Russia
FrankenSAMs getting to Ukraine

Quite a little cottage industry now, repackaging existing missiles as Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) to make them more portable and/or more available to Ukraine. The battlefield is a lot different now – the airspace is an “if it flies, it dies” zone occupied by multiple drones and counterdrone equipment. We now have our first […]
Monday ‘splodeys

We know the GBU-57 Massive Ordinance Penetrator is a bunker buster you do NOT want to fall afoul of – 30,000 pounds of bananas explosive wrapped in a inch thick steel shell, it can penetrate far enough to ruin your day even if you think 200 feet is are far enough underground. But now it’s […]
Sweden Seizes Suspect Ship

We talked about the underseas cables being cut to various Baltic allies, and mentioned the most recent, which was a partially severed cable between Fotland, Sweden, and Latvia. Swedish authorities have seized the Malta-flagged Vezhen, and have it anchored off the post of Karsrona. The Swedish Coast Guard confirmed to the newspaper Expressen that they […]
Wednesday follow-ups. Red dots, destroyers, Sabotage, Mangione, Kavanaugh

Gotta love it – the Sig-Sauer Romeo, one of the most popular red-dot sights, mostly used on pistols, is facing a mandatory recall from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Why? CPSC says that because the button cell batteries can currently be easily accessed, it poses an ingestion hazard which can cause serious injuries, […]
Russki “ribbits” resound

Yesterday I mentioned the Russians acting little froggie outside the war zones – today we get more info on that. That ship that dragged anchor and thought to cut cut the Finnish-Estonia energy cable, called the Eagle S? Seems the Finns found some “real interestin’ equipment” on board. RUSSIA-LINKED dark fleet* tanker Eagle S (IMO: […]
Russia getting froggie outside the war zone?

No doubt you’ve seen the stories that Russia wished Ukraine a Merry Christmas by trying to take down Ukraine’s power grid. Well, the two of them are fighting, so one could say that this is a semi-legitimate target in time of war, right? But there are also indications that Russia is expanding its operations to […]
Ukraine Counts Chem-Bio Coup

LTG Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried […]
First You Get Their Attention

“If they’re paying their bills, and if I think they’re treating us fairly, the answer is absolutely I’d stay with NATO.” Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and ELLEN KNICKMEYER WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin […]
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