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- 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”
Monthly Archives: May 2023
The UAV Strike Company
Eight new UAV strike companies are ready for battle – they have been given pickup trucks, attack copters and FPV drones. UAVs for the Army purchased drones within the framework of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s UNITED24 platform and at the expense … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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“California reparations panel approves payments of up to $1.2 million to every Black resident”
The California Reparations Task Force formally recommended that the state offer payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying Black resident. The task force held a public meeting in Oakland, California, on Saturday and voted on the final set … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, TTG
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A Field Too Far – The Battle of Malvern Hill
Background In March 1862, McClellan opened the Peninsula Campaign by sailing from Alexandria, Virginia, to Fort Monroe. Over the next two months, his army cautiously advanced toward Richmond, but Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston checked him at Seven Pines on … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, WBS
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Dedication
We maintain and continue this committee of correspondence in memory of our founder and mentor, Colonel W. Patrick Lang. The image to the right is Marcus, a character from William S. Burroughs’s “The Coming of the Purple Better One.” Colonel … Continue reading
Posted in Administration
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Ukraine downs hypersonic Russian missile using Patriot defense system
The Ukrainian military shot down a hypersonic Russian missile over Kyiv using the newly acquired Patriot missile defense system, an air force commander confirmed on Saturday. It’s the first time Ukraine has been known to intercept one of Moscow’s most … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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King Charles III
Keith Harbaugh left this comment this morning. TTG, might I suggest a dedicated post on the coronation of Charles III?To some of us that was an important milestone. I watched at least part of it. It was interesting, to me, … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, United Kingdom
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The Danish Brigade
OTD in 1945 Danish resistance disarmed the occupiers. The Danish Brigade consisting of 5,000 soldiers trained in Sweden was shipped from Helsingborg eager to participate in the liberation of their country. Less known, Sweden planned a full scale invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in History, TTG
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Is Tucker Carlson still employed by Fox News but without his show, or did Fox terminate his contract?
By Robert Willmann Floating around in the wind are different opinions about why Tucker Carlson no longer has an evening show on the Fox News television network. An assumption seems to be that he was fired and is no longer … Continue reading
“Stand back and stand by”
With Thursday’s criminal convictions of five Proud Boys, including leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a third jury has stamped history’s judgment on January 6 as an organized, violent uprising meant to overturn the 2020 election. In courtrooms, it’s now established beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, TTG
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Things that go bump in the night
Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a drone strike against the Kremlin on May 3. Social media footage circulated on May 3 shows a drone detonating near a flagpole on top of the Kremlin Senate Palace building in Moscow as two … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
41 Comments