The recent attack by Ukraine deep into Russia raises many questions. First, it was amazingly successful. About a third of Russia's strategic bombers were attacked on the ground, safe Russian ground, remote from any borders. Drones were the culprits, we are told. Ukraine takes the credit.
War inspires invention. The American Civil War produced an early submarine that damaged a larger ship. The Gatling gun, an early version of the machine gun, gave a preview of what later versions would do in WWI to provide great advantage to the defenders, resulting in the widespread use of trench war fare, and huge losses of men to capture small areas of territory. The use of hot-air baloons to lift observers to better see the surrounding terrain was used in varous 19th century conflicts, but was now being replaced by airplanes, which began to add guns so they could do more than observe. Poison gas killed on both sides. Zeppelins bombed enemy cities.
The tanks moved ahead despite the machine guns, and the static war of trenches was replaced by the lightning (fast) war of tanks in WWII. Planes could shoot more and bomb more, radar helped, and bombs grew in size. U-Boots could hide under water longer. The Russians developed a heavier, beter armored tank with heavier fire-power, the Germans lost the Battle of Kursk, and the war in Europe. The A-Bomb swept rhe Japanese Asian Empire into a vast nuclear cloud of death. The war in Ukraine saw tanks of both sides stopped by drones. What else could they do? Recent tanks, recent fighter jets, disabled by cheap drones! Apartment houses defaced and usually a few tenants killed by drones.
Both Russia and Ukraine sent their drones into the territories of their opponents, Then the REAL SURPRISE attack by Ukraine destroying rail bridges and Russia's strategic bombers. Could Ukraine have done this alond. Steve Bannon asserts that American intelligence services must have been involved to provide information on Russian bomber whereabouts. American intelligence services and devices would have been required. In taking out so many of Russia's strategic bombers, in one swoop, this, argues Bannon, was an act of war; and our intelligence was deeply involved.
Did Trump know about this planned sneak attack? Was he informed? Did he approve? Trump had been calling for the end of the war; he ran for President speaking of ending the war quickly. The American intelligence agencies are usually globalists, anti-MAGA, pro-Democrats, as exposed by 51 leaders of the US intelligence community signing an over lie just prior to the 2020 Presidential election; they said that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. This was meant to let Hunter, AND JOE BIDEN off the hook of sizable corruption with China, implications. The agencies urged Google and other big tech corporations to discount the laptop story, thereby helping Biden defeat Trump.
Was the Ukrainian drone raid simply meant to show that the Ukraine was still capable of fighting? Or an attempt to sabotage Trump's peace efforts? It is possible Trump had become with Putin's delays of negotiation and therefore Trump gave his approval of the drone killing the bomber plans. OR Trump may have been ignored or even defied; if they went ahead without his green light.
Who runs America? We elect Presidents and Congress; but who makes the final decisions? It is not a new problem. The agencies had their say in 1963 in Dallas. Trump has had to survive a Butler, PA, assassin, and another in Florida with Ukrainian connections.
One hopes Trump will bring Peace to Ukraine and other areas, and peace and prosperity to America. One hopes the agencies will not stage another coup.
Trump is an admirer of Israel's Iron Dome that protects the small nation from missiles from Iran, Yemen, and other hostile nations and territories. Trump wants a Golden Dome to protect from Greenland to Alaska, Canada and the USA, a vast defensive dome to prevent missiles coming in to destroy our defences and cities. Question - with drones a new and effective method of war, can drones simply slip in below the Dome and do all the damage they want??? Are Domes practical defences any more? In the new age of the drone, can America rely on a Dome?? Hugh Murray
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