If the UK government can move from the Feast-or-Famine? mode of spending, that would have a massive effect. We have seen, time after time, that when n=money is spent, it is done so in a reckless mann… (View Post)

The reason we bought the Wedgetail was the promise of more capability than the Saab offering. Note that the US is pivoting to providing much of the capability of AWACS from LEO orbit. (View Post)

Auto incorrect having fun - "surviving play equipment" (View Post)

The current production rate is quite low - something like 50-90 per year. So giving a significant number to Ukraine would mean either running down the stockpile or spending money on increasing produc… (View Post)

In all police states, the police is tiny relative to the population. Fear does most of the work. The KGB* peaked at about 200k actual spies (bigger numbers include border guards and volunteer spies) … (View Post)