it’s not. this thing requires two tugs being around just to move

naming depends on your budget

cruise missiles are jet powered, but this one is not named so for political reasons (“if Ukrainians have their own cruise missiles, why do we need to give them ours”)

Evgeny Prigozhin started his career selling hotdogs, then become a caterer, then became a chef of Putin, then he founded PMC Wagner, tried to do a coup for dumbest reasons imaginable, then got killed by bomb attached to his private jet

you’re on ncd, you should know that

idk what exactly they did but they did get inside anyway

I really don’t know what was he thinking, looks like army did the bare legal minimum so that they won’t be prosecuted for refusing orders. There’s a couple of things that can be done with minimal number of loyalists that would make coup easier that weren’t done, like cutting power to parliament. This makes me guess that military didn’t want a part in this at all

I’ve seen a take that this was an attempt to get entrenched in power before trump admin begins, as in for foreign relations purposes, but like, it’s pretty clear that a couple of people from his family and trusted party people were under investigation so him trying to not allow that sounds more likely. Now that won’t work because as far as i understand by the end of the week there will be impeachment vote

political power grows out of barrel of a gun like they say few borders north. it does make sense to make everyone participate, but it’s always a tradeoff

i thought you’re in similar timezone

also, how far north of Seoul

Maybe he didn’t? Power was on in parliament entire time, internet wasn’t cut off, no curfew, no news stations takeover, you know things you can expect in a coup didn’t happen

When HTS advance on the ground started he was in Moscow, and stayed there until two days later

Gets easier if you want both sides to lose

Pedro Castillo was arrested by his own security detail, it’s kinda hard to beat this. Hotdog man didn’t even get within 200km of Moscow. You only get successful coups in Africa these days

Somehow not the most horrific thing Swiss did just by trading (that would be war profiteering during Iran-Iraq war, when they sold chemical weapons precursors to one side and gas masks to other)

this was the most half-assed coup in recent memory, hands down

• hey army do a coup for me

• parliament said no

• ok

no fanatical loyalists in army, no militia or PMC, zero planning at all, even Prigozhin got that sorted out. very similar thing happened just two years ago in Peru, and this year in Bolivia. and same thing will happen this time, impeachment is already written as we speak. army also exactly knew what was going on and didn’t participate for a reason

by the way, south korean presidents don’t have a habit of leaving office peacefully, so it all tracks. it’s either impeachment or coup or long prison term just after leaving office

and yep mandate of heaven officially lost, impeachment approaching at mach fuck https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korean-lawmakers-call-impeach-president-yoon-after-martial-law-rescinded-2024-12-04/

i mean military just showed up, did absolute minimum just so that they can’t be prosecuted for refusing orders, and when parliament voted martial law away some of them left (before being ordered so) then the rest left anyway. they knew what was going on and didn’t want part in this

fire up reuters or ap, it’s first page news

see, first person in korean timezone woke up. now they’re gonna think it was all gigantic prank everyone around them is playing into

again?