You may have noticed I've been writing little on this Submarine Matters lately.
The main impetus for writing over the years has been comments below each article and emails more directly to me from those interested in subs and other high military tech. These comments have dried up over the last 2 months, for whatever reason...
So without my regular Japanese, US, German, Swedish, French and Australian commenters to push me and, not much big happening on the submarine scene lately, I have been very busy commenting on other fora. Specifically
- Australia's On Line Opinion with me commenting 2-3 times a day as plantagenet - here is the list
of my 4,000+ comments since 2005.
and
- US Intelnews commenting 1-2 times weekly as Pete
You'll notice an undeniable mindset aimed at (internal, external and sigint) intel collection and analysis, but mainly from-security-intel-angle. Much of this has been inspired by 3 Americans on the game (cyber security, security analysis and border protection) over the last 2 decades. Fear not, I only consider traveling to Five-Eye-Safe Aus, NZ and UK.
Also inspired by a lifetime of reading intelligence biographies, autobiogs, fiction and non-fiction (books, articles, websites and newspapers). With several family members being a broader part of the game since then British run New Delhi in the early 1940s.
So I'm being encouraged to wean off the intel mindset with more about other genres, eg. crime thrillers (good, not far different from spy thrillers) and even fantasy (but that will never happen...:)
I'm also writing more poetry (see https://petercoatespoems.blogspot.com/ ) and non-fiction with an emphasis on political satire, which will one day be funny.
But I'll still write on Submarine Matters about political crises (Hong Kong is good for an article every month) and more controversial international submarine deals, when they happen, about once a month.
Cheers
Pete
The main impetus for writing over the years has been comments below each article and emails more directly to me from those interested in subs and other high military tech. These comments have dried up over the last 2 months, for whatever reason...
So without my regular Japanese, US, German, Swedish, French and Australian commenters to push me and, not much big happening on the submarine scene lately, I have been very busy commenting on other fora. Specifically
- Australia's On Line Opinion with me commenting 2-3 times a day as plantagenet - here is the list
of my 4,000+ comments since 2005.
and
- US Intelnews commenting 1-2 times weekly as Pete
You'll notice an undeniable mindset aimed at (internal, external and sigint) intel collection and analysis, but mainly from-security-intel-angle. Much of this has been inspired by 3 Americans on the game (cyber security, security analysis and border protection) over the last 2 decades. Fear not, I only consider traveling to Five-Eye-Safe Aus, NZ and UK.
Also inspired by a lifetime of reading intelligence biographies, autobiogs, fiction and non-fiction (books, articles, websites and newspapers). With several family members being a broader part of the game since then British run New Delhi in the early 1940s.
So I'm being encouraged to wean off the intel mindset with more about other genres, eg. crime thrillers (good, not far different from spy thrillers) and even fantasy (but that will never happen...:)
I'm also writing more poetry (see https://petercoatespoems.blogspot.com/ ) and non-fiction with an emphasis on political satire, which will one day be funny.
But I'll still write on Submarine Matters about political crises (Hong Kong is good for an article every month) and more controversial international submarine deals, when they happen, about once a month.
Cheers
Pete