Attempt #2

Bear Rising gets about 5-6 hits per day and I'm not even sure how many of those are real people. Given the low turnout and a number of contributing factors (holidays, family illness, vacation travel), I've had the project on the back burner for four months now. In fact, it's been on break twice as long as it was active, which is embarrassing. Worse, a lot of significant events have passed in this time. To name a few just from memory: Putin "endorsed" a successor, Russia withdrew from the CFE treaty, more GLONASS satellites went up, , ICBMs were tested, upgraded SSBNs were returned to service, the Navy sailed to the Mediterranean, the Air Force received some new aircraft.

I am making another go at keeping up with the news, but having now experienced one break, I want to apologize ahead of time for the next one. Your interest, however, is very appreciated.