by jeff.sanders | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
The large island due east of mainland China, Taiwan, continues to be in the news because the communist government in Beijing believes that the island is a renegade province and should be forcibly brought under the control of their government. Fighter jets from the...
by jeff.sanders | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
On November 30, 1939 Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Army invaded Finland. The Russians had demanded certain tracts of land to be handed over to their control, but the Finns had told them to go pound snow. The Russians responded by invading with an army of half a million...
by jeff.sanders | Mar 23, 2022 | Blog
What is missing in this Russian invasion of Ukraine? Well, for one thing, ten top field commanders of the Russian army. Six of those commanders are generals, the other four are colonels. They were all taken out by snipers or drone strikes. The general in charge of...
by jeff.sanders | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
We are now over three weeks into Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and we can now see clearly what military aspects of the war do not work. Russian logistics do not work. The massive Russian military, for all its firepower, apparently does not have an...
by jeff.sanders | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog
After almost three weeks of brutal combat and horrendous military and civilian losses, we can make some early observations about the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces and governments. What is working? Missiles and artillery for both sides. Russia is hammering away...