Any smart state keeps its military subservient. A quick look at Myanmar et al shows what hapopens if one doesn't.
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Russia is the smart state now ?
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Not my qoute. I properly attributed it to the article which you obviously did not read. Here is the original from Twitter.
A bit more for context.
Freedom is not a state. It is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau.. Freedom is a continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.-John Lewis
I think we can all agree that NOBODY is consistently smart.Guest wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:08 pmRussia is the smart state now ?
Undeniably smart people (let's take Elon Musk or Bill Gates, for example) do incredibly dumb things on occasion.
Publicly calling a rescuer diver a paedo
Forced updates during a presentation, anyone?
Those dumb acts don't totally negate the smart things they do. Any state needs to keep the military in check. How many military coups has Thailand had? I think 12.
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There are increasing number of reports of T-62's being pulled out of Russian storage and moved into Ukraine. I've yet to hear any reports of them being used in battle (they went out of production in 1975) and they use a different type of ammunition (115mm) which would bring additional logistical constraints. Still, it is indicative that the amount of armour lost is having a material impact and viable options for resupply are declining.
There was a similar report regarding Russian pilots, with reports of a 63 y.o. mercenary pilot from Wagner recently shot down in a Su-25. That such pilots are being used indicates a supply issue.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2 ... 87e13e52ec
Ukraine also has supply issues, particularly in relation to trained pilots which are much harder to replace than aircraft. What they do have is multiple supply chains of modern weaponry, though getting these in the quantity required at the places needed remains problematic.
There was a similar report regarding Russian pilots, with reports of a 63 y.o. mercenary pilot from Wagner recently shot down in a Su-25. That such pilots are being used indicates a supply issue.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2 ... 87e13e52ec
Ukraine also has supply issues, particularly in relation to trained pilots which are much harder to replace than aircraft. What they do have is multiple supply chains of modern weaponry, though getting these in the quantity required at the places needed remains problematic.
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Russian mother does the seemingly impossible here.
Freedom is not a state. It is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau.. Freedom is a continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.-John Lewis
Very significant loss for Ukraine, with some of their soldiers accused pf treason
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2 ... es-kherson
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2 ... es-kherson
Russia are known for their propaganda in the media but also the west is exactly the same, especially the BBC.
No verification needed. Russia bad - others good.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Not looking good for Ukraine. Again, great defense but don't have any grunt for a counter offensive. Their army is in fact in danger of being overwhelmed in the south-east and forced to withdraw.
Big iron, like the howitzers from the US, is reaching Ukraine but not enough experienced crews to man them, only 18 of 88 are in action. Same goes for the German tanks that never arrived, no point sending them if it takes weeks training crew.
Big iron, like the howitzers from the US, is reaching Ukraine but not enough experienced crews to man them, only 18 of 88 are in action. Same goes for the German tanks that never arrived, no point sending them if it takes weeks training crew.
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My man. If you have a specific reason to doubt the integrity of this BBC article then by all means please do so otherwise your opinion on this one seems to be that of a Putin apologist. Here is the gist of the article from another source:
"Against the background of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about the absence of conscripts in Ukraine, the mother of a 20-year-old conscript from St. Petersburg published a letter to the head of state in which she said her son was sent to the border with the neighboring country.
In a letter to President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Marina Ivanova said that her son was drafted into the army in July 2021 and assigned to a military unit in the Moscow region. Her son is not there now. The woman claims that conscripts from the Moscow region were transferred to the border with Ukraine – in the Kursk or Belgorod region.
The woman wrote that the command of the unit is working to persuade conscripts to participate in a special operation in Ukraine and sign a contract with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is done against the will of the soldiers, the woman said.
Marina Ivanova also told Fontanka that the command suggested that the soldiers “take two steps forward if they agree to take part in hostilities, after which everyone left.”
“They are intimidated. They stand 10-15 kilometers from the border, their hair stands on end from the stories, ”the St. Petersburg resident said.
In the letter, the conscript’s mother asked the president to investigate the situation, take measures to comply with the law and return the soldiers to their unit.
It will be recalled that a few days ago Vladimir Putin assured that there were no Russian conscripts in Ukraine. The head of state stressed that conscripts and reservists do not take part in the special operation. However, the next day the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov said that conscripts are still in Ukraine, but added that they are involved only in logistics.
The Ministry of Defense also acknowledged the capture of several Russian conscripts by the Ukrainian military. The Kremlin has promised to look into the situation and punish the perpetrators."
https://news84media.com/russia-ukraine/ ... h-ukraine/
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That is part of the pressure Russia is under; the longer this drags on the more modern weapon systems Ukrainian forces obtain and gain proficiency in.Dylan Quint wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 11:53 amBig iron, like the howitzers from the US, is reaching Ukraine but not enough experienced crews to man them, only 18 of 88 are in action. Same goes for the German tanks that never arrived, no point sending them if it takes weeks training crew.
When the war started there was a focus on providing the Ukrainians with systems that could utilise immediately. The dynamic has since changed.
They can hit Moscow with these launching from Ukraine
Washington (CNN)The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say.
The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could be announced as soon as next week.
Senior Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have pleaded in recent weeks for the US and its allies to provide the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The US-made weapon systems can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of kilometers — much farther than any of the systems Ukraine already has — which the Ukrainians argue could be a gamechanger in their war against Russia.
Another system Ukraine has asked for is the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, a lighter wheeled system capable of firing many of the same types of ammunition as MLRS.
Russia has in recent weeks pummeled Ukraine in the east, where Ukraine is outmanned and outgunned, Ukrainian officials have said.
The Biden administration waivered for weeks, however, on whether to send the systems, amid concerns raised within the National Security Council that Ukraine could use the new weapons to carry out offensive attacks inside Russia, officials said.
On Friday, after CNN first reported the news, Russians warned that the United States will "cross a red line" if it supplies the systems to Ukraine.
"The US intends to discuss the issue of supplying Ukraine with these weapons as soon as next week," Olga Skabeeva, a prominent Russian TV host, said on her high-profile show on the state network Rossiya-1. "At the present moment, the issue is being addressed by the US presidential administration. So now, we are not even talking about tactical weapons anymore, but about the operational-tactical weapons."
She continued: "The US MLRS can launch shells over 500 kilometers. And if the Americans do this, they will clearly cross a red line, and we will record an attempt to provoke a very harsh response from Russia."
While Skabeeva does not speak for the Kremlin, her views frequently reflect official thinking.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina responded to CNN's reporting on Twitter Friday, saying he was frustrated the Biden administration has been "dragging their feet" on giving Ukraine the rocket systems.
On Friday, the Pentagon's outgoing press secretary John Kirby suggested a final decision on the MLRS hadn't been reached yet. "Certainly we're mindful and aware of Ukrainian asks, privately and publicly, for what is known as a multiple launch rocket system. And I won't get ahead of decisions that haven't been made yet," Kirby told reporters during a briefing.
The issue of whether to supply the rocket systems was at the top of the agenda at last week's two meetings at the White House where deputy Cabinet members convened to discuss national security policy, officials said. At the heart of the matter was the same concern the administration has grappled with since the start of the war-- whether sending increasingly heavy weaponry to Ukraine will be viewed by Russia as a provocation that could trigger some kind of retaliation against the US.
One major hang-up, the sources said, had been the rocket systems' extensive range. The MLRS and its lighter-weight version, the HIMARS, can launch as far as 300km, or 186 miles, depending on the type of munition. They are fired from a mobile vehicle at land-based targets, which would allow the Ukrainians to more easily strike targets inside Russia.
Ukraine is already believed to have carried out numerous cross-border strikes inside Russia, which Ukrainian officials neither confirm nor deny. Russian officials have said publicly that any threat to their homeland would constitute a major escalation and have said that western countries are making themselves a legitimate target in the war by continuing to arm the Ukrainians.
Another major concern inside the Biden administration had been whether the US could afford to give away so many high-end weapons drawn from the military's stockpiles, the sources said.
Asked on Monday whether the US would provide the systems, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demurred. "I don't want to get ahead of where we are in the process of resourcing requirements," he told reporters.
The administration had similar concerns about providing Ukraine with additional MiG-29 fighter jets, which some worried could allow the Ukrainians to take the fight into Russia. Ultimately, the US decided against backfilling Poland with new jets, which would have allowed the Poles to equip Ukraine with the soviet-era MiGs.
The debate about the MLRS is also similar to one that played out before the US decided to begin sending heavier, long-range Howitzers, to Ukraine last month. Weapons packages focused on anti-tank Javelin and short-range Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, as well as small arms and ammunition. At the time, the M777 Howitzers marked a significant increase in range and power over previous systems, but even those top out at around 25 kilometers or 18 miles in range. The MLRS can fire much further still than any of the artillery the US has sent to date.
One workaround could be to provide Ukraine with shorter-range rocket systems, officials said, which is also under consideration. It would not take too long to train the Ukrainians on any of the rocket launcher systems, officials told CNN — likely about two weeks, they said.
Every drawdown from existing inventories involves a review of its potential effect on US military readiness. With the previous drawdowns, the risk has been "relatively low," said Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Monday. The military is watching "very, very carefully" to make sure the stockpiles don't drop below levels that create a greater risk, he added.
The concern grows significantly with more capable, more expensive systems of which the US does not have as large a supply, the sources said.
Pentagon officials met with the CEO of Lockheed Martin last week to discuss supply and ramping up production of the MLRS, one source familiar with the meeting told CNN. The meeting was led by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante.
The UK is also still deciding whether to send the systems, two officials told CNN, and would like to do so in conjunction with the US.
Washington (CNN)The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say.
The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could be announced as soon as next week.
Senior Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have pleaded in recent weeks for the US and its allies to provide the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The US-made weapon systems can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of kilometers — much farther than any of the systems Ukraine already has — which the Ukrainians argue could be a gamechanger in their war against Russia.
Another system Ukraine has asked for is the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, a lighter wheeled system capable of firing many of the same types of ammunition as MLRS.
Russia has in recent weeks pummeled Ukraine in the east, where Ukraine is outmanned and outgunned, Ukrainian officials have said.
The Biden administration waivered for weeks, however, on whether to send the systems, amid concerns raised within the National Security Council that Ukraine could use the new weapons to carry out offensive attacks inside Russia, officials said.
On Friday, after CNN first reported the news, Russians warned that the United States will "cross a red line" if it supplies the systems to Ukraine.
"The US intends to discuss the issue of supplying Ukraine with these weapons as soon as next week," Olga Skabeeva, a prominent Russian TV host, said on her high-profile show on the state network Rossiya-1. "At the present moment, the issue is being addressed by the US presidential administration. So now, we are not even talking about tactical weapons anymore, but about the operational-tactical weapons."
She continued: "The US MLRS can launch shells over 500 kilometers. And if the Americans do this, they will clearly cross a red line, and we will record an attempt to provoke a very harsh response from Russia."
While Skabeeva does not speak for the Kremlin, her views frequently reflect official thinking.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina responded to CNN's reporting on Twitter Friday, saying he was frustrated the Biden administration has been "dragging their feet" on giving Ukraine the rocket systems.
On Friday, the Pentagon's outgoing press secretary John Kirby suggested a final decision on the MLRS hadn't been reached yet. "Certainly we're mindful and aware of Ukrainian asks, privately and publicly, for what is known as a multiple launch rocket system. And I won't get ahead of decisions that haven't been made yet," Kirby told reporters during a briefing.
The issue of whether to supply the rocket systems was at the top of the agenda at last week's two meetings at the White House where deputy Cabinet members convened to discuss national security policy, officials said. At the heart of the matter was the same concern the administration has grappled with since the start of the war-- whether sending increasingly heavy weaponry to Ukraine will be viewed by Russia as a provocation that could trigger some kind of retaliation against the US.
One major hang-up, the sources said, had been the rocket systems' extensive range. The MLRS and its lighter-weight version, the HIMARS, can launch as far as 300km, or 186 miles, depending on the type of munition. They are fired from a mobile vehicle at land-based targets, which would allow the Ukrainians to more easily strike targets inside Russia.
Ukraine is already believed to have carried out numerous cross-border strikes inside Russia, which Ukrainian officials neither confirm nor deny. Russian officials have said publicly that any threat to their homeland would constitute a major escalation and have said that western countries are making themselves a legitimate target in the war by continuing to arm the Ukrainians.
Another major concern inside the Biden administration had been whether the US could afford to give away so many high-end weapons drawn from the military's stockpiles, the sources said.
Asked on Monday whether the US would provide the systems, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demurred. "I don't want to get ahead of where we are in the process of resourcing requirements," he told reporters.
The administration had similar concerns about providing Ukraine with additional MiG-29 fighter jets, which some worried could allow the Ukrainians to take the fight into Russia. Ultimately, the US decided against backfilling Poland with new jets, which would have allowed the Poles to equip Ukraine with the soviet-era MiGs.
The debate about the MLRS is also similar to one that played out before the US decided to begin sending heavier, long-range Howitzers, to Ukraine last month. Weapons packages focused on anti-tank Javelin and short-range Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, as well as small arms and ammunition. At the time, the M777 Howitzers marked a significant increase in range and power over previous systems, but even those top out at around 25 kilometers or 18 miles in range. The MLRS can fire much further still than any of the artillery the US has sent to date.
One workaround could be to provide Ukraine with shorter-range rocket systems, officials said, which is also under consideration. It would not take too long to train the Ukrainians on any of the rocket launcher systems, officials told CNN — likely about two weeks, they said.
Every drawdown from existing inventories involves a review of its potential effect on US military readiness. With the previous drawdowns, the risk has been "relatively low," said Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Monday. The military is watching "very, very carefully" to make sure the stockpiles don't drop below levels that create a greater risk, he added.
The concern grows significantly with more capable, more expensive systems of which the US does not have as large a supply, the sources said.
Pentagon officials met with the CEO of Lockheed Martin last week to discuss supply and ramping up production of the MLRS, one source familiar with the meeting told CNN. The meeting was led by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante.
The UK is also still deciding whether to send the systems, two officials told CNN, and would like to do so in conjunction with the US.
As Trump said (he does make sense, occasionally) , they can supply Ukraine with billions of dollars of equipment and risk a wider and deadlier war into the bargain, but they can't protect their own kids in schools.
Insane.
This is what happens when the MIC controls a country's resources and politics.
Eisenhower warned them, nobody cared.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-his ... al-complex
Insane.
This is what happens when the MIC controls a country's resources and politics.
Eisenhower warned them, nobody cared.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-his ... al-complex
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