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Why flares? Aren´t heatseeking missiles (mostly) short range?

Hi from Argentina, as far as I can tell we no longer produce 155mm, just last year production of 105mm was reactivated after a decade or so and probably at a very low rate; there are a few articles discussing the possibility of producing 155mm again giving it´s high demand, but couldn't find anything about the actual feasibility of doing it. On one hand given the profound economic crisis here I wouldn't bet much on our production capacity, on the other hand we currently have as much a pro US government as you can ask from Latin America, maybe there is a deal to be made.

Regarding Trump, hi from Latin America (Argentina) land of great football and sometimes populist egomaniacs... I´ll just paste something I wrote in January of 2017 on another forum: "Coming from a country with it´s fair share of populists in it´s history, let me tell you a couple of things about what will happen: First: it´s not about policies, it´s not about facts, now it´s only about power and how to keep it Second: the only thing that will be rewarded is loyalty, it may or may not align with skills, it doesn't matter any more Third: it´s not about liberal and conservative, It´s not about democrat or republican, now it´s about trump or anti trump, there will be no middle ground to hide, both coalitions will have members of previous coalitions, those won´t matter much anymore, more republicans will be on Trump´s coalition because he was elected as one of course Fourth: his only objective is reelection, and after that a third mandate, and a fourth and so on, to this end he will push any policy he deems useful, left wing or right wing, won´t matter, he sometimes will be align with former liberal/democrat ideas, he will take ownership of anything that promotes him, claiming it was his idea all along Fifth: any source of check and balances will be targeted as traitorous, anti american, etc., this includes the press, other parties, the supreme court, whatever, anyone he sees as a member of the anti trump coalition is now a target, for now of rhetoric only, time will tell how far he will be allowed to go, and don´t think for a second there is something he won't do, or that he has any moral limit, he doesn't Good luck trying to rationalize his government into anything other than an ego trip His only weak point is succession, like every populists he hates the idea of giving power up, to anyone, even his children, he won´t groom a successor and get mad every time this point comes up I sincerely hope current checks and balances work, but I´m not optimistic, lots of people will come under the spell, it´s tough times for anyone that can´t escape facts, reason, science, for those are now the enemies of the US government." Not spot on in every point, but It came close to happen the first time around, now he has evolved and learned, it will be worst. The paradox is that it was in the hands of Republican Senators to impeach and keep him out of office for good, they failed.

Yeah, when I watched it earlier the clip was shorter and didn’t include the interviewer speaking, at least for me, maybe some glitch. I’ve read about a couple of argentinian volunteers but it is a rare thing and rarer still for a female fighting at the frontline I guess, assuming all this is true.

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Zelenski speaking with Orban, who is also here in Buenos Aires for our new president inauguration...the graph says "President of Hungary" because people in the news business apparently don't know/don't care about the details anymore...

Zelenski a few minutes ago here in Buenos Aires...

Is there a chance a tactical nuclear weapon (or many) is stored somewhere in Rostov?

If there is a "pretorian guard" full of T-14 Armata it should make an appearance right about now...

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Now every tank is a "Leopard"...probably even the Bradleys will be "Leopards"

Magnus Carlsen indeed sort of grew bored with having to defend his title every two years, apparently he didn't like the format of the match (Probably he favors more rapid chess and less classical chess as he is usually even stronger than his opponents in rapid and blitz). Carlsen will most likely remain the top ranked player for a good while if he chooses to keep playing at the top level.

Hi, not military related, but here in Argentina we are experiencing a curious side effect of the war, an unusual influx of Russian women coming here to give birth, The Guardian even run a article in January about it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/everyone-is-looking-for-options-russian-women-fly-to-argentina-to-give-birth Some couples even decide to stay here for various reasons (the political situation in Russia, avoid mobilization, etc.). Yesterday local authorities busted a criminal network charging thousand of dollars for quick permanent residence obtained by less than legal means lets say (not that obtaining residence here is that hard). Not everyone wants to stay an enjoy the glorious future of the Russian Empire it seems, even if it means coming here an experience our 100% inflation rate...you`ll never get bored here!

Seeing the videos I was wondering why wouldn't they toss granades all at once from everywhere, but didn't think about the RPGs, maybe they save the RPGs for vehicles? Can't remember if in CM you can make an infantry squads shoot AT4s or RPGs into buildings, Javelins I remember can be targeted at infantry.

November 11th...good day for an armistice...someone in the Kremlin should take a hint from history