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The drone attack was more about sending a political message than anything else. As noted above, the Iranians had to do something to keep their people & allies happy after the recent string of Israeli attacks against Iranian targets, especially after the consulate strike in Syria. Iran restricted...

Iranian drone strike is on the way to Israel. Reports are mixed and claim anywhere from dozens to hundreds of drones. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68810053 Iran has launched aerial drones at Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says, appearing to mark a widely anticipated reprisal a...

With what army? The US Army, hopefully. We certainly spend enough on it. And how exactly is the US army going to get to the Ukraine and support itself there? This is not Desert Storm where there's a safe location for NATO to assemble forces & supplies for months before starting hostilities, not...

Sounds like NATO and/or the US should step up and get directly involved in the fighting to prevent that. With what army? The UK admits they'd last 2 months at best https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/26/weakened-uk-military-two-months-war-russia/ There are doubts the UK has the resources for a...

ISIS is still claiming responsibility for the attack. It's the "why" that confuses me. Because they (read: someone somehow associated with ISIS) found someone pissed off or bitter or whatever enough to do it and that happened to be right now. ISIS has no reason not to take credit for a go...

I would ask what business of Belarus' a domestic crime committed in Russia is, but we all know the answer. Belarusian citizens were killed in the Crocus attack. This opens up a legal path where the terrorists can be extradited to Belarus and executed if that's what both sides want. After, of course...

From the Royal United Services Institute. https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine The Attritional Art of War: Lessons from the Russian War on Ukraine Alex Vershinin 18 March 2024 If the West is serious about the possibility of a g...

@J Well, costing Russia a billion in rebuilding but losing ten billion USA support isn't a great trade, but since the gop is currently blocking the support anyway... No amount of aid from the US will make any real difference in the war, a billion, ten billion, or a trillion, it simply doesn't matte...

https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries Washington told Kyiv that drone attacks risk driving up crude prices and provoking retaliation The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warnin...

https://apnews.com/article/state-department-victoria-nuland-retiring-russia-ukraine-b06cfb9ca517f1a7f2e10ee7520e3086 Victoria Nuland, third-highest ranking US diplomat and critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine, retiring WASHINGTON (AP) — Victoria Nuland, the third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequ...

What would have happened if the Greek prime minister was caught in the blast? Nothing. Other than a lot of butt hurt & hysterics. Article 6 of NATO https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm Article 6 For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties...

So, by the numbers, assuming they're all accurate, Ukraine and Russia are losing troops at about the same rate. Not really sustainable, considering Russia has a massive population difference over the Ukraine. They're not losing troops at the same rate. The numbers for Russia are likely not too far ...

NYT article on casualties https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/world/europe/russia-invasion-casualties-wounded.html Russia Hides Its War Toll. We Pieced Together the Clues. Interviews with wounded Russian soldiers, and with relatives of others, reveal glimpses of what injured veterans can expect when ...

Time magazine https://time.com/6695261/ukraine-forever-war-danger/ Ukraine Can’t Win the War The long-awaited counteroffensive last year failed. Russia has recaptured Avdiivka, its biggest war gain in nine months. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to quietly acknowledge the new military r...

That's one of the things that doesn't come up in these discussions; the viability of post conflict Ukraine. The longer the conflict goes on, the fewer workers in the economy afterwards, and the more rebuilding required. A fucked up Ukraine may just wind up as someone's economic vassal. At this poin...

Or before. Today Ukraine and Russia have a certain amount of fighting capability. So a ceasefire negotiated today would reflect that. Over time, Ukraine is getting weaker and Russia is getting stronger, changing their ability to dictate terms in a negotiation. If Ukraine surrenders right now they'l...

PROVIDE A TRANSLATION IN FULL FOR THIS ARTICLE SO WE MAY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. It's 2024, google translate works fairly well for common languages such as French. The details are correct though it misses some of the nuances. https://www-rfi-fr.translate.goog/fr/europe/20240125-avion-russe...

Is there anyone who is saying that Ukraine didn't shoot down the plane ? The questions are all around who was on board. Are you even reading this thread? From only a few posts back http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?p=4134474#p4134474 Ukrainian military sources boasted of shooting down the ...

Radio France Internationale (French national radio & news network) does not support the Western propaganda https://www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20240125-avion-russe-abattu-un-missile-patriot-%C3%A0-l-origine-du-crash-selon-une-source-militaire-fran%C3%A7aise Avion russe abattu: un missile Patriot à l'or...

Speaking of ships, 2 more Royal Navy ships out of service after a docking accident in Bahrain https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25427119/navy-warship-crashes-hole-sailors/ SAILORS are fighting to stop one Navy minehunter from sinking after another reversed into it. A mechanical fault was blamed for HMS ...

Something something hole, something something stop digging...

You only quoted 1 of the 4 different measures of aircraft availability and try to misrepresent a 3% decrease as crippling. Learn to read. THe HMS Prince of Wales was not scrapped for parts and is currently in active operation having completed UAV tri als and other shit in Sept and Nov 2023. Stop pu...

It's not 1991 anymore. Somewhere around 1/3 to half of US planes are grounded, broken, or otherwise unavailable for use, most of the UK's carriers & subs are laid up in repairs, not to mention a huge amount of equipment was already sent to the Ukraine and destroyed. Also, Russia isn't a poor br...

The only thing saving Russia from a full attack is the threat of NUKES. NATO outguns Russia. NATO has more trained and ready troops right now than Russia. The US could leave The Kremin a smoking hole without damaging any other building nearby, and there's plenty of video proving the US has that abi...

I do not think this war will end this year, because as was stated, the best way to win this war is to hit Russia hard enough to end it, and Ukraine cannot do that. NATO does not *want* do to that, because no one wants WWIII and haven't wanted it ever since the first Nuke Silos were built. So we pla...