NEW YORK – A March 8 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on China’s naval capabilities cites the view of top US commanders that China’s arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs)…
me trying to separate the "China has super advanced missiles, we need a $100 Billion more funding for missiles and interceptors!" narratives from the "China's missiles aren't that advanced, it makes sense to spend $100 Billion on new ships because they're totally not obsolete" narratives to find out if China can actually do a gamer move on the Great Satan.
It is a thing. Trotsky had an armored battle train that helped win the Russian Civil War for the Bolsheviks. Look at this beautiful train. In fact, the Red Army has over a dozen of these bad boys.
In 1918, the Bolsheviks had 23 such armored trains. By 1920, one in every 10 of the the Red Army’s artillery guns rested on one of its 103 rail-borne battleships.
If Trotsky died in 1922 he would've been an immortal hero, an untouchable legend who helped establish the Petrograd Soviet in 1905, steadfast ally of Lenin who knew the Bolsheviks were the only hope for revolution despite being a Menshevik himself, genius organizer who took a ragtag group of disillusioned recruits and turned them into the magnificent Red Army that beat back the Whites and an international coalition of dozens atop wood-burning trains.
He threw a fit that Stalin became chairman and waged a protracted low level civil war against Stalin for over a decade, calling the Soviet Union the time's equivalent for "red fash" and allying himself with fascists to take down the USSR if he couldn't personally rule it. He became a far left communist who said that socialism in one country was impossible, and if you weren't constantly in revolution you were no communist at all. He was later assassinated in Mexico by the NKVD under Stalin's orders after Frida Kahlo stopped fucking him because she became a Stalinist. His followers today sell newspapers.
I feel like the more "businessy" sounding like you'd find with bloomberg, wjs, etc. , the "truer" the info is. They are just using statements/facts without justifying themselves ideologically too much and speak directly to the ruling class. I think someone here commented before that Chomsky talks about this and I've been trying read stuff with this in mind. :chomsky-yes-honey:
me trying to separate the "China has super advanced missiles, we need a $100 Billion more funding for missiles and interceptors!" narratives from the "China's missiles aren't that advanced, it makes sense to spend $100 Billion on new ships because they're totally not obsolete" narratives to find out if China can actually do a gamer move on the Great Satan.
Hmm, what other system do we know of that requires its enemies to be both weak and strong at the same time?
Starts with an F... Fax Machine? No that doesn't seem quite right :thinkin-lenin:
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Watch as they slowly merge into one. Imperialism go brr
Wish “battle trains” was a thing.
It is a thing. Trotsky had an armored battle train that helped win the Russian Civil War for the Bolsheviks. Look at this beautiful train. In fact, the Red Army has over a dozen of these bad boys.
You've gotta give it to Trotsky, the man made good use of trains.
That’s pretty sick.
Would love to see like an Art Deco style train but with massive cannons on it
Trotsky was only based during the civil war lmao
If Trotsky died in 1922 he would've been an immortal hero, an untouchable legend who helped establish the Petrograd Soviet in 1905, steadfast ally of Lenin who knew the Bolsheviks were the only hope for revolution despite being a Menshevik himself, genius organizer who took a ragtag group of disillusioned recruits and turned them into the magnificent Red Army that beat back the Whites and an international coalition of dozens atop wood-burning trains.
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He threw a fit that Stalin became chairman and waged a protracted low level civil war against Stalin for over a decade, calling the Soviet Union the time's equivalent for "red fash" and allying himself with fascists to take down the USSR if he couldn't personally rule it. He became a far left communist who said that socialism in one country was impossible, and if you weren't constantly in revolution you were no communist at all. He was later assassinated in Mexico by the NKVD under Stalin's orders after Frida Kahlo stopped fucking him because she became a Stalinist. His followers today sell newspapers.
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lmao I fucking love this summary
sadly, he had to exist longer
Factorio gun train go boom.
I mean, they definitely were a thing and maybe still are in some places
Russia deployed one a few weeks ago even
I need a photo of the 21st Century Armoured Train, you can't just say that and not show a photo
It was on a Twitter thread posted to one of the first megathreads, and I do not have a link :LIB:
If you want some good armored train content though there is a good WTYP episode on them
(To be clear the :LIB: was directed at me for not linking, not at you for asking)
I've seen the armoured train episode, and I would barely count that Howitzer on a flat car as an armoured train
https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1500866495827566594
I feel like the more "businessy" sounding like you'd find with bloomberg, wjs, etc. , the "truer" the info is. They are just using statements/facts without justifying themselves ideologically too much and speak directly to the ruling class. I think someone here commented before that Chomsky talks about this and I've been trying read stuff with this in mind. :chomsky-yes-honey: