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https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/us-navy-pushes-two-more-vessels-back-to-iranian-waters-as-blockade-heads-off-27-ships/2-1-1977243

I guess some people are favoured. https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/dynacom-tanker-sails-through-strait-of-hormuz-with-ais-off/2-1-1976522

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-israel-us-strait-hormuz-2026/card/seized-iranian-flagged-ship-was-part-of-fleet-that-frequented-china-uFWfcfChWNDvCpoj3E3D The Iranian cargo ship seized by U.S. forces in the Gulf of Oman this weekend is part of a fleet that often sails to China, one of...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-british-waters-ministry-of-defence-b2960957.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a33cd64efc4172e4 .... With any luck at all Starmer will be gone in May after the local elections. On the other hand there are lots of...

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-funding-helps-cyprus-upgrade-military-bases-for-its-role-as-a-regional-safe-haven/article70883336.ece https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e55y0pzgwo In Rubio vs Starmer Rubio wins. Starmer - the ultimate anti-colonialist. I would not be...

The multi-function Blackhawk. https://www.twz.com/air/the-h-60-black-hawk-gunship-evolves-with-new-wings-and-weapons The US Army is promoting them. They need Foreign Military Sales to keep the production lines open due to the loss of national funding...

More on vertically launched JAGMs. https://defence-industry.eu/lockheed-martin-advances-jagm-vertical-launch-capability-to-counter-drone-threats/ "The vertical-launch approach removes the need for a forward firing arc, allowing missiles to be launched from confined environments such as ship...

USMC team taking shape. https://www.twz.com/air/f-35s-quarterbacking-drones-seen-as-gateway-to-usmcs-6th-gen-fighter All USMC F35Bs to be Block 4 in 10 years. USMC F35Bs quarterbacking CCAs - currently the CCA of choice is the Kratos MQ-58 Valkyrie which will be apparently fitted with a...

The Spectre qualifies for the combined MUSV/LUSV programme that was renamed the MASC programme which had a target of several dozen units deployed by the 2030s with the firts 5 or 10 units in service by April 2028. The MASC programme has been reconfigured from the USN buying the vessels to the...

Saildrone is a name that has come up previously. They build long endurance USVs employed by the USN and its Task Force 51. They have the 7m Explorer, the 10m Voyager and the 20m Surveyor, "Designed for months at sea, Surveyor fuses radar, EO/IR, ML-based detection, passive acoustics, AIS...

I can agree. But I believe it is not the nature of the belief that matters but the commonality of belief. It matters less if a community believes in god or man than that a community shares a common set of beliefs which establish the assumptions on which that community rests and bases their...

Fair comment But the Battle of Amiens was fought with the novel technologies that created the stalemate. It took into account all those MGs, Stoke's mortars, Mill's bombs, advances in crewed aerial vehicles and crewed ground vehicles. It also took into account all the advances in battle...

"“We have seen him effectively reverse course on a reversal of a reverse course. Now, I think by one count we’ve seen six different positions taken by the premier on this issue,” said UBC Political Science Lecturer Stewart Prest. "“Clearly, this isn’t working.”" Clearly 😁 Unfortunately, as...

How to sneak into an enemy harbour, bypassing blockades and booms. UUV sticks onto the hull of a passing ship and hitches a ride. The ships forward motion drives water through the UUVs hydrogenerator to keep the batteries charged indefinitely. The UUV has a 24 cu foot payload bay that can be...

Legitimate solution. With respect to Arctic Mobile Base it depends how mobile they are intended to be. I can't see them usefully navigating the arctic with blue lights flashing and sirens blaring trying to get to a MAJAID site. If they are intended to supply emergency services then the...

Related - kind of In 1991 I met the Star of Kodiak. She was an old Liberty ship that was secured to the dock in Kodiak and was operating as a fish processing plant making surimi. That's where I came in. But that is immaterial. The Star had been parked there in 1964. She was a temporary...

For our under/undeveloped arctic, where we are just now figuring out what development looks like, and where it is likely to occur, I think a couple of relocatable warehouses might be handy. As Noah points out, maybe the center of gravity will be Inuvik or Iqaluit. Maybe Cambridge Bay or Grays...

Frankly I would rather spend the money there than on a High Speed Rail line to Peterborough. Who's got a cottage in the Kawarthas?

Only an Irish poyet could come up with a line like that He obviously has spent no time striking iron. It's all good if someone else is doing the work. 😁

Unfortunately there is always a chance of anything turning into a boondoggle. We need to grasp the nettle some time.