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Good breakdown on a very head scratching investigation

I have a relative who served in Vietnam flying EB-66s (actual tail he flew is supposed to be the one in the museum at Wright Pat) out of Thailand. For reference the EB-66 is the central airframe in the movie Bat-21. He had many stories of his time over North Viet Nam/Hanoi and I have no doubt he earned his DFC and 2 AMs. Especially real missiles fired by real Migs at his aircraft. Not to mention the SAMs. He also flew B-52s for SAC in its heady days. Sadly, late stages of dementia have brought the stories to a stop.

McCarthy says Ukraine invasion should serve as ‘lesson’ for arming Taiwan (msn.com) Timely article. Hope we see concrete actions from those who can actually make it happen. He touches on an interesting point that had we done more arming Ukraine earlier it might have prevented the invasion in the first place. Clearly no way to know in hindsight. Of course, no one ever remembers the attack, mishap or crash for that matter that is prevented or otherwise never occurs.

I hope Taiwan is paying attention. If I were them, I would stack the whole island with as many top end air defense and anti ship systems I could get my hands on.

Completely agree. She should but I doubt she will. Unfortunately, her perception is based on what she's seen in her media and the trauma of losing a close family member. I can only imagine what it would be like to lose any of my children and the rage I would feel. To paraphrase as I do occasionally from a movie Quantum of Solace "I think you are so blinded by inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt" kind of sums it up. Who is easier for the family to blame us or them? Right or wrong doesn't come into it. This is where I see it getting really dangerous.

Overall I agree stacking up Russians should convince them to back off. But as is often the case Putin doesn't appear to feel the pain of their sacrifice. I thought I saw a quote (no way to ascertain veracity) from a Russian Mom who lost a son in Ukraine and blamed the US. for supplying the weapons used. She supposedly said Russia should send us a nuke to get us to back off in Ukraine. If thats the sentiment on their side this could really get ugly. At a minimum I hope they have good control of the people actually minding the button.

Happened more than once on all sides in WW2. One of the more high profile examples Ronald Speirs - Wikipedia Right or wrong Normandy really really was for all the marbles and anything that slowed or prevented mission accomplishment was not taken very lightly. Thankfully I never had to face their dilemma. I can't imagine. Disarmed Enemy Forces - Wikipedia was a designation given to German POWs after Germany's surrender in 1945 for the simple practical expediency of not having to provide a care and feeding at a level commensurate for POWs under the Geneva Convention.

To those who toil in anonymity especially the NCOs. What you do matters.

Looks like they were escorting a fuel truck and that had them pretty trigger happy. Also BIG IF the Ukrainians are using civilian vehicles with Javelins in the trunk to pop off at the Russians (I have no way to know if that's true or not so I can't say) it puts everyone on the road at risk. Still is a damn tragedy and the Russians to blame for starting this whole thing in the first place.

Strategic E-4. This SOB put a target on all our backs. One low ranking soldier can have strategic level effects. Mahmudiyah rape and killings - Wikipedia

Wow how many and how long for the Ukrainians to set that up? I can't believe the Russians haven't figured out that if you don't have ISR/surveillance watching the routes the other side will leave all kinds of little presents. The only other option is cross country.

And "she" has a manicure. Article in Cosmo "How I shoot vile Russian invaders and never break a nail" Hopefully after noticing that detail I can still keep my man card.

Still just as funny as the first time I saw it.

In a VERY different time and higher altitude but it gives an idea of what could happen. I can only imagine what the effect would be on our modern digital world versus 1962 Starfish Prime - Wikipedia

Well I doubt most civil aircraft are nuclear hardened. Or many other critical systems. So I'd say hardly innocuous

Nope, not at all.😲 As long as he has troops all over Ukraine I'm slightly less worried about WMD use. When/if he starts a large scale "pullout" sts there's no telling if he's really throwing in the towel or planning on smoking the place. Pay attention to the weather forecast for days the wind is blowing away from Russia.

This so pisses me off. I don't want my opponents to know what or how much I have until it flies up his A$$. Same for the numbers of Javelins etc. Ivan can count them by numbers of vehicles destroyed. Press thinks they can print anything.

Up to 40,000 Russian soldiers killed, wounded, captured or MIA in Ukraine, NATO estimates (msn.com) Damn. If this is even close to true there's no way Russia can sustain this for long. Eventually word gets back to the families what's happening.

Crispy Critters. Took me a bit to see the actual track of the missile from the upper right

Biden confirms Russia used hypersonic missiles, warns of coming cyberattacks on US: Live Ukraine updates (msn.com) Kinzhal as I read it can carry either nuclear or conventional warhead. Scary not even knowing what's coming your way in the relatively brief time it could be tracked.

And we think a letter of reprimand is bad

One of Murphys Laws of Combat "The easy way is always mined"

How hard is it to wet lease a B-52, crew and load of ALCMs to Ukraine 🇺🇦? Does that count as an act of aggression on our part

This should be in the Farmers Hall of Claims

I guess passing 300 posts makes me "Supreme User" 😁What do I win? I like Jameson. In this day and age even in Russia I would say eventually the truth finds its way out. Nothing stays a secret for long.