Dang. It’s almost like determining someone’s sex is hard to do.

It isn’t about the quantity. Its about the quality.

The US keeps their reserve in Arizona but it isnt a quick, easy, or cheap process to reactivate a plane depending on how it is stored. We have pulled two B-52s out of storage in the last decade as replacements after a ground fire and a crash. One took 19 months and the other took 12+ months.

https://www.dla.mil/About-DLA/News/Energy/Article/957538/ghost-rider-in-the-sky-b-52h-departs-tinker-in-historic-flight/

https://theaviationist.com/2020/12/17/wise-guy-is-back-regenerated-after-10-years-at-the-boneyard-b-52h-flies-again-after-pdm-at-tinker-afb/

And to make Russian forces worry that any cargo container within a couple miles of a sensitive area could pull over and have a bunch of drones pop out of it.

They did try and sink one of our intel ships because they claim they thought it was an Egyptian horse transport.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

No, it’s ok. He’s one of the good ones. /s

How does someone keep a security clearance high enough to be a CIA Deputy Director when you have a child fighting in a foreign army?

If Europe is at war with russia it’s unlikely china would willingly provide the steel we need.

I feel like if China wasn’t an active participant in a Europe / Russian war they would be more than happy to sell to whoever wants to buy. A prolonged war would significantly weaken both belligerent and strengthen China’s global position.

Was he in Isreal as a volunteer or a protester? Also, he went to a protest in an active war zone and then is surprised when one side doesn’t check everyone’s nationality before shooting? It isn’t like Hamas cared what everyone’s nationality was before their attack on the music fesitval.