Russia - threadbanned users in OP

If the gangsters in the kremlin could have a yacht parade it probably would be the most impressive

I'd imagine infighting and vested interests keeping what weapons are left close in case there's a sudden breakup of the federation

I can picture it now, Daly spluttering down a microphone: "Putin is bad but those imperialist Western cables are the real issue! It's no surprise the Russians were put in a position where they had to cut them! We don't even know it was them, it could just have easily been NATO. Both sides are as bad as each other!"

The biggest problem at the moment is the Russian glide bombs which are regularly Targeting the Ukrainan front lines ,they operate below air defense radars,if they change tactic and start sending bombs into cities and towns they could cause some serious damage,

As long there airforce can operate without challenge from the blacksea , Caspian sea and Belarus,they are still very much dangerous,

I don't think their airforce is capable of doing that, otherwise they would be doing it already. Their airforce is appalling, even the Americans, with all their intelligence on the Russian military, were taken aback at just how incompetent they have proved to be . In years to come if you look up articles on the strongest militaries in the world Russia should be no where near second place. It sounds like the head of wagner with these series of rants knows he is being set up as the fall guy for the failure to take complete control of Bakhumt

Surely it can't be that difficult to reverse engineer and re-produce the missiles for the S300 since they already have stocks of them?

The Americans already have in S300 systems bought or borrowed by various means ,

The problem likely not wanting to produce a missle that will only go to ukraine, most of the other countries that operate it aren't allied to Nato or the EU ,add the bonus of the s300 isn't a wonderwaffen and isn't perfect against what the Ukrainans are up against, everyone now wants the latest and greatest missles available,not one's that will very much limited rockets available for

The time and effort to re-tool a factory to produce these things, and then processes for quality control etc, its not worth it at all

They don't really have a lot of T-54/55's Only about 400-ish

But they are good enough to act as a stopgap to pull out more T-80's, T-72's and T-62's. As People say any Tank is better than no tank.

Which is of course a bad reflection on the part of the world's second biggest army.

They'll be useful as fixed positions where they're dug into the ground with only the turret showing and being used for defensive positions. That's about it.

Did nobody tell you,the 5 they posess are in Ukraine, ,they announced it last year 3/4 times ,and this year they announced it as well,,,,,,,

We're all still waiting to see at least one of the 5 somewhere in Ukraine 15 months later

My thinking was more that since they already have a large number of the launchers and don't seem to be getting modern Western replacements at a fast enough rate that producing the ammunition for the launchers they do have could be a quick way to plug the gap. Contrary to the common expresssion, rocket science really isn't all that difficult and I'd have thought that cloning the stock they do have (or, better yet, figuring out how to adapt a readily available western missile to the S300 launchers) wouldn't have been beyond the realms of possibility.

Obviously, I'm sure Ukraine would prefer a full complement of Patriot batteries but I'd have thought providing more ammo for the launchers they do have should be the faster and cheaper option...

Interesting timing, just spotted the below on Twitter. Looks like the US decided to take their Hawk air defense system is coming out of mothballs.

It's hardly the most modern piece of kit but not that much older than the S300s and I believe there are large stockpiles of ammunition quite readily available too... Presumably much more economical per shot than Patriots too...

Could be like the Irish soldier at the Michael Collins commemoration last year or given the timing of the shots somebody may well have aimed down instead of up 🙃

I just never have or perhaps ever will understand Seagal. I do not know how, with such an obvious lack of talent he ever managed to get past a screentest for the toothpaste ad.

I can only conclude it is a P.T. Barnum effect, a modern freakshow. Even with age he seems to have managed to outdo Cher as worst plastic surgery job ever. His face looks like a hideously botched experiment involving a reverse liposuction and simultaneous botox. What a hero Russia has chosen.

True I seem to recall having seen it 5 or 6 times live. Trooping of the colours in Buckingham palace a couple of times. Last year at 100 year aniversery of Michael Collins' Death, I also seem to recall it at an honour guard when Mary Robinson was president.