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wait, you mean... they were headed to my house?! I swear I never met these guys!

our problem here is we suffer from a bit of tunnel vision because of the focus on the war. if it involves Russia, it must be about Ukraine! We neglect that Russia has a lot of other issues completely unrelated to this war. This attack may have nothing to do with the elections or anything else currently in our tunnel vision sights. It could very simply be a long planned attack or one of opportunity given the way that ISIS is organized or not as @akd noted previously.

If I were Zelensky I'd see this as an opportunity if true. Tell Sullivan the UA has a huge campaign about to start against Russian refineries, but I'll call it off if you give me the 100 billion in funding and all the Patriot stocks you have (and then add anything else still on the wish list).

No way, never! Oh wait I was just watching Shogun.... Not sure if you are old enough for this @The_Capt

I dunno. My cat was really aggressive and peeing all over the place. Then I got him "fixed" and he behaves a whole lot better.

The ground war may have hit defensive denial primacy or whatever @The_Capt is calling it, but the UA is definitely hitting Russia where it hurts. If the RA doesn't figure out how to defend against this, there will be a few more "window incidents" in the near future.

This actually made me chuckle. I expect it had no problem making contact with the ground.

The Boeing guy in charge of doors just got a job there.

What do we figure are the base requirements for Russia to maintain AEW coverage.? I would find it hard to believe they would forego any coverage at all over their Far East bases. They need to cover the Moscow/St Petersburg axis and then the actual war zone. You need multiple shifts and time for maintenance. What is the minimum they need to avoid gaps or start prioritizing away from Far East coverage- assuming they haven't done so already. Heh heh just had an amusing thought. I guess Russia won't be doing another major military exercise with China. Be real embarrassing to show up with T55s and no AEW craft.

The other question is, what are they counting that matters? Maybe Russia can sustain MBT losses, maybe continue to scrounge artillery shells etc. But those A50 AEW aircraft are in short supply and appear to be an endangered species. The UA seems to have a laser focus on strategic assets that have a downstream effectiveness on Russia's ability to fight this war. As you said a while back - "- Re-think C4. Data is a resource more important than gas. We need to see the modern battlefield as a competitive data, information and knowledge environment. We need to stop going to war to validate what we already know and accept that things are evolving very quickly." If the UA can further deplete Russia's C4 capability more options become available to wage strategic strikes on Russia's infrastructure as well as find opportunities to use the F16 aircraft as they become available.

This month's target list has been provided by the Russian Defense Ministry - thank you very much! Ukraine's military intelligence claims cyberattack on Russian Defense Ministry (yahoo.com) Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) launched a cyberattack attack against the servers of the Russian Defense Ministry, gaining access to "a bulk of classified service documents," the agency said on March 4. The operation by military intelligence cyber specialists reportedly helped to obtain orders, reports, instructions, and reports "that circulated among about 2,000 structural units of the Russian security service," as well as information security and encryption software. The analysis of captured data also helped to identify generals and other high-level commanders of the Russian Defense Ministry's structural units and "all those who used the software for electronic document management," the agency's statement read. The agency claims to have obtained official documents of Timur Ivanov, a Russian deputy defense minister.

International court seeks the arrest of 2 Russian officers over attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure (yahoo.com) The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine that judges said happened “pursuant to a state policy.” It's only the second time the global court has publicly announced arrest warrants linked to Russia's war in Ukraine. In March 2023, the court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. On Tuesday, the court announced warrants for Russian Lt. Gen. Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash, who was commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force at the times of the alleged crimes. Also wanted is Russian Navy Adm. Viktor Kinolayevich Sokolov, who was the commander of the Black Sea Fleet. They are wanted for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects, causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects, and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts.

JFC did they take this right out of the 3rd Reich playbook? I thought the whole strength of the Soviet/Russia way of doing things was centralization. Why Russia’s Elite Are Building Their Very Own Private Armies (yahoo.com)

Japanese have a lock on that. If you don't have one of these you don't know what you are missing. UltraMax® II 1G One-Piece Toilet, Elongated Bowl - 1.0 GPF - WASHLET+ Connection (totousa.com) When the Russians invade Japan, they'll be shooting each other to send one of these home.

That brilliant mastermind Putin finally succeeded in forcing Sweden into NATO. A very stable genius!

Imagine how his boss feels. This was a workday after all.

Looks Like Somebody Come Huntin' For that $9 | The Peripheral(2022) (youtube.com)

meh The Czar has probably given up on the fleet. Dock them all and send their crews to the front!

What? Minimal modernization? Are you serious? They upgraded her to a submersible Missle crusier, helo platform, first of her kind!

Actually there were things here I had not seen before. Could be I missed them in the 3200+ pages.

That isn't actually what it says. It is more about where we stand now with a complete reversal of where things had been when the US and Soviet Union began a drawdown in weapons and moves to limit the risk of nuclear war. It is only saying anything about Ukraine as a tangent to the overall global risk and specifically brings up the rumors Russia started about the Ukrainians doing a "false flag dirty bomb" which the US and Ukraine felt was a cover for Russia to use a tactical nuke. It never once suggests a Ukrainian negotiation or even a discussion of the state of the war there. The overall article is about the increased proliferation and development of new weapons in a world with an increase in conflicts. You really should read this stuff before stating what it is about.

Thanks @Kraft, I much needed laugh

do you recall at all what happened in Bucha? I mean FFS what exactly do you think is gonna happen with negotiations with Russia? JFC people have such poor memories or just don't give a rat's a55 for reality when they have an agenda.

For anyone who hasn't played this scenario I can't recommend it enough. Freakin masterwork on how to manipulate the TAC AI and scenario parameters. New Scenario: Tactical Operations Center - CM Black Sea Maps and Mods - Battlefront.com Community

You know that is 3 hours of your life you will never get back? Just thinking you could better spend that time on almost anything else.