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  1. 11 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

    Navy/Missile guys: I was looking at Russian footage of them shooting AA missiles from the Moskva against that Bayraktar. The little air defense missile would sort of bloop up out of the launcher, hang there, then the propellant would fire and off it'd go.

    It looked like a wonder of precision engineering, something that would have to be well-maintained by well-trained crew. And it's on a ship full of Russians.

    What are the odds that one of those things managed to arm itself, then for some reason nose-dived back into the deck? Maybe not big enough to sink a ship, but look there's something else explosive underneath?

    Everything Russian seems to have the vibe of drunk dudes playing with bottle rockets at a gas station.

    One thing to me that makes Ukraine's claim stronger is the fact that the remainder of the Russian fleet has backed off a bit. Why if it was a mistake? 

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  2. 10 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

    Holy shit.  I gotta find a link of this fucking maddening interview that’s been on BBC World for the last 25 minutes.   Lady is an active elected member of the Russian Duma.  Straight brainwash.   Brit is dragging his nuts on her face over and over again.  This lady makes me want to jump on the battlefield with our Ukrainian brethren.    
     

    edit:   Maria Butina.   Show was Hard Talk.   Look for a video link later.  

     

    This Maria Butina? 

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/nra-maria-butina-ukraine-putin-war-crimea-republicans-trump-guns/

    https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/467425-russian-agent-butina-to-be-released-from-prison-deported/

     

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  3. 16 minutes ago, immamac said:

    If the reports of them firing on fire response at a nuclear facility and actively engaging in combat are true this needs to be the straw that breaks the camels back. If Putin is willing to intentionally meltdown a huge nuclear facility we need to sink every fucking sub and start deterrence immediately. China won’t have a problem with it. 

    Looking at the videos, this isn't errant shelling. This is straight up shooting up the building with all forms of guns from all sides. This is very intentional. Fuck Putin. 

  4. 10 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

    But there’s huge potential upside for the Chinese in that the weaker Putin is, the more favorable terms for the Chinese to plunder their natural resources and potentially turn the Russians into a client state. 

    Absolutely truth. If/when Putin falls, the next big phase of this is who gets to get the bigger piece of the piroshki. 

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