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When this war started I wanted to know the breakdown of use of the Russian and Ukrainian languages in Ukraine. Don't remember the source (would have been something academic) but I was surprised to read that most households in the study reportedly used both languages when communicating in the...

In my ignorance: setting politics aside, which could preclude co-developments (estimated) 1 How long for Turkiye to develop TF35000 alone? 2 How long for ROK to develop an engine for Kf-21 alone? Could time be saved through the 2 countries sharing technology? I guess that there must be areas...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-drone-zelensky-b2644430.html I am inclined to believe him. To me it makes sense for Russia to push hard with high losses at this juncture and to keep pushing until Trump assumes office, the idea being to agree to an...

I suspect that Trump's plan will be for both Ukraine and Russia to surrender to his will (by accepting his peace plan).

I'm not sure that outright capitulation will be the case. I suspect that Trump will want to be seen as the strong man who forced both Russia and Ukraine to accept his proposal to end the war. He may threaten to greatly increase support for Ukraine if Russia does not accept his peace proposal as...

Ukraine was never going to attack Russia, be it a member of NATO or not. Did Poland get invaded because it looked like it might join NATO? It is not for the Russians to dictate to other peoples what cultural or military relationships they are allowed to have. Nor for the US. I am in favour of...

So what did I get wrong there in talking about countries invading other countries? Germany invaded Russia. Russia defended itself. Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine defended itself. Did I approve of Ukraine's shift away from Russia? Whether I did or not is irrelevant. Exercising free choice in...

Yes, but production models should start being delivered in 2026 according to this report from February 2024 : https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/02/05/boeing-pushes-back-t-7-plans-due-to-faulty-parts/ To develop an engine for Hurjet would, I guess, take 5+ years. By then T-7A will be in mass...

T-7A, IMO. I expect that will be the default supersonic trainer choice for nearly all countries, leaving a small number of sales for Hurjet worldwide.

Can't fault her lipstick!

Yes, a lot of Ukrainians are dead because Russia attacked their country. Like it or not, a lot of Russians are dead because when Russia attacked Ukraine, the country under attack chose to resist. Did the USSR choose to resist when attacked in 1941? Yes, at the cost of many millions of lives...

You're smart. Call Putin and tell him to stop attacking Ukraine if you want to save lives.

At 0220 GMT it looks like a close election. A counting machine in one state malfunctioned, which will doubtless lead to a legal challenge if Trump loses the election. PS A number of bomb scares have resulted in voting being halted and restarted with voting ending later than scheduled. Again, if...

UK MOD update on the conflict. I note that the MOD analysis reports that Russia is succeeding in recruiting but I have read that the premium paid to get men to sign up can be extremely high (up to $40,000 in a country with average salary <$15,000). It seems to me that a much cheaper...

I have to disagree with your judgement that climate change is a nonsensical issue. Yes, there is a big, hot war in the middle of Europe (conveniently sized by the US to persist and exhaust Russia at the cost of the Ukrainians). However, the existence of war in Europe does not make additional...

With no apparent regard for what this is costing the Ukrainians - the lives lost, the lives ruined, the architectural treasures obliterated, the homes lost and so on. In my view the purpose of US aid to Ukraine is not to aid Ukraine. It is to harm Russia.

The people who hold power in the nominally democratic republic of Russia have no interest in the wishes of the people of the country. So yes, I think that Russia will continue trying to subjugate Ukraine and its people until forced to stop. I don't think that will be due to western military aid...

You are wrong to speak with such simplicity and certainty. It may be the case that the US sees the Russian attack on Ukraine as an opportunity to weaken Russia. To ascribe this motive to all western countries supporting Ukraine while presenting nothing to support that view is deeply unconvincing.

As someone with extended family in Ukraine (one dead after Russia 'liberated' the area in which they lived), I think that most Ukrainians see their country being 'liberated' by Russia as the worst form of loss they can imagine. Russia has killed, kidnapped, destroyed, so Ukraine cannot now do...

Being a member of a militarily strong defence pact can stop Russia attacking you. NATO has shown that.