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Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Keir Starmer and our toy armed Forces!

 Pocket remote boats and drones for the Forces?

When working alongside what we already have this may be of great help, but what is not clear what are the Army and Air-force getting in this limited budget, that defeats the purpose of NATO and any further cooperation with the United States!

During the 1930's after the Great war, Britain chose to go light and we were caught out by Adolf Hitler in the second world war, but things had to be adapted quickly, the Spitfire was a success, but the Churchill MBT only really arrived in later 1944-45?

Without the United States and clever intelligence work and many brave men and woman, we would have been crushed and this will happen again more so with Iran, China and various proxies, maybe not tomorrow, but it will come!

British Police get E-Bikes!

 £16,000 pound bikes to get into narrow places?

With the rise of electric powered vehicles and the deployment of drones, the E-Bike has arrived and it will prove it-self on various estates as a real winner over crime!

These new bikes of course have been adapted from civil use to police and will be used to intercept criminals on the run, with the rise of phone crime and the theft of bikes, this a really invaluable assit to the forces across the home nations and also eventual further afield?

Speed is not known, neither is the use of cameras more so with stabilization as yet, but in other countries such as Brazil this system is working well, even in civil disturbances, demonstrations and other!

Monday, 1 June 2026

The horrors of drone Warfare!

 Being hunted down?

A new development has come to the fore in the use of drones, that involves landing on a individual with an explosive device!

It is believed what the IDF is using the drones in Lebanon, which originated in the Ukraine by he forces to take out Russian soldiers, with the cheap ability to mass produce and develope a small device that can be made cheaply a new era in urban warfare has began?

Meanwhile the Hezbollah have also taken advantage of the situation with a large bomb drone, that causes considerable damage and is hitting targets in N-Israel with effectiveness!

Sunday, 17 May 2026

U.K. No Air-defense Cover!

 The Bloodhound Last!

We once lead the world in military production, but with joining the European union and having various Labor parties in government, we have lost out in many areas including air defense, because NATO relied on the U.S.

But now that relations have soured with the U.S. we will either have to buy from Europe or develop a new system, despite the big words to Russia over the Ukraine, we are really defenseless to Russian attack?

Hoping that they won't attack is a bit arrogant and asking the U.S. is now off the table, so where do we go and what do we do, who knows and who cares!

Tehran Metro!

 One of the most Interesting?

There are many great sites to see, if one ever gets to visit Iran, ancient, historical, but the Metro system in the capital is a joy to see and travel on!

Most of the line dates from the end of the Shah in 1979 and was encouraged by the Soviet Union, but Iran has gone on to do their own work and improved the lines into the city with connection to mainline rail?

One does not think that the recent bombings by both the U.S. and Israel targeted any of the structure and that they system is providing air raid cover for civilians!

Most of the stock is modern, compared to other underground systems around the world and they are well maintained and safe, signaling has been improved over the years and comfort designed for large numbers of passengers?

Tinned Fish!

 A life line business for Many?

The continued processing of tinned fish is still profitable, despite the issues micro plastics and Dolphin sustainability!

Many nations operate huge fleets of long range operations, such as Japan and they go for some of the rarest species off Argentina and the southern Oceans and much of it is illegal?

Even in our own shores catfish is being sold as haddock and cod and the law is clamping down shops for doing this, but how many people really care, as long as they get what they want!

A whale going through a factory ship will be processed very quickly and with not many countries caring, this secret world continues for Norway, as much as a few others?

Film making Industry!

 Machines for Effects?

Most people believe that film making is a simple process made complicated by cameras and scripts and the addition of a green screen for special effects!

But it is far more complicated than meets the eye with many specialist machines to carry vehicles causing accidents and others to create explosions, gunfire and smoke?

There are also many moving background scenery, that is much more complicated than, the old curtains used in the past of early days of black and white!

Computer graphics and model making show some of the best artistic skills for the dramatic events, but the engineers behind the rest would blow you away with their expertise?