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Si Vis Pacem, Para Vinum © Andrei Martyanov's Blog smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3717125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-41360085364395937452024-03-18T14:57:00.000-07:002024-03-18T14:57:08.633-07:00On GAO Report...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">My latest. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="339" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbQMs_1ohho" width="408" youtube-src-id="tbQMs_1ohho"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-80398723952630129382024-03-18T12:07:00.000-07:002024-03-18T12:20:06.943-07:00Here Is What Happens...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... when one is uneducated hack. Thanks to Alexander Rogers who dug this up from Foreign Affairs. A classic case of one cretin BSing another one on May 26, 2022. Which demonstrates what US higher education in strategic sphere is--a collection of morons with humanities degrees selling their ignorance as expertise. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dTXEmz6nJGk" width="411" youtube-src-id="dTXEmz6nJGk"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The "lecture" should be called How <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Kotkin">Stephen Kotkin</a> Has No Idea About Anything. This shyster, BTW, teaches in Princeton--yet another degree mill for people unable to understand Operations and REAL military history, forget about systems integration and modern C4ISR. This shit didn't age well, but no worries, this "academician" will be back at BSing everyone in no time, he has all required credentials. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-5724742010946416762024-03-17T23:27:00.000-07:002024-03-17T23:30:31.744-07:00A Great Piece Of Americana...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a lighter note, but the most American thing, and I mean it in the most positive way, the part of America I love dearly. So, if hot-rodding on the ground hasn't been enough--how about taking two Yak 55s, sticking them together and adding a jet engine and voila'--13 minutes of pure awesomeness. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="365" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6TExYtyLnkI" width="439" youtube-src-id="6TExYtyLnkI"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Love it! Hot rod in the sky...</span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-74744799075905286122024-03-17T13:44:00.000-07:002024-03-17T13:44:36.181-07:00Figures Speak...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">... for themselves. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/594379-polling-stations-close-presidetial-election/"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/594379-polling-stations-close-presidetial-election/"><i>More than 74% of Russia’s 112.3 million voters had cast their ballots in the nation’s presidential elections by the time polling stations closed on Sunday, the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported. This election’s voter turnout is a historic record for modern Russia. Voting was held over three days, between March 15 and 17, the first time Russia has arranged this. Polling stations were opened from 8am local time to 8pm on each of the three days. Voters in 29 out of 89 Russia’s regions, including Moscow – the nation’s most populous region, incorporating the capital city – also had an opportunity to vote online, in another first.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guess from three times who won the elections? Of course, liberal opposition;)) Can you imagine if Navalny was alive and was running--I bet he would have won like... 0.1% of the votes. But what is new in this case is that Russia and Russians do not give a flying fuck about West's reaction which is so predictable. And this not just because the Western "democracy" is the saddest joke, it is because Russians do not give a flying fuck about West, simple as that. If tomorrow Paris will disappear without a trace, or Low Countries will go under water--Russians still will not give a flying fuck about it, well maybe for the treasures of Louvre. Riots breakout in Cologne and London and Islamists kill natives, too bad--West's problem. None of Russia's business. Terrorist acts in Rome? Fine with Russians. Russia will gladly embrace those Westerners who are immigrating to Russia, but for the West in general--nothing. It is over for Europe and soon coming to the United States. This is metaphysical. <br /></span></span></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-55655865583775147152024-03-17T09:59:00.000-07:002024-03-17T10:07:21.178-07:00Nima And Larry...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">... on the fate of NATO. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="355" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6I17cpPGXfM" width="427" youtube-src-id="6I17cpPGXfM"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, of course, the release <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/870/861566.pdf">of GAO Report on F-35</a> is shocking, it is mind-boggling. If the situation with the new generation SSN(X) hasn't been enough, now the actual numbers on combat readiness of F-35 is a shock! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJeM_9M5_ProtMTB8IfutpTb6MlXQ8gooM0nYgKmHGM351wpPDexbq2dhfXumSeyWSUBI27hdr7viWA8konXG1r4n8wIZG-2Q6o6C0lz_bGwLNUMvhQaICear9HnLSCNXLNI_E2azN002T_vyK6kU_7Ck6-j1V1ZyUxGpMuBykI8eiO_KEDa_O0CpM-o/s1143/F-35%202012-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1035" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJeM_9M5_ProtMTB8IfutpTb6MlXQ8gooM0nYgKmHGM351wpPDexbq2dhfXumSeyWSUBI27hdr7viWA8konXG1r4n8wIZG-2Q6o6C0lz_bGwLNUMvhQaICear9HnLSCNXLNI_E2azN002T_vyK6kU_7Ck6-j1V1ZyUxGpMuBykI8eiO_KEDa_O0CpM-o/w480-h530/F-35%202012-2023.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk0uAgCqzpDLpGafwS6qID0ykeN6hPSEjNy18FFVDh13SzUUSoZKvAGrj2Ih8EHsOPSntBJLqVPtYveVJsdc6KrkPvPWqhZ6SoHd7b3-lBsoreg2hVryVgkV0ZeHhScRPPZshmwlAoPav5z8CZLYOHP-jZEZoc7x9NORod7n8N5J38RW4AjUcTh0KOrw/s1886/F-35%20mission%20capable.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Good God! The USAF doesn't have the air force in effect. We knew F-35 was shit, but this--this is the greatest financial swindle in the history of combat aviation. Add here LCS clusterfuck, add here SMO and the "performance" of US-made weapon systems, and the picture which emerges... well, I am awe-struck with the scale of corruption, technological ineptitude and BS which permeates the whole system. It is a whole other level. Shocking still. I'll discuss this in my new video. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-14117404122706460652024-03-16T15:25:00.000-07:002024-03-16T15:25:08.803-07:00OK, It Is Saturday...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">... Garik Sukachev and Brigada S--My Grandma Smokes Pipe... </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y1PIWuleqEU" width="471" youtube-src-id="y1PIWuleqEU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-1672314787720431732024-03-16T14:20:00.000-07:002024-03-16T14:20:55.530-07:00This Is The Video...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">... of Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee. This is the extent of "military" capability of the West--to kill civilians. It is a truism--terrorism is the weapon of the weak. That's NATO. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9g29Hs92cl8" width="446" youtube-src-id="9g29Hs92cl8"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kill kids, women--that's the level of military "expertise" in the West. It is about time for Russia to reintroduce the death penalty. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-56019242459045687382024-03-16T13:36:00.000-07:002024-03-16T13:36:53.932-07:00There Are Now Videos...<div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... on YouTube on why Dune captured the imagination so much of so many. It is really simple, actually--true heroes, sacrifice, real men and women of incredible courage and dedication--all of this against the background of wussies and woke amorphous losers promoted as the "It" current thing. This poor generation doesn't get real examples of incredible courage and human spirit being blocked from the real world by perverts from establishment, but it still penetrates... In all different ways and it is like antibiotic whose action is not always noticeable at first. I would have never loved the book if not for Lynch's incredible vision:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JWazCmypy0g" width="462" youtube-src-id="JWazCmypy0g"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Granted, buttressed by a universal love for Twin Peaks and Paul Atreidis--Agent Cooper and bizarre and fascinating world of David Lynch (and Kyle). But what many forget is how the miniseries created Princess Irulan, acted by incomparably beautiful Julie Cox, who embodied an unanswered love and a mother figure for children of a man who should have been rightly hers and whose children she brought up as her own:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bb7tfyTOAxY" width="445" youtube-src-id="bb7tfyTOAxY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will see, I guess, how the second part of Dune will play out, but new Irulan, so far... well, will see--a tough act to follow after Julie...</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Use as Open Thread... </span></span><br /></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-82145736931752461342024-03-16T11:58:00.000-07:002024-03-16T11:58:17.430-07:00My Latest...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... well, this Czech general got the brains to say it like this. Plus, subs... no, not sandwiches)) </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RxliCKOa8q8" width="420" youtube-src-id="RxliCKOa8q8"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><br /></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-86756396360427388222024-03-15T12:14:00.000-07:002024-03-15T12:24:26.259-07:00As If Trying To Prove...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">... my point with Nima about once great Britain: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cho7OM6H3eQ" width="423" youtube-src-id="cho7OM6H3eQ"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The former MI6 big honcho decides to demonstrate why my point is valid and UK is nothing but military-economic chihuahua. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/war-right-now-britain-former-spy-chief-richard-dearlove-mi6/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/war-right-now-britain-former-spy-chief-richard-dearlove-mi6/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication"><i>When it comes to the U.K., Dearlove identifies a gap between words and actions, between warnings — like Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps’ stating Britain needs to decide “whether to surrender to a sea of troubles or do everything we can to deter the danger”— and actually taking effective steps to be prepared. “If you stopped anyone in the street here in the U.K. and asked them whether they thought Britain is at war, they’d look at you as if you were mad,” Dearlove said. “But we are at war — <b>we’re engaged in a gray war with Russia, and I am trying to remind people of that.</b>” ... But the former MI6 head does draw some comfort from what Central European and Baltic nations are doing, praising Poland in particular for reaching a record-high level of defense spending within NATO. Poland is now spending nearly 4 percent of GDP on defense, and just this week, President Andrzej Duda warned that “Russia’s imperialistic ambitions and aggressive revisionism are pushing Moscow toward a direct confrontation with NATO, with the West and, ultimately, with the whole free world.”</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dearlove is a poor poor dear who still cannot resign himself to the fact that UK cannot do anything BUT to be at "gray war" with Russia, because the only thing UK can do "militarily" is terrorism and pray that the "gray war" doesn't turn a real one. Dearlove, having no real education--a feature, not a bug--and spending some time as MI6 head during Iraq invasion where he was cooking "intelligence", because modern MI6 cannot intel anything, is utterly unqualified as are most of UK "analytical" institutions ranging from MI6 to RUSI, to Chatham House, to have even remotely objective picture of the outside world of the XXI century warfare and economies. This is a gene in UK, it is its cultural DNA to view herself as important and believe all kinds of BS just to insulate themselves from a cruel reality of UK being reduced to a largely shithole with good football stadiums. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">UK may increase her defense budget whatever--2-3-5%--it would make no difference whatsoever because she can produce next to nothing which really matters on the modern battlefield. Let alone sustain it for... two days. The degeneration, the precipitous decline of Britain and her media-political class in the last 20 years is astonishing and there is no coming back from it because it is a result of steady accumulation of the critical mass of shitty higher education, grabbing onto a chimera of past greatness, which is not there, and of debilitating bitterness, which went critical. Well, just to demonstrate deep running incompetence, now a tradition, of British, here is from great Correlli Barnett who documented British "intel" on the eve of the WW II. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPxo0JDxykQXiqjacx8u5lRhUcfmeZuMYihEputiLUl5E5yNA4BXZnb82oQMeuZcaP9sRhobksVb-Joh8VLdg0ZAxgmP9uB1NyA4UMLcj70osd8BOdldYpmVAbvBZQcVnej7KJAHO2Z_w3J1vuDW0nO8Hp1aHzfFxiyBjq7cC-jwwM4GNKtFw2neJOvA/s1771/USSR%20assessment.jpg" style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="985" height="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPxo0JDxykQXiqjacx8u5lRhUcfmeZuMYihEputiLUl5E5yNA4BXZnb82oQMeuZcaP9sRhobksVb-Joh8VLdg0ZAxgmP9uB1NyA4UMLcj70osd8BOdldYpmVAbvBZQcVnej7KJAHO2Z_w3J1vuDW0nO8Hp1aHzfFxiyBjq7cC-jwwM4GNKtFw2neJOvA/w486-h873/USSR%20assessment.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">How typically British--to grossly overestimate oneself and grossly underestimate Russia. They never learn. But then again, I am on record--Oxford or King's College, bar STEM and maybe law, are degree mills. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-88754521242839817992024-03-14T21:41:00.000-07:002024-03-14T21:42:50.202-07:00This Is A Very Big...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... ouch. It is also a very strong indicator of the economic strength, or rather lack thereof. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2024/03/14/navy-delays-next-generation-submarine-start-to-early-2040s/"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2024/03/14/navy-delays-next-generation-submarine-start-to-early-2040s/"><i>The U.S. Navy is pushing back the start of construction on its next-generation attack submarine by nearly a decade, citing tight budgets and a need to fund current and near-term operations. A Navy spokesperson told Defense News construction on the lead ship of the SSN(X) program, which will follow the Virginia-class attack submarine, is now planned to start in the “early 2040s.” The Navy last year planned to begin the ship class in 2035, and it was previously set for a 2031 start. In its fiscal 2025 budget, the Navy is seeking to delay spending on several modernization programs, including SSN(X), the DDG(X) next-generation destroyer, and the F/A-XX next-generation fighter.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I say the United States lost the arms race--I mean it. This is not some hyperbole or figure of speech. Virginias are excellent subs but their Block I would be around 40 years old early 2040s. Virginia is a fourth generation sub, but while she still could be improved as a platform, her weapons' suite is not that impressive, however still dangerous. TLAMs are becoming obsolete, and UGM-84 Harpoon is not getting younger too. This suite loses outright to 3M54, P-800 and 3M22 Zircon carried by Yasen-class. But Russia already has a fifth generation sub with fifth generation capabilities--it is Belgorod, the carrier of Poseidon and hell knows what other advanced underwater drones. The work on the fifth generation modular sub has started in Russia long time ago and already in 2017 there was a very interesting news about newest Project 545 Laika (Husky-class) sub:</span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://ria.ru/20171220/1511286794.html"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://ria.ru/20171220/1511286794.html"><i>Судостроительные предприятия готовы заняться новой лодкой сразу же после
достройки серии "Ясеней". По словам заместителя главкома ВМФ
вице-адмирала Виктора Бурсука, первую "Хаски" заложат в 2023-2024 годах.
Достроить и сдать ее флоту планируется на рубеже 2030-го. Даже по тем
обрывочным данным, которые появляются в открытом доступе, очевидно, что
засекреченный проект с научно-технической точки зрения будет
революционным. ... Строить АПЛ пятого поколения начнут после сдачи серии из семи
многоцелевых подлодок проекта 885 "Ясень", которые планируется ввести
в боевой состав ВМФ до 2023 года.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Translation:</b> <i><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Shipbuilding enterprises are ready to start working on a new boat immediately after the completion of the Yasen series.</span></span> <span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">According to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk, the first Husky will be laid down in 2023-2024.</span></span> <span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">It is planned to complete construction and deliver it to the fleet at the turn of 2030.</span></span> <span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Even from the fragmentary data that appears in the public domain, it is obvious that the classified project will be revolutionary from a scientific and technical point of view. ... </span></span></span><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Construction of the fifth-generation nuclear submarines will begin after the delivery of a series of seven Project 885 Yasen multi-purpose submarines, which are planned to be commissioned into the Navy by 2023</span>.</span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">See highlighted? Russian Navy currently has 5 project 885 Yasen-class SSGNs afloat. <i>Arkhangelsk</i> is outfitting at the pier and getting ready for tests. <i>Perm</i> and <i>Ulyanovsk</i> are being built, to be commissioned into the fleet in 2025.This is seven. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Here are some renderings of Laika compared to Yasen-class, many of whose features Laika inherits. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSLNxoEvIpXpO2zvjwkO0NlTKL2K1YCcslugLc44C3LU9zpkYaH2M3GjBGzQBrXbqF58PXAn_97YqY0oIUN1lntXI5EDLEWE3in9XkDhaOR8YqxNtl5IFLH2guUII72_r864sQ3JOHmnr0Zh6W-ZtUmckvLni5pr3E88U1xsyguGcEnSLXvf-AqrEeRI/s1594/Laika.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1594" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSLNxoEvIpXpO2zvjwkO0NlTKL2K1YCcslugLc44C3LU9zpkYaH2M3GjBGzQBrXbqF58PXAn_97YqY0oIUN1lntXI5EDLEWE3in9XkDhaOR8YqxNtl5IFLH2guUII72_r864sQ3JOHmnr0Zh6W-ZtUmckvLni5pr3E88U1xsyguGcEnSLXvf-AqrEeRI/w445-h280/Laika.jpg" width="445" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">What is known that Laika will use a lot of composite materials in her hull and, highly likely, a new, much longer range, version of 3M22 Zircon and advanced torpedoes and ASW missiles Otvet. What many people miss, however, is that already in both strategic missile subs of pr. 955A Borei and Yasen-class SSGN weapon systems could be used from a much greater depth than it is traditional in most previous subs which was about 50 meter give and take a few. We are talking about revolutionary technology and this is just a glimpse into it. Keep in mind also that <i>Ulyanovsk</i> is being built not really as pr. 885M <a href="https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10465325">but as pr. 09853--yes, Poseidon and other drones carrier (in Russian)</a>. I warned about it for many years, that Revolution is coming and that it is this proverbial revolver at the temple of globalist sociopaths and the US will increasingly lose, not edge, it doesn't have the edge at all for a long time, the arms race and then technology race to both China and Russia. But I am sure new CNO <a href="https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/3148210/admiral-lisa-franchetti/">Lisa Franchetti</a> knows it all, wink, wink. </span></div><p></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b">Hey, I earned myself a minute of having a smug face:</span></span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FP8FReD4G9tPcTOVsRTsPiZFQobHo4KGM5scaaJz2b71n7TqEUBN2rQtoHZ0x0ooUmCTjhffQGxZwhDkoaSuSnJ3b6pMnpT2S5zf9eexEIHeYW_skfdYNgQxC_GakEFp4LnDMPNVKmr3B7dK5S5wEPe_qox05GxiczxQgQAQml_3-a8ch0RvhbX1uwI/s612/smug%20face.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FP8FReD4G9tPcTOVsRTsPiZFQobHo4KGM5scaaJz2b71n7TqEUBN2rQtoHZ0x0ooUmCTjhffQGxZwhDkoaSuSnJ3b6pMnpT2S5zf9eexEIHeYW_skfdYNgQxC_GakEFp4LnDMPNVKmr3B7dK5S5wEPe_qox05GxiczxQgQAQml_3-a8ch0RvhbX1uwI/w382-h254/smug%20face.jpg" width="382" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After all... drum roll, drum rolling continues, more of a drum roll: I Told You So. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-40778085806454739832024-03-14T13:47:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:47:35.018-07:00Sure, Sure...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... also Russia killed dinosaurs. </span></span></p><h1 aria-level="1" class="responsive__HeadlineContainer-sc-15mjcnq-0 bXVomm" role="heading" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-electronic-attack-grant-shapps-plane-qltjc6gqg"><i><blockquote>Russia ‘jams signals’ on RAF plane carrying Grant Shapps. The electronic attack happened when the defence secretary, who has accused Putin of ‘sabre-rattling’, was flying back from Poland, where he had watched a Nato exercise. </blockquote></i></a></span></span></h1><h1 aria-level="1" class="responsive__HeadlineContainer-sc-15mjcnq-0 bXVomm" role="heading" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, and we just received the photo of perpetrators of this "jamming". </span></span></h1><h1 aria-level="1" class="responsive__HeadlineContainer-sc-15mjcnq-0 bXVomm" role="heading" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvID7S-p5nVB1pRTbzXNPW9ZQ69dFFXfmW1I3ArbJ3ICgYdkUUOO2_MeNkZM7Yvr07iLv6hDqhMKKjAHOhq93WH3I-HEMmlHs1QHurnMKZwU2-gGyzzkGojh5l_LWAiHhpRs6GN6z4XQB7TP4Yt3dzNxQmfbuloOi2i5CqwAy-xNTngqp1uxI8B1yoZc/s630/Petrov%20Bashirov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="630" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvID7S-p5nVB1pRTbzXNPW9ZQ69dFFXfmW1I3ArbJ3ICgYdkUUOO2_MeNkZM7Yvr07iLv6hDqhMKKjAHOhq93WH3I-HEMmlHs1QHurnMKZwU2-gGyzzkGojh5l_LWAiHhpRs6GN6z4XQB7TP4Yt3dzNxQmfbuloOi2i5CqwAy-xNTngqp1uxI8B1yoZc/w440-h241/Petrov%20Bashirov.jpg" width="440" /></a></div>British "elites" do not even have a concept of self-respect. </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But the phrase </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Russia ‘jams signals’ on RAF plane</i> is beyond description of imbecility of this journo trash from The Times who wrote this. Cretins (I am sure with Oxford degrees in shit) do not understand that any platform (planes, trains, automobiles) carry ONLY the receiver of the GPS (GLONASS, Beidu what have you) of the signal and jamming happens in the VOLUME of space and cannot be directed specifically at "RAF plane". E.g. GPS and GLONASS in the center of Moscow are jammed, and they are jammed for everyone--from terrorists, to Yandex taxi, to every person with the smart phone. But I am sure UK military after 44 weeks in Sandhurst entering it after obtaining degrees in journalism and political "science" know all about it. Right? Right?!</span></span></h1>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-61665493920690885102024-03-14T13:09:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:09:32.712-07:00The Gap Is Gigantic...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... in nuclear forces and technology. They are afraid to talk about it in the West. Except me, of course;)) </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h7PmdPuPz-U" width="462" youtube-src-id="h7PmdPuPz-U"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Putin ordering <a href="https://ria.ru/20240314/putin-1933011221.html">acceleration of work on nuclear tag Zevs (Zeus) today is huge (in Russian)</a>. Zevs becomes a priority... </span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-40747597249652447302024-03-13T22:19:00.000-07:002024-03-13T23:57:28.154-07:00Alastair Crooke And Gaius Baltar. A Selection Of Sorts. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excellent pieces. But before I proceed, here is me more than seven years ago, namely the end of 2016, warning: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2016/12/boeing-as-lesson.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></a></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2016/12/boeing-as-lesson.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">But the truth remained unchanged no matter how one would try to obfuscate it, and I quote myself:</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2016/12/boeing-as-lesson.html">
<span style="color: red;"><b><span>"</span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="color: red;"><b>For COIN crowd, yet again--Combined Arms Operations remain a principal method of the Continental Warfare"</b></span>. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>No, not the warfare designed to fight some backward Afghani
dekhans in the environment of a complete firepower dominance, not some
large Arab military designed to mostly march on the parades, but the
warfare which would put serious armed forces on the opposite sides of a conflict and it was here where the main pillar of Pax Americana could hardly put anything as a shining example of a success.</span></span></a></span></span></i></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: times;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>After that I wrote my first book. I was repeating this, essentially truism, ad nauseam even before 2016. Thanks Per Norway (classyglasses), for pointing to Crooke's piece <i>The Fabric of Reality</i>. Crooke makes a critical observation: </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-fabric-of-reality"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-fabric-of-reality"><i>It is a significant point: Ideas,
conceptualisations and history may be shut down and cancelled by the
command of the ‘masters of dogma’, but the space these intellectual
vessels once occupied is still ethereally there -- to rise again in
challenge to dogma. <b><span style="color: red;">The massive polarization occurring today
in the world is not simply geopolitical. It is not simply a competition
over resources, or even simply a rivalry based on trade relationships.
The conflict between Western élites and the rest of humanity, as
Emmanuel Todd has suggested in La Défaite, is the result of the West “falling into nihilism and the deification of nothing”</span></b>. Todd defined this nihilism as “the
desire for destruction, but also of the negation of reality. There are
no longer any traces of religion, but the human being is still there.”</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you all know, I always look at the world through military prism<i>, </i>but I also am on record that the conflict is metaphysical in nature, it transcends pure politics<i> </i>or even economics. Yet, as Bronislaw Malinowski stated “Another interesting point in the study of aggression is that, like charity, it begins at home.” We can say today that even here West failed, since Vietnam substituting the meaning of war with semantic equivalent of beating the crap from brown people with impunity. But they never read Tolstoy:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm"><i>On the twelfth of June, 1812, the forces of Western Europe crossed the Russian frontier and war began, <b><span style="color: red;">that is, an event took place opposed to human reason and to human nature. </span></b>Millions of men perpetrated against one another such innumerable crimes, frauds, treacheries, thefts, forgeries, issues of false money, burglaries, incendiarisms, and murders as in whole centuries are not recorded in the annals of all the law courts of the world, but which those who committed them did not at the time regard as being crimes. </i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">War, real war, not blowing up Afghan weddings from the sky, is a horror and it is conventionally a combined arms, or its earlier iteration, that is how it has been for the last three centuries. But Western "elites" have no grasp of it, albeit this is slowly changing. I plan tomorrow to talk about how they maybe are nearing realization that they cannot stop anything if it comes to the ultimate outcome. They have no reason and their nature is that of an animal. They do, however, feel the fear and that is how they will live their days out--in fear. The man they would rather not talk about yesterday issued a warning to them. They have a barrel at their temple. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings us to an excellent piece by Gaius Baltar at Larry's Blog:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sonar21.com/why-is-the-european-union-destroying-its-own-economy/"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://sonar21.com/why-is-the-european-union-destroying-its-own-economy/"><i>Things are bleak in Europe these days. European leaders are caught in a “fight or flight” response, deciding whether they should run and hide or send troops into Ukraine to fight the Menace from the East. However, the existential terror of Emmanuel Macron and his toxic-narcissist accomplices in the EU will have to wait for a dedicated article because this one will focus on the European economy. It has puzzled many how the EU has been managing its economy since the beginning of the Ukraine war. There have been two distinct shocks inflicted upon the Eurozone economy since then. The third shock, which may be the worst, is on the way. All of them are direct results of European policies.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read it, it is a good reminder of reality being a bitch. Europe is over. It is in panic, but no one is coming to save it and it must be quarantined. The US? </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/gen-z-adults-lgbtq-identity-reaj/index.html"><cite class="source__cite"><span class="source__text" data-editable="source"></span></cite></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/gen-z-adults-lgbtq-identity-reaj/index.html"><cite class="source__cite"><span class="source__text" data-editable="source">CNN</span>
—</cite><i><span>Nearly a third, or 28%, of Gen Z adults in the United States
identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, a larger
share than older generations, according to a new report by PRRI,
a nonprofit that conducts research on religion, values and public
policy. The report, titled “A political and cultural glimpse into America’s future,” sought to highlight the cultural and political views of Gen Z adults, compared with older Americans. Researchers surveyed more than 6,600 people ages 13 to over
65, with oversamples of Gen Z adults and teens between August 21 to
September 15, 2023. The report found about 16% of Millennials and 7% of Baby Boomers identify as LGBTQ. But<b> </b>among
Gen Z adults ages 18–25, 72% identified as straight, 15% as bisexual,
5% as gay or lesbian and 8% as “something else,” according to the
report. About 20% of Americans are Gen Z, according to PRRI. </span></i></a></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/gen-z-adults-lgbtq-identity-reaj/index.html"><i></i></a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>This is how the end looks like. Combined arms you say? <br /></span></span></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-54372289848110974222024-03-13T12:38:00.000-07:002024-03-13T12:38:48.860-07:00Open Thread. <p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am a cook today. Busy. </span></span><br /></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-50107774167378945742024-03-12T18:33:00.000-07:002024-03-12T18:33:54.946-07:00My ASMR...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... I still didn't get ASMR thing down (like what it means literally) but sometimes I think that it is a blessing that these guys run drones and provide us with an incredible beauty and... the music starting from 07:30 which is out of this world. If anyone can tell me what it is...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="373" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2rxeQOUw1kw" width="449" youtube-src-id="2rxeQOUw1kw"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Pacific Northwest is incomparable in so many ways--these five territories--British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Northern California constitute something which cannot be described by poetry, it takes music to convey this majesty. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-78629170020119144702024-03-12T13:02:00.000-07:002024-03-12T13:02:22.044-07:00Latest RAND's "Scenarios"...<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... are a sight to behold. This is what one gets for reproducing academic and professional fraud decade after decade. My latest is about it. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JiZvKMauUaU" width="425" youtube-src-id="JiZvKMauUaU"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">They study Clausewitz and Jomini, most of them never heard of Svechin and wouldn't touch Brusilov or Red Army operations in WW II with a ten yard stick--may hurt self-esteem. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-75526994720871519712024-03-12T12:43:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:43:28.922-07:00It Doesn't Matter. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Burns may have been, once, long time ago, an acceptable diplomat and CIA asset in Moscow, but military thinker he is not, as are not those people in CIA who "plan" those 404 "operations". </span></span></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/intelligence-officials-ukraine-aid.html"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/intelligence-officials-ukraine-aid.html"><i>Senior intelligence officials warned on Monday that without additional American aid, Ukraine faced the prospect of continued battlefield losses as Russia relies on a network of critical arms suppliers and drastically increases its supply of technology from China. In public testimony during the annual survey of worldwide threats facing the United States, the officials predicted that any continued delay of U.S. aid to Ukraine would lead to additional territorial gains by Russia over the next year, the consequences of which would be felt not only in Europe but also in the Pacific. “If we’re seen to be walking away from support for Ukraine, not only is that going to feed doubts amongst our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific; it’s going to stoke the ambitions of the Chinese leadership in contingencies ranging from Taiwan to the South China Sea,” William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, told Congress.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The US may unfreeze those $61 billion, she may even try to supply more of the same, more Patriots, more M1 Abrams et al--it doesn't matter. This is what they cannot grasp due to low level of education and culture. This is a new paradigm for them--all of them are "graduates" of the school of "beating the crap from defenseless nations" strategic "studies", and with the level of economic "science" in the West they cannot grasp how this all unfolds. They panic, they propose some band-aid to the patient stricken with the 4th stage cancer, all in vain--it is a different warrior culture they cannot grasp, they simply have no reference points. The United States never had Alexander Nevsky, Kutuzov or Zhukov. They fear what they cannot understand, but the question is--did they ever try? Nope... Burns wasted his time in Moscow, he learned absolutely nothing. </span></span> </p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-19255961006968636532024-03-12T00:21:00.000-07:002024-03-12T00:21:59.643-07:00This Is The Most Sappy Sentimental...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... piece of shit "journalism" I read in a long time. </span></span></p><h1 data-test-locator="headline" id="caas-lead-header-1bb424f6-08ba-395a-82ee-91ed0e89c7c1" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/expanding-nato-uses-diversity-strength-053555883.html"><i><blockquote>An expanding NATO uses its diversity as strength. Member troops know Russia is watching</blockquote></i></a></span></span></h1><h1 data-test-locator="headline" id="caas-lead-header-1bb424f6-08ba-395a-82ee-91ed0e89c7c1" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">It continues with: </span></span></h1><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i></i></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate,
bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not
so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the
circumstances, was a surreal sound. The 1967 “ Summer of Love
" hippie anthem “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"
was playing over the warship's public address system. Singer Scott
McKenzie's voice reverberated through the passageways starting to bustle
with sailors clutching coffee mugs: “All across the nation, such a
strange vibration, people in motion." It was a slice of Americana rousing one of France's most modern fighting vessels, beginning another day under Italian command, in war games involving 13 nations. And that, in a nutshell, is NATO: a multinational alliance
built around the idea that its 32 countries spread across three
continents could turn their diversity into strength and fight as one if
the need arose.</i></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">I agree, the song is beautiful, I love it myself. But the problem with all that is in the fact that Russia doesn't care about "diversity" and she is, indeed, watching. Watching on part of Russia means Russia receiving real time intelligence, which automatically translates in tracking and targeting and no NATO ship, smallest or largest, has any means to stop a salvo of hypersonic (or even supersonic missiles such as Kh-32) missiles if Russia decides that NATO wants to start the war. Poor, poor dears. Once whatever will be left of US ISR in, God forbid, case of war and the remaining recon systems will register the take off MiG-31K and TU-22M3M, I have a suggestion for the tune to be played: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="294" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZY5DBmgC_A" width="353" youtube-src-id="hZY5DBmgC_A"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Now, if only someone would explain to the author of this cringe-inducing BS, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-leicester-2b408a13/?originalSubdomain=fr">the graduate of the University of Leeds with B.A. in Modern Chinese Studies</a>, that he should go back to writing about sports or for teenage magazines and avoid expressing his opinions on matters of combat readiness and targeting... of diversity. Yak...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">P.S. History has it that Royal Navy's seamen, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Sir_Galahad_(1966)">I believe from HMS Sir Galahad which was hit by Argentinian bombs in 1982</a>, upon ending up in the cold waters, while grabbing to all kinds of flotation devices, many burnt and wounded, still sang "Always look at the bright side of life" from Monty Python. That's the spirit and heroism I can respect and admire. But then again--different times and that Great Britain doesn't exist anymore. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-660196648223827422024-03-11T09:36:00.000-07:002024-03-11T09:36:34.767-07:00In Related News...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... water is wet and the fire is hot.</span></span></p><div class="css-53u6y8" style="text-align: justify;"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/world/europe/ukraine-f16-pilots.html"><i></i></a></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/world/europe/ukraine-f16-pilots.html"><i>The jets are ready, and the flight instructors are waiting, at a new training center in Romania that was created to teach Ukraine’s pilots to fly the F-16 warplane. But there’s a catch: The Ukrainian pilots have yet to arrive, despite declarations last summer that the center would play a crucial role in getting them into the air to defend their country from increasingly deadly Russian strikes. It’s still unclear when Ukrainian pilots will begin training at the center, at the Fetesti air base in southeast Romania, which NATO allies also are using to get schooled on the fighter jets. But the delay is a window into the confusion and chaos that has confronted the military alliance’s rush to supply the F-16s. That is not to say that Ukraine’s pilots are not being prepared. Twelve pilots so far — fewer than a full squadron — are expected to be ready to fly F-16s in combat by this summer after 10 months of training in Denmark, Britain and the United States. But by the time the pilots return to Ukraine, as few as six F-16s will have been delivered out of about 45 of the fighter jets that European allies have promised.</i></a></span></blockquote><p></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boy, those pesky Russian pilots are rubbing their hands in anticipation. I can almost see how pilots of Su-57s, Su-35s and Su-30SMs are pulling the sticks to have a first go at those F-16s. Well, it is pretty much the one-way ticket for whatever 404 pilots are out there. I doubt any sane NATO pilot would want to go against Russia's VKS. It is the same for all those M1 Abrams tanks which are having a very bad time in 404 and some say that already 7 have been destroyed, some say--more. Doesn't matter, the deadly truism of XXI century warfare "if you are seen, you will be hit" is, well, truism. I simply see no way how a widening gap in battlefield air defense, C2, netcentricity, the so called RUK/ROK (Recon Fire/Recon Strike Complexes) and standoff weapons can be closed by the West. There are no resources left. And then, of course this:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-russia-producing-3-times-123642447.html"><i></i></a></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-russia-producing-3-times-123642447.html"><i>Russia is set to produce nearly three times as many artillery
munitions as the U.S. and Europe this year, CNN reported on March 11,
citing NATO intelligence estimates and unnamed sources familiar with the
matter. Russia is producing close to 250,000 artillery munitions
monthly, or around 3 million per year, according to NATO estimates seen
by CNN and the outlet's sources. Together, the U.S. and Europe can
produce approximately 1.2 million munitions annually to send to
Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official told CNN.</i></a></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Somebody, of course, forgot to tell CNN and their "sources" in this non-story that artillery shells are SHOT from guns and one can have 10 million shells but if the innards of your barrel wear out due to low sustainability of all NATO guns, what good will it do if you do not have guns, which also are being destroyed in industrial quantities by Russians. How many Paladins or Caesars can NATO send to 404? I thought so. But then again, those "senior European intelligence officials" probably never heard about such things as sustainability, tactical and operational rear repair plant for weapon systems, and, of course about operational depth strikes which, surprise-surprise, degraded 404 weapons repair and maintenance capability dramatically. Ah, those details of war and don't start me on operational planning--evidently NATO only now learned about such thing. <br /></span></span></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-43021506745933629832024-03-10T15:33:00.000-07:002024-03-10T15:33:44.106-07:00Nima And Larry...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... superb. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qa7scteqR1I" width="432" youtube-src-id="qa7scteqR1I"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-10977748596610775532024-03-10T14:08:00.000-07:002024-03-10T14:08:31.651-07:00My Latest Video On...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... Sikorski's Job Description. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="385" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QT0T1LtEEmw" width="463" youtube-src-id="QT0T1LtEEmw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-5304914880948381692024-03-10T13:19:00.000-07:002024-03-10T13:19:23.668-07:00I Elaborate...<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span> ... on this issue in my upcoming video. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/594025-france-poland-not-speak-nato/"><i></i></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/594025-france-poland-not-speak-nato/"><i>Paris and Warsaw have no right to speak for all NATO members when it comes to troop deployment into Ukraine, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told La Stampa newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. Such a move would only lead to escalation and hurt any potential diplomatic efforts to end hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, he added. The minister was commenting on recent statements by French President Emmanuel Macron and by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, each of whom has entertained the possibility of sending the US-led bloc’s troops to aid Kiev.</i></a></span></blockquote></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>No, it will not "hurt any potential diplomatic efforts", it will hurt France and Poland, and hurt badly. For starters, once and if (highly UNlikely) French "troops" officially are in Russia, as uniformed French government representatives, Russia may introduce Russia's uniformed Russian government representatives such as 3M14M and Kh-101 to some of France's Air Force bases, or even naval bases. And we all know that Macron knows this--he, being a teller boy, simply shakes air trying to pretend that France matters. She does not. Per Sikorski, well, that's in my video. Normal people do not marry Anne Applebaum--a psychotic neocon. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>Meanwhile, Patriot PAC3 AD systems have a very bad time in 404. Well, any other NATO weapon system for that matter. Evidently VSU ran another Challenger into the mud and sunk it. I talk about this in my new video which should be up fairly soon. <br /></span></span></p><p></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-32835859448225812732024-03-09T12:10:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:10:02.437-08:00Open Thread. <p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Go at it. </span></span><br /></p>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699238654982283121.post-43886800809298968732024-03-08T14:04:00.000-08:002024-03-08T14:04:02.950-08:00Since It Is 8th Of March Friday...<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ... two of my favorite Irish ladies who keep the real rock music alive.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="403" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGGHb9ZRtlE" width="484" youtube-src-id="zGGHb9ZRtlE"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mollie's beauty is a whole other story for Dea Matrona. Both girls, though, are great musicians. </span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>smoothiex12http://www.blogger.com/profile/09006510168168626923noreply@blogger.com0