War

Reshore

Chill War

The calculation China is running now — even apart from the election — is how far it can build up its military before America significantly reshores enough manufacturing to be able to fight an extended war.

This is what matters to the conflict that is coming; this is the make or break. It is a race most of us here in the US do not even know we’re running, but we are. If we can restore enough domestic manufacturing capability before China determines it’s ready to fight, we’ll come out ahead. If not, China will take Taiwan and eventually Philippines and the territory of other allies.

And right now, it’s not looking good for us.

Butchery

Chill War

Russia is resorting to even more meat waves now as they’ve started to run out of mothballed equipment to press back into service. That’s why you see more insane things like motorcycle assaults in daylight against fortified positions and singletons running around on the battlefield.

Russia still might win but the loss of life is going to be beyond belief. But apparently they are ok with it.

Tankies

Chill America Fuck Yeah, War

Our equipment mostly rocks the mic like a vandal, no matter what some leftist doofbags claim. Yeah, sure, the T-64 is a great tank if you like your whole army dying in like 0.02 seconds when hit with an RPG or a brisk wind.

If there had been a shooting war during the Cold War, we would’ve tore up the USSR’s shit like a cat with roll of toilet paper. And unfortunately we might yet get that chance in 2030 or so.

Cassandra

Chill Prediction, War

Now I know what the people felt like warning before WWII that the world was on the brink of a major conflagration and no one listening.

We are there again and again no one pays even a bit of a attention. Well, not no one. Very few and even they don’t treat it seriously. This is not gonna be pretty.

CAT Maneuver

Chill Amusing, War

That attacking cat has better tactics than the Russian army:

1) Approaches the enemy from the weakest point.

2) Uses the strongest point of armored vehicle appropriately for shielding.

3) Attacks with decisive force while still relying on vehicle for protection.

4) Leaves vehicle in place for tactical retreat once the enemy proves too much to overmaster.

5) Does not run over self or friendlies (in this case, just self) with the CFV (Cat Fighting Vehicle) in the heat of battle.

From what I’ve seen, the Russian army cannot achieve any of these things consistently. I hope they don’t conscript this cat. They might have more success.

That Light is a Nuke

Chill Politics, Prediction, War

Fuck me, if Trump wins, Ukraine will be crushed and thus there is an 80% chance we will be fighting in Poland by 2032. Same for the South China Sea but that’s like 90%+. Trump absolutely will sell out Ukraine, Taiwan and all our allies.

If Harris wins, there’s still a large chance of the above but it’s more like 30% for Poland and 70% for SCS. Better, but not great.

WWIII, here we come I guess. Fucking hell.

Least Bad

Chill War

If I’d rebooted this blog 3-4 years ago, I would not even have had a “War” category (if it’d had categories then). Now it’s one I post in frequently.

And that’s because war is coming. It’s already here, really. We just don’t acknowledge it yet. Now’s the time to forestall it worsening or if those dogs must be fully unleashed, to make it the least bad possible war.

But mostly, we’re doing nothing. And that pains me.

Wave Byebye

Chill War

I’m not bothered by that much, really, but it’s disturbing to see Russian troops passing the charred and dismembered bodies of their dead comrades, heading into another pointless, doomed meat wave assault where all or nearly all of them will be killed for absolutely nothing.

To Russia, those people aren’t worth even as much as a $500 drone. Something is deeply wrong in the Russian soul. Deeply, deeply wrong.