Ukraine and Only Ukraine. If it isn't about Ukraine then fuck off
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WhoaTed
Antichrist
Tractors have the day off?
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Army plans ‘dramatic’ ammo production boost as Ukraine drains stocks
But its plan for a ramp up in production hinges on Congress.
www.defensenews.com
Keith
Super Anarchist
Rain Man
Super Anarchist
While repairable, I would wager that airframe will be mothballed at least temporarily. They have others. Why put effort into repairing it when they can just use another one?
spankoka
Super Anarchist
There's no such thing as "minor damage" to an aircraft. It's not like you can fly it while you are waiting for the body shop to fix the elevators.
I thought that piece of aircraft looked a little too shredded to be duct-taped back into action.
Ex Machina
Super Anarchist
spankoka
Super Anarchist
The tape used in aviation and motorsports for minor faults is called "speed tape"-yes; both Airlines and stock car racers use it sometimes. I taped in my battens with rigging tape, I wonder what would happen with speed tape.
spankoka
Super Anarchist
Nostalgia?
P_Wop
Super Anarchist
I never understood that. For a near mach 2 aircraft, anyone behind has already launched a missile from 30 miles back. Are you shooting the missile or the interceptor? Neither will end in much joy.
Rain Man
Super Anarchist
Useless, but probably a pretty cool ride back there.
The bullets are stationary when they exit the muzzle. Takes deceleration out of the ballistics calculation. When you're targeting computer is using vacuum tubes, every simplification helps.
They could pick that up just over my house at dawn.
A very interesting interview with Fiona Hill. Smart lady.
It’s been nearly eight months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops and tanks over the border into Ukraine, and a lot has changed in that time. Ukraine has shown itself to be a far more robust military force than pretty much anyone predicted. Talk has changed from wondering how long Ukraine could hold out to how much territory it can retake — and to when and how the war will end.
But it’s still hard to imagine how Putin’s war on Ukraine will conclude. Does Putin even have an endgame? If he really wants to control Ukrainian territory, why does he seem so bent on destroying it?
To get insights into these questions, I reached out to Fiona Hill, one of America’s most clear-eyed observers of Russia and Putin, who served as an adviser to former President Donald Trump and gained fame for her testimony in his first impeachment trial. In the early days of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Hill warned in an interview with POLITICO that what Putin was trying to do was not only seize Ukraine but destroy the current world order. And she recognized from the start that Putin would use the threat of nuclear conflict to try to get his way.
www.politico.com
It’s been nearly eight months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops and tanks over the border into Ukraine, and a lot has changed in that time. Ukraine has shown itself to be a far more robust military force than pretty much anyone predicted. Talk has changed from wondering how long Ukraine could hold out to how much territory it can retake — and to when and how the war will end.
But it’s still hard to imagine how Putin’s war on Ukraine will conclude. Does Putin even have an endgame? If he really wants to control Ukrainian territory, why does he seem so bent on destroying it?
To get insights into these questions, I reached out to Fiona Hill, one of America’s most clear-eyed observers of Russia and Putin, who served as an adviser to former President Donald Trump and gained fame for her testimony in his first impeachment trial. In the early days of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Hill warned in an interview with POLITICO that what Putin was trying to do was not only seize Ukraine but destroy the current world order. And she recognized from the start that Putin would use the threat of nuclear conflict to try to get his way.
Fiona Hill: ‘Elon Musk Is Transmitting a Message for Putin’
Eight months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, POLITICO talks to the Russia analyst about whether Putin’s aims are evolving and what it would take to end the war.
www.politico.com
spankoka
Super Anarchist
Yes; the firing solution may be the straight piece of coat hanger through the filing cards. Times change more slowly than we think.
