Where Do Things End With Vlad? (h/t romad1)

[Motown Bombers]

 

[mtutiger]

lol

[romad1]

Huge if true

Gerasimov was the man who built the post soviet armed forces.  He is their doctrine guru.

[romad1]

Better to give them F-35s but these will work for the moment.

 

[romad1]

This is what Erdogan's assistance gave the Ukrainians

 

[romad1]

We need the same mashups we got for the guys punching Richard Spencer

[romad1]

Excellent thread

 

[romad1]

5 minutes ago, romad1 said:

This is what Erdogan's assistance gave the Ukrainians

 

#1 comment from fellow vet looking at the Russian columns.  "These guy's battle drill is for shit. "  Bunch up at your peril, lads.

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

I'm feeling too optimistic to trust my feelings.   Put another way.  "The highs feel fucking cheap" to quote that song they used in the Michigan football video.  But still, 

 

[CMRivdogs]

2 hours ago, clark1mt said:

Meh, I'm not hoping to survive if it comes to nuclear holocaust. Survival post-nuke (at least, if it were all-out) would be worse than death.

Which is good, because I'm close enough to the Beltway that I shouldn't make it.

What about those of us within hailing distance of a certain shipyard that has a few government sub and carrier contracts?

[CMRivdogs]

3 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

What about those of us within hailing distance of a certain shipyard that has a few government sub and carrier contracts?

Not mention the only operational NATO Command based in North America....

[romad1]

36 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

What about those of us within hailing distance of a certain shipyard that has a few government sub and carrier contracts?

The most sensible scenario to prepare for is the 3 days without power and water scenario.   That is one that is VERY likely to occur if you are in a hurricane area anyway.

[romad1]

General on CNN (Hertling?) correctly calling out the unprofessional Russian Army:  logistics, battle drill, training all wanting.

[romad1]

This is huge.

[Jim Cowan]

I have no military experience at all and even I was saying "Why are they all so close together?"  Even if they weren't expecting drones, they certainly were expecting weapons fired from the shoulder, that would have been a turkey shoot too.

[1776]

After President Joe Biden announced new sanctions intended to “degrade [Russia’s] aerospace industry, including their space program,” Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, noted on Twitter just how vulnerable the station would be to a withdrawal of Russian support. He implicitly threatened to crash the orbiting research laboratory into the U.S., Europe, or a highly populated country in Asia, where a crash would take the most lives.

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, 1776 said:

After President Joe Biden announced new sanctions intended to “degrade [Russia’s] aerospace industry, including their space program,” Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, noted on Twitter just how vulnerable the station would be to a withdrawal of Russian support. He implicitly threatened to crash the orbiting research laboratory into the U.S., Europe, or a highly populated country in Asia, where a crash would take the most lives.

"Nice city ya got there... be a shame if this space station landed on it"

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, romad1 said:

Huge if true

Gerasimov was the man who built the post soviet armed forces.  He is their doctrine guru.

Gerasimov/Milley was also an established back channel communication link. If he is gone that link is lost as well.

[Motown Bombers]

Please don't crash the space station into Mar-A-Lago. We wouldn't want that to happen. 

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

"Nice city ya got there... be a shame if this space station landed on it"

Not that it's in any way good, but the situation up there would be have been more critical before Space-X.

[Jim Cowan]

I am betting $10 (Canadian) that Putin has less than 30 days left as the boss in Russia.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

the doors on the back say that is in the BMP-# family of vehicles.  Not able at first glance to say what that round thing is aiming backwards.   The "Z" says its Muscavite.

[romad1]

rules of engagement are being tested.