Day 1237
Running too much, so I rested on Sunday and read what Kyiv was like in 1939, including about the arrest of the Polist consulate’s staff in September of that year.
Auburn CA looks like a nice place to run.
Ian and Daniel at The Wall Street Journal have a big article dumbing down drone warfare, paying little attention to weak-side loops and organic-precision fires.
No innovation has had a bigger impact on the war in Ukraine than first-person-view, or FPV, drones. With explosives strapped to them, FPVs fly directly into their targets, turning them into low-cost suicide bombers1.
No mention of Bolt & Bolt-Ms, which target less-defended sides of a target…
The New York Times also writes about drone warfare and how far, far, Team USA has fallen behind the curve2.
Below is Madyar’s drone kill report for June 2025, Ukraine’s response to Pete’s primitive drone informercial on the Pentagon lawn.
And this:
The headline is misleading.
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A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine. The speed and scale of production means soldiers can’t emerge from their bunkers without falling prey to a drone (The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2025)
As Drone Warfare Evolves, Pentagon Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities. Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology. (The New York Times, July 12, 2025)