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KitConstantine posted:Re: humanitarian corridors - a bit of grim warning More like Vladimirobitch right?! ...I'll see myself out Also you don't want people calling bluffs on whether Russia's nukes still work. Extremely bad things if you guess wrong.
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Ynglaur posted:Operations speculation chat: This is really interesting. Thanks for posting it 
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TheRat posted:This plant uses a negative feedback loop which means if it goes to poo poo it dies out rather than ramps up. It can't have a chernobyl accident. That doesn’t mean non Chernobyl plants can’t meltdown and cause a catastrophe, it just means it won’t happen the same mechanism as Chernobyl. If coolant is lost the core can still melt and rupture its containment. Particularly by building up hydrogen. See fukashima, 3 mile island, etc
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1499450525724598274 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_192695.htm NATO has been positioning response units in NATO countries due to Putin likely not stopping with Ukraine.
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TheRat posted:This plant uses a negative feedback loop which means if it goes to poo poo it dies out rather than ramps up. It can't have a chernobyl accident. It has spent fuel storage on site. That seems like it would be bad to explode something in, but I'm not a nuclear surgeon https://www.power-technology.com/projects/zaporizhzhya-nuclear-power-plant/ the article posted:Zaporizhzhya spent-fuel dry storage facility
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KitConstantine posted:Oh, look! Looks like the Russians used the "humanitarian corridor" option in 2014 too. Videos of American military equipment on trains in Romania pop up from time to time and the chucklefuck nationalists will somehow use it to claim Western Imperialism is coming to get them and cite Operation Tidalwave as evidence of whatever.
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1499450525724598274 My impression is that the U.S. has been moving forces around throughout--I think it's supposed to both show Russia that the U.S. is committed to NATO defense, and show the NATO countries the same thing. But it could be something more meaningful, idk
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Sir John Falstaff posted:My impression is that the U.S. has been moving forces around throughout--I think it's supposed to both show Russia that the U.S. is committed to NATO defense, and show the NATO countries the same thing. But it could be something more meaningful, idk
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KitConstantine posted:It has spent fuel storage on site. That seems like it would be bad to explode something in, but I'm not a nuclear surgeon Spent fuel is a risk but at worst it can overheat. Its not likely to even become a chernobyl or be a thread outside the immediate area if the spent fuel pool is breached.
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Grouchio posted:Well why not? Escalation to a general war would probably mean no more voting ever and you'll have to eat your pet if you have one
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Dr. Despair posted:The uranium and plutonium decaying isn't really the problem, but a lot of more advance designs use things like tritium and whatnot to help boost yields, and those can have half lives measured in the 10 year range. This is my concern as well. Most analysts and experts thought the state of Russian military and hardware was in pretty good shape before all this. I have a feeling there is serious concern in a lot of circles now about the state of their nuclear weapons. Inspectors going through and making sure there aren't active leaks and whatnot is one thing but they likely won't have access to the nuts and bolts to judge if they are viable and safe for actual use nor if there was even a chance of that the Russian government allowing them to see/know that. I do wonder if that test launch a few weeks ago was them trying to project that everything is fine there when they very well might not be.
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CommieGIR posted:https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_192695.htm
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Grouchio posted:So it's basically an extension of the 'NATO Task Force' set up to deter Russia from trying anything funny past Ukraine, right? Yes. also show of force for NATO members to show they are ready to move as needed.
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Randarkman posted:Just going to jump in ahead of this to say talking about and especially discussing whether the US could or could not conquer Russia is extremely stupid. Nobody is talking about “conquering” Russia; and I think it’s fair to point out, because now it must be obvious to Putin as well, that the United States military specifically, and the major power NATO members militaries, are orders of magnitude more capable than the Russian Armed Forces. Believe it or not, prior to Putin’s Ukraine war, NATO considered the Russian military a near peer in ability. It clearly is not, and this is very embarrassing for Russia. I also hope China is watching what the Ukrainians are doing against what was rated by most military analysts as the second most powerful military in the world armed and advised by NATO, and reassess how seriously it might have once considered the possibility of a “successful” invasion of Taiwan.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It’s the former Without something more, that would be my assumption, yeah
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I wonder if this "scoop" is gonna get some generals shot https://twitter.com/carolelee/status/1499451600229875719?t=abjGHLwJeNiYk2i7iqVOBQ&s=19
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Anyone else find it strange that American military hardware positioned in eastern Europe has desert camo?
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https://twitter.com/carolelee/status/1499451600229875719 Well good news this finally happening.
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KitConstantine posted:I wonder if this "scoop" is gonna get some generals shot Why? This is good for Russia.
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/carolelee/status/1499451600229875719 And also very bad news they published it
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TheRat posted:And also very bad news they published it Feel like you guys don't understand this. This means that Russia can notify NATO about using things like strategic bombers and clarify that they aren't directed them at NATO forces. Similar thing happened in Syria.
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1499450525724598274 What is the big deal about this? On day 2 it was public knowledge that NATO activated its rapid reaction force and deployed those troops to potentially Russian threatened NATO states. Biden even referenced this is the State of the Union address. This is exactly what NATO was designed to do: deter attacks on NATO members and be in a position to defend those members if they are threatened. It’s not some sort of crazy sudden NATO escalation.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:Anyone else find it strange that American military hardware positioned in eastern Europe has desert camo? Not really. They likely came out of the Middle East since that would be one of the closest locations to pull them and they don't have enough time to change the camp pattern before deployment. If there is a need they can paint them where they will be stationed but even in the States a ton of hardware is still painted desert camo. It just isn't a priority until it needs to be.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:Anyone else find it strange that American military hardware positioned in eastern Europe has desert camo? No. Large amounts of US hardware is painted desert because that's where we were for the better part of 30 years. Honestly, fast-painting vehicles is something the US military should have solved for decades ago, but "paint vehicles faster" is not as sexy or grift-ridden as something like the F-35.
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FishBulbia posted:Feel like you guys don't understand this. This means that Russia can notify NATO about using things like strategic bombers and clarify that they aren't directed them at NATO forces. Similar thing happened in Syria. Yeah, this probably isn't something they're doing behind Putin's back.
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FishBulbia posted:Feel like you guys don't understand this. This means that Russia can notify NATO about using things like strategic bombers and clarify that they aren't directed them at NATO forces. Similar thing happened in Syria. Yes, this is basically communicating to avoid accidentally running into each other and yeah, letting each other know we're not attacking each other.
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By deconflict movments around Ukraine I assume they mean NATO troops moving around outside Ukraine and that they are talking about ensuring that there is no misunderstandings about those movements being agressive. Edit: Beaten by a mile.
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KitConstantine posted:I wonder if this "scoop" is gonna get some generals shot As far as I remember, this kind of back channel stuff is pretty common. And, you know, a good idea when you want to keep things from escalating while everyone is twitchy.
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FishBulbia posted:Feel like you guys don't understand this. This means that Russia can notify NATO about using things like strategic bombers and clarify that they aren't directed them at NATO forces. Similar thing happened in Syria. It's extremely obvious that the US/NATO has been helping Ukraine with intel, so why would Russia do this? There are no NATO forces in Ukraine.
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I'd like to point out that Canada is one of the US closest allies and we didn't go into Iraq with them. Being a part of NATO doesn't necessarily mean you are automatically included in any of their wars.
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I try to only spend so much of my day keeping up on this stuff because it's extremely distressing but is weaponry/supplies still flooding into Ukraine from pretty much the entire world? Is there a realistic action that Russia could take to interfere with this supply line?
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TheRat posted:It's extremely obvious that the US/NATO has been helping Ukraine with intel, so why would Russia do this? There are no NATO forces in Ukraine. Also look how Syria worked out for the Syrians. Maybe generals won't get shot, but it doesn't help the people in Ukraine. In other news it's probably a good thing a bunch of Russian journalists got the gently caress out of dodge yesterday https://twitter.com/EilishHart/status/1499451972004552704?t=g2EUe00-cjEz7S4ZyxLtNQ&s=19
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ZombieLenin posted:What is the big deal about this? On day 2 it was public knowledge that NATO activated its rapid reaction force and deployed those troops to potentially Russian threatened NATO states. Normally with NATO rapid reaction forces they are stationed at bases in the areas. If this report is true and they are staging at the border it means that NATO is taking a threat at that area more seriously. If I had to make a guess the map that Lukashenko showed off with the attack going into Moldavia likely is true and they are fortifying that border more than it was previously.
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cr0y posted:I try to only spend so much of my day keeping up on this stuff because it's extremely distressing but is weaponry/supplies still flooding into Ukraine from pretty much the entire world? they have to conquer western ukraine to block it from getting into ukraine (and even then it's probably hard to avoid it being smuggled in) they can cut off and surround cities to stop it from getting into the cities under siege, of course
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TheRat posted:It's extremely obvious that the US/NATO has been helping Ukraine with intel, so why would Russia do this? There are no NATO forces in Ukraine. Same reason they did in Syria. US is helping Ukraine, but its not a NATO ally. Russia doesn't want to escalate to nuclear war, and removing ambiguity helps more with its tactical operations than it hurts.
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TheRat posted:It's extremely obvious that the US/NATO has been helping Ukraine with intel, so why would Russia do this? There are no NATO forces in Ukraine. If they launch an ICBM missile they can re-assure US that it is going to Ukraine and will reduce the risk of US retaliating.
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Sandweed posted:They could threathen to declare war on the countries supplying arms. Yeah this one is going wonderfully so far, why not add another one? They can bluster but nobody is taking their threats with any wieght at the moment. TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Mar 3, 2022 |
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cr0y posted:I try to only spend so much of my day keeping up on this stuff because it's extremely distressing but is weaponry/supplies still flooding into Ukraine from pretty much the entire world? They are bifurcating the country and surround the largest centers of resistance and urban centers. I believe population density in Western Ukraine is relatively low compared to the areas where Russian movements have focused. So in a sense, they can cut off the flow of arms this way.
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