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[Chad Fuck 17448]

15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

So there’s weird shit about a Russian ship off the coast of England full of ammonium nitrate, adrift according to some, possibly near some oil and gas infrastructure.  It was turned away from ports in other countries.  Wonder if Putin is trying to send a message.

 

Link?

[atomheartbevo 89295]

9 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Link?

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ship-russia-maltese-explosives-fertiliser-kent-margate-english-channel/
 

They say anchored. Whole thing is weird.   It’s got he Brits jumpy.

[Chad Fuck 17448]

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ship-russia-maltese-explosives-fertiliser-kent-margate-english-channel/
 

They say anchored. Whole thing is weird.   It’s got he Brits jumpy.

That is pretty fucking weird.  One the one hand, Russkies are shady as fuck.  On the other, they truly suck maritime shit.  Admiral Kuznetzov and the smattering of sunken nuke subs out front shoulda toldja. 

[bolverk 29225]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ship-russia-maltese-explosives-fertiliser-kent-margate-english-channel/
 

They say anchored. Whole thing is weird.   It’s got he Brits jumpy.

I read something about his ship last week on Reddit in one of their Ukraine-related threads. Then, the primary concern was it blowing up underneath the bridge linking Copenhagen, Denmark, to Malmo, Sweden. At the time, it was believed the ship was trying to return to Russia (St. Petersburg?) by way of the Baltic Sea. According to your link, I guess the concern was significant enough that Denmark said no way, no how, not gonna happen, wouldn't be prudent.

 

Btw, I sympathize with any concern. Imagine a blast seven times this size.

 

Edited September 26 by bolverk

[Chad Fuck 17448]

8 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I read something about his ship last week on Reddit in one of their Ukraine-related threads. Then, the primary concern was it blowing up underneath the bridge linking Copenhagen, Denmark, to Malmo, Sweden. At the time, it was believed the ship was trying to return to Russia (St. Petersburg?) by way of the Baltic Sea. According to your link, I guess the concern was significant enough that Denmark said no way, no how, not gonna happen, wouldn't be prudent.

 

Btw, I sympathize with any concern. Imagine a blast seven times this size.

 

You see anyone taking to the whale/life boats, watch the fuck out. 

[F250 28601]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

New Nuke doctrine in the making.

Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a "joint attack", in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.

In key remarks on Wednesday night, the Russian president said his government was considering changing the rules and preconditions around which Russia would use its nuclear arsenal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yjej0rvw0o

So no more proxy wars?

[texastough 1127]

Can they tow it over to the Kerch bridge?

[InkaUtexas 25223]

29 minutes ago, F250 said:

So no more proxy wars?

Interesting thought. But there is always a way around doctrine. So you fund a proxy who then funds a proxy.

[InkaUtexas 25223]

50 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ship-russia-maltese-explosives-fertiliser-kent-margate-english-channel/
 

They say anchored. Whole thing is weird.   It’s got he Brits jumpy.

Read the article. Proof Russia sucks at navy things.

Scandinavian authorities, including those in Norway and Denmark, have denied entry to the MV Ruby following significant damage to its hull and rudder sustained when the vessel ran aground shortly after departing the port of Kandalaksha, Russia.

Also, heading to Malta but only if it unloads? Where is it going to unload? Imagine that fucker going boom in the Straits of Gibraltar. Um, yeah, that could impact global trade.

 

[Parliament 14074]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

This is the statement of a weak man, a bully, a little-dicked pussy with a Napoleon complex who knows he's losing the fight. 

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[Parliament 14074]

47 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

On the other, they truly suck maritime shit.  Admiral Kuznetzov and the smattering of sunken nuke subs out front shoulda toldja. 

 

[bolverk 29225]

32 minutes ago, texastough said:

Can they tow it over to the Kerch bridge?

 

[AUS-97HORN 11578]

3 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

New Nuke doctrine in the making.

Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a "joint attack", in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.

In key remarks on Wednesday night, the Russian president said his government was considering changing the rules and preconditions around which Russia would use its nuclear arsenal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yjej0rvw0o

well shit...

 

guess this means that if hes saying they can now launch nukes... that hes just threatened the world with a nuke strike... so, i guess we just need to nuke the whole fucking country from orbit.  just to be sure.   everyone needs a little extra radiation in their air, water and food.

[TeeDubya 3358]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Read the article. Proof Russia sucks at navy things.

 

 

[MillerEP 30307]

https://www.threads.net/@evroskjold/post/DAZAEgqooyC?xmt=AQGz2WSJv2Ew2RLNJEHSQKYz-2HL-Vv-8hO5X42RnVKZdg

Zelensky arrives at the White House, set to meet with President Biden and Vice President Harris.

 

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAY2He7NPeM?xmt=AQGzFM7gp1q6zda5ATW06AZY6XvPSN9UsY9cLBlLtAvKOg

President Zelensky has arrived at the Capitol to meet with U.S. lawmakers, including representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties.

 

^Hope something good comes out  of all this.

[MillerEP 30307]

https://www.threads.net/@24hoursofukraine/post/DAZE9GotoEc?xmt=AQGzl_r7RdO_nravVAR4SL5q5-9IZ00ItS0WOWl182f4oA

🇺🇦Vuhledar, Donetsk region. Another beautiful Ukrainian city that was destroyed by the russians

 

https://www.threads.net/@thestarsandstripes/post/DAZF3bZRNe3?xmt=AQGzl_r7RdO_nravVAR4SL5q5-9IZ00ItS0WOWl182f4oA

Fake command posts, electromagnetic decoys and fast-moving mission control hubs are some of the ways the war in Ukraine has transformed U.S. Army training in Europe:

[atomheartbevo 89295]

1 hour ago, TeeDubya said:

No.

But China did.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/politics/chinese-nuclear-powered-submarine-sank/index.html

 

[Parliament 14074]

Defective bilge plug?

[InkaUtexas 25223]

State Department announcement.

United States Announces $5.55 Billion New Military Assistance for Ukraine

Press Statement

 

 

September 26, 2024

 

Today, as part of the surge of assistance that President Biden directed ahead of his meeting with President Zelenskyy, the Department notified Congress of the intent to direct the drawdown of up to approximately $5.55 billion in defense articles and services from DoD stocks for military assistance to Ukraine under Presidential Drawdown Authority.

This drawdown utilizes the remaining authority of the Presidential Drawdown Authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance for fiscal year 2024 provided by the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, which will expire on September 30, 2024. We are taking this step to ensure this Authority does not expire and the United States can fully utilize the funding appropriated by Congress.

By doing so, the United States will be able to continue to provide a surge in defense articles and services to Ukraine from DoD stocks under planned drawdowns in the weeks and months ahead. These drawdowns have been made possible by strong bipartisan support from Congress.

The United States is committed to supporting the Ukrainian military with the equipment they need to strengthen their position on the battlefield, defend their territory and people from the Kremlin’s brutal aggression, and prevail in this war to secure a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace. As President Biden has made clear, the United States and the international coalition we have assembled will continue to stand with Ukraine.

 

[JMFP 1117]

19 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Defective bilge plug?

Edited September 26 by JMFP
1234Loko

[Gatorubet 29967]

52 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

No.

But China did.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/politics/chinese-nuclear-powered-submarine-sank/index.html

 

Dammit, Temu!

[atomheartbevo 89295]

US Army/DOD reorganizing how special operations in Europe is led/based, and going from a one-star general in command of just US special operations to an American three-star general in charge of US and NATO special operations.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-09-18/special-operations-command-europe-nato-15220494.html

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A leadership makeover aimed at improving how U.S. special operators work with allies in Europe is in the works, military officials said this week. The change involves turning the Stuttgart-based U.S. Special Operations Command Europe into a three-star headquarters with its commander serving in a dual role as head of NATO’s special operations command. The change “will better align SOF operations, activities and investments,” SOCEUR spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Bogart said in a statement Wednesday. “Furthermore, it ensures a more efficient allocation of resources and personnel, where SOF assets can be rapidly deployed in support of NATO or U.S. missions as needed,” he said.

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The move is in line with how other top positions are structured, such as U.S. European Command, whose leader also serves as NATO’s supreme allied commander from an office in Belgium. The heads of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force in Europe lead corresponding NATO commands. Last week, the Pentagon announced that Army Maj. Gen. Richard E. Angle had been nominated for a third star to head up SOCEUR and the Allied Special Operations Forces Command.

A pretty big deal.

[MissingInAction 24701]

[HellesBier 184]

So I have been in Kyiv a week now. Pretty incredible how normal people go about life. I mean obviously you can’t stop and just hide in your house. Kyiv is also pretty far from the front lines. 
 

My buddy that I came here with is high up in the decision making tree of the special operations  group here. Have been able To go out with him twice. Incredible stories about some of the stuff they are doing. He confirmed that they did not hack the Russian train system and that the Russians are just idiots and don’t follow any sort of rules or guides.

I asked him about drone donations and he said to get a drone fully up and running it’s about a minimum of $1500. I am going to donate that to him, they have an official bank account with swift aiBN numbers and they will write any message you want  on the drone and film it in use if they can. Will also send pictures. His brother has been in Liberia and Somalia and train all over the US at our bases. 
 

I also see and can pick out Americans here in kyiv and see a couple a day. Two of them yesterday had a missing leg each. You can tell that American military civilian dress code a mile away. One was wearing a “Watagua Medics” hat. One of my other best friends from Texas was here in a medic capacity during the first invasion so i imagine he was doing exactly what they are doing ten years ago. 
 

there has only been one alarm that has gone off, 2 nights ago the Russians sent about 60 drones and the Ukrainians took every single one of them out. 
 

people can definitely tell im foreign. Had one guy come up and just want to talk. Other than that people definitely look, assume im sort of military and carry on. 
 

these are really strong people and I admire their values, traditions, identity, and strength. I have never seen more women walking around with flowers and men holding the hands of their women. Old school values here. 

Oh yea I’m typing from a phone with a cracked screen so any typos or just horrible autocorrects I can’t see so apologies. 

[B00M 6238]

21 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

So there’s weird shit about a Russian ship off the coast of England full of ammonium nitrate, adrift according to some, possibly near some oil and gas infrastructure.  It was turned away from ports in other countries.  Wonder if Putin is trying to send a message.

 

Here’s a less subtle message

 

[HellesBier 184]

2 minutes ago, B00M said:

But the orange, fat fucking regard says Ukraine is completely destroyed and will take a hundred years to rebuild! 

To be fair the Donbas region and Kharkiv etc are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. I imagine places like Mauripol are a hellacious hell scape . Kyiv has time to shoot down incoming missiles etc and those places do not. The ground there will take god knows how long to demine. There are still minefields in Bosnia. 

Edited September 27 by HellesBier

[Chad Fuck 17448]

37 minutes ago, HellesBier said:

To be fair the Donbas region and Kharkiv etc are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. I imagine places like Mauripol are a hellacious hell scape . Kyiv has time to shoot down incoming missiles etc and those places do not. The ground there will take god knows how long to demine. There are still minefields in Bosnia. 

Bosnia?  

Hell as has been pointed out here and other places multiple times, there are still minefields in France from WWI.

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/01/29/long-after-wars-are-settled-land-mines-continue-take-lives

Edited September 27 by Chad Fuck

[HellesBier 184]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Bosnia?  

Hell as has been pointed out here and other places multiple times, there are still minefields in France from WWI.

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/01/29/long-after-wars-are-settled-land-mines-continue-take-lives

True but I don’t have much experience in France. 

[MillerEP 30307]

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAazXqFKqSr?xmt=AQGzjL4Xs1K5Di-x1Zhn8REwN6QPLjBZR8zkjsvcyRGtyQ

A group of Russians that were caught in the aggregrate plant in Vovchansk.

 

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAawXxFtLMo?xmt=AQGzjL4Xs1K5Di-x1Zhn8REwN6QPLjBZR8zkjsvcyRGtyQ

Russian jetski athletes were targeted on the Dnipro river.

[MillerEP 30307]

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAbCBbeNlOA?xmt=AQGzjL4Xs1K5Di-x1Zhn8REwN6QPLjBZR8zkjsvcyRGtyQ

Today F-16s fly over the Netherlands for the last time. The Dutch Royal Air Force said goodbye to the fighter aircraft, a minimum of 24 of which will be shipped to Ukraine and others will be used for training purposes in other countries.

 

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAbYuNtNqQV?xmt=AQGzUUzp9F8YBfsfGxnOhwtoNSlpEsY1ymfsDd4UQW5eIA

China supplied Russia with several drones last year, intending to test them in Ukraine, according to The Times. Western officials now have clear evidence that Chinese companies are providing lethal weapons to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine.

[Buzzrock 14794]

If you are a WSJ subscriber there is a pretty incredible 14 minute video piece on a Ukrainian drone pilot on the front page.

[MillerEP 30307]

https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/DAberVfo-Uf?xmt=AQGzPh81GzzsuddfRMuIeKqWhYHyDJiT47HP0cDYi9QLtA

🇺🇦⚡️🇷🇺 The Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region remains the hottest spot in the Ukrainian-Russian war at the moment.
Another 14 Russian infantrymen died for nothing in just a few square meters.

 

https://www.threads.net/@noelreports/post/DAbziDDuqXZ?xmt=AQGzp99FjZO7qcN3ZGHkadz5MP6CGV7WSeDw1eqNSpkB7w

NATO plans to establish a new land forces headquarters in Finland near the Russian border. Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen stated that the headquarters is proposed to be in the city of Mikkeli, about 100 kilometers from the Russian border.

[InkaUtexas 25223]

4 hours ago, HellesBier said:

True but I don’t have much experience in France. 

When were you in Bosnia? Hike Mt. Igman or Trebovic?

[HellesBier 184]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

When were you in Bosnia? Hike Mt. Igman or Trebovic?

Not anytime relevant to the wars, 2017. Dont remember in particular but it was going from the Croatian border into Bosnia. I know on the Bosnian side under the mountain we hiked there was a bunker/airfield from Yugo.

[InkaUtexas 25223]

2 minutes ago, HellesBier said:

Not anytime relevant to the wars, 2017. Dont remember in particular but it was going from the Croatian border into Bosnia. I know on the Bosnian side under the mountain we hiked there was a bunker/airfield from Yugo.

Croatia is the longest Bosnian Border. That is like saying Texas Border with Mexico. Some of those areas saw almost zero war. Some were completely depopulated. There are airfields everywhere.

Serbs and Croats, the chosen European defenders of either Central Europe or Slavic Europe (Depends on what Church you like) both mined the fuck out of that place. And it is still not the worse place on earth.

[Brisketexan 104208]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

And it is still not the worse place on earth.

As long as there's a College Station, this statement will be true about every place on earth.

Except College Station, of course.

[InkaUtexas 25223]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

As long as there's a College Station, this statement will be true about every place on earth.

Except College Station, of course.

Except their mines are sheep turds and jars of jizz. Still gotta be careful, but not as bad as a homemade bouncing betty or a ruskie fire and forget mine.

[Deej 76355]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Except their mines are sheep turds and jars of jizz. Still gotta be careful, but not as bad as a homemade bouncing betty or a ruskie fire and forget mine.

They've booby trapped the area with stacks of logs. 

[atomheartbevo 89295]

19 minutes ago, Deej said:

They've booby trapped the area with stacks of logs. 

[TeeDubya 3358]

54 minutes ago, Deej said:

They've booby trapped the area with stacks of logs. 

[pops 6964]

4 hours ago, Deej said:

They've booby trapped the area with stacks of logs. 

[atomheartbevo 89295]

Ignore, the title, part of it was a discussion of the shootdowns of the Russian A-50’s. One, they used old S-200s that had been re-engineered and the other, they were trained by the Germans and snuck a Patriot system up within 5-6 miles of the frontline and then surprised the A-50. Also talk of the other ambushes they’ve pulled off. Americans don’t think of using Patriots as a way to ambush important aircraft but rather as area-denial, but the Germans planned out such a scenario and trained the Ukrainians to pull it off.  

 

[atomheartbevo 89295]

Putin still thinks this is Russia.

This is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 67th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1984. This broadcast is perhaps the most well known of the Soviet era parades. Not only is it the famous year from George Orwell's novel of the same name, but it's the last parade where the "old guard" was in full leadership before Gorbachev. Taking the salute is First Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov (He passed away in 2012 at the age of 101. He was the oldest living Soviet Marshal). Commanding the parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, General of the Army Petr Lushev. (Marshal Ustinov was unable to attend the parade due to illness. He would later pass away on 20 December 1984.)

 

[InkaUtexas 25223]

43 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Putin still thinks this is Russia.

This is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 67th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1984. This broadcast is perhaps the most well known of the Soviet era parades. Not only is it the famous year from George Orwell's novel of the same name, but it's the last parade where the "old guard" was in full leadership before Gorbachev. Taking the salute is First Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov (He passed away in 2012 at the age of 101. He was the oldest living Soviet Marshal). Commanding the parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, General of the Army Petr Lushev. (Marshal Ustinov was unable to attend the parade due to illness. He would later pass away on 20 December 1984.)

 

Then and Now. Same uniforms. Same lubrcants in those vehicles.

[atomheartbevo 89295]

32 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Then and Now. Same uniforms. Same lubrcants in those vehicles.

Same vehicles.

[HellesBier 184]

12 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Croatia is the longest Bosnian Border. That is like saying Texas Border with Mexico. Some of those areas saw almost zero war. Some were completely depopulated. There are airfields everywhere.

Serbs and Croats, the chosen European defenders of either Central Europe or Slavic Europe (Depends on what Church you like) both mined the fuck out of that place. And it is still not the worse place on earth.

Where do you think the most heavily mined place on earth is right now? Is not Bosnia, not Ukraine, then where?

[Colonel Sanders 1326]

21 minutes ago, HellesBier said:

Where do you think the most heavily mined place on earth is right now? Is not Bosnia, not Ukraine, then where?

I would think the dmz in Korea has to be in the running

[HellesBier 184]

6 minutes ago, Colonel Sanders said:

I would think the dmz in Korea has to be in the running

yea I was thinking that as well as maybe somewhere in Africa but then that isnt really the MO down there

[InkaUtexas 25223]

4 hours ago, HellesBier said:

Where do you think the most heavily mined place on earth is right now? Is not Bosnia, not Ukraine, then where?

Mines? DMZ. EOD, another mean mother fucker,

Another forgotten place littered  with mines is North Africa. Battles went back and forth, mines were everywhere.

There are different doctrines for mines. Russian, mine everything (Fuck it Sergei, drop some more). NATO, mine as moving and defense. Know where they are for the most part (not artillery or air fired). Guerillas mine where moving or to deny movement.

Don't get me wrong, Bosnia/Ukraine are heavily mined. Always was very careful in Bosnia and I still would be. Those fuckers tend to stay around.

[Parliament 14074]

7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Putin still thinks this is Russia.

This is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 67th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1984. This broadcast is perhaps the most well known of the Soviet era parades. Not only is it the famous year from George Orwell's novel of the same name, but it's the last parade where the "old guard" was in full leadership before Gorbachev. Taking the salute is First Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov (He passed away in 2012 at the age of 101. He was the oldest living Soviet Marshal). Commanding the parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, General of the Army Petr Lushev. (Marshal Ustinov was unable to attend the parade due to illness. He would later pass away on 20 December 1984.)

 

All those soldiers are long dead from cirrhosis, and all that equiment is in service in Ukraine, if not blown up by a drone.