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Will it be A Russian Christmas?

andyBeaker

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How can you lead from the front on a boat...?
(apologies to RN types...ship).

Good film, BTW. (y)
I thought it was pretty decent other than Russell Crowe single handedly taking on about 50 Frenchies and just happening to fire the cannon shot that severed the French ships mast.

Bit too Hollywood for me. Why not just make it more believable?
 

Duck n Dive

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Latest stories are that Russia is reducing it's embassy staff levels in Kyiv to minimums.

Separately the US has an EC8-C patrolling the just inside the Ukraine border - but I think they want the world & Russia to know :)
 

Duck n Dive

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News story today that China carried out a large a air exercise towards Taiwan.

Could it be the Putin & China are coordinating activities.

Western allies will get hard pressed if there's activity on both fronts! Classic tactics
 

Duck n Dive

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Slightly off topic but in the same direction.

I'm surprised there's been little reporting that the recent drone attack on Abu Dhabi port included an attack on the airport which caused considerable damage.

This is reported to have been followed up with the interception of two ballistic missiles.

One way or another world temperatures seem to be hotting up!
 

Cougar377

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Slightly off topic but in the same direction.

I'm surprised there's been little reporting that the recent drone attack on Abu Dhabi port included an attack on the airport which caused considerable damage.

This is reported to have been followed up with the interception of two ballistic missiles.

One way or another world temperatures seem to be hotting up!
I think I'll buy some more pellets for my air rifle.

Just in case....
 

andyBeaker

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90%+ of the world supply of microchips are made in Taiwan.

There is a global shortage of microchips.

Coincidence?
 

derek kelly

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90%+ of the world supply of microchips are made in Taiwan.

There is a global shortage of microchips.

Coincidence?
Few weeks back I gave a mate a lift in the Toyota, he was looking to replace his aged Qashqai & decided he wanted a Corolla, he went to the dealer & was told that they were not taking any more orders as the waiting list is over 12 Months, this due to shortage of micro chips.
 

andyBeaker

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Few weeks back I gave a mate a lift in the Toyota, he was looking to replace his aged Qashqai & decided he wanted a Corolla, he went to the dealer & was told that they were not taking any more orders as the waiting list is over 12 Months, this due to shortage of micro chips.
I was given the option of cancelling the order for my new car as they couldn’t guarantee a number of features that were specified would be available. I cancelled:( Read plenty of stories about cars turning up with stuff missing. At least my dealer gave me the option early on.
 

andyBeaker

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What are you saying, the Chinese have already done it but no one is telling us! :)
What I am saying is China have been making noises about ‘annexing’ Taiwan in the same way they did Hong Kong.

Maybe I am making two and two equal forty seven.
 
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