"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (4 Viewers)

[FLYBOYJ]

Former defense secretary James Mattis rips Putin's 'pathetic' military performance in Ukraine: 'We're watching Russia wither before our eyes'

James Mattis condemned "the immoral, the tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically foolish effort" of Russia's war with Ukraine.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[nuuumannn]

Former NRA member. Glad I no longer am.

If the NRA would only leave politics out of it, the whole issue of gun ownership wouldn't be so comically sad, to an outsider, that is.

 

[nuuumannn]

"the immoral, the tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically foolish effort"

Mattis' words on the invasion. Sums it up rather well, I reckon.

I read some papers written by Mattis for Air Power Studies as part of my degree. He's a smart man, alright.

 

[Dimlee]

Former defense secretary James Mattis rips Putin's 'pathetic' military performance in Ukraine: 'We're watching Russia wither before our eyes'

James Mattis condemned "the immoral, the tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically foolish effort" of Russia's war with Ukraine.

www.businessinsider.com

I liked what he said about allies. Ironically, there is an old Russian saying known to everyone from the kindergarten age: не имей сто рублей, но имей сто друзей - do not have 100 roubles but do have 100 friends. Again and again, Kremlin acts contrary to the common sense and disregarding the ancient wisdom.

 

[Dimlee]

Russian ammunition depot turns into a mushroom near Popasnaya. Magic.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Russian ammunition depot turns into a mushroom near Popasnaya. Magic.

When?

 

[Zipper730]

It's rather interesting to see Russia's interpretation of "war".

It's ok to invade a sovereign nation under false pretenses, kill it's people, level it's cities and steal everything in sight.

But as soon as anyone objects, then those objections (none of which are lethal) is seen as an "act of war"?

Unreal...

I know, right?

I think you're giving them too much benefit of the doubt. Their goal is to render Ukraine non viable as a nation state and depopulate it so they can rebuild it in their own image with their own emigrant population of compliant "Rodina-philes". For that goal, terror works.

It adds up and appears to conform to their actions.

does the Emperor in fact have no clothes?

Not sure Wes, but he has posed without a shirt a lot of times...

Here's a radical idea....what if the UN asked to base a neutral maritime force in Odessa, with a detachment on Snake Island, to escort grain shipments out of Ukraine?

Egypt and Morocco would be reliable for this purpose?

On the subject of Scott Ritter...

he's been arrested twice and convicted once of making inappropriate approaches to underage girls online, including exposing himself.

That explains a lot. You know of the concept of sexual blackmail, right? It's not something that's unique to any nation, but it's a common practice by nations, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (the concept is even used in organized crime, known there as "mutual guilt" -- not remorse guilt -- criminal guilt). It might explain some of his current views...

On the subject of Cyber-Attacks and Other Attacks...

Russia has been engaging in serious cyberattacks against Lithuania for the last few days. It does not sound like the attacks have been too problematic so far. Any one have any more solid info?

What I'm concerned about are if cyber-attacks are launched against us. I'm curious what would deter against those?

While the possibility of biological attacks have been so far considered unlikely, would it be fair to respond to biological warfare attacks with an all-out nuclear-strike? It seems the only thing that would deter such an opponent from doing it.

Regarding cyber-attacks: From what I recall, the LGM-30's had fairly primitive electronics that were not easily hacked, so they'd survive a cyber-attack most-likely.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Ukrainian goat injures Russian soldiers by triggering their own tripwires

The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that a goat in Zaporizhzhia Oblast caused an explosion that wounded several Russian troopers by setting off their own grenade…

nypost.com

 

[RogerdeLluria]

You know this is the Russian Air Force because three out of four bombs missed the island.

 

[Dimlee]

What I'm concerned about are if cyber-attacks are launched against us. I'm curious what would deter against those?

Against the USA? But they happened already. Directly, as an attack on the Colonial Pipeline and indirectly, as in the case of NotPetya. Probably, they are happening right now.

 

[Dimlee]

About HIMARS in Ukraine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/01/ukraine-himars-rocket-launch-system/?fbclid=IwAR3y7CPi8kES5cNTBf6AsxBZfk9Ouy1XC4qA3QWWmwSTtQ5LdLK9xINZsvQ

 

[Dimlee]

When?

No date mentioned yet.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

On the bad news side it seems Ukrainians are forced to retreat from Lysychansk under encirclement risk.


Edit: linked the right tweet.

 

[SaparotRob]

On the bad news side it seems Ukrainians are forced to retreat from Lysychansk under encirclement risk.

Were they using Norden bombsights?

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Were they using Norden bombsights?

Oops linked the wrong tweet. This one was already posted here

Sorry for the mistake.

 

[Ovod]

On the bad news side it seems Ukrainians are forced to retreat from Lysychansk under encirclement risk.


Edit: linked the right tweet.

Is it true that the Ukrainian army are gaining territory in the Kherson region at the same time? Dimlee?

 

[Zipper730]

Against the USA? But they happened already. Directly, as an attack on the Colonial Pipeline and indirectly, as in the case of NotPetya. Probably, they are happening right now.

I mean an all-out attack that would cripple the power-grid, the internet, and knock us into the dark ages.

 

[Greg Boeser]

I think we are doing that just fine on our own.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I mean an all-out attack that would cripple the power-grid, the internet, and knock us into the dark ages.

From last year:

President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into a full-blown war as tensions with Russia and China mounted over a series of hacking incidents targeting US government agencies, companies, and infrastructure.

Biden said on Tuesday that cyber threats including ransomware attacks "increasingly are able to cause damage and disruption in the real world."

"If we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it's going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach," the president said in a speech at the Office for the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees 18 US intelligence agencies.

Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to a “real shooting war”

US president’s remarks follow breaches that paralyzed critical services.

arstechnica.com

This seems to me a clear warning that, given sufficient scale, such an attack would be seen as casus belli.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The assistance package, worth about $820 million, was broadly announced by U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday in Madrid following a gathering of NATO leaders that was focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[...]

The Pentagon offered more details on Friday as it formalized the announcement, and said the latest round of security assistance also included additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).

The counter artillery radars being sent are the Raytheon-Technologies (RTX.N) AN/TPQ-37 systems, a senior defense official told reporters. This is the first time these systems are being sent to Ukraine which have about triple the effective range of the previously sent AN/TPQ-36 systems.

U.S. sending Ukraine two surface-to-air missile systems -Pentagon

The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."