My former Aer Lingus mechanic father-in-law always says that planes are a lot safer than people think and helicopters a lot more dangerous. (View Post)

As reported this ship was hit in Sevastopol. I recall that the Ukrainians have mounted one naval drone attack on Novorossiyk, and Storm Shadow was used to hit a ship in Kerch. Every ship in the Black… (View Post)

Yes they could. Although, the curious thing about a very efficient vote - winning large numbers of seats with only just enough votes - it's that it's not much different to a very inefficien… (View Post)

I've long had December 12th pencilled in as a likely date, but one aspect that counts against it is that it requires calling the election right at the end of October or the beginning of November… (View Post)

Britain is a museum with a country attached. "The UK defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has ordered an urgent review after it emerged there is a shortage of planes for a mass parachute drop to mar… (View Post)