5000 kids shipped off to a frozen wasteland by cruel heartless bastard Russians.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Look what the Russians did to this church.
Here's the problem with that, we have exported so much of our production overseas that would hurt us worse than them.
Wrong. Think about what you said a moment.
Turkey rejects Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it rejects Russia's annexation of four regions in Ukraine, adding the decision is a "grave violation" of international law. Turkey, a NATO member, has conducted a diplomatic balancing act since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
I think his point aligns with the concept that China has replaced us as the number 1 trading partner for most countries.
Asking them to choose might not go as we hope and some expect.
You realize just about everything you buy is not made here right? You can create steel mills and manufacturing plants over night.
7 months in, and I am simply amazed Ukraine can still provide tactical air support against Russian entrenched positions. I think all of those HARMs we gave Ukraine must have really done a number on Russia's air defense radars/systems...
Holy shit. Hopefully those armored units came back and smoked the Russians.
The comments to that indicate that the Ukrainians - understandably in a fight for their lives - are exceeding the fire rate causing such types of failure.
I.e.: Hot Metal is not as strong as Cold Metal.....
(overheating breaks down/alters the alloy microstructure, thus weakening it)
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Short version: Nukes are Putin's "only way out" to "save face" against Ukraine.
Will he gamble that this won't end up with the utter destruction of Moscow? Will the others in political power let him try?
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Can't remember if this has been posted already.
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Wow. It appears that there are too many holes in the dikes for the rashists to plug.
Once the HIMAARS move into Sevastopol range, the end will be nearing…
Obviously, the logistical failures continue for the fighting pootins, enabling precision strikes to create havoc.
Slava Ukraini.
It is the opposite of what Russia was doing to Ukraine, except at warp speed. The russian artillery machine slowly advanced, slowly pulverizing everything in front of it and Ukraine was not helpless, but at a severe disadvantage, because they could not blow up enough artillery in an exchange of blows. Then in a reversal of fortunes, introduction of HIMARs allowed Ukraine to stay out of range of Russian artillery while pinpoint striking the shit out of it, along with supplies, bases, etc. Just amazing how having the right tool in the bat belt for the job makes all of the difference. Once Ukraine started turning the tides, we gave them another amazing tool for the bat belt, HARMS which provided for the destruction of Russian air defenses. Once those were mostly gone in an area, and Russian supplies/leadership were disrupted/destroyed in a section, and Ukraine was allowed to blitzkrieg through the area along with apparently, tactical air support. It appears they are just rinse and repeating this over and over again to "Pac Man" new chunks of land, and there isn't a damn thing Russia can do about it. Just fantastic stuff.
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So I take that as a no.
Guess what, the sword cuts both way there but end result is entire west turns from China and India and others if they don’t follow the complete isolation of Russia and they lose 75-90 percent of their buyers of said products. Russia has the GDP of an Italy. Guess which side they will pick there, especially after such an abhorrent usage of nuclear weapons. The west will find other ways and suppliers. They will be stuck with Russia Iran Syria North Korea and some African countries.
And old article about HARMS, but I like the verbiage: “significant asymmetric and unexpected advantage.”
Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, first acknowledged in August that Ukrainian forces had been using the HARM missiles for weeks and “to great effect.” The Pentagon, though, initially avoided identifying the missiles by name, with a senior defense official saying the Biden administration wanted to be careful about describing weapons that could provide Ukraine with a “significant asymmetric and unexpected advantage.”
Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, first acknowledged in August that Ukrainian forces had been using the HARM missiles for weeks and “to great effect.” The Pentagon, though, initially avoided identifying the missiles by name, with a senior defense official saying the Biden administration wanted to be careful about describing weapons that could provide Ukraine with a “significant asymmetric and unexpected advantage.”
