In fact the Ukrainians mark 2025 not so much the year Rod Stewart shuffled onto the stage at Glastonbury, as the year during which warfare changed radically again.
And its war by Deliveroo, Ukrainians making their own napalm from bulk purchases of soap and so forth, and dropping it in lemonade bottles.
Optical drones though sprang from a 'military accelerator' deployed in Russia; which differs from the model here where we ponder by committee for months prior to awarding the grant to BAE Systems after all, because 'nobody ever got sacked for buying IBM'... until now.
In fact the much-vaunted recovery of territory on the eastern border of Ukraine has been reversed almost exclusively by what is effectively fishing twine: optical fibres up to 30km long that preclude the jamming of communications with drones, whilst allowing deaths to be viewed in colour and at a higher resolution. Given life on the sofa here, what's not to like?
The irony is that if you check out the Ali Babas selling these reels ~ relax everyone, I don't need proscribing ~ you would never guess what they were for. Extra long-range fly-fishing aside, however, there's only use for them and it's blowing people up to make money on YouTube.
Which like Alan Partridge I was going to mention in the chat box, but thought better of it.
The off-the-shelf netting that we use here mainly for protection against 'black ops' like golf is a reliable form of protection... will look nice in the Cotswolds, won't it?
