Russia - threadbanned users in OP

sounds like the "Zorcs" already have done that

Technically it's correct, they are running out of munitions. They are having to use Iranian drones, they are reportedly having to source other countries like N Korea for shells, there's evidence they have had to remove nuclear warheads from older rockets and use those. Russian soldiers (they are down to conscripts and mercenaries now) have been spotted using older and older equipment, they using increasingly aged tanks, their navy has drawn right back, their air-force doesn't have air superiority. The sanctions make it harder for them to maintain their current inventory and makes it harder to build more complex munitions like cruise missiles.

Of course, they are never going to "run completely dry", but it's clear the good stuff is dwindling and the bad stuff is in a bad state. It's obvious they didn't plan nor expect a conflict of this length and intensity.

The US officials have been pretty good this conflict, there's a bit of wishful thinking in there and the odd mistake, but overall it's been fairly spot on.

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That depends on the Civilians.

Also, analysis of capabilities is relatively simple, if you have an interest in researching the capabilities of various assets. The needs? Not so much.

Also, nothing discussed on an Internet forum has any bearing on the war. We all know this. It is, however, interesting to discuss.

Thanks for underlining my point. There are no Irish civillians more expert on what the Ukrainian millitary needs and can make use of than actual Ukrainian military leaders who have been asking for X,Y and Z systems to be supplied.

How's Kaliningrad going, has that imminenet interesting event from 8 months ago happened yet? /s

Are there f15 s available ?

Or surplus f-18s sitting somewhere in good knick ,

It'd take only take a squadron or two with the right long range missiles to change things .. a squadron worth of pilots might not be that easy to come across though ,

And then there's the maintainers and techs ...20 or 30 per plane ? More in combat conditions ?

And the Ukrainians are operating off austere runways , moving around a lot to avoid being targeted with cruise missiles,

Moscow-

Well, if you have watched the TV series about El Chapo the Mexican drug lord and the inter cartel fighting, it will give you a pretty good idea how the Russian Mafia behave.

2 British civilian volunteers missing since Friday in soldar ,both were evacuating people and casualties,their land Rover was will known in the area ,

Well the Orcs confirmed the number with their counter claim of having killed that number of ukrainians in reprisal.

Not in any way claiming to know more about what the Ukraine armed forces need than any one else but the figures for destroyed russian aircraft during the recent escalation of hostilities points to a very dangerous environment there for any type of conventional aircraft. 285 airplanes and 275 helicopters lost by the russians in less than a year and I have seen many comments that the russians have started to keep their aircraft very far away from Ukraine due to the risk of being shot down by the improved performance of modern anti aircraft missiles. Just did a quick search on the price of an F16 and this link claims a recent version was selling for 64million dollars. If Ukraine lost 100 of these at that price it would be at a cost of over 6billion dollars and also be accompanied with the loss of valuable pilots when the same amount invested in missile systems and their developing drone industry might yield better results in removing the invaders from their land. I can understand why the Ukrainian forces might be asking for F16 but maybe those countries that have been slow to provide them recognise that the lifespan for such aircraft in an active war zone with russia still likely to have active anti aircraft missile systems might mean the Ukrainians could be better served with other weapons instead. I'm just saying that maybe the military tacticians of the nations supporting Ukraine might know a bit more of what is happening in the war there than we can see in Ireland.

For some reason, you keep mentioning "Irish Civilians". Does the nationality of a poster matter that much to you?

By the way, your posts are almost impossible to read. Might I suggest some self-editing before hitting that "post" icon. English isn't our first language, you see.

Kind regards,

An Irish Civilian....

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Drink!

"SEAD mission"

Had to google that. Disappointed to see it means "Suppression of Enemy Air Defence". I thought it would be more "Seek Enemy And Destroy". Be much scarier then!

On Bahkmut, there's loads of Wagners fighting away there for the baldy Russian lad. Is it all for control of the salt mine? Isn't that baldy Russian lad cleaning up with mines in Syria too. And if there's loads of Wagners there fighting away each and every day, why aren't a few big missiles dropped on gatherings of them. Surely via satellites and what not they can be found and targetted. I don't get it. Intelligence services were able to find parked planes in Russia a few days ago, that ship that was sunk months back, 600 Russians watching telly a few days ago. Why can't they find the Wagners and drop something on them?

You aren't claiming any expertise, but you claim experts in the west are more knowledgeable about what's best for Ukraine than the Ukrainian millitary.

How has that often stated paradigm worked out historically?

This was back in May 2022, when this person was advocating that ukrainians should at least be getting training on using the Patriot system: https://warriormaven.com/russia-ukraine/us-patriot-missile-ukraine

So who was right Ukrainian officials asking for Patriots back in May, or John Kirby saying it wasn't an option, given the ukrainians are going to start training on the system any minute now?

My view is that if Ukraine is asking for something then they know best as to how much use it would be to them and whether they can make good use of it. The insinuation they are just randomly asking for stuff without having realistically thought it all through is insulting and at odds with everything Ukraine has done and shown the world since the invasion.