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Fico

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  1. "Look at all the nice things we have that you don't, now fuck off back to your out house, vatnik."
  2. They will just send any/all broken parts back to the manufacturer in Germany, who then sends it to Canada for repair, and finally, Germany throws a teenage level hissy fit to get it back for Russia.
  3. Interesting idea with ASW drones. There have been some trials for an ASW MQ-9.
  4. I am no expert but I am not sure the budget is best spent on a fleet. The Russian fleet is largely out of the fight (minus being used as cruise missile platforms but those strikes could be done by other platforms) due to a handful of neptunes and harpoons. Russia would still be able to enforce a blockade via submarines, air launched anti-ship missiles, mines, etc. The Black Sea seems like a difficult place to operate any type of surface fleet. Maybe a couple of diesel electric guided missile subs could be a stronger deterrent in the future?
  5. They will use the former GFs or was it daughters? I can never keep my Russian lies straight.
  6. Still better than the one that has Moskva.
  7. Reporting commercial drone and cancelled navy day.
  8. Agree, pretty strong job but fuck Russia. Why did Switzerland get to colonize Liechtenstein? Reviving GDR is good. I have no idea what's going on in Bulgaria. Portugal reverse colonized by Brazil.
  9. Calling Wallonia Southern Flanders is a waffle throwing offense.
  10. I heard it was the CIA recruited, anti-russian pigeons
  11. I believe they are buying both
  12. Add in some hits on AA/Radar sites as well.
  13. Right on. Hopefully it's kicking ass with us sending another 580 and we get a documentary about it in another couple of years.
  14. Have we ever figured out what these Phoenix Ghost systems are? Beyond loitering munitions?
  15. I love the instant BDAs by the Russians.
  16. Agree with your sentiments on casualty numbers. They may not be including L/DNR or PMCs? Russian tanks use autoloader, only 3 crew. Autoloader is responsible for the jack in the box turret with the carousel being open inside the tank and no blow out panels.
  17. Didn't we have a claim of a "tactical" landing earlier in the war?
  18. Agree and concerning about earlier actions taken against political parties. I do think our media got ahead of themselves (like they often do) on the recent announcements. From Meduza: Top Ukrainian officials not fired — yet: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and SBU Chief Ivan Bakanov haven’t been fired yet, the Kyiv Independent reported on Monday, citing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Deputy Chief of Staff Andriy Smyrnov. According to Smyrnov, the two top officials have been suspended for the duration of investigations into law enforcement officials suspected of collaborating with Russian forces. Whether Zelensky decides to file motions with the Ukrainian Parliament to dismiss Venediktova and Bakanov will depend on the outcome of the investigations, Smyrnov said. I don't think the investigation is if they collaborated but rather if they did enough to investigate collaboration inside their organizations. Regardless, it looks like their is a process and it includes the parliament. Additionally, Bakanov is a childhood friend of Zelensky, so he is going after his own people too.
  19. Allegedly removed minefields among other activities to kickoff the southern front. The only substantial Russian gains have come from Ukrainian treason not Russian military success. Fired his buddy, the head of the SBU, for not cleaning up the service.
  20. Dmitri does awesome work and nice humble brag semi from that NLAW.
  21. And Belarusians, Uzbeks, Kazaks, Georgians, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, etc.
  22. In my amateur opinion, mostly SAMs plus proliferation of stand off weapons and general Russian lack of giving a shit about accuracy contributing to lack of russian air. Additionally, the longer the war the higher the number of complex Russian assets down for maintenance. I know it's been said many times, but the Ukr Air Force still operating is incredible. Yesterday SU-29 taking down a cruise missile was great to see. Their distributed operations, maintenance teams, logistics, etc deserves tons of appreciation and study post war. I am not so sure Putin can use the tired and true war of attrition, specifically with manpower. Most reports I've seen have the Ukrainians with a larger standing army in the war than the Russians. Russia moved to a command style war economy this week and using financial incentives/PMCs for shadow mobilization. The Russian advantage in artillery, both in systems and ammunition, is their primary means of advance. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the Russians still have enormous amounts of both, their weakness is the logistics.
  23. Shit. We all would have bullets in the back of the head if we were in occupied Ukraine. Even worse, they would make someone like stoops the puppet mayor.
  24. I agree, I don't think it will change much if anything on the ground. Talking heads will make a bigger deal out of it more than anything. I could still see the Germans supporting Ukraine, just more low-key.
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