With roundabouts just be aware that they don't indicate on entering the roundabout, only when they are going to exit. So keep a close eye on that especially on smaller ones (not that there are many). And then you cross the border to a neighboring country and they do the opposite. It's nuts. I hate ...
Jump to postthere are no weapons being procured in the Greek announcement https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/greece-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-conventional-take-and-landing-ctol Turkey is buying a huge amount of weapons with their deal https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/turkiye-f-1...
Jump to posthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/27/us-approves-23bn-sale-of-f-16-war-planes-to-turkey After the complete Turkish approval of Sweden's NATO admission, the US state department approved the sale of 40 F-16 to Turkey, plus the upgrade of 79 others, at the cost of 23Bn dollars. Greece was &quo...
Jump to postThe title didn't age well.
Maybe should be renamed the Israël - Palestine war
This thread makes me realize that we are really miles ahead here in Europe. The charging outlets are on a european standard. You can go pretty much anywhere in europe without wondering if you have the right socket. In France, every single petrol station on the highways is now required by law to also...
Jump to postIn the previous post, what does the presentation in two columns mean ?
Are the primary contractors on the left, and the secondary on the right ?
I suppose a Dutch would have a more precise answer, but not necessary. The PVV still "only" has 23.5% of the votes and 37 rep on 150. To get a majority, it needs a coalition. Geert Wilders, PVV's leader, will probably soon be tasked by the king to create a government (cabinet?). We'll see ...
Jump to postApaches would have torn those paragliders for sure, if they had been there... But the point is, they weren't. Hamas has perfectly used the advantages of those: - very low radar profile. Because of their very low speed, they don't or poorly get taken into account by the radar software. They are also ...
Jump to postPutin’s cynical calculus is that the west will eventually tire of a war with no end in sight. He is waiting for January 2025 and the return of Donald Trump as US president. That, Moscow thinks, would mean a swift end to White House military assistance to Kyiv. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023...
Jump to postI'm sure Dassault would like the Patrouille de France to fly Rafales, and the enthusiasts too (bring ear protection though), but I can't see it happening, if anything there is more chance of the Patrouille being disbanded for environmental and noise reasons. Seeing how much training the team requir...
Jump to postVladimir Putin wants the Ukrainian counteroffensive halted by early October and has instructed Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu to improve the situation, according to a Kremlin insider cited by a US-based think-tank monitoring the war. “Putin reportedly gave Russian defence minister Sergei S...
Jump to posthttps://www.intelligenceonline.com/international-dealmaking/2023/09/19/ukraine-inches-closer-to-obtaining-french-mirage,110054630-eve Source is behind a paywall, but apparently France is on the verge of delivering Mirage 2000 fighters to Ukraine. Good plane, decent userbase, and this also opens up ...
Jump to posthttps://www.intelligenceonline.com/international-dealmaking/2023/09/19/ukraine-inches-closer-to-obtaining-french-mirage,110054630-eve Source is behind a paywall, but apparently France is on the verge of delivering Mirage 2000 fighters to Ukraine. Good plane, decent userbase, and this also opens up ...
Jump to postIt's quite different here as all the M1 lost were not against a nation that had the means to reverse engineer it. In Iraq, the allied were advancing so fast that I doubt any loss was thoroughly inspected by the enemy. Here, they face the risk of having it captured and brought to the back. Hence the ...
Jump to postSome more thoughts and info about the offensive south of Robotyne https://youtu.be/Ds6u9jB09f8 The speaker thinks that Russia will throw everything into defending Tokmak. It sounds to me like there is a repeat of Bakmut looming there but on a greater scale. I agree. Losing Tokmak would be a massive...
Jump to postAh well, he probably fell out of the windows, wich did create a catastrophic pressure loss and result in the plane disintegrating.
He should have known better. Windows have become.taboo in Russia.
All the ice of the World will only rise a few feet of sea level.
Expansion due to that water heating up, on the other side, will rise it several meters.
It's not 30% of their GDP but 30% of "all public expenditure" wich is quite different.
Hard to know how much it is in reality, as I wouldn't trust a single official russian number.
It isn't really "the media", it's a Ukrainian media. Ukrainian society as a whole has tightened around the goal of regaining sovereignty over their invaded territories, and medias make no exception. They are at war and want to ingrain the idea that the only possible fate for this place is ...
Jump to postZuni rockets, on Ukrainian SU-25's; https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-armed-forces-demonstrated-the-zuni-rockets-being-launched-from-the-su-25/ Some stunning footage, still limited to ballistic attacks, albeit the Zuni has more range and hitting power, besides sourcing Soviet era rockets is presu...
Jump to postThat sounds a lot like rather desperate "both-sides"-ism which has no actual base in the facts. :checkmark: Fact is the dam not only supply water for Crimea, it also supply water for irrigation and drinking water for many towns and cities south of the river. Ukraine would be foolish to de...
Jump to postThe video linked below is street interviews with 'average citizens' in RU about RU taking Bakhmut. If we're willing to assume it is a fair sampling of public opinion it's pretty interesting because the older people (the ones most likely to be glued to their TVs) are the ones that are pleased about ...
Jump to postSeeing how France only operates indigenous fighters (Mirage 2000, Rafale), it probably means that France is ready to give or sell some Mirage 2000. Add to that the fact that the Mirage 2000-5 that are nearing their end of life are pure interceptors (so no breaking of NATO's promise to not give away ...
Jump to postDuring his interview on french TV right now, Macron has just promised more ammo, and is open to train Ukrainian pilots. We're getting there. Link (in french) of a news livefeed reporting this at 20:19 : https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2023/05/15/guerre-en-ukraine-en-direct-des-blesses-dans...
Jump to postI doubt you'll get any answer.
Those kind of informations are way too sensible.
I even doubt Poland gives a definite number either.
I’ve stated before that I’ve experienced an attempted home invasion at my residence while I was at work and my wife was home alone. Thank goodness she was armed. I’m not going to sacrifice my family’s safety just because some lunatic in Nashville chose to break the law. Just like I don’t expect you...
Jump to postNot to forget that he's having a stay in Paris tonight, and that Macron, during last weeks interviews, seemed quite opened to giving away planes.
We have some good Mirage 2000 that are nearing their end of life and that are very A2A centric... Now would be the right time.
Russia has replaced the Ukraine theater commander (again). Ukraine Commander Sergei Surovikin has been replaced by Valery Gerasimov. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230111-live-russian-strikes-target-kharkiv-as-wagner-group-claims-it-has-control-of-soledar Things must be going just swell at th...
Jump to postYes, I understand, but there are many bills where the option to pay by credit card includes the stipulation that 3% (or 3.75% for the one I am looking at right now) will be added for payment by CC. That is the specific example I am speaking of. I have not yet seen a situation where a fee is being a...
Jump to postOn top of the recent French donation of AMX-10 RC light tanks, it is now confirmed that US will send Bradley IFVs and Germany will send Marder IFVs to Ukraine: The best part in this is that all of those vehicles are upgraded with night vision and infra red sensors, so should be quite superior to th...
Jump to postI live in France, they are still widely used, mostly by elderly people, but also for the "big sums". For the last ten years, I used to handle between 150 and 200 cheques a year for my business, a couple for my personnal use, and I write between 2 and 5-6 of them every year maybe? - For the...
Jump to postThis is an unfortunate national trait for russians to feel dizzy around open windows.
Putins knows it well, that's why he lives underground in a bunker nowadays.
Interesting article from The Moscow Times: Widow Claims Russian Officer Killed Himself Due to Mobilization Pressure The widow of a Russian colonel who shot himself at a conscription center in the Russian Far East earlier this month has blamed his suicide on the pressure he was put under during the ...
Jump to postWhile what you say is valid, there has to be an equal amount, if not more, pessimism on the Russian side. The invasion has been a shambles, and getting more of a mess as the months drag on. Putin has never been so vulnerable on the international stage, and Russians are seeing (probably for the firs...
Jump to postThe partial mobilization in Russia appears to have started working: The number of daily casualties among Russian soldiers seems to have at least doubled on average. And yet Russia has conscription, and a new wave of new conscripts not included in the mobilization arrives this month. It comes down t...
Jump to postWhat’s the deal with all of the “Russians” (civilians) being evacuated from Kherson? Did Russia move a lot of Russians in to replace Ukrainians since they took over the area in February or were these people “Ukrainians” who were praying for years for the day when the Russians would “liberate” them ...
Jump to postFrance is about to donate 6 to 12 more Caesar self propelled howitzers to Ukraine. They are the heavier 8x8 fully automatic version, initially supposed to go to Denmark. Link in french: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/10/01/la-france-prepare-la-livraison-de-nouveaux-canons-caesar-a...
Jump to postWhile we can discuss and mock the Russian army on the quality of their draft (and rightfully so), I think this mobilization will pose a lot of problems to the Ukrainian army, and to the Ukrainian will to retake their land. Even without going into the "human wave tactics" debate, it means t...
Jump to postUkraine has really start to fear... The drafted get all new produced AKs in excellent shape.....ahmmm.... https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xmmqkc/gun_quality_given_to_the_newly_mobilized_location/ You believe, this was already bad? Than check these. https://imgur.com/C2QU0YO ...
Jump to postUkraine has really start to fear... The drafted get all new produced AKs in excellent shape.....ahmmm.... https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xmmqkc/gun_quality_given_to_the_newly_mobilized_location/ You believe, this was already bad? Than check these. https://imgur.com/C2QU0YO ...
Jump to postEven if you deliver two missiles or one, unless they are directly controlled by US boots on the ground, would anyone be shocked if they let one loose on Moscow? That would be a waste of actually useful weapons for actions which would just be counterproductive. Ukraine has already hit military-relev...
Jump to postYeah I messed up my links, looking for the right one atm.
I can't find a good link in english so a rough translation from french would be: "China is willing to work with Russia for a firm and mutual support on issues related to each other's core interests", Translated from Le Monde
Xi Jinping is finally out of the wood:
wrong article
I guess he had to back Russia up. Otherwise how would his objective allies back him when he plans to invade Taiwan?
Also, there's probably too much to squeeze out of Russia to let Putin down.
While I would love to be wrong, I doubt UAF will be able to boot Russian forces out of Donbass, South Ukraine AND Crimea this year. What they are doing is impressive, but I think they still lack equipment and ammunition stocks to go faster. What should Ukraine try to retrieve before winter slows th...
Jump to postAnother interesting point he makes in those times of euphoria, is that Russia is in to stay as long as it can, and that it will most likely last for years, unless Ukraine is able to repeat similar breakthroughs as what is happening right now (because let's be honest, UAF will have to regroup and no...
Jump to postSo making money should be illegal? Who business it it for the for the government or anyone else to say how or how much of their money to spend? If they felt they were being taking advantage of couldn't they have gotten up and walkedThats not a free market. I think in some places even less regulatio...
Jump to postOne point made is this is the first time since WW2 that Russia has lost full units. This economic blog does a nice summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhakw2m0wNc Another interesting point he makes in those times of euphoria, is that Russia is in to stay as long as it can, and that it will mos...
Jump to postpetertenthije wrote:T4thH wrote:Next film in cinema: "Kesselschlacht of Izyum"
Blyatzkrieg
The Ukrainian must have hit an operational pause on this initial thrust. Lots of videos coming out. Here is another view of the Humvee bliz posted earlier. https://youtu.be/ipiFzefwFdQ All I can say is "Holy Firefight Batman!" bt Was that two NLAWs expended? Plus a lot of machine gun ammo...
Jump to postkelval : are you talking about weight limits as in the payload of the vehicle, or limits on your driving license ? Looking into this I see some governments have changed the limits to alleviate that later case (3,5 tons limit for a standard driving license in Europe). About payload can you give numb...
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