State-sponsored international terrorism is the real threat. I am honestly not very concerned about what some ragged-assed Terrs can accomplish on their own. I am worried about what happens when Spec Ops types get unleashed vs enemy infrastructure. And we are really asking for retaliation at this point, without us getting ready for a fight.
I think that trying to protect the undersea cables is as impossible as protecting our key infrastructure points in the U.S. (Electrical, Gas, Datapoints). Mitigating the impact of one or several key points going down, that is possible. Protecting all of they key points is not.
One of the most important and overlooked aspects of Starlink is the ability of the constellation when fully populated to act as a second data 'backbone' for the planet. It will not have the carrying capacity of the underseas data network but will allow for significant routing around damage.
New eyewitness information suggests that the "bombing" of Guernica was agitprop by the Republicans who actually had set large parts of the city on fire as they withdrew.
First, let's be grownups and admit that Uncle Sam took out the Nordstream. This has set the stage for cutting undersea infrastructure being a common method of fighting 5th Gen War. It was also stupid of America, like somebody living in a glass house sneaking up to a brick house and throwing a brick through a window, running away, and denying it. Even the latest "limited hangout" cover story, the lame "6 rogue Ukrainians on a sailboat," sets the stage for Russia, China or Iran cutting cables, then blaming on "rogue non-state actors." We truly have idiots running our foreign policy.
Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity
Don’t ascribe to malice what can be plainly explained by incompetence.
The British looked into try to kill Hitler early on in WW II. They concluded it was a suicide mission and probably doomed to fail. As the war progressed they realized he was making so many errors it was almost as if he was on their side. If they killed him the Germans might replace him with some one who was actually competent and the war might drag on for more years.
The biggest mistake is to underestimate the enemy. The second biggest is to overestimate the enemy. We seem to ping-pong between the two extremes.
Bomber gap anyone? Missile gap? Anyone?
Maybe it was sabotage but it might have been just plain old ineptitude.
The UK energy import number is skewed by Irish wind projects providing super cheap power to Northern Ireland (UK). That power costs go negative in the region during the right weather conditions cannot be overstated. Unfortunately when that energy contango happens, there is no industry that can reap benefits .yet. Que Hydrogen economy. The energy markets have all kinds of new factors, and a every increasing methods of making delivery.
Comparisons to WWI are much more relevant, we are at quickening of industrial methods that could lay waste to minor economic powers very quickly. The results for Germany in todays conflict and the one 105 years ago is going to be similar. Not enough energy to feed their technology machine after a war fought mostly on foreign soil.
State-sponsored international terrorism is the real threat. I am honestly not very concerned about what some ragged-assed Terrs can accomplish on their own. I am worried about what happens when Spec Ops types get unleashed vs enemy infrastructure. And we are really asking for retaliation at this point, without us getting ready for a fight.
I think that trying to protect the undersea cables is as impossible as protecting our key infrastructure points in the U.S. (Electrical, Gas, Datapoints). Mitigating the impact of one or several key points going down, that is possible. Protecting all of they key points is not.
One of the most important and overlooked aspects of Starlink is the ability of the constellation when fully populated to act as a second data 'backbone' for the planet. It will not have the carrying capacity of the underseas data network but will allow for significant routing around damage.
The real question to ask here is; how did we allow the mother weffers to dictate our military policies? Hmmm, inquiring minds want to know.
New eyewitness information suggests that the "bombing" of Guernica was agitprop by the Republicans who actually had set large parts of the city on fire as they withdrew.
Lotta bad in that war.
First, let's be grownups and admit that Uncle Sam took out the Nordstream. This has set the stage for cutting undersea infrastructure being a common method of fighting 5th Gen War. It was also stupid of America, like somebody living in a glass house sneaking up to a brick house and throwing a brick through a window, running away, and denying it. Even the latest "limited hangout" cover story, the lame "6 rogue Ukrainians on a sailboat," sets the stage for Russia, China or Iran cutting cables, then blaming on "rogue non-state actors." We truly have idiots running our foreign policy.
On the other hand...
Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity
Don’t ascribe to malice what can be plainly explained by incompetence.
The British looked into try to kill Hitler early on in WW II. They concluded it was a suicide mission and probably doomed to fail. As the war progressed they realized he was making so many errors it was almost as if he was on their side. If they killed him the Germans might replace him with some one who was actually competent and the war might drag on for more years.
The biggest mistake is to underestimate the enemy. The second biggest is to overestimate the enemy. We seem to ping-pong between the two extremes.
Bomber gap anyone? Missile gap? Anyone?
Maybe it was sabotage but it might have been just plain old ineptitude.
The UK energy import number is skewed by Irish wind projects providing super cheap power to Northern Ireland (UK). That power costs go negative in the region during the right weather conditions cannot be overstated. Unfortunately when that energy contango happens, there is no industry that can reap benefits .yet. Que Hydrogen economy. The energy markets have all kinds of new factors, and a every increasing methods of making delivery.
Comparisons to WWI are much more relevant, we are at quickening of industrial methods that could lay waste to minor economic powers very quickly. The results for Germany in todays conflict and the one 105 years ago is going to be similar. Not enough energy to feed their technology machine after a war fought mostly on foreign soil.
Good info
And we did it