... "exactly" as Donnie "planned", right? Ayatollah Sistani (another Senior Ayatollah) issued Jihad Fetwa against Israel and the US. It is a second one--you need three fetwas from senior ayatollahs for Jihad to start. The third one is from ... yep, is expected from the son of murdered Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been elected a spiritual leader of Iran. I wonder what will he say? Nah, I don't.
... loss of marbles looks like.
You didn't know? But DJT already "won". Iran is vanquished, the regime changed, the resistance is over ... Ah, wait--that's in Trump's universe. Last time I checked, Trump's Israeli masters also had their ass handed to them in Southern Lebanon by Hezbollah, obliterating a group of IDF special forces and taking POWs. So much winning, so much ... yes, please, stop, Mr. Trump, we all are absolutely tired of this overwhelming volume of winning. In fact, I think I am beginning to develop an allergy for winning.
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:
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.
As Patrick Baab characterized Germans, nope--it is acquiescence. Most Europeans agree to the war.
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?
... joke))
The United Kingdom could resort to military force against China in the event of an escalation over Taiwan, British Defense Secretary John Healey has said, though he emphasized that London continues to prefer a diplomatic resolution. Speaking to The Telegraph during a visit to Australia, Healey said Britain would “secure peace through strength” if necessary – marking one of the clearest signals yet from a senior UK official regarding the possibility of direct confrontation with Beijing. Healey made the remarks as the HMS Prince of Wales, a British aircraft carrier equipped with F-35 fighter jets, docked in the northern Australian city of Darwin. It is the first time in nearly 30 years that a British strike group has arrived in the region. The carrier is on a nine-month Pacific deployment, participating in Australia’s Talisman Sabre exercise and visiting ports in Japan and South Korea. ”If we have to fight, as we have done in the past, Australia and the UK are nations that will fight together. We exercise together and by exercising together and being more ready to fight, we deter better together,” Healey said when asked what London would do in case of an escalation around Taiwan.
Somebody has to remind Mr. Healey that the UK has no military force to resort to. For starters, UK has no real army to speak of, and the Royal Navy's "combat stability" (ability to continue to carry out tasks under combat conditions) is questionable at best. If Healey who has ZERO military background thinks that flattops are not fat prestigious targets, well--sell him a bridge. With one huge pile of metal called HMS Prince of Wales and a single operational Astute-class nuclear powered sub available to what passes for the UK Navy which used to be a proud Royal Navy, time for these clowns to finally resign themselves to the reality of the UK approaching the status of the third world country, with her armed forces being a great embodiment of a rotting husk of once mighty empire. Without the US, militarily UK is not a serious power, period.
... breaking SLOC (Shipping Lanes Of Communications) IS the capability (still) of the US Navy. It is still the largest Navy in the world and its submarine force is world-class. PLAN's sub force is not in the same league.
Of course this plan sucks, but it is a typical Washington's harebrained scheme.
LOL)).
1. I write about US military impotence for years. US cannot fight serious war (it never could after 1945), hence 1971 Nixon's jumping golden standard--even Vietnam demanded resources which mighty US didn't have.
2. Operationally and technologically (I am tired repeating this ad nauseam) the US lost the arms race and in critical combat technologies trails Russia by generation or two, e.g. Air Defense, long-range fires and operational and strategic planning.
3. The only idea which was always there, was to channel European's natural paranoia and Russophobia into proper activity of trying to fight Russia again and then get the final solution of Europe being turned into the parking lot.
4. US, meanwhile, as the "plan" goes, will sell its expensive and "100% effective" junk to European morons who a destined to be wholesale exterminated at the front (those who will get there) and beyond. Considering kindergarten level of Washington's "strategerists" the idea is for European cannon fodder to die for the US, while the US enjoys the benefits. Typical US-level "planning".
Just to give you some numbers to understand this reality--I do not hold Military Watch magazine in high esteem, but even (grossly downplaying) the number, 404 "sources" estimate that Russia is in possession of the 13,000 missiles and can produce up to 300 Oreshniks per year. I want to point out that even if Russia were to produce 100 Oreshniks per year, that alone would have been enough to paralyze every single port in Europe, that is without even live ordnance, not to speak of nuclear one. Iskander-M, as an example, flies nowadays at 1,000 kilometers and the range could be extended even more, add here older and new generation hypersonic weapons Russia deploys and you get the picture. I have a good idea about the scale of things and let me put it bluntly--the numbers are much larger)).
But that's the "plan" and I understand sentiment of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, one of a very few Gaullists remaining in France, but it is too late for France who, together with most of Europe, proved unequivocally that she is an existential enemy of Russia and Russian people. So, Russia should applaud the coming disintegration of France (keeping in mind the safety of her nuclear deterrent), while continuing to articulate to Washington that if the shit hits the fan in accordance to this "plan", the US may cease to exist. I know, it is difficult to explain to American generals and admirals but they better learn. In the end, US bases and troops in Europe will get it first.
Now per Chinese J-10s and Iran--the news have been reported by Iranian newspaper Khorasan.
Военные Ирана сразу после окончания 12-дневной войны с Израилем активизировали переговоры о покупке партии экспортной версии китайских истребителей J-10C, сообщают иранские СМИ. Переговоры об их приобретении шли почти два десятилетия, но стороны не могли договориться об оплате. Теперь, когда превосходство Израиля в небе стало очевидным, Иран намерен как можно быстрее оснастить свои ВВС новыми самолетами. По мнению эксперта, J-10C может решить эту задачу за счет дешевизны и доступности по сравнению с российскими МиГ-35 и Су-35.
Here is how pro-western liberal Kommersant presents it (translation): Immediately after the end of the 12-day war with Israel, the Iranian military stepped up talks on buying a batch of the export version of the Chinese J-10C fighters, Iranian media reported. Talks on their acquisition had been going on for almost two decades, but the parties could not agree on payment. Now that Israel's superiority in the sky has become obvious (LOL--my remark))), Iran intends to equip its Air Force with new aircraft as quickly as possible. According to the expert, the J-10C can solve this problem due to its low cost and availability compared to the Russian MiG-35 and Su-35.
For those jumpy guys, explanation: SU-35 and J-10 are two different classes of the combat aircraft. Plus Iran was in negotiations with China about these aircraft for ... 10 years now.
... and it was discussed on so many occasions.
The US military would be unprepared for a protracted war with China due to shortcomings in the defense industrial base, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said. In his written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday – part of the confirmation process – retired Lieutenant General John Caine stressed that rivalry with China remains one of the most pressing issues facing the US. ”The threat posed by China to American interests in the Indo-Pacific is real and growing. The US needs to work with allies and partners to deter China’s aggression in this region,” he claimed.
Let's rewind a little bit. It is 1971 and Nixon jumps off the ship of the Gold Standard. Behind all "investment" and monetary psychobabble hiding the reason for that was, of course, Vietnam War, which towers as the main reason for Nixon Shock. The US of 1971 industry-wise would make modern US look like a third world country but even then, the US couldn't sustain it.
John Caine is correct, however, when pointing this out:
He added, however, that Beijing “still has deficiencies in commander proficiency, long-distance logistics, urban warfare, and… modern warfare experience writ large.”
What he forgets to say is that the US also lacks such an experience and in terms of combined arms of scale the US, largely self-proclaimed, "lead" is gone forever--continental warfare imposes a completely different set of conditions and requirements on the nation-state with which the US is simply unfamiliar. Not to be outdone, however, are these guys:
FIRST ON FOX: A group of influential conservatives and lawmakers is warning the Trump administration that the U.S. does not have the tactical nuclear weapons to fight China if war breaks out in the Indo-Pacific. A 13-minute video obtained by Fox News Digital and set for release Thursday by the Heritage Foundation argues the U.S. nuclear arsenal is outdated, with the newest weapons nearly 40 years old – about as modern as a grandpa's vintage Corvette. Military experts across Washington have begun gaming out the potential scenario if China invades Taiwan and the U.S. comes to the island democracy’s aid.
They are also not wrong when stating that the US nuclear arsenal is outdated. No, these are not physical nukes which are outdated, these are delivery systems which are nothing more than classic ballistic ICBMs which are facing their greatest challenge of preserving the credibility against the background of (primarily Russian) fast developing anti-ballistic and anti-hypersonic capabilities. But whenever the term "democracy" is used--I laugh. So, popcorn, popcorn ... bring it on))
Of what many still cannot wrap their brains around. No, not the "stalemate" (there is no stalemate) but that SMO is a war between the US and Russia.
... no chance. But you cannot explain this to some dumbass from BI who repeats a drivel from Washington.
Without the US, NATO allies in Europe largely lack a key capability needed to fight Russia. If President-elect Donald Trump cuts US military cooperation with Europe, its NATO allies there would lose a key capability needed to resist Russian aggression.
The United States didn't have this capability either for at least a decade and now it is simply in a much lower league in terms of combined arms operations, and the only "war" the US can conduct is terrorism and nuclear. Moreover, why would rich and getting richer Russia which sits on at least the third of all world's natural resources and which increasingly begins to make Europe look like a technological backwater and a shithole which it increasingly becomes attack it? To get what? A bunch of freeloaders? What a load of malarkey. Europe is a used condom thrown into garbage can, the only thing Russia needs to worry about is (not if) when Europeans will be driven into real poverty and economic destitution (they already progressed far) that they are not brainwashed into yet another march on Russia. It will be the final one for Europe, and majority of Russians would prefer the Europe to cease to exist as it exists today completely. It could be done without nukes, and the trophy teams will make sure that real European treasures of the past are secured. Russians will allow what will be left of London to enjoy gay Swan Lake though--that is appropriate for London's elite, and it is their cultural level anyway.
Larry gets it.
... they blame Ukraine’s impending defeat on the tardy delivery of weapons and Ukraine’s dependence on the West. That is not why Ukraine is losing and destined for defeat. Not only did Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO) shred three different iterations of Ukraine’s NATO-trained-and-supplied army, it also exposed the West’s hollowed-out defense industry, which proved unable to produce and supply war-time quantities of artillery shells, artillery, Patriot missiles, HIMARS and ATACMS. Once the first Ukrainian army was eviscerated, Ukraine entered a downward spiral of having to rush untrained reserves to that front. Without having adequate training for new recruits and newly-formed units before they were thrust into battle, Ukraine lost its ability to field a force capable of maneuver and one qualified to effectively use the NATO weapons that were flooding Ukrainian supply bases.
Moreover, Mr. Vershinin goes full Captain Obvious))
But that is the issue of the continental standing armies of scale and the culture they generate of which most in Pentagon have no clue and readily believe any kind of a-historic BS and propaganda to cover up own military and economic impotence spurred by the "hyena appetite" of ignorant, uncultured, uneducated and greedy class of West's rentiers, all of who are past their expiration date and their legions turned out to be fit only for policing backward fringes of the crumbling empire. And even that they cannot do properly. They never could. So, The Enemy at The Gates 2 is in order, make it a mandatory viewing in history classes in Ivy League and Oxford ... together with gay Swan Lake.
Sure looks more like a cannon fodder being primed for meat grinder.
... understand dimensions. Most of them are products of the US degree mills from Ivy League humanities and "government" programs which are primarily academic fraud. Ray says it well:
Now, per Western media being giddy about Toropets explosions.
... those "volunteers" from NATO, don't seem to like real war and they prefer to run. It is one thing to kill Iraqi or Afghan civilians, totally another is finding oneself under the combined artillery-VKS strikes in Kursk or Kupyansk, or elsewhere along 1,000+ kilometer front. You know, something like this...
Translation: Private military company fighters from the US and UK, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, fled after a week of fighting, said the commander of the special forces reconnaissance group "Akhmat" with the call sign Aid.
Oh, come on, didn't you know?
... why would Russia be interested in fighting the UK?
UK military ‘couldn’t fight Russia for longer than two months’ Failure to secure more funding for Armed Forces puts us at a disadvantage, warns Deputy Chief of Defence Staf.
As I am on record (yet again)--procurement is not some mindless accounting: $2 billion here, $5 billion there. This is not how it works, especially when neither Germany nor UK have any real money and the whole premise of their wet dreams about fighting Russians is built around BS of Russia attacking those two EU losers. It is all about defrauding taxpayers for the sake of feeble militaries and their narrowing industrial base in both countries. Real procurement, however starts with serious threat assessment and solid development of technological requirements for a force--combined West ain't got any.
This European kindergarten is becoming absolutely preposterous:
Macron Wants to Run Europe’s Foreign Policy. Not Everyone Agrees
This is the manifestation of the best of old British intellect as coined by Alastair Crooke. Everything that we all warned about is now visible to anyone who cares to see.
Warfare is a geopolitical tool of the first order. In fact, geopolitics as a field of interaction of nations cannot exist without it. Warfare, in the end, formed and continues to be anchored in the human condition, and as a result, in our political, social, economic and cultural institutions. No understanding of warfare is possible without understanding its most important tools, weapons and people, tactics and operational art. It is precisely the field in which American political class has zero competencies—they simply do not teach nor grant degrees in what amounts to military science in the United States.
It took Russia, again, to start dismantling what today has become the house of demons and horror in the West and by the West, and she is doing it again in a Russian way--by defeating it on the battlefield.
... pretend that they are tough.
With McCaul being... and you've guessed it--a lawyer, whose qualifications as the attorney and prosecutor in Texas surely allow him to plan US operations near China, wink, wink. But this thing is very interesting in WTF sort of way.
Take it any way you want. But we know where it all leads to.
... to understand what SMO woke up in Russian people. Look at these two twin sisters from Makeevka, 25 years old. Children, but here they are running their truck with radio comm equipment.
... it was a Freudian slip.
Baerbock's "clarification" changes absolutely nothing in terms of reality. Combined West IS at war with Russia, and if not for Russia's ability to wipe combined West off the map, there would have been much larger involvement of the West in this war.
Now Pentagon officials reiterate:
Well, for Ph.D in political "science" Wallander checks all boxes required for ignoramuses trained only in giving grandiose statements, and, as I am on record non-stop, it is impossible to explain to American political "scientist" that those proverbial 800 US bases around the world are not just bases--they are fat indefensible targets. But then again, Crimea was part of Russia before the United States existed. But then again, generally uncultured and badly educated Washington swamp creatures never heard of Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. You cannot blame them, in the educational system which teaches US political "elite" that Jesus Christ was from Pennsylvania and that the US defeated Nazis, it is not surprising to see the combination of arrogance and ignorance. Those are not accidents--those are requirements for modern US "elites". I do not exaggerate, I have some anecdotal evidence of sheer ignorance of people of import. And I am talking about shocking levels of ignorance. But I repeat myself.
By Paul Joseph Watson.
... "fight" Russia in 404, neither US nor NATO as a whole have sufficient or good enough forces to do so.
These comments which poor Jen has to make constantly are not accidental. They are in response to a number of hacks who deal in propaganda and lies in DC and call themselves journalists who provide a "pressure", together with a serious lobbting by both Ukrainian diaspora and influence assets, who still think that the war may turn into yet another Iraq turkey shoot with US Tomahawks and F-15s blowing Russian troops up, as long as the US Army puts some boots on the ground in 404. We need to forgive them since they are uneducated hacks who are dealing primarily in PR BS and wouldn't know shit from shinola.
Larry Johnson penned today a good piece on Russia and referred in it to the late Dr. Stephen Cohen. While concluding his article Larry applied a deft touch which I liked immensely.
This is how one is supposed to talk today to American exceptionalists (see Russian phrase, LOL), the same as making a bullet-point cases against homicidal US foreign policy and demanding specific answers from the American side free of BS and demagoguery. I know, I ask for too much. Pepe twitted today this joke:
LOL. I remember GDR warmly and our German friends from both the academy and 4th Volksmarine Flotilla. East Germans were THE ONLY foreign group in our academy which was allowed (granted, only short excursion with some Q&A) to highly classified auditoriums which contained hardware from, at that time, modern Soviet SSBNs and SSGNs.
