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atomheartbevo

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  1. Lavrov: The North Atlantic Alliance continues its expansion right up to our borders. We have repeatedly offered NATO capitals to respect their obligations and agree on legally binding security guarantees. Our proposals of 2008, and the next ones, including December 2021 [the one that preceded Russia's full-scale invasion into Ukraine - AG], have been ignored and continue being ignored up to this day. Moreover, threats of force against Russia are increasingly being made, with accusations that it is practically planning to attack the North Atlantic alliances and the European Union. Russia has never had and does not have such intentions, but any aggression against my country will be decisively rebuffed. There should be no doubt about this among those in NATO and the European Union who not only convince their voters of the inevitability of war with Russia and force them to tighten their belts, but also openly declare preparations for an attack on our Kaliningrad region and other Russian territories. Lavrov: Russia is being accused of almost planning to attack the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union countries. President Putin has repeatedly debunked these provocations. Russia has never had and does not have any such intentions. However, any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response. —————- I don't think I need to remind anyone here how vehemently Russia denied its plans to invade Ukraine before the full-scale war.
  2. Another one for @PTINS this time on the other side of Moscow, affecting western Russia. If officials admit to “minor damage” and that pumping operations were suspended, that probably means it’s out of commission for a while. ^^^^ not my numbers, somebody else posted them
  3. That’s 84 in Russian years. The Kursk had only been in service for 6 years when she sank in 2000.
  4. Aiming for that Noble Piece Prize.
  5. I’ve used it more than I thought I would with some other games. I’m not the most enthusiastic about it, but there’s no other alternative since ICQ and AIM went away, and IRC has fallen into disuse. “A/S/L?” doesn’t feel the same on Discord as it did on ICQ.
  6. Trump talked about regime change earlier this month, and now we are building up to something. Meanwhile, this is helping to unify Venezuela, and Madura as well. And Madura is mobilizing everybody - arguably he needs a war more than Trump does.
  7. Yeah, really makes me wonder what’s about to drop.
  8. I would like to see Leon and his merry band of Incels go to war against the GWAR fanbase.
  9. 1234. He and Pete are pretending the DoD is called the Department of War for a reason whether it’s the streets of D.C. or Venezuela. And he’s not going to pick a tough enemy.
  10. Saudi Arabia and a few others may spend $50 billion to take EA private. Makes me a little nervous. Exclusive | Electronic Arts Nears Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private - WSJ
  11. Lukashenko getting nervous or acting as a proxy for Russia?
  12. Mick Ryan posting photos of his morning walk...
  13. U.S. preparing options for strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela: sources – NBC New York Lot of Venezuelans are gonna die until people stop taking an interest in the Epstein files.
  14. And if that doesn't work, you talk to your dad, and he takes the next step which involves driving 500 miles, across the state line, to dump something in an abandoned deep-ass coal pit full of water. Once word gets out around school, nobody will fuck with you. Sports always wins when it comes to the broadcast networks.
  15. For all of Russia's bluster, they've decided not to see if NATO would shoot down any of their jets. FlightRadar24/FlightTracker getting a workout. Now do Mike Gundy's replacement. Meanwhile, in Germany
  16. For the aircraft porn aficionados
  17. Are you saying that he sounds like a former heroin addict who got a parasite in his brain because he just couldn't pass up eating monkey when he was in Africa, and who was later caught driving around with a dead bear cub in his trunk because he really wanted to know what it tasted like?
  18. One of those fancy new missiles right into the Kremlin would be pretty sweet. But probably more productive to hit some targets near Moscow and make them move their limited air defenses in closer, freeing up targets for Ukraine elsewhere.
  19. I don't know about per-capita, but I'd say England, France, and Poland would be contenders - England and France have experienced leaders (NCOs and commissioned officers) thanks to recent combat experience (Poland does as well, they were with us in Afghanistan). France has a lot of recent experience in Africa. They all have very integrated militaries from a combined arms point of view - they engage in training exercises on a large scale with everything integrated so infantry know how to work with armor and artillery, etc.. England and France have solid navies. Their leadership is serious about Russia. Poland might get the edge in the future, but they aren't done expanding so I'm not sure how big they are. Germany would be in the mix because they are large, but their leadership position is kind of wonky.
  20. Two things, first, their long-range weapons that are just coming online - we've been waiting to see them in action, and they aren't even at full production yet. Second, it's the concentrated effort (and success) to bring down the Russian oil & gas infrastructure, and by proxy, their economy. The Russians appear to be powerless to stop them from doing it, which means Russian air defenses are absolutely strained. Seeing a reduction in exports and gas stations in Moscow being out of some fuels seems huge, and that is while they still have reserves sitting in tanks. If Ukraine can keep up a steady pressure on oil & gas, even increase it, I don't see how Russia recovers, at least on the civilian side. If they do something like drop the Kerch Bridge, Russia will have to have fuel depots to supply vehicles going over the land bridge, which means static targets (and Ukraine doesn't even have to hit a depot, just the infrastructure supplying it).
  21. And you could yak off in the bathroom!
  22. Armchair general thoughts Russia is clearly rattled about something, to the point where they are trying to scare/fuck with NATO. This clearly ratcheted way up over the last week. Ukraine is damaging Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure to the point where there is rationing and shortages all over, even in Moscow. As PTINS mentioned, everything from delivery to refinery operations. Ukraine has been ramping up attacks on Russian stuff in Crimea and the Russians bitched to the German and British ambassadors about those attacks. That post above and others mentioned radars, although hitting the radars could be a part of their campaign against the oil and gas infrastructure and not necessarily about any offensives on the ground - if the Russians can’t see the missiles or drones until they are close to their targets, it increases the chances of missiles and drones getting through. Added bonus of forcing the Russians to move air defense systems and radars away from Ukraine’s borders, also giving the Ukrainians more time in the air before being detected. Ukraine has their new missile in service, and also some solid drones. Seems like the Kerch Bridge is a question of when, not if. Trump seems pretty convinced Ukraine has the ability to knock Russia off the board. Now he’s like Joe Rogan and is always impressed by the last person he talked to, but what he said went above and beyond simply having listened to Zelenskyy paint a nice picture and parroting that - seemed like he’s probably seen some data/intel. Say the Ukrainians continue hitting oil and gas infrastructure hard, like they did last night. There are already fuel shortages in many areas. Keep doing that for another month to where it impacts military operations more than it may be now. Continue blinding Russian forces in Crimea by taking out radars. Now drop the Kerch Bridge, forcing the Russians to rely on a long, but shallow land bridge to get people and supplies and fuel in and out of Crimea and to eat up even more precious fuel. Ukraine has great missiles and the railroads are fixed positions so the rail lines will go down and that land bridge would be covered with Ukrainian drones looking for vehicles. Now there is the water option, but fuel is still a problem, and ships can’t easily move people or supplies in large quantities without becoming juicy targets, and they have to unload at ports or some facilities with cranes, which are fixed positions (targets) and it’s slow to unload ships. I’m more optimistic than I was just a few months ago. Putting aside the economic impacts (Russia going into deficit spending and not having much oil and gas to export), if they have fuel shortages in Moscow, you know military fuel supplies will end up on the black market. It’s a very interesting time and I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a very clear picture over the next week or two.
  23. Ukraine continues attack on Russian radar systems in Crimea.
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