My sister got me a copy for my birthday last year. It's excellent, basically the definitive work on second world war era piston engines. The author did a lot of original research, so there's informat… (View Post)

Yes. Zelensky seems pretty confident Ukraine can hurt Russia badly enough to force a peace, even without US help. If Europe keeps up the money supply Ukraine is just going to continue hammering Russi… (View Post)

Beyond the deterrent role, Trident is actually a fairly good guarantee nobody will ever try an amphibious invasion of the UK or Ireland from the west. Nice invasion fleet you have there Mr Trump, sha… (View Post)

Indeed. The truth is we can't do anything substantive in the Pacific anyway, beyond what's already planned with AUKUS. The RN is simply not capable of projecting any real force to the other side of t… (View Post)

That is a very solid take on the current situation, I find myself in the astounding position of agreeing with Mason almost completely. The world as we knew it is gone. Europe is surrounded by wolves … (View Post)