Psychologically I'd guess it's quite hard to be the single holdout on a jury, if you know it is consequential. Easier if only a majority is needed, but then it's easier for other people to break with… (View Post)

It's a mix. War clarifies what actually works and what you want lots more of, and where you have a capability gap that needs filling with something new - as with all the many drone/anti-drone develop… (View Post)

It needs to be lots of different things, at scale, quickly. The important thing is that there has to be a strategy to win, and there has to be follow through to do what is required to achieve victory… (View Post)

So Putin has managed to forestall the supply of Tomahawks by promising Trump a peace summit which now isn't going to happen? I can't decide between Trump being an idiot who is easily played by Putin,… (View Post)

There might be a Constitutional right to free speech in the US, but that doesn't mean there's a lack of ways to force people to keep schtum if you are rich enough. (View Post)