elucubra

Please expand.

Russia invades Ukraine. Sanction the fuck out of Russia.

Israel invades Palestine…

Israel has a ton of defense products integrated in many western defense products.

Rafael is an example. Many more.

Ok, you may be facing disk rot. Disk rot is much more prevalent on self recorded that commercial recordings.

ddrescue is probably your best bet.There are other options, but I’ve always had the best results with ddrescue. There is no way to fix disk rot.

Quick question, are these burned blank disks, or purchased commercial disks?

ddrescue.

Also, maybe look for a CD lens cleaner.

May be hard to find nowadays. An alternative is gently clean the lens with a Qtip slightly moist with distilled water, and dried with the other, dry end.