The Ukraine war thread

Jolly

He defected. If the CIA has any sense, he's in Washington by now.

Renauda

Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Western Ukraine:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09234xxn1o

Even discussing this option is enough to make Putin roll over in bed for nights on end. Let him squirm. He’s already lost the war and the peace anyhow..

Wim

10 years ago:
MH17 shot down by Russian BUK.
Goddamn bastards.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Mik

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-commander-fighting-in-ukraine-shot-dead-by-his-own-troops-according-to-intercepted-phone-call/ar-BB1qhbQt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=be0944b7f6ba4fe0ae7be29ff2b53c87&ei=21

kluurs

Link to video

Jolly

It's a good video.

Mik

Very. I've long wondered about the wisdom of relying on GPS.

Jolly

If Putin is willing to suffer the loss of equipment and human life, the Ukrainians are gong to be conquered.

If the Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon learn anything (and if history is a good teacher, they don't), fundamental changes need to be made in the U.S. military if we must fight a peer vs. peer war. Some lessons from war, and not just the Ukrainian War:

Your enemy has technology, too. See the above video. Whatever you can do, they can counter, and vice-versa.
With a few exceptions, Wunderwaffe do not win wars.
In a static war of attrition, defense is less costly in terms of equipment and casualties than offense.
Combined maneuver warfare does not work well without air parity, or better, air superiority.
Quantity has a quality of its own.
Modern combat is voracious in terms of munitions and equipment.

Copper

@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

relying on GPS

The military has been testing GPS interference technology off the coast of North Carolina for at least 15 years that I know about.

They still do it regularly. The FAA publishes notices to pilots letting them know when this testing is being done.

I have no idea what they are actually doing, but they are working on it.

https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/safety-notices/safety-notice-on-gps-interference#:~:text=GPS may be unreliable or,alert pilots to the tests.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Mik

Ukes took out some electronic warfare stations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/major-blow-to-russia-ukraine-successfully-disables-vital-equipment/ss-BB1pINph?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=ac96c573fd1740dabe7e5e68f101c5cf&ei=24

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

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Wim

Too soon to tell. The frontline is more than just the Crimea.

Mik

I doubt liberation is all that near.

Renauda

Realistically, I believe Crimea was lost ten years ago when Putin undertook his first anschluss of sovereign Ukrainian territory. Back then it was a cheap buffet to graze and forage.

No longer the case.