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deleted because I don't care about the defenders of barabarism

Same country had to turn to a third world nation for drones that it couldn't design. same country couldn't produce shells, so i9t turn ed to 70 year old North Koerean supplies. During the Cold War, Russia couldn't produce the computers necessary of CAD of submarine propellors. So it smuggled Toshiba units, Remember that? Russia expends considerable effort, and probably paying over the odds, to smuggle in European and Japanese bearings. It wouldn't do so if it could make them. https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-defies-sanctions-continues-to-secure-critical-bearings-including-from-eu-manufacturers-5104 Russian Rail is dependant on 3 suppliers for rail wagon cassette bearings: wedish SKF,Timken and Amsted Rail. These 3 firms had established assembly plants in Russia, importing components, with final assembly to Russian specs in Mother Russia. They all left. The Russians have claimed to have adapted, through local manufacture by EPK-Brenko and TEK-KOM. These bearings have about 5 years service life, and the last Western ones were fitted in 2022. The rail system has seen increased uptick is usage by heavy cargo, given the tank refurbishment factories are out in the far east, and all of the Korean munitons are coming in by rail. The frequency of derailments increased first in the fair east, then Caucasus, and now now hitting the Mosco region, indicating indigenous attempts to plug the bearings supply has failed; Russia, as the Soviet Union, with A-Bombs, men in space, could make bearings, but they never were able to make the grade of bearings for rail stock, and the main supplier always used to be Finland. Glasnost enabled access to Western Know-how. But Know-How goes once the Western engineers go home.

How battle field technlogy is evolving. The Russians countered Ukrainian Western-supplied jamming systems by employing fiber-=optic controlled drones, so much so, that the field are awash with fiberoptic cables. But due to Ukrainian drone activity, Russian drone operators are in faxed positions; the Ukrainian drones go for anything that moves. Technology is being employed to trace back the cables to the source Russia has a single factory, at Saransk, making fiber optic cable. At least this is what the manufacturer claimed: https://www.rusfiber.ru/en/about/&ved=2ahUKEwjo58uq8seMAxVgT0EAHVzcG0QQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw24Ak7kfRGweksexcJvBf7o Factory is now up in flames. Oops. https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/drones-strike-plant-in-saransk-details-of-1743838476.html

Road of death to get 500mls of water to a Russian soldier. 500mls is judged all the water a soldier will need before being liquidated.

Ukraine is reporting 50% of its targets are hit by drones. Russian military sources say 75% of their casualties are due to drones.

New Russian military truck; 1941 Morros 15CWT, designed by a nation under siege and short of supplies:

Good discussion about the coming collapse of the Russian rail network due to lack of bearings: Can also add in the impacts of Siemens not fulfilling their 2022 contract to upgrade the entire Russian Railway points system. It was worn out Soviet era kit 3 years ago. Its still worn out Soviet era kit.

Plus there are some strange Fords in Japan Like in Europe, there are some Japanese buyers of American designed cars, But these will be forever niche enthusiasts Its not trade barriers that hold up sales of US cars in Japan and Europe. Korean and Japanese cars face exactly the same import duties in the UK as the US. But they have no problem selling cars, at a very competitive price.

Plus don't forget the importance of the cargo of the Arctic Convoys. It wasn't just American materiel on those British and American merchantmen braving the U-Boats to keep Uncle Joe in the fight.

So when is the 47th President and Vance going HALO over Yemen and Iran? Oh, bone spurs and eye shadow holding them back.

VW-Audi halting all imports. This might disappoint the 47th President as in the past he has preferred an Italian made Lamborghini to a patriotic Firebird, and the British Eolls Royce to a solid Lincoln Continental. https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/business/volkswagens-audi-holding-cars-in-us-ports-due-to-trumps-25-autos-tariff/ Rolex, Breitling and Audemars Piguet are also halting shipment of watches. Check whats on the wrists of most of the Whitehouse cabints. Not Casios and Sekondas. Lotus gone as well https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64406719/lotus-emira-imports-paused-tariffs/ The 47th President is crying like a baby because the Japanese won't buy American cars. He's a idiot. Design vehices that maybe the world wants, and maybe sales will improve. The Japanese make cars Americans want.

The formula used to calculate the tariffs included an error, that inflated the tariffs by 400%...... https://www.aei.org/economics/president-trumps-tariff-formula-makes-no-economic-sense-its-also-based-on-an-error/ Someone has killed themselves because of this error.

Ben Affleck really was terrible in The Sm of All Fears. The book wasn't much crop either. Not sure why the CIA tasked someone to follow this man: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00787R000700110020-3.pdf

A former RUC officer once told me that, in the UK, the counterfeit DVD industry was largely driven by the IRA as a way to launder drug money, to enable them to purchase American weapons. NORAID were preparing the seed money for the drug purchases. So American money was financing drug cartels which were funding terrorism which were funding Colt and Browning. And people post on this forum about where to buy counterfeit Chinese vapes in Thailand, and consider smuggling to be a victimless crime.

He's probably not an American. Just a persona he's created while living out his final days.

Now he wants reparations.

He seems to be a mouthpiece and apologist for Moscow.

And Putin doesn't know what is in the Letters of Last Resort on the Vanguard subs state. They might read: 1. The balloons gone up lads, head to Australia, wait it out 2. Head to Norfolk, Virginia, place yourself under US Navy command for the expected fight back. 3. Here are the coordinates for Vlad's homes. Hit 'em all. 4. Eff them all, burn the world with what you got. Here are the coordinates for the Kremlin, Whitehouse etc. 5. Your wives and kids are all dead. The late Prime Minister and his similarly deceased Sovereign posthumously leave it to your judgement how to react. Si vis pacem, para bellum. We Come Unseen.

They could do the same in Alaska if they wanted. Russia wants Alaska back., Supporters of Russian Nazis ought to watch their big mouths.

Voters, and politicians, have demanded for years that univerisities only conduct research that is relevant. Pretty much all grant application in the life sciences, for instance, are now required to provide a business plan, or similar, showing how that research will benefit society. Successive cuts in government funding because of things like tax cuts, have caused governments, generally of a conservative nature but not always, to create "in kind" schemes, typically a company funds 50%, government/taxpapyer funds the other half. But mostly your paragraph is tosh. Don't worry, I won't come back to read your retort.

Howmet Aerospace (Pittsburgh) declares force majeure https://seekingalpha.com/news/4428985-howmet-aerospace-may-pause-some-shipments-amid-tariff-disruptions Making kids cry. Nintendos not shipping. https://www.newsweek.com/nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-paused-due-trump-tariffs-2055462 Americans will get stupider by not reading. Waterstones halting deliveries of books. Most here don't read books though. https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2025/04/waterstones-trump-tariffs/ Farmers in America will be watching their crops rot now, after CNH Industrial halted shipments from North American and imports from Europe. And they are laying off people at their Wisconsin plant. https://www.farmprogress.com/farming-equipment/cnh-pauses-farm-machinery-shipments-amid-looming-trump-tariffs-industry-on-edge Cue some MAGA Know-it-All Cult member to spin made up some anecdote about a brother/sister/cousin, and declare them to a be a POS companies, so won't be missed. Some other eejit will be furiously fact checking with Chat GPT etc. The incompetant Whitehouse has some members declaring the tariffs are permanent. Others saying they are up for negotiation. Meanwhile as a result, business doesn't know what tariffs they will be paying in 1 week/1 month. 6 months /12 months. Do these eejits seriously think companies are going to take serious investment decisions to relocate plants, somehow recruit a workforce for a competitive rate when US unemployment is 4%, when they don't know what's happening from one week to the next. For cars, tariffs are not a sales tax; they are paid for when the product is imported. Customers like short lead times, getting a car from stock, rather than waiting for it to be built for the. Distributors pay the tariffs, and they employ thousands of Americans. Importers will hold 3 months stock typically. For a I-pace, they'll pay the 10% tariff. For a Defender, they'll pay 20% now. But next week the 47th President might suddenly declare a deal to lower tariffs. He won't be giving that 10%, 20% etc whatever paid back. Or worse, he/she might double tariffs again, because he's a dozy sod or advised by idiots. Aircraft parts makers source stock aluminium, stainless steel, titanium and specific alloys from supplier based on grade and specification, not based on where they are. Now they can't provide an accurate quote to customers because they are buying the material, they are paying the tariff. https://www.stevens-bolton.com/site/insights/articles/-safeguarding-uk-businesses-amidst-us-tariff-introductions https://www.thompsonhine.com/insights/preparing-for-tariffs-impact-on-construction-contracts/

Companies are putting a hold on any investments. The US government with one hand says the tariffs are permanent, and then says thy are up for negotiation. Meanwhile, to establish a new car factory takes 7 years. In the case of JLR, they have 3 months of inventory inside of the US.. 400,000 Americans love them, and buy them. And even with a price rise, hundreds of thousands will continue to buy them. They've not pulled out of the US market, just reconsidering how they will be sold, liely moving ore to ordering on demand, rather than tying up so much inventory. Its highly likely the tariffs will be dopped. The supply chain is complex, with some of the cars originating in the UK, others in the EU. The suspension will cause slow downs and stoppages among JLR's US supply chain (Americans will lose their jobs), and will likely impact Waymo. You muppets don't understand how these tariffs will be applied, given the variation in rates that also apply to spare parts and assemblies. Its not just 10% added to a Range Rover. But it might be 20% added to the windshield. 0%. If you are looking at the I-Pace, the battery is zero rated because its American. etc The Range Rover has no serious US branded competitor. American SUVs like Suburbans are truely POS; its competing against other imports and that transplant import. <deleted> luxury cars are generally vile things designed for old people with bad hips. The Vice President's Indian wife is probably disappointed. My Jaguar XJ8 has been impeccible in its service with me, as was the XJS I had previously. It depends on the competance of the technicians who look after it. Your brother was probably an idiot who brought a lemon and then paid Cleetus the pool boy to service it. French wine also on hold, because the 47th President wants French wine to be made in the US https://www.gamberorossointernational.com/news/european-wine-orders-to-the-usa-suspended-importers-take-action-following-trumps-tariff-announcement/ No Infiniti QX50 for the Gringos. They'll whine like babies over that. https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/infiniti-stops-new-orders-of-mexican-made-qx50-and-qx55/

Good, so you are supporting rounding up members of The Bolt. https://kyivindependent.com/neo-nazi-terrorist-group-offering-locals-payment-to-carry-out-attacks-guardian-reports/

Given the murkiness of who owns "Stickman", I'm not sure the source is British.

If they name their sources, your lot will murder them. Your side has form in that regard.