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Fico

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  1. Why the fuck did Navalnyi go back after he barely got out with his life? I get showing bravery and/or doing what you think is right, but damn, it would be great to have him on RFE and others blasting the message 24/7. I'm sure it's been mentioned many times in this thread but if you haven't seen the documentary on HBO, go watch it.
  2. Reminds me of some other dictator that had a supplemental army personally under his command. Yes I know the Wehrmacht took a personal oath too.
  3. Same what atom posted. I was listening to Perun's YouTube video, he might have been using hyperbole, but he says the USAF can airlift the entire Australian military in one go. Almost good enough to handle one years worth of stoops' dick orchid harvest.
  4. This makes sense that he's batshit. His shit on artillery targeting and UAVs was just flat wrong. It doesn't take US arty ~1 hour to engage targets unless dumb ROE are in play (not saying the Ukrainian system isn't better). On the UAVs he only looked at USAF drones completely leaving out other branches.
  5. I would think they would in breach of all kinds of covenants up to being able to call in all the outstanding balance but Russia will most likely tell everyone to pound sand. Should also mean higher borrowing costs for all Russian banks starting with the central bank.
  6. Russians now showing their side of the crossing. I have no idea why
  7. Also read Ukrainian air strikes where a part of it. Which is still blows my mind even after ~80 days.
  8. Not the LCS, brand new class of ships, granted will be built at the same facility as the Freedom class. Some of the blowback from the massive LCS shitfest is using a design that is already developed and operating.
  9. They, along with the French, designed our new Constellation class frigate.
  10. Looked like a BMP 3 or 4 from the main armament.
  11. Belarus planning to invade through the Pripet Marshes? Bold choice, Cotton.
  12. Unfortunately I agree with you but it would be great to take it out in a way to block navigation of straights too. OTH, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel includes tunnel sections to prevent Norfolk from being denied access to the Atlantic if the bridge was destroyed.
  13. They have both SPGs and towed. They have the old Soviet shit plus France is sending (sent?) their Cesar SPGs. The Dutch & Germans are sending Panzerhaubitze 2000s. We sent towed but just as importantly are sending a lot of 155 ammo. Soviets used 152.
  14. After every fire mission. The new Swedish archer system can stop, set up, fire 3 rounds, and leave in under 75 seconds.
  15. Purchased my house at the end of May 2021. The 2022 appraised value was 22% over my purchase price and 30% over the 2021 appraised value. I filed my protest directly with TCAD. As someone else mentioned above, they also rejected my closing statement, stating it was an invalid sale for the appraisal purposes. They reduced the appraised value by 1.25% in their recommended value amount, using some type of appreciation formula applied to my end of May 2021 purchase price. It sucks, but even so it is still probably undervalued. Not really sure how successful I would be fighting it further.
  16. That's the KGB walk, keep your right hand on your weapon or some shit.
  17. This literally happened in February-March of 1943.
  18. Time for Manstein's Miracle? Counter attack to Belgorod via Izyum and Kharkiv?
  19. I've been waiting somehow, someway for the Ukes to take down the Kerch Straight bridge.
  20. Something you have done a great job of explaining the manpower issue is real - without going to full mobilization (both calling reserves and legally using conscripts) most of the BTGs started the war with 70-80% combat strength. I've seen conjecture from the professional analysts, BMPs, etc. are only carrying 2-3 dismounts. Unsupported armor and lack of casualties in knocked out APCs and IFVs lead me to believe it. I can only imagine those 2 unlucky bastards sitting in the back of a BMP looking at each other knowing they are they only dismounts.
  21. When do we send our attack dolphins and sea lions? Or are they subject to the Montreux Convention?
  22. You don't trade top tier, young, left tackle talent. We need more good players, not less. We have a lot of picks this year and are set up pretty well for next year as well. We are not starving for picks, and our cap situation is going to be pretty favorable next year, so I am not sure why we would even consider the thought of trading Tunsil. We should be working out an extension with him.
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