Hilarious how you guys went from believing Ukraine would drive out every Russian out of their territory, to now HOPING a guy who has been in power for 20+ years getting coup’d over a few people not being able to flush thier toilets….
You can’t make this stuff up:
Excellent news, Ukraine has made very good use of these (along with the UK-provided version) on high value targets.Macron says France is sending 40 SCALP-EG to Ukraine.
Polish truckers have agreed to suspend a border blockade with Ukraine that was hurting Kyiv’s trade and war efforts and casting a shadow over Donald Tusk’s premiership. Poland’s infrastructure minister Dariusz Klimczak on Tuesday said he had struck a deal with the hauliers to suspend their protest against cheap competition from Ukrainian drivers. The truckers will stop their blockade on Wednesday while they hold further negotiations with the ministry in order to reach a final deal by March 1. Klimczak told a news conference that the aim was “to implement everything requested by the hauliers”. The minister also called on the Ukrainian authorities to help control cross-border traffic and ensure that “Poland is a window to the world for Ukraine”.
Looks more like they're hunting the fucking 90s now. Russia is going to have to pull a rabbit out of its hat to bring armor to the table at this point.Maybe a bit loud in there having a bunch of 25mm HEI-T rounds exploding all over your tank setting fire to and setting off the ERA. While you're probably mostly blind because the optics are smashed.
that is what they said in Iraq. Bradleys took down more tanks then the tanks did.Maybe a bit loud in there having a bunch of 25mm HEI-T rounds exploding all over your tank setting fire to and setting off the ERA. While you're probably mostly blind because the optics are smashed.
Poland has been displacing workforces throughout Europe for decades with cheaper labour… First time it happens to them and we get this?Polish trucking blockade of the Ukrainian border suspended.
https://www.ft.com/content/9e9bbb33-a383-481b-a4e4-3d1842ffde1d
Polish farmers already ended their block on another crossing. With the Black Sea ports operating pretty well and rail traffic to EU ports up there is less need to export grain via truck directly to the EU.
Well Putins no 1 stated reason for going into Ukraine was to protect the ethnic Russian population there… So it makes sense for everyone else to eject anything Russian cause otherwise you might be next.When one understands these words, and how they were used before attacking Ukraine.
Then you will know that Putin is openly declaring his intention of attacking NATO.
We are at war, and we need to stop f'ing around and act like it.
Well Putins no 1 stated reason for going into Ukraine was to protect the ethnic Russian population there… So it makes sense for everyone else to eject anything Russian cause otherwise you might be next.
Right?
Bonus points if that country borders NATO, then you can claim that NATO is trying to get closer to Russia so you invade the country in between to secure your border and.... Get closer to NATO...This is Russia's long-standin MO, it isn't a Putin thing.
1: Invade sovereign country
2: deport half their citizens to prison camps, import your own peasants to fill jobs that they can't possibly do, force them into now-empty houses of the kidnapped. Make them raise generations of orc families
3: decades later, claim your "sovereign ethnic citizens" are now under threat from the actual citizens of the now-free country.
4: Invade sovereign country
That's it. really quite simple. Again and again and again. Every fucking time.
It also sort of gives away the game when you first claim you need a buffer zone to protect your country from aggression and then in the next breath say ‘Russia’s borders have no end’.Bonus points if that country borders NATO, then you can claim that NATO is trying to get closer to Russia so you invade the country in between to secure your border and.... Get closer to NATO...
I couldn't find the range on these. Altitude dependent, I'm sure. Still - my google-fu continues to suck.
I couldn't find the range on these. Altitude dependent, I'm sure. Still - my google-fu continues to suck.
These are more expensive than JDAMS (which are older tech), so I hope they have significant advantages.