Recent content by Full Metal Junkie

Construction speed picked up come spring thaw. Three floors framed.

USS Tripoli is the Marine Expeditionary Unit ship that just got there a couple of weeks ago. They sent it to the theatre when the conflict was well underway. These were the proverbial boots that were supposed to be on the proverbial ground. They didn't think of packing their lunch boxes before...

The mood of Russian milbloggers has shifted notably this year. Thinking back to the exact moment, I can say that January 11, 2026 was the psychological inflection point for them. Why that date? It marked day 1,418 of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And that day count is significant because...

Don't get ahead of yourself... https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-foreign-minister-strait-of-hormuz-opens-9.7167808

Ah, the fabled Straight of Iran, which famously connects to the other mythical body of water known as the Gulf of America.

I wanted to provide an update on the new trends in Russia-Ukraine war that were observed in the past few months. While it's premature to make far-reaching conclusions from these trends, they give grounds for hope and optimism. 1. The middle strike For years now, Ukraine has been missing the...

Given the current premier's obsessive preoccupation with liberalizing alcohol consumption and making sacrifices to the car gods, I am shocked he hasn't legalized drunk driving yet. It would be so on-brand for him.

I mean... The 2026 NDP convention was already pretty close to BPC mission statement on its homepage.

"almost" being the key word there, and "better" if only compared to what it was a couple of decades ago. I have experienced their brand of flatulent fragrance (a.k.a. "flagrance") a lot over the past year when visiting the Sobeys plaza - a lot more frequently than what I am accustomed to.

They can. There is the Adria pipeline that runs from Croatia to Hungary. Croatia is happy for Hungary to start making use of that pipeline for absolutely any oil they'd like, as long as it's not Russian. Hungary just refuses to start paying fair market prices for its oil...

A bird's-eye view of the current state of the park:

My understanding is that following the election Magyar has made the following comments in relation to Ukraine and Russia: 1. He's not going to be blocking the €90B financial aid to Ukraine that was blocked by Orban 2. He does intend to block Ukraine's accelerated acceptance into EU just like...

Some good news from Hungary for once. With ~80% reporting, Tisza is projected to win constitutional supermajority. This is required for them to pass any laws overturning anything from the Orban era. As far as Ukraine goes, this is positive news, but not overly positive. While Magyar government...

Is it AI? The video starts with some renders of Iranian metro stations, but what's AI about the rest of it? I spent a few minutes on the interwebs looking at pictures of Tehran's subway stations, they actually look pretty true to renders. And I've been to American subways enough to know that you...

I was SO going to do a photo update on this important Canadian geese repatriation site! I was just waiting for the geese to return. Someone beat me to it...