Well, Ain't It Ironic?

 NATO planes shooting down 404 drones in Latvia's air space. 

And they better, because these are Baltic statelets and Finland who provided their air space to 404 while pretending that they know nothing. And then Russia issued warning and something changed. Of course, they will not admit it but Europe understands only big stick, Russia ran out carrots long time ago. Here is how these Baltic creeps feel themselves now. 

Next, is yet another chihuahua from Europe--Denmark--which wants to aid 404 and whose people live on a fanatical hatred of Russia (beats me, trying to rationalize this Danish obsession), but then again--this what Europe is in its death throes, which change nothing in the outcome of the greatest geopolitical shift in the last half-millennium. 

Meanwhile, Admiral Nakhimov is completing her final sea trials and soon will rejoin the fleet. 

As was stated not for once, the fate of Peter the Great is yet to be decided, but it looks like she will be decommissioned. Considering the tempo of the development of hypersonic weaponry in Russia and the start of building of "Super" Gorshkovs (pr. 22350M) with 64 (strike missiles) + 32 (Air Defense missiles) 3S14 UKSK cells and capable of 400 km range air defense. Building two (or even three) such ships for the same price of modernizing Peter makes more sense. Pr. 22350 will have a displacement of around (give and take) 9,000 tons and will have no rivals in terms of strike power and air defense with the exception of said Admiral Nakhimov. To understand why analogy to DDGs of Arleigh Burk-class is erroneous, enough to say that in terms of the range of its land-attack weapon (3M14M, Kalibr-M) it can strike at 4,500 km, while in terms of hypersonic arsenal--that's not even funny to compare. Superficial similarity in terms of the number of vertical cells is where it all ends. 

Not That It Really Matters ...

... if he is happy or not, he completed selling the US out to Israel and now he is merely an errand boy for Bibi. 

On Sunday, Israel launched airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. Iran retaliated with its own strike on Israel, which led to Monday morning's attack by Israel on Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump earlier told a Fox News Channel reporter that he wanted the Iranians to stop firing missiles and return to the negotiating table. He also said that Israel's strikes in Lebanon earlier Sunday were not coordinated with the U.S. and "I'm not happy about it." A senior U.S. official said Trump had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him not to retaliate immediately for the Iranian missile attack. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private phone call, said that Trump believed he had convinced Netanyahu to wait.

Trump has other than "urging" instruments at his disposal--he can express "grave concern", he can also say that he is angry, he even can lodge a protest--none of it matters, because the United States is Israel's slap bitch and Trump will do as told by Israel. This is his greatest real estate deal in history--he sold the whole country to Israel and its interests.   

On A Lighter Note ...

Ozzy Man delivers. Life still goes on, even among koalas))

They Desperately Need Respite.

Because they are incompetent, in London, Berlin and elsewhere in Europe, they think that this respite is going to help them. Even if it would have been coming, it wouldn't help. One cannot ramp up production, granted of obsolete crap they call weapons in NATO, or build an army with money alone. Judging by the state of UK and its degenerate political class of terrorists--it is over for them. 

They continue to attack Russian civilians. 

That Is Why ...

 ... there is no reason to talk to anyone in Europe. Today, Gazeta Wyborcza (a major Polish outlet) explains to Poles, following the Turan theory by butthurt XIX century Pole Franciszek Duchiński, that Russia is not Europe and not Byzantium's heir, not Third Rome but ... Asiatic Orda. 

Russians are OK with that. In fact, Russians resigned themselves to the fact that we all are subhumans and Europe is back to its halcyon days of concentration camps and dehumanizing us. After all, this is what Europe is. Because of that--it is fine to kill Russians (atrocities by Poles against Russian civilians in SMO are well documented), their children, women, old people. 

Il-114 Is Certified ...

 ... and it goes to serial production--NOW. 

So is TU-214 ... and SU-75 Checkmate's first flight is this year.  

MC-21, well, you know the story--it is now serial and first 17 ships are getting ready for delivery. A shortened version of it is also being produced. 

No, Really!

They call themselves a military power. 

BRITAIN’S £3.5billion aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has broken down again as army chiefs warn threats to the UK are greater than ever. The aircraft carrier has been plagued with problems since it was first brought into service.

Well, at least smoky Admiral Kuznetsov, which was laughed at by NATO, did go to Syria and conducted operations, this floating coffin, however, seems to be in a constant repair cycle because she got shafted, literally. This dubious platform has issues with its main shaft, constantly. Its combat value, however, is only as an attractor to a few hypersonic missiles before being destroyed. 

But then again, the way NATO calculates power is a very strange approach--primarily on visuals and with the ideas from 1960s, which define its thinking.  

These platforms, such as another immensely expensive lemon, the USS Gerald Ford, are nothing more than vanity projects, akin to a huge tough talking guy who buys expensive truck because of a small dick. To compensate. This is exactly what it is. To remind you what these ships face in case of REAL war, here they are--3M22 Zircons arriving at targets. 

If you think that anything in NATO's arsenal can intercept this--I have a bridge to sell you. Far from its halcyon days of being a magnificent combat navy, Royal Navy today is nothing more than a collection of obsolete ships not fit to fight a REAL war. A joke, really.