Friday, January 21, 2022

Hybrid Warfare, Intelligence ➾ 2022

23-3-14 Ruscist Scourge: West Targeted by HYBRID War - Starsky > .
>> Digital Warfare >>>Hybrid Warfare, Intelligence ➾ 2022 ..

Realities of modern-day intelligence-gathering—and how the US competes in a new age of cyber-espionage. Amy Zegart, the Hoover Institution’s Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow and author of the newly released Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H .R. McMaster, and John Cochrane for a closer look at intelligence gathering, national security, and geopolitics.

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Migrant Crises ➾ 2022

24-2-10 Borders: Some Countries Are Nearly Impossible to Escape - Map > .

Military ➾ 2022

22-12-23 Fiend behind Wagner PMC - Yevgeny Prigozhin - Artur > .22-12-4 America's Invisible New Stealth Bomber - The B-21 Raider - Found > .
22-12-2 Naval drones. Battle of Innovations. Fight for Freedom - UA24 > .
22-6-23 Germany's $100 Billion Military Upgrade - CaspianReport > .
22-5-7 New Cold War - More nuclear weapons in Europe? | DW Doc > .
22-4-27 HR R-U 2:3415:00; X 23:34; v X 37:08; tech 46:2653:0057:271:05:21;
22-4-20 Nuclear Defences - ROC Cold War 1, Ċold Ŵar 2 - mfp > .
22-4-19 Ukrainian Ground Forces 3D - AViz > .
22-4-14 Lithuanian Army Ready For War? Task & Purpose > .
22-4-8 How (so many) Russian Tanks Are Being Destroyed - CoCa > .
22-4-8 How Many Nuclear Missiles Can the United States Intercept? - nwyt > .
22-4-4 Russia’s David vs Ukraine’s Goliath? Manpower woes - Binkov > .
22-4-2 Germany approves BMP-1 Sale to Ukraine - mhnv > .
22-4-1 Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Sparking NATO Defense Spending Spree? > .
22-3-31 The weapons Ukraine uses against Russia - CaspianReport > .
22-3-30 How will Germany spend its massive €100 billion military budget? | DW > .
22-3-29 Military Drones; Decisive Factor in Russia-Ukraine war | DW > .
22-3-27 Are Tanks Obsolete? [Vlad's Disaster &] The Future of Warfare - nwyt > .
22-3-23 Drones in Ukraine - lessons for other countries - Perun > .
22-3-23 Ukraine-made BTR-4 armored vehicle. Technical profile - Binkov > .  
22-3-19 [Тѕаr Rυnt dragging] Russia headed to strategic defeat in Ukraine - Caspian > .
22-3-4 Is The Russian Military Actually Failing In Ukraine? - CoCa > .
22-3-2 True state of Ukraine's military today - Binkov > .
22-2-24 Global Power Rivalry | Michael Buckley > .
22-2-5 US Ranger School - Life is a Special Operation > .
22-2-19 Why Germany [daren't] help Ukraine (against Russia) - CaspianReport > .
>> Military >>>


Geostrategic Projection
European Geostrategic Projection ..



The world is entering a new era of warfare, with cyber and autonomous weapons taking center stage. These technologies are making militaries faster, smarter, more efficient. But if unchecked, they threaten to destabilize the world. A cyber intrusion against a nuclear early warning system could unleash a terrifying spiral of escalation; where “flash wars” can erupt from autonomous weapons interacting so fast that no human could keep up. We have already entered the technological arms race that is propelling us towards this future. “We’re right in the middle of it. That’s the reality we have to deal with.” The world is failing to meet the challenge: a) talks on controlling autonomous weapons have repeatedly been stalled by major powers seeking to carve out their own advantage,
and b) cyber conflict has become not just a fear of the future but a permanent state of affairs. 

00:00 - Introduction to Future Warfare Technology
02:37 - The Cyber Nuclear Nightmare
17:05 - Flash Wars And Autonomous Weapons
30:12 - Trading Markets And Flash Crashes
31:45 - Time To Act

Bundeswehr 22-3-1
01:03 - Big Announcement
01:56 - 100 billion € for the German Army
03:54 - 2 % GDP is happening?
07:09 - Changing Germany
10:21 - FCAS/SCAF
12:02 - Armed Drones
13:50 - F-35 & Eurofighter
17:27 - Intermission (Have your say)
17:58 - When will Germany buy...stuff?
21:59 - German weapon exports
24:28 - Trump (just spare us both with this...)
25:35 - Outro & upcoming videos
 
➾ 2022 ..
Artillery ↷ R-U War ..

Saturday, January 15, 2022

NATO ➾ 2022

22-1-15 Finland and Sweden consider NATO membership - Caspian > .
23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .
23-7-6 What’s Blocking Sweden’s NATO Membership? | WSJ > .
23-6-18 Procurement vs Efficacy - Requirements, R&D pitfalls - Perun > .
23-2-3 Fiona Hill - NATO = Barrier to Pooti's Imperial Ambitions - SC > .
23-1-30 Inside Polish Armored Infantry (Squad to Division) - Battle > .
23-1-26 Germany's military in dire state. Fix? | DW > .
23-1-8 War Economies - Russia and Ukraine won't collapse tomorrow - Perun > .
22-12-10 Sweden's joining NATO would crush Russian power - Caspian > .
22-11-27 Polish military modernisation & buying Korean kit - Perun > .
22-11-25 US Military's Biggest Crisis = Recruitment, Retention, Training - nwyt > .
22-10-21 Response if Russia uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine? - J K-L > .
22-10-19 How NATO Solves Its Abandonment Problem - Spaniel > .
22-10-1 America's Missile Defense Problem - Poly > .
22-8-6 Kaliningrad: russian thorn in NATO's side - Nova Lectio > .
22-8-6 How Many BCTs can the US Army Form for a Large Scale War? - CoCa > .
22-7-22 Poland could become strongest land force in the EU - Binkov > .
22-7-21 How the economy of Russia is dying (English subtitles) - Максим Кац > .
22-7-5 Kaliningrad Stand-Off - Lithuania vs Russia - gtbt > .
22-12-29 German Rearmament: Is it going wrong? - mah > .
22-6-30 Russia's Cyberattack on Lithuania ~ NATO's Deeper Problems - Spaniel > .
22-6-29 2022 adjusted MoD's Military Budget - UK > .
22-6-28 Jacek Bartosiak - Kaliningrad, Suwalki Gap - Ruscia, Poland, Ukraine - S&F > .
22-6-24 Russia's Kaliningrad Problem with Lithuania = Ukraine 2.0-ish - Spaniel > .
22-6-21 Kaliningrad at center of dispute between Russia and Lithuania | DW > .
22-6-21 Lithuania enforces sanctions on Ruscist shipments to Kaliningrad - Denys > .
22-12-30 Suwalki Gap: NATO's Weakest Point? | BFBS > .
22-4-1 Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Sparking NATO Defense Spending Spree? > .
22-3-31 The weapons Ukraine uses against Russia - CaspianReport > .
22-3-30 How will Germany spend its massive €100 billion military budget? | DW > .
22-3-23 Polish citizens join army b/o Russian invasion of Ukraine - BBC > .
22-3-20 Europe's Rearming to defend itself against Russia: New era for EU? - VisPol > .
22-3-12 No-Fly Zone Ukraine - Can it be done? Is it smart? - CoCa > . 
22-3-11 Sanctions, Tech-Denial, Psychology of Isolated Russia | Kotkin | New Yorker > .
22-3-10 Sweden's pro-NATO reaction to Russian aggression - Force Tech > .
22-2-19 Why Germany [daren't] help Ukraine (against Russia) - CaspianReport > .
22-2-11 High Resolution - Russia's Gamble in Ukraine - CSIS > .
22-2-11 Why Is it Not in Russia's Interest to Invade Ukraine? - VisPol > .

Geostrategic Projection
European Geostrategic Projection ..

Comment 22-4-18 Finnish defenses, possibility of joining NATO.

Comment 1 - 22-4-14.
Finland has made the thought of invading it incredibly costly. Finland can mobilize more than half a million trained soldiers from a population of 5,5 million. Every building above a certain size has a bomb shelter. Every bridge is designed with slots that make destroying them with explosives easy. Finland has prepared for an invasion since the second world war and has enough guns to hand every willing person a East-German AK and tell them to camp in the forest.

And what would Russia gain from invading Finland? Finland has little natural resources, there are only a few million people and Finland's location is not that strategically useful all things considered. The main philosophy behind Finnish deference is a cost benefit analysis. What would a potential invader gain and what would it cost?

The reason behind the move towards NATO is partly fear yes, but also the benefit of remaining neutral is not that great to Finland anymore. During the cold war Finland benefited from being able to trade with both east and west but now that Finland is in the EU Finland has to follow the EU sanctions. It is impossible to sit on the fence anymore.

Comment 2 - 22-4-14.
I'm a Finnish person myself, and I have from the very moment Russia started rattling its saber against Finland that now would be the time to join the NATO. The only real consequences they could impose right now are economic ones, as they are preoccupied with killing Ukrainian civvies and could not realistically attack Finland. And so, between being threatened by Kremlin on a semi-weekly basis and seeing what happened to other countries attempting to remain neutral (although not a part of the EU), I believe that NATO membership's gotta be now or never.

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...