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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/americas/cuba-russian-ships-submarine-visit-intl-latam/index.html
 

They are sending two warships (one a nuke), a fleet oil tanker for the non-nuke, and a rescue tug.

They have to send a rescue tug with their two warships for a simple port call.

 

 

As I was reading, I was wondering how they could make it across the Atlantic without a tug. They should probably bring 2 or 3… do we provide a tow when all their shit fails?

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31 minutes ago, B00M said:

The one place Ukraine can consult is high value weaponry. It won’t seem like high tech to a random person on the street, but it do. 

When you have people making jewelry to sell on Etsy pivoting to making drones to hunt down human beings on a battlefield, your population seems to be able to handle high tech stuff pretty well.

[KYHorn 17,076]

This is absurd logic but everyone be on the lookout for ladas in Mexico

Or maybe he meant meat waves like this...

 

Edited June 7 by KYHorn

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The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces confirms he was killed while trying to stop dozens of illegal migrants trying to break through the border

Sounds like a Monty Python skit.

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This is absurd logic but everyone be on the lookout for ladas in Mexico
[/url] Or maybe he meant meat waves like this...
 

Maybe Poland needs a buffer zone in Belarus.

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This long story in the Globe and Mail about HUR’s elite unit needs to win all the awards and be read by all. 
 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-the-fearless-ukraine-soldiers-front-lines/

 

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Shaman, for one, can’t even estimate how many Russians he’s killed. While both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries put out regular – and difficult to believe – claims of how many enemy soldiers have been killed in the fighting, it’s always an “abstract figure,” he says. When you’re firing a rocket launcher, or calling in an artillery strike, you rarely see the result.

Shaman doesn’t express any remorse for killing his enemies. His life has been dominated by war, and he believes war has no rules.

“All these rules and laws of war are just an attempt by frightened people to explain the unknown – just a hopeless attempt to structure the war and to give an explanation for war to other frightened people,” he says, swapping his cigarillos for a hookah pipe as we continue our conversation in the laundry room of the abandoned hotel. “In a real war, you can’t explain, you can’t predict, you can’t structure and you can’t control anything.”

I try to protest – to suggest the laws of war were key to the democratic society that people like him were fighting for and dying to defend – but he ignores me. “War crimes are a creation of the liberal world, of those who believe in some greater power or greater justice. We are the people who understand that rose-coloured glasses always fracture into your eye.”

When he spoke earlier in our discussion about being shot in the ear on Snake Island, he said he felt he’d been saved by God. I ask Shaman if that means he is religious.

“I believe I will have a very interesting conversation with God when I will get there,” he says.

 

[B00M 6,418]

1 hour ago, Schulz2.0 said:

I hadn’t heard of the HAWK. Maybe I can save someone else a google

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk
 

 

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17 hours ago, KYHorn said:

 

 

Not that anybody here would ever do something so juvenile and hilarious, but something like "You've been annexed by Aggie Nation. Whoop!" or some such would be entertaining to watch unfold

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14 minutes ago, B00M said:

I hadn’t heard of the HAWK. Maybe I can save someone else a google

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk
 

 

HAWK Pallet & Trailer, Clark AFB, Philippine Islands, ~1959-60.

I’m the kid in the red hat.

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15 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

“it’s a bitch girl, but they’ve flown too far and air defense don’t matter anyway…”

 

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

1 hour ago, B00M said:

I hadn’t heard of the HAWK. Maybe I can save someone else a google

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk

1980s kids who played with G I Joe know what it is.

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[B00M 6,418]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

1980s kids who played with G I Joe know what it is.

 

 

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13 hours ago, B00M said:

As I was reading, I was wondering how they could make it across the Atlantic without a tug. They should probably bring 2 or 3… do we provide a tow when all their shit fails?

Nah, we send this dude and he arranges it all to work out.

 

So what are the current odds of a man made disaster in the Caribbean this coming week?

[Deej 76,830]

38 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

There's a difference?

[Gatorubet 30,246]

14 minutes ago, Deej said:

There's a difference?

lesser direct involvement which theoretically could delay or lessen sanctions from whatever offended government, with an added layer of deniability when criminals with zero credibility claim they are working with GRU?

[MillerEP 30,491]

50 minutes ago, B00M said:

 

 

Whenever somebody says the word sandwiches, the "Pork Chop Sandwiches" one always pops in my head.

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^Cope cages prevent the Russians from rotating.

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42 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

Whenever somebody says the word sandwiches, the "Pork Chop Sandwiches" one always pops in my head.

Fuck, we’re all dead get the fuck out. 

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4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

This long story in the Globe and Mail about HUR’s elite unit needs to win all the awards and be read by all. 
 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-the-fearless-ukraine-soldiers-front-lines/

 

 

I have followed the war closely since '22 so I remember most/all of these events and battles, but holy shit that the same elite team was involved in so many of them. Legendary

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

1 hour ago, ConferenceRoom said:

Fuck, we’re all dead get the fuck out. 

 

Edited June 7 by atomheartbevo

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

Remember kids, if somebody talks about Nazis in Ukraine..

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https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C764SSYIFtV/?xmt=AQGzjvO7mErRgw1iEimgXKVJIFqGG-0HIfQXoM4LTvJ1dQ

️Ukrainian FPV drones are attacking Russia's energy infrastructure in the Kursk region

https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C76g1AXIUe4/?xmt=AQGz0p6M62fQWghr-ToFtQh7MnW2vYY8DWyZhjVkl8LFfw

️This morning, temporarily occupied Luhansk was attacked by ATACMS ballistic missiles.

As a result of the strike, a Russian army training center and a military equipment repair base were destroyed.

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https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C72hASYoaMW/?xmt=AQGzo76fTDXFMmN_chlX-bE1NMYb15fWdCMssV-Re--0rA

️Today, Ukrainian defense forces hit two Russian Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems using FPV drones.

The cost of one system is 25 million dollars.

https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C77bJ7EAuyQ/?xmt=AQGz8Vb5dG1qSI3uAabkebkfT2oG0R5blCmtz7gbZkfilw

A Russian occupier captured on camera the moment of an ammunition depot detonation after a Ukrainian drone attack.

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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Remember kids, if somebody talks about Nazis in Ukraine..

Assholes! They invaded Poland twice!

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https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C74bkvoISoc/?xmt=AQGzr5YBC5K75vl7t2Lf8E5FxTG5GSKqb1ihAa_Os1B80A

An American M2 “Bradley” infantry fighting vehicle destroys a Russian position during a night operation.

47th Brigade.

https://www.threads.net/@wbhgnews24/post/C77a_emM9W4/?xmt=AQGzUXdHRJ70zJpqmUPEVr0C1ygkV9X96XXZQdMAkm71nw

Ukrainian forces are on the offensive in Hlyboke, north of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv Oblast.

Because Ukrainian forces can use Western weapons to strike targets across the 1991Russia border, Russian troops in northern Kharkiv no longer have uncontested CAS and artillery support.

That's a rare Ukrainian BTR-4E with a Ukrainian 30mm autocannon and fire control system in action. It provides devestating firepower.

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6 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

They are behind a lot of bullshit across Europe. Most of it is low-level and petty type arson and vandalism and shit.  Most governments are wisely keeping the non-meaningful stuff low-key, there’s no reason to pump up the capacities of the Russians and scare everyone when they’re just doing hoodrat stuff with their friends. 

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11 hours ago, PTINS said:

HAWK Pallet & Trailer, Clark AFB, Philippine Islands, ~1959-60.

I’m the kid in the red hat.

i’m betting 1963, plus or minus 2

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4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

i’m betting 1963, plus or minus 2

My guess would be ~1959-60.

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I won't vouch for the 100% accuracy of Task & Purpose (He's a bit too glib for me).  But the explanation he gives for how the donated weapons are accounted for financially makes sense.  They assigned a certain value to the old Bradley's sent to Ukraine and took it off the tab of money Congress "gave" to Ukraine.  That money goes to buy better, brand new Bradley A4E1's.   In this case it started a program that had been sitting for want of $$$'s.  

Edited June 8 by Parliament

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13 minutes ago, bolverk said:

My guess would be ~1959-60.

that would work too. One of the problems is not knowing exactly where the people are from.  when I moved from Florida to Kansas after fourth grade I noticed that everything in Wichita seem to be a year or two behind what was going on in Fort Lauderdale.   It’s like long hair on dudes.  All the rednecks would beat your ass for having long hair back in the day, and then about a decade after it was fashionable all the country western singer rednecks decided they would have hippie hair. 

Around 1962 or 63 I did have girls in my class who were wearing what she wore.  

[bolverk 29,684]

I can relate. Spent my first 5-6 years in a tiny town of about 2,000 SW of Lubbock close to the NM line, and most of the family photos from then are virtually indistinguishable in style of dress from PTIN's. In my case, though, that would've been the early 1970s, so a decade later.

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15 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I can relate. Spent my first 5-6 years in a tiny town of about 2,000 SW of Lubbock close to the NM line, and most of the family photos from then are virtually indistinguishable in style of dress from PTIN's. In my case, though, that would've been the early 1970s, so a decade later.

Muleshoe?

[KYHorn 17,076]

@immamacwhat's the status on Instagram Threads embedding? 

[ConferenceRoom 6,144]

12 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Muleshoe?

It’s Muledick. 

[bolverk 29,684]

19 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Muleshoe?

SW of Lubbock, not NW. It was a town called Seagraves: K-12 was all in one building. We moved to the big city in the middle of my first-grade year, where they even had STOPLIGHTS!

Seriously, I remember being excited about living in a town with fucking stoplights. But, of course, I was 6 (summer baby) when we made the move.

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29 minutes ago, bolverk said:

SW of Lubbock, not NW. It was a town called Seagraves: K-12 was all in one building. We moved to the big city in the middle of my first-grade year, where they even had STOPLIGHTS!

Seriously, I remember being excited about living in a town with fucking stoplights. But, of course, I was 6 (summer baby) when we made the move.

Well, you have the Terry County Heritage Museum and truly, I hear it is lovely this time of year. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

 

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2 hours ago, Bevo said:

Well, you have the Terry County Heritage Museum and truly, I hear it is lovely this time of year. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

 

God's Country.

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

Another European leader attacked (shoved)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22k0rkl99o

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Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen has been left "shocked" after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen, her office says. The assault took place on a square in the centre of the city where a man walked up to her and hit her. The attacker has been arrested. 

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called it a "despicable act, which goes against everything we believe in and fight for in Europe". "Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The prime minister is shocked by the incident," the prime minister's office said in a statement without giving further detail.

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Police said they had arrested a man and were investigating the incident, but declined to say more. There is no word on a motive yet.

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The attack comes two days before Denmark votes in the EU election.

 

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55 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

God's Country.

Dad?

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11 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

that would work too. One of the problems is not knowing exactly where the people are from.  when I moved from Florida to Kansas after fourth grade I noticed that everything in Wichita seem to be a year or two behind what was going on in Fort Lauderdale.   It’s like long hair on dudes.  All the rednecks would beat your ass for having long hair back in the day, and then about a decade after it was fashionable all the country western singer rednecks decided they would have hippie hair. 

Around 1962 or 63 I did have girls in my class who were wearing what she wore.  

Friggen' Billy Ray Cyrus

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On 6/7/2024 at 9:04 AM, PTINS said:

HAWK Pallet & Trailer, Clark AFB, Philippine Islands, ~1959-60.

I’m the kid in the red hat.

That beats the WW2 era anti-aircraft battery next to our Tianmu neighborhood outside Taipei in 1957. 
It wasn’t to protect our US military dependent housing, but it defended one of the air approaches to Grass Mountain to the east. 
That was where Chiang Kai Shek’s presidential house was.

I hear a year or two after we left it was replaced by a Nike missile installation.

At least you guys down there had some big post exchanges and Stateside level facilities. 
We just had a small compound with a commissary, OC, 4-lane bowling alley, and a snack bar.

Edited June 8 by Armybrat

[elfenix 34,308]

On 6/7/2024 at 9:46 AM, atomheartbevo said:

1980s kids who played with G I Joe know what it is.

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22 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

That beats the WW2 era anti-aircraft battery next to our Tianmu neighborhood outside Taipei in 1957. 
It wasn’t to protect our US military dependent housing, but it defended one of the air approaches to Grass Mountain to the east. 
That was where Chiang Kai Shek’s presidential house was.

I hear a year or two after we left it was replaced by a Nike missile installation.

At least you guys down there had some big post exchanges and Stateside level facilities. 
We just had a small compound with a commissary, OC, 4-lane bowling alley, and a snack bar.

Try being an embassy kid in a civil war. We did not get shit.

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4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Try being an embassy kid in a civil war. We did not get shit.

 

Sounds like something Armybrat would say.

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21 minutes ago, elfenix said:

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23 minutes ago, elfenix said:

I still remember an episode, but can't remember which 'character/figure' goes to the armory at HQ.  He asks for ammo for target practice.  and the guy hands him a box of what are clearly drawn rifle shells.  Then he takes them and they suddenly turn into red laser beams.  A show filled with fascist dictators, mass violence, advanced weapons systems, tyrannical leaders, and just constant battles.  But in the end, I learned to walk my bike across an intersection, not ride it.  So it balances out for 7 year olds.  

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On 6/6/2024 at 2:20 PM, mbtex said:

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7 minutes ago, Superhero said:

The shirt or the hilux?