Russia
What was old is new
There is a Romanian made plane built as a trainer and aerobatic bird called the Yakovlev (Yak)-52. They have been around a half a century, and Soviet and Russian planes trained in -52s before moving to the jet Yak-17 trainer, which is very similar in size and layout. Why talk about a 50-year old trainer? […]
Stolen Valor Russian Style
Russian war hero ‘the Executioner’ allegedly ordered troops to shoot him in massive payout scheme: report Russian officer Konstantin Frolov allegedly helped orchestrate a $2.5M fraud scheme By Bonny Chu One of Russia’s most decorated battlefield heroes was unmasked as the alleged mastermind of a brazen fraud scheme in which elite soldiers allegedly shot themselves […]
Saturday Shorts
Well, we’ll lead off with a recent one – been a few articles about then-MGEN Michael J. Turley, the Utah National Guard general who was accused and convicted of having an affair with a subordinate. He was basically forced out as a lieutenant colonel, a three-grade drop. Seemed cut and dried – he dipped his […]
Medvedev Barks
Ohio Class SSBN Trump moves US subs after ex-Russian leader’s ‘inflammatory’ remarks By Will Weissert, The Associated Press In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country’s former president Dmitry Medvedev. Trump posted on his social […]
Donald Trump gives Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to ‘end the killing’
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump gave Russia 50 days to make substantive progress towards a peace deal with Ukraine. Trump threatened secondary sanctions if these 50 days came and went with no significant peace progress or deal. These tariffs would impact countries trading with Russia in specific trade areas. Russia is using trade with […]
How do you kill a drone?
The modern battlefield seems to be jam-packed with remotely piloted vehicles, from the older-school US Predator/Reaper large drones to small reconnaissance drone the size of a pack of smokes, or even smaller. Some are armed with on-board missiles, some with guns, some are basically remotely-piloted bombs. Control could be by on-board programming, data-link, even fine […]
News from the baddies
Well, let’s start with the Chinese. They have added a transport base to their PCL-181 howitzer. The gun is now on a 6-wheeled 6×6 truck, making it faster and more maneuverable that a bulky track system. The howitzer itself breaks with most Sov-style systems, too, in that fires standard NATO 155mm rounds rather than the […]
President Donald Trump: We will continue to help Ukraine
President Donald Trump wants the Russo-Ukrainian War to come to an end. After previous talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, that Trump described as “productive”, the latter was not happy with the results of their latest interaction and Russia’s latest actions against Ukraine. However, Trump recently detailed a productive discussion he had with Ukraine’s President […]
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