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Third Canadian dies in Ukraine
Gunnery training at Graf is good. Hopefully they're also doing maneuver training at Hohenfels as well. Preferably teaching their helicopters close air support as part of their combined arms tactics.It Took Just Two Weeks For One Of The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Brigades To Get American-Made M-2 Fighting Vehicles
A video purporting to depict 47th Assault Brigade troopers inside an M-2 circulated on social media on Sunday.www.forbes.com
I wonder what the ratio of AFU combat troops are outside of Ukraine training. It must be at least a thousand at a time.Gunnery training at Graf is good. Hopefully they're also doing maneuver training at Hohenfels as well. Preferably teaching their helicopters close air support as part of their combined arms tactics.
I wonder what the ratio of AFU combat troops are outside of Ukraine training. It must be at least a thousand at a time.
Operation Interflex aims to train at least 10,000, with 7,400 trained as of November 2022.
A couple days ago we where comenting about Switzerland blocking some unknown weapons from Spain
Apparently Italy and Spain want to deliver Spada 2000/Aspide 2000 air defense systems to Ukraine, but Switzerland blocks it, because one of the control panels was made by Contraves in Switzerland.
I wonder what decisions like these will d to Swiss arms and component sales.
I was thinking precisely the same thing, Thump. At what point does "neutrality" start to become favouritism to one of the combatants? If I was a major weapons system supplier, I'd be telling the Swiss Government in no uncertain terms that their legal weapons exports will in no way be constrained by a component manufacturer. Either get onboard, get out of the way, or deal with the consequences of your defence industry not getting contracts in the future.
"Microprocessor Q19 in the Tracking Radar RF switching unit, circuit board CB13 is manufactured in the USA in a fab owned by one of our Swiss companies, hence we hereby prohibit re-export of this weapon system by any country possessing it to any country engaged in active warfare. This decision is final."I wonder what decisions like these will d to Swiss arms and component sales.
MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, warned NATO on Thursday that the defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.
Striking a similar tone at what he described as an anxious time for the country, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said trying to destroy Russia would mean the end of the world.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Medvedev has repeatedly raised the threat of a nuclear apocalypse, but his admission now of the possibility of Russia's defeat indicates the level of Moscow's concern over increased Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Putin ally warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine
An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned NATO on Thursday that a defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war, while the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said the world would end if the West tried to destroy Russia.www.reuters.com
Scared folk often say stupid things. I think Putin realizes he's made a historic mistake. Russia will be defeated, and that will end Putin's regime -- and perhaps Russia as we know it today as it falls apart into breakaways and civil strife and a power struggle.
Medvedev's threats, however, won't change anything. Russia will lose, barring some incredible misfortune.