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The Brexiteers in England are stoking the flames here, pushing to break the NI protocol and destroy the withdrawal agreement with the EU. Which was broadly a positive deal for Britain. The Brexiteers in this case Farage and Hannan, are Americanista's, they want Britain totally beholden to the...

There isn't a lot the Baltic states can do though. They are too small and have no strategic depth or barriers. So all you could do is pack them with as many people as possible, set up defensive lines and that's about it. Or have a preemptive strategy like the Canadian plan for war with the US...

Nice. Hopefully the Russians will deploy these to help clear mine fields in former conflict zones.

As of right now it seems that the media establishment in Britain/Ireland/Northern Ireland are trying to ban all 'hardline' loyalists from the public discourse and public space. As number of articles from pro-Irish politicians and commentators have come out seeking to divide different strands of...

As a European I am far more worried about even greater US control of Europe. Than I am about the balance between American/Russian/Middle East oil and gas. What's happening now is the Americans gaining even greater control over Europe to support its own economy. If the Europeans had any sense...

Why doesn't Britain have anything like this.

That's the best one so far. So unexpected.

Douglas MacGregor makes the point that the Europeans want to keep buying Russian energy, and for this they are placating the US by buying more stuff. Without actually improving their operational level armed forces. As it stands now the Russians have around 350,000 active troops, the Polish and...

I am just going to give more information for people interested to follow the groups and people involved on the Loyalists/Unionist side. On the Loyalist paramilitary side there is the 'working class' Ulster Volunteer force or UVF, then there is the 'middle class' Ulster Defence regiment or UDA...

Recently the UVF 'Ulster volunteer force' have hijacked a van and sent a pretend bomb to an event where the Irish foreign minister was speaking. https://news.sky.com/story/irish-foreign-minister-simon-coveney-taken-off-stage-at-peace-event-in-belfast-after-security-alert-12574781 As the British...

Interesting thing is Britain and the anglo-sphere in general we don't have gendarmerie. In England we have nothing like it and no history of it. So I find it a strange concept and way of doing things personally. Though I do agree with you about how it would be preferable to army or just police.

Yes. The British used the RUC is Northern Ireland, who were police. They also used the UDR who were local party time soldiers and the British army. So you want a combination of all the difference services for different purposes.

Japan are using DPRK to rearm, just like the Germans are using Russia. Never trust these expansionist powers in my view. Though I do like Japan and Germany as civilizations, they are very threatening to everybody around them. Much more so than China or Russia.

Nice work lads. Good to see science being used for something useful.

Interesting, this is part of the reason why the Russians are holding back in Ukraine, increase NATO or Japan attack them, they can react to meet the threat. Japan is a huge threat to Russia, China simply isn't.

Only the English pound has the price stability to replace the dollar. The Chinese/Russian/Japanese currencies are worthless, the Euro isn't traded enough and it is too young a currency. Only the English pound could be the reserve currency. Of course nobody understands what a reserve is, and why...

Thank you for this well thought out and informative comment. I totally understand and agree with your points. I would add that I believe there is a different option. Which is to not flank the enemy or slowly move through them or to rush them. Rather you bypass through the enemy lines, you do a...

Yes I agree. I have a book called the 4th generation warfare handbook, where you use light-infantry to defeat insurgencies, rather than heavy weapons and air power. There is more to it than this and the book gives examples to do with the legitimacy of the state. However that book wouldn't be...

Yeah totally. ATGM's would destroy them no problem. Which is why you need light infantry, light artillery and light air cover, with your light tanks as they bypass enemy lines. Once you get a contact and get a tank KO'ed, you then disengage and move around to encircle the enemy as well. Its...

Personally I am very into light-tanks, specifically designed light-tanks. For bypassing enemy positions, moving behind the lines and destroying enemy communications and logistics. As they don't need a massive gun, 90 mm is great. They don't need armour beyond 40 mm protection and they don't need...