Been used from Syria to Ukraine, luckily enough the Ukrainians have done a great job knocking them out
https://youtu.be/PwNhCa8Yr0Q?si=2zEgMf0Ma_8BjKLd
Scary stuff
New plan for mobilisation to be put before the Ukrainian parliament...
Something is definitely going on behind the scenes between zelensky and the military
Most likely scenario😂
No sorry....
Not happening
We’re specifically talking about Ireland being invaded, you didn’t have an answer to that I guess and now are pivoting. Not sure how Gaza getting pulverised has anything to do with this thread so no point discussing it.
Agreed we should not be relying of the goodwill of others in times of crisis, without even making an effort ourselves.
And this is also why Ukraine has a legitimate expectation that it's own sons and daughters will comply with martial laws enacted in Feb 2022.
We should be joining NATO the fact we've already been invited to join twice says it's all really, but first we need investment in defence first and foremost, land systems , aviation and naval assets, the old world based off rules doesn't exist anymore , it's time we stopped pretending, we can't and shouldn't rely on any other country defending us and expecting they should send sons and daughters to fight on our behalf
oh not that nonsense again.
The author (Michael Fallon) is a disgraced drunk. He gets paid to push nonsense. And it comes out from an extreme-tory boys club right after NI gets a nationalist first minister. Its a poo fling by angry private school boys.
Meanwhile, in Russia and Tucker Carsons visit.. Live in the US explained.
I think we should base our foreign policy off more than F yous. Putrid can’t win in Ukraine, China is occupied with Taiwan. Who realistically is in any position to invade us? Plus the orange nut job is ahead in the polls, who knows what that could bring. Being in nato didn’t do the Germans much good with their undersea pipes.
We should invest in a proper airforce, radars etc but I’ll be voting no if there’s ever a referendum for joining NATO.
Orban just wants to make a big show out of it by summoning Kristersson (Swedish PM) so he can show everyone Hungary is in control. Which is harder after he was humiliated in the EU recently.
So we join NATO, to deter them from attacking…a NATO member…
Not one bit!
Heavy, laboured and excessively loud SIGH. Fúcking Orbán.
At this rate, I'd not blame any NATO/ EU bigwigs if their recent Amazon orders included "sudden altitude adjusted defenestration for beginners"
I would say if we don't join NATO in the near future we might end up without a say in the matter
i see one flaw in the article that they omitted/didnt clarify, recovered and repaired. Clearly there is some kind of descending graph with time on the X axis. It depends how long you think this war goes on? I'd wager it winds down by the end of the year so Russia's vehicle looses might not matter in the end.
There's only one criminal gang in Russia, the one headed by Vladimir Putin. Nothing is done in any shape or form there unless he authorizes it, and that goes for all criminal activity too, either at home in Russia, or abroad. The war is our quarrel, and damn lucky we are to have Ukraine fighting it for us. Do you think that the Nigerian scams are still as widespread now as they once were? And don't forget, the Nigerian scams were criminal activity and on a relatively small scale, the Russian scams are state backed. So yes, we (and the rest of the civilized world) must isolate Russia every way possible, even diplomatically if that's a possibility. It's a state ruled by an indicted war criminal and is illegal to its core. The state is illegal, not because of the indictment, but how Putin took power in a sham election on the back of 300 dead Muscovites killed in the apartment block bombings that Putin ordered.
Yes, many world leaders and dignitaries have been assassinated / injured by lone gunmen, and every single day in Russia people are murdered, its part of the scenery almost. Innocent bystanders are mown down, I've seen it myself. But Putin? The man with many doubles? Who does not or very rarely appears in public, or allows anyone near him unless they have been scrutinized from head to toe first and even then, cannot sit within 15' of him? And during any meeting, there's at least 2 snipers zeroed in on the visitor, if he made any sudden moves, he /she would be dead before they even knew it. All of the assassinations you mentioned took place in zero security situations (Hitler was the exception, but ironically that attempt came from a source Hitler trusted) Putin does not trust anyone. But it's something I (and millions of others) would love to see.
Turkey are in the market too if thats whats needed to keep the hippies quiet. There ought to be more competing equipment down the road and its not like Ireland would need anything top of the range. Ireland would then have a service they could sell possibly (time on the drone) and leverage with the EU
The world has not seen Nuclear War since the US dropped two bombs on Japan. Why is that do you think? Despite the fact that there are thousands of them in existence worldwide, and compared to modern Nuclear weapons, the Japanese bombs were just firecrackers. They have not been used because of a doctrine known as MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction. Effectively this meant that if any Country used a nuclear weapon against another Country, it would generate a nuclear response that would annihilate the country that had fired the first one. MAD. No winners, and that's the reason why for all his Nuclear bluster, Medvedev will not presently push the button. But that has not stopped Putin waging war on the west, inc. Ireland, and back a few posts, some other posters have explained it very well how he is doing it. Putin has never stopped his war, just with Ukraine, its in a very active phase now.
Would also be invaluable in overseas missions. But, then you have Reaper drones landing and taking off in Ireland, with personnel being trained in the US, with other "drone killers". Which the anti war folk, who have a huge bearing on the government, won't take kindly to.
Lets buy some more expensive to run and staff aircraft instead to appease them.
Of the 150m population in Russia all it would take to cause potentially major upheavel is for one of them with ‘one finger’ to pull the trigger of a gun with a bullet in it and pointed in the direction of Putin who might be in close range. There are precidences out there - some successful while others missed eg Hitler, a pope, fellow who shot Someone to start the 1st world war. There is always ‘one out there who is ‘mad’ enough to try the above.
the tech is only going in one direction, currently top drones like the Reaper have a time in the air of 30 hours and a range of about 2,000km. to replicate that with aircraft you would need at least 3 of them (8 hours duration) and multiple crews. Its a no brainer that down the road its the more cost effective solution and would deliver a lot more coverage
No one wants to sit in **** weather, in Dublin or Galway bay, on a Friday or Saturday night, looking in at the city, when they could be there with there mates. In the Royal Navy, you actually have potential training and career prospects, which can be transferred to civvy life, while the IN will project this, currently like all of the DF, getting any courses that better "you" are difficult.
Anyway, that's digressing, re: drones. This was a feasible approach that was looked at, but, for the range and loiter time requirements needed to cover most/all of the EEZ, you would need to look at military spec drones, and similar to the Blackhawk debacle, it was shelved in favour of a more publicly palatable approach (the Casa's).
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