by Dave Patterson | Aug 24, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Early reports from a Wagner Group social media post and unconfirmed statements from the Russian state news service TASS announced that the founder of the private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was aboard a private jet that crashed north of Moscow. The Embraer...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 22, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
When it comes to anything other than throwing taxpayer dollars at Ukraine, President Joe Biden is incapable of making timely decisions. Providing F-16s is a perfect case in point. More than a year ago, the proposal was to offer greater fighter capability to the Kyiv...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 21, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
What was reported as a race with India to achieve a soft landing on the moon at the southern pole ended for Russia as its Luna-25 moon lander crashed on the lunar surface. The launch of the powerful Soyus-2.1b Fregat rocket carrying the Luna-25 lifted off from the...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 19, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu met with Beijing’s new bosom buddy, Russia, on August 15 before heading to Belarus for an official state visit on the 16th. The purpose of Li’s stop was to participate in the Moscow Conference on International Security. While in...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 15, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Americans learned last week that President Joe Biden will ask Congress for an additional $13 billion in “emergency” aid to Ukraine. But why? Biden continues to throw Americans’ tax dollars at the Kyiv government with no explanation of strategy or purpose, or program...