This Is For Those People ...

 ... and there are plenty of them here who for some reason always think that Russia owes everything to everyone. Here is a confirmation of my long-standing thesis about Iran being a not easy partner. Obviously, Iran is an ancient culture and very proud people, but they are also extremely sensitive (understandably) about own sovereignty and entering any kind of alliances. Sometimes to own detriment. 

Putin emphasized that Russia firmly opposes any further escalation between Iran and Israel. When asked what would Moscow do in the event of a targeted assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Putin refused to even entertain the premise, calling it a “scenario I won’t even discuss.” Putin added that Moscow has not been asked to intervene militarily in the conflict and sees no reason to alter its current stance. While Russia has previously delivered air defense systems to Iran, Putin claimed Tehran showed “little interest” in broader cooperation. Instead, Putin advocated for mutual security guarantees that would protect both Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology and Israel’s right to security. He said Moscow has put forward several compromise frameworks to all stakeholders – including the US, Israel, and Iran – and held out hope that diplomacy could prevail.

I repeat again--you cannot impose yourself on people. If they decide that they can go it alone, it is their decision and it must be respected. Russia is ready to do her part if asked, she wasn't. That's your answer to why "Russia doesn't give S-400 to Iran". Because Iran doesn't need them, in their opinion. Stay tuned. 

Yes, That's About Right.

For those who want to know how combat technology must work. Demonstration. 

A Very Good Song ...

 ... which kinda gets it. I remember dancing to it at my school discotheque in 1979;)) Ah, the memories.  And who would know it to be so ... modern, so 2025. 

No, Wrong Diagnosis.

Douglas Macgregor begins to play a favorite game of Russian peasants since the time of Czars. The game goes like this: Oh, the Czar is good, but boyars who surround him are bad, if we could only tell Czar the truth. That's the game. 

Trump IS listening to the right people too, and what he does after that we know, just ask Tulsi Gabbard. This is who Trump is--a primitive showman, a man-child with God-complex who IS in complete agreement with those American three-four stars, who themselves are military amateurs. No number of "right" people screaming the truth into Trump's ears 24/7 will change anything. That's who this guy is. It is over for the US. Per US military--we saw what it is in the last 38 months--it is pathetic. The Czar is a moron, not just boyars. 

Osipov-Lanchester Game.

Iranians are better at models than Israelis (and Americans). It is over for Trump. 

Nima and Me ...

 ... live in 20 minutes. 

Daniel Davis And Larry.

Per Bloomberg--Bloomberg is not a news agency, it is a propaganda outlet. Judging by their "record" about SMO we may safely move their "reporting" into the trash folder.  

Per this: 

If true, support your local Christian Zionist. 

Everything We Needed To Know ...

 ... and the confirmation is in. When clown moves into palace, he does not become a king, the palace becomes a circus. 

US President Donald Trump has said he believes that Iran was “very close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon, contrary to the assessment of his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. In late March, Gabbard said that the US intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.” When asked about the stance of his spy chief by journalists on Tuesday, Trump replied: “I do not care what she said.” “I think they [Iran] were very close to having them,” the president stressed, referring to nuclear weapons.

There you go. His presidency is over. 

Some Facts About ...

 ... Russian AD complexes which should be considered--from the Armaments' Expo in Belarus:

Если уж речь зашла о специальной военной операции, то вот еще одна интересная подробность: С-400 – пока единственная в мире зенитная ракетная система, имеющая в своем активе сбитые (в реальном бою, а не на испытаниях) ракеты-перехватчики западных ЗРК/ЗРС, идущих на близких к гиперзвуковым скоростям – причем, в первую очередь, речь идет о широко распиаренных американских комплексах Patriot PAC-3. Причем таких боевых эпизодов насчитывается уже более десяти.

Translation: If we are talking about a special military operation, here is another interesting detail: the S-400 is the only anti-aircraft missile system in the world that has shot down (in real combat, not during tests) interceptor missiles of Western SAM/SAM systems flying at speeds close to hypersonic - and, first of all, we are talking about the widely hyped American Patriot PAC-3 systems. Moreover, there are already more than ten such combat episodes.

If anybody wonders, SAMs are the fastest missiles in NATO's arsenal capable of speeds approaching hypersonic ones (just under M=5) for a short time of intercept. S-400 now shoots down in combat US air defense missiles.

Meanwhile, Israel is slowly turning into 404.

But then again, it does begin to look increasingly like 404, especially after having its elite intel/recon units wiped out. Next thing--TTzK. Meanwhile, Kiev and the rest of 404 today.

A Glorious US Air Defense ...

 ... at work in Kiev. Ah, wait--forgot, it doesn't work against modern stand-off weapons, even subsonic but low flying X-101s and 3M14s. I repeat--this is NOT Israel, just a party night in Kiev as I type this. 

OK, Guys ...

... it is all correct, fine and dandy--and I am not being sarcastic--you are right on all points, except for WW II, of course, but it is a feature, not a bug in the US ...

But let me remind you something:

The first duty of the art of politics with respect to strategy is to formulate the political goal of a war. Any goal should be strictly coordinated with the resources available to achieve it. The political goal should be appropriate to one’s war-waging capabilities. To meet this requirement, a politician must have a correct conception of the relations of friendly to hostile forces, which requires extremely mature and profound judgment; a knowledge of the history, politics and statistics of both hostile states; and a certain amount of competence in basic military matters. The final statement of the goal would be made by the politician after an appropriate exchange of views with strategists, and it should help rather than hinder strategic decisions. 

Trump is a showman who possesses zero qualities required of statesman, none of what is listed by Svechin as a minimum requirement, and as a result--no matter what is said, we are in the presence of a man-child afflicted by God-complex and utterly illiterate in military affairs and warfare, as is the case for the West's militaries on the so called "professional" level. There ARE NO strategists in the US on any level even remotely approaching levers of power and influence. The faces of American "strategists" are illiterate Keane, Kellogg or Petraeus. Carlson and Bannon better understand that and not agonize over a downright moron who finally adorned the White House. At least Biden had an excuse--he was a (barely) walking corpse. This is a process of unbecoming of a whole country which is nothing but Israel's slap-bitch. Support your local Christian Zionist, they wish you well, America. 

UK, Get Ready ...

 ... to be named a terrorist state.

 

This Is What ...

 ... generation after generation of incest and inbreeding does to you and it finally caught up to UK. Forestalling now traditional excuse that this is tabloid--ALL UK media are tabloids including The Times of London and even briefings by MI6 and UK Defense Ministry to Prime Minister. It is all one huge tabloid. Come to think about it, the whole country is one huge tabloid. 

I know, it hurts to have no functioning economy, political system and a joke of a military and a terrorist intel community. But it is symbolic, isn't it, that the sun finally does go down on the empire being dimmed by Britain's enemies. 

Daniel Davis And Yours Truly ...

 ... live in 50 minutes. 

Absolutely They Are...

 ... as Larry summarizes it correctly. 

Israel’s initial euphoria over its Friday morning strikes on Iranian targets is fading as Israeli inhabitants get a taste of their own medicine. Israel’s much touted Iron Dome is a total bust.

Pretty much all of the Israel's (the US) AD-ABM is nothing but a propaganda show which failed miserably. And, of course, the "plan" was to get the US involved directly. But here are some interesting details from Capitol Hill. I am not going to be talking about Thomas Massie--love him or hate him, he has balls unlike most cowards in Washington, so his position is no surprise and he openly laughs in the faces of AIPAC crowd. Same pretty much goes to Rand Paul. But suddenly other voices begin to be heard:

Trump must oppose Netanyahu’s escalation and pursue a diplomatic path to deal with Iran’s nuclear program,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) wrote on X. “Trump must not violate the Constitution by involving American troops in Netanyahu’s war without coming to Congress.” “This is a disaster of Trump and Netanyahu's own making, and now the region risks spiraling toward a new, deadly conflict. A war between Israel and Iran may be good for Netanyahu’s domestic politics, but it will likely be disastrous for both the security of Israel, the United States, and the rest of the region,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in a statement. “As Secretary Rubio stated, the United States was not involved in today's strikes, and we have no obligation to follow Israel into a war we did not ask for and will make us less safe.”

Members are particularly concerned that the U.S. will move to defend Israel if Iran retaliates and furthermore acts in tandem to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Trump told Fox News last night that the U.S. is ready to defend itself and Israel if Iran retaliates. “The president cannot circumvent congressional war powers and unilaterally send U.S. troops to war with Iran. This is a violation of Article I of the Constitution which requires congressional approval to declare war,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D- Mich.) said. “The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East that will cost lives and tear their families apart.”

Yes, Democrats, and no--Trump is not going to Congress for any authorization, but the run for mid-terms has already started and records and "paper trails" created. Now that Trump chickened-out of immigration issue, the only thing he has is one of the last fences to sit on before finishing off his presidency in a complete catastrophe. 

Now, to those who still think that the US has an option of direct involvement--it sure does, but once, God forbids, any US Navy ship is sunk and the steady stream of the body-bags from defenseless (US doesn't have functional air defense, I warned about it for many years) US bases in the region begins to hit US shores, what's left? Correct--nuclear option, or blackmail or what have you, and that will be the end of the United States. I mean politically speaking, because it will be completely isolated and eventually fully boycotted. It will become a pariah nation with all that it entails.   

He Doesn't Have Many Options Left.

And that is to put it mildly. 

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is open to Russian President Vladimir Putin serving as a mediator in the Israel-Iran conflict. In an hour-long phone call the previous day, the two leaders focused on the Middle East crisis. “Yeah, I would be open to it. He is ready. He called me about it,” Trump responded to ABC News’ Rachel Scott, when asked about Putin’s potential role in brokering peace. “We had a long talk about it. We talked about this more than his situation. This is something I believe is going to get resolved,” Trump added.

No, Donny, this is not a quid-pro-quo and if you are trying to convince Russia that in exchange she should allow the US, who is at war (through NATO proxy) with Russia, any "mediation" between Moscow and whatever will be left of 404--I have a bridge to sell you. In related news, Iran continues to demonstrate military and technological incompetence of NATO (Israel is a ME iteration of NATO), while you lost all credibility by greenlighting Israel's attack on Iran, while heralding to the whole world how much you are for peace. 

I am on record, will repeat again--the US lost the arms race(c). For the nation which made military fairy tales a central piece of its national mythology it is a bitter and painful recognition that now Iran will be doing, on a smaller scale what Russia is doing on a much larger one--yes, Al Capone's approach that with the kind word and a gun, one can get much further than with kind word alone. And combined West better start shaking in its boots now because on Monday Iranian Parliament may decide to really close the Strait of Hormuz, and we all know what it means. In latest updates, however, a truckload of Israeli strikes landed on the ... fake targets Iran placed all over the country--plenty of videos of Israelis attacking empty trailer. But yes, they are good at propaganda. If there is a firm confirmation of THAAD leaving the chat, which not only I believe but anticipate, that will merely confirm my old-standing thesis that NATO's AD is for the wars between 1960 and 1980, not for 2025. 

That is why it doesn't matter how many Patriots or even THAADs the US will move to Israel. So far, not a single successful exoatmospheric intercept by Israelis--you can be sure they say they did, but then again, they also say that they have functional and effective AD--but then again, nothing is more entertaining than some moron journo coming up with pseudo-military platitudes. I will abstain from comments on the parade in D.C. I want to say one thing, though--while much of the US Army history is exaggerated, if not simply made up, it is still an important Army with respectable WW II history and its own share of heroism, dedication and, once, strategic brilliance. It didn't deserve to be humiliated at DJT's "parade", but it is too late now. Donny, one cannot buy class and I am telling this to you, not the US Army.  

Well, Let's Agree ...

 ... the most appropriate soundtrack. 

Meanwhile, Russians continue to test actual models of combat lasers. 

Just For Comparison ...

 ... while Haifa reportedly is getting it from Iran hard and loud. Why Russia builds the best AD systems in history. Here is President Putin verbatim.  

Russian forces have shot down more than 80,000 aerial targets in the conflict with Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has revealed, adding that the country is seeking to create a universal anti-aircraft system capable of intercepting any incoming projectiles. ... The figure of 80,000 includes around 7,500 sophisticated munitions, such as tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and projectiles fired by multiple rocket launchers, Putin noted, adding that nearly all the weapons that were destroyed were supplied to Kiev by the West.

This is 80,000 COMBAT episodes which constitute the state secret--these enormous empirical data is what in the foundation of constant upgrades of existent and design of the new generation of AD systems. 

Bluntly Stating Obvious ...

 ... of which I write for decades now: 

1. US (hence Israel) have no functioning Air Defense, mostly expensive junk which cannot protect itself, forget protecting something else. 

2. There is no a single US officer (top-bottom) who has any grasp of national resolve of cultures formed by the continental warfare. So ...

3. Apart from being unable to properly plan REAL operations--as Israel learned the hard way in the last 48 hours--no Pentagon planner understands the defense of own land, period. As the result of technological backwardness, fairy tales military history and knowing nothing about REAL war--MISCALCULATION. 

Iran recovered and responded, Happy Birthday, Mr. President, go lick boots of your cowardly incompetent masters from Tel Aviv. 

Oy Vey.

 When winds abruptly change direction))) 

Ouch!

 As was the case with Serbia in 1999--sorry, we didn't know your were invisible. 

THAAD, Where Are You?

So, now is the time for Israeli (lack) of ABM to "shine". Nah, I am screwing with you--their level is sabotage and killing civilians, real war--nope. 

Evidently nuclear center in Dimon has been struck. 

I repeat again--always count to 100 or 24 hours, that's what professionals do. Here are additional evidence of "stellar" Boeing and Raytheon products (with Rafael labels) performing as they have been designed for--being impotent in real war. 

For Sensitive Hysterical Fighters ...

 ... with Zionism and people from Unz Review. Here are some facts--12 hours later and with the first post strike (battle) assessment. Iranian AD did the job, here is allegedly "destroyed" nuclear complex at Natanz--not much destroyed obviously:

Moreover, if there was a failure in Iran--it was a failure of security forces who cannot control border and penetration of Israeli Diversionary-Recon Groups who using good ol' ATGMs, such as in this video:

Have been getting busy sabotaging whatever AD complexes they could get to on Iranian territory. In reality, with the exception of alleged killing of some Iranian generals (I stress--alleged) the whole thing amounted as always to ... episode # N-th of Santa-Barbara. Tehran, of course, is free to elect all kinds of officials who believe in all kinds of West's unicorns--this is strictly Iran's internal affair, which may explain, obviously, a large number of hostile intel assets. For some people, however, who have fewer gonads required from real men, if they will be nice to me I can offer a free subscription to Vogue and Country Living magazines--this will allow them to calm their nerves. Get a pop-corn and don't jump to conclusions ... I am getting pop-corn myself. 

Israel Attacks Iran.

And as you can see yourself, as it turned out--Iranian nuclear program is somehow developed inside civilian apartment complexes. But then again--it is Israel, they love killing civilians.

Or this one:

This is not to say that Israel doesn't attack actual nuclear sites, such as Natanz, it does. Well, the missiles (reportedly) in response are on the way to Israel. Marco Rubio informed that the US is not part of this strike. OK. 

SitRep.

 Rubio and Intervision 2025. Blogspot refuses to insert video, so here is the link to it. 

One Of (Very) Many ...

 ... VSU's MIAs (in reality KIA). Russian funeral teams continue to collect remnants of NATO. 

More of the same. 

More. 

Clean-up process continues. 

Donnie Needs Some Kind Of "Victory"...

 ... apart from being a puppet of Israel. I am not goin to expand on riots--it is clear that this is an organized mutiny by organized criminal group of DNC. From my own experience--sending a few hundred of marines here and there, while reasonable response, is not going to work--this has to be dealt in the most brutal way, otherwise the country will be lost. But here is what Larry reports:

I have just landed in Dubai. It is midnight local, which is 4pm eastern daylight savings time. I have been greeted by the following messages:Iraqi sources report increased military air activity in the skies above western Iraq following recent regional tensions.

Evacuation of non-essential personnel has reportedly begun at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

The White House says President Trump is aware of and monitoring the withdrawal of non-essential personnel and military families from the Middle East.

The U.S. State Department has also authorized the evacuation of non-essential employees and family members from Kuwait – AP

Donald Trump apparently has decided to attack Iran. Mark this date. It is the beginning of the end of the Trump Presidency. Trump has been persuaded that the Iranian air defense is weak and that a US bombing run will eliminate any chance that Iran can build a nuclear device. He has been a victim of lies. He will shortly discover, if these attacks take place, that Iran retains a significant capability to shoot down US aircraft. In fact, I fully expect Iran will capture and put on display several US air force officers in the next week. 

We have to wait and see if it is purely Trump kissing Netanyahu's ass, or is it Israel deciding to have a go on its own. We'll know soon enough. The only thing I may correct here is that if the USAF will be involved it will stay mostly out of range of Iranian AD and use primarily stand-off weapons such as JASSMs. 

This Is What Happens ...

 ... when one has no touch with the reality, including understanding of international relations. Just like that, Russia again owes something to somebody. Russia owes everything to everybody, you know. This moralizing ass-hole fails to bring up the issue of 1 billion Arabs sitting on their asses and doing nothing to aid Gaza, not to mention a celebration of Gazans when Assad's government fell--the only government which served as the bridge between Iran--a real supporter--and Gaza. 

And here we are--pontificating cretin who for some reason ended up at George Galloway's channel. 

Open Thread.

 Go at it, I am resting today--caught some bug, nothing serious. 

Larry' Moscow Notes.

This time he spoke to General Buzhinsky. Buzhinsky has actually a degree from Military Institute, where he most likely got his education in jurisprudence and possibly as military interpreter. He, however, graduated from Frunze Military Academy (War College) and defended his Ph.D thesis in Military Sciences. He served in General Staff. So he has a vast experience in understanding decision-making process and his insight is important. 

Today, I interviewed retired Lt. General Evgeny Buzhinsky, who served in the International Treaty Department of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense. I asked him specifically about the importance, or lack thereof, of the Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian airfields that host some of Russia’s strategic bombers. He said that people should not read too much into his public silence on the matter because Putin viewed this act as a betrayal by London and Washington of the New Start Agreement. The General specifically said, “Putin was furious.” The General went on to say that this moment marked the closest that the United States and Russia have come to the brink of nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis. I hope to post the video on Thursday and you can watch him yourself.

Well, WHEN did London and Washington not betray anyone? With the exception of the America's firm and friendly stance on Russian side during Crimean War and, to a certain degree, Lend-Lease aid. Don't remember. As per London--it was always existential enemy of Russia and a source of terrorism around the world. The only thing MI6 does good is terrorism. Real war? Nope. 

Garland, Me...

 ... live, now. 

Russian Navy In Focus.

2050 Program. JCS already worry about Pacific Theater of Operations. 

 

US Media ...

... at their best. You see, now it becomes obvious that Kharkov has nothing to do with Russia (or 404) it is an ancient Arab city. 

Balestrieri Strikes Again.

In between commenting on NFL and exposing himself as operationally challenged, he now became a submarine warfare specialist. God, this guy is good. 

Russia Was ‘Freaked’: U.S. Navy Exposes Surfaced Seawolf-Class Attack Submarine. 

I am also very impressed by Balestrieri's sources in "Russian Navy", which allowed him to learn about Russia being "freaked". Amazing insight, I guess Russians for the first time learned that:

Key Points - The US Navy strategically surfaces its highly capable Seawolf-class submarines on rare occasions to send a clear deterrent message to adversaries like Russia. -A key example occurred on August 21, 2020, when the USS Seawolf surfaced off the coast of Tromso, Norway—a strategic port for monitoring Russia's Northern Fleet. -This action demonstrated the submarine force's global reach and resolve. The Seawolf-class, though only three were built, remains one of the world's most advanced hunter-killer submarines, armed with up to 50 Tomahawk missiles or Mk 48 torpedoes, making such a "show of force" particularly potent.

No shit. Submarines, as it turned out not only can dive but also can surface, WOW! I need to ask my classmate by Naval Academy (one year later class of 1986) Deputy Commander of Northern Fleet Admiral Oleg Golubev (I cannot contact him directly, for obvious reasons, but ... wink, wink) how the fuck he and his Fleet missed this amazing fact that submarines can surface near Norway. I'll also call my good friend Captain First Rank, former CO of Alrosa SSK Igor Dmitriev and will shame him for being a Professor and Ph.D of Tactics Department of Kuznetsov Naval Academy (War College) and not teaching all those submarine COs of Russian Navy about ... submarines. Good Lord, Russia is screwed now. 

Of course this pulp fiction "writer" NCO wouldn't understand a first thing about say ASW or Theory of Search--a lot of math and physics--and what is the "complex of measures" of the Fleet during deployment of its submarine forces, not to speak of how sweeps are done for ZRBD. But what do I know? I cannot comment on NFL--that disqualifies me immediately from assessing this illiterate pseudo-military "expert" as butthurt sore loser who is no military "expert" but a classic BSer flaunting his NCO "credentials".  And don't tell him that strike capabilities of ANY type of SSN of the US Navy are pathetic compared to Yasen or modernized Oscar-II classes. Obviously Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff knows something Balestrieri doesn't know, since JCS voiced a grave concern about Russia's Pacific Fleet today. That's the topic of my today's video. 

Oh, Absolutely!

In fact, if not for all those "losers" like Ike, Patton would have been in Moscow in 1945. We know that. In fact, Russia lost not just 51 million, NO! USSR lost 1.5 billion while managing to rape 0.8 billion German women while executing 25.7 million Read Army soldiers in the rear while simultaneously forcing them to rape whatever US "strategists" like Macgregor learned about in their military vocational school at the West Point. 

I Liked This Comment ...

 ... so many times Russia extended the hand of help and friendship only to treat it for bites. Nothing ever compares with treason of Germany. 

Larry Talking To Judge ...

 ... after talking to Lavrov. 

479 Geraniums ...

... apart from Iskanders, Kinzhals, X-101 and others. A very active night in 404.

Daniel Davis ...

 ... and me, live. 

Cops in Fargo ...

 ... good luck upholding the law))  

But after the video of LAPD shooting at rioters' cars with paintball guns ... 

Well, Sergei Victorovich ....

 ... I kinda have an idea HOW they "inform" Trump. 

• в Москве не знают, как информируют Трампа об украинских атаках против России. "Я не знаю, как обстоят дела с информированием президента (США. — Прим. ред.) о тех операциях, которые украинский режим проводит против нашей страны. То, что там огромное число американских советников в здании СБУ сидит, — это факт. Их никто никуда не убирал. То, что там работают инструкторы из других государств, которые поставляют украинскому режиму вооружения, — тоже факт".

• Translation: Moscow does not know how Trump is informed about Ukrainian attacks against Russia. "I do not know how things are with informing the president (of the United States. — Ed.) about the operations that the Ukrainian regime is conducting against our country. The fact that there are a huge number of American advisers sitting in the SBU building is a fact. No one has removed them anywhere. The fact that instructors from other countries are working there, who supply the Ukrainian regime with weapons, is also a fact."

Real military expertise is hard to come by nowadays in NATO, while strategic intelligence and forecasting do not exist in NATO as a craft. Now, it has to be understood--Trump's surrounding know how he gets informed, by primarily watching a collection of talking heads cretins on Fox News. Here is an example:

Key Points - Russia's war in Ukraine has become a "meat grinder," with its military casualties expected to reach one million by the end of June 2025. While Russia has replenished its forces to be 15% larger than pre-invasion levels, drawing on a vast population and targeting poorer regions and prisons for recruitment, this strategy is ultimately unsustainable. -The cost is immense: staggeringly high equipment losses and minimal territorial gains (e.g., 100 casualties per square kilometer captured Jan-April 2025). -With 40% of its federal budget now dedicated to defense and national security, Russia's attritional approach may not be viable indefinitely.

Here is what happens when your pedigree is that of a grunt (NCO actually) who never faced a real war. He repeats GUR propaganda and he will not be able to assess reliability of information he gets (he gets BS) and that is expected from the guy with degree in political "science" and no knowledge of operations whatsoever--they don't teach NCOs or political "scientists" even basics of operational planning and high level tactics, not to speak of tools for understanding the grand strategy. So, here it is--a military-political ignoramus, obviously severely butthurt, but he has an "opinion". Yes, we know, opinion is like an asshole--everybody has one. But that is the type of military "professionals" who "inform" Trump. 

To Conclude The Weekend...

This damn schlager haunts me for the last 5-6 days at least. The damn thing replays in my brain despite all efforts to stop it, including by listening to anything which can help: from Boston, to Deep Purple to jazz. Nope. That's German psyops for ya. Well, truth to be told, it is also back to my tender 7-8 year old childhood--yes, this is how it all sounded then, including in USSR. I should be cautious from now on when browsing UTube. 

The Real Response ...

 ... is only coming. 

Москва. 8 июня. INTERFAX.RU - Президент России Владимир Путин на предстоящей неделе проведет большое заседание Совета безопасности РФ, в его планах также мероприятия, посвященные Дню медицинского работника. В минувшую среду глава государства в ходе совещания с членами правительства сообщил, что на ближайшем заседании Совбеза обсудит с главой МИД России и представителями силового блока теракты, произошедшие 1 июня в Брянской и Курской областях, в преддверии переговоров в Стамбуле.

Translation: Moscow. June 8. INTERFAX.RU - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a major meeting of the Russian Security Council next week, and his plans also include events dedicated to Medical Worker Day.Last Wednesday, the head of state announced at a meeting with members of the government that at the next Security Council meeting he would discuss with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry and representatives of the security bloc the terrorist attacks that took place on June 1 in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, ahead of the talks in Istanbul.

I reiterate, any strike, especially massive one, like the one which is ongoing right this very moment, requires preparation. What 404 is getting IS NOT a response to terrorist acts. These are strikes which have been planned some time ago. In other words--this is planned combat activity. What the "real" response could be--who cares, we'll know when the time comes. Stay tuned.

Germany Wanted It ...

 ... she's got it. SMO is slowly turning into Counter-Terrorism Operation and the West can do nothing about it. Michael Koffman is an exhibit A (together with Rebekah Koffler and a bunch of others) of why the US stays ignorant on world outside. 

Here is also a demonstration of how Russians had it. They don't take POWs, like it happened with this 404 (NATO) DRG led, evidently, by British "volunteer". All 11 of them mowed down in ambush by Russian SSOs. 11 200s. Fast, efficient and message delivered. 

Elon Musk's Father ...

 ... arrived in Moscow and speaks about it. 

I am on record--visiting Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Novosibirsk et al could be dangerous for Western "strategists" (such as this credentialed clown Sarah Paine from US NWC) and generals (not that Russia doesn't have her own shitholes, she surely does) could be a life-changing experience since they may encounter the severest cognitive dissonance when seeing how the cities of industrial and military superpower should look like, and how massive advanced industry, science, culture, history express themselves in outwardly appearances. But then again, subtlety and beauty, as well as proper grandeur require class and cultural receptors to be developed in a person. Judging by Biden or Trump ... ahem. I, however, am sorry for Mr. Musk Sr. You know, his son and shit. Or grand whatever that creature is. 

Meanwhile, a very interesting review of "commie blocks". 

Well, Evidently It Is Not A Circus...

 ... anymore. It is something else altogether. Ah, nah, still circus:

Not long after, Musk’s tension with Trump’s trade team devolved into blows, in an altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said Stephen K. Bannon, the influential right-wing podcaster and longtime political adviser to Donald Trump. In mid-April, Musk and Bessent had gone into the Oval Office to make their respective cases about their preferences for acting IRS commissioner. Trump decided to support Bessent’s choice. That disagreement was first reported by the New York Times. After Bessent and Musk exited the Oval Office and began walking down the hallway, the two men started to exchange insults, Bannon said he was told, adding that Bessent brought up Musk’s claims that he would uncover more than $1 trillion in wasteful and fraudulent government spending, which Musk had not succeeded at doing. “Scott said, ‘You’re a fraud. You’re a total fraud,’” Bannon said in an interview. Musk then rammed his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage “like a rugby player,” Bannon said, and Bessent hit him back. Multiple people stepped in to break up the scrum as the two men reached the national security adviser’s office, and Musk was shuffled out of the West Wing.

As stupid as Bessent is, he is not entirely incorrect in his description of Musk. He should have asked me (c) quoting Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. Meanwhile, our editorial staff obtained documentary of the scuffle. Don't be confused by marmots using Russian profanity. We are as confused as you are, wink, wink. 

Open Thread.

Very busy. Go at it. But before--NATO "elites" continue to demonstrate the depth of cretinism. 

Russia is at war with Britain, the US is no longer a reliable ally and the UK has to respond by becoming more cohesive and more resilient, according to one of the three authors of the strategic defence review. Fiona Hill, from County Durham, became the White House’s chief Russia adviser during Donald Trump’s first term and contributed to the British government’s strategy. She made the remarks in an interview with the Guardian. “We’re in pretty big trouble,” Hill said, describing the UK’s geopolitical situation as caught between “the rock” of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and “the hard place” of Donald Trump’s increasingly unpredictable US.

If Russia would have been "at war with Britain", Britain would cease to exist. But never mind--she is an "expert". 

When The Levee Breaks ...

 ... If it keeps on rainin, levees goin to break. I wish I could have been wrong and not to be a bad news' bearer. 

If it keeps on rainin, levees goin to break,
When the levee breaks Ill have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,

But National Science Foundation 2026 Budget Request to Congress is a catastrophe for American science. It is also a disgrace. 

Shocking! And don't tell me (and others) that we didn't warn--we did. 

Friday (Saturday) Night Party ...

 ... continues. Kharkov--50 explosions. 

More:

Dnepropetrovsk gets it. 

A very peculiar visit by Mr. Iskander of the underground facilities of the former Kiev's plant Bolshevik. Something, wink, wink, decided to detonate there. 

Is it time to rename SMO into Counter-Terrorist Operation? 

To Illustrate ...

... a bit what is going on--from Marat. This is how radical increase in operational tempo looks like. Just one of the operational axis among many others.

This is Konstantinovka. The only analogy to all that is this:

The only difference is that Russian spiked crusher can also move. Note: NATO militaries will learn nothing, as always, because they "studied" fairy tales provided to them by 404's GUR and VSU. I know who those "strategists" are--they are not strategists, they have no clue. Good story-tellers, though. 

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In Related News ...

 ... water is wet, fire is hot and concrete is hard. 

Russia Has Won the Ukraine War and ‘Defeated’ NATO. Key Points - The war in Ukraine is effectively over, with Russia on a clear path to achieving its objectives through a grinding war of attrition that has exhausted Ukraine and outlasted Western and NATO resolve. Russia's military has adapted, its economy has been reoriented away from the West despite sanctions, and its political regime under Putin remains stable. In contrast, Ukraine faces a critical and irreversible manpower crisis that no amount of Western hardware can solve. 

To those who still didn't get the message--it was over in Summer 2023 when the much touted "counter-offensive" exposed utter military incompetence of NATO and was defeated without effectively NATO forces even reaching the first line of defense. After that, it was just the method of demilitarizing NATO by Russia. That's what happens when your military history and "operational art" is nothing but a collection of fairy tales written by losers defeated by the Red Army in WW II and a sense of military exceptionalism endemic in America's founding. General Patton and all kinds of other rah-rahs. Result? 

Russians gave a bit of a taste in the last 24 hours. Here is one of the Kiev's powerplants leaving the chat.

You can also witness the "effectiveness" of NATO's (there is no former Soviet-Russian AD left--it is all NATO) AD--it is impotent in any configuration and quantity to stop modern stand-off weapons. While to demonstrate to you why any NATO efforts to pretend that it can fight Russia in Eastern Europe is nothing but PR BS--here is a screenshot of one of the LCDs in Ka-52 helicopter hitting the armor from the range of 25.3 kilometers by LMUR. 

Meanwhile Michael Vlahos laments: 

The US Navy's five roads to ruin. The establishment wants you to believe it's all about the number of ships but the rot runs much deeper, which can lead to delusional strategy.   

What do you mean can, it already did. Anybody who thinks that the carrier-centric navy in the 21st century is anything but the collection of fat juicy indefensible targets must have his head checked. TOE of 1990s has no place in 2025. 

Lutsk And Its ...

 ... aircraft engines repair plant left the chat. See first the arrival of a hypersonic munition, after that looks like either 3M14 or X-101 finishing the job.   

And the party continues in Ternopol.