The Ukraine war thread
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 14:50 last edited by
Death from above. That was some unit's motto.
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 14:54 last edited by
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Death from above. That was some unit's motto.
"World War II. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. 101 Airborne Div in 1942. I have also seen it attributed to the 82nd and their is currently an Air Force Bomber unit that uses it in Latin."
I saw another story showing how the Russians are protecting their trenches (trenches!) with overhead metal caging to make it difficult for FPV drones to attack there.
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 15:15 last edited by
Trench warfare. Wow.
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 15:43 last edited by
Apparently the NORK shells are substandard. Awww....
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 15:47 last edited by George K 12 Oct 2023, 15:48
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wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 18:54 last edited by
There is a war in Ukraine?? Since when ?
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There is a war in Ukraine?? Since when ?
wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 21:48 last edited by@bachophile said in The Ukraine war thread:
There is a war in Ukraine?? Since when ?
Good to hear from you bachophile!
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There is a war in Ukraine?? Since when ?
wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 22:21 last edited by@bachophile said in The Ukraine war thread:
There is a war in Ukraine?? Since when ?
Still getting a lot of wounded?
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wrote on 15 Dec 2023, 00:21 last edited by
Spot on.
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wrote on 15 Dec 2023, 00:23 last edited by George K
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Spot on.
ISW has a cold, hard, analysis - always.
Putin's playing the long game. The US, as usual, is not.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Spot on.
ISW has a cold, hard, analysis - always.
Putin's playing the long game. The US, as usual, is not.
wrote on 15 Dec 2023, 01:14 last edited by RenaudaPutin's playing the long game. The US, as usual, is not.
Seems to be a missed point by many, especially since 2000. I’ll say it just once, the Russian concept of time is more akin to that of the North American Indian notion of time than a Western. Some will argue neither have any concept of time. It’s been explained many times and not just starting with G. F. Kennan. The only American Sect’y of State who really understood that was George P. Schultz.
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wrote on 16 Dec 2023, 03:28 last edited by
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/high-price-losing-ukraine
Interesting analysis article.
The United States has a much higher stake in Russia's war on Ukraine than most people think. A Russian conquest of all of Ukraine is by no means impossible if the United States cuts off all military assistance and Europe follows suit. Such an outcome would bring a battered but triumphant Russian army right up to NATO’s border from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean.
To deter and defend against a renewed Russian threat following a full Russian victory in Ukraine the United States will have to deploy to Eastern Europe a sizable portion of its ground forces. The United States will have to station in Europe a large number of stealth aircraft. Building and maintaining those aircraft is intrinsically expensive, but challenges in manufacturing them rapidly will likely force the United States to make a terrible choice between keeping enough in Asia to defend Taiwan and its other Asian allies and deterring or defeating a Russian attack on a NATO ally.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 16:01 last edited by
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 16:13 last edited by
I saw that earlier. "I have no plans to invade Ukraine," for some reason rings in my memory.
I mean, there are liars and there are LIARS.
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