travel Archives - Didactic Mind https://didacticmind.com/tag/travel Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:36:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 182200397 Cheap and reliable beats expensive and elaborate every time https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/cheap-and-reliable-beats-expensive-and-elaborate-every-time.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/cheap-and-reliable-beats-expensive-and-elaborate-every-time.html#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:17:52 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23718 Back in 1951, that deceased old monster and pederast, Arthur C. Clarke, published a short story in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction called “Superiority”. You can read it for free using that link I provided. And it is well worth the time and effort, given the subject matter – though I must say, […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/cheap-and-reliable-beats-expensive-and-elaborate-every-time.html/feed 2 23718 White elephant vs carrier crusher https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/white-elephant-vs-carrier-crusher.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/white-elephant-vs-carrier-crusher.html#respond Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:48:16 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23686 The following is adapted from a poast on my Telegram channel, in which I analysed a recent article looking at the particular choices facing the Russian Navy. The article made the argument for mothballing Russia’s sole remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser, and investing the funds in modernising its sole aircraft carrier. There was recently a rather […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/08/white-elephant-vs-carrier-crusher.html/feed 0 23686 Dispatches from Mordor: A game of drones https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-a-game-of-drones.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-a-game-of-drones.html#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:04:26 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23665 The picture that you see up top, is one that I took myself, while walking along the beachfront area of Sochi, not far away from the city centre and the marina building. You are looking at a radar station mounted above the heads of the beachgoers, on the hillside overlooking the beach itself. This is […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-a-game-of-drones.html/feed 0 23665 Dispatches from Mordor: My kingdom for a fill-up! https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-my-kingdom-for-a-fill-up.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-my-kingdom-for-a-fill-up.html#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:44:30 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23633 Longtime Readers will recall that I went on vacation back in mid-June for a couple of weeks, and I travelled specifically to Mordor, aka Russia, for that purpose. While I was there, I had the chance to observe Russia’s society, culture, and economy, in some detail, across both the capital region of Moscow, and the […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/07/dispatches-from-mordor-my-kingdom-for-a-fill-up.html/feed 3 23633 Rumours of Russia’s death are greatly exaggerated https://didacticmind.com/2026/06/rumours-of-russias-death-are-greatly-exaggerated.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/06/rumours-of-russias-death-are-greatly-exaggerated.html#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:41:06 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23556 The St. Petersburg Economic Forum, or SPIEF, as it is known in the West, closed out a couple of days ago, and it proved yet again to be a very interesting insight into modern Russia. As always, President Putin got up on-stage at the closing Q&A session and delivered a speech. Apparently, this year, they […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/06/rumours-of-russias-death-are-greatly-exaggerated.html/feed 1 23556 The Russians are learning to hate https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/the-russians-are-learning-to-hate.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/the-russians-are-learning-to-hate.html#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 13:12:22 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23495 Last week, Ukraine attacked the dormitory of a pedagogical college in a place called Starobelsk, in the formerly Ukrainian and now Russian territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic. The Russians immediately called the strike what it was – a terrorist attack. The Ukrainians, uncharacteristically, did not say much about the nature of the strike at […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/the-russians-are-learning-to-hate.html/feed 4 23495 Some light entertainment https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/some-light-entertainment.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/some-light-entertainment.html#respond Sun, 24 May 2026 20:21:03 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23500 Times are dark, and they appear to get darker with every passing moment. But, even in these difficult moments, we can all enjoy the spectacle of Zioclowns trying to justify themselves, and being taken apart on live television: It really says a lot that, even with heavy editing, and lots of interruptions, the Jewish host […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/05/some-light-entertainment.html/feed 0 23500 Operation: EAGLE CLAW II https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/operation-eagle-claw-ii.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/operation-eagle-claw-ii.html#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:07:09 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23352 That picture you see above is from a landing strip not far from Isfahan, in west-central Iran. Supposedly, that is the result of an all-out attempt to rescue the Weapons Systems Officer of an F-15E Strike Eagle that the Iranians shot down over their airspace during the, currently paused, Operation: AIPAC F***-UP. If you believe […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/operation-eagle-claw-ii.html/feed 0 23352 Hungary has fallen https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/hungary-has-fallen.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/hungary-has-fallen.html#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:28:39 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23378 Last Sunday, Hungarians went to the polls in record numbers, and delivered a crushing victory for the leader of the new opposition party, Tisza, led by Peter Magyar. And it IS a blowout – Magyar has a supermajority in the Hungarian parliament now. Now, normally, what happens in a small, landlocked, formerly Commie-bloc Central European […]

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]]> https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/hungary-has-fallen.html/feed 0 23378 Happy TACO Tuesday, everyone! https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/happy-taco-tuesday-everyone.html https://didacticmind.com/2026/04/happy-taco-tuesday-everyone.html#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:07:22 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=23355 The news broke very late last night (my time, and Iranian time, though it was probably at around 7pm EST) that Angry Short Fat Trump had, at almost the very last minute, called off the so-called “civilisation-ending” strikes against Iran’s infrastructure, power plants, bridges, and oil and gas refineries. This followed days, if not weeks, […]

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