War in Ukraine

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Hunerwadel said:
I'm holding out hope that Crazy Ivan is not that crazy. Russia is in a bad position though. They've been exposed as a paper tiger. They may not even be capable of holding Donbas much less the whole of Ukraine. I'm sure Putin feels he has to get something out of this that looks like a victory. If he fails there is a real possibility his presidency and his life doesn't survive. I'm afraid that Putin feels if he can't have it no one will.
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The thing about Russian History is that, at least since the time of Peter the Great, it has never been possible To REALLY tell who is running Russia (okay, obviously we will make n exception for the Stalin years). You always get the sense that someone in the shadows (boyars, oligarchs, the okras, the KGB, the Russian mafia, etc) is pulling the strings. We have no idea of who has the clout to remove Putin. As Churchill famously remarked of the Soviets…..
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OrangeTsar said:
The thing about Russian History is that, at least since the time of Peter the Great, it has never been possible To REALLY tell who is running Russia (okay, obviously we will make n exception for the Stalin years). You always get the sense that someone in the shadows (boyars, oligarchs, the okras, the KGB, the Russian mafia, etc) is pulling the strings. We have no idea of who has the clout to remove Putin. As Churchill famously remarked of the Soviets…..
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Kind of like how the oligarchs and political mafia pulls the strings in this country right?
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
Ukraine only has a few hundred tanks. lmao.
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Well, it didn't say who the destroyed tanks and drones belonged to. Just because a Russian general drone said they destroyed a few thousand tanks in Ukraine doesn't really mean they belonged to Ukraine. I've got a feeling Russians would have had their hands full if they tried going after the tanks owned by the Ukrainian Farmers Army.
 
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bro.... Ukraine shot off not one, but two Neptune missles at the flagship of the black sea packed with salors and NUCLEAR WARHEADS, without ****s given. I think they are going to want it all back.
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
Lots of second hand accounts of Russia strategic bombers flying into Ukraine rn,
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At about @ AM eastern, adsbexchange was showing a B-52 over western Poland headed east. I thought the direction and route was interesting for a plane that can carry something like twenty cruise missiles - not at a point that it was provocative, but the position and direction could send a message if that was the intent. If the plan was to actually launch missiles, I don't think we'd be seeing it with MLAT turned on, and I'd bet the Russians know that, too.
 
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AM64 said:
At about @ AM eastern, adsbexchange was showing a B-52 over western Poland headed east. I thought the direction and route was interesting for a plane that can carry something like twenty cruise missiles - not at a point that it was provocative, but the position and direction could send a message if that was the intent. If the plan was to actually launch missiles, I don't think we'd be seeing it with MLAT turned on, and I'd bet the Russians know that, too.
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We have many planes stationed in NATO borders, and I'm sure they are all at ready.
 
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AM64 said:
At about @ AM eastern, adsbexchange was showing a B-52 over western Poland headed east. I thought the direction and route was interesting for a plane that can carry something like twenty cruise missiles - not at a point that it was provocative, but the position and direction could send a message if that was the intent. If the plan was to actually launch missiles, I don't think we'd be seeing it with MLAT turned on, and I'd bet the Russians know that, too.
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Probably the best plane of any type of all time.
 
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DonjoVol said:
Kind of like how the oligarchs and political mafia pulls the strings in this country right?
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I don’t think you understand the definition of oligarchy if you think they are similar but you do so clearly you don’t. You are also having a difficulty with ethnicity and nationality. Are there very rich people in the US? Absolutely. Do they run the US government? No, they don’t. Can they buy influence because they are wealthy? Absolutely. Is that the same thing as a handful of very powerful families actually running the government while the majority of people live in relative poverty? No, it isn’t, not even close otherwise every major developed nation on the planet is an oligarchy. China, Russia, and a handful of Middle Eastern nations are prime examples of oligarchies. You social studies teachers failed you.
 
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Orangeburst said:
Probably the best plane of any type of all time.
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The B-52 may have a lifetime that exceeds the C-47, and I didn't think that was possible. Their usefulness in contested airspace has been pretty iffy for decades, but standing off with cruise missiles makes it a whole different ballgame.
 
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Orangeburst said:
Can that tiny warhead with such low velocity destroy a decently armored tank with reactive armor?
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1- Speed doesn't matter on shaped-charge munitions. As long as the force is sufficient enough to set of the fuse, it will penetrate.

2- The only armor the switchblades will be dealing with is the top turret armor/engine deck. That is sufficiently thin enough for the Switchblade warhead to penetrate, especially the Switchblade 600 which carries a Javelin warhead.
 
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