Russian Ukraine Invasion

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(Dec 2, 2022 04:57 PM)RainbowUnicorn Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exclZqRl8YY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cSaq9m5km4

"Critically ill, Putin falls down stairs and soils himself."

It could actually become worse if Vlad dies, since there seem to be only paranoid, nationalist war-hawks waiting in line to fill the power vacuum.

Dmitry Medvedev's re-invention of himself may have been purely to survive, so he'd probably be the most optimistic choice from the perspective of the West. IF he reverted to his original political orientations afterward, and didn't succumb to the populist element of citizens craving the return of Russian dominance.

But due to his history of being a pushover[1] (for good reasons), it's very unlikely Medvedev is ruthless enough to ascend to the throne in the course of a struggle. ([1] PUTIN: "Squeal like a pig, Dmitry. Squeal like a pig." --Deliverance)

Thus, Nikolai Patrushev fully fits the bill of possessing the necessary axe-wielding and beheading traits to become the next exalted one. If not him, then one of the military figures with similar "Italian cannibal film" passions.

Khrushchev wouldn’t put up with it . Script from Enemy at the Gates:

Quote: This city... is Stalingrad. *Stalingrad*! This city bears the name of the Boss. It's more than a city, it's a symbol. If the Germans... capture this city... the entire country will collapse. Now... I want our boys to raise their heads. I want them to act like they have *balls*! I want them to stop shitting their pants! That's your job. As political officers

Will Russians name a city after Putin one day?

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(Dec 1, 2022 03:15 AM)Yazata Wrote: Good news for Ukraine! Brimstones are very good missiles, one of Britain's better high-tech military products.

Are these new build missiles? Probably not, since it would take time to manufacture them. Or are they taken out of existing British RAF inventory? If so, which I think is very likely, what does that do to RAF readiness?

We see the same problem with the GMLRS missiles that are fired by HIMARS. Ukraine is shooting them off faster than the US can manufacture them. So the only way that Ukraine can continue to be supplied is by sending them rockets from US Army supplies.

It isn't just GMLRS.

To read many of the reports, it's as if Ukraine has an essentially infinite supply of the world's most advanced weaponry, while we hear constantly about Russian shortages and everything they are running low on. But when this started in February, Russia was a resurgent superpower while Ukraine was a middle-rank power with a relatively small military equipped with old Soviet era equipment.

So what happened? Part of it is propaganda of course. We are told nothing about Ukrainian shortages while Russia's are exaggerated mercilessly. But to the extent that it really is true, to the extent that both sides in the Ukraine war are expending weaponry at a rate not seen since World War II, one needs to ask where the flood of weapons to Ukraine is coming from and what the effect is on the suppliers.

The CEO of Raytheon recently said "We've essentially used up 13 years worth of Stinger production and five years worth of Javelin production. So the question is, how are we going to resupply, restock the inventories?"

It's probably even worse for countries like Britain who had much smaller arms stockpiles than the United States to begin with.

This is when the last 20 years of Western deindustrialization when we closed factories left and right and outsourced the manufacture of everything to China obviously looks like a tremendous mistake. And the Chinese know it, as they see America's military superiority evaporate.

(Dec 3, 2022 11:47 PM)Yazata Wrote:

(Dec 1, 2022 03:15 AM)Yazata Wrote: Good news for Ukraine! Brimstones are very good missiles, one of Britain's better high-tech military products.

Are these new build missiles? Probably not, since it would take time to manufacture them. Or are they taken out of existing British RAF inventory? If so, which I think is very likely, what does that do to RAF readiness?

We see the same problem with the GMLRS missiles that are fired by HIMARS. Ukraine is shooting them off faster than the US can manufacture them. So the only way that Ukraine can continue to be supplied is by sending them rockets from US Army supplies.

It isn't just GMLRS.

To read many of the reports, it's as if Ukraine has an essentially infinite supply of the world's most advanced weaponry, while we hear constantly about Russian shortages and everything they are running low on. But when this started in February, Russia was a resurgent superpower while Ukraine was a middle-rank power with a relatively small military equipped with old Soviet era equipment.

So what happened? Part of it is propaganda of course. We are told nothing about Ukrainian shortages while Russia's are exaggerated mercilessly. But to the extent that it really is true, to the extent that both sides in the Ukraine war are expending weaponry at a rate not seen since World War II, one needs to ask where the flood of weapons to Ukraine is coming from and what the effect is on the suppliers.

The CEO of Raytheon recently said "We've essentially used up 13 years worth of Stinger production and five years worth of Javelin production. So the question is, how are we going to resupply, restock the inventories?"

It's probably even worse for countries like Britain who had much smaller arms stockpiles than the United States to begin with.

This is when the last 20 years of Western deindustrialization when we closed factories left and right and outsourced the manufacture of everything to China obviously looks like a tremendous mistake. And the Chinese know it, as they see America's military superiority evaporate.

i would be building duplicate weapons factories on govt budget to be run by ratheon & boeing
as interest free loans
the age of war has changed and new technology is required
so its money that is well spent.
there is a raft of technological upgrades required for special ops teams and the average soldier.
easiest example is the need for drone squads acting as command & control nodes for tactical and in theater operations.
long range missiles will be the new form of artillery
1 shot 1 kill
time for usa military to partner up with uk and make the next big leap forward

there must be a new stinger missile ready for production, lighter faster longer better.
& a cheaper smaller stinger for drones
battle drone which can be used for recon & carry's a small machine gun for shooting other drones and can have its pack switched out for a bomb carton dispenser.
you can run 2 drones 1 running obs and machine gun & directional jammer & one behind it carrying bombs

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UPDATE
Denys has a cold or flu

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Orc BMP with Orcs on top runs over a mine

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