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Ukraine Steps Up Drone Strikes

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Ukraine has stepped up its drone attacks against a wide spectrum of Russian military infrastructure targets. “Ukrainians are reportedly attacking objects from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar, which is a 2,000-kilometer front line in the air.” “Ukrainians have also reportedly accompanied … Continue reading →

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The Tank Isn’t Obsolete, Russia Is Just Using Them Stupidly

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a video from Samir Puri and the Imperial War Museum that echoes something Nicholas Moran said ten months ago, namely that the tank is not obsolete on the modern battlefield, it’s just that the Russians are using them wrong. … Continue reading →

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The Tank Museum on The Tanks Going To Ukraine

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The Tank Museum has a video up covering five tanks being sent to Ukraine (Challenger 2, T-72, Leopard 2, Leopard 1, and the M1A2 Abrams). Some of this will be familiar to regular readers, but I did learn a few … Continue reading →

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Rifle Bullets vs. Steel At 250,000 FPS

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s some spectacular slow motion footage of various rifle calibers hitting a steel plate at 250,000 frames per second. Rounds tested include .223, 5.56 NATO, 300 Blackout, 7.62×39 (the AK-47 round, but out of an AR pattern rifle), 7.62×54 (Mosin–Nagant), … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan Thinks We Won The Great Balloon War

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

After talking to his government sources, Peter Zeihan thinks that we won The Great Balloon War, having gained valuable insights by capturing Chinese tech, and that the entire episode is another symptom of high level CCP dysfunction. Some takeaways: “What … Continue reading →

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American Business And Chinese Money

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Despite increasing sanctions and scrutiny on hostile Chinese business practices and intellectual property theft, private equity firms have previously managed to mostly evade scrutiny for taking Chinese money. That may finally be changing. Takeaways: “The US is starting to wise … Continue reading →

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Follow-Up on Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Given that the original video generated doubts as to its veracity, I thought I would post this followup that goes into more detail about Ukraine’s low-cost suicide drone/loitering munition. These look considerably less jury-rigged than the previous drones. “These are … Continue reading →

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Two Videos About Velma

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Velma, if you haven’t heard, is HBO Max’s “re-imagining” of the animated Scooby-Doo TV show. And by “reimagined” I mean “mangled and mutilated to fit the angry, narrow confines of social justice warrior ideology.” Since I don’t have cable, I … Continue reading →

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The Flying Yeet of Death

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I’ve previously covered suicide drones and drones dropping RPGs. Now Ukraine is evidently cutting out the middleman and passing the savings on to Ivan by just strapping RPGs to light drones and guiding them in. Here’s a screen-grab of this … Continue reading →

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Japan, The Netherlands Join China Semiconductor Ban

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Japan and The Netherlands have evidently decided to sign onto the Chinese semiconductor ban. The talks between the US, Japan, and the Netherlands over wider bans on exports of semiconductor technology to China have reportedly seen the three agree to … Continue reading →

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