I remember when all the low-cost airlines started flying from smaller airports but today it seems like the major airports have expanded and taken back the low-cost airlines in many cases?
We need to do two things – connect cities in Sweden with each other and with cities in Europe. We have high-speed trains, existing train networks, commuter trains, subways, buses, and last but not least the smaller airports that have seen less traffic.
I believe that the flights from the major airports have reached maximum capacity to some extent, and it is a highly sophisticated small operation that, with the slightest mistake, can have incredible cascade effects.
If we start with Stockholm – a one-hour one-way journey is preferable, two hours are acceptable but the goal should be to work towards a one-hour one-way journey.
We have already connected Nynäshamn, Södertälje, and Uppsala with commuter trains that take less than an hour.
Then we have Eskilstuna, Strängnäs, and Enköping with high-speed trains already – also under an hour.
Nyköping and Norrtälje could be considered for the above categories, but Norrtälje is not exactly densely populated.
Now we need to build the next circle which includes Jönköping/Linköping, Örebro/Karlstad, the hellhole Gävle/Ljusdal – a two-hour train journey that also does not run frequently enough and is often canceled is not particularly good.
Can this be solved with high-speed tracks, existing tracks with new trains, or how can we achieve that one-hour journey?
When will it be time for “bus flights” – electric flights landing at Bromma (which is supposed to be closed down…) and operating between these larger cities, taking around 30-45 minutes?
Kalmar should definitely have an electric flight bus service because they are completely forgotten there, with no good roads or trains. Apparently, Kalmar was quite wealthy back when the Social Democrats had the money bag, so they did not receive any infrastructure investments as it was not the Social Democrats’ voter base, true or false?
Now we are talking about daily commuting – something that works for getting to and from work with enough departures and reliability (not like sh1t-SJ today…).
Apologies to all Northerners for my mistakes below 😐
We have a line Arlanda – Umeå, with SAS, and it’s very cheap with numerous departures. We make Umeå the Stockholm of Norrland and then we create similar rings extending from Umeå to surrounding towns.
Not necessarily for everyone to go into Umeå and then down to Stockholm, but it will create more jobs in Umeå because I decide so, and then the workforce is available in the surrounding towns outside Umeå.
This way, existing large cities don’t need to grow further, and smaller towns can thrive instead.
For the bootlegging up near the Finnish border, a similar approach is taken, but now Finland must be included in the picture, and I’m not familiar with the area, too many mosquitoes but good moonshine.
Finnair has an excellent “city-hopper” service to Helsinki, but the diabolical managers at Arlanda have provided them with useless check-ins and gates – I was ashamed to be Swedish about this, especially when arriving in Helsinki and the airport is like a da Vinci painting, and everyone is friendly.
Similarly, make it easier to fly between Helsinki and Arlanda.
Cities have more hotels and apartment hotels for this type of traveler – not expensive four-star ones, but cheap, easily booked simple hotels for daily commuters who worked late and need a place to sleep.
Comfort Hotel near Arlanda is a good example – low prices, close to the terminal, and very straightforward.
I believe that all these modes of transportation must work together for this to function, aiming for a one-hour one-way journey and then finding a new mode of transportation outside the ring that shortens the travel time to another hour.
And finally, have flights from Arlanda.
The vision – cheap, easy, frequent departures, and easy booking for overnight stays.
Then Swedes will live in small towns that come alive, work 2-3 days in offices, and 2-3 days from home.
Real quality of life, not just on screen.
We left Stockholm in 2021 – the city is a traffic jam, and you have to queue for years for your kids’ sports, it was the best thing I ever did, and since the interest rates skyrocketed shortly after, probably even better.
During COVID, I worked in Stockholm, but in the beginning when it was remote work, I spent a year in Portugal, which they didn’t know about.
Then for a year, I went into the office one day a week, and SJ worked about as well as Northvolt’s battery production, but it was manageable. The “Stockholm day” started at 04:45 and ended at 18:30, but it worked.
During the last year, the pressure increased for more time in the office, so I went back to Portugal, and when the pressure became too high, I resigned and worked remotely from Nigeria during the notice period just to mess with them.
I think I managed to spend a few months in Bahrain and Saudi in between, there was a potential new job there, but Saudi during COVID was marginally better than Treblinka, and we practically fled the country – the feeling when we landed in Germany was freedom, pizza, and a Heineken.
So – I have tried this two-hour one-way trip to Stockholm and now advocate for a one-hour journey where when you go further out, you find the mode of transportation that ensures it.
I also fly a lot, and it looks like this – leave the house in a small town in Sweden the day before, go to a hotel near Arlanda, fly from Arlanda, either take a taxi/train or sleep at Lisbon airport, and then travel one and a half hours to where we always go – a pure three-step rocket.
Lisbon airport has two hotels right at the terminal, and so does Arlanda, just that they are too expensive, but we always use them.
Portugal is completely lost because the country is full of Portuguese for some inexplicable reason, but they have significantly increased the number of trips with Redeexpresso buses, costing around 20EUR. For Portugal, it’s a resounding A+.
Then we have all the business trips that just make you cry.
So, I have quite a bit of experience in getting from A to B in a three-step rocket more often than not and often think about how to improve it when sitting in the midst of travel misery.
If you take that one-hour radius around Stockholm with commuter trains, the next ring will not stop within this first commuter train ring at all but will go directly to Stockholm.
The third ring will not stop at the first two, and so on, so everyone, regardless of distance, has an hour to get to Stockholm.
Some countries have it easy – like the UK and the Netherlands, for example, where the country is like a round plate and distances are short, so they just run trains everywhere.
But if you have tried to get from A to B in London, you know what a damn spider web it is, and you have to book ten different trains.
We lived in Edinburgh for 7 years and always flew from Edinburgh Airport, tried the bus and train from London once each to save costs – never again.
Then the Brits have good tourist flights during the tourist seasons, for a few hundred. I think it’s good.
So – cheaper, more flights, and a spider web of different transport modes that make it possible to reach Stockholm, Umeå, and some remote place in the southwest, and South Sweden has Copenhagen too.
And then transportation between the nodes.
We shouldn’t forget about Oslo either – still don’t understand why we let them go and absolutely don’t understand why we turned down half of their oil profits in the 60s for a few billion in cash and Volvo shares.
First and foremost, this requires enormous foresight – but there are ten, twenty, thirty-year plans but surprisingly many of these projects die out, come to life, consultants make a few million on reports and then they die out again.
You have to actively drive them as a priority.
The towns will thrive on their own, the municipalities take care of that.
Then we need money, but if you add up what Northvolt, Stegra, higher electricity prices from decommissioned nuclear power, the cost of decommissioning nuclear reactors, new electricity production construction costs, and the money we give EXTRA to the EU because we are conflict-averse, and all the funds going to the rich in poor countries, you probably already have the basic funding ready.
Put the money where it makes a difference instead of political pink-cloud projects that give them nice retreat jobs after politics.
Or actually, they would get nice retreat jobs for these infrastructure investments too, and even the Green Party likes electric flights and trains, so what are we waiting for?
In the end, this is probably cheaper than trying to grow the big cities, but the cost is higher and the initial profit is lower, so we hope that the companies building can have strong lobbying against the politicians with many carrots so it starts at some point.
Half of it is probably already there, and planning for more that is half on hold probably exists as well – just need someone to take a holistic approach and then look at available technology today and in 15 years.
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Yes, but I wonder if we are traveling as much. Commuting seems to have decreased due to digital meetings in Teams and similar platforms. I live on Kungsholmen in Stockholm and have been watching planes landing at Bromma for several years. Like now, the 16.45 flight from Visby is arriving and now the 17.15 flight is coming. They used to come in like on a string of pearls towards Bromma. Now it seems like hardly any planes are arriving at all. Business travel has decreased significantly. The airline BRA, which was the backbone of domestic flights, I believe has shut down.
On the other hand, private travel seems to have increased. The X2000 train is always full nowadays when I travel down to Växjö or Malmö.
From submarine hunting to Swedish infrastructure. It can’t get any better. When it comes to train traffic, it is of utmost importance that the Swedish Rail Administration is disconnected from the Swedish Transport Administration. This, I believe, is a must! After that, one can consider track routes, bottlenecks, and which route to choose.
In the meantime, the Swedish Transport Administration can complete certain projects such as double tracks on the ENTIRE Iron Ore Line, upgrade the ENTIRE Inland Line (including electrification). Continue with the North Bothnia Line from Umeå to Luleå, and since the Bothnia Line Umeå – Ådalen is already completed, it will be a significant boost for Norrland. You also get a so-called technical double track as a bonus when the Northern Main Line goes a few miles west. Start with this and it should turn out well when it’s finished. It will probably be finished when it’s good, maybe I should write instead.
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Good idea
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Good point. The need for commuting to work may not be as great today for most of us (those of us who have learned to use teams).
It would be expensive if we were to build infrastructure to achieve Johan No.1’s and other old dinosaurs’ “travel nirvana”…
Commuting during the day?
All small towns that could come to life?
Most people have to be in the office during the week after all.
You’re thinking that I’m going to another company for a meeting.
I’m probably thinking more about you working in Stockholm but living outside of Eskilstuna.
Russian attack activity continues to bubble in the south.
Lyman and Siversk are at a higher level again after the offensive in Siversk faded out about a week ago.
Donetsk, with the triad Toretsk-Pokrovsk-Novopavlivka, remains largely unchanged as the most active front.
In the past 24 hours, 10 battles took place in northern Slobozhansky and Kursk. The enemy carried out 10 air strikes and dropped 24 guided bombs, as well as 208 shelling, including 12 with rocket systems for massive firing.
In the southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Vovchansk, Kamianka, and towards Doroshivka four times.
In the Kupjansk direction, four battles occurred yesterday. Our defenders stopped enemy storm actions near Stepova Novoselivka and towards the settlement of Boguslavka.
In the Limanskt direction, the enemy attacked 20 times and attempted to break through our defenses near the towns of Grekivka, Novyi Mir, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Shandryholove, Zarichne, Torske, and towards the town of Stavy.
In the Siversky direction, the defense forces stopped nine offensive actions from the invaders in the areas of Hryhorivka, Vyimka, Pereizne, and towards Yampil and Dronivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, six battles were recorded yesterday – the occupiers attempted to advance towards Stupochky.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 21 attacks in the areas around the towns of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, Kleban-Byk, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and Poltavka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders repelled 62 attacks from the aggressor in the areas around the settlements of Novoekonomichne, Nikanorivka, Volodymyrivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Gorikove, Dachne, and towards the built-up areas of Pokrovsk, Balagan, Filiya.
In the direction of Novopavlivka, the enemy carried out 27 attacks yesterday near the settlements of Piddubne, Novoselivka, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Komyshuvakha, Kalynivske, and towards the settlements of Novohryhorivka and Novovasylivske.
In the direction of Huliaipole, our defenders stopped five enemy attempts to advance near the inhabited town of Poltavka.
In the direction of Orikhiv, the defense forces successfully repelled two enemy attacks against the settlement of Stepnogorsk.
In the direction of Dnipro, the enemy attacked our defenders’ positions four times towards the Antonivsky bridge – without success.
The Russian invaders’ losses in the past 24 hours amounted to 970 individuals. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed a tank, an armored vehicle, 39 artillery systems, a rocket artillery system, an air defense system, 362 drones, 91 vehicles, two special vehicles, and two heavy flamethrower systems belonging to the occupiers.
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Hold off Ukraine. Hold off!
Bus flights between Gävle and Stockholm are likely to be difficult as the Gävle-Sandviken airport Rörberg has been politically executed. And to ensure that it cannot be reopened, Vattenfall will build a power line to the new Microsoft halls right across the runway.
At this point, it feels like we don’t even need the Russians to dismantle our defense capability…
Neither the fire plane nor the police helicopter are particularly impressive either.
Klart: Vattenfall allowed to draw power lines across Rörberg – Gefle Dagblad https://www.gd.se/2025-08-28/klart-vattenfall-far-dra-elledningar-over-rorberg/
Then the airport was unfortunately closed.
Maybe for the better, the residents of Gävle are kept within the reserve?
Is it an old airbase?
A small civilian airport that is barely used. The military has announced that they are not interested and that it may be shut down.
No, there has probably been sparse traffic there for a long time.
I know that Sandvik used it extensively in the 80s and 90s. They also had a fleet of Volvo 760 limousines that transported people there.
After that, it is probably mostly the flying club that has used the runway.
The war in Ukraine continues and the Russian losses (as already reported 205) are:
SLAVA UKRAINI!
The police in Denmark have received additional alerts about drones. During Friday evening and the night towards Saturday, unauthorized drone activity was reported at the Karup airbase in Jutland. According to Danish media, “one or two” drones were spotted over Karup, which is the largest workplace of the Danish military. “It has occurred both inside and outside the perimeter,” said Simon Skelkjær, officer on duty at the police, to TV Midtvest. …
“Wheat exports from the Russian Federation from July to September decreased by 28.8% compared to the same period last year, totaling 10.9 million tons.
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“Russian Invader and the Cloak of Invisibility”
“A Russian tank is burning on the Zaporizhzhia axis after a Ukrainian drone strike.”
“412th ‘Nemesis’ regiment of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck ammunition depots, field supply points and vehicle parks, with footage showing an initial hit punching a hole in a roof followed by a second charge finishing the target.”
“The Swedish Armed Forces point out a rapidly growing threat: An entirely unmanned war, says Major General Mattias Hansson to TV4 News. Reports of suspected drones are pouring in from several NATO countries. This week, four Danish airports were affected, and there have also been alerts in Stockholm. Prior to this, Russia violated the airspace of Poland and Romania. The Swedish defense has jamming devices and radar systems that can both detect and neutralize drones. However, it is significantly more challenging for civil society to combat drones, as it is peacetime. …”
But the airports are serious – they have systems that detect drones and prevent innocent individuals from flying drones over military bases or airports.
Off-Topic, climate
Fortunately, some effects of increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere counteract the same and promote growth. Of course, it is not enough to neutralize it, but it does at least slow down the rate somewhat.
“As the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the trees in the Amazon rainforests are growing larger, which enhances their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. This is shown in a new study reported by The Independent. According to the study, the average size of the trees has increased by 3.2 percent annually over the past 30 years. – This is good news. We often hear about how climate change and fragmentation threaten the Amazon. But at the same time, the trees in intact forests have grown larger. Even the largest trees continue to grow despite the threats,” says Professor Beatriz Marimon, at the Universidade do Mato Grosso in Brazil. …”
Now people see drones everywhere. In the 80s, it was submarines. I even remember a periscope being sighted at the castle stairs. And on weekends when the coastal ships in the archipelago had schnapps with herring, periscopes were seen in every bay. Naturally, the newspapers picked up on it. I think I read once that there were so many foreign submarines in the archipelago that the navy’s anti-submarine helicopters couldn’t manage to lower the hydrophone into the water. It kept hitting metal everywhere. Now it’s Saturday so we can probably expect drones everywhere, maybe even at the castle. History repeats itself but the objects change.
Like a while back, mainly in the USA, when people saw UFOs everywhere.
Then you have all the jokes – there were some who sent out a drainpipe at the lock that everyone thought was a submarine.
Now probably the same with lots of private individuals’ drones that are now becoming Russian.
Well, that’s how it works, even if not all observations are true, it’s a sign that people’s attention has increased.
I didn’t follow the submarine incidents so closely in my teens, but I thought it was a bit too much of a “cry wolf” situation, which has a counterproductive effect, so that it’s not taken seriously when it’s really needed.
But, it’s probably good if people look up a bit more often.
Is more CO2 suddenly good?
Forest is good.
Just for plants, it’s good (up to a certain limit) and it delays the process somewhat but in the end they will go to waste anyway.
A bit like when a fire starts in the house. “Oh, how warm and cozy it became, and bright! Now we will save money on the electricity bill”
Well, one can also notice up here in the cold North that trees and bushes grow like crazy. At least as a forest owner with a plantation forest, one is surprised at how often one needs to run around with the brush cutter so that the forest doesn’t become impenetrable for anything larger than squirrels.
There has been some talk recently about ocean acidification, as the oceans absorb a large part of the carbon dioxide released, the acidity level has increased by about 30% since the industrialization. This affects organisms with calcium shells, corals, etc. One thing about carbon dioxide in water is also that colder water can hold more carbon dioxide, like beer in the fridge. Room temperature bubbles more. It also leads to warmer water absorbing less carbon dioxide.
More than 20 people in Kenya have been rescued after the police dismantled a human trafficking ring that deceived Kenyans into fighting for Russia in Ukraine, reports the BBC. The Kenyans are believed to have been lured to Russia with promises of work, but were then sent to the front lines. According to the police, many have returned home injured and traumatized. Others have been killed in the war. Representatives of the Kenyan government have previously stated that they are monitoring several cases where Kenyans are held as prisoners of war in Ukraine.
Don’t think about work trips by plane.
Half of the post was commuting during the day.
After covid, almost everyone has gone back to the fact that you have to be at the workplace.
Instead of expanding Stockholm, smaller towns that are an hour away can thrive – that’s the takeaway.
Yes, if it’s possible to improve the communications, that would of course be good, but then it’s all about the costs.
Should the residents in the areas pay, or everyone through taxes?
It’s already difficult to manage maintenance now when it comes to railways and roads.
Domestic flights from smaller towns probably haven’t recovered after Covid here in Fi, but train journeys have become more common. Trains generally work well here. We office rats still work partially remotely, work commutes have probably decreased, people don’t travel for meetings as much anymore.
“Moldovan voters residing in other countries are believed to be able to play a decisive role in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, writes The Guardian. Therefore, Russia seems to be heavily investing in influence campaigns targeted at the diaspora, according to several organizations. Among other things, Moldovans in other countries are offered 500 euros to act as election observers, with the possibility of a bonus of up to 30,000 euros if they manage to find “evidence of electoral fraud”. – They are essentially enticing people to report any type of violation in exchange for money. We believe that this could be a preparation to be able to claim that the election was rigged, says Victoria Olari at the Atlantic Council’s digital forensic research laboratory in Chisinau. …”
“we believe” 🤣🤣🤣
I have decided to do a series of posts about U137 so that there is no doubt that they did not navigate incorrectly.
When the technical evidence is included, there is really no other way to see it.
I’ll have to include the worst liars as well – one of them was also out in January 2022 and claimed that Russia would not attack Ukraine.
Good decision.
Actually quite incredible that it could have been distorted into a misnavigation.
No one today claims that the drones over our airports are misnavigation or the flights that are violating?
Yes – the Russians keep saying that all the time and deny that it is their drones but we don’t buy it.
How on earth could we then fall for it being misnavigation and some believe that it was all just NATO?
Off-Topic, Trump
“President Trump urges Microsoft to fire Lisa Monaco, head of global affairs and former deputy attorney general under Joe Biden. “She is a threat to the national security of the United States, especially considering the large contracts that Microsoft has with the U.S. government,” he writes on his platform Truth Social. As deputy attorney general, Monaco was responsible, among other things, for the department’s handling of the storming of the Capitol in 2021.”
https://omni.se/a/Avj52A
He is probably incredible, that man, so damn bitter, vengeful, and paranoid. Lucky for the whole world that he is old, if he were 30 years younger we would have had a Stalin with nuclear weapons.
The Swedish Paralympic skier Zebastian Modin tells SVT Sport that it feels “special” that Russian and Belarusian athletes will now be allowed to compete in the Paralympics under their own flag again. – It hasn’t felt relevant and suddenly it happens, says Modin. He points out that there are many Belarusian and Russian athletes in his sport and that it will create a “strange atmosphere” if they are allowed to compete. …
The external power supply to the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia has been out for over three days, reports The Guardian. Now there is growing concern about the safety of the nuclear power plant. Rafael Grossi, head of the UN’s nuclear energy agency IAEA, describes the situation as very worrying and Western experts suspect that Russia is trying to stage a crisis to strengthen its grip on the facility. …
“suspects” 🤣🤣🤣
Commuting is tough. But eventually, you find your own everyday routine. It can involve some work on the computer, closing your eyes and resting to feel more alert when you get home, doing shopping before the train departs, etc. It can free up time for spending with loved ones when you get home. Commuting by train must be the most gentle option for the body despite all the train troubles.
Let’s hope that train services will improve in the future. I believe they will.
Off-Topic, Israel-Palestine
It will be interesting to see if Israel will agree to it, but if Trump/USA puts pressure on them, they may have no choice.
“Hamas has “in principle” agreed to the American President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, according to Haaretz. The plan includes, among other things, the immediate release of all remaining hostages. On the other hand, Israel is to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and gradually withdraw its military from Gaza. Trump’s hope is that Israel will also agree to the plan when he meets with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.”
Wondering if Trump will give Netanyahu 2 months or similar so they have time to turn as much as possible into rubble and force as many Palestinians as possible to flee.
“Around 40 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza during Saturday morning, hospital sources told Al Jazeera. Most of the deaths have occurred in Gaza City where the Israeli invasion continues with unabated force. At least 50 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Friday. The Israeli military claims to have targeted 140 sites, “including terrorists, tunnel systems, and military infrastructure.” On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country will continue its heavily criticized offensive in Gaza. – We will finish the job in Gaza as soon as possible.”
https://omni.se/a/B0oeQg
Seems like Netanyahu has ended up in some kind of psychosis, one can understand the thirst for revenge after Hamas’ deeds, but it has gone too far, the more internal resistance Netanyahu faces, the more bloodthirsty he becomes.
If it is true that Hamas actually releases the hostages, then Netanyahu must back down, otherwise he must be removed in some other way.
The violence escalated since he got Trump on his side, the commercial for Gaza as a tourist paradise was like he had been given a free pass to empty Gaza of people, dead or alive. Unfortunately, no Muslim neighboring countries want to accept the refugees from Gaza, so those poor souls have to run back and forth until there is no one left.
There should be major protests and a united front from the entire Muslim world when they see what Israel is doing to their fellow believers, but there is only silence, except from Iran, which no one listens to anyway. That’s how these countries view Palestinians, for them, Palestinians are just a tool to make the Western world turn away from Israel, no empathy there. They are all hypocrites.
Off-Topic, TikTok
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pleased with the deal that involves TikTok getting new owners specifically for its American operations. Netanyahu met a number of influencers within the American right during his speech to the UN General Assembly. ‘Weapons change over time … the most important ones are on social media,’ said Netanyahu, adding that the most important weapon was about to be sold. ‘TikTok is number one. I hope the deal goes through because it is very important.’ Among the owners of TikTok’s American operations are Lachlan Murdoch, heir to the Murdoch family, and Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison. Oracle has close ties to Israel and collaborates with the country on technology and military infrastructure issues.”
https://omni.se/a/kw2Pav
What does Israel have to do with this?
Read the last sentence.
It’s not mentioned here, but another of the companies is supposedly MGX from the United Arab Emirates, run by a former military security chief and where there have been suspicions that there are still connections to the state. The USA themselves have, for example, stopped the sale of sensitive technology to them. I wonder if it’s as a thank you for the airplane.
TikTok is apparently going to be sold for far below what it’s valued at, and there hasn’t been an open bidding process either. Yet another example of corruption.
So the question remains why did China agree to it?
Are they weak?
The choice was well between TikTok being completely stopped and this.
Now they get to keep 20% and at least some payment.
Has nothing to do with them being weak, right?
Apparently we are supposed to talk about Israel today, something the USA can never counteract is if the situation in Israel changes rapidly.
For example, if dissatisfaction increases and the citizens misinterpret everything and start demonstrating internally.
Surrounding countries are just waiting for their chance, and Iran had an ambitious plan but it went up in smoke in a cloud of FAB for Hezbollah.
I don’t know why Hamas and Hezbollah didn’t coordinate, but Israel was nervous at first that Hezbollah would cross the border entirely, which they never did – in hindsight, it might have been better for them than waiting for a FAB.
However, Russia is always trying to undermine Israel internally, and the longer it has been since the critical wars, the fewer people understand how close the country always is to ceasing to exist.
Apparently, Israel now has a laser weapon against robots, but they are just big expensive targets that will be shot down. They also ran out of Iron Dome ammunition in the last major operation, right?
As a country, Israel probably needs to try to untangle the mess they got into with Hamas within a year, and I think the idea of other countries taking care of Gaza while Israel finishes building the wall around it wasn’t that bad.
Russia has at times tried to prove that Mossad and Netanyahu knew about the attack and let it happen. Shameless since Russia was behind the attack, but if it sticks, it sticks.
Then you have about 3.5 million Arabs in Israel, and Russia is good at finding incendiary sparks – or all the Russian Jews.
Iran still has its robots, Egypt has brought in a lot of troops in Sinai, and Syria is probably just a large horde of militias now.
If the opportunity arises and the likelihood of success is attractive, everyone would try again.
Something that never happened but had a high probability in various war games is a severe flu spreading in Israel pre-attack. Now we’ve already had COVID, and everyone was pretty much knocked out simultaneously, with countries where they are untrained and smoke much worse, so all countries in the region were probably busy just trying to survive.
“If Russia threatens a blackout in Kyiv, let them prepare for a blackout in Moscow.” – Zelensky.
The President of Ukraine also added that Ukraine has handed Trump a list of weapons worth $90 billion, but is also open to separate agreements, particularly regarding the “Tomahawk”.”
Film on the lake drone.
“❗️Russians inspect a 🇺🇦Ukrainian naval drone equipped with fiber-optic drones lost after the attack on 🇷🇺Tuapse.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lzt6fb6x622u
“⚡️ Ukrainas FM Andrii Sybiha delade bevis på en drönarintrång från Ungern in i ukrainskt luftrum och krävde att Budapest förklarar syftet.”
“A night, a Ukrainian drone strike hit the Tyingovatovo oil pumping station in Chuvashia, located nearly 1000 km from Ukraine. The facility is part of the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk oil pipeline.”
Good decision.