Anyone know the missiles fired to landing ratio? I figure it’s got to be a large number of missiles/drones to get through the various missile defense systems.

TACO thinks the world’s being hard huh? Not the deal maker he thought he was?

A monkeys tail! Third hand, balancing, grabbing, etc.

The graph doesn’t give enough context, nor does the article IMO. China is a third party in this, as well as the Ukraine War, etc. And Trump seems unlikely to be good for the economy in his time in office so next year might be up, but there are many more factors.

With Donald Trump preparing to cut taxes and increase tariffs, US inflation is forecast to stay above 2 per cent throughout the whole of 2025, according to predictions compiled by Consensus Economics. Eurozone inflation is on the other hand forecast to drop below the ECB’s target of 2 per cent as soon as February.

“We expect a divergence to open up between the loosening cycles of the Fed and the ECB as mounting inflation risks cause the former to take a fairly cautious approach, while the latter responds forcefully to economic weakness,” said Jennifer McKeown, chief global economist at Capital Economics.

Perhaps it’s time for Elon Musk to trade in his rockets and tweets for something a bit more, well, boring. After all, digging tunnels seems less likely to land him in hot water—or at least less likely to attract the attention of every regulatory agency with an acronym. With the FAA reportedly raising eyebrows over SpaceX activities and the SEC keeping tabs on his social media shenanigans, maybe subterranean ventures are the way to go.

The Boring Company might just be Musk’s most grounded idea yet—literally. No satellites to launch, no cars to recall, and best of all, no character limits to consider before hitting “send.” Just good old-fashioned dirt and a machine that goes “brrrr.” Imagine the peace and quiet (well, except for the drilling sounds) of focusing on tunnels that could one day alleviate traffic woes—assuming they don’t accidentally tap into a subway line.

And let’s not forget, digging holes has a certain metaphorical elegance to it. If you’re already in one, why not keep digging? It’s a strategy that’s worked so far, right? Plus, it’s hard to get into legal trouble when you’re underground—unless, of course, you accidentally tunnel into a vault or something. But hey, even then, it would make for an exciting twist in the ever-entertaining Musk saga.

So here’s to hoping Elon swaps his Twitter tirades for tunnel trajectories. At least in the depths of the earth, there’s no Wi-Fi to tempt him into late-night tweets that launch a thousand headlines. Maybe being boring isn’t so bad after all.

Sounds like what US Special Operations does on the CA side plus or minus some.