Ukraine
American artillery ammunition running low
America’s ammunition inventory is running low due to the ammunition provided to Ukraine. Darin Gaub, Retired Lieutenant Colonel, said that it would take decades to recover the ammunition levels that were in place prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. One of the events that Gaub used to make this conclusion is the decision to send […]
Thursday shorts: Harris, Alien, Lee, Dead Russki
The few actual duties of the Vice President are to a) keep breathing b) replace the President if they are incapacitated and c) cast tiebreaker votes in the Senate if needed. Kamala Harris is doing the latter (nice, given that the other things she has been assigned to do like address the border crisis have […]
News Flash: Putin Losing War in Iraq According to Biden
Joe Biden clearly has Iraq on his mind. Today marked another day with another gaffe after he said that Putin was clearly losing the war in Iraq. Biden tells reporters Putin is ‘clearly losing the war in Iraq’ in latest gaffe: ‘Totally lost the plot’ President Biden made a similar comment the night before at […]
Russians using WMDs?
Couple of articles alleging Russian misconduct on a potentially troubling level floating around. In one, the Ukrainians claim that Russia has wired up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) with explosives. According to Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov, … there is currently “a certain threat” to the plant. He noted that by destroying the Kakhovka […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s PMC Wagner ‘march’ to Moscow: A potential repeat of history
Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner’s taking control of Russian territory appears to repeat Russian history. Two major examples involve Russia’s involvement in World War I, and then the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. The first involvement contributed to the events that would result in the revolution that would lead to a communist government. The Soviet […]
Wagner Mercs March on Moscow
Wagner Group Mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group has been described as private military company, a Russian proxy force, or a mercenary army for hire- pays your money and takes your point of view. According to White House spox John Kirby, the Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 personnel inside Ukraine — around 10,000 contractors and […]
Friday short takes – Solar irony, Bama v. AF, Disinformazia
First up, in uber-green Great Britain, they are shutting down those nasty coal plants and moving to wind and solar power as quickly as they can. However, this week they followed Germany’s lead. You may remember that Germany, unable to generate enough green power, is reactivating nuclear reactor generating plants. The UK started turning […]
Article suggests lessons to be learned from Ukraine conflict
My oldest friend sent me a link to an MSN article in which the authors pontificate on the lessons we should take note of from the Ukraine conflict. It’s not a quickie, so I’ll summarize: Mass matters. Attrition warfare is not dead. This mode of warfare emerges when neither side can achieve a clear asymmetric […]
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