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If it's intact perhaps Makarov will be sailed out for VE Day tomorrow.I'm still perplexed at the lack of "Na-na, na-na-nah!" from Moscow that I'd fully expect if all was well with that ship.
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If it's intact perhaps Makarov will be sailed out for VE Day tomorrow.I'm still perplexed at the lack of "Na-na, na-na-nah!" from Moscow that I'd fully expect if all was well with that ship.
I'm still perplexed at the lack of "Na-na, na-na-nah!" from Moscow that I'd fully expect if all was well with that ship. The sheer lack of any information for 2 days now is frustrating to say the least.
Maybe it's time for the US (or Ukraine) to issue Ukraine war bonds to help pay for this stuff? The flood of free arms can't be limitless without stressing the US government and economy.Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said on Sunday that his company would nearly double production of their javelin missiles as the U.S. has sent hundreds of the weapons to aid Ukraine's resistance to Russia's invasion.
"Right now, our capacity is 2,100 Javelin missiles per year. We're endeavoring to take that up to 4,000 per year, and that will take a number of months, maybe even a couple of years to get there because we have to get our supply chain to also crank up," Taiclet said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"We're starting now to ramp it up because we have an active production line right now that the president saw," he added, referencing President Biden's recent trip to a Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Ala.
"So we can start turning up the heat now and- and ramping the production immediately because of those circumstances," he also said.
Taiclet said the war in Ukraine has "highlighted a couple of really important things for us," including the "need to have superior systems in large enough numbers" to meet demand and "control of the airspace."
The U.S. government has been looking to defense contractors to backfill the military's supply of weapons so the U.S. can continue to ensure Ukraine can defend itself against Moscow's forces.
Last week, the Pentagon moved $1.45 billion to the Army and Marine Corps to restock Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.
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Lockheed Martin to ramp up javelin missile production amid Ukraine war
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said on Sunday that his company would nearly double production of their javelin missiles as the U.S. has sent hundreds of the weapons to aid Ukraine’s resistan…thehill.com
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Plus France Engeland Germany Holland Belgium etc etc.Maybe it's time for the US (or Ukraine) to issue Ukraine war bonds to help pay for this stuff? The flood of free arms can't be limitless without stressing the US government and economy.
Maybe it's time for the US (or Ukraine) to issue Ukraine war bonds to help pay for this stuff?
The flood of free arms can't be limitless without stressing the US government and economy.
Good info, thanks for posting. I see that Canada is the highest non-European contributor as a % of GDP. It's good to see our little (by pop) country of <38 million folks doing our part.Plus the UK has committed around USD2.2 billion and Canada has committed about USD2.1 billion.
Also funny that Russia is having the May day parade whilst conveniently missing the fact that the victory was gained by the USSR.
This included Georgia and of course, Ukraine.
Oil and coal yes, but we're not seeing any significant non-seasonal slowdown in the EU's gas purchases from Russia. This is simply because due to the EU's decision to tie themselves to Russia there is no ready alternative. How will Europe heat their homes and businesses next autumn/winter and generate electricity otherwise?Besides the economic cost of direct help (either humanitaraian or military), it is important to note that EU countries are making an extra economic effort to progressively reduce dependency on Russian coal, oil and gas.
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russian ambassador and his men in Warszawa today - peoples have not joined to him in celebration - at least not as he expected. And this is just red paint not blood.
Maybe the same storm that sink the Moskva?Best laugh of the day, apart from the words coming out of Putin's mouth, was the excuse for the absence of the flypast during the Victory Day parade. Apparently, the flypast was cancelled due to weather conditions. Here's the BBC's report with that clown Peskov making the claim:
Ahead of Victory Day, Russia's air force was busy rehearsing over Red Square, including in Z formation - the motif of the military invasion of Ukraine.
Now we hear from Russian news agencies that the air display part of the parade has been cancelled. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, blamed it on the weather conditions.
I'm not the most experienced person on the forum but, with the possible exception of the last image, all I'm seeing weather-wise is sunshine and some broken cumulus (all photos from the BBC). That's hardly grounds for cancelling a flypast in my book. If Russian pilots can't perform a flypast in these conditions, no wonder they're sucking at operational flying!
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