Platoon. The Movie.

 Courtesy of Russia's Ministry of Defense. 

I doubt anyone survives this intact. RUK/ROK in action.
 

Of Course, They Don't...

 ... 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:

Neocons do not know war, including American generals who serve them. Plus, Karaganov is NOT a specialist in anything--he is merely a good ol' Moscow elite boy with "credentials" in... nothing and has about zero (in fact, negative) grasp of warfare. 

Now, per Western media being giddy about Toropets explosions. 

Couple of the buildings of the ABOVE ground storage detonated after one of the 404 UAVs fell (it was shot down) on one of the buildings. Most of the weapons and explosives are stored deep under ground and they haven't been affected.

Larry On Pagers...

 ... for Hezbollah.  

At this point, we do not know if the explosion was caused by an overheated lithium battery or if the devices had all been modified with an explosive charge planted inside each one. Steve explores both possibilities in his article. I believe the explosion was the result of the pagers being modified with a small explosive charge. This much we know, Israeli intelligence penetrated the manufacturer of the devices and was able to either insert code into each that would trigger overheating or convinced the manufacturer — allegedly based in Taiwan — to produce lethal pagers. None of these pagers appeared to be on fire from an overheated battery. All I saw were explosions. This attack, while incredibly creative, also reflects desperation on the part of the Israelis. It is one thing to produce one phone or pager that explodes. That could be attributed to poor production quality or a targeted assassination with a rigged device. It would not immediately raise questions about the provenance, i.e., the manufacturer. At a minimum, the Lebanese killed and wounded by these devices will have grounds for a class action lawsuit against the producer.

I will not be surprised if Israelis have been able to penetrate Taiwanese manufacturer. Taiwan took a staunchly pro-Israeli stance, plus both have long-lasting military technological cooperation. In other words, Israelis may not have had a tough time "changing" pagers into small explosive devices. I agree with Larry, though, this will only stiffen Hezbollah's resolve and that means escalation.

Apti Alautdinov...

 ... explains some realities of this whole Kursk NATO FUBAR. 

Last figure I saw was 14, 200--a full blown US division with three BCT (Brigade Combat Teams) gone. I stress, Russians are extremely conservative in their VSU losses count. Now we have a cauldron forming, and Sumy and surroundings are without electricity and newly arriving reserves of VSU are being pulverized even before they reach the border. 

And then, there is a rather interesting article about fates of the United States by Russian thinker (he has a graduate degree in Physics, if anybody wonders) Timofei Sergeitsev with a shocking title: Russia Will Have To Take Away US Nuclear Weapons. One may debate merits of this piece, but Sergeitsev, paradoxically, makes an interesting case of WHY the US Armed Forces will not save the US, unlike it happened with Russia in 2000. Remarkably, very similar idea was floated by Colonel Larry Wilkerson (you can find this video of his on You Tube). 

Военные — те, кто воюет и умирает на поле боя, а не просто числится военнослужащим в мирное время — единственная каста, которая может править. Такова древняя традиция, но такова и современная ситуация, поскольку власть требует неограниченной ответственности, когда в залог отдается жизнь, а не уставный капитал. США — общество, где власть узурпировали торговцы. А они в принципе избегают ответственности, даже ограниченной, стремятся к перенесению максимума рисков, убытков и издержек на других. В СССР власть в ХХ веке присвоили священнослужители безбожной религии — веры в коммунизм. Этот перекос политической системы привел ее к разрушению. Перекос политической системы США также ведет их внутренний кризис к точке невозврата. Военное сообщество США развращено притоком внешних ресурсов, логикой грабежа. Строить государство — систему воспроизводства власти с опорой на внутренний, собственный ресурс — оно не готово. Два века торговое сообщество США покупало услуги собственных военных, фактически сделав из них наемников. Но на это внутреннее наемничество остается все меньше средств. А также наемники не имеют и не могут иметь политической квалификации.

Translation: The military — those who fight and die on the battlefield, and are not simply listed as military personnel in peacetime — are the only caste that can rule. This is an ancient tradition, but this is also the modern situation, since power requires unlimited responsibility, when life is pledged as collateral, not authorized capital. The United States is a society where traders have usurped power. And they, in principle, avoid responsibility, even limited, and strive to transfer the maximum risks, losses, and costs to others. In the USSR, power in the twentieth century was appropriated by the clergy of a godless religion — the faith in communism. This imbalance of the political system led to its destruction. The imbalance of the US political system is also leading its internal crisis to the point of no return. The US military community is corrupted by the influx of external resources, the logic of robbery. It is not ready to build a state — a system for reproducing power based on internal, its own resource. For two centuries, the US trading community bought the services of its own military, essentially turning them into mercenaries. But there are fewer and fewer resources left for this internal mercenary activity. And mercenaries do not have and cannot have political qualifications.

The fact that this piece was published by Ria is telling. I meanwhile simply beg--get me into this "what could have been" for a day. Let me marvel and rest.

I need a full-length movie about this world;)) Amazing.

Admiral Moiseev Speaks...

 ... about decision which has been made already at the highest political level, while this comical "comparison" of KM-SAM, which is a shorter range hybrid of S-350 and S-400 to Patriot reveals a gigantic depth of a complex of inferiority which was brought to the surface by the events of first Syria and now--SMO. Russia, looks like, foresees a complete breakdown of law and political system in the US. Realistically--we are within this process. Well, ukrainiazation of the United States is nearly complete. So, why spend five 3M22 Zircons when one can spend only one armed with a good yield warhead. What is remarkable, NATO has no answer to it...

Okean-24 Concludes...

 ... this coincides with Admiral Moiseev's revealing piece in Voennaya Mysl (Military Thought) of which I will be talking about in my new video which is coming up shortly. 

Very little doubt that Russia and China are getting ready for any contingency, especially against the background of a complete political breakdown in the US which is on the brink of a national calamity.

About Payload...

 ... yes, it is military and it is... several military satellites, as Ria reports (in Russian). 

Highly likely, these are recon-targeting sats and it is a routine expansion of Russian ISR constellation. We will know more later depending on the orbits, but judging by the reports, these are LEO stas.They are already on station and on-line. Could they be also satellites-inspectors (a euphemism for killers)? Who knows.

OK, I Am Sure...

 ... this will have a positive effect on acoustic signature (and other physical fields) and maneuvering qualities of this newest SSN. 

The ceremony culminated a years-long process for commissioning the New Jersey, the third U.S. Navy ship named after the state of New Jersey, the most recent being the decorated battleship BB-62 which saw action during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. New Jersey’s commanding officer Cmdr. Steve Halle called the event “a truly historic moment” during his speech, praising all the distinguished guests, shipbuilders, and supporting organizations before addressing his crew.

“To the crew, the plank owners, this ceremony… is about you. You operate the most complex platform on the planet and you continuously strive for excellence. I’m amazed and humbled at what we have accomplished. Our superior professionalism is enhanced by our crew integration and our diversity. We have exceeded expectations at every turn and overcome every obstacle set before us.”

Halle also spoke to the people of New Jersey stating “I know that the legacy we have inherited from the state of New Jersey and BB-62 will carry forward in our pursuit of greatness.”

Wow. Yes, she is a very diverse sub, if you know what I mean. But then again, what do I know--integration and diversity are strength, they say. 

The New Jersey is the 23rd Virginia-class submarine, but it is the first of its kind — designed from the keel up with specific modifications for gender integration. “The submarine community is a fully gender-integrated warfighting force,” said Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, commander of Submarine Forces Atlantic. Modifications included obvious ones — more doors and washrooms to create separate sleeping and bathing areas — and some that are more subtle — lowering some overhead valves and making them easier to turn and installing steps in front of the triple-high bunk beds and stacked laundry machines. The design changes were made to accommodate the growing female force of submariners. In the past five years, the Navy has seen the number of officers and enlisted sailors in the submarine force who are women double and triple, respectively, Gaucher said.

OK!

Tactical Mistake...

As you can see yourself, to catch a Ukie draft-dodger (good for him, he will stay alive for a while longer), you must know how to run interference. But these guys from TTzK (Center for Registration and Formation of VSU)--they are amateurs. And, as a result--the prey escapes. 

They Are Obviously...

... mentally challenged people, operating on primitive instincts and constant, bordering on hysteria, emotional high. Here is the wife of Mr. Tim Walz. Remarkably, her maiden name is... Whipple. Here is her whipping the crowd into frenzy. 

I think it is her.

Garland Sent Me This Link...

 ... to would be Trump assassin Ryan Routh. Evidently the dude wrote a book. Through his writing you can immediately see a mentally unstable--thus easily manipulated by TPTB--person obsessed with 404.

As the Taliban is committing genocide and killing the majority of the Afghan population; we have 5900 Afghan soldiers ready to deploy to Ukraine and we have 10,000 of the Syrian free army(less 67 killed in the earthquake last week) that Ukraine and the US refuses to allow and coordinate them to go and fight in Ukraine. After spending five months in Ukraine I began to realize that it was impossible for Ukraine to win this war and that the world should not have grand thoughts that it is possible. I presume that I must be clear, that while on the current path Ukraine will not win, it is imperative for the world that they do win, and that is why this book is so important, for us all to recognize that losing is not an option and what we must do to win. I obviously did not write this to make any money, as that is totally unimportant; the extremely important issue is that we openly discuss daily the major issues that face Ukraine and what we each must try to do to fix them. This is a conflict of global importance and the outcome will affect us each and every one for the rest of the world.

He is a perfectly delusional man, who, when his recent "history" is considered, comes across as some "asset" of whatever the "agency" developed him. Now, the question--how did he know that DJT changed his plans and went to play golf? Good question, right? Meanwhile, the US is fast turning into the third world totalitarian nightmare.

Okean-2024 Snippet.

As you can see in this video--this is not your "polite" courtesy joint maneuvering. This is serious between Russian Pacific Fleet and PLAN--you can see PLAN's destroyer in the order (formation).

This particular element involves training of the short range AD of the formation of ships (uses Kinzhal--a navalized version of Tor) and then the launch of the Kh-35 anti-shipping missile--you can see why those are called sea-skimmers. In the formation you can see two Russian hypersonic (3M22 Zircon) weapons carriers--Marshal Shaposhnikov and pr. 20385 Corvette Gremyaschyi, which also carries a much more advanced and longer range Redut AD complex, a navalized version of now legendary S-350 Vityaz. In other words--what you see is just a small fragment of joint Russian-Chinese naval force developing interoperability for real naval combat. I wish I could see all elements. In video you can see PLAN's Type 052D destroyer--a rather impressive strike package with YJ-18 (a copy of Russian 3M54 Kalibr) and Type 054 Frigate. 

As Aid Reports...

 ... 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... 

Here is Aid's statement from Apti Alautdinov's TG:

Бойцы частных военных компаний из США и Великобритании, которые воевали на стороне ВСУ в Курской области, сбежали спустя неделю боевых действий, заявил командир разведгруппы спецназа "Ахмат" с позывным Аид. 

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? 

Rest in Peace, Miguel--your characters, and especially FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield from Twin Peaks will never be forgotten. Left us too early, at only 61.

Voice Of (Not Really) America...

 ... and an attempt on Larry Johnson by some scumbag financed by... Khodorkovsky. 

Within the last 48 hours, individuals with close ties to Ukraine have carried out two assassination attempts. The first was a failed “character” assassination, with yours truly as the target. The second, once again, targeted former President Donald Trump with an AK-47 rifle (known in Democrat circles as an assault rifle). Both attempts were botched. Let’s start with me. I think it qualifies as “character assassination.” The Voice of America published a hit piece on me late on Friday the 13th, written by Leonid Martynyuk. It’s title? Russian state media amplify ex-CIA analyst’s false claims to promote pro-Kremlin narratives. And I thought I was a nobody. An insignificant pimple on a gnat’s ass. Nope. According to Martynyuk, I am the man driving Russia’s narrative and keeping Vladimir Putin’s spirits up. Martynyuk provides a fascinating overview of my ubiquitous presence in the Russian media:

You can find all necessary links at Larry's blog. But this is a fellow who was caught today trying to fire at Donald Trump. Here is an ass-hole. 

Larry is 100% correct--send this mofo to his 'beloved" 404, preferably in Kursk or Kupyansk areas and see how he will face a real justice dispensed either by Russian Army's storm groups or by Mr. Iskander or Tornado. Read the whole thing at Larry's blog.

The Black Cat...

 ... decided not to risk it with Putin's cortege, LOL))) Even black cats know it is a bad idea to cross the path of Putin...

 

When Reality Knocks...

... on the door... before it kicks it off the hinges.  

I elaborate some more on this Carthage issue, because aesthetics, while very important, is no substitute for (military) substance. Some very interesting visuals from Kursk oblast. If to follow the trend of daily average VSU losses in 2024 as 1,450, we get around 375,000 this year alone, so far. Now, we know that these are very conservative numbers by Russian MoD and in reality they are much higher. Much...

Unlike Americans...

 ... including third generation of American Jews, who are removed from Holocaust by three generations, these are Poles who, unlike any "professor" in history from Ivy League who never experienced (as is true for the US Armed Forces) any death and privation in their lives due to real war, Poles know what they are talking about...  

As I repeat ad nauseam, which was recently repeated by Oliver Stone--Americans don't know what war is. Nobody in Pentagon or CIA has experience of their family losses. None.

People Begin To Insert...

 ... their favorite music. So, it is Saturday... Watched it again yesterday--how could Cameron create this masterpiece? Not a single second of the movie is contrived or cheap. And acting... So, as Vasquez said...

It Also Reinforces...

 ... my extremely low opinion of the US, forget about UK chihuahuas, operation planning capabilities. Russians, however, view this NATO catastrophe in Kursk not so much as Cavoli's Plan as much as London's plan with some US "input". Whatever the case is, it doesn't matter now. 

It is my contention--NATO simply has no grasp of modern large scale combined arms operations. The numbers of VSU's losses in Kursk are appalling. It is a slaughter.

Too Late For Germany...

 ... when you are born a liver sausage, you stay a liver sausage all your life. 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz doubled down Friday on Berlin's refusal to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, even as other Western powers discussed allowing Kyiv more freedom to use such weapons. "Germany has made a clear decision about what we will do and what we will not do. This decision will not change," Scholz said when asked about the issue at a press conference. The leaders of the United States and Britain were due to meet Friday in Washington on whether to let Kyiv fire Western-provided long-range missiles into Russia -- an option that has sent tensions soaring with Moscow.

There will be no friendly relations between Germany and Russia again. Plus, the sausage states those things not because of some moment of clarity but because of sheer terror. As Dmitry Medvedev today revealed some shocking technological truths in his statement: 

Что тут скажешь: ядерный конфликт действительно никому не нужен. Это очень плохая история с тяжелейшим исходом. Именно поэтому до сих пор решение о применении ядерного оружия (нестратегического или тем более стратегического) не было принято. Хотя, прямо скажем, для этого есть формальные предпосылки, понятные всему мировому сообществу и соответствующие нашей доктрине ядерного сдерживания. Тот же Курск, например. Но Россия проявляет терпение. Ведь очевидно, что ядерный ответ – чрезвычайно сложное решение с необратимыми последствиями. Однако напыщенные англосаксонские недоноски не хотят признать одного: любому терпению приходит конец. А правы в итоге окажутся те умеренные западные аналитики, которые предупреждали: «Да, русские, скорее всего, не ответят таким образом… хотя вероятность всё же есть. К тому же ведь ответ может быть и с использованием новых средств доставки в неядерном оснащении».

Translation: What can you say: a nuclear conflict is really not needed by anyone. It is a very bad story with a very difficult outcome. That is why the decision to use nuclear weapons (non-strategic or even more so strategic) has not been made yet. Although, frankly speaking, there are formal prerequisites for this, understandable to the entire world community and consistent with our doctrine of nuclear deterrence. The same Kursk, for example. But Russia is showing patience. After all, it is obvious that a nuclear response is an extremely difficult decision with irreversible consequences. However, the pompous Anglo-Saxon runts do not want to admit one thing: any patience comes to an end. And in the end, those moderate Western analysts who warned will be right: “Yes, the Russians will most likely not respond in this way ... although there is still a possibility. In addition, the response may also be using new delivery vehicles with non-nuclear equipment.”

OK, just adds to the already extremely strong case of NATO losing arms race everywhere and confirms long time circulating rumors about new generation of explosives and delivery systems which will additionally turn warfare into some sort of sci-fi, however gruesome, affair. Thus, Larry's headline is correct:

Following Putin’s Warning that Any Attacks in Russia with Western Supplied Missiles will be Treated as an Act of War, NATO Flips. 

That is why today's Ira Alksnis' excellent piece echoes what I am repeating ad nauseam for many years:

На самом же деле медиа всегда вторичны по отношению к реальному миру. Пропаганда способна влиять на действительность только до той степени, до которой она соответствует ей. На пике однополярного мира Штаты были почти всемогущими, соответственно и их информационное и идеологическое влияние было колоссальным. Но тот однополярный мир уже фактически прекратил свое существование, а вместе с ним сжимаются и возможности западных медиа.

Translation: In reality, the media are always secondary to the real world. Propaganda can influence reality only to the extent that it corresponds to it. At the peak of the unipolar world, the United States was almost omnipotent, and accordingly, its informational and ideological influence was colossal. But that unipolar world has already effectively ceased to exist, and with it, the capabilities of Western media are shrinking.

 

Real life is hard, as are real complex skills required for operating modern society successfully--modern West doesn't have those anymore. BS, propaganda, on the other hand, it has a lot. And it is paying the price for it.

Prince Alexandr Nevsky...

 ... and a REAL Red Line from Russia. 

 

Anti-Submarine Warfare...

 ... military porn. Il-38, IL-38 N (Novella) and Tu-142s of the Pacific Fleet in action)...

Okean-2024 continues. I talk about this and Prince Alexandr Nevsky in my new video which is coming up soon. Just a quote from this venerated Russian hero: Those who come to us with sword, will die by sword. On that the Russian Land stood and will continue to stand. (c). 

A Little Insight...

... from World Health Organization on 404 and why we observe this insanity. 

9.6 million people in Ukraine are estimated to be at risk of or living with a mental health condition, and 3.9 million people are estimated to suffer from moderate to severe symptoms.  

This is a psychiatric catastrophe of unprecedented scale once one considers current 404 population anywhere between 20 to 30 million. But here is the issue--I am really sick and tired reading this beaten to death and untrue cliche that somehow "brotherly" people are killing each-other in SMO. Read my lips (again) 404's majority not only are NOT brotherly people for Russia, but this majority has a visceral hatred of Russia. The explosive mix which is in the foundation of this mental catastrophe in 404 is simple--incessant propaganda combined with insufferable envy towards Russia. This IS in the foundation of the Ukrainian psyche which was there from the inception. 

In this sense, Ukrainians are a perfect tool for manipulation because they were and are willing, and, in fact, lusting for being manipulated. This came from an extremely low level of education of population and a culture of a "khutor"--a village centric, radically provincial primitive, essentially peasant culture. Many in 404 DO believe in Russians stealing Ukrainian toilet bowls and microwaves. When these types happen to visit Russia, mostly as guest workers, they have to deal with severest cognitive dissonance when seeing Russian cities, supermarkets, highways, first world standard of living and majority begins to hate Russia and Russian people even more. Simple as that--persistent envy leads to hatred and hatred leads to madness... 

Larry's Summary.

 A good one: 

Some very consequential statements and movements today. The biggest — and most alarming — comes from Vladimir Putin. He minces no words — any attack inside Russia with Western precision missiles will be treated as an act of war and Russia will respond accordingly. ... This should be setting off alarm bells at the Pentagon and USEUCOM (US European Command) and NATO. But, I think that the military lightweights infesting these various commands have persuaded themselves that Moscow is just blowing hot air. This is the kind of miscalculation that can lead to reckless decisions on the part of NATO and Ukraine. While Putin is leaving no doubt about the position of Russia if such weapons are used, the reality on the ground in Ukraine is turning more dire for Ukraine with each passing day. Russia is announcing the capture of at least three settlements a day in the Donbass and is moving forward with determined lethality in the Kursk region. There is nothing that Ukraine can do, even with support from NATO, to alter the path to defeat.

I plan to talk about this warning in detail tomorrow. Then Larry delivers... classic Larry, LOL)))

Then there is the inability of the US to sustain a military erection in the Persian Gulf. After rushing two aircraft carrier task forces to the Middle East in anticipation of Iran launching a retaliatory strike on Israel, the United States has ordered the USS Roosevelt to leave West Asia (i.e., the Persian Gulf) and head east towards China. I am sure that US planners will be celebrating this deployment as proof that they frightened Iran into backing down from its promised retaliation. But, I suggest it is premature to pop champagne corks because Iran will strike at a time and place of its choosing.

This is a really good one. Sustainability, you know))) Read and watch at Larry's blog.

Meanwhile At Okean-24.

Working fleet air defense against... P-270 Moskit (NATO--Sunburn). High supersonic (M=2.9) with violent terminal anti-AD maneuver. 

Air Defense complex Redut of the project 20380 corvettes. You know this Redut thingy, its ground version is known to us as S-350 Vityaz and people in the know describe its performance at SMO as astonishing. As you can see yourself artillery also takes part together with chaff and other EW means. So, this is how fast supersonic Anti-shipping missiles are shot down.

Nima And Me...

 ... in 20 minutes. 

 

404 Mobilization...

 ... or as it is known as mogilization (mogila being a grave), because most "mobilized" know that meeting Russian Army is one way ticket to the... grave. 

But never mind, these two big "intel" honchos of CIA and MI6 surely know what war is, right? Right? Nah, they don't, both are whiteboard "theoreticians" in whatever--look at the background of this guy--and merely run what amounts to propaganda outlets. But this is the human material they want to take the war to ordinary Russians with. Judging by the "performance" of  Anglo-American "troops" in Kursk they are good primarily for torturing POWs, civilians and raping women. Staying power? Not so much. So, that is why they need "mogilization". The problem for them is that 404's human resource is nearing its end.

Krasnogorovka...

 Sooo, there are no Nazis in 404, right?

Sooo, generally Russians fight peaceful 404 cosplayers who merely wear Nazi insignia, like that of SS Divisions, right? Hm, something doesn't add up here? Nah, I am screwing with you--they all know that, especially in London. If not for the Red Army and Hitler lusting for Lebensraum they would have been speaking German in London today... willingly. 

So, YouTube...

 ... banned Larry's channel. Color me surprised... not. 

In a reasonably free country, one should be presented with charges before a punishment is enacted. Not so with Google. They are fascists, in the purest sense of the word. I stand accused of “hate speech.” The cowards at YouTube refuse to identify the “hateful content.” So, going forward, I will try to limit the use and links to YouTube. Remains to be seen if the people who interview me, such as Ania K and Stephen Gardner, will be punished for allowing me to speak. I will continue to post at Counter Currents. Fortunately, that channel is backed up on Bitchute. I will strive to use Bitchute exclusively and request that you subscribe to that channel. I had 10,000+ subscribers on YouTube. C’est la vie. I wonder if Google can be sued as part of a class action lawsuit by accusing me, and others, of hate speech for the crime of simply stating objective truth, e.g., there is a strong neo-Nazi contingent in Ukraine.

So, that you know, and you know now.

Yeah, So?

As if it is something new. 

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, gave his strongest hint yet that the White House is about to lift its restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons supplied by the west on key military targets inside Russia, with a decision understood to have already been made in private. Speaking in Kyiv alongside the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, Blinken said the US had “from day one” been willing to adapt its policy as the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine changed. “We will continue to do this,” he emphasised. Blinken said he and Lammy would report back to their “bosses” – Joe Biden and Keir Starmer – after their talks on Wednesday with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The foreign secretary suggested Iran’s dispatch of ballistic missiles to Moscow – revealed this week – had changed strategic thinking in London and Washington. It was a “significant and dangerous escalation”, he said.

I have to constantly stress that it changes absolutely nothing because attacks on, as an example, Belgorod have been occurring on a weekly bases and most of them have been on civilian targets. They are really desperate, including obvious serious lack of understanding of the ramifications and as Phil Giraldi says here starting at 7:00--historians will be astonished by "pure insanity and where did they get these people"...

Well, we know where they came from and who they are--they all came through Israeli-first orgs in the US, ranging from AIPAC to CUFI and through degree mills in Ivy League. A defining trait of these people is sociopathy--otherwise you will not get far in American politics. Especially in American politics. Exceptionalism and greed are serious mental illnesses and here is an incredibly interesting piece (in Russian) that the US is actually not a Rome despite all of its efforts to emulate it, but rather it is a Carthage. 

Основатели американского государства сделали многое, чтобы их страну считали новым Римом: отсюда вся символика в оформлении Вашингтона, Капитолийский холм, здание Конгресса с римскими колоннами, должности консулов и сенаторов. Америка пытается «вести за собой мир», как недавно заявил Байден. Но аналогия с Римом здесь вообще неуместна. 

Translation: The founders of the American state did a lot to make their country to be considered the new Rome: hence all the symbols in the design of Washington, Capitol Hill, the Congress building with Roman columns, the positions of consuls and senators. America is trying to "lead the world", as Biden recently said. But the analogy with Rome is completely inappropriate here.

Read the whole thing--it is a compelling case. And we all know what famous words are associated with Carthage, yes, Carthago Delenda Est. Make your own conclusions. 

Okean-24 Commences...

Mario Draghi never studied physics. 

 

A Hint...

 ... which is not really a hint but an order))

Russia could place restrictions on the supply of certain strategically important raw materials to the global market, President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday. He said exports of nuclear fuel, metals, and minerals could all be affected. The move would be a response to Western attempts to block Russia’s access to certain foreign-made goods, Putin said. ... At a government meeting on Wednesday, Putin said that despite Western restrictions, Russia continues to supply some types of goods to the world market “in large quantities” and in some cases buyers are happily stockpiling Russian products. At a government meeting on Wednesday, Putin said that despite Western restrictions, Russia continues to supply some types of goods to the world market “in large quantities” and in some cases buyers are happily stockpiling Russian products. “Russia is a leader in terms of reserves of a number of strategic types of raw materials... Yet we are limited in the supply of a number of goods – maybe we should also think about certain restrictions,” the president said. He suggested that the proposed restrictions could include the country’s exports of uranium, titanium, and nickel, as well as “certain other goods.”“There is no need to do anything to harm ourselves… I am not saying that we need to do this tomorrow. But, in general, if this will not harm us, we could think about certain restrictions on supplies to foreign markets,” Putin suggested, noting that the significance of the potential move would be difficult to underestimate given the “importance of Russian raw materials.”

Obviously, two can play the game. And once these two words--titanium and nickel--have been uttered, some people at Boeing and Airbus had a bit of an anxiety attack. As per uranium--oh boy, some interesting dynamics may develop on this market, if you know I mean. So, it looks like Russia decided to shake "foundation" of the West some more.

Ocean-24.

 I still remember Ocean-70 and 75. 

Russia has launched the biggest naval drills in its modern history, President Vladimir Putin has announced. The ‘Ocean-2024’ exercise kicked off on Tuesday and is expected to be held simultaneously in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans as well as the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas. The aim of the drills is to assess the combat readiness of the Russian Navy and the Air Force, as well as to check their interoperability, Putin said as he joined the opening of the exercise via video link. The maneuvers involve more than 400 battleships and submarines as well as auxiliary vessels, some 120 aircraft and over 90,000 personnel.

PLAN also takes part with 4 ships. 

According to the president, Washington and its allies openly speak about their plans to deploy short and medium-range missiles to the islands in the Western Pacific and to some nations located in the region. “The US seeks to get a sizable military advantage through its aggressive actions and thus break the existing security architecture and the balance of power,” the Russian leader warned, adding that such actions “provoke the arms race.” “Russia must be ready for any potential scenario,” the president said, adding that the armed forces should provide reliable security to both Russia’s sovereignty and its national interests.

Russia is ready. 

Speaks for itself.

Open Thread.

 Go at it.

Yes, Plus Russians Were Preparing...

 ... Godzilla to be unleashed on unsuspecting world. I addressed this BS about nukes in my latest video. But here we have a CIA Director who needs basic education in military operations and Russia's military doctrine. 

Bill Burns, the head of the CIA, said at the Financial Times' Weekend festival in London that he believed there was a "genuine risk" Russia would use tactical nuclear weapons in the first months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Telegraph reported on Sept. 7. "There was a moment in the fall of 2022 when I think there was a genuine risk of a potential use of tactical nuclear weapons," Burns said, referring to the time around Ukrainian counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts. Following the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south in late 2022, the U.S. "rigorously prepared" for Russia's use of strategic or tactical nuclear weapons, CNN reported in March, citing its undisclosed sources. After Russian propaganda spread reports that Ukraine allegedly intended to use a so-called "dirty bomb" against Russia, U.S. officials feared the Kremlin would use this pretext as a cover for a possible nuclear attack, according to CNN.

Burns, a career diplomat--a euphemism for a spook--has about zero qualifications for sound military operational analysis to "think" about anything related to real war, let alone about using "tactical" nukes. He is in a profession of lying and propaganda. The idea of Russia using nukes originated from those very same "undisclosed sources", which for two and a half years have been, due to a lack of real military operational ability and military-industrial capability, engaged in pure unadulterated propaganda because this is the only thing they can do. Once one considers the fact that the US Army and CIA's "bright star" David Petraeus continues to parade himself regularly as a military and intel amateur, what do you expect from a product of the Anglo-American degree mill (such as Oxford) in "International Relations". 

The whole clockwork of Russian military machine and the way it is integrated with the Russian state and society is beyond the grasp of overwhelming majority of the contemporary US "elite"--they simply do not understand it, as is confirmed by an immense body of the empirical evidence in the period from 2007 through today. The fact that Burns, while being the US Ambassador to Moscow, sent some note that Moscow will not tolerate turning 404 into a hostile territory is not a proof of any "diplomatic insights" but the summary of Russian media who openly discussed the issue for many years. Add here the absence of the strategic intel and strategic forecasting as such in the current US political discourse and you get the picture. 

Now to one of our friends posting yesterday a proverb from Bible: Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice. It was posted on the occasion of me pointing out the fact that the US Armed Forces and a bunch of US "military experts" simply do not know REAL military history, which many of the American officers and servicemen even in this blog confirm, and this in no way deducts from their otherwise professionalism or human qualities--US Armed Forces still have many competent and courageous people. But as an organism, Pentagon is not a pretty picture. So, pointing out that US experience in combined arms operations simply doesn't measure up to that of Russia is now "gloating"? Or is it "gloating" pointing out the collapse of a whole criminal enterprise with 404 on part of the US due to hubris and historical ignorance? Should the Red Army and Soviet people have followed the biblical proverb when they have liberated concentration camps, or when they fought off the Nazi war machine and then crushed it--the credit for which IS being stolen by Western propaganda. Or should Russian people not "gloat" seeing the criminal globalist force responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of Russian civilians and a million of its brainwashed minions from 404 in the largest war in Europe since WW II? I am sure Vietnamese people shouldn't "gloat" either. 

And the combined West sensing what is coming for it is desperate, and oh, suddenly becomes so sensitive to the truth. I can only quote the conclusion to my latest book: 

The United States to which I and my family immigrated in the 1990s is no more. It is now an insecure nation, whose economic and political systems have ceased to function. America’s only tool of enriching itself, the U.S. Dollar, had its foundation—the myth of American military supremacy—obliterated, exposing one weakness after another, ranging from malicious corrupt elites to an inability to develop a realistic strategy and procurement policy for its bloated military, which is not designed to fight a  modern war against a serious enemy. That such an “enemy” might not want to attack the U.S. is beyond Washington’s think-tanks comprehension.

Furthermore, why should a bankrupt nation, which has failed to adapt to the new technological paradigms in warfare and which faces physical disintegration, plan for war with China, which the United States considers its main “challenger”? The only explanation is this is either wishful thinking, a desperate attempt to grasp at the last straw of greatness past without any attempt to reconsider and maybe reverse suicidal policies which brought the United States to her knees, or simply yet another effort to direct resources towards its militarized economy.

Any real war in Asia, as usual to be false flagged by the U.S., will result in the ultimate crushing of U.S. forces and a complete destruction of the United States, which only then will recognize that it has actually fought its final war. The problem which the new de facto multipolar world faces is to make sure that America’s final war doesn’t become a final war for the world which U.S. elites never knew and did not want to know. 

I have other proverb, predating Bible--Vae Victis.

Good Lord!

Is this for real? 

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he was “very offended” when Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in support of his election rival, US Vice President Kamala Harris. Asked during an international economic forum in Vladivostok on Thursday if he had “a favorite” in the US election, Putin said that he will follow Biden’s endorsement of Harris and “will support her as well.” Putin also said that “Trump imposed more sanctions on Russia than any president who came before him,” and suggested that Harris “would maybe refrain from such actions.” Speaking at a campaign rally in the city of Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, Trump slammed the White House for what he said was a false claim of Russian meddling in the election. “Oh no, it’s Russia, Russia, Russia all over again,” Trump said, insisting that the conflict in Ukraine would never have happened if he was a president at the time. “I knew Putin. I knew him well. And you know, he endorsed – I don’t know if you saw the other day – he endorsed Kamala,” Trump continued. “I was very offended by that. I wonder why he endorsed Kamala.” He described Putin as “a chess player” and said he was wondering if he had spoken about Harris “with a smile.”

By endorsing Harris Putin greatly improved Trump's chances for the White House. I have to repeat it)))

And no, Trump never knew Putin. He merely met him.

In Continuation...

 ... of my post below. 

 

Am I Unnecessarily Harsh...

 ... when I discuss what is happening in the US (West's in general) military "analytical" sphere? I think I am overly kind. I want to stress again--real military education and background are as complex as neurosurgery or medicine in general. Not to mention this art element as in Operational Art. And here is the issue: military-intel professional must constantly weight the reliability of information it handles. Here is a today's example from our friend Marat.

Here is the map of Pokrovsk operational axis with Nevelskoe cauldron circled on the map. Forget about "stopped" (per Syrskiy and US media) drive towards Pokrovsk, as you can see yourself it continues, but here is another example, albeit on a much larger scale: 

Suddenly, on February 8, 1945 two colossal Red Army Fronts (Army Groups)--1st Ukrainian and 2nd Belorussian--instead of supporting 1st Belorussian Front which is within reach of Berlin (50 kilometers give and take), turn one south, launching strategic (Upper and Lower) Silesian Strategic Offensive, while 2nd Belorussian Front launches East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive. Hm, why didn't Red Army commit all of its forces to capturing Berlin in February 1945. Well, for the same reason, as Marat's map (and I know why it is the closest to truth operational map out there) shows--you do NOT tolerate any kind of groupings of the enemy on your flanks, period. Operational Art 101. And now one can see the expansion of the Pokrovsk Bulge not only to the West but also to the South and North. Now, look how Red Army starts Berlin Offensive Operation on April 16, 1945. See the front-line (in Blue) at the start?

See the difference between February and April 1945? Obviously, for people who grew up on Hollywood BS and Patton's 3rd Army "operations"--running primarily against 10 operational Wehrmacht tanks in Lorraine, it is difficult to comprehend that right now Russian Army at Pokrovsk operational axis eliminates remnants of VSU forces in cauldron and pockets before... whatever Russian General Staff decides to do next. But, what do I know... after all, it was the United States that defeated Hitler.

Hrvoje And Me...

 ... discuss my latest book a few days ago. 

 

New Political Reality...

 ... as reflected in the field of Russian memology, LOL)))

 

Well, Well, Well...

 ... as was stressed, including by me, about Kursk "incursion". 

Заместители губернатора Курской области привлечены в качестве свидетелей по делу о срыве сроков строительства оборонных сооружений на границе с Украиной. Местная прокуратура обратилась в суд, так как защитные линии, которые должны были появиться в регионе еще 1 августа, до сих пор не построены. Согласно информации Mash, дело отправили на новое рассмотрение в Курск после срыва сроков госконтракта, вероятно, из-за действий подрядчика. Не исключено, что чиновники в дальнейшем могут стать подозреваемыми по этому делу. В администрации области отказались комментировать ситуацию, ссылаясь на закрытый статус дела. Судебные разбирательства начались еще в апреле, когда Управление капстроительства потребовало 2 млрд 112 млн рублей с местной Корпорации развития, с которой были заключены шесть госконтрактов на постройку сооружений, но сроки сдачи были нарушены. Не исключено, что чиновники в дальнейшем из свидетелей станут подозреваемыми.

Translation: Deputy Governors of Kursk Oblast have been called in as witnesses in a case on the failure to meet deadlines for the construction of defense structures on the border with Ukraine. The local prosecutor's office went to court because the defense lines, which were supposed to appear in the region on August 1, have still not been built. According to Mash, the case was sent back to Kursk for a new trial after the deadlines for the state contract were missed, probably due to the actions of the contractor. It is possible that the officials may later become suspects in this case. The regional administration declined to comment on the situation, citing the closed status of the case. The trial began back in April, when the Capital Construction Department demanded 2 billion 112 million rubles from the local Development Corporation, which had signed six state contracts for the construction of structures, but the deadlines were violated. It is possible that the officials will later become suspects instead of witnesses.

That completely explains a coarse reaction of Russia's Defense Minister Belousov to platitudes from temporary Governor of Kursk Smirnov at the first meeting in the immediate wake of Kursk incursion and the transfer of the whole operation completely to the Defense Ministry. MoD knew by then how Kursk administration "used" a huge sum of money given to them to build the line. For those who do not understand the law, until the KTO or special military regime are announced in the area, it is up to local administration to provide what is needed--such as construction of the defense line--in their constituencies. Well, now we know how. Many will end up as suspects and will be charged with all kinds of financial and other "non-financial" crimes. FSB, I am sure also has some questions to ask, including within own ranks as goes for the CO of the Border Guards detachment, who, obviously, completely misunderstood what he was dealing with when he was transferred to Kursk (from Middle Asian assignment) shortly before the incursion. This in no way diminishes a heroic response from Border Guards who DID blunt the initial thrust of VSU and, as it was so many times in Border Guards history, completely threw NATO plan off the rails.

Now It Is Officially Confirmed...

 ... by Russian MoD. 

МОСКВА, 6 сен — РИА Новости. После атаки на учебный центр в Полтаве погибли и пострадали около 500 специалистов, в том числе наемники из европейских стран, сообщил высокопоставленный военный источник. "Погибло и ранено около 500 специалистов. Среди погибших и раненых: военнослужащие ВСУ и Нацгвардии — специалисты связи, операторы комплексов РЭБ, радиоэлектронной разведки, беспилотных летательных аппаратов, а также иностранные наемники из Польши, Франции, Германии и Швеции, обучавшие украинских военных", — говорится в заявлении. Он также подчеркнул, что теперь такие удары по пунктам дислокации украинских военнослужащих и наемников, а также по военным объектам станут регулярными.

Translation: MOSCOW, September 6 — RIA Novosti. About 500 specialists, including mercenaries from European countries, were killed and wounded after the attack on the training center in Poltava, a high-ranking military source said. "About 500 specialists were killed and wounded. Among the dead and wounded: servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard — communications specialists, operators of electronic warfare systems, electronic intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as foreign mercenaries from Poland, France, Germany and Sweden who trained Ukrainian military personnel," the statement said. He also stressed that such strikes on deployment points of Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, as well as on military facilities, will now become regular.

 

Now, it is the last word which makes a huge difference since there will be no "messaging" as it was before to NATO "volunteers". The West doesn't understand words and now every single NATO personnel will be deliberately hunted down and eliminated. I was stating ad nauseam that Russian side knows who and where NATO personnel moves in 404--Russia has second best ISR in the world. And as "events" in Poltava and elsewhere have shown the results will be dramatic now.

Hell's Duck...

 ... in Kursk.

Su-34 and FABs with UMPK are literally a message from hell.
 

We Are Taking The Time...

... to deal with our home project, so I will be sporadic on blog and videos. Should be largely done by the start of next week.  Until the new project comes)) So, for me realistically it is not Thursday but in terms of the day of the week more like Friday. My PTB takes a few days off starting tomorrow, which means... Well, you know my attitude towards all kinds of alternative life styles, but this song is spot one. 

It is incredible how prescient it was and is...

Total eclipse, it's a total eclipse,

it's a total eclipse of the sun.

Can't come to grips with the total eclipse

Just a slip of the lips and you're done.

Nima And Me...

 ... just now. 

Putin Trolls...

 ... and some technical aspects of JASSMs. 

 

This Is 146% True.

It takes CNN to spread this truth, and it is the most truthful truth in the world)))

And while admitting that Ukraine was under immense pressure in the area around Pokrovsk, the strategic city that has for weeks been the epicenter of war in eastern Ukraine, Syrskyi said his troops have now managed to stall the Russian advances there. “Over the last six days the enemy hasn’t advanced a single meter in the Pokrovsk direction. In other words, our strategy is working.” he said. “We’ve taken away their ability to maneuver and to deploy their reinforcement forces from other directions … and this weakening has definitely been felt in other areas. We note the amount of artillery shelling as well as the intensity of the offensive have decreased,” he said. 

Meanwhile in the last six days:

Agree, "not a single meter", because it is measured primarily in kilometers, but Christian Amanpour and CNN audience have issues with basic math and geography, they will believe it. After all, Syrskyi is a remarkable general, a fine product of NATO military thought and training--very good at two things: PR and killing an incredible number of own soldiers. I am sure, his "operations" will be studied in the USMA at West Point and US Army War College. Obviously they will study it not as an Exhibit A of utter military incompetence and malice, after all--they venerate Patton, but as a guide to future wars, because in former case they will have to admit that they are not in the same league with Russia. And that hurts, big time. Operational Art, you know--an ability to out-think the enemy. Recall Red Army preparations to the Battle of Kursk, operation Bagration or what we observe today--a demilitarization of the NATO. Yes, I know, "out-thinking" also is present in the US Operational Manuals, but as they say... show me the money and how about getting COFM right, not from RAND's monetary budget BS...