The world is plowing along, and on some levels it’s quiet. There are a lot of things happening, but at least for today nothing earth shattering.
Rumors and more continue to bounce around the Kremlin, pretty much business as usual save for that one group that is still keeping quiet. Internal or external politics is the question on that, and the magic 8-ball says ask again tomorrow. This story may have rolled a verbal hand grenade into the room, but from what I’m seeing no one there seems terribly surprised at the story. As with a lot of stories, taking it with a huge grain of salt for now.
A number of things continue to puzzle me about all that is going on in Russia, and with it’s response to the West. Vladimir has, reportedly, kompromat on a number of Western politicians and leaders (as does Zelensky, again, reportedly). Yet, there has been no open use of it and RUMINT says no covert use. Surprising, as this is one more area where full use of existing “weapons” is not taking place.
Now, a question for you the reader: would you care to see a nuclear 102 series, more on preparedness, or something else? Honest question, though I am leaning towards doing more preparedness posts as a means of driving the book project forward. The sad fact is the majority of the public remains sadly ignorant on things like nuclear war, nuclear diplomacy, etc. Heck, it even extends to space as people talk about living and working in space, on the moon, and elsewhere without understanding the changes that will occur to human physiology in the process. Hmmmm. That may be a post later in the week.
So, let me know in the comments if you have a preference, and let’s see where life takes us.
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Would love to see a Nuclear 102 thread. Highly relevant in this day and age, and any info/intel would be useful to certain types of people.