1. There must be some sort of geolocation award for a video showing the results of a Ukrainian attack on russian trucks. There are two burned trucks along with an air-defence vehicle.

A video showing the Behemoth drone by Culver Aerospace. In a few days, I will release a story on this drone.

1. This is a toy drone that looks disconcertingly like interceptor drones seen in Ukraine. Yes, we are aware that this is a toy and not a weapon - at least not a very good weapon. A larger version with different, but off-the-shelf, electronics would be much more capable.

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I took this photo in a parking lot (it's not AI). Apparently, only defence lawyers can park here.

Let’s talk about Crimea. Because Putin wants you talking about everything else. NATO. Nuclear threats. Belarus. Escalation. Red lines. Anything except the one issue that could become the greatest strategic failure of his entire reign.

Mark Carney talked about Ukraine and Canada to the Economic Club of New York. What he said is quite interesting. An excellent summary is provided in this thoughtful, well-written article: ifloz.substack.com/p/mr-cool-ca...

This guy is quite knowledgeable about oil and energy markets. If you're are interested in how the war in Iran is affecting energy, he is worth following.

I wrote a short article about attacking ships with drones. You can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/danielrp...

While a russian was being chased by a Ukrainian drone, a second drone flys in. Notably, the second drone is controlled using a fibre optic link. There are many such videos showing two drones attacking a single russian soldier with a predictable outcome.

$350 billion is enough money to buy every active F-16 fighter jet and every active M1 Abrams tank with enough money left over to buy every Black Hawk helicopter, several aircraft carriers and some nuclear submarines. However, the USA sent zero F-16 fighter jets and thirty-one M1 tanks to Ukraine.

I have started moving my old threads (with updates) to Substack. Of course, new threads will be published there as well. This is partially in response to X turning itself into something I don't understand. Please give me a follow there. open.substack.com/pub/danielrp...

Listen to the engines on these Ukrainian Liutyi drones and note how slow they are flying. Possibly, speed is being adjusted to maximise the dones' range and payload.

A useful summary of the situation in Iran.

Really interesting comments regarding the Iran war. It's worth watching to get a different perspective on this highly complex conflict.

Panic is growing in Russia – regions request air defense systems from the Kremlin #shorts undefined

In the latest news, everything is fine. Nothing to see here. Move along.

"Iran has just announced" tells us that it is Iran, not the USA, who is controlling events. "Strait of Iran" confirms this. The USA is a bully who kicked a dog only to find out the dog has very sharp teeth. It will be interesting to see what concessions the USA makes.

A Ukrainian FP-2 drone nearly collides with another FP-2 drone while flying over a russian air defence system that was destroyed earlier by a Ukrainian FP-2 drone. Ukraine has been quite successful at destroying russian air defences with these drones.

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1. Twenty-three years ago I held a Canon A10 digital camera up to the eyepiece of a cheap 60 mm refracting telescope and pressed the button. This is the photo I captured on that cold winter night. It was far better than I could have ever got using film.

1. On December 2, 2025, the russian tanker Midvolga 2 (IMO: 9735139) was hit by a drone in the Black Sea. Was this a false-flag operation?

🇨🇦 Fuelled the car today (March 21, 2026). For USA citizens, this price for regular corresponded to US$4.25 per US gallon. These pump prices have no meaningful effect on my life but higher fuel prices will increase the cost of everything else including food.

1. Many people have reacted strongly to a video showing production of Shahed-136 (Geran-2) drones by a Chinese company. However, focussing on this company misses the more important aspects.

1. A Ukrainian living in Kyiv sent me this: "The fifth year of the war has arrived, and the biggest paradox and the deepest trauma is that you freeze in anticipation of returning to your previous life, but you understand that returning is not possible, it is an illusion."

This is a really good video about defending against a drone.

1. I received a card from April Huggett in Ukraine. This was for making donations to the Alcatraz Battalion. Alcatraz/ Батальйон Алькатрас 93 бригади @93alcatraz.bsky.social

The commentary posted on Substack by Shankar Narayan is worth reading.

No, I still can’t get this out of my head, and I keep trying to grasp the full abyss of this idiocy, unsuccessfully. Russia spent years, decades "fighting all of NATO," turning America into "radioactive ash" every night on state TV.

youtube.com/shorts/Z4mu2... Well I was correct, the ballistics attack did materialize last night and the early hours, in an all but predictable attack on power infrastructure. However, it’s not all going Putin’s way, not in the slightest, in fact it’s getting worse.

1. A russian propagandist holds a wing and incorrectly claims it is from a Ukrainian Chaklun-V. In fact, this is from a Ukrainian Drakosha - Little Dragon. (This thread contains 16 posts.)

Putin may now be forced to consider a peace deal not from strength, but from exhaustion. That is precisely where the danger lies. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...

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The russian terrorist, Strelkov pointed out that the USA uses NATO to control Europe. "NATO, of course, won't collapse because of some Greenland. The United States will never lose such an instrument and the influence it exerts on Europe"

I had a work colleague who started acting weird like this. Five year later he was dead from frontotemporal dementia. Earlier symptoms included a strange impulsivity where he could not be reasoned with. A later symptom that could not be ignored was his aphasia.

Take some time and watch Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social explain how the balance of power has shifted to Ukraine. At this point, I think he may be right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tiGudbOp4

1. This russian pretends to investigate Ukraine's drones but this is just a conduit for russian propaganda. Their surprisingly new and clean uniforms hint something is not right. However, they sometimes post interesting photos with handy location and date information.

1. This beautiful photo shows pieces of a russian SU-34 aircraft that was shot down over Ukraine in 2022. It makes a nice wallpaper for your computer.

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1. Lots of politicians promise to return manufacturing jobs that have been outsourced to China. Gig workers are a large part of China's work force including factory workers. "I Deliver Parcels in Beijing" gives an idea of what these jobs are like.

1. Four Ukrainian Bars cruise missiles were launched at night. The shape is hard to make out but the fuselage is consistent with the unusual shape of Bars.

I managed to snap a couple of photos of the aurora last night (November 12). Brightness on the bottom right of this photo is, unfortunately, from the city lights. Camera was a Canon T6i with an EF-S 24 mm lens. Not too fancy but works well enough. Other folks there had much fancier kit.

1. This wreckage is Ukraine's secretive Bars (Snow Leopard) cruise missile that was first mentioned by Minister of Strategic Industries, Herman Smetanin in April 2024. The pieces in this photo are not arranged correctly but still give an idea what it looks like.

Time magazine has a story about how Ukraine uses a point system for its drone units. Each kill is awarded points, e.g., 6 points for a russian soldier and 40 points for a tank. Points can be redeemed for all sorts of stuff including drones.

1. This soldier was very excited because he scored a jet engine. A big question is, what drone is this a part of? Cutting up a drone before taking photos is common, and makes identification a more interesting challenge.

1. A Ukrainian drone was attacked by a russian drone. This is not uncommon but what is weird is the russians identified this drone as a Liutyi (Fierce). This event was also subsequently reported in russian news stories.

1. It is beautiful but is this reconnaissance drone too good to use in a war? The various reconnaissance drones flown in Ukraine are well made and usually expensive. But are they too expensive?

Usually we only see the russian Geran-2 (Shahed 136) drones after they have been shot down. Here is a photo of an intact one on display.

1. Here is something a little unusual. It is a Zlin Z137T agricultural aircraft (crop duster) equipped with two R-73 air-to-air missiles for shooting down drones. There's no obvious gun so this is likely only for large drones like the Geran-2 (Shahed 136).

1. Ukraine attacked a russian factory in Stavropol with at least four drones. Although russia has laws against posting there are several very good videos of this attack. Here, a still frame shows a rather nice terminal dive.