Russia is still holding back the good stuff.
Russia is still holding back the good stuff.All the west has to do is keep arming Ukraine with a small fraction of our defense budget to effectively obliterate the future of the Russian state and its military capability.
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Russia is still holding back the good stuff.
This is sarcasm surely. Wait, it IS sarcasm, right?Russia is still holding back the good stuff.
Well in theory Russia still has Nukes; though if they work as well as the other Russian stuff it wouldn't be shocking if 1/2 of them misfire or blow up in the silo.Russia is still holding back the good stuff.
Or lost their targeting programming and end up doing a 'phone home, return to base' thing.Well in theory Russia still has Nukes; though if they work as well as the other Russian stuff it wouldn't be shocking if 1/2 of them misfire or blow up in the silo.
If Ukraine doesn’t stop they might invade
This doesn’t surprise me. Just before the invasion Ukraine pretty publicly said similar things. Putin really wanted a war though and didn’t really care about his original demands so Russia invaded anyway.Probably the most comprehensive story about how close (or not close really) a peace deal was in 2022. Main issues that prevented were severe limits proposed for Ukrainian military power, a mandatory pull back from the borders of occupied territories, and Ukraine's ability to enter into defense pacts that would have other countries come to their aid directly in the event of further Russian aggression in violation of the deal.
Ukraine is unlikely to ever agree to any deal that precludes the basing of European military forces on its territory to enforce the terms.
And this is another war example the US should take careful note of, as the US is far more reliant on big and expensive ISR drones than is Russia... and U.S. keeps making them bigger (and more expensive).Russians really worried about Ukrainian FPV drones increasingly intercepting their big ISR drones, effectively blinding their forces. There have been a number of videos showing this lately.
And this is another war example the US should take careful note of, as the US is far more reliant on big and expensive ISR drones than is Russia... and U.S. keeps making them bigger (and more expensive).
No. We basically have a stalemate. The delay in funds from the US congress prevented the UA from planning a summer offensive (or so it seems). It is very difficult for the UA to properly defend such a large front against an enemy with a numerical advantage. Breaking out and taking back an oblast, for instance, will be very, very difficult. The permissions to use extended range munitions is a BIG step in cutting off RU's ability to move men and material into Ukraine.Have they really 'advanced' in any meaningful way?
They seem to have moved their navy from the Black Sea to the Caribbean.
Wow the Russians are still living in the 60's. I knew they liked those years but haven't their war machine improved at least a tiny bit since then ?
Yes, they've added cope cages as a standard factory option it appears...Wow the Russians are still living in the 60's. I knew they liked those years but haven't their war machine improved at least a tiny bit since then ?
I often wonder if the cages are to keep drones out or maybe it is to keep the soldiers in when the tank blows up ?Yes, they've added cope cages as a standard factory option it appears...
From my limited understanding those cages are not effective against top attack weapons like the Javelin but are at least somewhat effective against drones.given they know the weak point is on the top of the chassis just before the turret , are the cope cages even doing anything anymore ?
From my limited understanding those cages are not effective against top attack weapons like the Javelin but are at least somewhat effective against drones.
^^^ But can't a reasonable pilot fly the drone under it from either front or behind? Or don't they have real time cameras?