RSS- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Telenko on artillery logistics – TTG
I cannot begin to overstate the battlefield shift in the logistical “correlation of forces” this tweet thread represents. Ukraine is trading artillery shells 1-to-1 at Bakhmut and half of AFU shells are Western 155mm caliber. The highest single “Russian artillery … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
53 Comments
HARPER: KIRKUS REVIEW PRAISE FOR THE PORTABLE PAT LANG
Kirkus Review has joined Publisher’s Weekly in praising Col. W. Patrick Lang’s anthology of strategic writings, The Portable Pat Lang. Excerpts from the Kirkus Review follow: “U.S. Army veteran and commentator Lang offers a collection of assorted writings on military … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day!
By Robert Willmann Celebrated in some parts of the world, today is another positive expression from the Christian tradition, known as Saint Valentine’s Day, and is illustrated above in a drawing from 1861 in Harper’s Weekly [1]. Fondness, affection, and … Continue reading
The Ohio train derailment with toxic chemicals is a serious situation with little reporting
By Robert Willmann After a train derailed at East Palestine, Ohio on 3 February 2023, and toxic chemicals were released and burned, there was little reporting on what was and is a dangerous situation. Finally, after 11 days of virtual … Continue reading
“China zeroes in on ‘near space’ as potential next battlefield in modern warfare” – TTG
Comment: This CNN report answers a lot of questions about the Chinese surveillance balloon the USAF shot down last week and the three UFOs shot down, so far, this week. Chuck Shumer was told by the IC that two of … Continue reading
Posted in China, Intelligence, Space, The Military Art, TTG
33 Comments
“Pentagon looks to restart top-secret programs in Ukraine” – TTG
If approved, the move would authorize US Special Operations troops to employ Ukrainian operatives to observe Russian movements and counter disinformation. The Pentagon is urging Congress to resume funding a pair of top secret programs in Ukraine suspended ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
41 Comments
“SpaceX’s huge Starship booster conducts historic 31-engine burn” – TTG
SpaceX’s giant Starship vehicle just took a huge step toward its first-ever orbital test flight, which could take place as soon as next month. A Starship first-stage prototype known as Booster 7 ignited 31 of its 33 Raptor engines during … Continue reading
Posted in Space, TTG
23 Comments
HARPER: MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING
Col. Lang sends his greetings as he recovers from an illness and is regaining strength. In the interim he has asked TTG and Harper to moderate the site. Commenting on the recent incident involving the Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed … Continue reading
Posted in China, Harper
69 Comments
Open Thread – 7 February 2023
Just in case anyone feels inclined to comment on the President’s SOTU speech and performance. I thought he did a good job, as did McCarthy.
Posted in Open Thread, TTG
50 Comments
“Divining Russia’s Main Effort in 2023” – TTG
General Gerasimov was not appointed to defend current Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine. This was the strategy of his predecessor General Surovikin, and it clearly was not what President Putin was after in his Ukrainian invasion commander. Therefore, Gerasimov will be … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
77 Comments