"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

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    Plus, after Boris' statement to Parliament today, we have a stockpile of weapons-grade bullshit going spare. Though I hear the Brexit crowd might have dibs on it.
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    Man, I need to get me some body doubles. Would free me up big time
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    Well, if the Qanon nutjobs are right (snort) than we should go straight to cloning. You know, after we ingest the adrenochrome harvested from the babies.

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    This makes sense. When they announced that it would be quite a long time before Ukraine got the machines I thought it was due to political reasons. I didn't realize they were initially talking about giving them M1A2s, which would take time to build up since we don't have many of them just sitting around.

    M1A1 is plenty for them and somewhat simpler to operate (no CITV for the commander to have to learn) which should speed up training time. :yes:
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    If true this is a pretty big Fuck You and Fuck Your Red Lines move from Slovakia.

    https://twitter.com/ozbrojenesily/status/1638946825314127872

    It appears that Slovakia not only gave Ukraine the MiGs but flew them directly into Ukraine and not just to the border to be crated up and handed off to the Ukrainians to take across.

    In other words planes took off from a NATO country and flew directly into a war zone. No idea if they were armed (don’t see anything on the hardpoints but no idea about gun) but regardless this is a step.

    [edit] Just a few minutes ago The Ministry of Defense said:

    "The first four MiG-29 fighters have been handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and have already left the territory of the Slovak Republic.”

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    Ivan may be sending T-54/55s to be refurbished and updated before going on to Ukraine. :lol:
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    I think I’d rather take my chances with the Russian prison system than go into battle with something so old.
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    On the other side Ukraine is using updated versions of the same tank, but those are probably modernized in a way superior to what Russia will do and something tells me that the Russians won't use theirs in a way that minimizes their limitations on a modern battlefield. :corn:
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    I can see the tanks working in a defense operation, where it’s basically being used like a howitzer. You know, dug in so it’s hard to shoot at but I can’t imagine that it’d work for an offensive operation unless it was chasing guys running away on foot.
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    Yes. Old tanks like these are best used fighting from ambush where they can take flank shots and then take off. They're too slow, undergunned, and poorly armored to be used in the offense against superior machines.
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    I'm imagining siege tanks from StarCraft...
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    https://news.yahoo.com/private-chat-leaks-show-moscow-110938709.html

    While Moscow has publicly dismissed the Hague’s arrest order for Vladimir Putin as nothing more than a meaningless piece of paper, some government officials reportedly descended into a full-blown panic in private chats after the news broke—with some wondering if they’d become the next Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels.

    That’s according to a new report from the independent outlet Verstka, which spoke with sources close to the Kremlin and several sources in parliament about the reaction behind the scenes.

    The news spread “like fire” in private chats between officials in the presidential administration, one source close to the Kremlin said, adding that reactions were “strong, mostly unprintable.”

    “There was a sense that they [in the West] had crossed the line, that it was like a slap in the face for all of us,” he said.

    Others suddenly began to realize that they too could face war crimes charges.

    “There was an instant thought that there are not only sanctions against [us], but also more serious things, that it would be impossible to leave the country,” one source in a government ministry was quoted as saying. He said he himself did not expect to face any criminal prosecution, but that other members of the government could “maybe” go down.

    Two sources in the Russian parliament reportedly drew parallels to members of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle who killed themselves before they could be tried in the Nuremberg Trials, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels. One of them also recalled the fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest that accused him of crimes against humanity.

    Members of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of parliament, discussed with each other how Moscow could effectively respond to the arrest warrant after the news broke, sources said.

    But they came up empty, according to one lawmaker, who admitted, “We haven’t come up with anything yet.”

    “This is some kind of blow to us [the Russian authorities] that our leader is supposedly an international criminal,” a source in parliament said.

    “On the one hand, it makes you rally around him. On the other hand, it’s as if we really are in complete global isolation.”

    Another source lamented that the West, according to him, had lost all “common sense.” It was “very unpleasant,” he said. “I couldn’t think about anything after [the warrant], I felt anger and sadness.”

    While the Kremlin’s more outspoken mouthpieces publicly blasted the court’s order and claimed it didn’t pose any actual threat to Putin, lawmakers were reportedly advised to stay mum on the matter, and state-run news programs largely made no mention of it.

    The only coordinated responses came from Russia’s Investigative Committee, which said it had launched a criminal case against judges of the International Criminal Court, and pro-Putin youth groups who launch a bizarre social media campaign using the hashtag “#WeAreAllPutin.”​
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    Ukrainian UAV flies freely around Russian R-330 Zhitel electronic warfare system and helps to adjust artillery fire to destroy it. By the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine.

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    TIL that both Mel Brooks and Marty Feldman both have Ukrainian ancestry.
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    Could have shot a few orcs while there, Legolas... but otherwise :salute:

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    I fucking love the M-55.
    To be perfectly honest, I think they're bringing these T-54/55 back into service as cheap SPG's. The Iranians make 100mm ammo that will theoretically work in these guns.......provided that the barrels don't explode. :lol:
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