Ukrainian counterstrike up North seems to be in full swing and may the wind be at their backs but the situation down south does seem very dicey. While Russian progress is extremely slow, they do seem to be slowly making limited gains. Not anything where they thought they would, but still gains.
Hopefully with new western tech at play these orcs can be driven back, and give Russia nothing to celebrate for May 9th. Maybe commemorate all those dead on a senseless war started by a madman.
Just like Bucha
The hazards of Nukes being carried by planes. The chances of an accident, combined with Russian incompetence is a chilling thought. I wonder how many Russian Broken Arrows have occurred ?
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Despite Russia claims they've all been destroyed several times over, new footage keeps emerging from Ukrainian TB2 drone strikes
I wonder how that would work as regards gas and fertilizer. Would be great if the consequences of cutting off Russia as regards a food/ energy breakdown were performed.
The Haber Bosch process is used to make fertilizer from gas, nevermind phosphorus etc.
The question is, if we cut off Russia how many will die from starvation? If it's none we could move on that even if it wrecks the EU economy. If it's a large number maybe the response needs to be more nuanced.
Didn't they get the plans from the Mexican cartels? I think someone posted that on this thread some time ago. 3d printing FTW.
Why RTE are giving Claire Daly any airtime is beyond me. She's an absolute creature.
Workmen are busy with last minute preparations for Putin's special parade on the 9th....
Yep. I go on the Friday, to the hill on the other side of the airfield behind the B2 hangers for Arrivals Day. It's a great spot as all the breaks are done over that hill when they peel away. I go into the show on the Saturday, the hill again on Sunday and then shoot over to Brize on Monday to see the activity for Ukraine.
However, if things escalate, I can see the USAF cancelling the show or at least maybe moving it to Filton as they may need Fairford to launch/recover U2's, B-52's, B1 and of course B2's
I go most years. Either there or Duxford. My brother lives near Fairford. I was contemplating running a bus this year if I got enough people interested.
Interestingly, I have filmed many Russian and Ukranian Airforce participants at the show over the years, especially in the years just before and after the wall fell. It was incredible as it was the first time Russian aircraft, shrouded in mystery and secrecy, landed and displayed in a Western airbase. Everyone was in awe. There's nothing like the sound of a TU-95 Bear accelerating down the runway with its contra-rotating propellers.
The Russian Airforce today is not a patch on what it used to be back then. Now, with corruption and lack of training, they are clearly in serious bother. NATO pushed on ahead with multi-operational and multi-mission training while Russia's order of battle and operations is still running cold War tactics. That's why you never see more than 3 aircraft flying at one time for a mission. Shoot and Scoot. That's their MO.
The EU hasn't been "just a trading bloc" for quite a while now.
And that RU respects the sovernty of Ukr - pre 2008. -, that it has the right to make its own decisions as a soverign nation, that it hands over Kaliningrad to Ukr, that he hands back/ completely leave all areas of Georgia and Moldova that his army is in, that in future all military exercises have to be carried out at the minimum of 30 km from the border with Ukraine , etc, etc He will need such as bargaining chips
Well loitering ammunitionis is suppose to dive on to the target once its located.
And i presume the warhead is a HEDP type with tungsten pellets for an airbusts effect since it can take out light armoured vehicles as well.
If it was a switchblade you should be able to see the actual impact,and also i believe the accuracy would be somehow better as well
Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says that even if the war ends and there is some sort of peace agreement, trade with Russia should not resume. She points out that Putin will still be a gangster and a war criminal and it will be impossible to have any form of a normal relationship with him.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his conditions Friday for entering peace talks with Russia, demanding a restoration of preinvasion borders, the return of more than 5 million refugees, membership in the European Union and accountability from Russian military leaders before Kyiv would consider laying down its arms.
What do they mean by 'land bridge' though? Are they on about the Kerch Strait bridge or the actual land bridge that runs along the coast of the Azov?
Hmm yeah I had forgotten about the Unmanned Coastal Patrol Vessels.
We don't really know much about them but I believe the Pentagon implied they were for surveillance and de-mining operations rather than being capable of offensive operations by themselves.
And if they are on the larger side (large enough to deliver a payload big enough to significantly damage a bridge) I can't imagine the US looking kindly on them being used as suicide drones against what is essentially a civilian road/rail bridge.
I suppose we'll find out on the 9th either way!
It's pretty obvious Russia will run out of tanks/APC/planes and helicopter before the US would.
Much easier and faster producing a javelin in the US vs Russia trying to produce a tank.
I think I read Russia were only producing 200 tanks a year lately (before sanctions).... so in 2 months Ukraine has destroyed 5 years of production.
Doesn't US military doctrine call for a storage capacity of 6 months of munitions at all times. Think I read that somewhere before.
If anyone is going to run out of weapons, sure as **** won't be the US.
I find it a little amusing that they think the Americans might run out of weapons. There are many things you could say about the US, but that it’s likely to have a shortage of weapons is not one of them.
The RSOTM Telegram channel run by Wagner private military contractors currently in Ukraine said that either “there will be a mobilization or we will lose the war.” They think they need 600-800k people to defeat Ukraine.
It looks like its a pin just below the top link? The top link is clearly visible above it.
Some abandoned and destroyed Russian tanks goodness for today
Screw you putrid 😀
https://twitter.com/pevchikh/status/1522682826222706689?s=20&t=X3LRhufbojmZ65ST4T7enA
If you pinned a tail on that plan, it would squeal loudly and promptly run, headlong, into the nearest wall 🙂
It was Beasty but after some psychological reconditioning they're back on our side
I thought it was Thanos that was responsible for that?
Well you can recognise Lavrov, but who are the other two?
Watching the latest vox pop video from Moscow and they asked a load of young men if they would like to be conscripted into the army. Every single one of them was opposed, even former soldiers who spoke disparagingly about their experiences. Looks like word is filtering back that the entire "special operation" is a shambles, despite the best efforts of the TV propagandists.
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