Quote from: K-Dog on May 25, 2026, 04:55 PMCarpet bombing of a city may result from Ukraine droning.  Drones don't tip the balance.  They change the equation, but using them may come with heavy consequences.  The "Zelensky junta and its Western sponsors" make life in Ukraine suck.

They definitely do change the balance, they just don't completely level the playing field.  The bigger country still holds some advantage.

However, in the case of Russia-Ukraine, were it not for the drones the Ukies would likely be defeated by now, at least Mother Russia would have made more progress rather than being more or less stuck for the last year.  In fact according to recent MSM reports, the Ukies have taken some ground back.  They're also successfully damaging Russia's oil export terminals, reducing their income from oil sales.  This would be hurting more had Trumpolini not helped out Russia by attacking Iran and jacking up the price of oil.

The Iranians also are much more able to threaten Hormuz using the drones, plus the threat of the Dolphins which will make Mine Sweeping actions nearly worthless.  The Dolphins can be deployed after sweepers go thru at any time from hidden basses along the coast.

The other aspect here is that the drone technology being relatively short range favors the defenders of a territory over the aggressors.  Drones can be assembled in anyone's basement or garage and taake off from any cul-de-sac, highway or parking lot.  They don't need any airfields which are targets for bombing.  It's distributed technology making it more difficult to find and target.

Imagine here in the FSoA for instance if say Mexican Drug Lord like El Chapo hires a couple of Ukie Mercs with drone tactics experience to train his enforcement squad.  They could fly drones from Mexico and hit border patrol bases all along the Rio Grande and hit refineries in Houston to retaliate against CIA attacks on their smuggling operations.  Cartel associates who sell drugs here could deploy drones from any FSoA city where they have operations.  East LA where cops don't go could have drone assembly factories in any warehouse or auto repair shop.  Drug smugglers are already using drones to get drugs across the border.  It's just a small step up to start using them as weapons against the DEA.  None of this would be possible were it not for the fact the drone tech is cheap enough for any decently large operation moving $millions$ in cocaine and fentanyl every month.

Drones make waging this kind of battle possible at financial levels within reach of the common man.  The tech will spread just like automatic weapons.  Eventually they'll be all over the place.

RE

This is why nobody believes anything in the media.  There is OBVIOUSLY no cease fire, nor has there ever been one.  The FSoA simply slowed down how much bombing they were doing because they were pissing away money and running short on munitionns with no results.  Now Trumpolini authorizes a bombing mission every couple of days to show everyone how tough he is and that he "means business".  It's a fucking farce.  They aren't any closer to an agreement than they were on Day 1.

Count on a lot of starving kids in Africa, India and SE Asia by Christmas.

RE

The Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, which tracks "deceased, wounded, ill or injured" service members for Congress and the president, is missing hundreds of known casualties.
Yet again, you heard it here first! 😀

This still isn't the complete numbers IMHO,but at least it's confirmation of ongoing coverups.  If/when El Chumpo is booted  out of the Oval Office, maybe we'll get the real numbers.

RE

It looks like we were both right about the casualties.  If we we pool what that knowledge has been worth we could buy 1 cup of coffee, maybe.

Not at today's prices.

Evening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss? 

QuoteEvening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss? 

You can see there have been significant changes if you have been gone a while.  What have you missed? To answer that you'll have to say where you've been.

Quote from: RE on May 27, 2026, 12:33 PMNot at today's prices.

True that.

This is insulting.  'They' still expect us to believe there is a cease-fire.  And the Fascist media plays along.

Quote from: K-Dog on May 28, 2026, 06:39 AMThis is insulting.  'They' still expect us to believe there is a cease-fire.  And the Fascist media plays along.

The whole ceasefire thing is complete bullshit.  The Pentagon published a report admitting they are seriously low on the 3 main missile systems they used for Operation Epic Failure, 1 offensive and 2 defensive ones.  To just replace the munitions they used up in a few weeks of bombing will take 3 years, and more to load up with the full $1.5T Trumpolini wants to spend so he has enough to bomb all the other places he wants to put the Chump Logo on.  IOW, they CAN'T resume the massive Death From Above Terror Campaign, all he can do right now is dribble out a few bombs periodically to show he means bizness and if Iran starts sending lots of drones at Israel and the House of Saud, they won't have enough missiles to knock them all down.

The MSM of course plays along with the narrative, because Chump and his Justice Dept will sue them and/or charge them with Treason if they say anything that doesn't match the White House story line about how the powerful FSoA military is winning the war and the Iranians are begging for mercy.  The Iranians for their part mostly don't care how he spins it and will just hit back in dribs and drabs until they get  some relief on economic sanctions.  IOW, it's currently a stalemate.  Hormuz won't open beyond a few Chinese ships until Iran gets money to rebuild and fix their economy.

The Global economy maybe has 2-4 months before it goes tits up unless something changes.

RE

Quote from: K-Dog on May 27, 2026, 07:08 PM

QuoteEvening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss?

You can see there have been significant changes if you have been gone a while.  What have you missed? To answer that you'll have to say where you've been.

A decade, maybe longer. 

Still in Fresno, California.  Still waiting for TSTHTF. 

I worked for two and a half decades in Yellow pages, but they shut so now I now own a small digital advertising agency (BAU plan), a pop-up shop that sells the wife's artwork alongside inexpensive trinkets and American-made t-shirts (slow collapse plan), and a Private Security company (SHTF plan).  The latter has taken most of my time, we specialize in mobile solar-powered remote camera towers, and I have a contract with a local California High Speed Rail contractor.   

I see RE is as doomy as ever!  I expect BAU until after the mid terms, and a while beyond.   

Quote from: Haniel on May 28, 2026, 04:35 PM

Quote from: K-Dog on May 27, 2026, 07:08 PM

QuoteEvening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss?

You can see there have been significant changes if you have been gone a while.  What have you missed? To answer that you'll have to say where you've been.

A decade, maybe longer. 

Still in Fresno, California.  Still waiting for TSTHTF. 

I worked for two and a half decades in Yellow pages, but they shut so now I now own a small digital advertising agency (BAU plan), a pop-up shop that sells the wife's artwork alongside inexpensive trinkets and American-made t-shirts (slow collapse plan), and a Private Security company (SHTF plan).  The latter has taken most of my time, we specialize in mobile solar-powered remote camera towers, and I have a contract with a local California High Speed Rail contractor.   

I see RE is as doomy as ever!  I expect BAU until after the mid terms, and a while beyond.   

Gr8 2 C U! 😀

I maintain a consistent level of Doominess, and have been ticking off the various predictions of how Collapse would progress we made back in the old days as they occur.  The global rise of fascism, the loss of freedoms, the rise of the ICE Gestapo, the expanding resource wars...I could go on and on.  So I am of the opinion that TS ALREADY HTF.  Has society completely broken down here inside the Belly of the Beast in the FSoA?  No, but the water in the pot has bubbles beginning to appear and the frogs are tenderizing.

If we get to the elections and they don't get cancelled, you can be pretty sure Chump will not accept losing either house in CONgress and "BAU" (such as it is) will be further eroded.  Remains to be seen how it plays out, but I do expect significant violence resulting.

Anyhow, don't be a stranger!  How did U find us?

RE

Quote from: RE on May 28, 2026, 07:40 PM

Quote from: Haniel on May 28, 2026, 04:35 PMA decade, maybe longer. 

Still in Fresno, California.  Still waiting for TSTHTF. 

I worked for two and a half decades in Yellow pages, but they shut so now I now own a small digital advertising agency (BAU plan), a pop-up shop that sells the wife's artwork alongside inexpensive trinkets and American-made t-shirts (slow collapse plan), and a Private Security company (SHTF plan).  The latter has taken most of my time, we specialize in mobile solar-powered remote camera towers, and I have a contract with a local California High Speed Rail contractor.   

I see RE is as doomy as ever!  I expect BAU until after the mid terms, and a while beyond.   

Gr8 2 C U! 😀

I maintain a consistent level of Doominess, and have been ticking off the various predictions of how Collapse would progress we made back in the old days as they occur.  The global rise of fascism, the loss of freedoms, the rise of the ICE Gestapo, the expanding resource wars...I could go on and on.  So I am of the opinion that TS ALREADY HTF.  Has society completely broken down here inside the Belly of the Beast in the FSoA?  No, but the water in the pot has bubbles beginning to appear and the frogs are tenderizing.

If we get to the elections and they don't get cancelled, you can be pretty sure Chump will not accept losing either house in CONgress and "BAU" (such as it is) will be further eroded.  Remains to be seen how it plays out, but I do expect significant violence resulting.

Anyhow, don't be a stranger!  How did U find us?

RE

Yeah, a lot of what we discussed as likely trajectories has come to pass, a lot slower than many expected, but undeniable decline that tracks real energy costs.  The LATOC expectations would have hit a decade ago if it were not for unconventional oil, and the end of the petrodollar is finally on the cards.  The resource wars are definitely here! 

I believe the violence is inevitable, which is why I've pushed into the private security sector, the regulatory red tape is horrifying here in California, but demand increases every time the doom gets deeper.

I'm watching gold and silver closely again: if China has made a deal for trillions of investment in the US in return for Taiwan, then they'll need to avoid the Japan trap of lost decades, and their acquisition of gold reserves seems to telegraph how they plan that. It's not like America will have enough anti-missile ammo to stop them if they try to 2027-2028 timeline scenario. 

How did I find you guys?  Web search for Doomstead diner.  I have a business trip to Texas coming up in a few months (construction client wants mobile security camera towers on a infrastructure - project solar farm with battery storage), so was looking to see if Eddie the Dentist was still on the doomer scene, and see if he wanted to sink a few beers. 

Quote from: Haniel on Today at 08:41 AMHow did I find you guys?  Web search for Doomstead diner.  I have a business trip to Texas coming up in a few months (construction client wants mobile security camera towers on a infrastructure - project solar farm with battery storage), so was looking to see if Eddie the Dentist was still on the doomer scene, and see if he wanted to sink a few beers. 

Glad to know we are findable via the search.  We've been around here on Kdogs Chasingthesquirrel.com URL, bur I only recently was able to buy the DooomsteadDiner.com URL and point it here.  About 2 months ago.

Eddie pretty much retired from Collapsology study, although I think he still has his Doomstead.  He may have retired by now also, I haven't spoken to him in at least 4 years.

I'm still not a huge fan of Gold, but I can't say I have any alternative much better.  Maybe balance with some Crypto, which I also am no fan of.  As we move forward, I think the real problem will be a lack of stuff to buy, and eventual Rationing for food and fuel.   Here in the FSoA though, the rationing thing is still probably a few years away.

So besides installing alarm systems, what else do you do as a Security Expert?  Sell gunz?  Design Booby-traps? lol.

RE