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One can hope, and I have friends and relatives in the United States so there is an element of personal interest in hoping that it never happens. Going to Texas to extract family is a bit beyond my abilities if hostilities break out. The problem is there are a lot of elements in play now which...

And another potential trigger: https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-biden-will-never-be-president-of-all-americans_3557916.html Why Biden Will Never Be President of ‘All Americans’ Roger L. Simon October 29, 2020 Updated: October 29, 2020

Interesting, if counterintuative (compared to the mainstream) prediction: https://twitter.com/PollWatch2020/status/1321596759160713216

The Strategic Long Range Cannon is supposed to be road mobile, and likely will resemble an updated M-65 "Atomic Annie". While no one has said exactly how this is supposed to work, a ramjet powered shell is likely the method of getting 1000 nautical mile ranges

Drone and counter drone warfare is becoming a big issue among multiple military forces...

An interesting look at the methodologies behind the company which is predicting a Trump/Republican win. While you can argue about how effective it is, we will have some sort of proof that it is effective or not very soon now. It is good to understand how it works (and the methodology can be...

While the article and the arguments for 105/120 at the Battlegroup level are sound, there are reasons to think much bigger, mostly to future proof ourselves. The Russians have long used masses of artillery, and modern Russian artillery parks are 3:i in favour of long range multiple rocket...

Further on that initiative...

Not a duplication of efforts, but readying different tools to do the job. The PLAN will have a much different task defending against mobile missile batteries suddenly appearing on an island than defending against ramjet powered artillery shells being fired from US allied nations surrounding the...

A fascinating read which really puts how China attempts to gain influence through politicians in context: https://www.baldingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/KVBJHB.pdf

Taking "Unrestricted Warfare" to new levels: https://nypost.com/2020/10/20/meet-your-chinese-facebook-censors/ Meet your (Chinese) Facebook censors By Sohrab AhmariOctober 20, 2020 | 8:04pm | Updated And if that wasn't bad enough...

Speculation on the "Sixth Generation" aircraft has heated up with the USAF announcing they had built a prototype in just one year. This article looks at the short timeline and the various network/UAV/UCAV approaches the USAF has been examining and comes up with an interesting speculation: the...

Perhaps the biggest story isn't the story itself, but rather how the corporate and social media have gon all out to try to hide or dismiss the story. Even more disturbing is the knowledge that this laptop drive has apparently been in the hands of the FBI for more a year already. Given how...

Given the ever evolving capabilities of UAVs, it may well be cheaper to focus on a LOCUST type swarm dispensing system to replace multiple artillery weapons, not to mention being able to use similar airframes to provide ISTAR coverage, and possibly use for things like comms and EW. Various...

The primary interest in this article is the different methodology being used (not to mention the actual inclusion of third party candidates - many people who lie to pollsters may falsely claim to be voting third party - this gives an idea how much of a shift is realistically possible). This is...

Micheal Yon has come to Portland to observe the insurgency there, and is starting to offer reporting on the situation (previously he covered the Hong Kong uprising)...

More on the unreliabilty of polling. Even the Biden campaign is now stating polls are not accurate. Obviously the methodology needs to be changed dramatically if polling is ever going to be a trusted and reliable source of information again...

Another discussion about polling. One question which should be looked at is how much of this behaviour can be inferred from Canadian polling data? https://spectator.org/shy-trump-voters-pollsters-and-the-appeal-to-ignorance/ Shy Trump Voters, Pollsters, and the Appeal to Ignorance Pundits...

I will reserve remarks about the deficit/debt for a different thread (either revived or a split from this one), as the implications are far greater than "just" current great power competition, even if it materially affects the issue. On the other hand...

Absolutely. But the other side of the coin is we need to unfetter our own economic power, productivity and growth as well. Eliminating cancerous deficits and debts which burden entire generations to come, and looking carefully at the regulatory environment (I once read that the average small...