Spain Has Nine Of Them ...

 ... but she cannot use them--they are Russian. 

Spain has lost between 25 and 30% of its forest firefighting capacity by skimping on resources to rent helicopters with a greater possibility of launching water that are equivalent to the best in their class, the Kamov, Russian-made and out of the game because they are subject to European sanctions for the war in Ukraine. Only last week a first ship of this type arrived in Spain, a helicopter manufactured in the US Black Hawk, which like the Chinook models can drop 4,300 liters and which are notably more expensive than the ships contracted for three campaigns, except one, between 1,000 and 2,000 liters, which are currently working on extinguishing the serious fires of recent weeks.

I am on record, Europe should forget about Russia and anything related to her. I reiterate my position--albeit it doesn't apply to Spain--a repatriation of all Red Army servicemen cemeteries and monuments from Europe back home. 

They Surely Don't Know ...

 ... what basic security and safety are. 

Russia canceled its landmark Navy Day parade for the second year in a row, instead holding a muted event where only large posters of warships on display. Two rows of roughly 30 sailors greeted the country's leader, Vladimir Putin, as he arrived on Sunday at the Russian Navy's headquarters in St. Petersburg, where the Kremlin said he met with commanders and presented several awards to navy personnel.

But for primitives in BI who like to react only at tinsel glittering, the outward appearances, substance is of no importance--after all, with people being able to comment simultaneously on lingerie of some Hollywood starlet and military issues nothing is beyond (intellectual) reach. However, Russian Navy gets its due on Navy Day: 

MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Sevmash Shipyard has floated out the latest Project Yasen-M multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Ulyanovsk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Today, on July 28, the Sevmash Enterprise of the United Shipbuilding Corporation held a ceremony of rolling out the Project Yasen-M multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine cruiser Ulyanovsk from its slipway. The ceremony was held under the direction of Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Alexander Moiseyev," the ministry said in a statement. The latest Project Yasen-M multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Ulyanovsk will operate in Russia’s Northern Fleet, the Navy chief said.

Project 885(M) Yasen-class subs is a mature class of submarines. 

Vladimir Putin ordered continuation of building this class of subs which is only natural, because there is nothing out there which can compare to the firepower of these subs. So, the series likely extent beyond 12 subs--both active and building--before the arrival of a new 5th generation subs in 2030s with a propulsion of a completely different nature and weapon systems which will separate Russia's capabilities even further from legacy and obsolete NATO systems. 

But butthurt and coping are hard nowadays. Harry Kazianis, an infoshyster who owns all kinds of military porn sites, and who wouldn't understand the first thing about war, concludes. 

Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate has finally moved beyond years of models, patents and promotional claims, but it still has not flown. United Aircraft Corporation said in June 2026 that work had reached the construction of an experimental prototype. As of July 28, UAC had announced no rollout date, maiden flight, publicly confirmed production contract or delivery schedule. That is far behind the plan presented at the MAKS air show on July 20, 2021. Russia displayed a full-size, nonflying demonstrator and said the single-engine fighter would take off in 2023, enter serial production in 2026 and support a business plan for 300 aircraft over 15 years.

Kazianis should learn a simple thing--Russia doesn't build F-35s in a mangled embarrassing process which produced a plane which cannot accomplish any of its 6 critical tasks. Russia builds weapon systems which are designed to kill efficiently and because of that a few years of delay in order to produce state-of-the-art lethal system are not a factor--final result is. This is not to mention the fact that during this delay Russia defeated combined West and paraded its weapons and planners as an obsolete system designed to fight third rate opponents. But coping requires grasping at any insignificant and out of context fact trying to divert attention to the US being paraded as a paper tiger. But then again, real strategic (and operational) thinking and analysis as a part of the larger grand-strategic framework are non-existent in the US killed by militant humanities brainwashed credentialed amateurs from degree mills, who are incapable (and are too cowardly) to look in the face of an unfolding catastrophe they helped to bring about. 

Now We Know ...

 ... if not for him, new generation wouldn't know real love and care. God, what a great man! Omnipotent and omnipresent. Can we issue a statue (with Trump's face, of course) the parent of the century and give it to him?

Sadly, Only In Russian.

My very good friends Colonel Trukhan, Lt. Colonels Shalandin and Popov about escalation. And explanation of what I explain ad nauseam to those "experts" who view war only as explosions and destruction. Russia could and can wipe out the whole of 404 in one go and with it the rest of EU in military-industrial terms, but decisions made on how to prosecute SMO are shaped by enormous number of strategic considerations many of which are not military in nature. 

Per China, I repeat again--Russia knows China's real capabilities and how China views Russia. Enough to say that Chinese military people are training in Russia, not the other way around and don't let me get started on naval affairs. But I can tell, for people who are in the line of work like me (that is trying to deliver actual professional military and geopolitical analysis) the only hope is to enter public discourse through a very limited number of people who actually want to know and are ready to listen and learn and, most importantly, internalize. It is a fairly narrow segment. 

In related news, Russian Army units are already fighting inside Druzhkovka. 

ROFL ...

 LOL)) That's what music education gives you!

I Want To Rephrase ...

 ... Russia's PM Mikhail Mishustin's quip that he saw many excellent economists who have been engineers before, but he never saw even a mediocre engineer who was an economist before. So, the point--cadre officer with military academy and engineering degree can and many did (some of them I studied with) become commanders in special forces. But any NCO from super-duper special forces, if he doesn't have a serious military education cannot become an officer in charge of, say, such thing as Air Defense battalion and higher. It is impossible in real serious military which operates world-class cutting edge systems.

 Europe burns, badly. 

Yes, And I Want ...

 ... the prototype of newest nuclear reactor in my backyard--to save money on energy. Exclusive! Breaking News! Sensation! Yes, this is Reuters.

KYIV, July 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine wants a prototype for a European anti-ballistic system codenamed Freyja to be ready within the first half of next year, a senior official said, as Kyiv pushes its allies to help deliver a weapon capable of downing Russian missiles. Davyd Aloian, deputy secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, who oversees the Freyja project, said that an international steering committee tasked with estimating the research and development costs was due to convene for the first time soon.

Sure, sure. I have the news though--Russian "ballistic" missiles used in SMO are ballistic primarily in title. Both Iskander and Iskander M fly quasi-ballistically maneuvering like crazy. Some very few intercepts of early versions of Iskanders have been achieved at near terminal and even that is primarily from 404 "reports". That means it could all be BS. 

But the issue is simpler--Europe lacks required expertise and capacity for design and production of weapon systems which are adequate (forget about being highly effective) for the modern battlefield. Period. The statement like these, moreover, create a Homeric laughter in Russian military. 

Ukraine is chronically dependent on U.S.-made Patriot air defence systems, which is the only weapon in its arsenal capable of reliably downing Russia's ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the speed of sound. 

Yes, and I am Marlon Brando. Europe tied itself to criminal Nazi regime in Kiev and she is going to die with it.