buffnut453
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Alas, silos are apt to be not very mobile which makes them easy to target.
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However, we is the West have the good sense to pack even our cold start missiles in Silos capable of containing the motor cooking off, and a deluge system to stop the warhead cooking off.
The Turks have to tighten up their security of the Black Sea.OMFG! The Stupidity! IT BURNS!
Looking at the first video the Russians seem to be using impressed civilian vans and trucks.Videos from Mariupol from Azov battalion. First two appeared on YouTube today/yesterday, third
little over a week
Russian forces have not been able to "stamp out resistance" in Mariupol, despite several "indiscriminate" attacks, which is "indicative of their failure to achieve their aims as quickly as they would like," it added."Russia's ability to progress continues to be impacted by the environmental, logistical and technical challenges that have beset them so far, combined with the resilience of the highly-motivated Ukrainian armed forces," the UK Ministry of Defence tweeted.
I'm not familiar with the Brimstone missile but it sure has a descriptive name.
it was tested in both vehicle and naval versions, mounted on tracked chassis was part of the proposal in vehicle missile tank destroyer competition for Polish land forcesIt's a pretty good piece of kit. Made by MBDA:
Its "fire and forget" nature make it well-suited to "shoot and scoot" tactics. However, I'm a bit nervous about the idea of bolting an air-launched missile onto a ground vehicle. I guess the proof of the pudding will be in the number of targets successfully struck.
From the wiki article "In combat, Brimstone has demonstrated accuracy and reliability "both well above 90 percent" according to the MoD; Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton has said that 98.3% to 98.7% of Brimstone fired in Libya "did exactly what we expected"." Just to note that Steve Dalton was one of two CO's I had when I was on 13 Sqn...the other was Glenn Torpy who preceded Dalton as Chief of the Air Staff.
I've seen this idiot's FB page - the crap she posts is beyond the fringe of reality.OMFG! The Stupidity! IT BURNS!
Second offensive (at least the initial stage) seems to be underway, with attacks southwards and southwest from Izyum, northwards from Donetsk City and West from Rubizhne. Total width of the front is reportedly 350 to 400 km, although obviously concentrated around a few key axes.
According to several reports, Russia is concentrating much greater numbers of fixed artillery assets to support these attacks than it did with its first offensive phase. And using far fewer PGMs.
What it has not done though is to substantially rest and refit troops that it has repositioned from the failed encirclement of Kyiv. Troops are still being fed piecemeal into the lines, rather than being reformed and brought fully back up to strength. Interesting choice - suggests to me that time is an important factor to the Russians.
I'd suggest significant Russian territorial advances are inevitable. I don't think we'll see the rapid but narrow advance with armour and light forces of the phase in February and early March. Instead, I suggest this will be much more of a steady grind, taking small chunks of territory, eliminating a portion of the defense, then resetting and going forward again. What will be most telling will the Russian capacity to sustain and support advances over the coming weeks.
Ukrainian defense so far has appeared to be fairly flexible - willing to cede ground, provided it can do so at significant cost to the attackers. Ukrainian capability to disrupt Russian lines of supply will probably be just as vital as in the first phase, if not more so. A wide push like this could fall apart if one of the elements is stymied from lack of resupply.
Personally, I don't want my silos wandering about my ship.
Ok...this one's a peach:
A Russian tycoon has blasted Moscow's "massacre" in Ukraine and called on the West to end the "insane war", in a profanity-laced Instagram post.
"I don't see a SINGLE beneficiary of this insane war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying," wrote Oleg Tinkov, 54, in Russian.
According to him, "90%" of his fellow Russians are also against this war. The remaining 10% "are morons" he said.
Tinkov, one of Russia's most well-known entrepreneurs, founded Tinkoff Bank in 2006.
On Instagram he added: "Waking up with a hangover, the generals realised that they have a shit army.
"And how will the army be good, if everything else in the country is shit and mired in nepotism, sycophancy and servility?"
Before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Tinkov's wealth had been estimated at more than $4.4bn (£3.4bn).
But he has since lost his billionaire status as shares in his bank have plummeted, Forbes reported last month.
In a statement, Tinkoff Bank said it would not comment on the "private opinion" of its founder, saying he no longer makes decisions for the brand.
Ahh, but Polonium tea can find you anywhere...I am thinking that Tinkov is not intending to go back to Russia anytime soon - at least not until Putin has been neutered or removed.
Personally, I don't want my silos wandering about my ship.
Information!We talking corn or wheat?