Gyroscopic Investing

Dieter wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 12:55 pm Well, looks like only removing the drones / missles that Iran shot at Israel
Still, that's at least some that can't go to Russia (plus however many Iran wants to keep on hand)

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:38 am The Financial Times reports that Europe is preparing for more acts of sabotage perpetrated by Russian agents in Europe. They’ve already destroyed a Diehl arms factory in Germany, set fire to a UK warehouse full of aid meant for Ukraine. They attempted to derail trains in Sweden and destroy train sigaling systems in the Czech state.
“German-Russian nationals were arrested in Bayreuth, Bavaria, for allegedly plotting to attack military and logistics sites in Germany on behalf of Russia.“
and so on.
https://www.ft.com/content/c88509f9-c9b ... 2bdd3c3dd3

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:23 pm Also, Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service says they have foiled an assassination plot. Two colonels in the state security service, the agency that is supposed to be keeping Zelensky alive, have been arrested. (FT)

Xan wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 11:34 am Did NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? Gorbachev Says “No”

The Excalibur artillery round performed wonders when it was introduced into the Ukrainian battlefield in the summer of 2022. Guided by GPS, the shells hit Russian tanks and artillery with surgical precision, as drones overhead filmed the resulting fireballs. That didn’t last. Within weeks, the Russian army started to adapt, using its formidable electronic warfare capabilities. It managed to interfere with the GPS guidance and fuzes, so that the shells would either go astray, fail to detonate, or both. By the middle of last year, the M982 Excalibur munitions, developed by RTX and BAE Systems, became essentially useless and are no longer employed, Ukrainian commanders say.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:48 am Happy for Paul Whelan and Even Gershkovich

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:33 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:48 am Happy for Paul Whelan and Even Gershkovich

Definitely!

I just hope this doesn't encourage Russia to kidnap more "spies" as a way to get their own out of jail.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:43 pm

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:33 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:48 am Happy for Paul Whelan and Even Gershkovich

Definitely!

I just hope this doesn't encourage Russia to kidnap more "spies" as a way to get their own out of jail.

That is the way some people negotiate. Start with an extreme, extreme position so that the proverbial middle is not at all the middle or fair at all.

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:33 pm I just hope this doesn't encourage Russia to kidnap more "spies" as a way to get their own out of jail.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:39 pm The incursion into Russian territory was an interesting surprise.
I wonder if they can afford it.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 10:54 am "Afford it" in which ways?

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:06 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 10:54 am "Afford it" in which ways?

I mean in the sense of allocating troops and weapons to do that. If it doesn’t work out, it will be said that they spread themselves too thin. But, maybe they’re distracting Russian forces for some clever reason.
It’s an interesting gamble.

seajay wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:28 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:06 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 10:54 am "Afford it" in which ways?

I mean in the sense of allocating troops and weapons to do that. If it doesn’t work out, it will be said that they spread themselves too thin. But, maybe they’re distracting Russian forces for some clever reason.
It’s an interesting gamble.

Putin has offered a "negotiated" settlement - but where that's been based on dictatorial terms, Russia gets to retain Crimea, Donbas ...etc. Trump being elected is perhaps inclined to induce a 'negotiated settlement' i.e. leaves Ukraine in a weak position and having lost land. If Ukraine in turn occupies some of Russia then that significantly changes things. Redraw the borders to the newer occupied lines and Ukraine loses Crimea/Donbas etc. but gains former Russian land that is just 300 miles away from Moscow. Less inclined to see a whitewash, more inclined to see the war continue and where Trump could up the support/supply of Ukraine after Putin pulls out of negotiations due to the terms being unacceptable. "Bad man, bad man, not a nice man" (Trump comment about Putin).