Holien
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15 minutes ago, sburke said:
my life expectancy is such that I may be long dead before humanity implodes
Don't be so sure...
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41 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
He really doesn't understand the ramifications of what he's advocating for.
Hmmm we in the UK have personal experience of this and it has cost us dearly. A very expensive mistake...
I hope for the world's sake America takes note that tearing up years of work and cooperation doesn't magically solve anything and creates problems no one was told would happen...
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9 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Russia has shown how to stress out an enemy's air defenses. Lots of different approach angles by a wide variety of strike vehicles all timed to obligate the defenses to act in predictable ways. And even then that largely hasn't worked because Ukraine's air defenses were good enough until recently.
Some folk are saying the attacks are getting through because of declining AD ammo - not sure if this is the case?
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A question for our American friends and any who might understand the DC politics... You know who I am looking at...
We are getting more and more evidence that the Biden team are really asking Ukraine to stop with the Russian refinery attacks?
Why?
Russian Oil is not making up much of the market, it has an effect in cutting Russian spending so why?
My poor old brain can only think of the following.
It could be they don't want to give folk the idea of how easy it is to do. But that genie is out already. The box is open... Lamp rubbed et al...
It could be that they know Israel is not going to act in a restrained proportionate manner with Iran and the whole world supply is likely to be disrupted.
If Iran decides to go full in the oil refineries in the area could be taken down very quickly with Iranian backed drones...Any ideas on a postcard to the usual forum...
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4 minutes ago, Joe982 said:
I hope you are right but from where exactly?
In about an hour I will be drawing electric from the grid at 0p.
This last weekend we had too much power and I was actually paid to store energy. EV and house batteries were topped up and I got paid!!!
The UK right at the moment is pumping water back uphill in Norway...
Europe is well on the way to having a pretty good integrated energy system and during high wind high sun we easily generate more than needed.
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Just FYI Europe is trying to deal with the attacks on Ukraines energy infrastructure...
QuoteFollowing a series of targeted missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure by Russia over the past weeks, Ukraine's power supply has suffered significant damage. Responding to this crisis, the EU has swiftly mobilised emergency energy assistance which is on its way to Ukraine.
In response to Ukraine's call for assistance, Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have offered 157 power generators in various sizes via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism
. To further strengthen Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the EU has also deployed 10 large capacity power generators (1MW) from its own strategic rescEU
stockpiles, with a financial value of €3.57 million. Each of these powerful 1MW generators has the capacity to supply electricity to a medium-sized hospital under emergency conditions.
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “Russia's plan to bomb Ukraine into darkness will not succeed. The EU is working around the clock to sustain power supply in Ukraine. We are mobilising a new batch of generators to Ukraine from our rescEU reserves, which have already proved to be a critical tool in responding to urgent needs in war-torn Ukraine. This underscores the importance of preparedness in efficient crisis response. I also thank Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands for their immediate offers of generators to Ukraine via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.”
The EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre
is in close contact with the Ukrainian authorities on the ground to provide further aid as necessary.
Long term and near term if Ukraine can get Wind Turbines and Solar (all time cheap prices on solar) a lot of what Russia is trying to do will be undone and Ukraine will be in a way better position after the war as it will not be reliant on Russian Gas or Fossil Fuels.
The Energy market is changing and it will remove the stranglehold of the Axis of Evil as some folk like to call them..
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Russian money well spent and an explanation as to why House Republicans aren't bending over backwards to force Johnson to take action. According to this poll, Republicans trust Trump's views on Ukraine more than any other source by a wide margin:
Trump seems to be more of an asset to Russia now than when he was in the White House.
Steve
While the messenger is important I think it is as much how that message is transmitted to those who fall for this.
There are certain TV channels that are as important to this undermining of trust and spread out right lies. Without this support Trump wouldn't get any traction.
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Please tell me it's a late April fools day...
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Folk listen to Steve, let's keep this on track...
Please.
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9 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
don't believe anymore in "innocent people". Neither in Russia, nor in Gaza, nor in Iran. Sorry.
Children are always innocent. Simple.
Not their fault where they are born.
I strongly suggest you pause your posts on this topic..
I have deep respect for you and understand your pov but IMO it's not something for this thread.
I will PM you tomorrow.
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29 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
It's a good opportunity to bomb into stone age one country of the "Evil Axis". But balls are needed
I suggest it's not a good idea.
A targeted response against those responsible rather than creating any more terrorists by killing innocent people.
Bombing people to the stone age has already escalated this to a level that was uncalled for..
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54 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
Meanwhile US officials: UKR strikes on Russian refineries may affect global energy situation. Ukraine should concentarte on military targets.
The more I think about this, the more I am wondering if it is tied to the potential missile attacks to be made on Israel and the potential for that region to get very messy very quickly.
That whole region is a tinder box and the Biden team are trying to keep a lid on it with no help from the extremists in control of Israel.
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Maybe the White House is trying reverse psychology on the Republicans...
A cunning plan? (I doubt it)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68788110
Well the uckers were eventually going to get through...
I hope our friends in Ukraine are OK and at least summer is on the way...
Wind Turbines and Solar with extra Grid connections to Europe are I hope on the cards for you.
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34 minutes ago, photon said:
but good gravy - if you're firing at hostile vessels, how many things have gone badly wrong by that point?
Gun boat diplomacy against an non peer threat...
Cheaper and a shot across the bows tends to make non peer ships stop...
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7 hours ago, Erwin said:
All Russia has to do is sit on that land and hold out.
Ok why are they still attacking?
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8 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
More likely diversion, even probably by the hands of crewman, bribed by HUR.
Cheaper and more accurate...
Now if we could find a Kremlin bodyguard who would put a fire under the Dicktator at the head of this BS...
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22 minutes ago, Letter from Prague said:
EV minerals are a new one
This is a right wing anti EV trope that Erwin is throwing into the pot, as is his Hydrogen BS as a viable (it's not) alternative to EVs.
He has been watching too much FOX news and has made a Mish mash post...
I bet if I spent some time down a dark rabbit hole I could find the people spewing this nonsense...
But of course Erwin could back up his post with some proof and prove us wrong...
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4 minutes ago, mosuri said:
That would be something if true
The naval drones could be used from other ships?
You just need to get them to the vicinity in a mother ship.
Interesting times...
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13 minutes ago, Ultradave said:
Containment? “‘‘Tis but a scratch”
The usual Russia blaming Ukraine for it...
I tend to think Ukraine have better targets to go at.
Russia perhaps using it to stoke up the threat?
Let's hope they leave it alone...
BTW I saw some footage of the Russians blowing up the dam that they said Ukraine did...
Will have to dig out the link for checking if it is valid footage...
FWIIW
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2 hours ago, Erwin said:
The Ukraine war is giving the West
China (and others)excellent training on how the Eastwestfights and what weapons systems theywedeploy.Just fixed that for you..
This war is giving the West a serious edge against China and its Russian knock off copies...
We can see what is working and we can re-tool and re-arm quicker than China.
This war has stopped China dead on its plans to invade Taiwan as they have seen how badly a 3 day war can go.
We are getting real time updates on what works and does not as we are embedded with Ukraine.
How close are the Chinese military with Ukraine?
Do you think China can magically change it's whole military based upon the Russian knock off kit?
The weapons America had in store have now been disposed of at a fraction of the cost it would have needed to
The kit was designed to deal with Russia and less so China so it is being used for what it was bought for.
American jobs and economy is winning because we are buying more of the kit and it works!!!
You really do need to think through this - It is a no brainer for America!!
Finland / Estonia / Poland are not going to stop giving support any time soon.
France and Germany are another thing but currently show no sign of backing down...
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15 minutes ago, Tenses said:
, do we have a clear target here or just "wait and see"?
Yep, Ukraine to win just has to stay in the fight...
What game plan does Russia have to win this?
Time is on the Ukrainian side, they just have to keep fighting.
Afghanistan is the model to look at...
If and it's a big IF Ukraine can weather this year and generate enough new force they might have options next year...
In the meantime keep poking the Bears eyes out and making it costly (oil refineries) for Russia to continue...
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1 hour ago, Letter from Prague said:
In what way?
Soldiers would be the top of the list. I can see an argument that they have less available than they had.
Maybe better trained less soldiers are enough with better drones.
I guess we will find out this year...
Ammo is another concern but that again is potentially fixed but not ideal so worse than last year.
I think that Ukraine will hold, but compared to the optimism we had last year we could say they are in a slightly worse position?
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19 minutes ago, Hapless said:
The Ukrainians had put all their eggs into stopping the Russians, and none into “what do we do when we do?"...
Yep this at the end is the pay off.... Not.
He offers no idea on how Ukraine should have done it differently.
Ukraine was desperately trying to stop Russia and all energy and thought spent on that.
If they had the means to encircle the Russians they would have.
They did well to stop the Russians.
To think Ukraine squandered a chance to end the war is utter BS...
He offers no evidence on how they should have done it. Magic...
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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How to bypass a government not doing what you want it to do.
Not sure it would work in America.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68843542