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    Regional Tensions in and Around Venezuela

    Chavez and Maduro brought their country to its knees. Would it not be good for Maduro to be brought down? From Wiki: A country with massive oil reserves in which people cannot feed themselves. Something is seriously wrong (with its government)...
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    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    They've demolished the place, more or less, so why stay any longer? Even if they had managed to get rid of all Hamas in Gaza, their inhuman behaviour must surely have created thousands more Israel-haters than before IDF entered Gaza. In the same way the inhuman behaviour of Hamas on October 7th...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Indeed, no 'reliable' data on Ukrainian losses. Are Russian losses roughly correct? I do not know but I see trends in the numbers reported and they seem to be high at the moment. If, for example, one month Russian losses are reported as 500 per day and the next month they are reported as 1,000...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I hope this is not what happens but I expect it will. I gather that the biggest supply of recruits for Russia are men from the poorer parts of the country. High losses from those areas do not seem to register with the Russian population as much as losses from the richer areas would. If reported...
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    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    So, Israel is being given a headache. Unfortunately whoever is doing that tends to end up with a brain haemorrhage in return. What makes you think that Israel does not have the most powerful military in the region? The US ensures it has.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I would have been interested to hear Trump's answer to the question put to him but he simply evaded it and rambled on talking so in the end I switched the video off.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    There is no great enthusiasm in the west for a war in Ukraine. When this started, the people of western Europe were shocked to see a European democracy threatened with takeover by totalitarian Russia. Regarding Russia winning the economic war, I don't think there is any chance of that...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I think that those men trying to avoid service in UkAF regret the war and, as a result of the war, being conscripted.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    It seems that Ukraine has struck an airfield in Russia used for drone operations.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Without checking, I believe sitting US presidents are more likely to be re-elected than not, so are normally selected as candidate by their party. I think that a year or two ago the US Democratic Party should have recognised that Biden's age weighed against proceeding as normal. In addition it...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Quite possible that the US will boost weapons supply to Israel to Ukraine's detriment. I am tempted to agree with the view that the US sees the war in Ukraine as a means of weakening Russia militarily and financially - the longer it lasts, the better. That would explain what looks like a deep...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I can understand that.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Indeed, I was ignorant of the acronym A2/AD. My apologies for that.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    You think that if the US loses some navy ships near Taiwan, Europe will be cut off from supplies across the Atlantic from America? PS I don't understand how China would use air to air defences to sink warships.
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Don't let any Indians see that last sentence !
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Gary, you seem to think that paying off national debt is important. That is not what most economists think. Keeping it serviceable is important. In the link you will see that US national debt has increased every year for the last 50 years...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    US historically has a high national debt to GDP ratio compared to other countries. If the US borrowed a trillion dollars to support Ukraine, that would represent a marginal increase in the US national debt to GDP ratio. Nothing near what would be needed to collapse the US. What is the value of...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I feel sure that Russia and Ukraine both have manpower problems. When I say that, I speak of labour available to either create wealth or not create wealth (eg by working in the military). From what I read, Russia is reportedly starting to suffer wage inflation due to a shortage of labour...
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    India HAL Tejas Program

    From the airforce-technology.com link above Talk about obfuscation! What seems to have happened is that some indigenous components are late. Why not just say so months ago? If the article is to be believed, DRDO appears to have screwed up in widening the indigenous supply chain with the result...
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    India HAL Tejas Program

    Does anyone have any info regarding when Mk1A will be delivered to IAF? I think the contract signed in 2021 stipulated delivery of 2 by 1st April 2024. IIRC it was announced 29th March that that would not be happening. The story I heard is that IAF wanted a modification (which cannot have been...

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