Ten years is probably a fairly aggressive estimate. On a macro scale Europe has to replace a lot of technology and hardware only obtainable from the US at the moment. We also need to scale up product… (View Post)

Indeed. Trump's only interest in Ukraine was to get money or a quick PR win from ending the war. Neither of those is going to happen so he'll disengage. I would not be surprised to see him announce a… (View Post)

It would be 'brave' of the US to block UK use of our F-35s, considering how much British technology is in those aircraft. LockMart would have a complete and lengthy production shutdown if we retaliat… (View Post)

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)