During the eight years of the Obama administration, the transformation of former Ottoman territory has been sweeping and complete. The new Russia/Iran/Shia axis now controls a wide swath of the Middle East from the Mediterranean to the Iranian-Afghan border. One would be hard pressed to perceive, from today’s facts on…
The Hi-Tech Traditionalist: Byvshiye Liudi and the Basket of Deplorables.
Russia is expanding and enhancing its fleet of littoral vessels capable of operating in rivers and near shore areas such as the Volga/Caspian Sea and Dnieper/Black Sea basins as well as in the Baltic. Two new classes of ships are announced: the 949 ton, 64.1 meter “Buyan” serves as primarily…