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Syrian Lannister posted:https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1501653510915596310?t=cRMauUDLx4vc6pavlryekQ&s=19 What does the water dribble accomplish?
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bob dobbs is dead posted:chemical weapons cost like $250 for the gas mask and mopp suit to deal with, as opposed to yards of concrete or a half-meter of composites for high explosives. biologics without cures or vaccines will kill your own troops and biologics with cures or vaccines are even cheaper to deal with You realize Russia has a history of using chemical weapons, within the last decade or so, right
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bob dobbs is dead posted:chemical weapons cost like $250 for the gas mask and mopp suit to deal with, as opposed to yards of concrete or a half-meter of composites for high explosives. biologics without cures or vaccines will kill your own troops and biologics with cures or vaccines are even cheaper to deal with Civilians don't typically have those kinds of protective gear handy.
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Although twitter threads are a terrible way to present longer texts, this guy has some interesting insights into how Russia works: https://mobile.twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1498377757536968711 Highlights include no. 12 Russian army tl,dr: Russian generals tend to die in mysterious circumstances after wars, because the state is afraid of them. https://mobile.twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1498386918232530944 18: VDV: Why Russia lost this war tl,dr: the Kremlin didn't expect to fight an actual war, so they sent the VDV, who are big, buff and scary, the stuff of legends – but, it turns out, perfectly susceptible to gunfire. https://mobile.twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1499377671855292423 22. Why Russia can't produce anything Tl, dr: allowing competent poindexters to accomplish things would upset the balance of domestic power, which is why Russia is technologically dependent on western imports. https://mobile.twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501360272442896388
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Internet Wizard posted:You realize Russia has a history of using chemical weapons, within the last decade or so, right only on civilians e: poo poo, beaten
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Getting shot at clarifies what's really important, I've found. When we got our first major batch of troopers after our 1st Tour, the new guys were asking about rifle scores and whatnot. 'Trust me, the range don't mean poo poo. That first shot at you, you'll get real loving good, real loving quick. Or you die. It's cool.' I was a bit of an rear end in a top hat to those kids, but I did it because they were going back to a world they were unprepared for, and they cannot be scared enough for what's coming. They needed to know
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bob dobbs is dead posted:chemical weapons cost like $250 for the gas mask and mopp suit to deal with, as opposed to yards of concrete or a half-meter of composites for high explosives. biologics without cures or vaccines will kill your own troops and biologics with cures or vaccines are even cheaper to deal with The point of chemical weapons isn’t to gain a tactical advantage, it’s to deny the use of an area and scare the poo poo out of people. It’s a terror weapon.
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FrozenVent posted:The point of chemical weapons isn’t to gain a tactical advantage, it’s to deny the use of an area and scare the poo poo out of people. Civilian here. Do you think use of WMDs like that would be the trigger to get NATO involvement?
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Cimber posted:Civilian here. Do you think use of WMDs like that would be the trigger to get NATO involvement? When used against a NATO member yeah
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There'd be lots of hemming and hawing. That's about it.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:There'd be lots of hemming and hawing. That's about it. But not to the furrowing of brow. If there is a tut-tut sound then we are really in the poo poo?
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Cimber posted:Civilian here. Do you think use of WMDs like that would be the trigger to get NATO involvement? Obama once said that any use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war would be crossing a red line. Chemical weapons were used, nothing much happened.
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FrozenVent posted:Obama once said that any use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war would be crossing a red line. Yeah well, there are a few reasons for that. One of them was Obama was pretty spineless when it came to Russia. (and I voted for the guy)
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I’m sure Biden, his former VP, will be completely different.
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Remember when obama was like “Russia pulled a fast one on us but we’ll get em back on our time”
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Cimber posted:Yeah well, there are a few reasons for that. One of them was Obama was pretty spineless when it came to Russia. (and I voted for the guy) Also didn't he actually never believe that they would be used and it was a convinient way of appearing to stand up to Putin? Might be misremembering though.
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Churchill posted:Also didn't he actually never believe that they would be used and it was a convinient way of appearing to stand up to Putin? Might be misremembering though. IIRC, he had gotten assurances from the UK that they'd back the US if chemical weapons were used, but the UK publicly noped out as soon as it happened.
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Cimber posted:But not to the furrowing of brow. Ukraine isn't in NATO. NATO nations are under no obligation to step in even if chem/bio weapons are used. So lots of tisk-tisks and concerned looks is all that is obliged.
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Stultus Maximus posted:IIRC, he had gotten assurances from the UK that they'd back the US if chemical weapons were used, but the UK publicly noped out as soon as it happened. loving lol, perfidious Albion is truly one of the least reliable allies one can have isn't it. Not that this tips the scales or is relevant in any way but it reminds me that the events of the past, well always, sure makes me grateful my English mum and Swedish dad chose to settle in Sweden and not the UK. As are they, apparently it was more or less a coin toss as to where they'd end up.
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:Although twitter threads are a terrible way to present longer texts, this guy has some interesting insights into how Russia works: this helps with them: https://threadreaderapp.com/
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Proud Christian Mom posted:the Syria red line was stupid as was our entire involvement in extending that misery Are you talking about the military or the CIA?
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Grip it and rip it posted:Are you talking about the military or the CIA? Yes
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Cimber posted:Yeah well, there are a few reasons for that. One of them was Obama was pretty spineless when it came to Russia. (and I voted for the guy) What was the solution here exactly, give the moderate rebels who are not literally rebranded Al-Queda stingers?
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Glad I caught the 4 page derail on Obama and Syria getting started before bed. I won't think poo poo went down when I see the thread in the morning... (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Churchill posted:perfidious Albion Extreme username/post synergy bah gawd
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Montage of drone footage of a Ukrainian ambush on a Russian tank column. https://twitter.com/bellingcat/status/1501852864850898947 The audio is a radio intercept reporting that the regimental commander was killed.
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I know we’re always talking about fighting the last war but they seem to be behind by 3 or 4 marching tanks like they’re in a parade when they know the adversary has combat drones in the air.
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psydude posted:Montage of drone footage of a Ukrainian ambush on a Russian tank column. Everything the Russian military does looks like a militia training video out of Florida. It must be like having an army of privates, led by a new LT. Every video I see it looks like the Russians are trying to do that task for the first time.
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Two abreast in the middle of the road while under attack
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ASAPI posted:Everything the Russian military does looks like a militia training video out of Florida. It must be like having an army of privates, led by a new LT. Every video I see it looks like the Russians are trying to do that task for the first time. Everything we're seeing out of Ukraine is a vivid documentary of what happens to an army when the E-4 mafia actually is The Mafia
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ASAPI posted:It must be like having an army of privates, led by a new LT. That’s pretty much what they have.
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M_Gargantua posted:Two abreast in the middle of the road while under attack Clumping all of your forces together in contested territory with no room to manoeuvre and without a security perimeter, traveling on major avenues of approach, traveling on the same avenue of approach you just got ambushed on. I mean this is all basic poo poo you learn in your second year of ROTC. e: I'm the guy turning around on the shoulder into a wall, like everyone who's ever done that in a Battlefield game and gotten stuck. psydude fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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Man after all those military parades through Red Square over the years? Big disappointment
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shame on an IGA posted:Everything we're seeing out of Ukraine is a vivid documentary of what happens to an army when the E-4 mafia actually is The Mafia Except most of the E4 mafia I knew were actually good at their jobs. Endless creativity within boundaries set by their opposition among the E7's, and Lieutenants none the wiser
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M_Gargantua posted:Except most of the E4 mafia I knew were actually good at their jobs. Endless creativity within boundaries set by their opposition among the E7's, and Lieutenants none the wiser My favorite E4 mafia moment was when the battalion S4 refused to give us ammunition for our M203s, and a couple of my E4s miraculously found a crate in the corner of the motor pool. e: Also speaks to the power of being on good terms with the supply sergeant. psydude fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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