That sounds awesome 😀 Which part of the world did that happen in?

I applaud the use of graphs to educate but this one is lacking forcing the reader to assume a lot.

• what is the vertical axis? I assume it’s percentage change since some arbitrary time but the title text could mislead one to think it is “rate of change”
• year against which everything is measured is not stated. I assume it’s 2000.
• are the figures inflation adjusted? If not, the graph could well be underplaying the situation.
• I assume (again) that “average” here is the arithmetic mean but medium would be a much better measure of typical incomes and mortgages repayments because it is more robust to outliers. In a country with big disparities in wealth, the income of billionairees will skew the average high.

Not just any retired general but a proud member of nafo and CSIS.

Битва за Севастополь Battle for Sevastopol. Available on YouTube apparently.

I don’t know anything about tanks but reading the article about the Slovenian armour the author claims

… the M-55S isn’t really a T-55. It’s the bones of a T-55 with a new brain, new muscles and new skin.

And he gives a list of all claimed “upgrades”. So, with a charitable interpretation the double-standard goes away.

Then again, even if the M-55S isn’t as antiquated as an unmodded T-55 its not like war has age-restricted combat where all the elderly tanks get together and fight it out in a safe zone.