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18 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
He has already purged some military folks, I have to imagine his circle is shrinking.
I have no idea what kind of system they have in place to control their nukes but I hope the people in that chain aren't insane enough to launch no matter what the inner circle decides.
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Good breakdown on a very head scratching investigation
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4 hours ago, Prosuper said:
Back in the day, the FCC filled out the 781 for the whole crew, also insured the 781 H,J,and A didn't turn into an abortion.
My first supervisor when I first came in had a DFC, he was an FCC on a C-7 Caribou in Viet Nam. They went into places that C-130's couldn't.
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.
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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.
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20 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said:
Nice win for Ukraine after all the cruise missiles they’ve absorbed from the Black Sea Fleet. Hopefully a good portion of her crew is fish food.
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.
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46 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said:
I'm pretty sure North Vietnam wasn't producing it's own SA-2s/3s/23mm/37mm/57mm/85mm. We didn't "send the Russians a nuke". Karma is a bitch. Russian soldiers wouldn't be dying if Putin would have stayed on his side of the border; she should take her case up with him.
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.
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17 hours ago, brickhistory said:
Indeed.
Also in the good news department despite the spin:
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.
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1 hour ago, tac airlifter said:
LOAC says you aren’t supposed to murder wounded prisoners. I notice some of the Russian victims are zip tied. There have been a lot of those videos— you can find Ukrainians killing tied up Russians with knives fairly easily. It’s terrible. War is terrible, and in this case neither side is innocent of wrong doing.
That said, this was a war by Russian choice and for Ukrainian survival. If Russia invaded Florida and I was running around with a piecemeal group of volunteers while every other nation sat around watching atrocities inflicted on my family…. Well I have some bad news for the LOAC office.
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.
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4 hours ago, VigilanteNav said:
Would not have predicted this prior to Feb 24. "Ukraine has won the Battle of Kyiv". Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 3 | Institute for the Study of War (understandingwar.org) Got to give a shout out to any California and Florida (and any others) Guardsman who participated in the SPP and other events through the years and up until the invasion. CHEERS!
To those who toil in anonymity especially the NCOs. What you do matters.
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18 hours ago, Prozac said:
Another such moment: a Russian APC intentionally targeting & needlessly destroying an obviously civilian vehicle & killing the elderly couple inside. Warning: video is disturbing.
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.
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3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Being a product of and having served during the Cold War it was easy for me to say kill all the Russians when this thing first started. As the reports started to come in and having seen the nasty side of war I actually had a small amount of compassion for the Russian conscripts who are mowed down like cannon fodder in Putin's invasion. Reading some of the follow on like the article below...KILL THEM ALL.
Two Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian mother after killing husband as her four-year-old son cried
Strategic E-4. This SOB put a target on all our backs. One low ranking soldier can have strategic level effects.
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17 hours ago, waveshaper said:
After watching this short video - here's some very basic demo info: To me It appears that this setup is composed of one long det cord main line that runs parallel to the road, 5 short det cord branch lines that are connected to the det cord main line, and 5 main charges that are connected to the 5 branch lines. When initiated it all goes boom at about 21,000 feet per second. Enough said at this point.
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.
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54 minutes ago, FUSEPLUG said:
He also does eye makeup tutorials on YouTube.
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.
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18 hours ago, Prosuper said:
Hate to say it but mx troops had the same thought after endless 12 hours shifts no weekends off just so a guy can go from O-6 to O-7.
Still just as funny as the first time I saw it.
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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
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7 minutes ago, GrndPndr said:
And, I wonder how bad everyone's feelings would be hurt by the Russkies producing a yield (nuke detonation) at say FL300. No real damage, but a nuke is still a nuke, eh? Is this the most innocuous use of nuclear weapons?
Well I doubt most civil aircraft are nuclear hardened. Or many other critical systems. So I'd say hardly innocuous
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24 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:
US, allies consider providing anti-ship missiles to Ukraine
This won't escalate things...
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.
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10 minutes ago, McJay Pilot said:
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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:
As requested.
Crispy Critters. Took me a bit to see the actual track of the missile from the upper right
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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.
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4 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said:
The purge continues.And we think a letter of reprimand is bad
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1 hour ago, ClearedHot said:
His crewmates were not so lucky. The fire blowing out of the turret ring is a standard indicator that the ammunition inside is cooking off. They have lost a LOT of armor and people, to the point they are being forced to bring in replacements from Russia.
One of Murphys Laws of Combat "The easy way is always mined"
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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
Russian Ukraine shenanigans
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Documents reveal bin Laden's bid for American support - 60 Minutes - CBS News
This was a good piece on what came out of the SSE of Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. I could have put this in the Afghanistan thread but I think its relevant to how another megalomaniac completely misjudged a country and world reaction to his attack.