I think end game is Russian/Chinese partnership after taking Taiwan .... China just aren't ready from a military perspective just yet to take that step...
Although I'd say there's a lot of knock of western chips being sent in via China... wouldn't surprise me if they have the same branding to disguise that China are the supplier...
Russia just lacks everything for a strong manufacturing element... The EU and US are only ramping up arms manufacturing lines at the moment, it's not a case of Russia being superior, they have just had long time up and running.
I'm not English... French are on strike more than the UK at the moment, just for contrast.
Am surprised with you being English. Do you not follow the news! The only squirrels inthe UK are from the wild and the squirrel catchers are gone on strike because they are not getting paid enough. It was in the news but the importance of it probably has got lost/smothered amongst the news on all the other strikes. It’s hard to keep up!!!!!!!!!!!
There is this, and it's a far wider problem for them than just stripping over devices for their boards. Russian tech (especially military tech) produced since the end of the Cold War had access to Western components and had been designed to use them. Now that suppily is either gone, or very tightly restricted to the point of making supplies a logisitical challenge...and this in a state where logistics does not appear to be their strong suit.
They have to settle for whatever the Chinese will throw at them, and China is going to probably just give them what they normally produce for their domestic market. Quality there, as I've mentioned before, is piss poor. Russia is an ideal captive market for them now, and they know well they can get away with sending any crap they want.
Russia really need to produce their own micro-technologies, but with their brightest either escaped the country or rotting as corpses in the fields around Bakmut, I don't see that happening soon or frankly at all.
Isn't the point of the chips that russia has no modern fabrication capacity, thus has to grab generic chips from wherever it can? Also that what it grabs from consumer goods won't be military grade and more likely to malfunction, which is a very bad thing when they are controlling bombs.
Yes, they could fall back to 50s and 60s tech, but that's a lot of retooling and much more custom production with less capabilities than modern weapons.
But the chips aren't consumer and that's the point. It's not like someone could walk out with a load of Arduino chips or some raspberry pi's. They are "specialised" in that they're built by foundries for industry. A washing machine will have chips for everything from touch screens to wifi, fault detection and other stuff. You might be able to repurpose an consumer chip to do some but it will take a lot of coding to rewrite everything for different silicon. You have to make sure it works with all the other components. It has to be able to withstand the physical strains of use (washing machines for example will have a lot of vibrations). And even if you're successful, most retail places don't carry huge amounts of them. It's a niche hobbyist market.
There was even a point near the end of the pandemic where western car makers were scavenging appliances for chips. If it was as simple as just popping into a shop or ordering them from a hobbyist shop, then they would have done it. This way they get the same or very similar chip that they're already using. And they can pop it in. And it will work with everything else that's in the car.
Whatever about chips in washing machines, the big story is the theft of toilets. At the rate they were being stolen, it’s As of February 2022 was the first time that Russians ever saw toilets, and discovered that they can be used indoors, rather than in their back yard. When they master copying them (it won’t be any time soon because they are not used to high quality manufacturing) it should move Russian hygiene to the early 1900’s. I wonder how long it would then take to master hand washing….
Someone has been working extra overtime
Might be difficult to do when so well practiced (or potentially salaried to do it down at Orwell Rd.) :P
Nearly filled out my Bingo card on this one. Can someone ring Orwell and get us a new one? To their credit there’s a lot more life to the threat trolling this time and it’s interesting to see how triggering they are about the washing machine rumor :)
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From that tweet they didn't steal anything from the Italians to build the ladas they bought the rights to the designs
Yes, all of the above, and then came Putin. Who is singlehandedly winding Russia backwards, on all levels.
It wasnt the Danes , Germans and Dutch that "Split the atom".
It was a Scientist from Abbeyside in Dungarvan Co. Waterford called Ernest Walton, along with a British scientist called John Cockcroft.
Ernest Walton - Wikipedia
Kadyrov been keeping his head very low to the ground over the last few months. This the reason why?
Why these clowns persist with the same drivel is beyond me. No one gives a sh1t about defending orcs with what they're doing in Ukraine.
Interesting thread on what exactly Russia contributes. But the Soviet space program was ran by a Ukrainian.
Don't confuse the technical advances the Soviet Union made with technical advances made by Russia.
Romania comes the latest customer for American Abrams tanks , seems to be an initial order for a battalion worth of tanks (14) for now ,
You wasted your time pointing out what the Brits, Americans, Babylonians etc did. You should have cut out all of that and gone straight to "Russia is Great".
We all know, the whole world knows, that Russia is beyond scum, for what it is doing to a sovereign nation today and for the past year.
Agree with most of this, other than the point that there are any substantial number of "elite" orcs.
Anyone who knew what they were doing in this unit was killed long ago. Other wise they wouldn't be attempting constant human wave attacks every day.
Excuse me but it was a kiwi, Ernest Rutherford, who split the atom.
And yes, going by Russia's actions in Ukraine, they are scum and knuckle draggers.
Far too bloody many.
Ah, yes. That makes perfect sense - and genuine thanks for the explanation.
My dad is looking down and tutting - but in a nice way, probably... or in a way an RSM tuts... (LOL)
@dmcdona
If Bakhmut is full of Wagner soldiers, who are apparently the "cream of the crop", then I'd've thought a 1:5 ratio is pretty incredible.
Of course this assumes the Ukraine forces are "average" (and not elites) and most/all of the Wagner conscripts from prison were the first to be minced...
Perhaps this ratio is the reason Ukraine continues to hold and not retreat (strategic or otherwise)?
If I knew I could be part of a group of 200 that would waste 1000 Wagners, I think that would be a done deal for me, for the sake of my country (Unfortunately I didn't inherit my Dad's inate ability to be a good soldier so yes, I'd defo be one of the 200 and not a survivor).
Well, I had been under the impression that Wagner's tactic in all of this has been to launch squad upon squad of fresh recruits at the territory they wished to capture, and slowly gain ground through brutal attrition. The actual Wagner 'elite' soldiers are at least a line behind this, giving orders, prodding guns into the backs of their grunts and/or manning the guns which are supposed to give their grunts covering fire, and those soldiers only advance when they feel it is safe to do so.
Good Reuters report on what its about.
Georgians throw stones, petrol bombs at police in protest over new law | Reuters
Wasn't expecting that,but a change of leadership could see old wounds open (south Ossetia) and more problems for the Russians
RuZZty.
More information to be found here, but it's in German. https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/nord-stream-explosion-101.html You can run it through google translate but I'll quickly translate some of the most relevant paragraphs here
They've identified the boat that was allegedly used, a yacht belonging to a firm in Poland that is owned by 2 Ukrainians. A team of 6 people, 5 men and 1 woman. A captain, 2 divers, 2 diving assistants and a doctor.
The divers placed explosives on the pipeline. All used fake passports. The yacht was returned uncleaned, and the investigators found traces of explosives inside.
A few different european intelligence agencies had already tipped off the Germans last autumn that a Ukrainian group was responsible. A false flag operation has not been ruled out, but there is no information pointing towards one so far either.
Yes. Keep an eye on Georgia.
Wasn't there a bit of a scrap in their Parliament yesterday (amongst the politicians)?
I'm not a military person (though my Dad was RSM) so forgive me if this is overly simplistic:
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