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Talma does raise some interesting questions. For example, does NATO membership prevent a country operating independently if desired? If Poland thought an invasion of Ukraine threatened it's security and NATO refused to respond could Poland declare it is taking independent action and send support to ...

It is quite obvious that NATO and the Polish in particular would roll through Belarus at the first justifiable opportunity and there would be virtually zero local opposition. Therefore, if the Wagner army is kept intact and relocated to Belarus, Putin gains a fairly credible buffer state between NAT...

Since the Progozhin spat has caused some loss of life and considerable expense I think that we must consider that the initial part of the revolt was serious and not staged. Therefore Progozhin's sudden reversal must have been the result of some sort of agreement. But what could that be? What incenti...

Machiavelli on Mercenaries, he knows of what he speaks. "I wish to demonstrate further the infelicity of these arms [i.e., mercenaries]. The mercenary captains are either capable men or they are not; if they are, you cannot trust them, because they always aspire to their own greatness, either by opp...

Fox, I think your first glance is a little exaggerated. First, there is a vast difference between the amount of food required by the basic population and that required to provide exports. It may be that the population will be taken care of but export income will be reduced. The calamity that World f...

4488 You got it Fox. The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.

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Whenever the discussion starts about Ukrainian pilot capability I can't help remembering this movie clip.



My first RAF flight instructor was a pole.

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Hindustan Times , 'nuf said.

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The only way this could get more weird is to find Prigozhin is behind the Russian volunteers.

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Welcome to America Harry.

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Quite obviously the definition of "combatant" is inadequate. A government official who encourages any sort of aggression becomes a De Facto combatant whether it involves authorising any hostilities, approving attacks on civilians with the intent of reducing morale to make the job of the military for...

I watched the making of a beer commercial at Thruxton in the old days. The centrepiece was a table stacked high with various types of beers the sponsor made. First runs were with a Dragon Rapide which was quite impressive but the film crew wanted something more exciting, how about the Chipmunk reall...

Actually slept in the hotel suite that JFK stayed in the night before the event. A pair of double doors from the corridor led into a large reception room/ante-room with several sets of tables and sofas. At the far end of the room was a partitioned dressing area with a massive clothes hanging rack an...

They did risk getting bogged down which is why they created the 40 mile traffic jam heading to Kiev. They could not escape the road by using the fields.

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"Very interesting playing Armchair General with this situation." Discussion of potential courses of action is often criticised as poor security. If the information gathering of any nation is limited to what is reported in the press and discussed on social media they are already in deep, deep, troubl...

Surprised the blogosphere is so quiet. The Ukrainians have created a landing on the south side of the Dniper River near the old Antonovski Bridge. This position has been in use for several days without, apparently, any Russian opposition. The area of the landing is naturally fortified by the Konka R...

You could see the penetration intent from the video. On explosion the blast of the bomb was directed upward in a fairly narrow column rather than it spreading roughly horizontally from the point of impact. The bomb was quite deeply down before it went off. None of this explains why the bomb was rele...

How about the car that was thrown onto an adjacent roof. Location of injury, driver's seat in street or roof of building?

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Looks as though the crowd is playing "shutmouth" and the police have a suspect but refuse to release a description. Obviously a very thorough investigation.

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I always had the same amount of landings and take-offs but I did have less wheels down on the landings than the take-offs. I suppose that doesn't count.

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