SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'm from Brooklyn. That's a classic drive-by.
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (15 Viewers)
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Is the CV-90 better than the Bradley? Is the Bradley better than the CV 90? Who cares. They're both NATO! The Russians must be less than thrilled with their own stuff.
Netherlands Joins Denmark and Sweden to Build CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Ukraine
Netherlands Joins Denmark and Sweden to Build CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Ukrainewww.armyrecognition.com
KNDS will set up shop in Ukraine to repair heavy weapons, make ammo
The company hopes to create a local subsidiary in June and hire local firms for various tasks, as Ukraine battles Russian attacks.
www.defensenews.com
Glider
Captain
There both very capable and both better than anything Russia has. To me, thats all that counts.
How smartly one uses their equipment (or not) is important as well. I am beginning to think that the Russian leadership / command and control sacrifices men below them in the food chain to keep themselves alive or appease their higher ups. The common soldier becomes nothing more than meat applied to the wood chipper. It would be interesting to get a read on morale and trust of the frontline troops.
Cheers,
Biff
I agree, and its always been that way.
Another problem the Russians have is their complete lack of a dedicated, well trained NCO Corps.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Great except notice the date they expect the aircraft to be in service - JUNE 2025
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Their leadership has always to me seemed to be of the boot-licker/face-kicker variety. The soldier on the front understands this pretty well, I think. You know when an officer/NCO cares or doesn't. Us American airmen could always smell a rat too, that shit isn't limited to Russian "leadership".
That attitude filters down the chain of command, and is most keenly felt by those on the shit-end of the stick. A good commander attends to his enlisted and NCOs as much if not more than he attends to his O-corps. After Col Sams gave us a KC-135 to fly to Illinois to bury our brother firefighter in 1990, I don't think any of us doubted his concern for our well-being.
What the Russian troops are dealing with as officers throw them into a meatgrinder cannot be good for their morale. "If they don't care about me, why should I care about anything but survival" must be something of an impetus in the rank-and-file.
Is this in anyway connected to what's going on regading naval exercises in Cuba?Holloow or real threat?
Putin Threatens To Supply Weapons To "Regions" For Retaliatory Strikes On Western Targets
The idea of giving weapons to forces that are hostile to countries that allow Ukraine to use their weapons on Russian soil was put forward by Putin today.www.twz.com
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Yes, in Putin's mind.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
It's a pretty different thing. We did try to impose our ideas about government upon Vietnam, but the cultural differences between us and any Southeast Asian nation were far greater than the cultural differences between Ukraine and Russia and we had no possibility of of "Americanizing" them -- whatever that means. America in the 60s didn't try to eradicate Vietnamese culture, but install simply a pliable government without claiming that Vietnam had always been a part of America and had no right to exist.
On the other hand, Putin's Russia is arguing that Ukraine has no historical right to exist at all. They are instituting school lessons in both Russia and Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine to that end. They're actually kidnapping Ukrainian youths, dragging them to Russia, and programming them to this aim.
That is definitively different from America's attitude in Vietnam. Of course Russia is trying to "Russianize" Ukraine against its will.
The idea that the two situations are similar is a very superficial reading of history in my opinion
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Vladimir's School Visit
Vladimir Putin in order to get on the good side of voters, goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids. He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people.
At the end of the talk there is a section for questions.
Little Sasha puts her hand up and says, "I have two questions. Why did the Russians take Crimea and why are we sending troops to Ukraine?"
Putin says, "Good questions". But just as he is about to answer, the bell goes and the kids go to lunch. When they come back, they sit down and there is room for some more questions.
Another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says "I have four questions. Why did the Russians invade Crimea? Why are we sending troops to Ukraine? Why did the lunch bell go 20 minutes early?...... and why is Sasha not at her desk?"
Vladimir Putin in order to get on the good side of voters, goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids. He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people.
At the end of the talk there is a section for questions.
Little Sasha puts her hand up and says, "I have two questions. Why did the Russians take Crimea and why are we sending troops to Ukraine?"
Putin says, "Good questions". But just as he is about to answer, the bell goes and the kids go to lunch. When they come back, they sit down and there is room for some more questions.
Another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says "I have four questions. Why did the Russians invade Crimea? Why are we sending troops to Ukraine? Why did the lunch bell go 20 minutes early?...... and why is Sasha not at her desk?"
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
- 1,872
- Feb 27, 2020
An ukranian attack on Luhansk and a bunch of other news and vida, some of them already posted:
www.twz.com
Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Fly Over Deadly ATACMS Missile Strike In Luhansk
Missiles pounded a large complex in the city of Luhansk that Ukraine says was used by the Russian military, Russia says it was civilian.
www.twz.com
Here's an interesting disinformation tactic the Russians sometimes use: They don't necessarily directly say they'll use nukes, they instead create a narrative that if an event they don't want to happen happens, it would mean nuclear war with Russia. The idea of course is to scare citizens into fearing nuclear war and lean on their government to not do that.
Of course this makes it very difficult to determine the actual threat level, but it's something they've done before at least a few times.
Of course this makes it very difficult to determine the actual threat level, but it's something they've done before at least a few times.
It's a definite tactic to do so as then speeches can be given at the UN which come across as
"It's not us - we are trying to free (insert invaded area here) but others are the bad guys because
they don't want people to be freed. We are doing the right thing here and being victimised by the
nasty capitalists ". Yadda yadda etc etc.... let's have a vote.....
