Thanks to Twitter, I learned a piece of history today. I had never heard of this unit or their fight against the Fugo balloons. Amazing.
February 23, 2021
February 16, 2021
February 9, 2021
Sweden is smart
While a lot of the NATO countries continue to whistle past the graveyard, Sweden is putting money where it counts.
January 6, 2021
SpaceX getting into national defense
Well, sort of. Got to say I am happy about this as SpaceX seems to be one of the few competent companies out there.
December 2, 2020
Losses
As some of you may know, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting an undeclared war over the last few months. Courtesy of Jeff “Inch High” Groves is an article listing the calculated losses for each side in equipment so far. Given the small nature of the countries involved, these are some pretty significant losses. Also, of note to me is how drones are changing the face of warfare, especially as it applies to the vulnerability of armored forces.
November 30, 2020
Way cool lasers
Looks like Lasers will be coming to a battlefield sooner rather than later. Here is why.
November 11, 2020
Civilian pilots at Pearl Harbor
Anyone who has seen Tora! Tora! Tora! knows that there was a civilian aircraft flying at the time of the Peral Harbor attack. What I didn’t know, at least until I talked to Jim Bates recently, was that there were a number of civilian aircraft aloft, and not all survived. A really good article here.
October 14, 2020
Paper Tiger
I’ve said before that other than its ageing nuclear arsenal, Russia is a paper tiger, and while we should keep a wary eye out, it is not our major concern. Here is a story that provides an example of that fading power.
Good for them
The US government is going to sell three new weapons systems to Taiwan. Good. The US needs to be firm in its commitment to Taiwan, especially in light of China’s broken promises regarding Hong Kong.
October 9, 2020
China is serious
China is serious about Taiwan. Deadly serious. You don ‘t go building a full size replica of another countries government buildings unless you have a real plan to invade.