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I gotta say the Ukranians have consistently impressed me with their creativity in combatting Russia.
An insightful and rather sobering clip from Simon and the WarFronts team. Thanks for posting!
I once suggested a fine maze net fired in direction of drone. Since drones have a perticular sound pitch and a signal trace this could be done quite accurate.
Nets are very very cheap. So you can use a lot. And retrieve.
I call my system Spiderman.
Like what? In Russia we have a former KGB installed as president for life, where the media is controlled by a ministry of truth, where the people are encouraged to denounce one another, where the secret police keeps everyone in fear, where there are no constitutional rights or freedoms, where the military suffers purges, corruption and relies on suicidal meat waves of conscripted citizens and prisoners, where production and wealth is controlled by the president's inner circle, which is itself purged through windows at the whim of dear leader. This sounds more and more like the soviets under Stalin. The only difference is that today's Russia is economically, demographically and increasingly militarily hobbled.The are not soviets. They are russian. That a whole lot of difference. A whole lot.
Size in all fields.Like what? In Russia we have a former KGB installed as president for life, where the media is controlled by a ministry of truth, where the people are encouraged to denounce one another, where the secret police keeps everyone in fear, where there are no constitutional rights or freedoms, where the military suffers purges, corruption and relies on suicidal meat waves of conscripted citizens and prisoners, where production and wealth is controlled by the president's inner circle, which is itself purged through windows at the whim of dear leader. This sounds more and more like the soviets under Stalin. The only difference is that today's Russia is economically, demographically and increasingly militarily hobbled.
All the players in NATO vs. Moscow (USSR/CIS/Russia) have reduced the size of their forces, though the Poles are rocking it now. Today's Russian, US, German, British, etc. militaries are a tiny fraction of their size during the height of the Cold War. Let's compare the US military from 1985 to 2024, courtesy of (or responsible for any inaccuracies) ChatGPT.Size in all fields.
Is that chart supposed to be for all of NATO's assets, because the U.S. Navy currently has 71 active submarines and 11 Carriers in service.All the players in NATO vs. Moscow (USSR/CIS/Russia) have reduced the size of their forces, though the Poles are rocking it now. Today's Russian, US, German, British, etc. militaries are a tiny fraction of their size during the height of the Cold War. Let's compare the US military from 1985 to 2024, courtesy of (or responsible for any inaccuracies) ChatGPT.
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Not sure about any law, but currently, the USN has 11 fleet carriers in active service, 1 ready to enter service (CVN- 79), two under construction and 2 on order.Are you sure about the aircraft carrier numbers? I am under the impression that the U.S. is required, by law, to have 11 carriers. I don't know how ships under refit, re-provisioning, etc, would affect that number.