Open Thread.

 Go at it. 

Seriously? Could?

 So, Michael Maloof thinks that it could. OK. 

Neither Ukraine nor its Western backers have any means to counter Russia’s newly deployed intermediate-range Oreshnik missile, Michael Maloof, a former senior Pentagon security analyst, told RT in an interview on Friday. Maloof noted that the Oreshnik could “easily shift the balance of power overwhelmingly in favor” of Russia in any conflict, including the ongoing hostilities with Ukraine. “Having a hypersonic [missile] for which there’s no defense currently… is astonishing. It absolutely alters that balance of power dramatically, for which the Ukrainians have no defense,” he said. He noted that while the US is working to adapt missile defense systems such as THAAD to counter hypersonic threats, these programs remain under development. “There’s no operational ability at this point to deal with a hypersonic missile,” Maloof said, adding that the Oreshnik could reach its targets within mere minutes.

Granted, the title is a production of headless morons from RT, Maloof's statement is a bit more assertive. But in related news, neither 404 not its backers have any means to counter:

1. Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missile;

2. 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile;

3. Iskander (quasi)ballistic missile;

4. Combined salvo of X-101 and P-800 Onyx ...

And the list goes on, and on, and on. The shift of balance of power had happened after March 1st, 2018 at Vladimir Putin's Address to Federal Assembly. It is a fait accompli. Oreshnik, which is now in serial production and first serial complex has been already deployed into the first line unit is just another nail into the coffin of always exaggerated West's "supremacy". What comes next after Oreshnik, and it is coming, we can only guess. 

On A Friday Night ...

 ... this is what it felt like then)) No, it is obviously not recent--this a few years back)) A very few years. 

Does It Remind You ...

 ... something? Nero is said to have played his lyre while Rome was burning. It is Friday and a reminder of my dear friend Anton Ovcharenko's piece called Nero. It often opens my videos. 

Simple As That.

Dreamers must adjust their dreams accordingly. Does Trump understand who and what he is dealing with? Absolutely not! 

Yes, those are not just conditions but goals(c). Yes, they remain the same. The Song Remains The Same, if you know what I mean. 

I Had To Endure A Lot ...

 ... getting through 300+ pages of this drivel. The US Army is lost if it guides itself by such "compendiums". I could go on for 4 hours deconstructing this crap. But I have a reaction of Russian senior officers--they laughed at this "compendium". Echo Chamber of (pseudo) military Pattonesque BS--main reason why the US Army loses its wars. I need a drink. 

Here is a demonstration of a "maneuverable warfare" for the US Army--a simple, lovely UAV ambush of 404 cannon fodder. 

Do those people even understand what REAL Air Defense is? Nope. All those iterations of Wehrmacht's views, aka Air Land Battle (now Joint Fighting Doctrine, LOL) are built on military fantasies. 

This Is Rich!

 If true. Comes from Israel.

1. Russians, unlike Israel, do not strike residential neighborhoods. 

2. How about Gaza? 

My greatest respect not just to Tucker but to Colonel Aguilar. 

Exposing crimes against humanity of Israel.