Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Bass Reeves · 06-07-2022 11:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119299780#Comment_119299780

These shoot and scoot systems have all been developed especially by Nato forces over the last 20-30 years. Russia still uses fixed artillery.

The Russians seem to have the upper hand at present. However I expect that to change over the next 6-10 weeks. At that stage the new S&S artillery systems will have reach Ukraine and have been deployed. Crews will have been trained.

The Ukrainian army will not be dependent on drone targeting. It will be receiving satellite targeting from the NATO but it will also be recieving manual targeting data.

As the Russians have advanced Ukraine will have left embedded in the pro Russian population undercover forces as well as special forces operatives. These can send location data back to the UA. This will allow these S&S systems to operate with preset coordinates for a number of nighttime targets.

The above system might seem to be awesome however the granddaddy of them all is the German PzH2000. I think the UA has over 20 of them now.

ZenNuture will be along on the morning shift shortly to explain all about this. He will rant all weekly about the naval nuclear floating station. He needn't worry, the only ones that will sink are Russian or Chinese ones.

It's great the Germans are seeing sense and reopening there nuclear power stations. I am sure they will find a way to override the planning issues on the other three.

In a way we should be grateful. Putin's health issues made him strike too early. He was afraid that someone else could claim Russia 's great victory. Its a failure of dictators they hate to share any credit with another, ever those that follow and might be there heirs.

Strazdas · 07-07-2022 03:13AM

Medvedev seems to have gone bonkers in recent months. This is his reaction to the idea of war crimes trials for the regime :

"It won't work with Russia. They understand this very well,” concludes the ex-president. “That’s why the filthy dogs of war stop by with their disgusting barks. But the United States and their useless mongrels should remember the words of Scripture: "Judge not, lest you be judged, for by what judgment you judge, so you will be judged" (Bible. Matthew. 7:1-2)."

Cordell · 07-07-2022 08:11AM

Re all this talk about Russian technology: all they ever did was steal, copy and cut corners. From the atomic bomb to that Concorde knockoff that was falling apart in the sky to computer chips and Ladas, all stolen technology, and sometimes they were even purposely fed outdated designs to throw them off.

wassie · 07-07-2022 08:57AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119301857#Comment_119301857

It's great the Germans are seeing sense and reopening there nuclear power stations. I am sure they will find a way to override the planning issues on the other three.

Isn't Scholz still committed to Germany switching off its last three nuclear reactors by the end of the year but firing up coal stations instead, despite protestations from the EU & member states?

is_that_so · 07-07-2022 09:59AM

A summary of the Russian oil situation and the possible long-term issues.

https://theconversation.com/russias-oil-is-in-long-term-decline-and-the-war-has-only-added-to-the-problem-186167

nigeldaniel · 07-07-2022 10:11AM

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-07-22/index.html

The Ukrainian flag is flying again on Snake Island. Also, another Bayraktar TB2 drone is arriving in Ukraine today. I suspect these drones are increasingly used for surveillance and to guide long-range rockets onto Russian targets.

a cheeky tag here

zv2 · 07-07-2022 11:35AM

Someone forgot to check the Best Before date

https://twitter.com/UAWarNews/status/1544986874376232962?s=20&t=oq1crBztO4zkx9Aa0t44Ig

07-07-2022 12:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303278#Comment_119303278

I wouldn't trust them to build a washing machine... oh, wait!

JoChervil · 07-07-2022 12:07PM

That's interesting!

https://twitter.com/4freerussia_org/status/1544352527453491201?

They even posted instruction and a map where others can do the same

zv2 · 07-07-2022 12:10PM

Russia taking some time out?

https://twitter.com/WashTimes/status/1544997976292065280?s=20&t=olFaVYuu6tOuDczmlCsrQw

rogber · 07-07-2022 12:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119302058#Comment_119302058

This guy used to seem vaguely reasonable, a rather bland bureaucrat who'd be more at home in the boardroom of some huge faceless corporation than on the global political stage.

As you say, he now sounds totally unhinged. Bizarre transformation

rogber · 07-07-2022 12:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303446#Comment_119303446

Would be very curious what exactly that means, if anything.

On a side note, what effect do people think Boris Johnson's departure will have on the war? Britain has seemingly been Ukraine's main European assistance militarily. Will this be under threat with new leadership or is it more defence ministry than PM who controls these decisions?

Danzy · 07-07-2022 12:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303483#Comment_119303483

In communist societies and political systems you have to go all out in your public pronouncements to remove even the barest doubt about your loyalty.

Your freedom or life may well depend on it.

Grayson · 07-07-2022 12:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119302058#Comment_119302058

To be fair, there's some Americans i wouldn't have minded seeing in front of a war crimes tribunal. A few British politicians too.

If we get russians before a tribunal maybe it will bode well for the future.

zv2 · 07-07-2022 12:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303500#Comment_119303500

I think NATO is committed at this point. Liz Truss would be a good pm as she is very pro Ukr.

TheValeyard · 07-07-2022 12:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303446#Comment_119303446

This has been talked about for couple weeks now. Gives the Russians a chance to resupply and reinforce the substantial territory gains they have in the East. Probably need to rotate troops out.

In saying that...

Russia has lost a lot of ammo dumps and resupply support units in the last week with some clever UAF longer range attacks. It's going to give the Russians great difficulty in their resupply efforts.

Russian forces are increasingly stretched far and wide. This gives UAF good opportunities for hit and run behind the lines and partisan attacks.

More and more advenced western weapons are arriving on the scene, will definitely tip things in UAF favour over time. (Including Lend Lease, which hasnt really gotten started yet)

Donald Trump · 07-07-2022 01:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119302272#Comment_119302272

Well not quite. The old Soviet Union had cutting edge (at the time) scientists, mathematicians and engineers. Particularly in the area of rocket engines and the like.

Don't forget that the Soviets were the first to put a man into space.

Obviously those days are long gone.

rogber · 07-07-2022 01:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303511#Comment_119303511

Modern Russia is not a communist society. More like a mafia state.

And yes, the public declarations of loyalty make sense, it's more the tone of his pronouncements that have become very odd.

Danzy · 07-07-2022 01:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303772#Comment_119303772

No its not a Communist State but nearly its entire leadership have been Communist party members, grew up and were trained in that system, it's society has been influenced by that system.

Putin is certainly a softer version of it, but the obsession with control and conformity is still there, even if the mass murder is not. He does want to return Russian society back to it though.

Someone may have put out the word in Moscow that Dimitri was suspect and he is trying to remove all doubt. He isn't talking I'd guess about the Ukraine etc but saying look I'm not a threat, just plodding along through Life.

thomil · 07-07-2022 01:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303758#Comment_119303758

That's actually the sad part. I'm a huge geek, and the sheer ingenuity of some of the Soviet era aircraft designs is just incredible. For all their faults, the Soviet leadership was not above letting their design bureaus run wild if there was the promise of a useful aircraft or spacecraft at the end that would give them an advantage. Just look at the Ekranoplans or the VVA-14. Check out the videos that aerospaxce/tech YouTube channel Mustard made on those two projects to get a real feel for just how radical those designs were.

Even in the 1980s, they came up with some brilliant stuff. I mean the MiG-29 delivered similar performance to early and mid model F-16s without sacrificing aerodynamic stability or relying on Fly-By-Wire and computers to keep the aircraft stable. That is a remarkable achievement in aerodynamics!

All of that is well and truly gone at this point, to the point where Russian aerospace companies can't even produce an airliner anymore that doesn't rely on western avionics or engines. They can't even provide proper after-sales support for those aircraft that they do manage to produce and sell, just look at the Sukhoi SuperJet regional aircraft and the experience that airlines like InterJet in Mexico, or CitiJet here in Ireland had with them. And the SuperJet was considered to be competitive with the Embraer E Jets that dominate feeder airlines around the world these days.

Hobgoblin11 · 07-07-2022 03:51PM

https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/1544870740486459392

broken arrow

nigeldaniel · 07-07-2022 04:17PM

Putin himself said on Monday that Russian forces need to he refreshed as they are literally out of gas. The UK MOD also reported that Russian frontman are almost totally dependant on separates for local knowledge and support. All that on top of Ukrainian forces having considerable successes at targeting Russian supplies line's. Its slowly going back into the Ukraine favour.

Podge_irl · 07-07-2022 06:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303500#Comment_119303500

There will be fewer panicky visits and calls to Kyiv but fundamentally nothing is going to change.

Economics101 · 07-07-2022 07:29PM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jul/07/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-lavrov-to-attend-g20-meeting-russian-troops-push-towards-sloviansk

Putin's speech to-day stating they hadn't really started the war in earnest yet sounds like the ranting of a totally deranged man. Can anyone make sense of it?

Strazdas · 07-07-2022 07:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305658#Comment_119305658

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