No the cost of Trident is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. The issue is that 2% of GDP is not remotely enough if we need to spend at a level comparable to the Cold War, or even worse at … (View Post)

The assumptions of the 90s about the general direction of the world were wrong, free market economics and the collapse of communism were meant to eventually turn Russia and China into broadly liberal… (View Post)

Obama was wrong. That's history. Trump essentially never criticises Putin, and has literally taken Russia's side over his own intelligence agencies. Anyone thinking Trump will be tough on R… (View Post)

You can't logically be anti Putin and pro Trump as Trump being re-elected will undoubtedly aid Russia. (View Post)

I'm glad you said this it reminds me of Nvidia's "Moore's Law squared" nonsense when comparing GPUs to CPUs than Jensen Huang used to spout. Nvidia never outpaced the underly… (View Post)