"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

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"It is not for Russia to tell us how we should help Ukraine in the coming months or years," Séjourné said at a meeting chaired by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and attended by his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba. "It is not for Russia to organize how we deploy our actions, or to set red lines. So we decide it among us."
 
It was delightful to watch a government hearing behaving so civilly.
 
I think the Pope needs to go back to seminary school.

Yes, it is noble to be passive on a personal level, but not on a national scale where millions of innocent people currently face (or have faced) genocide.

The Old Aramaic custom of turning the other cheek has become watered down over the millinea.
The custom is: turn the other cheek after an affront. This allows the other person to walk away with their ego intact, since they already got in a free bitch-slap.

However, if they go for that second cheek, then the fight is on.

Putin is learning about messing with the turned cheek.
 
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The Yom Kippur war was in 1973. First use of the Sagger was in Vietnam in 1972(I think).

The remote controller location idea was developed as a response to the Royal Army taking notice of their previous ATGMs's obvious launch signatures and easily traceable smoke trails.

The Vigilant ATGM (isd early-1960s) - had a remote controller location capability (upto 60 meters away) and 20° angle-off LOS, but did not have the ability to fire from behind cover like the later Swingfire. During tests and operational exercises with the Vigilant it was noted that the remote controller location made it significantly more difficult to neutralize/defeat the system.

The development and design concepts for the Swingfire were pretty much solid by the mid-1960s (years before the first use of the Sagger in Vietnam or the Yom Kippur war) including the ability to be controlled from a location separated from the launcher - initial production cold be separated by upto 100 meters with upto 45° angle-off LOS, and with the launcher in a hull down position. This was later expanded to upto 150 meters separation and upto 90° angle-off LOS. The Swingfire saw limited service in trials units with the British Army from 1966(I think), with service acceptance in 1970(I think).
 

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