Admiral Beez
Major
I feel that China has a fair degree of FOMO. They don't want something big happening somewhere without the world seeing Beijing involved in some measure.
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (15 Viewers)
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I will say, I've always thought China was very good at playing Chess
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Not sure if this has been posted yet.
www.thesun.co.uk
Ninth Russian general killed as Ukrainians launch devastating attack on HQ
VLADIMIR Putin has lost his ninth general while fighting in Ukraine following an attack on a military base. The tyrant’s war has taken a toll on Russia’s army as Major General Andrei Si…
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MiTasol
Major
A source I saw earlier to day - yahoo - says they have now lost 10. Obviously someone somewhere is adding/missing a death.
news.yahoo.com
I also saw this item which is so b---- obviously the sort of thing you would expect from Putin given his history tho I think he is more likely to be targeting Russians who have escaped his control.
www.thesun.co.uk
A Russian general who commanded electronic-warfare units was killed in a strike that killed 100 soldiers, Ukraine official says
Maj. Gen. Andrei Simonov was said to be killed when Ukrainian forces bombarded a Russian command post near the city of Izyum.
I also saw this item which is so b---- obviously the sort of thing you would expect from Putin given his history tho I think he is more likely to be targeting Russians who have escaped his control.
Putin's army of saboteurs 'could enter UK to attack key targets'
BRITAIN’S security services were on high alert on Saturday amid fears Putin’s army of saboteurs “could infiltrate the UK to attack key targets”, it was claimed. Senior offic…
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
If Putin wants to play that game, he had better make sure his ase is not dangling in the breeze.A source I saw earlier to day - yahoo - says they have now lost 10. Obviously someone somewhere is adding/missing a death.
A Russian general who commanded electronic-warfare units was killed in a strike that killed 100 soldiers, Ukraine official says
Maj. Gen. Andrei Simonov was said to be killed when Ukrainian forces bombarded a Russian command post near the city of Izyum.
I also saw this item which is so b---- obviously the sort of thing you would expect from Putin given his history tho I think he is more likely to be targeting Russians who have escaped his control.
Putin's army of saboteurs 'could enter UK to attack key targets'
BRITAIN’S security services were on high alert on Saturday amid fears Putin’s army of saboteurs “could infiltrate the UK to attack key targets”, it was claimed. Senior offic…
Moscow has plenty of "key targets", too.
Admiral Beez
Major
Putin just can't believe he's not the smartest guy in the room. Are his saboteurs any better at their jobs than his officer corps and line troops? Does Russia really want to send covert forces into Britain? I suspect the latter might be better at it than your guys.I also saw this item which is so b---- obviously the sort of thing you would expect from Putin given his history tho I think he is more likely to be targeting Russians who have escaped his control.
Putin's army of saboteurs 'could enter UK to attack key targets'
BRITAIN’S security services were on high alert on Saturday amid fears Putin’s army of saboteurs “could infiltrate the UK to attack key targets”, it was claimed. Senior offic…
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MiTasol
Major
Yeah - if he did that he might find his office plastered with SAS recruitment stickers - just before he expired of natural causes.
I did something similar. Pushed the bully down, sat on his chest and wailed on his nose. The teacher looked at the situation and wanted on by.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
I also saw this item which is so b---- obviously the sort of thing you would expect from Putin given his history tho I think he is more likely to be targeting Russians who have escaped his control.
Putin's army of saboteurs 'could enter UK to attack key targets'
BRITAIN’S security services were on high alert on Saturday amid fears Putin’s army of saboteurs “could infiltrate the UK to attack key targets”, it was claimed. Senior offic…
Is this Putin throwing bullshit into the air, or a media outlet trying to drum up clickbait? The rhetoric in that article is pretty overheated, which causes my bullshit detector to drop into active mode.
Glider
Major
I would go for the Media outlet part of your posting. I also suggest your bullshit detector is working just fine.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Hmmmm...
www.dailymail.co.uk
Ghost of Kyiv 'killed' after shooting down FORTY Russian aircraft
Major Stepan Tarabalka, 29, a father of one, was flying a MiG-29 when it was shot down on March 13 battling 'overwhelming' enemy forces.
fubar57
General
ThomasP
Chief Master Sergeant
I suspect that the saboteurs being talked about are of the cyber-warfare and hacking variety.
The US has transmitted a warning to all concerned (this includes NATO and such) that they should plan on various levels of cyber attacks to be attempted by the Russians. This includes the possibility of everything from data theft to destruction/corruption of data to ransomware attacks to impairment of soft and hard systems functionality. There have been Russian operatives spotted in the US using pretty sophisticated electronic systems and software to recon the accessibility to local internet based systems, and map/determine soft and hard access points to various systems.
The US has been upgrading the cyber security on its critical infrastructure over the last 20 years or so. Part of that upgrade includes limiting the access points to the systems potentially exploitable by cyber attackers.
An example of what we are talking about is the Cyber Partizan attacks on the Belarus/Russian railway system. Part of the attack was through hacking into the railroad's scheduling software (ie ticketing -> routing -> monitoring) through 'hardware' system access points. Some of the disruption was caused by the actual hands-on physical destruction of electronic control hardware used in the routing and monitoring systems, accomplished by dissidents within and without the railroad worker community.
The US has transmitted a warning to all concerned (this includes NATO and such) that they should plan on various levels of cyber attacks to be attempted by the Russians. This includes the possibility of everything from data theft to destruction/corruption of data to ransomware attacks to impairment of soft and hard systems functionality. There have been Russian operatives spotted in the US using pretty sophisticated electronic systems and software to recon the accessibility to local internet based systems, and map/determine soft and hard access points to various systems.
The US has been upgrading the cyber security on its critical infrastructure over the last 20 years or so. Part of that upgrade includes limiting the access points to the systems potentially exploitable by cyber attackers.
An example of what we are talking about is the Cyber Partizan attacks on the Belarus/Russian railway system. Part of the attack was through hacking into the railroad's scheduling software (ie ticketing -> routing -> monitoring) through 'hardware' system access points. Some of the disruption was caused by the actual hands-on physical destruction of electronic control hardware used in the routing and monitoring systems, accomplished by dissidents within and without the railroad worker community.
Jagdflieger
Senior Airman
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The RF has made very limited use of their TOS-1A "Flamethrower" system - based on an MLRS system
If they had made use of "vacuum bombs" - we wouldn't be reading about Mariupol in the news anymore. So far I have not heard about NATO's intended response if Putin resorts
to this or similar non ABC weapons. After-all that is a real civilian killer weapon - since the UKF is to a high degree defensively embedded in urban positions.
TOS-1A Heavy Flamethrower System | Military-Today.com
The TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system is the latest version of the original TOS-1. It was accepted to service with the Russian Army in 2001. The TOS-1A saw combat in Chechnya.
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ThomasP
Chief Master Sergeant
Some interesting back ground info (maybe) for those not aware of some of the stuff leading up to the fighting between Ukraine and the Donetsk and Luhansk. (This includes me before before I began reading up on the subject 
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"Donbas - Wikipedia"
"Donetsk - Wikipedia"
"Donetsk Oblast - Wikipedia"
"Luhansk - Wikipedia"
"Luhansk Oblast - Wikipedia"
)"Donbas - Wikipedia"
"Donetsk - Wikipedia"
"Donetsk Oblast - Wikipedia"
"Luhansk - Wikipedia"
"Luhansk Oblast - Wikipedia"
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
There is no international law forbidding thermobaric weapons.
They are not as devestating as you allude to - they've been used as recently as Syria.
A MOAB bomb in an urban center would be more devestating.
fubar57
General
MiTasol
Major
Don't know - I just read the opening paragraph and went "well duh" - freeking obvious given his history
quite nice kit - comparable to Italeri could be even slightly better
