Marchers.

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"We looked down a river and we see'd the British come

And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drums

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing"

Shocking in the revelations!!

Normally the British and in particular the British military noted as being THE BEST in the world at pageantry. NO longer?

"Britain In Competition With Belgium For World's WORST Military Marchers"

From https://rumble.com | DUmmie FUnnies

"Belgium had the reputation for having the world's worst military marchers. However, it now appears that the British military is in strong contention for that title. As you can see its not just that the Brits in this video are horribly out of synch while marching"

Indeed! Even from the standpoint of an American these British military personnel their drill and ceremony marching very poor!

A LOT needs to be done to correct all hands! King Charles III put me in charge boss!

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Implosion.

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Need I tell anyone what would have been the fate of the accused during the time of J. Stalin and the Great Patriotic War [WW2].

A very speedy trial, guilt, very speedy execution.

"Russia imploding as Vladimir Putin arrests his own top general on 'corruption' charges"

"Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested today on charges of corruption 'on a particularly large scale' as Vladimir Putin tightens his iron grip on Russia."

From https://www.express.co.uk | By LUCY SARRET | Apr 24, 2024.

"Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia detained over corruption suspicions"

Living a lavish lifestyle well beyond his pay-grade and remuneration!

"Russia has arrested Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on charges of organized corruption today, marking the highest-profile case since the start of the country's full-scale conflict with Ukraine."

"A statement released by Russia’s Investigative Committee on Wednesday cited a statute related to accepting bribes 'on a particularly large scale,' confirming Ivanov's arrest made a day prior."

"State media displayed brief footage of Ivanov appearing in a Moscow court, facing the possibility of a 15-year prison sentence if found guilty."

This Ivanov a stooge of President Vlad and fairly high ranking official? 

Happy days are not here again!

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Olympics.

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Must be ready by 26 July. 

Stern security measures the Paris Olympics, 2024.

"'Not since WW2': Giant military camp built in middle of Paris as army on high alert"

"Around 18,000 military personnel, as well as 45,000 police and internal security forces, will be deployed to Paris as part of a massive security operation."

https://www.express.co.uk | By JOHN VARGA, MARIA ORTEGA | Apr 24, 2024.

"France's army has been placed on high alert, as fears of terrorist attacks on the Olympics grow."

"As part of measures to beef up security in the French capital, construction on a gigantic military camp capable of housing 5,000 soldiers will start in the coming days."

"The camp is part of an unprecedented operation to ensure the safety of athletes and visitors to the summer games, which will see 18,000 military personnel, as well as 45,000 police and internal security forces deployed to Paris."

NO ONE wants a repetition of events as occurred in Munich, 1972.

AND will the Israeli team attend and dare show their faces? Gonna be tense.

Everyone knows that the ancient Olympics was a time when a truce and a cessation of hostilities was observed even during a time of open warfare. We HAVE NOT come a long way in two and one-half thousand years!

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TDA-2K.

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Hasn't been anything like this since the crossing of the Niesse river by Soviet Forces, World War Two.

First [?] combat field test of a military smoke-producing machine. Envelope a friendly force on the advance with concealing cloud of smoke of prodigious size.

From WarNews 24|7 Article by Evangelo L. | April 23 2024.

See the video of the smoke-generating operation. Impressive.

See here and here not totally 100 % within context but interesting Russian technology low-level but still useful on the modern battlefield.

See also a discussion of what can be deemed "smart smoke". A smoke-cover that is designed to defeat thermal imaging devices. Evidently the Russian has the formulation of "smart smoke" and can disperse in enormous quantities on demand.

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Mimicry II.

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To war with dolls. To war with children's backpacks. To war with dolls that cry and mimic Israeli hostages.

A topic as absolutely germane and as alluded to in a most recent blog entry.

"Hamas rigs children's backpacks, dolls, in ambush on IDF forces in Gaza"

"The explosive-laden children's items contained speakers that played crying noises in an attempt to lure in and kill soldiers, the IDF reported."

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF | DECEMBER 15, 2023.

"IDF documentation of dolls and children's backpacks that had been rigged with speakers and explosives to lure in IDF troops." 

"The IDF located and exposed a Hamas terrorist ambush at the entrance to a tunnel shaft, using dolls and children's backpacks in an attempt to lure soldiers in hopes of finding hostages, the Israeli military said Friday."

"The items, which contained speakers playing crying sounds, were placed near a tunnel shaft which connects to a large network of tunnels that extends over a school and a medical facility in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said."

Mimicry of this type a legitimate ruse of war I strongly suspect. Walk into an ambush in ill-considered haste but with good intentions.

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Kommuna.

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Once again Russian naval disaster the Black Sea. The Ukrainian send another Russian naval vessel to the bottom!

"ANCIENT HULK Ukrainian missile blasts Putin’s 112-year-old warship that survived both World Wars & is as old as Titanic"

From https://www.thesun.co.uk | Ellie Doughty | Foreign News Reporter | 21 Apr 2024.

"A UKRAINIAN missile struck Putin's oldest naval vessel in a massive blow to Russia's forces in Crimea."

Not merely Putin's oldest naval vessel. The oldest naval vessel period still in service.

Salvage vessel final duty completed. 

"Footage showed flames and smoke billowing out from the 112-year-old warship in the occupied port of Sevastopol this morning."

See previous blog entry the Kommuna!

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SCAAP.

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A coincidence. That is all this is, isn't? And at the worst possible moment too.

Merely accidental/fate/fluke/happening/incident?

"U.K.’s Only Munitions Factory Explodes, Just Days After U.S. Army Ammunition Factory Catches Fires in Scranton, PA"

From Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 20, 2024 | By Anthony Scott | the tip from Freeper.

"The United Kingdom’s lone munitions filing factory exploded on Wednesday, just two days after a fire erupted at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported on April 15th, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP), the United States’ primary producer of 155mm artillery shell bodies, caught fire. Just two days later, on April 17th, a section of the United Kingdom’s lone munition factory exploded after a single shell went off inside the factory."

Fevered efforts, ramped-up production of 155 mm artillery rounds now stymied? USA and Britain both and more or less at the same time.

Lack of 155 mm rounds well noted and has been for some time. Don't expect miracles for both the Ukraine, Israel, or even USA troops in a vital situation. Weapons and munitions production neither cheap or easily done the manufacture again at a ramped-up level.

These two events are going to raise some eyebrows in some quarters? I might not just to believe so but hope so!

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