From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 1/27/2026 5:13 PM, bitrex wrote:   
   > On 1/27/2026 5:55 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>>> Suddenly, "players" without deep pockets can become significant   
   adversaries!   
   >>>   
   >>> Players without deep pockets have proved significant adversaries (of the US   
   >>> at least) for 70 damn years!   
   >>   
   >> But the military doesn't learn!  (It seems to be part of their mindset.)   
   >>   
   >> Note the Brits "learned" during the Revolutionary War 250 years ago...   
   >> We have this belief that MORE technology is ALWAYS the solution   
   >> ("We need drone jammers!!  That evolve to adapt to a rapidly   
   >> evolving drone ecosystem...")   
   >   
   > Sounds like they've invented a very slow cruise missile which would have   
   > difficulty penetrating mosquito netting   
      
   "Enough" of anything (sticks and stones) can overwhelm any offense/defense.   
      
   If you can coerce (because they have no other devices in their arsenal)   
   your enemy to expending lots of treasure, you can defeat them "on a budget".   
      
   Ukraine has got to be a HUGE embarassment for Russia.  Even hiring   
   mercenaries and "convicts" has led to a very limited "success".   
   Hardly what one would expect of a "world power".   
      
   Putin is lucky that someone hasn't taken the opportunity to nibble   
   at other borders (and that Trump hasn't been smart enough to capitalize   
   on Putin's weaknesses to "defeat Russia" -- "when no other american   
   president could"!)   
      
   [Trump always picks the wrong way to be remembered.  As he has, historically,   
   with his other ventures (maybe he's just not very smart?)]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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