Losing Marbles ...

 ... at an accelerated rate. 

His statements about "AI" are a serious indicator of a complete loss of touch with the reality (not that he had it before) and of obvious mental deterioration. This is the man who makes his decisions based on fantasies. Kremlin meanwhile is quivering from fear, watching the US losing the war with Iran and with DJT's handlers from Israel having their asses handed to them by Iran on a platter. The only tool at his disposal is nuclear arsenal, I hope this will not come to this:

But then again, when your military mythology is blown out of the water, this is the last resort.

Modi Is Under Fire ...

 ... one of the MPs in India's Parliament accuses Modi of kneeling before Israel while Khamenei became a martyr. 

The timing (and essence) of Modi's visit to Israel couldn't have been worse. And that is to put it mildly. 

Now to some "dawning" of the reality on those who thought they knew. Yeah, "paper" everything is a derivative enabler for speculation and manipulation. 

The oil futures paper market is likely underestimating the massive supply disruption that a closed Strait of Hormuz is creating in physical crude and fuel supply globally. Crude futures prices briefly spiked early this week to $119 per barrel, before retreating to the $90s and trading at $100 a barrel early on Friday in Asian trade. However, the premium of physical Dubai crude has surged to $38 per barrel over its paper equivalent, according to data compiled by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell. The wide gap between paper and physical prices suggests that supply is being immediately choked off. But traders on the paper market appear to believe that the record-high emergency stocks release and the U.S. Administration’s scrambling to calm the markets with comments that the war will end soon would ease the upward pressure on oil prices.

I want to reiterate--average "trader" on any paper market is nothing but a product (at best) of some MBA program from Ivy League degree mill and knows nothing about real world and how it operates. It is a crowd ready to buy any political BS as long as it serves short term speculation and profit. I will reiterate--the US doesn't have strategic intelligence and strategic forecasting as a craft in principle. What passes for both is an academic and ideological fraud. 

Idiocracy In Action.

It is constantly in a front of our faces, when I speak and write about it--this thing is upfront, so much so that we simply do not pay attention to it, but here is why US military is reduced to what it is today and it was inevitable. Just listen to this:

These cretins put Dollar sign on everything, not understanding that firepower, operational-tactical impact, technological effect CAN NOT be measured in Dollars. Especially in the military which is grotesquely overrated and overpriced. So, how do you "measure" Dollar-wise this? 

In accordance to Chinese satellite images, USS Gerald Ford is now in the Red Sea near Jeddah. 

Here is how it looks on the map range-wise. 

Roughly between 1,100 and 1,600 kilometers away positions from which Iran can launch something which obviously has a rather extended range and can reach the most valuable US Navy's asset--CVN. Remember this from 16 years ago? 

Fortress at Sea? The Carrier Invulnerability Myth. America's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, especially in today's irregular, asymmetric warfare climate, could be little more than slow-moving targets.

"Could be" is a wrong term, they ARE. The warning has come true. With it came a complete bankruptcy of US military across financial, doctrinal, operational and technological terms. 

In related news, "mighty" French Air Force almost ran out of air-to-air missiles))

France Defense Minister Le Corny (ahem;)) gathers the emergency meeting, while the US ... dazzles with its production. 

The United States builds about 90 Tomahawk missiles per year—far too few to maintain its current rate of fire against Iran.

That's about 3-4 days worth of Russia's expenditure of Kh-101, 3M14(M) Kalibrs and 3M22 Zircons with P-800 Onyx. This is for those people who still cannot wrap their brains around the scale of SMO. 

MREGA And American ...

 ... tragedy. 

When You Are An Idiot ...

 ... who knows how to write a code, at best)

Yes, the whole world saw your "targeting" and US military impotence. The phrase "military meritocracy" made me spill my coffee. Pentagon has no clue what real war is. Operationally it is almost embarrassing, strategically--amateurs. 

I Am Not Implying One Way ...

 ... or another, but it looks like BiBi is not present. Whatever they say in Hebrew. 

Comic Relief.

 We all need it)) About strategery.