Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
I think it better to simply put a couple of boomers east of Norway with orders to be occasionally detectable. They could cover anything from Minsk to Moscow and beyond, and the message would be clear.
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I think it better to simply put a couple of boomers east of Norway with orders to be occasionally detectable. They could cover anything from Minsk to Moscow and beyond, and the message would be clear.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I bet the arrival of several B-2 bombers into key locations in the region would also send a message.
Glider
Major
Does anyone seriously think for a moment, that Putin would let Belarus have the launch codes or even access to live nuclear weapons. Not a chance
Russia trains Belarusian pilots in nuclear weapons use
The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus would put them closer to potential targets in Ukraine and NATO members in Europe.www.defensenews.com
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
I bet the buildings in Moscow sprout asparagus mos' rickey-tick.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Agreed, this move is not to make them a launch platform, but to make them hostages.
A tac nuke launch from Belarus into Ukraine would initiate some complex diplomatic and strategic issues...
Ukraine isn't NATO. Belarus isn't Warsaw Pact / USSR. It is, even if only nominally, an independent state.
Putin is keeping his nuclear option on his doorstep, but outside the homestead. Belarus is clearly expendable. Its a highly destabilising move, so he's playing his brinksman / unpredictability card again.
What If question: Ukraine was the home of the USSR military industrial manufacturing industry until its breakup. It also has multiple nuclear power stations and 15 reactors. It is currently in a war of existential survival against what is in reality a dictatorship in which opponents serve long prison sentences, get cancer, fall out of windows, eat pollonium sandwiches or get poisoned by Russian chemical weponry completely cooincidentally in the same week proven agents take a sabbatical to visit the Cathedral in their city.
Could they have cobbled together enough 235 to make a couple of simple 'gun type' nuclear weapons as a last resort, even if they are to be merely announced as 'a fleet in being'?
Israel, South Africa, Pakistan and India and North Korea all managed it....
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Last question first, of course they could. Making a fission bomb is in essence a matter of removing control-rods and increasing fission masses while keeping them separate until the fusing sends them crashing together.
Putin doesn't really have a nuclear option, though. Of course he could, and in the meantime bring down nuclear rain upon the legacy he is striving so hard to cement. But he won't, because the first casualty will be his dream of being the Russian savior.
I stand by my point, that this is offering up a foreign population as hostages in a brinksmanship game he will not be willing to finish. Best answer, to my mind, is publish satellite photos of nukes in place and saying that if launches occur from here launches will also land there. This move of Putin's offers NATO a wedge to separate Lukashenko from Putin without firing a shot.
Escuadrilla Azul
Master Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
The destination for the russian T-90 stranded in a gas station seems to be an US Army test center, coming from the polish port of Gdydina.
Why not bring it to the USA by air? Safer, quickier and more discreet. Sure a C-17 could haul a T-90:
www.thedrive.com
Why not bring it to the USA by air? Safer, quickier and more discreet. Sure a C-17 could haul a T-90:
Destination Of Russian T-90 Tank Left At Truck Stop Comes Into Focus
The Russian T-90A tank taken off the battlefield in Ukraine appears to be headed to the Aberdeen Test Center.
www.thedrive.com
ThomasP
Chief Master Sergeant
The T-90 is just one piece of Russian equipment brought to the US recently.
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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- Jun 25, 2013
Into the complex world of diplomacy and domestic politics: both Hungary and Poland (see EU says unilateral trade action unacceptable after Poland, Hungary ban Ukraine grain, food imports and Hungary Joins Poland in Banning Grain Imports From Ukraine) have banned food imports from Ukraine, with Poland also banning transit of Ukrainian foodstuffs.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
[Emphasis added]
Don't you know better by now? Or is this a deliberate attempt to kill this thread?
Bali is fed up with badly behaved Russians who fled Putin's war. Now they're calling for a crackdown
From public nudity and drunkenness, to more serious alleged criminal behaviour, locals in Bali say the antics of some foreign tourists have reached epic proportions.
www.abc.net.au
Really this was one of the priorities?
www.abc.net.au
IKEA lookalike 'Swed House' opens in Moscow to mixed reactions
Belarusian furniture company Swed House, which sells items intended to look like those made by Swedish giant IKEA, opened its first store in Moscow on Saturday to a mixed initial reaction from consumers.
www.abc.net.au
First Danish Leopard 1A5 tanks soon ready for Ukraine | Defense News April 2023 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army year 2023 | Archive News year
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced that the first Danish Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) will soon be sent to Ukraine.
Canadian Leopard 2A4 tanks arrive in Poland to be delivered to Ukraine | Defense News April 2023 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army year 2023 | Archive News year
Canadian Minister of Defense, Anita Anand, officially announced that the eight Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks promised by Canada to Ukraine have now arrived in Poland
Denmark to send CAESAR 8x8 155 mm howitzers to Ukraine in coming weeks | Defense News April 2023 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army year 2023 | Archive News year
The Danish CAESAR 8x8 155mm self-propelled artillery howitzers are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
special ed
1st Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
I remember many decades ago a news story of a T-55 on a trailer being abandoned in a Chicago neighborhood. After a few weeks, the citizen complaints brought an inspection which found the T-55 was intact with ammunition on board. It seems the freight company went bankrupt and the driver parked his load, took his truck and left. Those of you with your majic device may be able to find if I remember correctly.
manta22
Banned
Abandoned in Chicago? I'm surprised the bogey wheels weren't stolen.
RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
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Out of Stock? Assessing the Impact of Sanctions on Russia’s Defense Industry
Western sanctions are having an important battlefield impact. As the quality of the advanced Russian military equipment will continue to decline—at least over the near term—so will Russia’s ability to conduct offensive operations that require precision and coordination.
The report finds that sanctions create shortages of higher-end foreign components and force Moscow to substitute them with lower-quality alternatives. For now, Moscow's efforts at state-backed import substitution remain largely unsuccessful. This ultimately impacts Russia's ability to manufacture, sustain, and deliver advanced weapons and technology to the battlefield in Ukraine. Therefore, while the quality of the military equipment used by the Ukrainian army continues to improve thanks to the Western aid, the quality of Russia's weapons continues to degrade.
