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Escuadrilla Azul said:
Belgium ready to train ukrainian pilots for the F-16. Why to spend time and resources in training men in such a special role if there is no plan to use them? I bet somethings are going behind the curtains
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Presumably any F-16s would come from the US, so some covert dealings are possible. What of the desert air force, can these be restored? I assume that's why they're not scrapped.

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GTX said:
www.abc.net.au

'When you speak Russian, you have a great pain.' At 48, Olena decided to switch languages and she's not alone

Despite growing up with Russian as her dominant language, Olena Fedosieieva has now largely ditched the language in a show of solidarity. And she's far from alone.
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It's funny seeing this just now.

I had a conversation earlier with a person who is convinced that there is no difference between Russian and other Cyrillic languages (Ukrainian, Bulgarian, etc.) and informed me that the Russians invented it.

When I suggested that it was the Bulgarians that introduced the Cyrillic language and speak the language close to it's original form, I was again told.that I am wrong.

Having had enough of this nonsense, I asked them if they spoke Russian to which they replied "no..."
So I said "тогава откъде знаеш - идиот си" and added (in English) "go figure it out" :lol:
 
GrauGeist said:
It's funny seeing this just now.

I had a conversation earlier with a person who is convinced that there is no difference between Russian and other Cyrillic languages (Ukrainian, Bulgarian, etc.) and informed me that the Russians invented it.

When I suggested that it was the Bulgarians that introduced the Cyrillic language and speak the language close to it's original form, I was again told.that I am wrong.

Having had enough of this nonsense, I asked them if they spoke Russian to which they replied "no..."
So I said "тогава откъде знаеш - идиот си" and added (in English) "go figure it out" :lol:
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The snarkier linguists will say the difference between a dialect and a language is that the latter has an army.

As for the person you had the discussion with: the linguists who specialize in Slavic languages would disagree. See, for example, Family tree and or map-like approaches to Slavic languages?
 
GrauGeist said:
It's funny seeing this just now.

I had a conversation earlier with a person who is convinced that there is no difference between Russian and other Cyrillic languages (Ukrainian, Bulgarian, etc.) and informed me that the Russians invented it.

When I suggested that it was the Bulgarians that introduced the Cyrillic language and speak the language close to it's original form, I was again told.that I am wrong.

Having had enough of this nonsense, I asked them if they spoke Russian to which they replied "no..."
So I said "тогава откъде знаеш - идиот си" and added (in English) "go figure it out" :lol:
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This is one of the cornerstones of the Russkiy Mir myth. The Russian language is a core and a base and all other Slavic languages are just variants based on it. And the Ukrainian language is just a dialect, of course. :rolleyes:
"Moscow is the third Rome", declared some Orthodox priest five centuries ago. Probably, 80% of the RF population believes in that. And many Russian-speaking communities in the West, unfortunately.
 
Warspite63 said:
The Return of the 'Wreckers'? It looks like it. The echoes of the past are uncanny. I reentlyread an article of the tortuous design of the pre-war Project 23 battleships. Entire design staffs were held responsible for the failure of the design to do the impossible. Lucky ones got an all-expenses-paid trip to the gulag. Sounds awfully familiar......
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Russian military bloggers discussed the benefits of sharashkas already in 2022... Discussed seriously, kind of "Stalin was smart because Tupolev was too slow and lazy, etc...."
 
A brief further comment on the recent shoot-downs of the Kinzhal missile:

The technology in the Patriot missiles being used to intercept the Kinzhal is derived from the same US anti-ICBM technology developed for the USN Standard missile. In the Standard ABM missile form it is capable of intercepting ICBMs during their intermediate (exo-atmosphere) and re-entry (hopefully upper-atmosphere) stages - when the ICBM would be traveling at Mach 20+. And, although I am not familiar with the current details, back in the late-1990s and early-2000s the developmental Standard ABMs were sometimes using kinetic energy (ie non-explosive) warheads to destroy the ICBM warheads - and doing so quite successfully.

So while not 'easy' to shoot down, a Mach 10 missile is not that difficult to shoot down with modern advanced AAMs designed for the purpose - as long as the target can be spotted in time.
 
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Admiral Beez said:
Presumably any F-16s would come from the US, so some covert dealings are possible. What of the desert air force, can these be restored? I assume that's why they're not scrapped.

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They can, but it can take time to get them airworthy and combat ready. Not only have they sat preserved for quite some time, but often they may be cannibalized for parts.
 
GTX said:
Which side are they on?

english.nv.ua

Hungary to block further EU aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, minister says

Hungary will block EUR 500 million ($542 million) in EU financial assistance to Ukraine and will not support further sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on May 17, as reported by Bloomberg.
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Their own, leaning toward Russia. Hungary's leader has fashioned a far-right, quasi-fascist course for the last few years.
 
Dimlee said:
And many Russian-speaking communities in the West, unfortunately.
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Here in Canada the Russian-speaking community is laying low. 1.36 million Ukrainian-Canadians, 1 million Polish-Canadians, plus nearly 180,000 Ukrainian refugees, along with the rest of us won't put up with any boastful or opinionated Russia's. The last I saw of them in the Canadian media was in March 2022.

globalnews.ca

Russian-Canadians react to war in Ukraine: ‘It’s unbearable, unexplainable, unspeakable’ - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

Ekaterina Gillingham and Elena Arutyunova both immigrated to Canada from Russia and the Edmontonians say they do not agree with the violent invasion.
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Didn't see this so if it's a repost sorry, but apparently the scientists behind the "unstoppable" hypersonic missiles have been charged with treason since the US Patriot missiles have proven able to stop them...

www.nbcnews.com

Russian hypersonic missile scientists arrested on treason charges

The Kremlin said Wednesday that three scientists face “very serious accusations” after a rare public outcry that comes as Ukraine claimed it had shot many of the missiles down.
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More on the physics of Hypersonic Missiles at Scientific American
 
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