. Let's hope 2026 gets better.  We've had enough really bad years in the West for a lifetime since 2001. S O defence_and_freed...

. Naval blockades have a terrible image. The ongoing illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza is an important example, but there were much mor...

. This guy wasted about 2.3 billion Euros by grossly mishandling protective mask purchases during the Corona pandemic. His level of competen...

. The U.S. government (mostly) cancelled its navy frigate program that was meant to slightly adapt a foreign frigate design for the USN so ...

. It's often said that the CVR/T tank family of the British was required to be narrow enough to fit between the rubber trees on Malaysia...

. This blog post will be close to maximum disrespectful towards general ranks. The two reasons for my disrespect are the reasoning I will la...

. Here's one thing that drones can do that manned aviation did not do in either world war nor in the Vietnam War: A huge q...

. The literature (including field manuals) usually discerns three kinds of artillery fires for lethal munitions*: Destructive fires, neutral...

. Where are the machineguns? I saw a few photos of heavy (and ancient) machineguns in field fortifications, but other than that - crickets. ...

. So far the most effective* close air support (CAS) over Ukraine appears to be toss bombing of guided bombs. It's similar to the graphi...