More Military Murders on the High Seas

We Want One Solution, But One Solution Can't Solve Our Polycrisis Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, Whatever the problem, our minds seek one solution--preferably a simple one--to escape the trackless wilderness of complex, inter-connected problems. Problem-solving boils down to identifying the key problem and finding a fix that’s easy to understand and straightforward to apply. Our minds rebel when confronted with polycrisis, a knotted mess of inter-connected problems, and so we apply solutions we already have in hand. As I explained in previous Musings, this leads us to modify our...

Pandemonium In Europe's Skies: Wave Of Bomb Threats Triggers Emergency Landings, Fighter Jet Intercepts A slew of bomb threats against European airlines has resulted in mass reroutings and flight delays over European skies and at major hubs, amid a scramble to find out who is making these threats."At least 18 commercial flights in Europe had to deal with bomb threats Thursday, with at least one being diverted to a military base in France," CBS reports of the developing Thursday incidents. AFP "While authorities have reported no explosives discovered on any of the...

Demographic Winter Pushes South Korea To Field War Robots As Troop Pool Shrinks South Korea's population decline and shrinking pool of military-age men are forcing Seoul to rethink its military force structure, with officials now exploring robots and AI-powered drones to offset future manpower shortages. South Korea's military is taking a direct page from Ukraine's battlefield playbook by preparing to procure low-cost unmanned aerial systems and robotics for future wars, primarily through a potential partnership with Hyundai Motor - for now. "Potential deployments include Boston Dynamics' four-legged Spot, the four-wheeled MobED mobility...