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The Real War Starts Now

It took a month but the invasion has finally shifted into something that would meet with Rokossovsky's approval

Anti-Empire 29 Mar 22 6615 9

Ukraine Gets Bayraktars, Russia Gets South Ossetians

Armed forces of 4 states now involved in fighting in Ukraine on the Russian side

Anti-Empire 27 Mar 22 1506 10

Russia Is Shortening Its Front to Bolster the Two Key Donbass Axes of Advance

Pulling back from pointless salients in the steppe. Freeing up forces to pursue strategic payoff in the east

Anti-Empire 27 Mar 22 2774 16

Russian MoD Says It Conducted the Largest Diversionary Operation in History

60% of forces devoted to a feint, and if you believe that there's a Brooklyn bridge on sale...

Anti-Empire 26 Mar 22 5994 36

Russians at the Gates of Kiev

Too far to go back, too far to go forward

Anti-Empire 21 Mar 22 1958 22

Those Pesky Sino-Russians

China Has Edged Ahead of Russia in Air vs Air Capabilities (With Russian Help)

The Chinese are amazing at tech

Justin Bronk 21 Jan 22 1552 6

Our Mighty Empire

After Seeing a “Milestone” US Unmanned Vessels Exercise the Chinese Are Already Mailing a Surrender

FedEx to drop it any minute now

Navy Matters 6 Nov 21 2068 12

Our Competent Empire

Pentagon’s New Frigate Will Be Another Under-Gunned Design

80 percent of the weight and cost, 33 percent of the firepower

Navy Matters 6 Sep 21 910 6

Our Competent Empire

Looks Like Imperial Navy Will Find a Way to Screw Up Its Upcoming ‘Low-Risk’ Frigate

After vowing to Congress it had learned from the Zumwalt/Ford/LCS fiascos

Navy Matters 5 Sep 21 1362 4

War in Syria

Israeli Planes Attack Syria Through Lebanese Airspace; Forced Civilian Planes to Reroute

Israel had not launched an attack in nearly a month prior

Jason Ditz 23 Aug 21 655 8

War in Syria

Syria Shot Down 22 Israeli Missiles, Russian Military Claims

Associated Press 21 Aug 21 1287 23

Taliban Encircling Kabul, Prepping Final Assault Through East

"The Afghan military is in complete disarray.... has lost five of its seven corps headquarters"

Bill Roggio 15 Aug 21 436 1

Looks Like There May Be No Anti-Taliban “Northern Alliance” Remnant This Time

The Taliban already hold much of the northern Tajik-Uzbek hinterland the opposition retreated to in 1996-2001

Anti-Empire 13 Aug 21 850 3

Much of Northern Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

Five provincial capitals since August 6

Jason Ditz 10 Aug 21 475 5

America’s Newest Carrier Is a Fiasco. The Navy Just Admitted Why

It's an experimental technology demonstrator, not a ship of war

Kyle Mizokami 3 Aug 21 5372 33

Empire Woes

Second Attempt to Test the Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails

The Russians have had one for years...without a trillion-dollar defense/pork sector

Joseph Trevithick 1 Aug 21 1221 22

Afghan Air Force Readiness Already Plunging, Questionable It Can Remain Airworthy Without Americans

Zoom assistance and repair shops outside Afghanistan may not cut it

Stephen Losey 30 Jul 21 402 9

War in Syria

Supposedly Russia Is Moving to Limit Israeli Strikes on Syria

But we've heard this story before

The Times of Israel 26 Jul 21 890 11

Russia Unveils New Fighter at Moscow Airshow — Su-75 ‘Checkmate’

Andrei Martyanov 21 Jul 21 1694 16

Empire Woes

Gradually and Then Suddenly: Explaining the Navy’s Strategic Bankruptcy

"How did this happen to a force that, as recently as two decades ago, dominated the world’s oceans to a degree perhaps unequalled in human history?"

Christopher Dougherty 13 Jul 21 2028 18

Britain’s 6 Destroyers Are Getting a 50% Firepower Upgrade That Will Still Leave Them Badly Outgunned

London has 6 destroyers in total and the belief it can tango with Russia

Military Watch 10 Jul 21 774 9

In Next War the US Wants to Hit China With Nuclear-Capable Bombers. How Is China Supposed to Know the Incoming Fire Isn’t Atomic?

With only 130 inter-continental warheads Beijing can't be certain of 2nd strike capability after it has absorbed the 1st

Loren Thompson 24 Jun 21 1312 14

355-Ship Navy? Actually the Imperial Fleet Is on Course for a 140-Ship Navy

PowerPoint presentations are one thing, build rates another

Navy Matters 11 Jun 21 1038 9

51st State Adventures

Hamas Has Establishing Itself as a Player That Cannot Be Ignored

"The new military capabilities of Hamas - long-range and more accurate rockets, drones and an unmanned submarine - have taken the Israeli military by surprise"

Shir Hever 1 Jun 21 1073 2

Budget WarsOur Benevolent Empire

Marines Take Fight to the Sea, Targeting China Dollars

Less about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, more about keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy

Jeff Groom 30 May 21 828 8

Our Benevolent Empire

Navy Seals Are Refocusing to Fight Russia and China

"Great power competition and a conflict with a nation-state like China or Russia or even North Korea and Iran suits the SEAL Teams’ DNA better"

Sofrep 22 May 21 897 22

War in Syria

Pentagon Charges Sergeant for Attack on Syrian Army Checkpoint That Killed Syrian Soldier

Shouldn't have been there to begin with and provoked a fight by issuing threats to soldiers in their own country

Kyle Rempfer 2 May 21 968 5

Empire Woes

After 20 Years of the US Military Machine Fighting Them, the Taliban Hold 52% of Afghanistan’s Land

Home to 41% of the population. Empire to lose another war

Jason Ditz 15 Feb 21 314 3

Strengths and Weaknesses of Russia’s Maritime ‘A2/AD’

Michael Kofman 12 Feb 21 1406 5

War in Syria

An Unintended Syria Air Clash Could Pull Biden Into Conflict Involving Russia, Israel

Tom O’Connor 11 Feb 21 1628 16

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