Something tells me Cray is closer than you imagine.
Russia-Ukraine war has begun
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155 artillery shells should be one of the easier things to make … spin cast a steel sheet metal disk over a form … pour molten steel into a two part mound. Lots of Toluene in Urkrain to make TNT. From ISW…
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksandr Kamyshin stated on September 15 that Ukraine has started domestic serial production of 155mm artillery shells.[18] Kamyshin stated that Ukrainian production of defense products doubled while he oversaw the Ministry of Strategic Industries (March 2023 to September 2024) and will triple by the end of 2024. Ukraine began domestically producing NATO-standard 155mm shells in small volumes no later than September 2023 after having never produced these shells before.[19]
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksandr Kamyshin stated on September 15 that Ukraine has started domestic serial production of 155mm artillery shells.[18] Kamyshin stated that Ukrainian production of defense products doubled while he oversaw the Ministry of Strategic Industries (March 2023 to September 2024) and will triple by the end of 2024. Ukraine began domestically producing NATO-standard 155mm shells in small volumes no later than September 2023 after having never produced these shells before.[19]
It seems that UAF found a very rich target.
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.
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.
Reddit posters are saying that was (is) around 30 kilotons of explosive power.
Nagasaki was 21.
And it rang seismographs the world over. Someone will publish a paper with the equivalent yield some day.
The 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.
www.theguardian.com
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 morale
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 morale
Russians ineptitude has seemingly never ended. It was atrocious in WWII.
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 morale
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.
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.
Putting untrained home guard types troops as defense isn't very concrete, and I doubt anyone in Russia thought it would actually happen.
Just my opinion, based on the fact the entire operation took the world by surprise.
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.
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.
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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.
That's been the Russian M.O. since the 19th century.
Hell, their ICBMs are blowing up their silos.
I don't think Putin is 100% sure his order to fire off a nuke would be obeyed.
