This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Soviet born journalist and now German citizen
The right fanboi'ing Putin omce again
Did you actually listen to what Putin said? What part of his analysis of the consequences of money printing do you find to be incorrect?
I did. He said he didn't hack America's elections in favor of Trump but evidence proves otherwise. Putin also said Ukraine is the aggressor when the evidence proves otherwise.
Republicans consider Putin to be America's president until Trump returns to Make America Bad Again
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Deflect, deflect, and then make something up.
Ok. Now that you got that out of your system (who am I kidding?), what did he say in the clip that was posted? And what part of it do you disagree with?
Looks like you made the number 1 HORT Putin fanboi mad.
This is why I have not felt bad about cheerfully watching Russians military targets blown up over last 5 months.
We need to let Germany know that putting 6m in concentration camps was so wrong that putting 5m russians in new ones is the only way to make up for it.
Separate issue IMO.
Who didn’t expect Putin to have a few big arrows in his quiver when it comes to pointing out some “bass ackwards” policies of the West? Yep - you can’t expect him not to hit back.
He’s just cut off Germany’s natural gas. Who didn’t see THAT coming?
And the Merkel legacy rolls on! The US will have to start diverting our own LNG to keep Germans warm. Wonder what that will do to our utility bills?
I fully support Ukraine - 100% - but one outcome here is that the post WWII hiding behind the USA skirts for the Germans has to be OVER. The vast majority of them have lived their entire lives counting on Uncle Sam. Their citizens get better health care than our vets who were posted there to protect them.
A counterpoint is that after Germany tried to take over the world for a second time in 35 years, the world wanted them, and Japan, neutered. At what point should the world have allowed and required them to grow a new pair, and how big they should be, is up for debate. I think we all can agree their current set of balls should be bigger.
No disagreement there. Think almost 80 years is adequate for rehab?
They get to be an industrial power but take few responsibilities because they see that if they lag back on purpose it lets them have all the goodies and none of the obligations.
It’s the 39 year old who lives with wealthy parents and only spends his allowance on his stuff. He even stiffs Mom and Dad on his share of the light bill.
One of my uncles was airborne artillery in Korea. The Rakkasans would be astounded to see the new gear.
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Flechettes have been part of our inventory for a while. I know they were used in Vietnam. Never read about them being outlawed, or the U.S. signing a convention to not use them.
The nine warheads used with Hydra-70 include the M264 smoke, M255A1 flechette, M257/M278 illuminating flare, M278 infrared flare, M151 high explosive (10lb), M229 high explosive (17lb), M156 (WP), WTU-1/B (practice) and M274 (practice) smoke signature. M264 smoke warhead is filled with red phosphorus and used for smoke obscuration. It is 26.9in-long and weighs 8.6lb.
The M255A1 Flechette contains 1,179 60-grain hardened steel flechettes. It is used against light material and personnel targets. Upon firing, the flechettes contained in the warhead form a disk-like mass, with each flechette taking an independent trajectory. The warhead is 26.9in long and weighs 14lb.
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Hydra-70 rockets are fired from the LAU-61 19-tube, M261 19-tube, LAU-68 7-tube and LAU-131/A 7-tube rocket launchers.
The rocket system can be installed on most rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, such as the AH-64 Apache, AH-1Z Viper, AH-1 Cobra, OH-58 Kiowa, UH-60 Black Hawk, P-3 Orion, MH-6 Little Bird, A-10 Thunderbolt II, AV-8B Harrier II, UH-1 Iroquois, F-4 Phantom II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, OV-10 Bronco
Because things aren’t interesting enough:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a thinly veiled threat of military action against fellow NATO member Greece in Saturday comments. Erdogan reiterated the Turkish government accusation that Greece is militarizing islands near Turkey's post in contravention of a historic treaty and international agreements.
"You occupying the islands doesn’t bind us," Erdogan said. "When the time comes, we’ll do what’s necessary. As we say, we may come down suddenly one night." He added: "Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy."
"We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir," Erdogan said in reference to the 1922 battle which saw Greek forces expelled from the western city. He also more broadly referenced 1919-1922 Greco-Turkish war while provocatively stressing that Greece is "occupying" islands off Turkey.
The fiery words were spoken on the occasion of Turkey's military unveiling a new prototype of an unmanned fighter jet in the city of Samsun, and further days after Ankara has lodged a formal complaint with NATO headquarters, saying that Greece last month achieved radar lock on its F-16s which had been flying over the Mediterranean.
Turkey's Hurriyet Daily announced last week that the defense ministry "will send the radar traces and pictures of the Greek harassment of the Turkish jets by the S-300 air defense systems to NATO as well as to all 30 allied countries, according to sources."
Turkey has also charged that Greek jets have violated its airspace over 250 times in harassing maneuvers. "The ministry also informed that the Greek warplanes violated the Turkish airspace 256 times since the beginning of 2022," the Hurriyet report said. "In addition, they harassed the Turkish jets 158 times this year, the ministry said. On the sea, the Greek coastal guards violated the Turkish territorial waters 33 times, it added."
Greece's foreign ministry has responded by denouncing the "outrageous daily slide" of threats and hostile rhetoric coming out of Ankara. "We will inform our allies and partners on the content of the provocative statements... to make it clear who is setting dynamite to the cohesion of our alliance during a dangerous period," the foreign ministry statement said.
For years, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been at odds over expanding Turkish oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is using its occupation of northern Cyprus to say that all waters encircling the island are fair game for its research and drilling vessels.
Other EU members, particularly France, have strongly supported EU-member Cyprus' condemnation of incursions in its territorial waters. France has even conducted a series of joint exercises with Greece and Cyprus in solidarity.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a thinly veiled threat of military action against fellow NATO member Greece in Saturday comments. Erdogan reiterated the Turkish government accusation that Greece is militarizing islands near Turkey's post in contravention of a historic treaty and international agreements.
"You occupying the islands doesn’t bind us," Erdogan said. "When the time comes, we’ll do what’s necessary. As we say, we may come down suddenly one night." He added: "Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy."
"We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir," Erdogan said in reference to the 1922 battle which saw Greek forces expelled from the western city. He also more broadly referenced 1919-1922 Greco-Turkish war while provocatively stressing that Greece is "occupying" islands off Turkey.
The fiery words were spoken on the occasion of Turkey's military unveiling a new prototype of an unmanned fighter jet in the city of Samsun, and further days after Ankara has lodged a formal complaint with NATO headquarters, saying that Greece last month achieved radar lock on its F-16s which had been flying over the Mediterranean.
Turkey's Hurriyet Daily announced last week that the defense ministry "will send the radar traces and pictures of the Greek harassment of the Turkish jets by the S-300 air defense systems to NATO as well as to all 30 allied countries, according to sources."
Turkey has also charged that Greek jets have violated its airspace over 250 times in harassing maneuvers. "The ministry also informed that the Greek warplanes violated the Turkish airspace 256 times since the beginning of 2022," the Hurriyet report said. "In addition, they harassed the Turkish jets 158 times this year, the ministry said. On the sea, the Greek coastal guards violated the Turkish territorial waters 33 times, it added."
Greece's foreign ministry has responded by denouncing the "outrageous daily slide" of threats and hostile rhetoric coming out of Ankara. "We will inform our allies and partners on the content of the provocative statements... to make it clear who is setting dynamite to the cohesion of our alliance during a dangerous period," the foreign ministry statement said.
For years, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been at odds over expanding Turkish oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is using its occupation of northern Cyprus to say that all waters encircling the island are fair game for its research and drilling vessels.
Other EU members, particularly France, have strongly supported EU-member Cyprus' condemnation of incursions in its territorial waters. France has even conducted a series of joint exercises with Greece and Cyprus in solidarity.
Turkey is working a lot of angles in recent decades.
Ottoman Empire redux?
WTF do Republicans want us all to listen to Putin? Act like an American, not a Trump MAGA toolbag
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