Lighthouse Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 59 minutes ago, whelk said: Putin can’t even speak even speak English. Thick bald midget cunt. Carlson is a cunt too. Have no interest in watching anything that fucker does. I don’t know. Watching him get pulled through a combine harvester could be a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Apparently another Russian ship sunk. Edited February 14 by skintsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On the plus side, their submarine fleet is growing week on week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 When all this is over, there're going to be some cracking scuba diving trips in the Black Sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Nothing dodgy about this at all. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/16/ukraine-war-live-russia-avdiivka-assault-continues-as-zelenskiy-set-to-visit-europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Alexei Navalny has died of completely natural causes after feeling unwell and collapsing in prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Frankly miraculous he lasted this long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 49 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Alexei Navalny has died of completely natural causes after feeling unwell and collapsing in prison. What! No staircases or windows involved? No doorhandles that no one else would touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: Alexei Navalny has died of completely natural causes after feeling unwell and collapsing in prison. Very brave guy. Contrast with that bald little cunt who is scared of germs. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Sent to Siberia penal camp for being a political rival, yet a lot of yanks admire Putin. And they think their government is evil and over reaching for wanting restrictions on automatic weapons. Fuckin mentalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On the plus side the EU want to embrace their British friends into the military fold as they're shit scared of Russia, Trump's giving bad vibes and we have nukes. Fuck off, you've shown your true colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) 2 hours ago, Challenger said: On the plus side the EU want to embrace their British friends into the military fold as they're shit scared of Russia, Trump's giving bad vibes and we have nukes. Fuck off, you've shown your true colours. So do the French, in fact they have more warheads than we do. Edited February 16 by badgerx16 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Just now, badgerx16 said: So do the French. Not a problem for them then, crack on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Challenger said: On the plus side the EU want to embrace their British friends into the military fold as they're shit scared of Russia, Trump's giving bad vibes and we have nukes. Fuck off, you've shown your true colours. I agree, it’d be great to see Putin’s army of conscripted, alcoholic thugs committing war crimes across Eastern Europe, if it means we get to make snide remarks about Brexit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 RIP Navalny. Poor bastard. Anyone interested in his plight before he found himself in a gulag should watch the documentary 'Navalny' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Wasn't Navalny as hard lined as Putin? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/16/navalny-wouldnt-return-crimea-considers-immigration-bigger-issue-than-ukraine-a40477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 15 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Wasn't Navalny as hard lined as Putin? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/16/navalny-wouldnt-return-crimea-considers-immigration-bigger-issue-than-ukraine-a40477 He wasn't exactly pro West, but he wasn't Putin....... Hence Zelezny's position on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 20 minutes ago, Colinjb said: He wasn't exactly pro West, but he wasn't Putin....... Thats how Putin started though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 14 hours ago, Challenger said: On the plus side the EU want to embrace their British friends into the military fold as they're shit scared of Russia, Trump's giving bad vibes and we have nukes. Fuck off, you've shown your true colours. So NATO members want to embrace other NATO “friends” into NATO??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Can’t imagine what Trump woudl say. Probably weak and stupid to go back to Russia aware of his fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Apparently, Navalny's body was covered in bruises, suggesting convulsion before death. The FSB had visited the prison site two days before he died to dismantle CCTV and listening devices, a 'prepared' statement was issued within 2 minutes of him dying and within 4 minutes, state controlled social media claimed he died due to a blood clot. You can't knock those Russians, when it comes to autopsies, they don't hang around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 16/02/2024 at 19:34, Challenger said: On the plus side the EU want to embrace their British friends into the military fold as they're shit scared of Russia, Trump's giving bad vibes and we have nukes. Lot of use they are; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68355395 "The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 56 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: Lot of use they are; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68355395 "The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row" Absolutely hopeless. We have aircraft carriers that can't be used, and subs that can't fire missiles. You couldn't make it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, egg said: Absolutely hopeless. We have aircraft carriers that can't be used, and subs that can't fire missiles. You couldn't make it up. But Sunak has a plan. Keep the faith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Hardly a surprise. This is another example of disjointed priorities with the MOD. We have nowhere near enough people (let alone fit people) to staff the very small footprint of the armed forces we have today. People are not joining up and so many are leaving. Guess what, the majority of the general public just do not care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 10 hours ago, badgerx16 said: Lot of use they are; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68355395 "The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row" don't worry the powers that be have ensured us we are safe they were only dummy ones onist😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68364924 Looks like things are coming to a head in Ukraine. Quote Russia is struggling to provide ammunition and weapons for its war in Ukraine, according to Western officials. It is facing "extreme challenges" in obtaining sufficient equipment and materiel, an official said. It comes as concerns over the provision of Western weapons to Ukraine are mounting. With both sides struggling for weapons, will this turn into a more 'traditional' war? Will we see trebuchet flinging giant rocks across the river and sword fights on open fields? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 15/01/2024 at 14:50, Jimmy_D said: Ukraine claiming to have shot down a Russian A-50. This would mark the first time in history an AEW&C aircraft has been shot down. Apparently two now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Hey Special Military Operation, it's your second birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 7 hours ago, badgerx16 said: Hey Special Military Operation, it's your second birthday. Must be close to Kyiv by now, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 20 hours ago, skintsaint said: Apparently two now... Indeed. Appears this may have been an A-50U too, one of the A-50s that’s been upgraded. All of the apparent explanations seem unlikely, especially with it going down in the same area. Anti-air having that range, Ukraine having F16s operational already, Russian anti-air being that incompetent, Russian anti-air being compromised somehow by Ukraine or Russian rebels? Assuming Ukraine actually have a repeatable ability to take them down… if another one goes down things start to become extremely tricky for Russia, especially once F16s start appearing for Ukraine. Between Russia’s ability to maintain them, losing two full crews, as well as three A-50s being destroyed now, including the one that was destroyed on the ground, their AEW capability is likely already severely compromised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jimmy_D said: Indeed. Appears this may have been an A-50U too, one of the A-50s that’s been upgraded. All of the apparent explanations seem unlikely, especially with it going down in the same area. Anti-air having that range, Ukraine having F16s operational already, Russian anti-air being that incompetent, Russian anti-air being compromised somehow by Ukraine or Russian rebels? Assuming Ukraine actually have a repeatable ability to take them down… if another one goes down things start to become extremely tricky for Russia, especially once F16s start appearing for Ukraine. Between Russia’s ability to maintain them, losing two full crews, as well as three A-50s being destroyed now, including the one that was destroyed on the ground, their AEW capability is likely already severely compromised. Reckon its likely to be MBNA's meteor air to air missile. It has a declared range of 200km (which would have been enough anyhow) but is rumoured to be even more than that in reality. Edited February 25 by buctootim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 20 minutes ago, buctootim said: Reckon its likely to be MBNA's meteor air to air missile. It has a declared range of 200km (which would have been enough anyhow) but is rumoured to be even more than that in reality. Probably not a bad shout. While I’ve no doubt they could figure a way to retrofit meteors to Soviet jets, might explain why Ukraine were so keen to get hold of Gripen jets. It’s possible they’ve quietly got hold of some. Something has been causing a lot of losses for Russian aviation recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Looks like it’s anti-air having that range then, or at least that’s what Ukraine are claiming. Seems they used AA missiles from an S200 system, that have longer range than the missiles from the Patriot system, and integrated them with a Patriot system for launch, targeting and control to bring it down from 700km away. That’s an extremely significant capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 19 minutes ago, Jimmy_D said: Looks like it’s anti-air having that range then, or at least that’s what Ukraine are claiming. Seems they used AA missiles from an S200 system, that have longer range than the missiles from the Patriot system, and integrated them with a Patriot system for launch, targeting and control to bring it down from 700km away. That’s an extremely significant capability. Ukraine was always the brains of the Russian arms indutry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 15 hours ago, Jimmy_D said: Looks like it’s anti-air having that range then, or at least that’s what Ukraine are claiming. Seems they used AA missiles from an S200 system, that have longer range than the missiles from the Patriot system, and integrated them with a Patriot system for launch, targeting and control to bring it down from 700km away. That’s an extremely significant capability. Maybe. Just a likely to be maskirovka imo. A lot of countries donate gear anonymously or simply dont announce what they sending to maintain surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Glad to see some pushback to macron's escalatory warmongering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Baird of the land said: Glad to see some pushback to macron's escalatory warmongering So sending troops to Ukraine would constitute escalatory warmongering? Is there anyone else you think that perhaps might apply to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lighthouse said: So sending troops to Ukraine would constitute escalatory warmongering? Is there anyone else you think that perhaps might apply to? you don’t think a direct attack by troops of a nato member is escalatory warmongering ? and yes the decision to attack Ukraine by Russia was. Edited February 27 by Baird of the land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 30 minutes ago, Baird of the land said: you don’t think a direct attack by troops of a nato member is escalatory warmongering ? and yes the decision to attack Ukraine by Russia was. Who said anything about attacking anyone? I'd be more than happy for NATO troops to go and hang out in the none-occupied part of Ukraine. Russia is perfectly free to leave them alone, which they obviously would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Russia's A-50 fleet reportedly grounded due to needing time to figure out how to prevent them being shot down. (Probably they're still trying to figure out how they were shot down.) With the loss of AEW&C capability and at least 14 aircraft reported downed in the last two weeks, seems there have been long stretches of a few hours with no Russian aircraft seen in Eastern Ukraine at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Sea drones strike again, not sure Russia intended for the cost of repairing/replacing so many ships and planes when starting this special operation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 9 hours ago, skintsaint said: Sea drones strike again, not sure Russia intended for the cost of repairing/replacing so many ships and planes when starting this special operation... The Sergei Kotov is one that Ukraine have been after for a while, it’s been able to survive a couple of previous attacks. Apparently it’s been used as part of what Russia have assigned to try and protect Kerch Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Jesus https://x.com/georgepapa19/status/1765491444414808317?s=46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Very long video but quite interesting:- We are diving into the heart of Eurasian geopolitics with Curtis L. Fox, author of the groundbreaking book Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition and Conventional Military Conflict. Launching into a deep exploration of Russia's historical military strategies and its contemporary geopolitical maneuvers, Fox offers unparalleled insights into the Kremlin's objectives, its relentless pursuit in Ukraine, and the inner mechanics of its formidable military and intelligence apparatus. With Russia's economic tenacity and military prowess on full display, we dissect the nation's will to press on in the conflict, assess its strategic goals, and the potential ramifications on global stability. Curtis, a former Green Beret who mastered the Russian language and studied Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech before venturing into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, provides a unique perspective on what Russia hopes to achieve and the lengths it may go to secure victory. This episode not only charts the course of Russia's military evolution from the Napoleonic era to its current engagement in Ukraine but also forecasts the possible outcomes of this conflict. Questions such as the impact of NATO's involvement, the financial sustainability of Russia's war machine, and the conditions for Ukrainian success are explored in depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68506223 Excellent news for NATO, that’s an extremely capable military that’s just joined the alliance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Another A50 apparently destroyed by Ukraine, on the ground this time by long range drone strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, Jimmy_D said: Another A50 apparently destroyed by Ukraine, on the ground this time by long range drone strikes. Did they not see them coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 6 hours ago, Jimmy_D said: Another A50 apparently destroyed by Ukraine, on the ground this time by long range drone strikes. Good summary here https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/09/first-ukraine-shoots-down-two-of-russias-a-50-radar-planes-then-russia-prepares-a-replacement-a-50-so-ukraine-targets-the-replacement-at-its-factory/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Significant Ukrainian counterattacks today. Widespread drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, and there are reports that (likely Ukraine backed) Russian separatists have occupied/liberated large parts of Bilhorod and Kursk in Russia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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