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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:27:30 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: What was that medieval movie? King says to his commander "Tell the archers to fire." Commander says "But sire, we will also hit our own men.?" King says "But we have reserves and they don't. Tell the archers to fire." Freaking Russians. "Tell the tank to keep firing." Probably accurate. The Russian version of "lift and shift fire" seems a little harsh. I think the movie was Braveheart? |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:32:51 AM EST
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Russia/Iran/China/ArfGD
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:33:58 AM EST
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Is it just my perception that the last two "losses" charts are showing a markedly increased UA count?
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:36:28 AM EST
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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lol. Where are the tanks?
 This does not make Russia look stronk.
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:38:11 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: Is it just my perception that the last two "losses" charts are showing a markedly increased UA count? It happens occasionally where there seems to be a parity of losses from both sides. Best to look into it and see what vehicles are getting destroyed. Is Russia still losing heavy units while Ukrine loses light units for example? |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:39:15 AM EST
[Last Edit: R0N]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Probably accurate. The Russian version of "lift and shift fire" seems a little harsh. I think the movie was Braveheart? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By stone-age: What was that medieval movie? King says to his commander "Tell the archers to fire." Commander says "But sire, we will also hit our own men.?" King says "But we have reserves and they don't. Tell the archers to fire." Freaking Russians. "Tell the tank to keep firing." Probably accurate. The Russian version of "lift and shift fire" seems a little harsh. I think the movie was Braveheart? The Russians still believe in the concept of “leaning into their fire support”. Where the maneuver force follows close enough to their fires suppressing the enemy that they are on top of the enemy positions prior to them able to recover from the suppression. Up until WW2 most western militaries also accepted a small percent of casualties from doing it was a cost of doing business. We still train US troops to do it but have built in safety margins and use echeloning of fire that makes our execution of the concepts not really leaning in anymore. In the movie, Braveheart King Edward said to continue to fire because arrows were cheaper than the Irishman that were being killed |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:42:11 AM EST
[Last Edit: doc540]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: It happens occasionally where there seems to be a parity of losses from both sides. Best to look into it and see what vehicles are getting destroyed. Is Russia still losing heavy units while Ukrine loses light units for example? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Originally Posted By doc540: Is it just my perception that the last two "losses" charts are showing a markedly increased UA count? It happens occasionally where there seems to be a parity of losses from both sides. Best to look into it and see what vehicles are getting destroyed. Is Russia still losing heavy units while Ukrine loses light units for example? Must you ALWAYS respond reasonably?? 😀 |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:44:09 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: More Georgia background - what exactly is being proposed and protested? From Human Rights Watch: From Radio Free Europe Russia does indeed abuse "foreign agent" designations, applying it to people who merely speak out against the government. But clearly labeling organizations that receive foreign funds is a valid requirement IMO. If a media outlet receives large amounts of funding from foreign sources, should you know about it? For instance, the Washington Times that we frequently cite for non-MSM stories is owned under "a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity." Does that make it invalid? No. Is it good to know? Yes. Should non-profit organizations operating for social purposes be known and understood for who they are? Yes. For instance, don't you think it's worth knowing what the Open Society Foundations do with their $21B in annual spending? Heck yeah! So while it's easy to look at what's going on in Tbilisi and support the people, the truth is more nuanced than the headlines would have you believe. IMO, the bill serves a legitimate public purpose, but is too broad and too vague. As such, it should be withdrawn and rewritten. BTW, domestic politics in Georgia are... challenging. Post-Soviet states are a mixed bag, with some becoming very successful democracies (see Estonia) and some being repressive dictatorships (like Kazahkstan). An active electorate that takes to the street regularly is probably the best thing Georgia can have, even if instability serves Russian regional interests. BTW, if anybody here has been in Georgia or has contacts in Georgia that can add context to my background please add it! Foreign influence in news and elections is a huge problem. Here in the USA and to a much bigger extent in smaller countries. I watch Hungarian language news pretty regularly and the Orban Admin. is constantly criticizing US influence, financing opposition parties. There are several scandals where the leftist parties got millions of $$$ from the USA but claimed it was all small individual donations. They call it the "dollar-media" or "rolling dollars" since it comes from the USA (either Soros NGO's or State Dept. which seem to have the same people and same interests). It's the same model as Soros uses here in local elections like DA's and judges. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:46:32 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By klinc: Africa always wins and after a bunch of this from the Chinese when they do get around to winning its going to be gruesome. The European colonizers that built roads, schools, and theatres will be sorely missed after the Chinese get done with Africa. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:48:11 AM EST
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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That is a fat and juicy target in the area.
Images of other ships of that class before the modernization for reference.   HI Sutton reference of this exact ship.   
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:48:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: The European colonizers that built roads, schools, and theatres will be sorely missed after the Chinese get done with Africa. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By klinc: Africa always wins and after a bunch of this from the Chinese when they do get around to winning its going to be gruesome. The European colonizers that built roads, schools, and theatres will be sorely missed after the Chinese get done with Africa. They may find that the CCP lacking Christianity and white guilt maybe less willing to play along |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:48:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: Must you ALWAYS respond reasonably?? 😀 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Originally Posted By doc540: Is it just my perception that the last two "losses" charts are showing a markedly increased UA count? It happens occasionally where there seems to be a parity of losses from both sides. Best to look into it and see what vehicles are getting destroyed. Is Russia still losing heavy units while Ukrine loses light units for example? Must you ALWAYS respond reasonably?? 😀 I'm an engineer.
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:48:57 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker: Part of the issue is that higher ranking officers can't make the claim they're "managing" a multi-billion dollar program if they're managing the acquisition of 3,000 DJI Mavic type quadcopters. There's also still this mindset that these small UAS are "toys". Now they're finding out these "toys" can wreak havoc even on a "modern" battlefield. I gave up talking with senior DoD folks years ago trying to get them to understand the potential of the technology. Most of the working level folks "got it" pretty quickly. Management, not so much. The DOD version of the Mavic drone will be the size of an Apache, cost 20 million, and be less effective. Like the old joke that the Abrams tank is a VW Beattle built to DOD spec. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:55:42 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM5KvpOWgAA2oJA?format=png&name=small
Next up, try putting some with anti aircraft missiles, and some with Harpoon anti ship missiles. News from the sea. crests began installing R-60/R-73 missiles on BECs. Two pieces per BEC. These are air-to-air missiles with a thermal homing head. The peculiarity of the missile is that it does not need any sighting systems or locators; the target is captured by the missile itself. There were no recorded launches; the crests were able to somehow connect the rocket with the BEC telecontrol systems and are trying to work with them. So far to no avail. At the moment, the most effective means against BECs are helicopters. https://t.me/fighter_bomber/16609 FIRED at an Mi-8 but didn’t hit? Actually, the very moment of the destruction of the air defense BEC with the remaining R-73/R-60 by the crew of the Ka-29. The first missile hit the Mi-8. Didn't hit. https://t.me/fighter_bomber/16610 |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 7:55:43 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brok3n: I have feared OTS commercial drones and FPV drones since about 2017 when I realized a spec ops squad camped out a a major airbase could take out parked jets and shutdown runway ops.. and that's before weapons were put on them. I have tried my best within the DoD to get senior leaders and even "Weapons School" patches to acknowledge that this is a serious threat and continue to get scoffed at so I've almost given up. The problem is a cultural one. Many senior GO/FO leaders grew up on "sexy" multi-million dollar weapon systems like fighter jets so drones are beneath them despite how low or high tech they might be. AI-driven, networked weaponized drone swarms that can complete the ISR and Targeting process on their own are the future. I can envision them small enough to the point they can be delivered behind enemy lines onboard stealth cruise missiles and wreck havoc on fixed bases. Does that mean 5th and 6th gen jets are going away? Absolutely not but these swarms will complement traditional programs. And therein lies the problem of why Western senior leaders avoid the drone discussion.. they see it as one or the other as opposed to one with the other. Or a few hundred "visitors" bring in "toy drones" as gifts for their nephew...then at the right time all those "toy drones" come to life, network together, and launch from a few miles of the target. Like you say, they dont even need a fancy HE payload, just be kinetic or maybe have some steel, tungsten filings/powder as a payload when they head into the air intakes of our jets. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:02:37 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: I might've missed this in Capta's Reddit RoundupTM yesterday, but this is a dude being blown into tiny pieces.
That drone had a very "energetic" payload. Wow. Also, NSFW. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:09:59 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime:
A native of Ukraine recruited into the Russian army allegedly fatally destroyed six Russian servicemen and escaped. His motivation was the Russian strike on Kharkiv, which led to his elderly mother having a stroke. Now they are trying to find him in the “DPR”, but apparently he fled to the territory of Ukraine. According to sources in the Russian media, a certain Yuri Galushko, 60, destroyed six servicemen and finished them off with control shots, after which he managed to escape with a weapon. The "DPR" announced a hunt for him, but they were not able to catch him. He was called up from the penal colony by occupational formations on February 28, 2024, and carried out this act on 4 May. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4sPAKXoAAQchN?format=jpg&name=900x900
I hope he manages to escape back to Ukraine. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:15:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: US shared intel with UK showing 'high likelihood' of COVID-19 lab leak: report "Hey, it may have been from a lab leak" #cia "Really? How do you know" #MI5 "Well, we were funding it so..." #cia Between the US funding it and Big Pharma benefitting, not to mention the dnc commie-revolutionaries using it to topple a US Admin. no shit they have been lying about it from day 1!! |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:30:10 AM EST
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:32:32 AM EST
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:38:10 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:47:11 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:48:30 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 8:59:12 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:06:25 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:10:38 AM EST
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:12:36 AM EST
[Last Edit: lorazepam]
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The European Union has started work on establishing the new Defense Innovation office in Kyiv, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said on May 6. “The Defense Innovation office will support the further integration of Ukraine into European defense programs, while at the same time allowing European countries to learn from the experiences of the Ukrainian military on the battlefield.” |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:15:27 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4ivKnWQAADrbi?format=jpg&name=medium Tick tock... I really want to see some Russian assaults using horse drawn carts! |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:23:48 AM EST
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:26:38 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:33:00 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:35:15 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:36:05 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:37:22 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:38:50 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 9:43:28 AM EST
[Last Edit: michigan66]
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Israel increased scale of operations in the West Bank, rocket attacks from Lebanon are the most intense we've seen for some time, and Rafah is about to kick off.
Link to liveblog articles below IDF spokesperson: Some 30 rockets fired at Israel's north, no casualties reported --with 60 rockets fired yesterday, this is one of the most intense ~48 hours for aerial attacks from the north An IDF spokesperson says the army identified 30 launches from Lebanon into northern Israel with no casualties reported. According to the army's statement, forces are carrying out retaliatory strikes toward the source of the fire. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, claiming it fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at the Naffakh base in the Golan Heights. IDF confirms overnight strike deep into Lebanon The Israeli army confirmed that it conducted a strike overnight into Monday deep into Lebanon. According to the statement, fighter jets struck a Hezbollah military compound in the area of Sefri, south of Baalbek Explosive drone hits northern Israeli town; IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Army and local officials reported a drone carrying explosives hit the northern Israeli town of Metula. According to the army, the air force struck 15 targets in a military base belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in Southern Lebanon.
A Palestinian gunman was killed and an explosive lab was destroyed during an ongoing IDF and Border Police raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which began this morning, the military says. The IDF says combat engineers uncovered explosive devices planted under roads in Tulkarem, and other troops located another explosive lab as well as seized an assault rifle amid the operation. Elsewhere in the West Bank, 13 wanted Palestinians were detained overnight, the military says. Since October 7, the IDF says troops have arrested some 4,000 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,700 affiliated with Hamas.
The narrative is now going to go all-out to stop an operation in Rafah…because Hamas needs to control the border so it can control humanitarian aid and work with its partners around the region and around the world who quietly backed it for years. When you see the voices exaggerating about Rafah, you’ll know who is behind the goal of keeping Hamas in power in Gaza
Hamas didn’t come to power by accident, this is one of the most well funded, powerful terrorist groups in the world…even as an “armed group” or “militant”…it far exceeds anything else and it gets clout like hosted and backed by two western allies. No other group gets this backing and absolute power.
Yes exactly. In fact Hamas was rewarded for rejecting ceasefires and the more it rejected them, the more its hosts got a thank you from the west. It's obvious from the beginning how this happened. The goal after Oct. 7 was to preserve Hamas in power...no one invests in Hamas since 2012 and even more since 2018 and then suddenly just let's it go. Western allies are the main backers of Hamas. Palestinian tweets inside quote box
According to the army's map, the evacuation orders include the Rafah land crossing and its environs. Rafah crossing is the only land crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 10:04:12 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R0N: The Russians still believe in the concept of “leaning into their fire support”. Where the maneuver force follows close enough to their fires suppressing the enemy that they are on top of the enemy positions prior to them able to recover from the suppression. Up until WW2 most western militaries also accepted a small percent of casualties from doing it was a cost of doing business. We still train US troops to do it but have built in safety margins and use echeloning of fire that makes our execution of the concepts not really leaning in anymore. In the movie, Braveheart King Edward said to continue to fire because arrows were cheaper than the Irishman that were being killed Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R0N: Originally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By stone-age: What was that medieval movie? King says to his commander "Tell the archers to fire." Commander says "But sire, we will also hit our own men.?" King says "But we have reserves and they don't. Tell the archers to fire." Freaking Russians. "Tell the tank to keep firing." Probably accurate. The Russian version of "lift and shift fire" seems a little harsh. I think the movie was Braveheart? The Russians still believe in the concept of “leaning into their fire support”. Where the maneuver force follows close enough to their fires suppressing the enemy that they are on top of the enemy positions prior to them able to recover from the suppression. Up until WW2 most western militaries also accepted a small percent of casualties from doing it was a cost of doing business. We still train US troops to do it but have built in safety margins and use echeloning of fire that makes our execution of the concepts not really leaning in anymore. In the movie, Braveheart King Edward said to continue to fire because arrows were cheaper than the Irishman that were being killed The Irish had changed sides by that point and he was killing English with the arrows, in addition to Scotsmen/Irish. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:12:37 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Drone should've gotten closer still made my morning
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:22:51 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: It happens occasionally where there seems to be a parity of losses from both sides. Best to look into it and see what vehicles are getting destroyed. Is Russia still losing heavy units while Ukrine loses light units for example? I think also as one side or the other drops a bunch of new vids, the stats are updated. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:25:29 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4J74NbIAAuYEv?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4J75paUAMTcYI?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMtf12OaEAAOfY5?format=jpg&name=large
But I thought the Russians reported they had destroyed all of the incoming missiles? Didn't the Russian say they destroyed all of the incoming missiles? That's weird. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:25:36 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R0N: The Russians still believe in the concept of “leaning into their fire support”. Where the maneuver force follows close enough to their fires suppressing the enemy that they are on top of the enemy positions prior to them able to recover from the suppression. Up until WW2 most western militaries also accepted a small percent of casualties from doing it was a cost of doing business. We still train US troops to do it but have built in safety margins and use echeloning of fire that makes our execution of the concepts not really leaning in anymore. In the movie, Braveheart King Edward said to continue to fire because arrows were cheaper than the Irishman that were being killed Thanks for the updates and I'm glad you are still keeping up and posting. p.s. Capta beat me by a mile with the Braveheart comments. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:26:16 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:27:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: I might've missed this in Capta's Reddit RoundupTM yesterday, but this is a dude being blown into tiny pieces.
Huh, then it isn't just me. I was wondering if these guys were getting hit with anti-tank mines. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:28:03 AM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:29:37 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: Huh, then it isn't just me. I was wondering if these guys were getting hit with anti-tank mines. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: Originally Posted By Prime: I might've missed this in Capta's Reddit RoundupTM yesterday, but this is a dude being blown into tiny pieces.
Huh, then it isn't just me. I was wondering if these guys were getting hit with anti-tank mines. Maybe he was carrying explosives in his backpack. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:32:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
And those German troops will be armed with whatever the Lithuanians can donate... |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:35:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM5UUSXaYAAMbNs?format=jpg&name=small Apparently they need to face those missiles in the other direction, towards the stern. The drone pilot knew it was getting shot at from all the bullet splashes but launching the missile forward would have been futile. At least to the rear the helo pilot may have some respect for it. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:39:35 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Apparently they need to face those missiles in the other direction, towards the stern. The drone pilot knew it was getting shot at from all the bullet splashes but launching the missile forward would have been futile. At least to the rear the helo pilot may have some respect for it. Evolving technology and then evolving tactics. We really are in the future now. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:41:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gatetraveller: I really want to see some Russian assaults using horse drawn carts! It may be coming. In WWII, the Germans still relied heavily on horses. Kossack horseback assaults in 3,2,1... |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:46:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: But I thought the Russians reported they had destroyed all of the incoming missiles? Didn't the Russian say they destroyed all of the incoming missiles? That's weird. The Russians ALWAYS destroy all incoming missiles. |
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