I have read that they are using combined force tactics but you are right, they do not have air superiority, and they are an amazing military.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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At least this way those dangerous munitions would be getting destroyed.
They may need a 100-200 mile buffer to protect themselves from missile attacks; at least far enough to protect from artillery.
@Tenacious E is right. Air superiority is a must. UK won WWII because of air power. Those that control the air control the land
So true. Just look both desert storms.
Thanks for stepping into the breach, nc. Another plane!!!
Battle of Britian was such a good Battlefield 1942 map.
See also Daenerys Targaryen, Drogon, Rhaegal, et al. vs. Westeros, Esteros, et al.
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Probably Pepsi'ing myself. But if any of you have not read "In Retrospect" or any other book about Japan in WWII or Vietnam, I highly recommend it. Half measures don't work
Japan in WWII was the ultimate example. I think we would all agree that nobody ever should use nukes but it worked...
I agree for separate reasons. It was also the firebombing.
New EU sanctions against Russia announced today. Each round results in more maneuvering to get around the sanctions, and some nations are dragging their feet (I'm looking at you Hungary". It's at a point where nations seem to be more cautious about new sanctions in order to protect their own economies.
https://apnews.com/article/european...-ukraine-war-8df4e2ce3eeff80626c6a84bb86b3150
https://apnews.com/article/european...-ukraine-war-8df4e2ce3eeff80626c6a84bb86b3150
Firebombing of Japan was terrible. Just awful. But they were not going to surrender. War is hell. I'm still ashamed of my part of Iraq. I didn't do anything wrong, but we got sold a bill of goods that were all lies
Is 28 young to be a VP? Seems like it is in the US, but Russia.
Is she a vocal supporter of someone or a media personality?
Really?
How about chemical gassing of the kurds? Lies?
Give Ukraine everything they need shy of nuclear weaponry.
Fuk Russia
Fuk Russia
"11 explosions rang out in Berdyansk. The area of the airport is burning and detonating. Ambulances went in that direction," the Berdyansk MBA reported. More videos here: http://t.me/WarTimeUA"
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Don’t ever tweet but apparently my account was part of a data breach. Don’t have time to fix it, so @noleclone2 please carry on with updates!
Hoping by the end of July either Ukraine has won or we can say Russia has lost a QUARTER MILLION troops in its unjust war.
An element of the firebombing was due to the jet stream. The Americans didn't know it existed prior to the war. It pushed the planes too fast going toward Japan and sent their bombs off target and they ran out of fuel heading back. The original plan was to do precision bombing. They had to scrap that and started the lower altitude night time bombing. Also a lot of Japan manufacturing was mixed in with private residences.
Those things need to be viewed through the lens of what tech existed at the time, and what was at stake for us and the free world.
Read the book "Bomber Mafia" by Malcom Gladwell. Really interesting about how and why Japan was firebombed. I also learned that napalm was developed during WWII, I always thought it was a Viet Nam era invention. Terrible things were done during WWII to a lot of innocent people. I believe that most of the decisions made to attack civilians were ultimately made to save US servicemen's lives.
Historians would disagree with you. We knew damn well what we were doing.
This is a very interesting story to follow. A prominent British politician who was behind the brexit fiasco finally being called out and punished for being on the Russian money train. As Russia destabilizes and support increases for Ukraine (and the opposite for Russia), I suspect we are going to see a lot more of these politicians outed in West Europe and US. The army of media propagandist (traitors) they employed also.
I said it a thousand plus pages ago, but I think in the years that follow this war, and all the books and analysis that come after, one of the biggest things that will come out is Putin lost touch with how much money was being spent on non military warfare. I truly think 100s of billions were spent on troll farms and bots and, most important off all, politicians and media propagandists beginning over 20 years ago. And it was working. They were absolutely winning, as evidenced by 2014 grabbing of Ukraine, Trump being elected with their help in 2016, Brexit, evidence of them being behind anti vax campaign on social media, the destabilization of NATO, and rise of a rabid pro Putin far right in US and Western Europe who all wanted a similar style authoritarian leader.
But he forgot why this all started 20 years ago: They were too far behind and could never compete with a military exchange with NATO and US. They knew it and at some point he did too. The strategy was actually brilliant and working. But then he got impatient likely due to age and health and said “**** it” and has now found out.
I said it a thousand plus pages ago, but I think in the years that follow this war, and all the books and analysis that come after, one of the biggest things that will come out is Putin lost touch with how much money was being spent on non military warfare. I truly think 100s of billions were spent on troll farms and bots and, most important off all, politicians and media propagandists beginning over 20 years ago. And it was working. They were absolutely winning, as evidenced by 2014 grabbing of Ukraine, Trump being elected with their help in 2016, Brexit, evidence of them being behind anti vax campaign on social media, the destabilization of NATO, and rise of a rabid pro Putin far right in US and Western Europe who all wanted a similar style authoritarian leader.
But he forgot why this all started 20 years ago: They were too far behind and could never compete with a military exchange with NATO and US. They knew it and at some point he did too. The strategy was actually brilliant and working. But then he got impatient likely due to age and health and said “**** it” and has now found out.
Yep..."precision bombing" was kind of a misnomer in WW2. That's why we'd send hundreds of B-17's to hit something like the ballbearing factory in Schweinfurt.
Huh? I didn't suggest that we didn't know what we were doing. All I was pointing out is that the initial "precision" campaign was abandoned due in part to environmental and technological constraints.
I can’t disagree with any of that. There were some horrible decisions that had to be made, with no good choice as an option.
I've met more Kurds than you. What happened to them was terrible. But that is not why we went to war in Iraq.
Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US-supplied Bradley vehicles
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