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Posted: 4/24/2024 8:58:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cancard: Appears our foreign policy of BS wars has been a total failure and we’re no longer the world’s super power. Stevie Wonder saw this coming. For 8 years team Obama emphasized diplomacy over military deterrence and team Biden has carried that forward. Both gave billions to Iran, Ukraine lost Crimea while Obama was CinC and throw in Biden Afghan withdrawal etc their “diplomacy” has been dog shit Not trying to give Bush {I opppsed the Iraq invasion in 2002 when I learned about it} or Trump passes but imo it’s largely been Democrats dropping the ball on the economy and defense |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 8:58:38 AM EDT
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From the other day, but interesting.
   
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:00:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Perfectly relevant because of North Korea supplying weapons to Russia for the Ukraine war. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Originally Posted By Thunder900: North Korea also belongs here... Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: Good idea but please edit the title to include the North Korea. They are essential in the Ukrainian war, providing ammo to Kremlin. Possibly more. Perfectly relevant because of North Korea supplying weapons to Russia for the Ukraine war. Absolutely agree, I’ve added it to the line about proxies. While a big factor, I’m thinking the Norks are more tail than dog. Open to being persuaded differently. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:03:03 AM EDT
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Shoigu was predicted to resign after the arrest of a key deputy defense minister
The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, may lose his post in the new government, which will be formed after the official inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a fifth presidential term. Forbes reports this with reference to a source close to the military department. According to the publication’s interlocutor, the upcoming change in the leadership of the Ministry of Defense is associated with the arrest of Deputy Minister Timur Ivanov, a longtime ally of Shoigu, who worked with him in the government of the Moscow region in the early 2010s. The arrest of Ivanov, who is charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, is the beginning of a “purge of those close to Shoigu in the Ministry of Defense,” a Forbes source believes. Having supervised all major construction projects at the Ministry of Defense, as well as gigantic budgets for supplying troops, Ivanov can go to a colony for 15 years. According to a Forbes source, questions have “accumulated” for Ivanov and he has multiple “shoals.” https://t.me/moscowtimes_ru/21729 |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:04:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:05:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
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Not military powers but China has effectively surrounded India persuading all the countries around it like Bhutan, Nepal etc on top of Pakistan to side with it.
We all already know about Africa. Anyway, in addition to military partnerships which is the focus of this thread, there’s the diplomatic and economic allies which also help them skirt sanctions https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1311040.shtml  Attached Filehttps://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/maldives-elections-2024-mohamed-muizzu-pnc-peoples-national-congress-pro-china-party-wins  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:07:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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NSFW, look at the many same sized holes in the fabric of the trucks, this isn't DPICM, this is a Himars strike.
https://x.com/TOGAjano21/status/1782978877997928546 |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:11:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Era of Wars Could Complicate Modi’s Moment Unlike on Ukraine, in the Israel-Gaza conflict, India has been rendered an outlier in the developing world, where most countries are in solidarity with Palestine. Voting in India’s multiphase general elections is in progress, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are vying for a single-party majority in Parliament for a third consecutive term. Although a significant part of the BJP’s campaign is predicated on the religious tempers that have vitiated India’s domestic politics, Modi’s appeal is also based on the promise that he can restore India to power and glory on the world stage. To that end, Modi and the BJP have been showcasing his government’s record in foreign policy. In one speech, Modi’s close aide and Home Minister Amit Shah said, “These elections are to make India a completely developed nation, and to make Bharat Mata (Mother India) a Vishwa Guru (world teacher).” Yet, the world is increasingly rife with conflict, complicating India’s designs for global power. In recent weeks, Iran and Israel have traded missile strikes, keeping much of the Middle East on edge. That conflict continues to fester after lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives cleared a fresh slate of military aid to Israel over the weekend. Last week, Iran seized a merchant ship with 17 Indian crew members from the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that it was linked to Israel. New Delhi has since been engaged in intense negotiations with Tehran, resulting in the release of one crew member. Even before Iran seized the merchant vessel, New Delhi was concerned about the economic repercussions of the widening war. Much of India’s energy supply and trade interests run through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, where Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked several shipping vessels in solidarity with Gaza. Disruptions to that trade could drive inflationary pressures in India’s economy. In addition, India is also increasingly worried about the future of its critical connectivity initiatives in the region — in particular, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which was launched during last year’s G20 Summit in New Delhi. But aside from these obvious economic risks, India also faces a larger, more enduring risk that goes beyond the current war in Gaza: establishing itself as an influential voice in a world where geopolitical warmongering is the new normal. India increasingly risks getting drowned out amid the din. This month, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan canceled a planned trip to India, where he was due to review progress on the flagship India-U.S. initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). This was the second time this year that Sullivan had canceled a trip to India. In February, he was scheduled to visit New Delhi for the annual Raisina Dialogue and a review of iCET. On both occasions, Washington cited the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East as the primary reason for the cancellation of his visit. Although the White House took pains to clarify the significance of the India relationship, the message was still awkward: There are other urgent priorities and India can wait. The proliferation of wars and global instability therefore presents India with two major challenges: one, creating jobs for its massive youth population in an age where trade, immigration, and energy supplies are increasingly volatile; and two, establishing global relevance for itself while remaining neutral on the world’s dominant geopolitical crises. On Ukraine, New Delhi had managed these competing imperatives fairly well, but it was also helped to some extent by the nature of that conflict. Large parts of the Global South were skeptical of Western appeals for the isolation of Russia and saw tinges of a Eurocentric worldview in that narrative. India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had ridden that wave well by admonishing the West for its interventions in Asia and Afghanistan. “Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems,” he once said. These arguments had played well with much of the developing world, which saw India’s strengthened economic ties with Russia as strategic cover for their own engagement with Moscow. Yet, on Gaza, India has been rendered an outlier in the developing world, where solidarity with Palestine has long been a norm. Anti-Israel protests have dominated discourse across much of the Global South, as narratives of a lopsided war have appalled the public imagination. The country that has led the multilateral effort against Israel for its alleged war crimes is South Africa — a key Indian ally in the developing world. Things haven’t necessarily been easier in relations with the West. If Washington was peeved at New Delhi’s show of neutrality on Ukraine, it should have been pleased by India’s more full-throated support for Israel. Yet, Sullivan’s postponed visits serve to demonstrate a starker problem: By lacking the presence and leverage to influence either party in the war, India is struggling to carve a relevant niche for itself or assert its power. Modi wants to establish India as a leading global voice while remaining strategically silent on the world’s geopolitical conflicts. It is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve those objectives together. https://thediplomat.com/2024/04/era-of-wars-could-complicate-modis-moment/ I guess India gets more technical assistance from Israel then from Gaza. I'm very curious which way India goes in the continuing bifurcation of the world: Joins the Russia/Iran/Nork Axis? Pakistan is most likely to join that gang so I doubt India will. China is all for China and will probably wait for Russia/Iran/Nork to go to blows with the West, then China can move in once everyone is weakened/destroyed... I'm starting to doubt any country does anything for moralistic, altruistic reasons. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:11:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:11:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: klinc]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: In the near term, we need a plan to address TWSC and their semiconductor production. There needs to be a plan to save key tooling and personnel from Taiwan if it comes under threat and we need to stand-up U.S. semiconductor production as soon as possible. We also need a plan to deny the Chinese any use of TWSC should they be in a position to seize Taiwan. Also in the near term, we need to cool things down a bit even if it means taking a less aggressive foreign policy stance. We're not in a position to go around jumping into every damn fight right now. In the long term we need to improve our dual use manufacturing in this nation. All items procured by the military should be based as heavily on common commercial parts as possible. In other words, our military purchases too many Ferraris and not enough Ford F-150s. Those sole source suppliers are hampering our military's ability to procure things in greater number or provide enough money to improve recruitment and retention. We have Lockheed Martin years behind in delivery of F-35s and their delivery schedule is slipping farther in 2024. China has 232 times more ship production capability than the USA. Our ship building is almost entirely for the USN with very little commercial ships built in the USA anymore. Those ship yards need commercial production to justify having the production capacity to be in a position to crank out ships if we end up in a major Naval war in the Pacific. General Dynamics and others are as far behind as three years on delivery of ships to the US Navy. We get into a serious war in the Indo-China Pacific region and at the same time end up in a conflict in Europe we're going to be in deep #$%* without the shoes for it. Yet, I see the Biden Admin and all of DC slow walking us into those conflicts.  Manufacturing here won't change until a world war happens and we are in deep shit trying to claw our way out of the hole. Too much government in business and climate bullshit for us to have any kind of equal heavy manufacturing footing. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:13:57 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
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Lot of news regarding space here’s just a couple examples
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-and-russias-unfriendly-space-behavior-concerning-analysts-2024-4?amp  Attached Filehttps://spacenews.com/russia-china-catching-up-to-u-s-in-space-weaponry-new-report-finds/  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:20:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL34xugX0AAs7lN?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL34y7iWAAEuHMY?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL340vbW4AA-lrG?format=jpg&name=large
Analysis? Russia has read the tea leaves and is giving up on Sevastopol? At least until they can completely knock out the threat via land? Between Ukrainian indigenous missile developments (Neptune) and the hopefully forthcoming Western aid (300Km ATACMS and Storm Shadows) Sevastopol has become untenable? If true, I will miss the occasional Braking News about Russian ships, subs, HQ's being spectacularly hit... |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:22:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DKUltra: Dont forget Best Korea and Cuba They likey the pootin xi cum mustache bigtime Eta: In before GD'd resident pootin Ball Fondlers! You should write for Hallmark! I would 100% buy your Valentines Day cards...10:10 |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:22:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Keeping up with the Chinese threat.
https://www.ga-asi.com/ga-asi-adding-aesa-antenna-to-eagleeye-radar  SAN DIEGO – 24 April 2024 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is continuing its support of EagleEye multi-mode radar development with a company investment to add an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna and associated software that will increase range and deliver significant mode enhancements. AESA will be a “drop-in” hardware upgrade to the existing EagleEye radar and could be an option for the new Gray Eagle 25M (GE 25M) aircraft assembly when ready. “We expect the AESA antenna to more than double the range for EagleEye,” said Jeff Hettick, GA-ASI vice president of Agile Mission Systems. “The increased range and optimized multi-mode performance of the radar are perfectly tailored to provide deep sensing capability in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). That will allow the aircraft to operate well outside Weapons Effects Zone of most threat systems adding a layer of survivability supporting the Stand-Off survivability with Stand-In effects of long-range sensors. This is a key component of the Gray Eagle 25M Unmanned Aircraft System being developed for the U.S. Army.” AESA antennas replace the mechanically steered dish antennas of earlier-generation radars with a solid-state, all-electronic emitter. In addition to enhancing the radar’s performance, by replacing the motor and other components that physically move the radar dish, AESA greatly improves repairability and reliability. As part of the EagleEye development, GA-ASI will improve target detection range using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML). GA-ASI expects to have a working lab prototype of the new AESA component by the end of this year, with plans to conduct flight tests in 2025 and operational demonstrations on GE 25M after that. EagleEye is a multi-mode radar that builds on years of pioneering expertise by GA-ASI. Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Eagle Eye enables operators to look in detail through clouds, smoke, dust, haze, or other conditions that might obscure a purely visual sensor. And for the first time on the Gray Eagle platform, EagleEye delivers radar-based Full Motion Video (FMV) called “Video SAR,” which enables live visual tracking of moving targets via the radar system. The EagleEye radar performs Moving Target Indication (MTI), detects changes, builds strip maps, and yields other precise insights to analysts, commanders, and operators. With its Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode, EagleEye also provides a dedicated maritime MTI mode for tracking and targeting vessels and further supports the MDO mission set of the U.S. Army, particularly in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) mission, but also in Europe, Africa and the Middle East where there is an increased need for maritime reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, which is critical to achieve information dominance and overmatch. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:22:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: I guess India gets more technical assistance from Israel then from Gaza. I'm very curious which way India goes in the continuing bifurcation of the world: Joins the Russia/Iran/Nork Axis? Pakistan is most likely to join that gang so I doubt India will. China is all for China and will probably wait for Russia/Iran/Nork to go to blows with the West, then China can move in once everyone is weakened/destroyed... I'm starting to doubt any country does anything for moralistic, altruistic reasons. Reading news in India they’re still devoted to Russia which makes me wonder if China and India have another border war not just throwing rocks and pushing people off cliffs but missiles, bombers etc how will Moscow navigate balancing that? Fir now India is so afraid of a war {probably worried Pakistan will join in} with China they just ceded hundreds of kilometers of the disputed territory causing Indian nationalists to flame the Modi government |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:26:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:29:32 AM EDT
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According to the IDF, the some 40 targets in Ayta ash-Shab were hit by aircraft and artillery shelling within several minutes. The targets included weapon depots and other assets belonging to Hezbollah, the military says. The IDF says the strikes were "part of the effort to destroy the organization's infrastructure in the border area." Ayta ash-Shab is used by Hezbollah for "terror" and it places dozens of its sites in the area, the military charges. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:30:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:31:07 AM EDT
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Bread prices have risen sharply in Russia
Bread prices in Russia began to rise sharply and have increased since the beginning of the year by up to 30% in Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Sverdlovsk and Kemerovo regions. This situation forced the Ministry of Agriculture to hold a meeting with producers and take the issue under special control, three producers who participated in the meeting told Kommersant. As of mid-April, selling prices for bread made from wheat flour average 62.6 rubles. for 1 kg, and from rye-wheat - 55.4 rubles. for 1 kg, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. Manufacturers have raised selling prices for the most popular varieties by an average of 10–15%, says Rustam Aydiev, executive director of the National Bakery Union. According to him, the main reason for the increase in selling prices was the increase in manufacturers' costs for logistics, which account for up to 30% of the cost. The rate of growth in logistics prices noticeably outstrips the cost of raw materials for baking, Kommersant’s sources in the industry confirmed. The problem with logistics was raised at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture, but they suggested that manufacturers contact the Ministry of Transport on this issue, Kommersant’s interlocutors say. At the same time, industry representatives doubt that the government will be able to solve the problems with rising fuel prices and a shortage of drivers. https://t.me/moscowtimes_ru/21719 Russian authorities are preparing to supply gas to China at a discount of almost 30% Prices for Russian gas for China until 2027 will be 28% lower than for consumers in Europe and Turkey. This follows from the macroeconomic forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, which Bloomberg reviewed. According to the ministry’s base scenario, the export price of Russian gas to China in 2024 will be $257 per 1,000 cubic meters. m. versus $320.30 for the European market and Turkey. Thus, the difference between them will not exceed 19.76%. However, in the next three years it will increase to 28%. So, in 2025 the price for China will be $243.7, and for Europe and Turkey - $320.1, in 2026 - $233 and $320, respectively, and in 2027 - $227.8 and $315.4. Gazprom continues to export pipeline gas to several European countries, although in 2023 deliveries to Europe fell to their lowest level since the early 1970s and amounted to about 45 billion cubic meters, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Before the war in Ukraine, Gazprom exported an average of 150 billion cubic meters to Europe. m per year, and in 2018 set a record, delivering 201 billion cubic meters. m. https://t.me/moscowtimes_ru/21730 The Prosecutor General's Office blamed Roshydromet for the worst flood in 70 years Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov called the non-use of the hydrological network for flood forecasting the cause of massive floods in the regions, Kommersant writes. “The lack of reliable information about water inflow indicators at a critical moment did not prevent global flooding of the territories of several regions. This was one of the reasons for the emergency,” he said. According to him, he demanded that the Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov and the head of Roshydromet Igor Shumakov eliminate the violations in January, but the measures taken were ineffective. Krasnov promised to bring to justice all those responsible for large-scale floods. “The primary and common task now is to provide assistance to the victims and eliminate the negative consequences. In the future, we will definitely ensure that all those responsible are held accountable,” he said. Large-scale floods affected several regions of Russia at once, the Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen regions suffered the most. To date, more than 14 thousand houses in 30 regions of Russia have been flooded. At least 7 people became victims of flooding in the Orenburg region. Earlier, residents of the Orenburg region accused the Ministry of Emergency Situations of showing off. At a meeting with local authorities, citizens were outraged that they could not get real help from rescuers, who, according to them, were only engaged in filming stories for a “beautiful picture” on TV. https://t.me/moscowtimes_ru/21726 |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:33:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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A useful reference point, we will have to pay attention to Russian photos of spent missiles showing the date codes of production. From past encounteres we saw that the earliest cluster versions, the Block I were being used in Ukraine with date codes from 1997 and 1998. There is evidence of more 300km Block 1A's being available, also with cluster munitions and also being GPS guided.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:33:42 AM EDT
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Blinken just landed in China.
No red carpet. No band. Im surprised they allowed the plane to even land. Couple of weeks ago they told grandma Yellen to GTFO. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:38:25 AM EDT
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Raytheon recently broke ground on a 26K sqft expansion of its Redstone Missile Integration Facility, which will ⬆️ the factory's space for delivering on programs by 50%. It currently handles 9 variants of the Standard Missile & will be home to the future Glide Phase Interceptor.  |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:38:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryFrequent visitor of 1420 here. I don't see any videos deleted. He announced in a stream four weeks ago that the 'man on the street' interviews were pretty much over. He did one more stream a week later, then silence. AFAIK, the videos are still all there. The channel does have a title change to "archives of 1420," which would be consistent with the formal ending of street interviews. He was the most prolific street interviewer. There are a few other outlets that produce far less content and have much less visibility. Danill will be missed. I hope he didn't get mobilized/conscripted. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:39:12 AM EDT
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It might be a good idea for someone smarter than me to list the Chinese companies on Alibaba that supply drone components to Russia and North Korea in this thread.
For reasons. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:40:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Basically, this could be the strategy for Ukrainian forces to blunt Russian assaults in the coming days. Lobbing guided weapons at longer ranges like the Russians have been using as a tactic with their UMPK glide bombs.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:40:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eolian: Blinken just landed in China. No red carpet. No band. Im surprised they allowed the plane to even land. Couple of weeks ago they told grandma Yellen to GTFO. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-China-tensions/Blinken-lands-in-China-on-tough-mission-to-curb-support-for-Russia-s-war  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:44:53 AM EDT
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2 hrs ago.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:47:56 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:50:04 AM EDT
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Nosering, anime, trans & orcs aka NATO is about to FAFO lmfao
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:51:59 AM EDT
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https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/us_defense_awards_contract_to_oshkosh_for_rogue-fire_units.html These are remotely driven vehicles that can carry anti ship weapons like Tomahawk and NSM, or Himars rounds and be located all over the Pacific.    Carrying a Tomahawk.  |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:55:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eolian: Blinken just landed in China. No red carpet. No band. Im surprised they allowed the plane to even land. Couple of weeks ago they told grandma Yellen to GTFO. He telegraphed his intentions. He is there to ask China to stop supporting Russia. China has already said go suck it. The problem is, China thinks Blinken is a fucking idiot. Most of the world thinks Blinken is a fucking idiot. As a diplomat, he is an abject failure. He is a failure of USA policy, and he will be remembered as a failure. China thinks what the USA is doing in Ukraine is stupidly foolish. It doesn't make good strategic sense, and China and the CCP are acting like the State Department has rabies. They don't understand why such mistakes are being made. The Chinese are asking themselves how can the USA make such bad decisions diplomatically. This is not a republican or democratic issue, it is a diplomatic strategy issue. The Chinese think the USA has miscalculated with Russia, and they are going to use that to their advantage. Blinken is on the way out, he will be gone soon, so the Chinese are giving him a cold shoulder. Sorry, I can't sugarcoat it. The truth hurts. They are going to treat him accordingly. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:55:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dano556x45mm: Nosering, anime, trans & orcs aka NATO is about to FAFO lmfao What do you get paid in comrade? Rubles? Rials? North Korean Won? Yuan? |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:56:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
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I focused on Europe response as losing EU trade would be a death blow to China and it seems Europe half heartedly pressed China to withdraw support from Russia but never made a firm ultimatum to China. Apparently some European countries economies are wobbly and fear of loss of trade with China has mitigated any strong pressure on Beijing regarding the war in Ukraine
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1311151.shtml  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:58:40 AM EDT
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WESTERN ASSISTANCE UPDATE 🇺🇸 The positive vote of the U.S. Congress is the most anticipated news from our partners. 💪 Decisions on providing Ukraine with four additional PATRIOT air defence systems are being prepared. 🇩🇰 An agreement was reached on Denmark's transfer to Ukraine of the country's entire fleet of F-16 fighter jets. 🇨🇿 At the end of May, beginning of June, deliveries of artillery shells purchased as part of the Czech initiative for Ukraine are expected. 👀 Other assistance will be discussed during Rammstein session this week. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:00:42 AM EDT
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Russian infantry being picked off.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:03:53 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Prime]
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So this was apparently a poorly executed personnel rotation that allowed a big Russian advance.
 23 Apr: BREAKTHROUGH! Russians EXPLOIT a Ukrainian Mistake & PENETRATE THE LINE! | War in Ukraine |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:09:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Running out of armored vehicles for the front, as in the past week or so there has been footage of Russian assaults at the front with vehicles like this instead of tanks and IFV's.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:13:47 AM EDT
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 Protests against Putin-style "foreign agent" bill in Georgia | Nona Mamulashvili |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:16:44 AM EDT
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https://theaviationist.com/2024/04/24/us-officials-on-china-stealth-bomber/ US intel confident that China’s forthcoming long-range stealth bomber, the Xian H-20, will not match up to American B-2 or B-21 designs. According to a Department of Defense intelligence official who briefed reporters at the Pentagon on Apr. 22, the long awaited Xian H-20 stealth bomber design is considered inferior to advanced U.S. low observable (LO) platforms, such as the 35-year old B-2 or the more modern B-21, facing significant engineering challenges in achieving similar capabilities. “The thing with the H-20 is when you actually look at the system design, it’s probably nowhere near as good as US LO [low observable] platforms, particularly more advanced ones that we have coming down,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, according to a report by Breaking Defense‘s Michael Marrow. This skepticism towards Chinese military aviation modernization echoes previous sentiments expressed by US officials, including former Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, who minimized concerns about the J-20 stealth fighter in September 2022. While acknowledging the J-20’s capability, the intelligence official emphasized that it did not fully meet China’s original parameters, suggesting limitations in its effectiveness. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:23:17 AM EDT
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Can’t find the post I wanted to reply to, all the traveling I’m not getting much sleep, I’m sure it’s here but 2 people mentioned air defense, I believe OP and another person
Anyway I think Latvia is donating short range and Denmark is providing something significant, sorry I’ll edit the post with info when my coffee kicks in and this was also worth reading https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/04/23/netherlands-ukrainian-air-defense/ |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:24:58 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Can’t find the post I wanted to reply to, all the traveling I’m not getting much sleep, I’m sure it’s here but 2 people mentioned air defense, I believe OP and another person Anyway I think Latvia is donating short range and Denmark is providing something significant, sorry I’ll edit the post with info when my coffee kicks in and this was also worth reading https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/04/23/netherlands-ukrainian-air-defense/ Don't feel too bad, we all have those posts where others can tell the coffee hasn't kicked in yet.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:25:06 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://theaviationist.com/2024/04/24/us-officials-on-china-stealth-bomber/ Yeah saw some articles on that previously  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:26:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By killstick_engaged: Look man, no Chinaman, Ruskie or Persian ever called me white supremacy They call us a nazi. Which has nothing to do (for them) about antisemitism but instead about being anti-marxism... |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:28:17 AM EDT
[#44]
Soon...
 RACER Experiment 4 -- RACER Heavy Platform (RHP) Highlight Video Now put the above, combined with the targeting AI the Army is working on, and put them into this.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2023/09/11/army-heeds-lessons-of-ukraine-rethinks-how-abrams-tank-will-fight-and-win-tomorrows-wars/?sh=57f0b12147db 
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:29:57 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Don't feel too bad, we all have those posts where others can tell the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. That Death Wish coffee seems to work best for me but I mistakenly thought this was one of their new products, apparently it’s a totally different coffee company  Attached FileEdit it’s Death Wish coffee not Death coffee  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:32:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:33:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: That Death Wish coffee seems to work best for me but I mistakenly thought this was one of their new products, apparently it’s a totally different coffee company https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_3412_jpeg-3196631.JPG Edit it’s Death Wish coffee not Death coffee https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_3411_jpeg-3196627.JPG Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Don't feel too bad, we all have those posts where others can tell the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. That Death Wish coffee seems to work best for me but I mistakenly thought this was one of their new products, apparently it’s a totally different coffee company https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_3412_jpeg-3196631.JPG Edit it’s Death Wish coffee not Death coffee https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_3411_jpeg-3196627.JPG lol, I think we all need that kick in the pants each morning to just function at times. I'm gonna have to look for that and try it, it does sound good. 
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:37:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Thunder900]
[#48]
The Russians can launch missiles into Ukraine with cheap cargo ships and skeleton crews from the Black Sea. They are focusing on expanding their northern and Pacific fleets.
The only way Ukraine wins their territory back is for NATO to directly intervene with airpower and ground troops. That won't happen unless China invades Taiwan or Russia pushes into the Baltics. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:49:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: lol, I think we all need that kick in the pants each morning to just function at times. I'm gonna have to look for that and try it, it does sound good. It tastes exactly as the label says “French toast” But on a side note the Kia Niro the car rental company provided sucks - I hate driving this thing |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:51:13 AM EDT
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Wait, GD thinks this is a "new" axis? I was having discussions with friends about this "new axis" in 2008 lamenting the C team Obama was bringing in to handle foreign policy.
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