSJ relayed. Some officials and experts have reportedly expressed concerns that the Pentagon’s goals may be unrealistic, citing the fact that assembling certain missile systems can take up to two years. At the same time, certifying new suppliers requires hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure the products meet military standards. Funding remains another major concern, according to analysts cited by the news outlet. While the “Big, Beautiful Bill” recently approved by Washington provided an extra $25 billion in munitions spending over five years, meeting the Pentagon’s new targets could require tens of billions more.

Is going to help--I have a bridge to sell you. For war with China the US will need not 12 but likely 120 types of weapons most of which do not exist in nature--the emphasis on AD. Especially considering such a teeny-weeny fact that with Russia having China's back--a fact which is well-known--one MUST ask the question of what happens when Russia either transfers or deploys and mans her weapon systems to aid China? We know the answer. Or rather, we know that there is no answer quantitatively and qualitatively if, God forbid, crazies in D.C. decide to test REAL opponents. But then again, all this hassle in D.C. is yet another indication of a collapsing empire and there are no "extraordinary avenues". To fight REAL war the US must have a political and economic system based on fundamentally different principles which is impossible to conceive today in the country which largely faked its military history of the XX and XXI centuries. 

While The US "Discusses" ...

 ... TLAMs for 404. 

As you can see yourself, utilization of 404 cannon fodder proceeds apace, evidently (in accordance to J.D. Vance) because Russia needs to wake up and "face the reality". Russians have been awoken long time ago and it has nothing to do with being woke. But then again, explaining what mobilization for real war is is impossible in the West. But you can see the inspiration and eagerness of future VSU's KIAs to go and die for "democracy" and 404's loser curators from NATO who only now begin to  understand what they have gotten themselves into. They will kill more of 404 men (and women).

J.D. Vance's Military Service ...

 ... was that of a journo in the USMC in the rank of corporal. That means that he has no clue about operations, operational art and strategy. But he toes the "party line" which consists of primarily amateurish propaganda and wet dreams. 

Meanwhile, during bombardment of Belgorod yesterday by HIMARS (launched naturally by NATO cowards from the position inside civilian apartment blocks in Kharkov), the opera house in Belgorod lost electricity and in tradition of besieged Leningrad in WW II, the orchestra played on with flash lights and under the raging Air Defense battle over the opera house. 

This is what I stress constantly--not a single US serviceman from the grunt to four stars have a grasp of what they are dealing with. You cannot explain it to any professor of what passes in the US for "strategy" in any US military education facility that they chose very wrong people to fuck with and the FAFO is in progress, together with parading cowardice and incompetence of NATO around the world. 

USE Captions ...

... to get what is being said about new SU-57M1 and a major contract with India for SU-57E. 

The indications are there, we all know that, but while Evgenii Super (this is his actual moniker) talks about the new rectangular nozzle for SU-57 (with the new engine) and compares its maneuverability to F-22, it has to be stressed that the assembly of all aspect (360 degrees) SU-57 makes F-22 flat nozzle look like a crude device. So, a very interesting issue. 

Principle?

But when you know that your father is a scumbag. It is a very sensitive issue--her father is a scum without honor, integrity and humanity in him. It is still hard, though, to go through this exposure. But then again--recall Taras Bulba and how he kills his son for treason. It is reversed now. 

It is an American tragedy and it will get only worse, before it gets better. She raised her voice because she knows the truth. 

As A Man ...

 ... who hurt himself while dealing with contact martial arts, I always laughed at all followers of Bullshido who still thought that there is some kind of magical system, like this BS "Systema", which is nothing but ... well, Bullshido)) Yeah, yeah, secret Soviet Spetsnaz non-contact "Systema". For decades I, and my friends laughed at all those "schools" promoting this BS and fooling a bunch of naive morons. But, boy, was I wrong. As it turned out--the noncontact martial arts exist and here is the proof of how effective they are. Finally, legendary "Systema" in action. 

My apologies to adherents of noncontact martial arts--now I saw the proof of how effective they are, LOL))

Absolutely Is.

It has been already documented--the new launch positions by 404 for obtained Geran and Gerbera loitering munitions which will fly ... into Poland, among other NATO destinations. So, when Larry asks if 404 is readying a false-flag--the answer is unequivocal "Yes". 

According to the available information, the Kyiv regime’s plan is as follows:

1. Repair several downed or intercepted Russian UAVs.
2. Equip them with a combat warhead.
3. Send UAVs controlled by Ukrainian specialists — disguised as “Russian drones” — to major NATO transport hubs in Poland and Romania.
4. Simultaneously conduct a disinformation campaign in Europe to blame everything on Moscow.
5. Ignite an armed conflict between the Russian Federation and NATO

It is always the same scenario for NATO and their terrorist SOBs in 404. The remnants of this Nazi shithole and its willing accomplices are being steadily consumed by Russia's war machine and it cannot be reversed. 

Meanwhile Russia continues to decommunize 404 by means of getting it back to pre-1917 state and here is one of the substations near Chernigov being visited by Gerans. 

Ah, yes, those high power transformers, 404 doesn't produce them, so the only way is to beg Germany which will not need electricity soon anyway. 

Meanwhile--those ion engines for Zevs nuclear tug and other nuclear-powered space transport systems. 

These are the engines which will take humans to Mars and other planets of Solar System. They have been successfully tested not just by themselves but packaged into cluster of four. As you can see yourself--these are not your small ion engines, these are large--they have no analogues in the world. This is the work of legendary Keldysh Center (in Russian). 

The Answer Is Very Simple ...

 ... utter corruption of Military-Industrial-Congressional-Media complex. American generals are not taught how to fight, they are taught how to promote themselves to lofty pensions and corporate well-paying jobs. The result? A real paper tiger. 

Yes, And?

It seems that Germany still cannot resign itself to the idea that it is not that important technologically. 

Yes, not only Russia can "track" satellites--all of them--she can destroy them from the ground up to 650 kilometers in space, or anywhere by the so called "inspector" satellite. The situation will get even worse by 2030 since Russia will be ready to start tests for its orbital and deep space nuclear tug Zevs (Zeus) which will be able to do just about anything. Yes, Germany still makes decent rolling stock and overpriced and overrated refrigerators, commercial and combat aerospace--that's a whole different level of scientific and industrial expertise. Do a forensic mental experiment--ask yourself a question if Germany can built and sustain completely out of her own resources a space station. Yes, it can--30+ years, soup kitchens and general collapse of economy. Then--maybe. That's your answer. 

This, as well as this--that's how superpowers look. Germany is not the one. 

The construction starts in 2027-28. While Russia continues to sustain ISS. That's called technological Bundesliga, its Bayern Munich. 

Open Thread.

 Very busy. Go at it. 

Aw, Poor Poor Dears.

And yes, the real cost of this hare-brained scheme by NATO amateur planners is well known.  

The Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region ordered by Vladimir Zelensky came with “too high” a cost and did not deliver any operational results, former top Ukrainian General, and current Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Valery Zaluzhny, claimed in an article published on Tuesday. The August 2024 operation involved an initial force of some 35,000 troops who invaded Russia’s Kursk Region, taking dozens of villages and killing local residents in a move Zelensky claimed would provide leverage for future peace talks. In April President Vladimir Putin declared the Kursk Region “fully liberated” and Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported that Ukraine had lost more than 76,000 troops killed and wounded in the operation, along with over 7,700 pieces of military equipment.

Well, it was here where NATO finally solidified its status as a collection of terrorists by committing atrocities against Russian civilians which would make SS proud. And then, they indeed paraded themselves as operations' amateurs not understanding what operational ART is. How "strategy" is taught and by whom--you can listen to Sarah Paine in US Naval War College, she is an Exhibit A for a reason why Pentagon has no clue what strategy is. And if 2023 "counter-offensive" catastrophe could still be assumed to be a "learning process" for NATO (specifically Generals Donahue and Aguto "planned" that disaster), after Kursk it became clear that they learned nothing and remain in the amateur league in operational and strategic senses. The only thing US (and later British) generals had as an advantage is the cannon fodder, which could be wasted without looking back at a traditional US very high sensitivity to own losses. 

You cannot learn operational ART based on movie Patton and Gulf War, especially in the military which seriously considers itself "a finest fighting force in history". I can only repeat what I said before--NATO in general and US in particular military education is a joke. It starts from STEM and goes to tactics and operations, especially as related to military history. ROTC is not an answer and never was. 

The consequences of this backslide are significant. Figure 2 (below) shows the percentage of officers, by rank, who possessed a STEM+M-related degree in 2020. Fewer than 14 percent of field grade officers and fewer than 16 percent of senior grade officers possess graduate-level STEM+M education. At these levels, 55 percent of Army battalions and nearly 15 percent of brigades are unlikely to have any staff officers possessing advanced STEM+M degrees. This shortage will become more important as the use of disruptive technologies increases during military operations where critical decisions are under accelerated time lines.

Good luck with on-line courses in STEM trying to "lift" percentages for "better" statistics. One has to start with elementary school to change all that, but do not expect any changes there. Meanwhile, Russia recreates traditional military academies which produced the best officer corps in the world (in Russian). 15 new ones till 2035 and, as you may have guessed it, all 5 years 6 days a week engineering schools. It doesn't mean that Russia will completely reject Military Departments in civilian universities (a remote analogue of ROTC and OCS) but they will take, as it always was, a secondary if not tertiary role in officer cadres. The gap will continue to grow because the US has neither system nor military culture adequate for a large scale conventional conflict.  

RIP Claudia ...

 ... true greats are leaving us. 

Everyone Now Suddenly Gets Excited ...

 ... over "WW III". Like this: 

All because Trump, whose psychological portrait of an insecure narcissist and hot air balloon was provided since his Admin 1.0, said yet another thing which was ... the plan from the inception--to sell non-existent (and shitty) American weapons to 404 through Europe. The US IS NOT going to "start" WW III because it will be obliterated. So, all kinds of schemes are employed to pretend that the US is not fighting Russia--US is good at lawyering, it terms of real war--not that much. So it will continue to hide behind the backs of 404 kids. 

Russia is ready for any development and that is why Trump's latest verbal diarrhea about 404 "liberating" whatever is nothing more than him parading himself as a poser and man who completely lost the plot. Simple as that. Now, per ERAM--I repeat, ERAM doesn't exist as a weapon. It is designed by the same people who do not understand how to design REAL long range weapon and not marry some rocket engine to a JDAM and who also have no clue about real air defense because the US doesn't have one. I will only add that in terms of quality and production of the AD missiles the US is lagging not just by an order of magnitude, more like between 30-50 times. Obviously, it is just one of the weapons' types. Everybody knows about production of loitering munitions of a large type (Geraniums et al)--up to 1,000 a day. That is why Russians laughed Homerically at yet another Trump's purge of hot air.

Meanwhile,  Russian Navy continues to run its SSGNs of Yasen-class through strike training. 

Here is Archangelsk SSGN launching one of her P-800 Oniks. For those who are still puzzled with why same sub launched recently one of her 3M14 Kalibrs, I remind you--Yasens can carry Kalibrs not only in their VLS but launch them from torpedo tubes. That is what was performed recently. In this case scenario--Oniks was used in purely anti-shipping role. Putin warned NATO a few days back. As I repeat non-stop--don't listen to West's rhetoric as an expression of the real intent, the US doesn't have resources to fight anything other than Iraq under ideal conditions, Europe altogether is military midget. Just yesterday from Russian Defense Ministry:

Last night, in response to a terrorist strike on civilian facilities in the settlement of Foros in the Republic of Crimea, which resulted in deaths and injuries among civilians, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike on temporary deployment points of the special operations forces unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries of the "Ghosts" unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Tatarbunary and Rasseyka in the Odessa region, who were preparing and conducting this terrorist act. In addition, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles at the "Shkolny" airfield in the Odessa region were hit, from which strike drones were launched at civilian infrastructure facilities in the Republic of Crimea. A strike was also carried out on the workshops of the "Motor Sich" enterprise of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, where strike unmanned aerial vehicles were assembled, used by the criminal Kyiv regime to strike Russian territory.

If NATO wants to try, they are welcome--they all will be destroyed. 

Revisiting The US Army War College Parameters.

 Just a reminder. 

Yes, Mr. Trump.

Russian economy is in terrible shape and that is why combined NATO shits its pants while thinking about why it is outproduced by order magnitude, especially in terms of SMART high-precision weaponry. 

Russians are basically fighting now with their backs to Kremlin and the population pickles last hedgehogs from Russian forests. Fact is, I think the US should immediately replace last competent American officers and intel people from Pentagon and CIA with Ukrainian generals and terrorists from GUR and that will guarantee that next American wars will be all won. At least in theory. 

Yes, Absolutely.

Russia also crucified Jesus Christ and is guilty of extinction of dinosaurs. That's in accordance to President of Lithuania. 

Baltic states are dying, literally and they produce next to nothing, so as freeloaders they can sell only prostitutes for whatever NATO's troops are stationed there and a visceral hatred of Russia which still sells in Europe. That's the only product they manufacture--hey, they want to eat too while the European pie shrinks by a minute. 

Larry correctly pointed out that Europe is whipping itself into the anti-Russian hysteria and are, due to incompetence, residing still in the alternative universe where they think they are superior to Russia militarily. Obviously they are not. But in desperation, trying to hold on to their power they may go for suicidal solution. I also comment on the realities of SMO in my new video which should be up shortly. 

Surprisingly Balanced ...

 ... and very good for average Joe in terms of describing the role. Albeit, keep in mind that Nakhimov will not sail alone and apart from own very impressive ASW suite, it will have a screen by other ships and likely a sub, it also has such AD elements as navalized Pantsir which proved its capabilities with flying colors against any targets in SMO and in Syria.  

The only thing which we will have to wait and see is the fate of Peter the Great. Admiral Sergei Avakyants (former Commander of the Pacific Fleet) sees no point in modernization of Peter the Great (in Russian), but others do. So, for now the fate of Peter the Great is in limbo. A lot will depend, I think, on how Nakhimov will perform at its first line duties. It is a fully netcentric machine (as are all Russia's frigates and corvettes) and its strike package is simply without rivals. 

Yes, Israel Also Invented ...

 ... air, water, space flight. 

Aristotle, Newton, Beethoven and Korolev all have been Jews. It is so obvious. Come to think about it, Leonardo was also, as was Descartes. So were Wright brothers. Everything around us, the very air we breath, the goodness and kindness of this world was invented in Israel. Mike Huckabee, however, is a semi-literate shyster (Bachelor's in religion, FFS) from the US business venture of tele-evangelism and he will prostitute himself to anyone who ... finish the sentence yourself. In reality--he is a primitive neocon. 

For Those ...

 ... who still cannot wrap their brains around what happened in the US in the last ten days. Victoria Nikiforova of RIAN provides a superb explanation (in Russian). Some of the phrases are like a hammer. 

Bagram Base, Wet Dreams ...

 ... and the fate of Germany and Germans. 

Meanwhile NATO "successfully" attacked ... resort in Crimea--15 civilians dead and wounded. I am sure they are ecstatic in Pentagon and London because of that. There are many kindergartens in Crimea too, they should also try nursing homes. That's the only thing they are good at. 

They will increase terrorist activity. After all, who would wear all those medals and ribbons. 

Elon Made A Video ...

 ... from Charlie Kirk's farewell (funeral) ceremony. 

Even Russian Orthodox Church paid tribute. 

Metropolitan Tikhon, who leads the diocese of Simferopol and Crimea and is reportedly close to President Vladimir Putin, said that Kirk’s convictions and his “martyric death” resonate with many Russians despite differences in faith. In an op-ed published on the Russian Orthodox Church’s website on Saturday, the high-ranking bishop praised the activist for bravely engaging with people who disagreed with him and for continuing to “call things by their proper names,” even when it was dangerous. While cautioning that Russians should not blindly “imitate the West” and its preaching traditions, Tikhon argued that “the example and astonishing success of Charlie Kirk” demonstrates “what is truly effective in missionary work.” “Charlie had the intelligence and tact to respect the intellect of his young interlocutors, to speak with them seriously, as equals, without descending into clownery,” Tikhon explained, adding “Charlie Kirk spoke, first and foremost, about what he truly believed. His sincere passion, integrity, and conviction were contagious to young people and compelled them to think. That is precisely why he was both loved and hated, but he left no one indifferent.” He asserted that Kirk’s life journey evokes “the deepest respect.”

His assassination resonated globally. 

An Important Family ...

... in Russian and American history. Sergei Igorevich Sikorsky lived to 100. He died on September 18, 2025. RIP. 

Correct. But It Is Not "Sleeping".

As Patrick Baab characterized Germans, nope--it is acquiescence. Most Europeans agree to the war. 

They will not "wake up" because they are not sleeping. Another matter, though, is an economic dynamics and inability of Europe to develop military machine which could challenge Russia. They simply have no resources and are stuck militarily in 1990s. 

Here is a demonstration of military-technological impotence of Europe--regurgitation of the same old concepts but "packaged" into a new wrapper of buzz-words and meaningless "capabilities". The National Interest--this beacon of US military incompetence salivates over this:

With its blend of stealth, firepower, and endurance, the Amiral Ronarc’h not only strengthens the French Navy but also influences global naval design trends.

The question one has to immediately ask--what is so "influential" in this design? The bow, that's it?

So, what's so "influential" in the FFG with mediocre Aster 15 or 30 AD and "strike" capability built around 8 subsonic Exocets? Seriously? By now, any technological mediocrity is hailed in NATO as an unheard of achievement, while being obsolete already at a design phase. But what do I know about all that. If that's a "new generation" then I don't know what is next. A wheel? Car and buggy? But I am positive comms and data links on this thing are good enough for browsing internet and posting on the Facebook. Ah, yes, I forgot--they cannot see shit without US recon and targeting satellite constellation, but no worries, I am sure Euros will catch up, LOL)) 

LOL, Eric ...

 ... you are just a football dude from France--the nation of cuckolds and cowards (for the most part). So, it is so nice to listen to a crowd of cretins who fluctuate between killing Russians and expressing their rage against whatever is the current thing. 

Nice try, though. You are about 30 years late ... what a moron. Average European will have no problems with Russians being killed. 

Good Lord, Charlie, Of All People ...

... nailed it with this "JFK moment". And yes, son of a bitch still looks awesome for the amount of drugs and alcohol (and other things we are not going to mention here) he took. 

And yes, Hot Shots (both of them) and Two and a Half Men are great. And yes, that OTHER small feature called Platoon. 

Lena and I On Rocket Science Today))

Well, He Confirmed.

What we all implicitly know.

Russia’s military industry has enjoyed remarkable growth over the past two years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He commended the sector on Friday as he toured the Motovilikha Plants, a sprawling full-cycle industrial site located in the city of Perm. The facility specializes in the production of various artillery pieces, including self-propelled and towed howitzers as well as multiple rocket launcher systems. “For certain types of weapons and some products, our production has increased not by a few percentage points, but several times over,” Putin told workers at the plant, adding that for some, this figure is “almost 30-fold.” Industry output has not only increased but also improved in quality, the president noted, adding that the weapons systems have become more “modern and in-demand.” Putin expressed hopes that the rapid development of the sector will not subside with the end of the Ukraine conflict. I hope and expect that these events related to the special military operation will pass, but the demand for modern armed forces will not end there. On the contrary, we will continue to develop the armed forces, making them modern, compact, and powerful,” the president said. 

Should I elaborate?

I Am Telling Ya...

 Nobel Peace Prize is long overdue. 

Who can forget this centuries old bloody conflict between Aberbaijan and Albania. Good Lord, millions of Aberbajanians and Albanians died. Trump stopped this conflict. He also stopped a massacre between Zamunda and Wakanda. Eat this, Lavrov.  

Developing Stavridis' Thesis.

Was Admiral Stavridis a good naval officer? Undeniably so, the guy commanded in his life Arleigh Brurke-class DDG, Carrier Battle Group, he graduated with distinction from USNA in Annapolis as a Surface Warfare officer. Stellar career, especially in 1990s and early 2000s in what then was undeniably the most powerful Navy in the world. But speaking about this one must understand that for all big talk about US Navy's carriers in the dressed down form even CBG is an operational level force. It can certainly have a strategic effect but only in the framework of warfare of 1950s and even then only as--a rationale that have spared carrier force after the WW II--reserve (second) nuclear strike platforms. Like broken DNA which doesn't betray itself in a small child and a young human and then manifests itself at the adult phase with vengeance by a host of diseases, some of them deadly, the US Navy has sown the seeds of its strategic and operational degeneration in the post-WW II period, including operating in the uncontested waters off Korea, Vietnam, Middle East and Yemen ... ooops! About that Houthi thing. 

Stavridis is the product of this tactical and to a degree operational thinking, unlike it is the case with Patton and other US generals, which is based on a pardonable pride--US Navy was the best Navy in the world since 1930s well into the 2010s. But that is not about that, it is about becoming Top Brass in the US and especially for ANY US officer moving in the higher operational and strategic positions, such as was the case with Stavridis who first became the Commander of the US Southern Command (first Admiral to do so) and then--SACEUR. Here lies the problem for Stavridis or any other US Admiral--they cannot command effectively any Command, let alone be Supreme Commanders of such thing as Europe because they are no good, the reason they are no good is because the US has no good generals, who are specifically educated (how--is a separate issue) to command what the US military tries to produce and fails constantly, and will continue to fail--a joint force. This problem is conditioned by such factors as:

1. Overall low level of military education in the US across the board and lack of any serious strategic grasp of the realities of modern warfare. Stavridis is not an exception--he is a product of American military mythology and tactical and operational views from 1990s. 

2. The US as a whole didn't fight (forget about winning) any REAL continental war since Korea. Instead of learning lessons, the US continued on with rewriting military history and losing the arms race due to an extremely low level of strategic foresight and lack of knowledge of, say, Russia. For any US officer to grasp Russian military culture and history is often an impossible task because it creates a serious cognitive dissonance. 

3. Stavridis, who left the service in 2013 does not understand that he has to take a look at a "performance" of NATO navies near Yemen and he must reevaluate everything he knows about bombing the shit out of defenseless people from the third world and that technology and operations since 2013 changed so dramatically, that the world he used to know is no more. His tactical and operational views are obsolete, as is the Navy (with the exception of its still superb submarine force) which made him an admiral, and that everything he knew about combined operations as a SACEUR--is crap. 

The US "elite" doesn't know what Strategy is--how developing and marrying one's resources to a political objectives of war happens. They don't teach this in the US military and diplomatic schools, they simply don't know. Modern American "strategist" from Pentagon or RAND will be able to quote many one-liners from Clausewitz and wax intellectual and historical, while in reality knowing basically nothing about REAL history of WW II, about how Soviet Union defeated Axis, they don't know what REAL procurement and what is based on is, why the Soviet Union collapsed et al. That's strategy, and they suck at it. As Stavridis' latest statement shows he knows nothing not only about strategy--a normal state of the US top brass--but he doesn't understand even tactical and operational realities of Russia. He simply doesn't. Or if he does, then, well, too fucking bad--US will lose conventional war against Russia, including on the high seas (God forbid) very fast, the US will escalate to a nuclear threshold immediately because it is WEAK conventionally and lost the arms race a decade ago. But he is free to teach BS about two things the US has no idea about and lost all skills--international relations and diplomacy. This is what Stavridis presides over in Fletcher's School of Law and Diplomacy. Was he a good officer in the US Navy? Absolutely! He knows everything about Alpha-strikes ... 

Here are Krasnoyarsk and Omsk launching P-700 Granit and P-800 Oniks yesterday. 

I bet Stavridis knows everything about that ... Nah, I am screwing with you. 

Stavridis As An Exhibit A ...

 ... of Pentagon's military incompetence. And no, this is not because he is paid for such BS, it is because he believes it precisely because he is militarily incompetent. This is how US top brass is. In the US military crossing into the top brass territory is tantamount to professional degeneration. 

US military education is a joke from the XX century, operationally it is a catastrophe. Strategically? Not a single strategic level thinker on the horizon, just same ol' regurgitation of one-liners from Clausewitz and Cold War 1.0 propaganda. 

About This Video ...

 ... which circulates now all over internet. 

Some VSU lowlife using mother and child as human shield--this is NOT one off. This is routine in SMO--ukies and foreign "volunteers" using civilians as human shield. Same as IDF uses civilians in Gaza for target practice and, yes, human shields. This is what modern West is. On the other hand, even without using civilians as human shields, Pentagon and other NATO militaries have no problem with supporting Nazi regime in Kiev and atrocities their subordinates (US is directly involved in operational planning and C2 of VSU) commit. Not the first time--it is OK, they should teach it in the US war colleges. 

No condemnation from Western media either. But then again, what do you expect from the amoral trash who West's "journalists" are. As long as Russkies are killed--they are fine. They never condemned mass executions of old people, women and children in Kursk Oblast. Pentagon's top brass, former and current completely discredited themselves both as professionals and humans--no honor, no integrity, just ... ah yes, remember "I just followed the orders!"? Correct, Nuremberg. Since then the US military excelled primarily in killing civilians. I speak about it today in my latest video which should be up shortly. 

It Simply Hit Close To Home ...

 ... two American institutions which are utterly corrupt and are dominated by fanatics without morals are US MSM and US Teachers' Union. US late TV shows are trash dominated by unfunny cretins like Kimmel or put out of his entertainment misery Colbert. Not anymore. 

Any "argument" about "free speech" is a complete bunk--US MSM, for unknown reason called "left" (they are NOT left--they are neo-liberal death cult) are primary purveyor of perversion, hatred, violence and war crimes. Celebrating assassination of a human based on his rather moderate ideological agenda--this is more than loved by the so called "left" hate speech, this is incitement to murder. Remember this bitch? 

As unfunny and as dumb as any so called feminist fanatic infesting US media. The cries from justly fired nutjobs (remarkably--all democrats) about Charlie Kirk being a "fascist"--none of the American knows what fascist or fascism is, let alone Holocaust industry shysters and their media whores who know nothing about the world outside and its history. I don't like Trump, you know my attitude towards him and treasonous GOP, but I definitely enjoy a squealing sounds from the environment which distinguished itself only as perverts, ambitious ass-holes and downright propagandists for homicidal owners of their outlets for:

...a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Per American "teacher", a hint--real math and physics are hard, indoctrination--it is easy. Say thanks to the American teacher who proudly helped to drown America in the sewer of amorality, sexual deviance, uglification and imbecility. Same goes for many so called humanities professors from universities who still think that the Woodstock was only yesterday. 

UPDATE! Finally!

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is officially designating the left-wing Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. The decision comes a week after the assassination of conservative podcaster and organizer Charlie Kirk during his college speaking tour. Senior Republican officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, attributed the murder to “left-wing extremism.” “I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Wednesday evening.

They are neither anti-fascist nor "left-wing" they are paid shills for globalists. I was calling on fucking destroying them since Trump's first term. IT IS a terrorist org. 

Yes, Sure ...

 ... in related news, the US is also catching up in warfighting capability. Mantras are designed to make one feel better about oneself, about life, about what have you, they are not designed to alter physical reality, because unlike mantras physical reality is measurable ranging from quantitative to qualitative criteria. Bunch of morons from tabloids such as Foreign Policy, obviously, do not know that, nor do they know REAL criteria. 

China and Russia Are Winning the Hypersonic Missile Race: But the United States is catching up, with new weapons set to come online soon. At China’s massive military parade this month celebrating the end of World War II in the Pacific, Beijing showcased its line of anti-ship hypersonic missiles—an implicit warning that in a future conflict, the United States could see its $13 billion aircraft carriers at the bottom of the sea.

Foreign Policy is a neocon Russia-hating tabloid and they do not grasp basic things about hypersonic weapons. Now I have to rain on ... China's otherwise magnificent parade. The ONLY hypersonic weapon which is specifically designed to destroy surface naval targets is Russia's 3M22 Zircon. It IS NOT a quasi-ballistic anti-shipping missile such as Chinese YJ-21. These are two totally different classes of weapons and China doesn't have anything comparable to 3M22 Zircon which is a bona fide hypersonic anti-shipping cruise missile which continues to perform brilliantly both in tests and exercises and actual combat. The US is nowhere near in terms of technology such as YJ-21, it is not even in the same galaxy in terms of 3M22 Zircon. 

As has been stated ad nauseam--there is nothing which NATO in general and the US Navy can counter Zircon with--zero, zilch, nada. As was stated by me also ad nauseam--new generation of Zircon extends envelope of Russian submarines and surface ships to such a degree that everything what is known about naval warfare simply ceases to apply. That's the REAL revolution in military affairs. Again, I will continue to post it until hell freezes over, a reminder what a single Zircon carrier and constantly growing Russian satellite constellation providing real time targeting, do:

Emphasis on "single". It doesn't mean that critical naval tasks such as ASW, anti-diversionary task and escorts are irrelevant, no--they are not and if anything else they only grow in significance and importance, but naval warfare as a whole is something new now, because surface fleets as we know them are over. When this thing sails (covered with additional AD by frigates and couple of SSNs/SSGNs), it can sink a whole Marine Royale, or couple of Carrier Battle Groups in a single salvo. 

The US is nowhere near these capabilities and repeating stupid mantras changes absolutely nothing. Let the US, for starters, get to the IOC of now becoming a meme LRHW (Long Range Hypersonic Weapon), which is NOT anti-shipping missile, the technology race the US lost long time ago, putting all its eggs in the same basket of the naval air power not understanding implications of the Soviet Union deploying a revolutionary weapons system such as P-700 Granit in 1980.  There is no catching up, especially in tactical-operational sense since ... oh, not again--Air Defense, and don't let me start on that. 

Here Is A Revelation ...

 ... about Zapad-2025. Officer groups from many countries ranging from Bangladesh, to Angola, to naturally Iran et al were there not to just observe but ... to train. 

It was called The Joint Staff of Coalition Grouping of Troops. It gave officers of many countries opportunity to learn tactical skills for the 21st century war. Such as this tactical episode--attack of the platoon size force using engineering equipment and drones against opposing (defending) force--strong EW, drones, minefields. 

Just an episode. The width of this segment of the range is roughly 100-120 meters (give and take)--enough for platoon size unit training on the offense.

Admiral Golovko Launches ...

 ... 3M22 Zircon at the land target 900 kilometers away. 

Target was destroyed. Meanwhile, this monster is back from the sea trials (tests, one of many coming) where for the first time it tried its propulsion. 

That's a whole lot of Zircons and other means of ... peaceful negotiations. 

1,500 kilometer range at M=10+, remember? I, of course, am not talking about 3M14M with 4,500 kilometer range. But those are classics land attack subsonic missiles, Nakhimov also carries very many of them.  

US Generals As A Meme.

Kellogg is an embarrassment not only because he is corrupt but because he is a sore loser who discredits already radically diminished US Army and the rank of the US officer.  Zapad-2025 and obsolete TOE and operational concepts. US Army officers have been invited to Belarus for Zapad-2025. 

Danish Captain Obvious. 

Zapad-2025 Concludes.

Here is the summary from the ground part)

But this is for the average Joe's (or Ivan's) consumption--the most interesting thing is not seen by average people, it is what controls all that which matters most of all. Systems of battle management of the latest generation such as "Svod". The appearance of the US military there is not accidental, it is not just the part of a very delicate diplomatic dance between Russia and the US, but also a genuine desire of the US military to see at least some tactical manifestations of lessons of SMO. 

The real scale of Zapad-2025 was revealed by Vladimir Putin himself (in Russian):

41 Ranges, 100,000+ personnel, newest weapon systems et al. The scenario naturally is fully defensive. Meanwhile Kellogg and his ilk continue to embarrass the US Army by parading themselves as sore incompetent losers. I speak about it today in my video, which should be up shortly. But here is NATO's Air "Defense" in 404, Kharkov today:

Russia wrote a book on SEAD (real one, not hunting ancient AD systems from 1960s), including the removal of enemy's air force component from the skies. Will NATO learn? Nope. 

Rachel And Yours Truly.

 Earlier today. 

Don't Worry, Bibi.

Just order the US Congress to convene for the emergency session and pass the Save Israel's Ass Act by mobilizing the US productive economy. Well, there are many programs which could be cut to finance this--how about cancer research, more funds from Social Security et al. There is nothing what Americans wouldn't do, no sacrifice is too large when defending the US biggest ally (/s). The most important thing is to suck coc ...I mean support Israel. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday at the Accountant General's Conference and issued a significant warning: "Israel is entering diplomatic isolation. We will have to deal with a closed economy. The world is dividing into blocs, and we are not part of any bloc. That makes it easier to isolate us. We also have a technological and scientific advantage that creates dependence on us and gives others an interest in maintaining ties with us." "We may find ourselves blocked not only in research and development, but also in production itself. Our defense industries could be blocked, and we will have to be Athens and super-Sparta, adapting to an autarkic economy. We have no choice. At least for the coming years, we will have to cope with these attempts at isolation, and we must first develop the ability to manage on our own."

This is not to say that Israel doesn't have resources. It has some, but in reality it is not the country capable of sustaining itself on the level it used to be in 2023-24. Here is some statistics in terms of Israeli exports:

As you can see yourself--it is a significant trade deficit. You can view Israeli imports here. Here is the 2025 list of Israel's main trading partners. 

As you can see yourself--Turkey evaporated from this list for a variety of reasons main of which, of course, is that even multivector Erdogan cannot anymore do nothing about genocide in Gaza. But in general, Israel's future is at best--murky, at worst--it will simply disappear because it is a terrorist entity of which the world took the note. 

Military Acceptance.

A special (has CCs) dedicated to Tankers' Day. An interesting revelation of BMPT Terminator being planned for Armata platform. 

And then, of course, a critical statement by Mr. Potapov (General Director of legendary UVZ) when he says to Thales and Safran, which prior to 2014 played a critical role in supplying tank thermal and optical sights--Bye, Bye! Fully substituted on Russian optical-electronic components base, as is the case today across the whole spectrum of hi-end military systems. Not very high opinion about NATO tanks.     

Poles Just Released ...

 ... a concrete proof of Russian drones attacking Poland)) Some say--could be Slovaks or Czechs. Funny, still. 

Here are 100% Poles)) 

Signs Of Life?

 Operation "Pipe 2.0". 

I Know It Must Hurt ...

 ... but when I speak without the mitigating professional courtesy about NATO's militaries, let alone civilian lackeys who are bestowed with largely ceremonial title of NATO Secretary General, I must constantly stress a professional incompetence of both military and civilian bureaucracies of NATO from Pentagon, to London, to Brussels et al. Here is a demonstration: 

Rikhard Husu, Finnish Broadcasting Company

Thanks for taking the question. Rikhard Husu, Finnish Broadcasting Company, this is for both the Secretary General and the Supreme Commander, if I may. The threat of airspace violations and drone attacks is obviously a shared concern for all allies. But would you say that countries with a longer border to Russia are more exposed in this regard, and could they expect some specific or enhanced help from NATO to tackle this situation?  Thank you.

NATO Secretary General

Of course, the problem is, this is about the eastern flank, because here is a direct threat to the eastern flank from, for example, drones or whatever, could threaten our Allies on the eastern flank. But more generally speaking, you know, I don't like that whole eastern flank thinking, because it gives the impression that if I live in Madrid or in London, I am safer than when I live in Tallinn. And it is not true. Because these latest Russian missiles, when they will be launched, they come down with five times the speed of sound, and they will take five or 10 minutes longer to reach Madrid or London than they take to reach Tallinn or Vilnius. So, in that sense, let's agree that within this Alliance of 32 countries, we all live on the eastern flank. Why is this Eastern Sentry so important? Because this concentrates on this very specific issue, which is airspace violations and making sure and whatever other threat is there, that we can better and with more flexibility, defend ourselves in that part of NATO territory.

I am talking here about things which are IMPLICIT in Rutte's answers and which many people will simply overlook. But here is the truth even AFTER the signing of the INF Treaty--USSR in 1980s and Russia ALWAYS had the ability to wipe out Madrid or London by classic strategic missiles either form SSBNs or RVSN, including mobile and stationary ICBM systems. It wouldn't have made ZERO difference in terms of warning time because NATO never had, has and will not have for a foreseeable future anything even remotely capable of intercepting MIRVs of ICBMs. None, zero--all this SM-3, SM-2 "capabilities"--all crap and we saw the state of "development" of the US AD/ABM in SMO and Israel. 

So, it is not JUST "latest Russian missiles", it was always the case starting from late 1960s. By late 1970s NATO could do shit about any kind of defense other that cartoons about SDI (aka Star Wars) and the largest secret was not the capability but a complete lack of thereof. Considering the dynamics of the reduction of the physical fields of Soviet strategic missile submarines with USSR getting on par with the US in terms of quieting already by mid-late 1980s, all this talk about "latest Russian missiles" is just the only thing these morons in NATO can do today--words' play, semantic maneuvering, while in reality it was only cretinism and treason of Gorbachev and his "team" which gave the US (NATO) a respite from what has been already clear before the collapse of the Soviet Union--the US was beginning to lag behind in critical military technologies, especially missilery. Today we merely see delayed effect which caught up with NATO, which was merely saved by the bell of the Soviet collapse. They really believed their own propaganda BS and NATO is defenseless. Well, it is also bankrupt and unprofessional. 

They should have taken a note in 1980s when they saw this. Some did, but they don't like bad news in D.C. and Brussels. Albeit these things did produce an impression. 

And then the rest happened and here we are today in 2025.