Author Archives: Andrei Martyanov

The Mersea Duck Punt – TTG

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Andrei Martyanov

Sometime before Christmas, I happened upon a marvelous, yet unassuming little boat called the Mersea duck punt for where they sail or the Milgate duck punt for the man who developed the plans. This craft was originally designed for water … Continue reading →

Posted in TTG, Whatever | 11 Comments

The Evolution of USCYBERCOM – TTG

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Andrei Martyanov

New Thinking Taking Root  The essays in this volume describe ways in which U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has evolved over the decade since Secretary of Defense Robert Gates directed its establishment in June 2009. Its current commander, Gen. Paul Nakasone, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Military Art, TTG | 21 Comments

NEA Scout: the next solar sailing mission – TTG

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Andrei Martyanov

NEA Scout is an exciting new mission that was recently selected by NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) by a team from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center. This innovative, low-cost concept will map an asteroid and demonstrate … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, TTG | 7 Comments

NASA’s Lunar Crater Radio Telescope – TTG

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Andrei Martyanov

First, I want to give a tip of the hat to Martin Oline who posted a link to a fascinating article about a NASA concept for establishing a radio telescope on the far side of the moon. I found watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, TTG | 14 Comments

The Geopolitics of Herring Farts – TTG

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

Some of you may remember when that Soviet Whiskey class submarine ran aground off the coast of Sweden in 1981. It caused quite the stir, but it was resolved without too much huffing and puffing… and that was at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Science, TTG | 15 Comments

The New Drone Wars – TTG

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

Back in early 1981, I did a few “odd jobs” between graduating from the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and starting the SF Officers Course. One of these jobs was as an ARTEP evaluator for a mech infantry company on Fort … Continue reading →

Posted in TTG, Turkey, weapons | 42 Comments

“Russia offered bounties to Afghan militants to kill US troops” – TTG

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

(CNN) – Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, a European intelligence official told CNN. The official was unclear as to … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Intelligence, Russia, TTG | 110 Comments

The Other 13th Amendment – TTG

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

I ran across this series of twitter postings by Susan Simpson, a DC lawyer. She discovered some surprising (at least to me) antebellum congressional documents at the Federal Archives showing how far politicians were willing to go in appeasing the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, TTG, WBS | 50 Comments

“The Spook Who Sat By The Door” – TTG

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

Earlier today one of our fellow correspondents, longarch, offered a link to an article on theorganicprepper.com that contends the current unrest is unfolding, step by step, in accordance with a playbook… the US Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Manual. This article … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Film, History, TTG | 45 Comments

The labyrinth known as Libya – TTG

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

When we last visited Libya, we saw the demise of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi at the hands of various Libyan rebel forces. Those videos are now tagged with a graphic content warning on YouTube. His gruesome death with a knife up … Continue reading →

Posted in Libya, Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Turkey | 38 Comments