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Category Archives: Weapons
North Korean Missiles Kill Ukrainian Cows While Grazing Peacefully in the Fields
Close to minute 9 in the video below, the early Russian use of North Korean ballistic missiles against Ukraine is discussed. The topic of western sanctions against top oligarchs and warlords, such as the Chechen Kadyrov, is discussed earlier in the … Continue reading
Global Firepower Since the Ukraine War Revelations: Whose Weapons Are Selling Like Hotcakes?
Russian weapons have not performed well in and around Ukraine recently, giving the Russian arms industry a huge black eye. This is reflected in a global drop in weapons sales for Russia. Even India has lost its appetite for Russian … Continue reading
Russia Reveals Devastating Weapon at Parade
Russia’s only tank manufacturer had been shut down for weeks due to lack of spare parts. There have been rumors that the juggernaut factory that produces the T-14 Armata tank might even be sold to Elon Musk for conversion to … Continue reading
The Stockpiles of War: NATO Comes to Ukraine
Why Ukraine will have to start using NATO military weapons systems: Putin is forcing Ukraine to join NATO in the sense of fighting with mostly NATO weapons systems, cooperating with NATO defense forces at the highest levels. If Putin meant … Continue reading
Imagine There’s No Putin; Easy if You Try
Putin Has a Problem He has been stymied in his latest national acquisition, and he is having a tantrum. Now Putin wants to use artillery to pound Ukraine into dust. The civilian population of Ukraine is the real target of … Continue reading
Moskva “Pride of Russian Navy” Suffers Curse of Snake Island: “Go Fuck Yourself,” They Told the Missile Cruiser
Moskva featured in one of the landmark early exchanges of the war, when Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island, a small outcrop in the Black Sea, told the ship to “Go fuck yourself” after it demanded they surrender. Russian Flagship … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Russia, Ukraine, Weapons
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Ways to Resist An Invading Army of Murderous Thugs
The ongoing mass murder and displacement of large numbers of civilians in Ukraine by Putin’s Russia is nothing that a civilized leader or nation would ever do. Because of its sheer brutality and self-defeating nature, it was not anticipated by … Continue reading
Posted in Dangerous Child FAQs, Military, Russia, Ukraine, Weapons
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Putin’s Elite 2000 Man Guards Airborne Regiment Destroyed in Battle Near Kyiv; Only One Survivor
The regiment’s commander, Colonel Sergey Sukharev, was also confirmed as killed during the fierce battle that raged near Kyiv on March 17, according to local reports. Reports claim that the Russian 331st Guards Airborne Regiment was destroyed after coming under fire from … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Putin, Russian Decline, Ukraine, Weapons
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The Insane Future of War: Drones as Force Multipliers
Advanced technology built into the pilot helmets of US military aircraft such as the F-35 and F-22 (and now the F-15 and F-16 Block 70/72) will allow a single pilot to control dozens or hundreds of deadly drone aircraft flying … Continue reading
Putin is Provoked by Any Sign of Weakness
Russia’s beleaguered invasion of Ukraine is resorting to ancient battle tactics of total obliteration, in the attempt to show the world some sign of accomplishment and competence. Unfortunately for Russia, it shows quite the opposite. It is the strikes against … Continue reading
Posted in Maintenance, Military, Nuclear War, Obama, Russia, Russian Collapse, Russian Decline, Ukraine, Weapons
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Drone Warfare in Ukraine: A Missing Link
Ukraine has been curiously successful in ambushing Russian and Chechen forces traveling in convoys. Given Russia’s clear air superiority in Ukrainian skies, it was not clear how Ukraine was achieving these limited victories against Russian forces traveling the long supply … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, Russian Collapse, Ukraine, Weapons
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You Will Be Assimilated; Resistance is Futile
Whether it is the Borg Collective or a modular cluster of the world’s tallest buildings, integrated modular innovation is the most likely scenario for a massive disruptive shift in world reality. The Broad Group in China has achieved remarkable results … Continue reading
Posted in China, drones, innovation, Military, Technology, Weapons
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Is Antidote to Chaos Guns? Lots of Guns?
And Training? Lots of Training? When peaceful populations are prepared for violence against them, they suffer less at the hands of violent people. There are a lot of ways to be prepared in a violent age, but proficiency in firearms … Continue reading
The Coming War of the Drones
When Iran’s leaders gave the go-ahead for an incendiary proxy drone strike against Saudi Arabian oil facilities, they turned the eyes of the world to a new reality: A coming drone war. The Drones Are Coming! Recently another son of … Continue reading
Brazil Has Strong Gun Control — And Sky High Murder Rates
For Criminals, Guns Come Easy Thanks to strict gun control laws, the ability of the average Brazilian to defend himself from more bloody-minded countrymen is limited. By absolute numbers of homicides, Brazil leads all other nations. 60,000 Brazilians were sent … Continue reading
Russian Exports We Could Do Without
Rockets and Poisons Ten days ago, the Kremlin leader sought to frighten the West with his new “super weapons” and his preparedness for nuclear war, Eidman says. Now, he “is frightening it with a mass poisoning in the center of … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Russia, Weapons
Tagged Russian State of Mind, Weapons
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What Breed of Human Can Survive in the Future Commons?
In the Future: Death from the Commons Today we can safely travel around the world, by air, sea, rail, and highway. We can breathe the common air, eat the common food, and often drink the common drinks, taking only the … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Anarchy, Doom, Environment, Military, Nuclear War, satire, Weapons
Tagged drones, nanoweapons
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Swarm Weapons: Is Your Survival Bunker Well Equipped?
Coming World of Swarming Drone Warfare Is anybody ready for this? Small drones, even in large numbers, tend to be far cheaper than conventional, larger weapon systems… Indeed, most of these systems are based on existing, easily available, and extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Disruptive Technologies, drones, Machine Intelligence, Military, Robots, Self Organisation, Survival Prepping, TEOTWAWKI, Weapons
Tagged drones, survival, Weapons
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The Gentleman Assassin: Part I
The Unbreakable Umbrella The umbrella has proved a useful tool for heroes including Sherlock Holmes, John Steed, and many others. It is an unremarkable accessory for any gentleman (or lady), can be carried onto airplanes, and has many uses besides … Continue reading
Posted in Dangerous Child, Weapons
Tagged self defence
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Noisy Nuclear Submarines of China, India, Russia Take to Sea
More Nations are Joining the Dangerous Cat and Mouse Game of Nuclear Missile Submarines The Chinese military is poised to send submarines armed with nuclear missiles into the Pacific Ocean for the first time, arguing that new US weapons systems … Continue reading
Power to Coerce, Power to Disrupt
Hackers Hit Banks, Power Grids, Air Traffic Control Systems Anything that is connected to the net is susceptible to being hacked — for purposes of espionage, theft, vandalism, or sheer deadly destruction. Global Financial Network “SWIFT” Regularly Robbed of $Millions … Continue reading
Posted in China, Crime, Disruptive Technologies, Economics, Electrical Power Grid, Russia, Weapons
Tagged china bubble, cyberwar
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TEOTWAWKI Survival Cache: Include 3D Printer, Survival e-Library, etc.
When you are placing your survival caches in likely hiding places around the world, do not forget to include a general-purpose, self-replicating 3D printer, along with a comprehensive survival e-library with all the necessary modeling software and plans. You will … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Printing, Rebuilding Civilisation, Survival Prepping, TEOTWAWKI, Weapons
Tagged 3D Printing
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Guns, Lots of Guns — And Other Crazy Stories
The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant Background … Continue reading
All the Gun Range Training in the World Won’t Prepare You for Harsh Reality
Gun range training is crucial for becoming familiar with your weapons, and how they perform. But in a real world close-quarters ambush, you need much more . . . When Seconds Count, Help is At Least Minutes Away The threat … Continue reading
Cleaning Up Politics: Return of the Duel!
Dueling would confer consequences onto all the ugly, dishonest, uncouth, untrue, and defamatory things people say about you or your family. Yes, some politicians might be struck down if we allowed this ancient combat to reemerge in contemporary society. But … Continue reading
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