Several reasons why it will fail.
It really is astounding how poorly the Russian military has performed.
Category Archives: War Commentary
Thoughts On Russian Culture
Depressing thoughts, from Blake Powers.
[Afternoon update]
How the war in Ukraine ends. It’s a long interview, and I haven’t read the whole thing yet.
The Russian Space Program
As he notes, it’s very unlikely that both spacecraft suffered from MMOD. It looks like QC issue.
What Russia Got Wrong
Almost everything.
The Deep State
…is it the Derp State?
[Update a few minutes later]
NORAD “wasn’t sure” it was hostile?
Really? Call me crazy, but the default assumption is that it’s hostile, until proven otherwise.
Our Fearless Leaders
Disturbing
[Update a couple minutes later]
Iran And Russia
Some observations from Blake Powers.
Russian Oligarchs In Ukraine
Predicting The War In The Pacific
This is interesting. A marine did it two decades before Pearl Harbor.