Something tells me Cray is closer than you imagine.Hey Coach @mcmurtry66 , I was watching this compilation of Bradley's destroying things and it reminded me of Cray. I miss Cray, go find him. He must be wandering, all alone.
Something tells me Cray is closer than you imagine.Hey Coach @mcmurtry66 , I was watching this compilation of Bradley's destroying things and it reminded me of Cray. I miss Cray, go find him. He must be wandering, all alone.
Reddit posters are saying that was (is) around 30 kilotons of explosive power.From ISW …
Ukrainian forces conducted a successful drone strike against a Russian missile and ammunition storage facility near Toropets, Tver Oblast on September 18. This is over halfway to St Petersburg north of Kiev.
https://news.sky.com/video/telegram...k-on-toropets-in-russias-tver-region-13217093
SAM depot losses will hamper Russian air defenses along with the cruise missile losses.
And it rang seismographs the world over. Someone will publish a paper with the equivalent yield some day.Reddit posters are saying that was (is) around 30 kilotons of explosive power.
Nagasaki was 21.
The GD explosions went on for like 9 hours, from the time stamped videos that I watched.And it rang seismographs the world over. Someone will publish a paper with the equivalent yield some day.
First we have to decide we want toThe GD explosions went on for like 9 hours, from the time stamped videos that I watched.
Major MAJOR hit on Russian capabilities, as far as my small mind can understand.
Ukraine seems to be rolling right now since they have taken a chance and changed the peradium of warfare.
Russia is well prepared to throw meatwaves on other peoples soil, but when it comes to a rapid movement , multi pronged, combined warfare approach, their only answer is to slaughter more of their own.
I’m a hard muther fcker, but the videos of dead Russians who don’t want or understand this is staggering.
The Russian level of indoctrination, is why some in America are fighting so hard against it happening here. It may take another 50 yrs in America, but some have already started, and 50 yrs isn’t long in the big picture.
DC needs to send what ever it takes to stomp Russians ass, now! Then follow with total ideology Armageddon for that type of thinking world wide.
Just my thoughts.
Guardian: Russia prepared for Kursk invasion for months, still failed dramatically.
Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show
Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about moralewww.theguardian.com
Big difference between warning of the possibility and taking concrete steps to prevent it.Guardian: Russia prepared for Kursk invasion for months, still failed dramatically.
Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show
Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about moralewww.theguardian.com
The Ukrainians shared the docs with The Guardian. So that's their take on them. If they are real, it looks like Russia did actually take concrete steps, albeit inadequate ones.Big difference between warning of the possibility and taking concrete steps to prevent it.
The docs may be real, but it sounds like a Ukrainian psy-ops effort: "Look - they knew we were coming and still couldn't stop us".
Anyone who claimed they saw the Kursk invasion as a real possibility is BSing. Absolutely no one was predicting Ukraine would invade Russian territory.
Putting untrained home guard types troops as defense isn't very concrete, and I doubt anyone in Russia thought it would actually happen.The Ukrainians shared the docs with The Guardian. So that's their take on them. If they are real, it looks like Russia did actually take concrete steps, albeit inadequate ones.
Yes, they were warned about Kursk in WW2 … the southern NAZI pincher led with their armor and succeeded … the northern Nazi pincher led with their infantry and failed … then got ground on by Russian reserves.Russians ineptitude has seemingly never ended. It was atrocious in WWII.
Putin is a school yard bully. Even he knows if he plays any type of that weapon, no matter how small, it is over. Although it is a high stake game for sure, sooner or later everyone figures out that living in fear is worse than the damage a bully can actually hold over you.What has the war taught us? Russia can't shoot. move and communicate. The Ukraine's can hold them off with air superiority and with limited resources. That leaves the Russians with only one option in a fight with Nato who will have superior force, air superiority and the ability to shoot, move and communicate. The bomb.
That's been the Russian M.O. since the 19th century.Russia can't shoot. move and communicate.
Hell, their ICBMs are blowing up their silos.Putin is a school yard bully. Even he knows if he plays any type of that weapon, no matter how small, it is over. Although it is a high stake game for sure, sooner or later everyone figures out that living in fear is worse than the damage a bully can actually hold over you.
Put up or shut the hell up putin. Either way, you are going to be sent to hell. Since he will end up there anyway, maybe he doesn't care, but history says that since he is this close to the end anyway, he is probably recalculating his initial #'s and is about to be checked out anyway.
I think realistically we have kind of known that since the Cold War. The only card they hold anymore is mutually assured destruction, which I think makes dealing with them a little more tenuous.What has the war taught us? Russia can't shoot. move and communicate. The Ukraine's can hold them off with no air superiority and with limited resources. That leaves the Russians with only one option in a fight with Nato who will have superior force, air superiority and the ability to shoot, move and communicate. The bomb.
What we deserve is the guy whose brain was partially eaten by worms.What did we do to deserve these two candidates for the presidency? How the hell did we get here?
He really can't help him self, and thankfully you are always here to warn us. You do great work.Harris took a side. She’s with Ukraine and her press conference with Zelenskyy made that clear. Trump didn’t pick a side and his press conference with Zelenskyy made that clear.
Trump also made it about him as usual and talked about his “perfect call” with Zelenskyy. He’s just not very Presidential. Really not at all except for having the title.
Darn. I didn’t realize I was replying in this thread. It’s supposed to be free of politics so I deleted my post.He really can't help him self, and thankfully you are always here to warn us. You do great work.
Good idea, but I'll still defend you. You were merely teaching/ re-educating us. Someone has to lead and you are doing great work.Darn. I didn’t realize I was replying in this thread. It’s supposed to be free of politics so I deleted my post.
I thought Trump's statement after the meeting was a lot different that his previous language. He said he wanted a 'fair' deal. And he also said he learned a lot from his discussion with Z.Zelensky knows full well that if Trump wins, one of his first actions in office will be to sacrifice Ukraine to Putin. You can tell it in his body language, his demeanor...and now even his comments.
Trump -- being who he is -- naturally uses the occasion of a meeting with Zelensky to tout that he "also (has) a very good relationship with President Putin." Just humiliating Zelensky, with him standing right the hell there.
What did we do to deserve these two candidates for the presidency? How the hell did we get here?
Ukraine is giving ground in some areas. My theory is they're withdrawing to get the Russians out of their defensive positions and will, at some point, counter attack.From ISW 10/6
Are human wave attacks next?
- Russian forces have reportedly lost at least five divisions’ worth of armored vehicles and tanks in Pokrovsk Raion since beginning their offensive operation to seize Avdiivka in October 2023 and during intensified Russian offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast in Summer 2024.
- The Russian military command may not be willing or able to accept the current scale and rate of vehicle loss in the coming months and years given the constraints in Russia's defense industrial production, limits to Russia’s Soviet-era vehicle stockpiles, and the Russian military's failure to achieve operationally significant territorial advances through mechanized maneuver.
No real need to vigorously protect any ‘No Man’s Land’, that has already been defiled by the ravages of war. Ukrainian tactical commanders have been coached up since 2016. Counterattacks they should be good at.Ukraine is giving ground in some areas. My theory is they're withdrawing to get the Russians out of their defensive positions and will, at some point, counter attack.
The Russians are still only regaining ground they won initially in 2022.
This is an interesting thread.No real need to vigorously protect any ‘No Man’s Land’, that has already been defiled by the ravages of war. Ukrainian tactical commanders have been coached up since 2016. Counterattacks they should be good at.
I've heard Ukraine has already offered any N. Korean who defects asylum and South Korean citizenship.
Things are going so good the Russians invited North Korea to come join in. This might change my calculus on whether or not the support is worthwhile if we can have North Korea start bleeding itself too....
I would want any taken alive to get a debrief too.I've heard Ukraine has already offered any N. Korean who defects asylum and South Korean citizenship.
When these N. Koreans, who have never fired a shot in anger, get into it with seasoned Ukraine fighters, they're going to be in for a rude awakening.
Since Russia is doing this, what's to keep Poland and other European countries from supplying troops on the Ukraine side?
I do, too, but I doubt they'd be of much intelligence value. They just do what they're told - responsibility isn't driven down in the ranks like it is in the US military.I would want any taken alive to get a debrief too.
I will be very interested to see how they react in actual combat.
I doubt they’ll be very effective.I will be very interested to see how they react in actual combat.