Accidental hit or game of chicken gone too far?
Wanna be careful, wars can start way.
Further info Here
Some more info in this report.
That's dangerous
Something going on in the Black Sea.
Possible Reaper drone shot down.
Edit: collision mid air.
Sadly what you say is absolutely true. I would take it a step further though and also say that a significant proportion of the Republican party is much pro authoritarianism.
I think thats what needed,and i believe the head of the german armed forces will be replaced as well
Eberhard Zorn will be replaced by carsten Breuer,so maybe a change was coming
No question the entir authoritarian wing of the Republican Party is a clear and present danger not just to the US but to all of us in the world who believe in and want to continue living in free and open democratic societies.
Plus the republican party are mad for Putin smegma....those fukkers would sell their souls to get one over on the dems!
Indeed. Sad to see that the pursuance of domestic politics in the US has reached such a point that any issue is seized upon to stick it to ‘themuns’.
There was a similar story from Syria a few years ago where they destroyed (orc's) destroyed a secret underground bunkers containing a C&C ,US , French, German and Israeli special forces units and there was no survivors ,a victory for the orc airforce,it even parroted several times by boards posters in celebration......
Russia nor the Posters ever provided any evidence it actually happened
I had to check the date on that as there was a very similar ludicrous claim last March, but it was an underground missile factory 😂
Of course, they (DeSantis and Trump) can't wait to "not support" Ukraine because it's much more enticing to "stick it to" the Dems than have any principles or concerns about the modern day equivalent of Hitler invading Europe.
Thankfully, Boris Pistorius, the new German minister for defense, is turning out to be a profound breath of fresh air in the MoD in Berlin. I've only seen a few of his interviews, but he's s straight talker, not afraid to say when he needs to read up on things instead of giving some PR spiel, and knows his place, not meddling with military strategy. It probably helps that he served himself in the 1980s as a conscript, in a Gepard SPAAG unit of all things. Tellingly, a surprising number of serving <Bundeswehr soldiers and officers that are active on social media have been pretty impressed by him.
Granted it's early days, but I'm hopeful that he can at least get the ball rolling.
I see Ron De Santis has said the protection of Ukraine is not ‘vital’ for the US. Worrying stuff if he goes for and wins the Republican presidential nomination next year.
It's very odd that he would pledge to spend that money last year and then not do so. It seems like the political risk was gone. Surely sprucing up barracks and improving the lot, in general for German troops would be far less contentious than sending weapons abroad. I understand there is a complicated history in that country given their past but why pledge the money in the first place then?
Its just a mathematical model created from various battles troughout history,called the 3-1 rule
It does offcourse not apply to everyone and everybody since it depends on the fighting style,tactics and strategies used
But it does apply to the soviet style of fighting in ww2,and we see that with the russians in Bakhmut and elsewhere too
It's been known for a long time, there's nothing new in those reports , army,navy and airforce are a shambles,
Thats not completely true,Rheinmetall have started increasing their production and so have many other european ammunition producers.
Since Germany is part of NATO,this will be the same troughout NATO nations.
But German Bundeswehr needs a major overhaul,no doubt
About a year. Poland have been a fantastic supporter of Ukraine, but the Polish PM has been dangling those jets in the hope someone will give him good stuff in exchange for his inferior tat seemingly for as long as the war has been going.
I was watching a Youtube interview with a US pilot who flew Mig-29s for 2.5 years. He was based in Germany and was tasked with coming up with a tactics manual for it, and in doing so, he said the best he could come up with for an intercept roll was a central tank and six AA missiles. The combat range for this configuration was a pitiful 240km, which allowed only 2 minutes on station using some afterburner and flying curves before needing to return to base.
They need western jets badly.
What was the last war in which this 3/1 ratio actually happened?
Sometimes on this thread I would almost think Germany invaded Ukraine given how much time is given over to bashing them.
German Army is now in a poorer State than before the war started.
Barracks without kitchens, toilets. WiFi. Weapons to train with.
Equipment sent to Ukraine and the troops pleased with that but no replacements ordered, not a single Euro of Scholzs 100bn defense fund from last year spent, surprise surprise.
Scholz and his Socialist party have been forced by international presence to send weapons previously. Making sure not a single bullet is replaced in the German Armoury is their way of fixing that long term. It is a small help to Russia.
The loss ratio for Bakhmut comes from a NATO Intelligence assessment:
Slovakia might send 10 mig 29 as well
Yes we have seen that with the russians to often
Polish Mig 29s could be coming,how long has this been going on for now ,
" His first National Security Strategy was a change in focus on his predecessor, specifically calling out Russia and China. I would submit that on this issue, at least, he was entirely right."
I'd submit he did a bollox job on trying to focus on China, to the world's eventual regret. China is much more of a menace now, than before Trump decided to call them names, blame the "Kung Flu" for Covid, insult them by banning flights, etc. There might've been more professional ways to achieve whatever it was he wanted with China, but too late now. And, with the Ukraine conflict, China are 'feeling their oats' catching the US on the back foot (cf. Iran/SA agreement). So, if anything, Trump made the threat from China worse.
On Russia, I don't know - he obviously was in Putlers good graces and got help with his election. Not sure much was accomplished wrt to Russia - they felt able enough to invade Ukraine. Maybe there were better ways to deal with RuZZia, but hindisght's 20:20 always and clearly other than the proverbial boot to the neck, there's not much RuZZia understands.
“Amateurs talk tactics, experts talk logistics”
But wait they are all inexperienced conscripts sent to the front without any training??
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