Again you wrote an excellent assessment with superb points. Putin's rats parable describe Miss Lindsey Graham and little Marco Rubio and their ilk to a T! It also describes EU "leaders".
Regarding the range of Oreshnik, the courtyard of the Pentagon could be struck by Avangard penetrator.
I wrote a comment about that on Smoothiex12.com Andrei Martyanov's site. To summarize, America is afflicted with fatal overconfidence. It's the kind of overconfidence common among supremacists.
I think Alexander Mercouris means well but in my opinion he is too invested in getting approval of the Anglo-Saxon world to whom most of his analysis is geared. He is not alone in this. Even "RT "is guilty of trying to appease the West with often dubious headlines and articles which makes one wonder whether they are truly aware that Russia is in an existential conflict with its adversaries. BTW the destruction of the Soviet Union was facilitated by Gorbachev and his clique making strategic concessions that were aimed at placating the West but which undermined the foundations of Soviet power and unity. "Just saying" to quote Alexander himself.
Great article again Julian, I made a comment today on the duran video with Alexander, John Messianhier & Glenn Diesen. Again a good discussion with 3 intelligent men. But my comment pointed out, that their discussion about Trumps actions toward Russia missed out the Elephant in the room once again. I still can't get my head around how they feel the be all & end all of the conflict will be down to Trumps decisions. Hardly mentioning the Russian point of view or what they will be wanting. After all every single rational person who takes a big interest & keeps up to speed to what is going on. Would know the Russians would absolutely stupid to accept anything Trump or the Americans put to them. Unless it was set in stone that everyone of Russia's terms were agreed & acted upon. Russia has been lied to cheated & deceived far too many times. Mainly by the Americans, but the EU & UK vassels have easily acted as bad as the Americans. These mouth pieces are willing to destroy their own countries futures. Rather than accept a Russian victory & a peace on Russia's terms. Just look at the Globalist traitor Starmer playing his part. The most recent extremist anti Russian worthless agreement with an illegitimate Ukrainian dictator Clown prince Zelensky. It's plain ridiculous, Russia will carry on decimating Ukraines military at its pace. While the UK & EU decimate their own economies. Russia isn't going to throw these weapons about just because they can. If they're needed for a specific target then they will use them. Russia had proved for 3 solid years it isn't going to indiscrimately fire missiles everywhere. Every target had been calculated & chosen for effect. It's frustrating hearing intelligent people ignoring what is obvious to me. I'm positive Alexander still believes America is an untouchable military power that has an unblemished record in military conflicts. When the facts are they've got a terrible military record, in fact it's nearly as bad as its record of keeping it's deals.
Thanks Julian. We seem to be on the same wavelength.
USA does not seem to know it is dying - imploding AND way behind China/Russia/Iran with regard to weapons systems.
This new treaty with Iran will hopefully stop US belligerence.
US has this OLD MENTALITY: Sanction countries in the hope of starving the people who will 'rise up' and depose the Rulers. What a nasty way of doing business.
US is incapable of Diplomacy!
NOT happened: Instead countries are doing the reverse. They are building up their own countries with help from the Asian Pacific region.
NOT many countries want to deal with western lies.
As it is: You know I live in France (Europe) and because of the EU and endless propaganda about Russia we are going down.down ..down. It's going to take some time for Europe to realise that the US is not our friend and never has been.
Time and Time again its been proven this tactic (sanction starve a country force its citizens to rise against it) has never worked which is why we eventually resolve to aerial bombing campaigns and invasion ala Iraq, Libya, etc
Iranians are a very proud and intelligent people. Theyve done quite a lot with 4 decades of sanctions on their heads. They wont fold easily. The young ones who resent the government still love their country and will die fightimg any encroachment
We have war gamed this scenario in 2000 and it didnt work out in our favor.
I generally like Trump but his obsession with Iran to please his zionist masters will turn his supporters against him quicker than operation warp speed. You cant MAGA while in a war with Iran
Your mention of the cornered rabid rat is so perfect. Russia is doing exactly as you describe. Russia is plugging away slowly, methodically and relentlessly. They're doing it in the best way to minimize losses of their own as they maximize losses on the Ukro-Nazis. They're draining NATO's reserves and coffers. They're defeating NATO as they defeat Ukronazistan.
Very well written piece. However, anyone who has been following Russian weapons development would already be aware of this material.
I keep wondering who will take over America first, the Russians or Chinese. I m betting on the Chinese since they are more economically inclined in the sense they have the capabilities to purchase large swathes of industry while co-opting the rest.
From the YouTube videos I have been seeing, RedNote (TikTok's replacement due to the US ban) seems to be doing standup job convincing America's young that it is clearly time for a change...
Why would China take over America? No one took over abundantly indebted Greece except the Wall Street Jewish debt wranglers who walked away once full, which would suit China just fine. I think most Americans who remain after the clash and fall would prefer to live like modern Greeks, peacefully and somewhat impoverished and reliant on a flaccid State and enjoying tourism dollars while sitting in outdoor cafes sipping wines and liquors from dawn to dusk.
Russia & China don't want to take over America no body does. Why do people in the West have this opinion that foreign countries behave the same way as them? Nobody is interested in this, they'd simply want to trade & not be threatened by the psychopaths there. Is that such a bad thing?
Well, you are correct bout not wanting to be bothered by the sociopaths who call themselves our political leadership.
However, the problem is that if we don't eliminate them one way or the other, they will continue to plague the world, no matter what we or the rest of the planet want.
Sociopaths are indoctrinated to adhere to a script in their lives. This is why the Ukraine and Zionist leadership refuse to yield even when realities are staring them in the face.
This is simply not an issue that we in the United States or China, Russia, and Iran, along with the rest of the world can simply ignore.
Thus, the Russians will bomb them out or China will simply buy them out... and turn them into paupers...
Besides, if anyone wants to continue using TikTok, all they have to do is install a good VPN on their device and that should get around any location ban against it.
I always thought that such a ban demonstrated how truly stupid our US political leadership really is...
When tiktok allowed *uncensored* pictures and videos of the destruction of Gaza and murder of her people; as well as alternate views against the narrative put out about Ukraine by the Western media; it became a bridge too far for the elites.
Thats largely why its being banned.
On the flip side; like you said; this will
1) drive a lot of sales and traffic to VPNs which am expecting to soon become a household name for the 20 and under. Hell, my 11 year old knows what a VPN is now
2) open the yes of people who truly think we are "free". You cant have freedom if you control what people can read, see or hear
Fun stuff, no, Russia being attacked by the USA and Israel and UK and Germany and other fucking NATO actors. Imagine that. And Donbas, since 2014? Nah, Putin ain't some smarty, for sure, and it's satellites, dude, and hacking and cloud servers and so many other AI-AGI and digital tools of the Empire and 14 Eyes.
Russia doesn't even have the Chinese supporting Russia directly. It's Russia by itself, and that looks fucked up. Think of years of incursions into Russia, while the U$A of Israel enjoys ZERO incursions or bombs bursting in air.
It's embarassing how the tail between the legs Putin displays. Kicked out of here and there. Hundred thousand dead Russians, hundreds of thousands wounded, both physically and mentally.
Rapist Trump and Company have eyes on the art of the steal, and Putin is not some master of BRICS countries. India ain't toeing the line, nor is Iran, or . . . .
A country disguised as a gas station and military hardware joint?
Fun stuff talking about attacks with almost no care about US, fucker, citizens of the fucking globe caught in these cocksuckers' military-financial-retail-medical-mining-AI-big ag madness.
I can't see thermobaric effects being viable from a hypersonic delivery vehicle, certainly not with the classes of fuel chemicals and dispersion/detonation techniques presently us d for conventional/rocket artillery and aircraft delivered munitions.
Unless a thermobaric payload were built on some class of fuels I'm not aware of or able to deduce has the possibility for such use, I can't see how it would be an optimum choice (or even an achievable effect).
Fuels now used are primarily hydrocarbons and/or relatively low density metals, all have either too low a maximum temperature of stability, too low density for chemical energy yielded to be a net energy gain or both.
I'll keep thinking about it. Long chain, high energy density borane fuels ("zip fuels") as proposed for hypersonic ramjets? Maybe silanes?
Excellent analysis all around.
Regardless of bias too many are frustrated with the pace, whereas I’ve always argued that’s both intentional and vastly beneficial.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Again you wrote an excellent assessment with superb points. Putin's rats parable describe Miss Lindsey Graham and little Marco Rubio and their ilk to a T! It also describes EU "leaders".
Regarding the range of Oreshnik, the courtyard of the Pentagon could be struck by Avangard penetrator.
Yes. BUT do these unintelligent people KNOW this or are they still thinking USA is John Wayne?
I wrote a comment about that on Smoothiex12.com Andrei Martyanov's site. To summarize, America is afflicted with fatal overconfidence. It's the kind of overconfidence common among supremacists.
Correct.
I think Alexander Mercouris means well but in my opinion he is too invested in getting approval of the Anglo-Saxon world to whom most of his analysis is geared. He is not alone in this. Even "RT "is guilty of trying to appease the West with often dubious headlines and articles which makes one wonder whether they are truly aware that Russia is in an existential conflict with its adversaries. BTW the destruction of the Soviet Union was facilitated by Gorbachev and his clique making strategic concessions that were aimed at placating the West but which undermined the foundations of Soviet power and unity. "Just saying" to quote Alexander himself.
Great article again Julian, I made a comment today on the duran video with Alexander, John Messianhier & Glenn Diesen. Again a good discussion with 3 intelligent men. But my comment pointed out, that their discussion about Trumps actions toward Russia missed out the Elephant in the room once again. I still can't get my head around how they feel the be all & end all of the conflict will be down to Trumps decisions. Hardly mentioning the Russian point of view or what they will be wanting. After all every single rational person who takes a big interest & keeps up to speed to what is going on. Would know the Russians would absolutely stupid to accept anything Trump or the Americans put to them. Unless it was set in stone that everyone of Russia's terms were agreed & acted upon. Russia has been lied to cheated & deceived far too many times. Mainly by the Americans, but the EU & UK vassels have easily acted as bad as the Americans. These mouth pieces are willing to destroy their own countries futures. Rather than accept a Russian victory & a peace on Russia's terms. Just look at the Globalist traitor Starmer playing his part. The most recent extremist anti Russian worthless agreement with an illegitimate Ukrainian dictator Clown prince Zelensky. It's plain ridiculous, Russia will carry on decimating Ukraines military at its pace. While the UK & EU decimate their own economies. Russia isn't going to throw these weapons about just because they can. If they're needed for a specific target then they will use them. Russia had proved for 3 solid years it isn't going to indiscrimately fire missiles everywhere. Every target had been calculated & chosen for effect. It's frustrating hearing intelligent people ignoring what is obvious to me. I'm positive Alexander still believes America is an untouchable military power that has an unblemished record in military conflicts. When the facts are they've got a terrible military record, in fact it's nearly as bad as its record of keeping it's deals.
Thanks Julian. We seem to be on the same wavelength.
USA does not seem to know it is dying - imploding AND way behind China/Russia/Iran with regard to weapons systems.
This new treaty with Iran will hopefully stop US belligerence.
US has this OLD MENTALITY: Sanction countries in the hope of starving the people who will 'rise up' and depose the Rulers. What a nasty way of doing business.
US is incapable of Diplomacy!
NOT happened: Instead countries are doing the reverse. They are building up their own countries with help from the Asian Pacific region.
NOT many countries want to deal with western lies.
As it is: You know I live in France (Europe) and because of the EU and endless propaganda about Russia we are going down.down ..down. It's going to take some time for Europe to realise that the US is not our friend and never has been.
I think that the EU and NATO are dead..
Time and Time again its been proven this tactic (sanction starve a country force its citizens to rise against it) has never worked which is why we eventually resolve to aerial bombing campaigns and invasion ala Iraq, Libya, etc
Iranians are a very proud and intelligent people. Theyve done quite a lot with 4 decades of sanctions on their heads. They wont fold easily. The young ones who resent the government still love their country and will die fightimg any encroachment
We have war gamed this scenario in 2000 and it didnt work out in our favor.
I generally like Trump but his obsession with Iran to please his zionist masters will turn his supporters against him quicker than operation warp speed. You cant MAGA while in a war with Iran
I can't stop.
Your mention of the cornered rabid rat is so perfect. Russia is doing exactly as you describe. Russia is plugging away slowly, methodically and relentlessly. They're doing it in the best way to minimize losses of their own as they maximize losses on the Ukro-Nazis. They're draining NATO's reserves and coffers. They're defeating NATO as they defeat Ukronazistan.
Very well written piece. However, anyone who has been following Russian weapons development would already be aware of this material.
I keep wondering who will take over America first, the Russians or Chinese. I m betting on the Chinese since they are more economically inclined in the sense they have the capabilities to purchase large swathes of industry while co-opting the rest.
From the YouTube videos I have been seeing, RedNote (TikTok's replacement due to the US ban) seems to be doing standup job convincing America's young that it is clearly time for a change...
Why would China take over America? No one took over abundantly indebted Greece except the Wall Street Jewish debt wranglers who walked away once full, which would suit China just fine. I think most Americans who remain after the clash and fall would prefer to live like modern Greeks, peacefully and somewhat impoverished and reliant on a flaccid State and enjoying tourism dollars while sitting in outdoor cafes sipping wines and liquors from dawn to dusk.
Russia & China don't want to take over America no body does. Why do people in the West have this opinion that foreign countries behave the same way as them? Nobody is interested in this, they'd simply want to trade & not be threatened by the psychopaths there. Is that such a bad thing?
Well, you are correct bout not wanting to be bothered by the sociopaths who call themselves our political leadership.
However, the problem is that if we don't eliminate them one way or the other, they will continue to plague the world, no matter what we or the rest of the planet want.
Sociopaths are indoctrinated to adhere to a script in their lives. This is why the Ukraine and Zionist leadership refuse to yield even when realities are staring them in the face.
This is simply not an issue that we in the United States or China, Russia, and Iran, along with the rest of the world can simply ignore.
Thus, the Russians will bomb them out or China will simply buy them out... and turn them into paupers...
Banning TikTok is misfiring badly. The powers that be are in a bind with RedNote ...
I completely agree...
Besides, if anyone wants to continue using TikTok, all they have to do is install a good VPN on their device and that should get around any location ban against it.
I always thought that such a ban demonstrated how truly stupid our US political leadership really is...
When tiktok allowed *uncensored* pictures and videos of the destruction of Gaza and murder of her people; as well as alternate views against the narrative put out about Ukraine by the Western media; it became a bridge too far for the elites.
Thats largely why its being banned.
On the flip side; like you said; this will
1) drive a lot of sales and traffic to VPNs which am expecting to soon become a household name for the 20 and under. Hell, my 11 year old knows what a VPN is now
2) open the yes of people who truly think we are "free". You cant have freedom if you control what people can read, see or hear
I'm 76 and have been using VPNs for years ..... as have my kids and their kids ......
Once again, I completely agree with you...
Our political leadership is so bloody stupid that I don't know how they even get up in the morning without assistance...
TikTok China is now being inundated with new sign ups from the west. Teach yourself Mandarin lessons online are now also very popular .....
How about a Poseidon up the Chesapeake Bay into the Potomac! Oh my!
Nothing new here. We all know the outlines of the war now. The only question now is whether US will go nuclear to stop Russia .
Fun stuff, no, Russia being attacked by the USA and Israel and UK and Germany and other fucking NATO actors. Imagine that. And Donbas, since 2014? Nah, Putin ain't some smarty, for sure, and it's satellites, dude, and hacking and cloud servers and so many other AI-AGI and digital tools of the Empire and 14 Eyes.
Russia doesn't even have the Chinese supporting Russia directly. It's Russia by itself, and that looks fucked up. Think of years of incursions into Russia, while the U$A of Israel enjoys ZERO incursions or bombs bursting in air.
It's embarassing how the tail between the legs Putin displays. Kicked out of here and there. Hundred thousand dead Russians, hundreds of thousands wounded, both physically and mentally.
Rapist Trump and Company have eyes on the art of the steal, and Putin is not some master of BRICS countries. India ain't toeing the line, nor is Iran, or . . . .
A country disguised as a gas station and military hardware joint?
Fun stuff talking about attacks with almost no care about US, fucker, citizens of the fucking globe caught in these cocksuckers' military-financial-retail-medical-mining-AI-big ag madness.
https://paulokirk.substack.com/p/deportations-gulags-interments-electronic
I can't see thermobaric effects being viable from a hypersonic delivery vehicle, certainly not with the classes of fuel chemicals and dispersion/detonation techniques presently us d for conventional/rocket artillery and aircraft delivered munitions.
Unless a thermobaric payload were built on some class of fuels I'm not aware of or able to deduce has the possibility for such use, I can't see how it would be an optimum choice (or even an achievable effect).
Fuels now used are primarily hydrocarbons and/or relatively low density metals, all have either too low a maximum temperature of stability, too low density for chemical energy yielded to be a net energy gain or both.
I'll keep thinking about it. Long chain, high energy density borane fuels ("zip fuels") as proposed for hypersonic ramjets? Maybe silanes?
Carbon disulfide?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_fuel#:~:text=Zip%20fuel%2C%20also%20known%20as,was%20eventually%20cancelled%20in%201959.
Mercouris was talking about a longer range version of the TOS as a follow up strike after an Oreshnik strike.
Or a high speed transport/lower speed delivery system?
@Spercepolnes
Waste of energy, counterproductive. Bad engineering, requires more vehicle for less terminal effects.