vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
In honor (or honouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur for our UK friends) of post 1,957 my son just sent me this:
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."
- Thread starter XBe02Drvr
- Start date
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
Admiral Beez
Major
Looking at the news now, it seems the US was not informed of Poland's plan? Janes says Poland has less than thirty MiG-29s. Will they make much of a difference? Where would they fly from? Makeshift highway Runways?"Poland said on Tuesday that it was ready to deploy — immediately and free of charge — all their MiG-29 fighter jets to the US Air Force's Rammstein Air Base in Germany and place them at the disposal of Washington to provide them to Ukraine..."
Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine
Russia has proposed a new ceasefire starting 10 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday (or 2 a.m. ET) in five Ukrainian cities. Ukraine has yet to formally agree to the proposal. Follow here for live news updates from on the ground in Ukraine.edition.cnn.com
Admiral Beez
Major
This reminded me of the Germans training civilians on the Panzerfaust in 1945.
Panzerfaust, A Valuable Anti-Tank Weapon
A look at the German World War II anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust, Panzerschreck, and Faustpatrone.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
The article I read about the Polish Migs stated the US had agreed to backfill them with F-16s so I'd think they'd had to know.
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
- 4,004
- Jun 25, 2013
A promise Ukraine doesn't join NATO. The trouble with that is that he already violated a Russian promise to honor Ukraine's territorial integrity, so he can't be trusted to honor anything he signs.
Glider
Captain
I think the best that Putin can go for is a recognition that the area in the Crimea and two areas held at the start remain in Russian control. Realistically the Ukrainian Army don't have the power to attack Russian forces in a pitched battle where the Russian army is dug in.
Agreed, but Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO after this.
Last edited:
Umm...has the CIA showed up with wads of cash and stinger missiles. Western Ukraine is very mountainous as well. Are we staging Afghanistan Part II: The European Theater.
Do you have any further information if we (Canadians) will bring Poutine to the States as well? Because in France some restaurants have been threatened for having Poutine on their menus.
Afghanistan was like 90% high grounds (hills, mountains). Carpatian mountains account for how much, 5%+- of Ukraine? If Putin holds the plains, Carpatians don't matter.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Virtually every nation in Europe has contingency plans for using road/highways as interim aistrips and dispersal.
Germany was the master of it in WWII and the lesson was not lost in later years.
When I was in Bulgaria back in 2012, the Bulgarian Air Force was conducting exercises along these lines near Plovdiv. Was cool to see, too.
It was a cold war strategy in Germany, and still is today.
Poutine is awesome, but to prevent wackos from boycotting French restaurants they may have to rename them Kyiv Potatoes or Ukraine Fries.
The funniest think about the Wikipedia entry:
This article is about the dish of french fries, cheese curds and gravy. For the Acadian dish of boiled potato dumplings, see Poutine râpée. For the president of Russia, see Vladimir Putin.
Poutine is awesome, but to prevent wackos from boycotting French restaurants they may have to rename them Kyiv Potatoes or Ukraine Fries.
The funniest think about the Wikipedia entry:
This article is about the dish of french fries, cheese curds and gravy. For the Acadian dish of boiled potato dumplings, see Poutine râpée. For the president of Russia, see Vladimir Putin.
Freedom Fries damnit! Get it right!
Man, we do some ridiculous things sometimes…
Last edited:
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
If I remember right, Dominik posted pics of Polish aircraft doing the same in Poland, in his photo thread.
buffnut453
Captain
Interesting...that ain't no tank. It's an SA-15 TELAR. That's a spendy piece of kit to "lose".
Last edited:
Crimea_River
Marshal
Wouldn't that put a feather in Putin's cap? One of his demands before invading, and one that he continues to make, is that Ukraine must never be allowed to join NATO. The west has so far been very careful to not rule out Ukraine joining so why would agree now?
