The use of private military companies (PMCs) by Russia has exploded in recent years, most notably the Wagner Group, which was named after Hitler’s favorite composer, Richard Wagner. The Wagner Group is Russia’s largest and most capable PMC. Its home base is located in Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Read more from “Moscow’s Mercenary Wars” […]
Here’s What Successful Planning Looks Like in a Disaster
You may remember back in 2018, when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, devastating the island and its infrastructure. And you may remember when in January 2020, the people of Puerto Rico suffered again after being hit by a violent earthquake. Needless to say, the island has been a case study in survival. After enduring so […]
The A-10 Deserves a Warrior’s Death
Warriors deserve a warrior’s death, not a retirement spent rusting away in the desert. The Bushido taught samurai, “death before dishonor.” The A-10, one of the USAF’s most iconic planes, deserves a warrior’s death. The plane was developed in the middle of the Cold War with a specific type of warfare in mind, to kill […]
How Badly Could Russian Cyberattacks Hurt the USA?
For some time now Americans have been hearing warnings of impending Russian cyberattacks that could cripple the nation’s infrastructure. Just how likely are they, and how damaging could they be? Jack Detsch reports at Foreign Policy: But experts believe that Russia doesn’t have to use digital attacks that harm physical infrastructure in the United States […]
SWITCHBLADE: Ukraine Sky’s May Soon be Buzzing with Flying Munitions
Like a scene out of a horror movie, the Russians could soon be finding themselves hunted by a killer swarm. The swarm would come in the form of AeroVironment’s backpackable, rapidly deployable, loitering precision strike missile called, Switchblade. The Switchblade 300, with a range of just over 6 miles, has a flight endurance of 15 […]
MARIUPOL OUT OF WATER: Could Your Family Last Five Days?
You have surely witnessed on the news and the internet the disastrous and sad scenes coming out of the war in Ukraine. Residents of cities where the fighting is hottest, like Mariupol, are being cut off from the conveniences of modern civilization, water, electricity, sewage and trash removal, food supplies, and heat. BBC reports: Residents […]
PREP: Middle East Braces for Food Price Surges
You saw only two years ago what it looks like when people panic about food or basic home goods like toilet paper. Bare shelves are not an enjoyable sight. Now the war in Ukraine is having that effect on Middle Eastern nations like Egypt and Turkey that import sunflower oil and wheat from the fertile […]
CONSTANT BATTLE: Survival Prep Isn’t Something You Do in a Day
You know how Your Survival Guy feels about being prepared on the water, food, self-defense, and cash front, to name a few. You must deal with each item individually and perform stress tests regularly to see where you stand. In times like these, it’s not getting any cheaper, so imagine how you’ll feel a year […]
Your Survival Guy: DARKNESS and WITHOUT POWER AGAIN
OK, Your Survival Guy awoke with a start this morning as our bedroom fan stopped turning—the silence deafening—the normal steady cadence, like crashing waves, is usually the background noise dreams are made of. But when it stops, something’s wrong. “What was that droning sound?” I wondered. Military choppers doing a predawn exercise at First Beach? […]
Your Survival Guy’s Thoughts on the Blizzard of ’22
OK, that was interesting. For about 24-hours it felt like we were living inside a snow globe being shaken around by a four-year-old. If it was at a ski resort, the skiing would have been epic. I haven’t seen this much snow in Newport ever and the closest comparison for the region would be the […]
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