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Thumpalumpacus
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NvMEscuadrilla Azul
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Ukraine war: Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city
A dramatic blast which shook residents of Belgorod is being blamed on an accidental air strike.
www.bbc.com
buffnut453
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No need for an equivalent of the Schweinfurt Raids against Russia….they're running out of balls (ball bearings, that is!) even without offensive action from Ukraine:
www.forbes.com
What’s Perfectly Round, Made Of Metal, And Keeping Russia From Replacing the 2,000 Tanks It’s Lost In Ukraine?
Given a choice between building fewer tanks or freezing rail transport across Russia, Moscow did the smart thing—and chose the former.
www.forbes.com
Escuadrilla Azul
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So at the end, ball bearings are a panacea target? Bomber Harris must be crawling back from its tomb.No need for an equivalent of the Schweinfurt Raids against Russia….they're running out of balls (ball bearings, that is!) even without offensive action from Ukraine:
What’s Perfectly Round, Made Of Metal, And Keeping Russia From Replacing the 2,000 Tanks It’s Lost In Ukraine?
Given a choice between building fewer tanks or freezing rail transport across Russia, Moscow did the smart thing—and chose the former.
RogerdeLluria
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There are ball bearings and ball bearings.
Schweinfurt Raids had several issues. They resulted catastrophic in terms of bomber loses. Where not sustained in time to have any noticeable effect on ball bearing production. Germans had built up enormous reserves of ball bearings. Germany was receiving supplies from all over Europe. Apparently the Russians have no significant ball bearing reserves, nor are they receiving supplies from Europe.
Escuadrilla Azul
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I know, just trying to be ironic but guess it didn't work.
RogerdeLluria
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Not with me.I know, just trying to be ironic but guess it didn't work.
Back to ball bearings, I guess that events like this (just 1 year ago) didn't help.
Ball Bearing Maker SKF Exits Russia
Sweden's SKF, the world's largest producer of ball bearings, said Friday it would cease operations in Russia, becoming the latest Western firm to leave following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
RogerdeLluria
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Russian ball bearing market in 2021.
Exports
In 2021, Russia exported $145M in Ball Bearings. The main destination of Ball Bearings exports from Russia are: Belarus ($49.9M), Kazakhstan ($29.3M), Chinese Taipei ($14.5M), Ukraine ($11.1M), and China ($8.41M).
Imports
In 2021, Russia imported $510M in Ball Bearings. Russia imports Ball Bearings primarily from: Germany ($81.6M), Kazakhstan ($59.3M), Malaysia ($57.8M), China ($42.5M), and United States ($29.8M).
Exports
In 2021, Russia exported $145M in Ball Bearings. The main destination of Ball Bearings exports from Russia are: Belarus ($49.9M), Kazakhstan ($29.3M), Chinese Taipei ($14.5M), Ukraine ($11.1M), and China ($8.41M).
Imports
In 2021, Russia imported $510M in Ball Bearings. Russia imports Ball Bearings primarily from: Germany ($81.6M), Kazakhstan ($59.3M), Malaysia ($57.8M), China ($42.5M), and United States ($29.8M).
Escuadrilla Azul
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Interesting, selling ball bearings to both RoC and PRC.
Obviously 14.5 million USD is small change for russian exports but what else Rusia export to RoC? Could President Eleven use the leverage China has over Rusia to cut other exports to Taipei?
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Thumpalumpacus
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U.S. intelligence warned the Ukrainian military that the city of Bakhmut was likely to be encircled in January and that armies should fall back.
The revelation comes from the slate of classified documents released by Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on social media sites last month and analyzed by The Washington Post.
Teixiera was arrested earlier this month on charges of releasing classified military information, first to friends on Discord and elsewhere.
A military assessment labeled "top secret" said that consistent Russian advances were making the city hard to defend, and put the Ukrainian army "at risk of encirclement, unless they withdraw within the next month."
But Ukraine continued to defend anyway, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holding up Bakhmut — in the country's northeast — as more than just a city, but a national symbol of resistance to the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy visited the city last month, long after the U.S. intelligence warnings, and Ukraine has been able to maintain control of the city.
Ukraine defended Bakhmut despite US intelligence warning against the move: report
U.S. intelligence warned the Ukrainian military that the city of Bakhmut was likely to be encircled in January and that armies should fall back. The revelation comes from the slate of classified do…
thehill.com
Hard to make this shit up if you tried lol
RogerdeLluria
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A plausible explanation. Still, why would you release a weapon over your own city?Ukraine war: Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city
A dramatic blast which shook residents of Belgorod is being blamed on an accidental air strike.
View: https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1649365233058603008
Glider
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Thee is something odd about this incident, why only one explosion? The story as I understand it is that the aircraft was in trouble and had to drop its weapons. Nearly every example I can think of normally involves more than one weapon. Secondly, why was the weapon armed, they are normally armed before being dropped on targets.Ukraine war: Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city
A dramatic blast which shook residents of Belgorod is being blamed on an accidental air strike.
Is this just me
first - store release not necessary must be done symmetrically (single or salvo settings are available), second - if it was FAB500, movie suggesting that store has been separated in safe mode (setting unexploded) - in a case of explosion of the bomb of such caliber probably building on the right side have been at least partially destroyed as well most of the vehicles in radius at least 50m....
remote safety pin release is visible at the front and back (cables hanging from the store's pylon)...
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