cold war ii

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/20/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-martial-law-strikes-drones/ Apparently a genuine malfunction, but the incident hasn't helped present tensions any.

Deliberate damage ? https://www.thenational.scot/news/23063272.major-incident-communications-shetland-shut-subsea-cable-damage/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/20/damaged-undersea-cable-leaves-shetland-cut-mainland/...

I was pretty amazed when I first read this story that this was occurring. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/18/raf-pilots-chinese-military-law-change-james-heappey

https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/09/replacing-an-icon-options-for-the-british-armys-land-rover-fleet/

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/10/11/germany-awaits-frances-signal-on-new-sub-hunting-planes/

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/xzln4a/german_manufacturer_rheinmetalls_autonomous/

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/king-charles-iiis-coronation-date-announced-buckingham-palace/story?id=91329248

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-situation-report-european-vote-calls-for-providing-leopard-tanks/ar-AA12ISAG

If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data: UK Limited Nuclear War Target List View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog

A little bit of background on the Irish situation first: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0829/1319302-ireland-electricity-shortages-blackouts-energy-crisis/ https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0906/1320973-ireland-energy-security-blackouts-winter/ As things stand this week...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/04/ben-wallace-buy-seabed-warfare-ship-now-underwater-surveillance/

ORIGINAL CAPTION: "Outpost" uses artificial intelligence for geo-locating, classifying and tracking a wide-range of threats, according to manufacturer Lambda Automata. (Lambda Automata photo)...

In the title and best kept as theory. But at least worth exploring this. Certainly we have a AH history option which above all shows Australia doesn't lack the theoretical capacity to achieve this. But in terms of operations, it would seem best for them to either build silos or road train...

Via Slashdot: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-europe-braces-mobile-network-blackouts-sources-2022-09-29/ Things may be even worse than they think, there are a fair few computer systems that rely at least in part on mobile phone networks, not to mention reliance on...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63084876 This is liable to severely annoy (at best) both London and Wellington.

Some quick background on this, in particular the ICV, via an old post in another thread (note that the info on the Type 16 MCV procurement & deployment may be out of date, there seems to be still some momentum within the MOD/JGSDF on replacing proper tanks on active duty with MCVs according to...

Good Day All - Interesting story/image posted that implies the Ukranians are using naval drones: https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/september/12227-a-mysterious-ukrainian-naval-drone-discovered-off-crimea.html Any ideas on where the design is from...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/23/europe/russia-official-anatoly-gerashchenko-death-intl/index.html In the news for fatally falling down stairs. Other than being Rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute, I can't seem to find anything on who he was or what was his significance. I see his name...

According to information published by Военный Осведомитель on September 19, 2022, new pictures have been released of the Turkish-built Ada (MILGEM) corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa (F-211) under construction for the Ukrainian Navy at the RMK Marine shipyard in Istanbul. The Ada class is a class of...