Recent content by Kirkhill

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/us-sen-roger-wicker-rips-trumps-so-called-peace-plan-for-ukraine-russia/ https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5622854-fitzpatrick-criticizes-witkoff-ukraine-russia-peace/...

It used to be received wisdom that hierarchies saved starving pastoralists by inventing irrigation agriculture, complex societies and temples - Mesopotamia and Egypt circa 3500 BC But then Gobekli Tepe was discovered, a temple complex built by hunter-gatherers and pastoralists circa 9000 BC...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-remote-truck-machine-gun-turret-protector-tavria-2025-11 Desert Rats without Troy https://share.google/ZWbg1kMRj1jI7cFBt

And the need for bullets A problem exacerbated by China owning most of the world's steel foundries fuelled by metallurgical coal from BC. A direct result of us westerners shipping Mike Rowe's dirty jobs to China so we could retire in a green paradise enjoying the lotuses. Sorry kids. No...

Exceeded the 'Elf 'n' Safety limits din't they? Nuffink to do wiv GDLS if battles run overtime and officers ignore best practice.

Do you remeber the proverbial nuclear handgrenade? Low yield so little damage but you couldn't get out of the blast radius fast enough? What if you could fly one down a vent from 1500 km away?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-green-lane-landfill-1.7638936 My Dad's favourite word: "Eventually". When all else has been tried. .... Nuclear reactors, waste incinerators and district heating. The world of the future as seen in the 1960s.

And I am ashamed to say I am only learning about this now. https://metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/about-waste-to-energy-facility The incinerator has been around since 1988. It is the district heating system that is noteworthy and even it is an expansion of a system that has been in...

Pleasant surprise out of Vancouver. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/news/vancouver-river-district-energy-waste Vancouver building a waste incinerator downtown and using the heat in the local district. I have bee n a big fan of the concept since I saw it in operation in Sweden and...

And a survey of the battlefield of sorts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2023/05/14/russia-hits-immobile-and-predictable-m-777-krab-and-m-109-howitzers-hard/ https://www.twz.com/land/ukraine-is-burning-through-155mm-m777-howitzer-barrels-so-fast-the-u-s-army-cant-keep-up

And when you can't make up your mind https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/april/create-hybrid-cannon-missile-battery

Interesting little clip on why Ukraine is using the 105 mm L119 Watch for the hip thrust towards the end.

Changing perspectives... https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/24/Indigenous-Community-Mining-Windfall/ Ten years ago, members of the Tahltan nation in northern British Columbia were blockading roads to prevent the opening of the Red Chris copper mine, concerned about its potential environmental...

Macron revamps army with national service Volunteers to be paid up to €10,000 to join 10-month programme aimed at boosting army numbers, reports suggest The French president hopes the scheme will boost reservist numbers by up to 50,000 each year and will address the “hybrid confrontation” waged...