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Smells like a false flag to me. Excuse to drag heels in negotiations.
Picking an electronically silent NOE helicopter out of the ground clutter from a high flying AWACS is a pretty tall order, even for an alert and motivated operator. A tired, bored, frustrated operator who hasn't seen any aerial actitivity in a couple weeks of midwatches is not that paragon of efficiency at 5 AM, especially if his world has been too noisy to facilitate daytime sleep.at the end of the day Russia is admitting that its defences are ineffective. They are supposed to have AWAC's and complete control of the air, and now have admitted that the Ukraine can strike from the air, more or less at will, anywhere in the Ukraine and now over Russia itself.
What about the "Sniper Cat" in the previous video? My kind of loyal companion. Wish Onyx and Ebony were that blasé about gunfire!Now we have the answer to the age-old question, "Who's a good dog?"
'Cause that's my kinda dog, right there.
That is why I keep repeating and repeating and repeating that economical sanctions are the presently only valid means to cripple Putin's ambitions. Independently of arming the Ukraine to it's teeth, and not fantasizing about possible theoretical military actions by NATO endorsed by the UN.
To be fair, China's kit is mostly knockoffs of Russian kit, so China vs. India is pretty much an equal fight of sh#t weaponry.
To be sure, yet the Vietnamese would like to remind you that last war the Chinese fought in 1979 was easily as big a disaster for China and the PLA.It would be foolish to underestimate the Chinese in any military scenario. I doubt sincerely they would act as ineffectively as the Russian armed forces has in Ukraine. One thing is for certain, like Western analysts, the Chinese military observers will be watching this action very carefully and they will put the lessons learned into practise in any conflict.
To be sure, yet the Vietnamese would like to remind you that last war the Chinese fought in 1979 was easily as big a disaster for China and the PLA.
It's the only real experience they had in that time frame unless the rumors of near civil war in the PLA before the crushing of Tiananmen Square are true. So, you have to bear it in mind. Perhaps the modern PLA is better, perhaps not. We certainly did not expect the modern Russian army to so utterly underperform the disastrously poor Red Army of Afghanistan after all.Surely you can't be judging a country's military capability by its last loss over 40 years ago? Really?
Perhaps the modern PLA is better, perhaps not. We certainly did not expect the modern Russian army to so utterly underperform the disastrously poor Red Army of Afghanistan after all.
Whoop! There goes Ukraine's support from the environmentalists.Noice:
Whoop! There goes Ukraine's support from the environmentalists.
About what you would expect from this source, WOW she has been drinking the KoolaidVoices from the alternate universe...
BBC News - HARDtalk, Maria Butina, Member of Russia’s State Duma
Stephen Sackur speaks to pro-Putin member of Russia’s State Duma Maria Butina.www.bbc.co.uk
If can't open it here's the podcast version: BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Maria Butina: What is Russia achieving in Ukraine?
About what you would expect from this source, WOW she has been drinking the Koolaid