"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (31 Viewers)

RogerdeLluria said:
Speaking of 155 mm shells. It seems that production has ramped everywhere.
I recently run on this info about the Spanish ammo factory FMG (Fabrica de Municiones de Granada). Apparently they have its 155 mm ammo line running at 100% capacity (including night shifts) for at least 2023 and 2024. (autotranslated from Spanish)

www-infodefensa-com.translate.goog

FMG produce munición de 155 mm al 100% de su capacidad

En clave nacional, la empresa, la única que fabrica en España munición de carro de combate, tiene previsto presentarse al concurso de proyectiles de 120 mm que el Ministerio de Defensa ...
www-infodefensa-com.translate.goog www-infodefensa-com.translate.goog
www-granadahoy-com.translate.goog

La Fábrica de Municiones de Granada aumenta su carga de trabajo en el último año

Actualmente en estas instalaciones se produce munición de artillería, pólvoras de guerra para calibres medios y cargas especiales
www-granadahoy-com.translate.goog www-granadahoy-com.translate.goog

As a curious historical note, FMG is one of the oldest ammo factories in the world. It reportedly had its origin in a powder factory set in the Kingdom of Granada during the XIV century, almost 700 years ago.
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Not to be confused with "FNG".
 
Snowman said:
Just trying to understand why things are going this way.
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The explanation given above, that timidity about the concern of nuclear war is slowing the supply of arms, is probably close to the heart of the matter.
 
Thumpalumpacus said:
The explanation given above, that timidity about the concern of nuclear war is slowing the supply of arms, is probably close to the heart of the matter.
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Or, perhaps, how to provide arms quickly without overly denuding NATO front-line forces? It's quite a balancing act. Sending more shells and bombs is pretty easy. Sending systems to deliver those shells and bombs is more problematic.
 
buffnut453 said:
Or, perhaps, how to provide arms quickly without overly denuding NATO front-line forces? It's quite a balancing act. Sending more shells and bombs is pretty easy. Sending systems to deliver those shells and bombs is more problematic.
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Sending some shells and bombs is the easy part. Sending them in numbers that can make a difference is the hard part.

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Right now the west has a production bottleneck on shells (see for example my previous post "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.")
 

View: https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1633439174496796672
 
RogerdeLluria said:
Protests continue in Georgia.

View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1633483624950505473

View: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1633240499145277440
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I liked all of this but the sign held up by one protestor caught my eye. Fear isn't a reason to stop fighting. For politicians of all countries it should be Fear isn't a reason to stop making bold decisions.
Many Ukrainians of all ages and roles are paying in blood like the young lady in the most recent video. At the end of the day the countries supporting Ukraine have only money to lose.
 
The Georgian government has become more pro-Kremlin recently, but the vast majority of Georgians are pro-west, which is one of the reasons for the protests.

The Georgian government is (or is about to) pass a Russian style law that limits foreign business.

Such a law would not be compatible with EU membership.
 
GrauGeist said:
The Georgian government has become more pro-Kremlin recently, but the vast majority of Georgians are pro-west,
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That's the exact same disconnect between the governed and government that led to the Maidan Revolution and Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to flee to Russia. However in Georgia's case the president is firmly in the EU camp and has promised to veto the pro-Russian bill.
 
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GrauGeist said:
It's interesting that the Georgian Government has been relatively "western" until all of a sudden (like within the past year), they start leaning toward Moscow.
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The arrival of a quarter million Russians from Sept 2022 onwards might have influenced things.
 
The crazy "parallel world" continues. Russia launches missile strikes against Ukrainian cities. According to Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear energy company, a strike destroyed the last electrical grid connection between Ukraine and the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant...and Russia calls the loss of electricity to the plant "a provocation."

www.bbc.com

Ukraine war: Russian air strikes hit cities across country

The electrical power supply at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been lost after a strike.
www.bbc.com
 
It's typical. All the Russia-made abominations are always somebody's provocations.
 
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