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First time poster in this thread. So what was the dumbest aircraft of the cold war?
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Hey by comparison how ready was the ussr to invade [random mostly flat country] in 1980?
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Mar 11, 2022 23:30
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So did you guys discuss how Russia failed to do SEAD yet because that seems pretty embarrassing?
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Mar 12, 2022 17:52
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Murgos posted:It was discussed quite a bit up thread. Do you have a link to the podcast?
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Mar 12, 2022 22:12
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Dandywalken posted:They've never had to lol. And if you look at ground invasions from NATO/US, there are weeks of preparatory SEAD operations and strikes. Russia just rolled in day 1 and got hosed hard. I was watching a thing about it and the guy was doing a side by side with desert storm and it was jaw dropping.
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Mar 12, 2022 22:22
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-third-week-will-russian-forces-need-to-pause/id682478916?i=1000553968501 New war on the rocks just dropped with Koffman. He thinks that both of them will be exhausted in a couple of weeks.
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Mar 14, 2022 17:31
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I've been reading that guy's threads too and he has a lot of insight but he also leaps to conclusions and not all his points are quite as supported as he makes them out to be. Worth reading but skewed like every other perspective. He writes like he has just snorted a line of adderall. I like this guy instead because I'm a cartographer and it tickles my fancy. https://twitter.com/JominiW/status/1505043913652027393
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Mar 19, 2022 16:32
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I think the most amazing thing about the Ukrainian air force is that it still somehow exists instead of being destroyed on the ground. Iirc I think I was talking to a buddy and they said that their Mig-29s are all using their original kit with no updates? (Apparently they were scheduled to get upgraded next year I think)
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Mar 23, 2022 15:24
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I can't imagine that the officer attrition rate (from what Rob Lee has been reporting) will be good for the Russian military going forward. I also wonder if it was the most experienced pilots that were sent in first but we probably won't know until the war is finished.
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Mar 27, 2022 00:19
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https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1508485138715402242?s=20&t=36hWNe16NsBFrmxQ2vpzsA Erdogan is currently polishing his crown right now.
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Mar 28, 2022 17:50
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Isn't China almost entirely independent of Russia Tech now and/or will be in a few years?
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Mar 29, 2022 15:31
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I didn't know that Kyiv had an entire bunker system + a bunch of dams to blow until a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely clownshoes operation in comparison to much more simple and doable thrust from the south and east. I also have to imagine that rolling through Chernobyl really set off the European  alarms.
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Mar 29, 2022 18:56
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:aren't those the ships that literally dissolve in salt water Yeah lol. Fake edit: wait I think they already retired them.
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Mar 30, 2022 02:11
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https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1509389723462156295 Fun thread.
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Mar 31, 2022 14:35
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Personally I blame the Clinton Crime Family. Anyways it seems insanely embarrassing that Russia didn't have any AA near the border?
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Apr 1, 2022 13:19
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TheFluff posted:Good Right this isn't because of some nth dimensional plan the total initial Russian failure of the invasion operation seems to be that it was planned amateurishly and presumably hastily. Which really throws water on all the high minded theories on causes and lends itself to that this was a snap decision from one very isolated dude (Putin) who didn't take the time to make sure everything was ready for action or whether this plan was a good idea or not.
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Apr 1, 2022 20:17
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Hey do we have details on how extensive the trench network is in eastern ukraine?
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Apr 3, 2022 17:20
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Spotted the FSB Officer! drat my cover is blown!
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Apr 3, 2022 18:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3fZQmMZ4kY So is this guy making good points or is he just some random rear end in a top hat?
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Apr 3, 2022 18:55
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Dance Officer posted:Perun is a very good dominions youtuber but he has no credentials to be talking about this stuff, and I don't think what he's saying is particularly good or substantiated. Thanks I figured I should ask someone who knew what they were talking about since I'm just some rear end in a top hat with no credentials.
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Apr 3, 2022 20:48
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https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1511065816825212928?s=20&t=UWtO5G88s-C7fH5Sx7jfxg Next week: "hey where did ukraine get new mig 29s?"
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Apr 4, 2022 20:41
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...Do people even have enough ammo for WW1 style trench warfare?
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Apr 6, 2022 04:35
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https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1513670604658024452?s=20&t=U-pBICS2n7qmqn0392ud0Q Mr. Koffman making the point that putin is in a big manpower bind because he can't mobilize without entering a state of war which means the special military operation failed. So that's why he is playing contract games and scrounging allies for manpower.
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Apr 12, 2022 18:28
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Shooting Blanks posted:Eh - I understand this more than the anti-nuclear ones. Modern nuke plants are very safe, they simply suffer from 3 major issues - poor public perception, too much red tape, and a general lack of development/construction which creates a feedback loop for the first two. Isn't there a massive shortage of nuclear engineers/techs?
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Apr 13, 2022 17:45
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Again circling back to the staff shortage iirc the other big advantage of the smrs is that they are easier to operate and mostly automated right?
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Apr 13, 2022 19:39
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Potato Salad posted:The example of upstate New York nuclear then wind / hydro resistance has come up in the Energy Generation thread and a few ACC threads. Tl;dr it's astroturfed natural gas interests, foreign and domestic, first saying "shutter nukes in favor of new wind and hydro" then blocking new wind / hydro transmission lines through litigation. They're not even clever about hiding the money trail. Super tall windmills probably count as barrage mills right? 
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Apr 13, 2022 20:10
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https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1514398732611211271?s=20&t=bd3c5XXNBEbyqhEe7E7N3w LIKE A loving CARTOON. The Russian military should dissolve itself at this point.
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Apr 14, 2022 01:39
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https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/1514575706881241093 Guess it's still floating? Potato Salad posted:Still wondering why the Crimea Bridge is still up. Bridges are hard to hit.
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Apr 14, 2022 13:43
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https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1514547472122761216?s=20&t=eqO8jtOIA0gQYouZElifkw
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Apr 14, 2022 14:20
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aphid_licker posted:"Explosions ceased" means that they are admitting that there were explosions plural, I don't wanna indulge in wishful thinking but that sounds really bad for the boat Yeah it's at least out of the war and more likely probably a total loss.
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Apr 14, 2022 15:01
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Crab Dad posted:Don’t pull that heap of poo poo near a fish farm. They pollute bad enough by themselves. Yeah I remember doing some research on the chilean ones and coming away viscerally disgusted by the sheer amount of poop.
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Apr 14, 2022 17:00
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I think it's time to wrap it up, that's embarrassing if true.
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Apr 14, 2022 22:57
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knox_harrington posted:I opened this thread up and the first thing I saw was this beautiful take from a few days back I mean who would expect the ukranians to roll natural 20s after natural 20s. It boggles the mind.
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Apr 14, 2022 23:28
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Cyrano4747 posted:Were they sailing alone? Some of this seems like that sort of thing that would be mitigated by being with other ships. That's what I'm wondering honestly it seems like they got overly cocky about their naval and air superiority. ^ let's be slightly fair and say that they probably didn't expect for Ukraine to get their single battery of Neptune's up and running. Edit: does this check out? https://twitter.com/AndyH15184603/status/1514771607662694413?s=20&t=1SNHqhm4TpHs9KZik7PAgg Lawman 0 fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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Apr 15, 2022 02:42
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https://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1514918667569541125?s=20&t=VWj_sTZDq3HYNUsuf9MOQg drat rip but not surprising after that recent accident.
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Apr 15, 2022 17:04
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Hey what was the expected lifetime of the A-10 fleet in the cold War gone hot, like a week?
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Apr 16, 2022 22:09
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What do you guys think about the prospects of attaching varied drone teams to tank units? Do you think there would be lots of synergies or just be a waste of resources?
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Apr 16, 2022 23:56
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I was watching the chieftain and he was claiming that many of the ATGMs kills were because the tanks didn't manage to pop counter measures. How credible is that claim?
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Apr 17, 2022 18:17
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1516448673521143809 Tbf they probably have AS over over SE ukraine.
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Apr 19, 2022 18:37
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https://twitter.com/space_osint/status/1517179164750667776?s=20&t=UotDJ0v2k5JEvqRe-uEzCQ Big lol if true.
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Apr 21, 2022 17:40
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