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Our Resident MAGAs claim that US inflation is the worst anywhere in the world now...
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Our Resident MAGAs claim that US inflation is the worst anywhere in the world now...
I am hopeful now that he is elected, he doesn't have to worry about reelection, and he is too narcissistic to care about the future of his down ticket MAGAs, his impulsive nature can be wooed with flattery and he will want to leave a lasting positive imprint in the history books. But, I am probably just kidding myself.
Oh, I doubt the Russians are trying to ease the NKs into combat. More meat for the grinder.
Crimea? Lots of beach front property for Little Don and Eric to develop. Odessa?
Europe can always leverage letting China have a look at the F-35 and Patriot missile systems too.
And when the GOP bitches, remind them our #1 buddy Israel sold US technology to China.
In March 2016, a 51-year-old Chinese national named Su Bin pled guilty to charges associated with what the American Justice Department described as a “years-long conspiracy” conducted in concert with high-ranking members of the Chinese military to steal American military secrets – most notably, the designs for advanced stealth fighters like the F-22 and F-35.
I don't think Trump's a coward. He just aligns himself with dictators like Putin. He would love to govern in the same manner.
Russia plans layoffs for 10 percent of its civilian workforce. Some of this is needed and cleaning up redundancies, but it’s also a sign of a struggling economy. The private sector isn’t going to absorb these jobs, so more angry, broke Russians will be milling about Moscow next Summer.
www.themoscowtimes.com
Russia Preparing Mass Government Layoff - The Moscow Times
Russia’s government is planning to resume major layoffs of public sector employees next year after they were put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic and full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Monday.
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"Not long ago, in the Land of Gasoline and Marzipan... they released the first course that was given to the Infantry to fight against the FPV ...We already have the first results....."
And spoiler alert-the Russian death toll for the day appears to be a new record.
"Not long ago, in the Land of Gasoline and Marzipan... they released the first course that was given to the Infantry to fight against the FPV ...We already have the first results....."
And spoiler alert-the Russian death toll for the day appears to be a new record.
Interesting article on this front.
Why Ukraine thinks it can still win over Donald Trump
Ukraine’s new pitch: Democracy out, gas and minerals in.
www.vox.com
Wow, just wow.
How many are N Korean, inquiring minds want to know?
I said it already. US needs to expedite arms and intell ASAP. F' Drumpf-Putin coalition
Stand for something.
Stand for something.
Russians appear to be pushing hard prior to a conflict freeze.
They definitely don't want Ukraine to have the bargaining chip of Russian territory.
Send those Taurus missiles Germany. Europe can not let another tyrant in Europe. Seriously folks. history.
The Russians are gaining ground, but they are paying a massive cost. Putin and the military leadership simply do not value human life like we do.
Another possible reason Trump may not abandon Ukraine. He'd look like a swish compared to an alpha like Macron.
ICYMI, this is pretty much how all dictators "roll".
Which is why electing one is a bad bad idea.
**** face elon and his Russian company starlink would benefit greatly
Elon is a threat to America. I don't get how folks don't get it.
"Without much fanfare, Taiwan may have become one of the Ukraine air force’s biggest boosters. According to former Pentagon official Tony Hu, Taiwan has donated its surplus HAWK surface-to-air missile batteries to the Ukrainian air force.
Hu’s comments to YouTube channel RJ War Room seem to confirm reporting from 2023 hinting at a U.S.-brokered air-defense deal between Taiwan and Ukraine. The Taiwanese MIM-23 Homing All-the-Way Killer missiles, plus their launchers and radars, would complement additional HAWKs donated to Ukraine by the United States and Spain.
In all, Ukraine could deploy as many as 15 of the Raytheon-made HAWK batteries, each with at least six three-missile launchers and associated radars. The Ukrainian air force went to war in February 2022 with around 50 SAM batteries—S-300s and other ex-Soviet models, mostly—and has since swapped out many of the surviving Soviet batteries for more modern Western systems, including American-made Patriots.
Assuming the overall Ukrainian air-defense force structure has remained roughly the same size after subtracting combat losses and adding donated equipment, the HAWKs could comprise nearly a third of the force. Taiwan isn’t a vocal supporter of Ukraine’s war effort, but it is a significant one.
The HAWK is more than 60 years old. But it’s simple, reliable, highly-mobile on its towed launchers, easy to upgrade and works just fine against slower drones, cruise missiles and manned aircraft. As a bonus, the 17-foot HAWK missile is compatible with another, more modern air-defense system that Ukraine uses: the U.S.-Norwegian National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS.
As early as the summer of 2023, U.S. officials were reportedly negotiating with their counterparts in Taiwan to buy back from Taipei the dozen or so HAWK batteries—with around a hundred launchers in all—that Taiwanese forces began retiring back in 2015 and replacing with locally-designed systems and imported NASAMS.
At the time, a big consignment of HAWKs promised to help Kyiv resolve a looming crisis: the imminent depletion of missile stocks for ex-Soviet S-300 and Buk SAM batteries. Since then, Ukraine has diversified its air-defense network by integrating a wide array of foreign missiles, launchers and radars.
That diversification is key. The more different SAM systems Ukraine operates, the more different missile stockpiles and production lines it can tap to arm those systems with replacement missiles as they fire away at nearly daily Russian missile and drone raids. Dozens of countries operate or operated HAWK batteries. Ukraine should be able to source hundreds of missiles, with or without direct U.S. involvement.
The HAWK isn’t in the same class as Ukraine’s best SAM, the Patriot, which ranges as far as 100 miles with an onboard radar seeker. A HAWK missile ranges just 30 or so miles, homing in on energy from a ground-based radar reflecting from the airborne target.
The main downside to the HAWK system is that its radar is susceptible to jamming. It might help Ukraine if integrated the old missiles and launchers with the superior radar associated with the newer NASAMS."
Taiwan May Have Rearmed Ukraine’s Air Defense Force
There are more indications Taipei sent Kyiv a huge consignment of HAWK missiles.
www.forbes.com
A much bigger threat than trump. I’m shocked the government hasn’t intervened yet.
Cmon, Biden...take off any restrictions before you leave office.
