I noticed that before it was every publicly released from watching combat footage videos. From what I can tell, Ukraine started using autonomous drones in some engagements at the the end of 2024 or so.
War
Tears Falling
Agreed. Russia is pretty clearly losing now, with no real way to turn that back around short of nuclear weapons.
And the Ian Welshians are shedding big fuckin’ tears about it.
Flamingo
What was that hit with, an FP-5? At 1500km from the front line, that’s about the only thing that could reach that the Ukrainians have in service.
Putin It Out There
Agreed. Russia is losing now. Not badly, but it is getting worse and Ukraine is undertaking more and more successful deep strikes on valuable Russian infrastructure far behind the front lines.
This will only go on so long until Putin is forced to…something. Uncertain what but probably won’t be great.
Serial Service
Why don’t serial killers just join the army?
Some do!
A guy I met at MEPS when I was joining the army told me the only reason he signed up was, “So I could kill people legally.”
Not really people the army actually wants, but not much I could do about it. Glad I never saw him again.
Less Stale
I already knew this. Russia is slowly losing now. Was a stalemate for a long while, but Ukraine is pushing them back meter by meter.
Strikeout
I’ve watched probably 5,000 drone strike videos. What does that make me?
Drones are not the only future of warfare, but they are a large part of its future.
Rolling Over
For the last few years of the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukraine was merely not losing.
Now, it seems to be actually winning. This puts the Baltics under greater threat, not less — Putin feeling cornered and trapped means he is likely to lash out elsewhere. And it’d take a lot less to roll over Latvia, say, than it would’ve Ukraine.
A very dangerous time now.
It’s Hammer Time
Hammer don’t hurt ’em.
Oops, too late.
Nuke Plan
We do. In the UK, Islamist takeover could be as soon as 15-20 years. France’s would take longer, maybe 20-40 years. But that’s going to very bad having two Islamic nuclear-armed nations in Europe proper. And unfortimately, Islamic dominance in those countries is now nearly a fait accompli of their current trajectory.
We’ve made mistakes, but Western Europe has fucked up beyond all reason.
You Ran
Declaring that America “lost” because a dude you don’t like is in political power is pretty weak and pitiful, as well as intellectually bankrupt.
The US achieved its objectives in the Iran war. Israel achieved some of theirs (which were not the same as the US goals). This is and would be true no matter who is president.
Tank Tack
The use of tanks will change, but they are not obsolete. Things are just evolving and there will be a new equilibrium.
Oafish
The actual (not the press-focused) military objectives were achieved in the Iran war. Noah is just wrong, as are most about this. The press claims incorrectly that Iran still has a nuke program. No, it’s gone. That Iran still wants to build nukes is all that remains, and I guess that’s what the press is talking about (strangely), but the facilities are destroyed. Most if not all of the centrifuges are in tiny pieces strewn over the landscape.
Claiming the US lost the war is like believing that because Germany still exists we lost WWII. It’s just oafish stupidity and not understanding what even the actual military objectives of the conflict were.
Strait Up
Well, yeah, the Strait of Hormuz has extremely strong currents which makes it difficult to effectively mine. This is not some failure of Iran. This is just a natural feature of a strait like that. No one knows where those mines are now and probably never will.
Can Ask
Framing what happened as an American defeat — as the press seems to be doing — is fucking insane.
All major objectives were achieved. Iran’s military capabilities were obliterated. Its nuclear program was set back by around a decade. By the by, the US does not give a crap about the Strait of Hormuz. That’s 1970s thinking. Oil just isn’t as important as it used to be, for a variety of reasons.
What happened in Iran was not great, but the actual objectives were met. That’s all you can ask for.