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You don't need a fleet of icebreakers in the Suez Canal.Vladimir Putin is betting big on developing a viable alternative to the Suez Canal
For the past decade, Vladimir Putin has been quietly pursuing his goal of transforming Russia's frozen northern coast into a global shipping hub to rival the Suez canal. It's a bet that appears to be paying off at a key moment.www.abc.net.au
Whatever Ukraine does, it will be unexpected.
Bakhmut = Stalingrad v2.0
In WWII, the Germans could have surrounded and bypassed Stalingrad during their offensive, but no, Hitler had to have Stalin's namesake, so it became a meat grinder that not only consumed an appalling amount of time, men and material (not to mention the best of the Luftwaffe's flight school instructors), but allowed the Red Army a reprieve across the front to rebuild and reinforce their armies while the German army was bottled up in one spot.
Once again, history repeats itself...
Remember also that the Ukrainians already rejected A-10s - see below for one example of reporting from last year:
Ukraine Official Says Country Doesn't Want Old American A-10s
Yuriy Sak -- an adviser to Ukraine's minister of defense -- says country needs the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet.www.military.com
Too bad the F-22 production line didn't suffer the same fate, in the inverse, with USAF fan boys blocking politicians attempts to shut it down.Because politicians encouraged by fan boys keep blocking USAF attempts to retire it.
Remember this?Vladimir Putin is betting big on developing a viable alternative to the Suez Canal
For the past decade, Vladimir Putin has been quietly pursuing his goal of transforming Russia's frozen northern coast into a global shipping hub to rival the Suez canal. It's a bet that appears to be paying off at a key moment.www.abc.net.au
We have some powerful EW assets that should render air defense systems either ineffective or degraded.BFM & AIM-9s won't help against either a modern SAM system or a fighter using appropriate tactics and weapons to pick off from afar. Real life is not Hollywood when it comes to war.
The Battle for Bakhmut seems to be cristal clear for everybody except Rusia.KYIV, March 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine has decided to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle there is pinning down Russia's best units and degrading them ahead of a planned Ukrainian spring counter-offensive, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
The comments, by Mykhailo Podolyak, were the latest signal of a shift by Kyiv this week to continue the defence of the small eastern city, site of the war's bloodiest battle as Moscow tries to secure its first victory in more than half a year.
"Russia has changed tactics," Podolyak said in an interview published by Italy's La Stampa newspaper. "It has converged on Bakhmut with a large part of its trained military personnel, the remnants of its professional army, as well as the private companies."
"We, therefore, have two objectives: to reduce their capable personnel as much as possible, and to fix them in a few key wearisome battles, to disrupt their offensive and concentrate our resources elsewhere, for the spring counter-offensive. So, today Bakhmut is completely effective, even exceeding its key tasks."
Ukraine says Bakhmut battle is grinding down Russia's best units
Ukraine has decided to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle is pinning down Russia's best units and degrading them ahead of a planned Ukrainian spring counter-offensive, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.www.reuters.com
It's Stalingrad all over again. There was no reason for Paulus to ignore his flanks and the greater missionThe Battle for Bakhmut seems to be cristal clear for everybody except Rusia.
Putin knows something that nobody else know or have some secret purpose in it cos such a fixation is insane.
The Battle for Bakhmut seems to be cristal clear for everybody except Rusia.
They keep falling out of windows.
Guderian blamed the Hungarian Army for not performing their plan.It's Stalingrad all over again. There was no reason for Paulus to ignore his flanks and the greater mission
and grind his forces into nothingness. It's supposed to be a blitzkrieg, not a sitskreig.
Well, if India wants to saddle up to Russia, Pakistan might as well go the Western route. Sri Lanka and much of Africa have been sullied by China, so perhaps Pakistan thinks another path is better.