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Crossing the Rubicon

by Bill Buppert | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog

I am saddened by Charlie Kirk's passing and the method by which he left this life. Whether you agree with him or not, there is never a good reason for this kind of speech cancellation to take place. Kirk took the fight to Ground Zero for American government supremacism at the university campus. He will be missed for his special brand of rhetorical pugilism that fought the Woke Monster in its own primordial fever swamp. And this happens days after the tragic, cold-blooded murder 23-year-old Iryna Zarutskayoung in NC, the young Ukrainian girl. The usual suspects have been blood-mad for war...

The F35 Follies: The Grift Keeps on Giving

by Bill Buppert | Sep 9, 2025 | Blog

I took months off to work on other projects and catch up on other business. I'm back. The F35 continues to be the gift that keeps on grifting. The F35B and C models are the Marine Corps Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) and US Navy aircraft respectively. Both the B and C models have had their challenges due to the very different takeoff requirements and the concomitant engineering challenges to meet that. And keep in mind all of this expense and reduction in capability to have a stealth capability means nothing in modern peer combat for toose countries that have long wave radar which...

Ep 070 “Bolivar’s Revenge: The Venezuelan Tar Pit and American Ambition”

by Bill Buppert | Sep 8, 2025 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast

We examine the emerging Venezuelan kerfuffle. There are many currents and undercurrents in the latest incipient war debacle in America history. This will be a disaster for America if it clacks off and; expect the American government to make this a preamble to go kinetic on the drug war generally and the following catastrophes. I covered this in detail in both parts of Ep 059 and 059 "The Mexican Cartel Conundrum: War Without End". Gird your loins for the first war in American history that will lead to significant foreign-born bad actors making war on American soil. *** References: US...

Ep 019 “Power Failure: A Thought Experiment on US Expeditionary Vulnerability”

by Bill Buppert | Aug 18, 2025 | WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast

Effective June 2025, I did a major improved revision on the sound quality for all my WarNotes episodes retroactively thanks to the technology at Podsworth. The banal and humble generator set is a secret to destroying US combat power. I wanted to flesh out a thought experiment on the vulnerabilities of the US war machine in its expeditionary mode in future wars of choice if a critical node of its operations for US efficacy were specifically targeted, in this case, generator sets;. these range from small portable units to large, trailer-mounted systems, including the Tactical Quiet Generator...

Ep 069 “The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament”

by Bill Buppert | Aug 11, 2025 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast

It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What are your personal weapons of choice: rifle or pistol? How do you fix the defense acquisition system? Is the American military really in terminal collapse? Storming America; is it still coming to the US? Is America headed to civil war? I'll offer some more recommendations and a path forward. References: RAND wish-casting on drones in 2015. Slaughterbots (2017) Slaughterbots: if human: kill() (2021) How are Drones Changing Modern Warfare? Sun Tzu The Art of War Carl von Clausewitz On...

Ep 018 “American Military Stalemate and Defeat: A Sterling Record”

by Bill Buppert | Jul 21, 2025 | WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast

I discuss the thumbnail sketches of US military failure since the end of WWI and try to elucidate some of the reasons for the failure and the existential threat this cavalcade of calamities is to 21st century America if the ship of state doesn't reverse course. This a a dangerous time for America to continue its bad habits of wars of choice and allowing its intelligence organizations and their cutout mischief-makers to poke the bear and create black swan events out of whole cloth. America boasts a magnificent 20th century war machine not fit for purpose for 21st century peer warfare. The...

Boeing, Boeing: The Saga Continues

by Bill Buppert | Jul 9, 2025 | Blog

Boeing is now a verb synonym for worthless. The K46 also leaks fuel. It's a refueler bird. It leaks fuel. If you Boeing something, things are really fucked up. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission Did I mention the cracks that have grounded the fleet? https://www.newsweek.com/air-force-kc-46-cracks-fleet-grounds-2038195

Ep 068 “The Military Drone Revolution: Make All Flesh Forfeit”

by Bill Buppert | Jul 8, 2025 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast

Despite what you are told by the mainstream news sources in the media, the drone war is here to stay and it will be the most significant war modality for the next generation. It has literally exposed all ground troops and the exquisite platforms the West relies upon in war-making for detailed neutralization and destruction. In concert with the democratized distribution of ubiquitous missile technology, it is the end of Western dominance in warfare. Despite what you may think, the US conventional forces are in terminal collapse and completely unprepared for 21st century peer conflict. I'll...