Admiral Beez
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Has Ukraine claimed that?
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Has Ukraine claimed that?The Ukrainians have already struck Russia.
Has Ukraine claimed that?
Belgorad but Ukraine maintains that it might have been Heaven acting in mysterious ways.
If there's one thing this Russo-Ukraine War is telling us is that the dominant era of the MANPADS and MANPATS has arrived. Every infantry man is capable of carrying a relatively lightweight simple to use weapon that can kill anything that flies or rolls past.Interesting info on the use of the Stinger MANPADS by the Afghan Mujahideen vs the Russians.
The old FB111 was supposedly immune to MANPADS when in TFR mode, "hard ride", mach .95, <200 AGL. By the time the IR seeker was initialized, the jet was too far away and going too fast for the missile to catch with its available fuel. Reportedly (by the the target pilot) confirmed by live test with an "emasculated" Stinger.If the aircraft is hugging the ground then you may well have under ten seconds from first indication that it it coming until it has passed you.
Yes. And an article yesterday published inside Russia revealed that, had Zelenskyy not listened to bad counsel from Boris Johnson back in March, if he had continued bargaining in Turkey rather than withdrawing, he might have saved all but the two Donbass republics. Now he will be forced to pay a much steeper price in negotiations and, the longer Kiev holds out, the higher the price to be paid. The notion foisted on Zelenskyy by Johnson about Wuderwaffen saving Ukraine was crackpot from the get go.Have the Ukrainians lost Severodonetsk?
Had Zelensky negotiated back in March, giving away stolen territory, it would have encouraged Russia even further.Yes. And an article yesterday published inside Russia revealed that, had Zelenskyy not listened to bad counsel from Boris Johnson back in March, if he had continued bargaining in Turkey rather than withdrawing, he might have saved all but the two Donbass republics. Now he will be forced to pay a much steeper price in negotiations and, the longer Kiev holds out, the higher the price to be paid. The notion foisted on Zelenskyy by Johnson about Wuderwaffen saving Ukraine was crackpot from the get go.
Yes. And an article yesterday published inside Russia revealed that, had Zelenskyy not listened to bad counsel from Boris Johnson back in March, if he had continued bargaining in Turkey rather than withdrawing, he might have saved all but the two Donbass republics. Now he will be forced to pay a much steeper price in negotiations and, the longer Kiev holds out, the higher the price to be paid. The notion foisted on Zelenskyy by Johnson about Wuderwaffen saving Ukraine was crackpot from the get go.