Nico- Scott Locklin is entertaining, he sounds like he’d be fun at college parties or a trip to a Brothel, that wasn’t serious analysis of the Military, American or otherwise.
He sounds like he’s getting his analysis from The Saker on Russia, on America too.
What has he done besides “consulting” and how’d that go?
Nico- Scott Locklin is entertaining, he sounds like he’d be fun at college parties or a trip to a Brothel, that wasn’t serious analysis of the Military, American or otherwise.
He sounds like he’s getting his analysis from The Saker on Russia, on America too.
What has he done besides “consulting” and how’d that go?
Gee, that’s a lot of consulting...
... ah huh.
Now-We have a Civil Rights/Leftist Neoliberal government and of course anything that government touches now is dysfunctional, because the civilian leadership are dysfunctional and old as Hell.
However There’s actually a lot of serious people left in America- it would be an awful mistake to encourage China or Russia to misstep.
Having said that, we seem to be coming back from the brink with Russia and I don’t believe conflict with China is inevitable. I do believe people are yelling “yellow peril”, I also see the factories coming back- which is very good and worth war “talk”, not war but war talk.
You're right. He definitely has a blind spot when it comes to US "inferiority". If "muh China/Russia" are so much more superior in aerospace tech, then please explain why both countries national carriers fly Boeing/Airbus carriers. The Chinese spent 15 years trying to build their own long haul passenger jet - the Comac 919 - and its still dependent on Western tech. IOW its not remotely Chinese.
Well the Chinese tis written by Luttwak can’t keep a team together long enough to get it done, the Russians a different story. The drones are a different story, as there’s a mass market.
I’m not after China, I’m after US manufacturing being rebuilt.
I suspect few pale males are after China, we have crazy cluster B’s in our faces, China is far away.
Being fun at parties makes Locklin sound more appealing than most defence analysts. And being good at brothels helps too. In Australia we had a scandal a few years back. A young defence intelligence analyst fell in love with a prostitute and tried to use her as an intermediary for the sale of classified material to foreign governments. It did not end well.
Well I’m not fun at parties these days. I served a couple of decades, and deployed several times. Civilian I’m a network engineer and employed 19 years the same company, 2-3 jobs before that.
I don’t “consult.” I do.
I commit. I finish.
I can be plenty sarcastic.
I learned it’s not helpful.
Perhaps it takes time, or experience.
We the Americans and American military quite have plenty of working equipment, the last couple of years in the military we do seem to be losing people pretty fast, but overturning the Republic may just have some effects.
Here’s someone who’s dug into the DOD problems. It’s bureaucracy. To an extent the Soviets could never afford.
China isn’t all that, and we really did teach them everything they know, and got stuck around steel, concrete, and chips too large to be competitive. Not too much luck on jet engines either.
Russia a different matter, we have quite wronged them. A formidable enemy we don’t want.
This doesn’t mean our stuff sucks, or that their stuff is great.
Now full of criticism and it seems energy, perhaps kindly pitch in at one of the efforts above?
more than 70% of the world's lawyers are American, including most politicians. No clue about how to get manufacturing or anything else practical accomplished. You can fuhgeddaboutit!
Nico- Scott Locklin is entertaining, he sounds like he’d be fun at college parties or a trip to a Brothel, that wasn’t serious analysis of the Military, American or otherwise.
He sounds like he’s getting his analysis from The Saker on Russia, on America too.
What has he done besides “consulting” and how’d that go?
Gee, that’s a lot of consulting...
... ah huh.
Now-We have a Civil Rights/Leftist Neoliberal government and of course anything that government touches now is dysfunctional, because the civilian leadership are dysfunctional and old as Hell.
However There’s actually a lot of serious people left in America- it would be an awful mistake to encourage China or Russia to misstep.
Having said that, we seem to be coming back from the brink with Russia and I don’t believe conflict with China is inevitable. I do believe people are yelling “yellow peril”, I also see the factories coming back- which is very good and worth war “talk”, not war but war talk.
You're right. He definitely has a blind spot when it comes to US "inferiority". If "muh China/Russia" are so much more superior in aerospace tech, then please explain why both countries national carriers fly Boeing/Airbus carriers. The Chinese spent 15 years trying to build their own long haul passenger jet - the Comac 919 - and its still dependent on Western tech. IOW its not remotely Chinese.
Well the Chinese tis written by Luttwak can’t keep a team together long enough to get it done, the Russians a different story. The drones are a different story, as there’s a mass market.
I’m not after China, I’m after US manufacturing being rebuilt.
I suspect few pale males are after China, we have crazy cluster B’s in our faces, China is far away.
I literally said the US air force was the best in the world and you knobs are buttmad about it.
Being fun at parties makes Locklin sound more appealing than most defence analysts. And being good at brothels helps too. In Australia we had a scandal a few years back. A young defence intelligence analyst fell in love with a prostitute and tried to use her as an intermediary for the sale of classified material to foreign governments. It did not end well.
No Happy Ending?
Alas, no. A six-month gaol sentence for the intelligence analyst. The young lady got off (I think) and returned to her home-town.
The laws have all been changed since, loopholes closed. The new defence agreement with the US requires compliance with US standards.
This poor man.
Here’s US Standards.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-says-prostitution-ring-counted-politicians-tech-execs-lawyers-clients-2023-11-08/
This doesn’t count not so mysterious trips to Dubai.
I do prop trading, former experimental physics, two decent exits from companies I consulted for. What do you do?
"Actually a lot of serious people left" doesn't matter if your nukes don't work and you can't make steel and ammo.
Well I’m not fun at parties these days. I served a couple of decades, and deployed several times. Civilian I’m a network engineer and employed 19 years the same company, 2-3 jobs before that.
I don’t “consult.” I do.
I commit. I finish.
I can be plenty sarcastic.
I learned it’s not helpful.
Perhaps it takes time, or experience.
We the Americans and American military quite have plenty of working equipment, the last couple of years in the military we do seem to be losing people pretty fast, but overturning the Republic may just have some effects.
Here’s someone who’s dug into the DOD problems. It’s bureaucracy. To an extent the Soviets could never afford.
https://acquisitiontalk.com/
Here’s some people who’ve also achieved , and they’re serious about helping the country.
https://a16z.com/american-dynamism-50/
We quite still make steel, we need to and will make more-
https://reshorenow.org/companies-reshoring/
US Steel is building a plant in Alabama by the way..
https://www.madeinalabama.com/2020/10/u-s-steel-starts-up-advanced-electric-arc-furnace-facility-in-alabama/
China isn’t all that, and we really did teach them everything they know, and got stuck around steel, concrete, and chips too large to be competitive. Not too much luck on jet engines either.
Russia a different matter, we have quite wronged them. A formidable enemy we don’t want.
This doesn’t mean our stuff sucks, or that their stuff is great.
Now full of criticism and it seems energy, perhaps kindly pitch in at one of the efforts above?
Or perhaps tone down the snark.
Here is something on the barriers to reshoring:
https://www.lynalden.com/reshoring/
more than 70% of the world's lawyers are American, including most politicians. No clue about how to get manufacturing or anything else practical accomplished. You can fuhgeddaboutit!
I did some business years ago in Romania. All the best lawyers in the sector I was involved in were Americans brought in from Virginia.