Watched both parts. I was surprised to see the nice (new) shiny boots, clean as if they were brand new. Geolocation from videos like that still seems like black Magic to me, but the usually reliable reolocator Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) puts the video here: 46.779935,33.330304 Which would be waa...
Jump to post[...] Russian unit trying to pass a pontoon bridge over the Dnjepr....PART 1. This is the nice part. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/x8bxul/russians_dnipro_river_crossing_part1/ There is a part 2, it was a massacre. This we will not show here! So please no posting of this li...
Jump to postIf he didn't even bother to read documents that were given to him while he was in office, why would he have taken them with him? Good point! I've heard lots of excuses and plenty of " He declassified them all! ", but the one thing I haven't heard yet is any plausible explanation for why T...
Jump to postNo. Germany's reparations were paid to the Soviet Union who took the responsibility to settle Poland's reparation claims at the Potsdam Conference of 1945. Exactly and besides this, what are they trying to do? Subtly appease to Russia so they leave them alone? i guess they should demand the money f...
Jump to posthttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62732836 https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/08/31/classified-documents-image-doj-trump-master-bid-response-honig-kayyem-dlt-vpx.cnn “Ex-President Donald Trump may have concealed and removed documents during an FBI visit to his property in June, Departm...
Jump to postI find it "interesting" that much first line Russian equipment like the Armata tanks and some of their tactical and strategic aircraft aren't being used in Ukraine. Are they holding them back to defend against their Chinese "allies"? Why would China invade Russia? They more or l...
Jump to postNot to mention that Scholz refuses to cooperate on some basic issues such as restricting tourist visas for Russian nationals. The US discourage the restriction as well. It is one of the avenues for which Russian can escape Putin's Russia. its also one of the avenues to circumvent sanctions by bring...
Jump to postUS Treasury has sent a letter warning Turkey about sanctions due to business with Russia. https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/us-warns-of-sanctions-against-turkey-over-russia-ties/article The secondary sanctions should probably start with one country. Since Turkey is on the edge, this could be ...
Jump to postIt would appear Trum only returned half the classified documents he had voluntarily: Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain...
Jump to postIf Belarus sends troops into Ukraine, then then can/will be construed as an act of war, and Ukraine can take retaliatory measures. Lithuania has not closed he rail link to Kaliningrad from Russia, but this also runs through Belarus. In the event of war, would this not be a legitimate target for the...
Jump to postTo Crimea, something else might have gone off; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1uJzdrJZQ https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1560341828301475840 Seems to be in the area of Kerch. A bridge, perhaps? There's been a large explosion at an ammo dump in Russia on fire, about 20km from the border. http...
Jump to postIs everyone aware here, that Ukraine is using high precise weapons with extended range beyond HIMARS in the south of Ukraine? There was the attack during daylight on the airbase in Crimea (so everyone/all tourists could see it at the beaches) with minimum three big impacts (3 big craters) in the no...
Jump to postor the one crying on Twitter because her holiday got cancelled after she filmed herself abusing Ukrainians in Salzburg. . Got a link to that? The crying bit, I have seen the Videos of her harrassing folks. Best regards Thomas I saw the video on Twitter, but now I realise "Yulia" had poste...
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1557621932429819907 On the lighter side, this is some serious trolling by the Ukrainian govt. or the one crying on Twitter because her holiday got cancelled after she filmed herself abusing Ukrainians in Salzburg. . Got a link to that? The crying bit, I ha...
Jump to postit would make the numbers more skewed to China showing how soon Taiwan will be bought back into the fold without a single shot being fired. You might want to check out the trade figures between Russia and Ukraine pre-2014. How's that peaceful reunification going? When has trade ever prevented war? ...
Jump to postSo that's how they did it, the spare parts delivery for existing Ukrainian Mig-29's also included integration kits for HARM, presumably tested on Mig-29's in the US, which would also require new and expanded electronic support measures, itself requiring trials on this fitment. Busy at Groom Lake? I...
Jump to postI was just on a "gun forum" and a few members opined that they didn't understand why the Secret Service didn't "defend" the property. They obviously don't know what their job is. Anyone who finds themselves asking "why didn't the Secret Service shoot at the FBI agents?"...
Jump to postT4thH wrote:tommy1808 wrote:johns624 wrote:
Just for information: if someone blows up the dam, you will destroy Kherson and all villages down the river.
The Russians seems to have a lack of precision munition, so they use S300 and S400 to hit populated areas. Aren't they just SAMs? yes, but SAMs with a rather large warhead (for a SAM) and apparently a command control ability to hit ground targets. This is war - The dam can be rebuilt. Yeah, with wh...
Jump to postWell, if an unborn fetus has the right to live then they have the right to ride shotgun :thumbsup: Now you want to arm the unborn with shotguns? Texas has officially gone crazy! Oh, wait... :wink2: Well, it’s texas. The unborn surely have the right to defend themselves from abortion doctors! Stand ...
Jump to postIf people can't get to jobs, and automobiles and other technology such as PC's break down, you don't see this as an issue? It is not that I don't see those as an issue. I see that sanctions have created issues for Russians but I think they have created much more severe issues for the citizens of th...
Jump to postBan the gun. It's the only solution, just like in other Western nations. The freedom from being shot is a more fundamental freedom than the freedom to own a gun. Seriously, how does one do that? They will just be replaced with illegal imported guns. The same way as other countries do: create insent...
Jump to postNo, C-130s fly too slow to refuel fast jets, and there have always been plenty of real tankers above Poland and Romania for the last few months. Marines tank F/A-18s and F-35s off of KC-130s. Both are in the area, with a KC-130 flying under the callsign "JUICYXX" on the regular. That's in...
Jump to postGay rights are next. now that may be a bit more difficult, since the supreme court just recently ruled "discrimination based on homosexuality or transgender status necessarily entails discrimination based on sex; the first cannot happen without the second.” https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...
Jump to postalberchico wrote:There have been numerous mysterious fires breaking out in Russia recently.
For far too long Democrats have naively held on to the notion that Roe was settled law How many of the current judges have confirmend Roe to be the sattled law of the land during their confirmation hearings under oath? best regards Thomas Anyway, the legal basis on which this ruling is allegedly to...
Jump to postQF7 wrote:For far too long Democrats have naively held on to the notion that Roe was settled law
An American talking about “being proactive”… we’ve seen that a lot after the end of the Cold War and it was a huge success. What #johns624 said was true, though, wasn't it? Very much so in the context of the Ukraine. We have a situation in which if this were a golf match between two players, Putin ...
Jump to postJust a thought. The Bundeswehr got the CH-53G from 1972. The CH-47 had first flight in 1961. So I'm assuming when the Bundeswehr got the -53G the -47 was also available. Anyone know why the -53G was chosen back then 50 years ago? Payload. They wanted a Helicopter that could carry Wiesel (very) ligh...
Jump to postLet me guess: you aren’t in Europe? I’m well within reach of Russian ICBMs and my country is supplying weapons (including artillery), so we are just as much a potential target as you are. Never heard of tactical nukes? If those are going to be deployed and we have an atmospheric stream from the sou...
Jump to postWell, that's not good... With its main anti tank weapon being the PARS3-LR with a 16% kill probability and no cannon they are pretty much just recon plattforms. https://www.capital.de/wirtschaft-politik/rechnungshof-ruegt-raketenkauf-der-bundeswehr-fuer-420-mio-euro (sorry, only in German). best re...
Jump to postToday German MOD Mrs Lambrecht stated in the Bundestag debate regarding the 100 Billion package that currently only 9 Tiger out of 51 are Operational. Source: I Listened to the debate. Well, that's not good... With its main anti tank weapon being the PARS3-LR with a 16% kill probability and no cann...
Jump to postUnless most of it goes on consultants. you can only sink a couple of hundred million for those. Problem is a 12.000 staff position procurement system (much to much) with almost 3000 open slots that combinded have quite efficently prevented anything from happening in the last 20 years. Almost everyt...
Jump to post#Chinese manufacturer of video equipment and drones DJI suspends operations in #Russia. https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1518991489459789831 So the first signs that the Chinese will abandon Russia in concern over western repercussions? you mean collapsing Smartphone exports to Russia and collaps...
Jump to post“..which it will not.” I admire your enormous positivism, or is it just wishful thinking? Russia’s nuclear doctrine is called “escalate to de-escalate”, I suggest you read this article which also underlines the “why” of this doctrine. https://globalsecurityreview.com/nuclear-de-escalation-russias-d...
Jump to postI never heard a reason for not delivering those aircraft. They would have really helped Ukraine. The primary reason is the unfounded fear that Russia will go nuclear, which it will not. Time to call Putin's bluff. Otherwise, when/how will this madness stop? :?: “..which it will not.” I admire your ...
Jump to postWill the A330Neo see better or worse sales prospects? I guess it is going to be neutral, given that they won´t get the aircraft right now and a couple of years out .... Was it thin enough to add another seat? If not, then not really worth it Nine is already possible, so yes extra width will help. N...
Jump to postWhat I don't understand is why Polish Mig-29s converted to NATO weapons are not being delivered to Ukraine. Because those don´t exist? They are modernized, but still use the same USSR weapons and modernisation is just cockpit systems, navs, coms. Which has the side effect that Ukrainian Pilots with...
Jump to postFrancoflier wrote:An influx of spare parts has allowed them to return 20 aircraft to service, although we don't know which type(s)..
The criticism is absolutely justified. Even as a German, I don't understand Scholz's girlish behavior. For weeks he's been hustling around like a foolish wannabe who would rather protect his former party comrades like Schröder or Gabriel etc than defenseless Ukrainian civilians with more and more f...
Jump to postIn 1997, I talked with a german fighter pilot who flew both the F4 and the Mig 29. He was not really Impressed with the Mig29, especially the radar.. In testing it still flew circles around anything NATO had with only the F-15 being able to barely keep up. The not so great radar led to uniqe tactic...
Jump to postI also get the impression that Scholz is trying to out-Merkel Merkel and keep his head down, do nothing and hope the problem goes away by itself. He hasn't been the most visible Chancellor since he was elected. His ministers are making more news (good and bad) than he is. I guess my early criticism...
Jump to postIt seems that A359 at 253 pax SQ configuration can fly SIN - NYC mission. Assumption: 1. MTOW : 280T 2. OEW (lets define OEW here as MEW + cabin equipment + water + crew + food) : 140T 3. Fuel consumption: 5.84T per hour 4. Mass per pax : 100kg 5. Worse case NYC - SIN duration (including taxi): 19 ...
Jump to postRumours are that this radar can see any stealth aircraft and the RCS is meaningless to it. https://www.hensoldt.net/products/radar-iff-and-datalink/twinvis-passive-radar/ The bit I get is that being passive is an advantage: The system uses existing electromagnetic energy from radio- and TV-broadcas...
Jump to postMassacre/warcrimes of Bucha. Seems the BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst), so the German "Federal Intelligence Service", has collected radio messages of the Russian army, which could be even connected to single cases in Bucha/corpse in Bucha, now after the Russian army has left, found. https:/...
Jump to postIf I recall correctly, India have stronger ties with Russia in term of defense sector than with the US, so if they are forced to pick one side, it risk pushing them toward Russian. They do however install lots of titbits from western countries onto their russian supplied weapons that all fall under...
Jump to postComment from China's Global Times on what they call the "Bucha incident" https://weibo.com/3214158792/Ln5V9iE9H?pagetype=profilefeed I think it is amazing how they can go without denying the tragedy yet still condemn a third country over the mass murder. Disgusting! „ the U.S., the initia...
Jump to postWell it seems that Israel has finally realised that keeping quiet is the wrong thing to do and the Israeli foreign minister is calling war crimes https://mobile.twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1511359243051581450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511365215623200769%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwc...
Jump to postTyphoon's equipped with Meteor's and ASRAAM's would be good Yes, those would be a force to be reckoned with as well but how easily can they be acquired and at what price? Since Russia will be paying for them by a combination of their frozen assets and probably penal tariffs in their exports I don't...
Jump to postAll the data I see from a Google search shows their range as 25mi / 40km and the whole missile only weighs 50lbs, so the warhead can't be much more than about 5lbs, although it is a shaped charge. It can cruise at 70 mph for 40 minutes. So the 40 km range includes some loiter time. If you are targe...
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