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CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT

 Early this morning an unusual flight showed up on flight tracking websites. The flight stood out (among other reasons) because it was a United States plane heading towards Moscow Russia. The main speculation about who was on the plane was confirmed a few hours later. It was the director of the CIA who was on the plane with the stated reason being to "meet with Russian officials." Who he met with, and what was discussed is currently unknown officially. In the next paragraph, I will state the leading theories and finish the post with what it likely means. The last time a CIA Director went to Moscow was November 2021, and the reason for the trip was to stabilize relations and urge Russia not to invade Ukraine (which happened anyway 4 months later). With that being the case, the leading theory for the trip today is the United States has intelligence signaling that Russia is indeed about to attack NATO, and the CIA Director was there to urge Russia not to do it. The theory makes ...
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BASIC KNOWLEDGE

 The purpose of this post is to write a reminder of the truth of two situations that (despite political decisions on August 24th) remain unchanged. Before I address the decisions, I want to say again, nothing on this blog will ever be based on politics. The first "move" that I am going to mention is, on August 24th the United States State Department removed the designation of Syria being a "state sponsor of terrorism." To be straightforward, this is a bad decision. The current leader of Syria runs a branch of Al Qaeda (HTS) meaning Al Qaeda is literally running Syria. Syria is very much still a state sponsor of terrorism, despite what the "decision to remove them from the list claims. The other "move" that I want to address is, On August 24th the United States put (or said that they were going to put) sanctions on Iran. This is not going to have any major impact on the regime in Iran. The best proof is the riots earlier this year in Iran occurred main...
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POWER HACK

 It has recently been disclosed, that last month a power plant in the United Kingdom was hacked. According to what is currently known, a group of hackers who are linked to Iran took the plant offline for 4 days. For security reasons, it is unknown what plant was hacked. The fact that hackers managed to "shut down" a power plant for 4 days is concerning regardless of where it happened. An interesting note in this story is, it is understood that the hack at the power plant, occurred around the same time that several water facilities in in the United States were hacked.
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KRYVYI Rih

 In the middle of the day on August 21st, several drones hit a shopping center located in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. The attack resulted in at least 16 deaths, and more than 130 injuries (including 22 kids). According to the regional governor, 29 of the injured are in "serious condition" (including 5 children). The governor went on to say, that 9 people are considered missing (including 2 kids). The President of Ukraine (Zelensky) called the attack "absolutely cynical, and despicable." 
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NORTH KOREA, FINLAND

 On August 20th, North Korea launched a barrage of ten short range ballistic missiles. Each of the missiles flew roughly 185 miles before landing in the sea. As a result of the launch, South Korea put their military on a state of high readiness. Also on August 20th, Finland said that it suspected that a "Russian Aircraft" had violated Finnish Airspace earlier in the day.
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KALININGRAD

 I referenced Kaliningrad in the last post on this blog (the title of the post is "REAL WORLD"). In this post, I want to list some details to illustrate why Kaliningrad is so important. Kaliningrad is a Russian Enclave, and it is located hundreds of miles from Russia itself. It is known as one of the most militarized regions in Europe. Some of the Russian Military located in Kaliningrad include, several units of ground forces, advanced missile capabilities, and advanced missile, and air defense systems. Kaliningrad also contains Russia's only ice-free Baltic port (which houses Russia's Baltic Fleet). However, perhaps the most significant detail about Kaliningrad is that is in bordered by two NATO Members (Lithuania, and Poland).
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REAL WORLD

 Officials in NATO have released a plan for what the response would be if Russia either fires missiles at a Baltic country or invades one. Before I get into the outline of the plan, let me say the obvious, the fact that any of this is even being discussed should standout to everyone. According to the plan that was released, if Russia fires missiles at a Baltic country, NATO would intercept the incoming missiles, and begin a "massive" strike campaign against Russian military infrastructure (particularly in Kaliningrad).  Next, If Russia launches an armored attack on a Baltic country, NATO would respond by setting up a a grey zone on the border of the country being attacked. The primary goals of the grey zone would be to 1 slow Russian offences, and 2 to cause heavy losses for the Russians.  In this scenario, the goal would be for NATO Forces to ultimately counterattack with their own armored brigades. Lastly, once an assault (of any form) was stopped, NATO would form an ai...
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