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    LukeFF reacted to akd in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Another example of "modernized" SSh-68 helmets:
     
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    LukeFF reacted to kraze in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I already provided you with such source the last time which describes demographics of RA and their change from '39 to '45. For some reason you didn't reply to it and we aren't doing the same dance again.
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    LukeFF reacted to Aragorn2002 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Grow up, mate.
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    LukeFF reacted to sross112 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I just find the catastrophizing hard to stomach.
    "OMG the Republicans are going to take over the House and everyone will be forced to go to church, have babies, own a gun and get a job!!"
    or
    "OMG the Democrats are going to take over the House and everyone will be forced to burn their church, kill their babies, turn in their guns and lose their job!!"
    So if we look at the numbers, a whopping 57 out of 438 representatives voted against the spending package for Ukraine. That only accounts for 13% of the ENTIRE house and 26% of the House Republicans. 150 House Republicans have voted steadfastly for Ukraine. The latest polls predict a shift of 13 seats to the Republicans. 13. Now I'm not a mathemagician but I fail to see how 3% of the House is going to persuade the other 84% to totally change their views and voting. Especially when it has been pointed out the the majority of the citizenry is in favor of supporting Ukraine. And if 74% of Republicans are already voting for support, at that ratio it just adds 10 in favor and 3 whole votes against. That puts future votes at about 378 to 60. 
    So maybe, just maybe people can take a deep breath, self medicate with their chosen medicine, relax and wait to see if there is any effect at all to the support due to this massive political upheaval that we will all be so overwhelmed by.
    Personally I think the biggest threat to future support for Ukraine will be how the economy goes. It is already going to be tougher and tougher in Europe with their energy crisis and looming industrial crisis stemming from it. If the US economy really tanks it will be hard for the elected officials (NO MATTER THEIR POLITICAL PARTY) to continue support at very high levels and neglect their constituencies. 
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    LukeFF reacted to kraze in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Since russians do not have air superiority and operate only near frontlines at best - most MANPADs remain unused, so diverting them to shoot down drones shouldn't put much of a dent in their numbers, not to mention that shooting down a $20.000 drone with a missile that costs $120.000 literally saves millions of $$ in repairs, not to mention lives.
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    LukeFF reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    UKR UR-77 mineclearer in action before advance of armored group behind
     
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    LukeFF reacted to kraze in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Obviously it wasn't a training flight, as evidenced by the video (non-stop secondaries) the plane was fully fueled and heavily loaded with bombs. It was clearly flying to the Donetsk area.
    At least pilots did perform the given task of bombing civilians successfully.
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    LukeFF reacted to Taranis in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    "Firefighters work at the scene of a Russian bombardment in Kiev, October 17, 2022. EFREM LUKATSKY / AP"


    "A drone is seen in Kiev, October 17, 2022. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP"


    "A policeman shoots a flying drone after attacks in Kiev, October 17, 2022. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP"
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    LukeFF reacted to kraze in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I travelled a bit around for the weekend. Let's say at a place I went to I couldn't quite relax in silence due to all the Su-25s and Su-27s going back and forth nearby.
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    LukeFF reacted to LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I can haz air superiority?
    hmm... 
     
     
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    LukeFF reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    DNA-modified pigeon from secret US biolab in Ukraine. Their poo after contact with air turn out to HE substance with around-nuclear TNT equivalent. Several grams of this HE **** can reliase so much energy, like Excalibur warhead ) 
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    LukeFF reacted to Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    LukeFF reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Ukrainains to differ LDPR and Russian mobilaized name the first "mobiks" and latter "chmobiks"
    Chmobiks is a playword, derived from Russian "chastichnaya mobilizatsiya" (eng. partial mobilization) and a soubriquet of Russian soldier "chmonya" from offensive word "chmo"  - some sort of "ugly, disgusting lout". But + "-nya" turns this word in contemptus diminitive: "ugly disgusting lout and pityful looser". Ukranians were amazed, when seen first Russian POWs. Instead "tall athlets" we have seen... this... in dirty oversized uniform... So regular Russian soldier-contractor is "chmonya" and mobilized is "chmobik" ) 
     
     
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    LukeFF reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Switchgear of Belgorod "Luch" thermal plant under strike this evening
    Looks like this a hostility of Kursk People's Republic toward Belgorod People's Repuplic. Ukraine seriously concerned and сalls for diplomacy! 😄
    PS. Reportedly 8 from 10 S-300 missiles, launched from vicinity of Belgorod on Kahrkiv exploded in the air over Russian territory. One missile lost control and hit Belgorod thermal plant territory 
     
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    LukeFF reacted to Splinty in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Or he just pissed off his squad leader
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    LukeFF reacted to LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    LukeFF reacted to Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I remember that someone on the forum said that the open placement of anti-tank mines on the road is pointless ...😁
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    LukeFF reacted to FancyCat in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    LukeFF reacted to Beleg85 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    It's actually nice they don't even pretend to be civilized. Makes things easier.
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    LukeFF reacted to Elmar Bijlsma in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Worth noting that a good chunk of the vehicles were towing others.
    One more sign that the Russian army is largely dysfunctional.
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    LukeFF reacted to Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Video of HIMARS strike on Russian military convoy
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    LukeFF reacted to kraze in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Russia is an empire. It's not a single country. Political change in an empire is impossible because anything but an aggressive, violent, despotic government leads to a very fast disintegration.
    And if empires can't just take and hold new lands - they start exterminating the populace until they can. Anyone in putin's place will keep doing the same. Because an emperor is as much a slave of the system as he is an owner of it.
    Changing a guy on the imperial throne will not stop the cycle of violence, because a weak one will simply get dethroned by his stronger subordinates.
    So no, no subtle way about it. Time to accept that Russia should not exist as a single entity, it has to end or millions will die.
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    LukeFF reacted to keas66 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Well I would kind of suggest "existence" is being meant in a more subtle way here ?  Russia -  if allowed to continue in its current political form - will simply keep trying  exactly what is is doing now until it succeeds or until it no longer "exists" in its current form . There has to be a change in view/perspective at the top in Russia  for anything to change . Until that happens Kraze is kind of on point .
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    LukeFF reacted to akd in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Latest Russian airborne recruits:
     
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    LukeFF reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Guys were in a proper place in a proper time. 
    Kalibr, for example, has march speed 0,8M (and 2-2.5M at the target), so it can be intercepted with some probabbility with MANPAD. 
     
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