Motive means opportunity. We know the motive is there. Maybe for some of this stuff the means is fairly straightforward. What’s surprising is how much opportunity there is. This isn’t just one or two… (View Post)

They should invite the Romanians to assist in their defence. Meanwhile any attempt at an amphibious assault would be a chance for Ukraine to take out another chunk of the Black Sea fleet. (View Post)

“Why spend $Xk on robust all terrain tyres for fuel trucks when all they’ll do is drive over parade grounds? No, I’ll go and get these cheap ones from China and pocket the difference. I deserve a lit… (View Post)

“Message for the day: distract attention from Russian war crimes by talking about other wars”. (View Post)

Russia is already down about a million bbl a day at wellhead. Most of that is probably permanently lost production capacity, due to technical difficulty at those wells and the suddenly lost expertise… (View Post)