Anyone know how the US handles spare parts for weapons? I can understand that the new Leopards replace the older models but don't understand how governments cannot require parts be stocked or provided for older models sold to other countries.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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It's very expensive to get parts made when production has ended or been cancelled.
Ran into this all the time in regards to the A-10 when I was active duty...had to use parts from the boneyard all the time. Luckily the A-10 fleet decreased in number pretty regularly so there were more boneyard birds to pick from.
It's about industrial capacity....we "can" make the parts it's a more a matter of "who" will make them when the companies we go to also supply the current stuff.
You have to admire the ability of this country, despite waning support from US and despite China and Iran helping Russia rebuild and rearm to continue to put up a fight and still hold their own and inflict damage. I sure hope they can outlast Russia and the US can really help rearm them and take their gloves off with F-16 and better longer range weapons. This is one of the all-time 300 / David vs Goliath type war tales in world history.
My point was, if this considering a vital national interest we’d tell GM, Ford, Tesla and the rest they’re not allowed to make cars, we need the materials for war production, interested in selling any of that?
You’d have a list of “who”, just like you did in WW2.
Public doesn’t see it that way, and pols don’t seem to like their odds of convincing them by instituting those kind of measures.
Neocons need to goad Putin into attacking the US to generate that kind of public will that can be translated to political will.
Russia has made “thousands” of attempts to interfere with European rail networks in a campaign to destabilise the EU and sabotage critical infrastructure, the Czech Republic’s transport minister has said.Martin Kupka told the Financial Times that Moscow was suspected of having made “thousands of attempts to weaken our systems” since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.The hacking campaign included attacks on signalling systems and on the networks of the Czech national railway operator České dráhy, Kupka said.
Past attacks have put ticketing systems out of service and raised concerns about successful interference with signals causing serious accidents.“It’s definitely a difficult point . . .[but] I’m really very satisfied because we are able to defend all systems [from] a successful attack,” Kupka said.Russian attempts to destabilise European energy infrastructure have been well documented but interference in transport networks has been less discussed.The EU Agency for Cybersecurity published its first report on threats to transport in March last year. It said there had been “attacks against railway companies with an increasing rate, primarily due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”.It noted major cyber attacks by “pro-Russia hacker groups” on railway companies in Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Estonia.
The Czech cyber security agency, NUKIB, has warned of rising cyber attacks in recent years. “One of the last year’s prominent trends has been the growing interest of malicious attackers in the energy and transportation sectors,” it said in a report published in July.České dráhy said it had “seen an increased number of cyber attacks on our digital infrastructure” and was “continuously strengthening” its cyber security.Prague has become increasingly hawkish on Russian influence campaigns after it approved a law in 2022 that allows the government to take measures against foreign entities suspected of violating human rights or cyber crimes.Last week the Czech government imposed sanctions on the Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk and his associate Artem Marchevskyi as well as the media outlet Voice of Europe, which the Czech foreign ministry said was responsible for operating “a Russian influence operation” on Medvedchuk’s behalf.
Kupka said the Czech Republic, which is planning the construction of a high-speed rail line that would link Berlin, Prague and Vienna in four hours, is also putting in place limits on the ability of foreign operators to bid in the tenders.“It’s not something like a ban but we would prefer European companies . . . For digital parts and also for signalling systems, we have definitely demanded a limit [on foreign operators providing specific parts] because it is part of the critical infrastructure.” (More)
Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, warns Prague
Czech transport minister tells FT of ‘thousands’ of attempts to interfere with train networks and signals
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It didn't hit anything so maybe another Russia false flag drone attack like the one on the decrepit helicopter.
Careful-loud boom at the end.
Careful-loud boom at the end.
https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-pistorius-reorganizes-bundeswehr-to-prepare-for-war/
"German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday a revamp of the country's military to make it fit for fighting a war.
The aim is "to restructure the Bundeswehr in such a way that it is optimally positioned even in the event of an emergency, in the event of defense, in the event of war," he said when making the announcement.
The new German military will be organized into four branches — the traditional army, navy and air force as well as a new cyber and information space branch. There will also be operational and support commands.
The new cyber branch will be responsible for dealing with hybrid threats as well as tactical tasks such as electronic warfare.
The army will now incorporate the homeland security forces, while the air force will monitor the condition of its aircraft — a function formerly performed by the defense ministry.
The goal is to make the German military more efficient as it shakes off decades of low spending and prepares for the challenge posed by an aggressive Russia.
"Since Russia has called the European peace order into question, a special threat situation has arisen for Germany and its allies," said the German defense ministry statement.
Pistorius said he expects the changes to be implanted in the next months.
The minister also said: "We have considered the reintroduction of compulsory military service," although that's not something that's currently in the works.
Germany's Bundeswehr has had difficulty in attracting recruits. It has 181,000 personnel and aims to get to 203,000 soldiers by 2031."
"German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday a revamp of the country's military to make it fit for fighting a war.
The aim is "to restructure the Bundeswehr in such a way that it is optimally positioned even in the event of an emergency, in the event of defense, in the event of war," he said when making the announcement.
The new German military will be organized into four branches — the traditional army, navy and air force as well as a new cyber and information space branch. There will also be operational and support commands.
The new cyber branch will be responsible for dealing with hybrid threats as well as tactical tasks such as electronic warfare.
The army will now incorporate the homeland security forces, while the air force will monitor the condition of its aircraft — a function formerly performed by the defense ministry.
The goal is to make the German military more efficient as it shakes off decades of low spending and prepares for the challenge posed by an aggressive Russia.
"Since Russia has called the European peace order into question, a special threat situation has arisen for Germany and its allies," said the German defense ministry statement.
Pistorius said he expects the changes to be implanted in the next months.
The minister also said: "We have considered the reintroduction of compulsory military service," although that's not something that's currently in the works.
Germany's Bundeswehr has had difficulty in attracting recruits. It has 181,000 personnel and aims to get to 203,000 soldiers by 2031."
Airborne more to not be a sitting duck or to attempt to shoot down what may be drones?
One of these days it will be the real thing again.
One of these days it will be the real thing again.
If it was the photos I saw earlier they looked like duplicates of "before" photos where they just flashed a light in one case and called it an "after" photo, and then used the same photo in the before and after to claim nothing was hit. Hoping they took them down because real after photos are coming.
"The Nevinnomyssk Azot petrochemical plant in the Stavropol Krai region of Russia is on fire."
If this is supposed to make me feel sad for the Russians, it isn't working!
This may old news that has been brought up again-at least this also happened back in 2021.
" Lithuania recently sent M577 command and staff vehicles to UkraineUpgraded M577s can be used to control PzH 2000 howitzers"
That air base at Morzovosk is pretty cool to Google Earth lurk on. You can't really tell when the images were taken, and I don't know why Russia isn't doing more to block images, but you can see berms protecting some planes, with others in the open. Trenches around the perimeter of the base which means the Russians must fear a commando attack. There are random berms and heavy vehicle tracks which suggest rotating missile defense systems.
This far into the war and Russia simply cannot protect its front line bases from Ukraine. It's stunning on some levels.
Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, used meetings with EU and Nato foreign ministers this week to warn Beijing was assisting Moscow “at a concerning scale”, and providing “tools, inputs and technical expertise”, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
“The warnings were explicit,” the person said. “There has been a shift and it was felt in the room . . . this was a new development. It was very striking.”
Speaking before the call, a senior US official said Washington had seen China “start to help to rebuild Russia’s defence industrial base, essentially backfilling the trade from European partners”. One person familiar with the situation said the Biden administration was particularly concerned about the provision of propellant for missiles.
https://www.ft.com/content/ba524406-ee6c-4c39-9ac2-110a2549569a
“The warnings were explicit,” the person said. “There has been a shift and it was felt in the room . . . this was a new development. It was very striking.”
Speaking before the call, a senior US official said Washington had seen China “start to help to rebuild Russia’s defence industrial base, essentially backfilling the trade from European partners”. One person familiar with the situation said the Biden administration was particularly concerned about the provision of propellant for missiles.
https://www.ft.com/content/ba524406-ee6c-4c39-9ac2-110a2549569a
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is proposing a $100 billion, five-year fund for Ukraine, Stuart reports, which would also help shield the alliance’s support for Kyiv from Trump. “Foreign ministers will discuss the best way to organize NATO’s support for Ukraine, to make it more powerful, predictable and enduring,” a NATO official told AFP. Stoltenberg pitched the proposal as a means “to shield the mechanism against the winds of political change,” according to the FT.
“It became necessary to destroy democracy to save it.”
“It became necessary to destroy democracy to save it.”
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