Reading Between Lines and Analysis

  BRICS is getting stronger by day, rumour is Saudi Arabia may join as well, even without it BRICS has 30% of Worlds land mass and GDP and 40% of population. While this is only an economic alliance, economic decisions also drive military strategies, so I guess though west may under play this summit, it should be jittery under the surface its driven by Russian and Chinese interests.    

  Russia has been bombing Ukraine's energy infrastructure, now Ukraine is targeting Russia's oil refineries using drones, with his oil money taking hit and loosing almost 800,000 soldiers how long will Russia continue its meat grinder strategy, looks like its getting soldiers from North Korea, but bringing North Korea into the war will force South Korea to assist Ukraine directly, escalating the war further.

 Apparently you may have seen news like "Iran Responds to Israel's Military Strikes with Humorous Memes and Videos Celebrating Resilience", was Israels attack on Iran a laughing stock? was Israels attack thwarted? Firstly I feel Israel wants to deescalate tensions with Iran but the attack was not lack luster but a real show of strength. Iran only fired ballistic missiles but it did light up the sky in Israel as it had fired almost 180 as per reports. Firing missiles is a piece of cake because it doesn't really put any of your forces at risk, you just fire and keep your fingers crossed that it wont get intercepted by Iron dome, the missile defense system. In stark contrast, Israels response was very different, crossing two countries Syria and Iraq and about 1000km, it had used over 100 fighter jets, two mid refueling tankers, one AWAC system or airborne early warning and control aircraft. It also had some rescue aircraft in case they took some hits. Key thing to note i...