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Grouchio posted:Which in essence makes the situation less shaky, right? Theoretically, it should be a bad sign that they're shouting this out in public rather than having "red telephone" conversations, which apparently the Russians have refused recently. But this is a silly thing to speculate about since it's not like anyone wants to publicize too much about what's happening diplomatically behind the scenes (and what isn't).
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Rappaport posted:Theoretically, it should be a bad sign that they're shouting this out in public rather than having "red telephone" conversations, which apparently the Russians have refused recently. But this is a silly thing to speculate about since it's not like anyone wants to publicize too much about what's happening diplomatically behind the scenes (and what isn't). The thing that gets me is that apparently the same guy who's claiming that the U.S. said they're definitely entering the war if that happens thinks no red line should be set at all and that if a tactical nuclear weapon did get used only in Ukraine, the fallout wouldn't spread elsewhere https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1506851430417805313 https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1506856283944726528
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GABA ghoul posted:Shoigu got killed in Ukraine and Putin is too embarrassed to admit it Shoigu died on the way back to his home planet
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KitConstantine posted:Hmmm now Russia is pissing off private rail freight operators. What this article says to me is "Holy poo poo we are desperate for logistical assets right now even within Russia proper." Which in turn suggests that yes, the logistical issues aren't just an issue of trucks on the front line, the Russians are really having to scramble to pull things together from across the country.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i mean there is a pretty clear redline there and my guess is this is more directed at moscow then US/domestic. "don't be a dipshit and nuke anything or else it starts bad poo poo" is an ok redline. I've always been under the impression that this is the case. "We have to keep <x> from getting nuclear weapons" is a way of keeping a country from having nukes as capital for negotiations. Actually using them though basically means you've got the world up your rear end by next meal.
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GABA ghoul posted:Shoigu got killed in Ukraine and Putin is too embarrassed to admit it He’s not actually a general or any sort of military guy, apparently. He’d never go near a front line.
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PC LOAD LETTER posted:Has there been any action reports of how well the Starstreak works in the field? Not that I know of from the Ukrainian theatre. I’m not certain if we even have on-the-ground confirmation of Starstreak entering service. Barrel Cactaur posted:
I see, cheers. Yeah, I got dipped off by uncanny debris physics, and the tower shadow that felt oddly familiar, and out of place for Ukraine. Tomn posted:Have we considered the possibility that Putin hasn't actually done anything to Shoigu yet, the dude's just spending his days getting completely and utterly blackout shitfaced due to the stress of dealing with the war and worry about what Putin MIGHT do to him? It is an option, but I strongly doubt that Putin is letting Shoygu wallow in just his own misery.
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Barrel Cactaur posted:
Also the stock Arma 3 buildings within the town. The video quality masks some of the more obvious tells, but every single sufficiently lit building and the cargo crate tower silhouette in the background is easily identifiable as Arma assets for anyone who has played the game at all.
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There is no tactical or strategic reason for Russia to use nukes in Ukraine. So does that mean they won't? You will have to ask Putin. If they did it would be a giant FU to the West and NATO, and would in turn warrant a equally appropriate response. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Kikas posted:Wow, the clouds, and the fact the smoke from the first impact is moved by the next helicopter passing through it are some seriously impressive work. I remember cloud tech was a selling point for Arma 3, but the dynamic smoke blows me away. That smoke being affected by the downwash of helicopters looks seriously cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0huJAgnTnwk&t=1508s It's honestly no surprise that Arma constantly gets mistaken for real footage. All you have to do is hide the UI and make it grainy so the dodgier details are hidden.
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Biden and Scholz both went out of their way to say that there will be no NATO intervention in Ukraine, so before Putin gets the idea to commit even more heinous crimes its important to reaffirmed that there are indeed red lines that could force NATOs hand. That's all this tactical nuke talk is about.
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KitConstantine posted:Russians sending more targets wait I mean generals into Ukraine. On the western Kyiv front even! "Good morning 47. Your target is Colonel-General Alexander Chayko...
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Tomn posted:What this article says to me is "Holy poo poo we are desperate for logistical assets right now even within Russia proper." Which in turn suggests that yes, the logistical issues aren't just an issue of trucks on the front line, the Russians are really having to scramble to pull things together from across the country. If road and rail cargo from EU, namely Finland and Baltics, becomes impossible due to embargo combined with the problem that the western shipping industry didn't want to use Russian ports even before the war due to constant theft of more valuable containers, St. Petersburg is suddenly very, very far away from everything. It will be a nightmare to switch everything to be sent by rail, road or via shipping routes not going through the EU. That is going to be a huge burden on the Russian rail and road networks from the directions they were not built for. Even if they had the trains and trucks to implement it.
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Zelensky is spoke to NATO and frankly he earned the right to make this dig https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1506966324244791297?s=20&t=37Uk61SgNc_BGY0fqswefw Edit: Corrected timing and now with video: https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1506980179335335937?s=20&t=37Uk61SgNc_BGY0fqswefw
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My big takeaway from this war is that I should probably try playing Arma 3
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Snowy posted:My big takeaway from this war is that I should probably try playing Arma 3 arma 3 is two hours of setup followed by twenty minutes of fun but the twenty minutes are pretty good
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Deviant posted:arma 3 is two hours of setup followed by twenty minutes of fun Can you run it properly on a 3090 at least?
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Snowy posted:My big takeaway from this war is that I should probably try playing Arma 3
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mobby_6kl posted:Can you run it properly on a 3090 at least? let the record show the witness made the 'ehhhhhh' hand-wave motion
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Snowy posted:My big takeaway from this war is that I should probably try playing Arma 3 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3963510 Come this way goon sir we can always use more people.
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Snowy posted:My big takeaway from this war is that I should probably try playing Arma 3 It’s much less fun than it looks and the community is cringe, who want to speak in military code and say things like roger and copy that and make clans with their military ranks and poo poo. Honestly it’s insufferable.
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ethanol posted:It’s much less fun than it looks and the community is cringe, who want to speak in military code and say things like roger and copy that and make clans with their military ranks and poo poo. Honestly it’s insufferable. counterpoint: if the goons find out you've never played before, they'll make you be commander just to watch everything spiral hilariously out of control
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mobby_6kl posted:Shoigu died on the way back to his home planet
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Alchenar posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3963510 Oh god, I'm having flashbacks to playing mCTI in Op:Flashpoint.
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ethanol posted:It’s much less fun than it looks and the community is cringe, who want to speak in military code and say things like roger and copy that and make clans with their military ranks and poo poo. Honestly it’s insufferable. Seems like it would be appealing to a lot of people itt tbh
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Deviant posted:counterpoint: if the goons find out you've never played before, they'll make you be commander just to watch everything spiral hilariously out of control I didn't realize that the Russian invasion was a goon project, but in retrospect it only makes sense
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Deviant posted:counterpoint: if the goons find out you've never played before, they'll make you be commander just to watch everything spiral hilariously out of control Wasn't interested before, but honestly now I'm tempted just for that. Zephro posted:Shoigu is suffering from acute-onset cranial lead poisoning When a random zoom video of him shows up in a weeks time of him saying a generic sentence or two, how wrong you'll know you were about thinking he's currently dead! dr_rat fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Mar 24, 2022 |
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Quorum posted:I didn't realize that the Russian invasion was a goon project, but in retrospect it only makes sense Groverkrieg
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Grouchio posted:My big takeaway from this war is that this must be how the cold war felt to people back in the early 80s. Not having lived during the Prague Spring, Hungary 1956 or the Cuban Missile Crisis but having endured the 1980s, this isn't quite right. This is way hotter and direct and worrisome than what I remember.
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Der Kyhe posted:If road and rail cargo from EU, namely Finland and Baltics, becomes impossible due to embargo combined with the problem that the western shipping industry didn't want to use Russian ports even before the war due to constant theft of more valuable containers, St. Petersburg is suddenly very, very far away from everything. It will be a nightmare to switch everything to be sent by rail, road or via shipping routes not going through the EU. Did someone say...road cargo? https://twitter.com/akihheikkinen/status/1506978253818507273?s=20&t=37Uk61SgNc_BGY0fqswefw quote:Russian road carriers may face difficulties in updating the fleet of semi-trailers and main tractors, follows from a survey conducted by Kommersant among carriers and market participants. The deficit is felt due to the impossibility of European manufacturers to supply new tractors and semi-trailers to Russia, says Eduard Mironov, director of purchasing transport services at FM Logistic in Russia.
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a podcast for cats posted:Hungary seems to add a serious dose of WTF in the mix. Of course I lack the context on both the Twitter rando and the people being cited, but the Hungarian election will be one to watch. This dude is the ex director of national TV and currently "content advisor" of state controlled media. Almost a random Hungarian posting poo poo on the internet. The Hungarian army is a joke. Don't forget the drone that hit Zagreb just a week or so ago which flew in Hungarian airspace for a good 45 minutes undetected. This should tell you a lot. I have a friend who joined the army last year to be a tank driver. He broke 2 T-72s since January this year, which sort of makes him one of the most dangerous enemies of NATO. I can't imagine how Hungary would take Zakarpattia. Viktator however will win the elections because my nation of sheep have been heavily brainwashed and kept intentionally uneducated. The other day the deputy prime minister of Ukraine posted this: quote:The way the official Hungarian leadership is treating Ukraine lately is worse than even that of some of the Russian satellite states from the former Soviet Union. Edit: KitConstantine posted:Hungary has not been allowing shipments to Ukraine through their territory. There were also reports from the Ukrainian government earlier this week [edit: may have been last week, it's early and I'm undercaffinated] of Russia pushing anti-Hungarian texts to Ukrainian residents in the Ukrainian part of the Transcarpathian region as a false flag. Hungary does not allow weapon shipments through Hungary, everything else they do. Also only 12% of Zakarpattia are ethnic Hungarians, controlling that territory would be impossible. with a rebel yell she QQd fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Mar 24, 2022 |
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Okay so I thought this was just Russian Q Anon spinning up even more https://twitter.com/irgarner/status/1506978631804932097?s=20&t=37Uk61SgNc_BGY0fqswefw But! Turns out part of this is coming straight from the Russian ministry of defense  https://twitter.com/DrRadchenko/status/1506977719355166726?s=20&t=37Uk61SgNc_BGY0fqswefw What the gently caress is going on
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Eric Cantonese posted:Not having lived during the Prague Spring, Hungary 1956 or the Cuban Missile Crisis but having endured the 1980s, this isn't quite right. This is way hotter and direct and worrisome than what I remember. Same. I was only a little kid for most of the 80s, and while I was afraid of nuclear war, the Cold War then really did feel very static. Plus Gorbachev never came off as a scary or evil guy.
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Failed Imagineer posted:Groverkrieg  alex314 posted:I get this need to get DCS, and relive Flanker 2.5 days Wasn't there a Crimea campaign in Lock On? I remember shooting a bunch of ruskies there. CommieGIR posted:Oh god, I'm having flashbacks to playing mCTI in Op:Flashpoint. Eric Cantonese posted:Not having lived during the Prague Spring, Hungary 1956 or the Cuban Missile Crisis but having endured the 1980s, this isn't quite right. This is way hotter and direct and worrisome than what I remember.
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KitConstantine posted:Okay so I thought this was just Russian Q Anon spinning up even more They know what their audience likes, clearly.
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mobby_6kl posted:ArmA is pretty good but Operation Flashpoint is still one of my all-time favorites. Just sneaking though the forests for hours to evede russian patrols, then stealing a car and booknig it back to safety. Ahh, back when this was all fantasy. To do this properly, you need to equip Crocs.
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Failed Imagineer posted:Groverkrieg I've read way to many "Grover predicts Iraq" style posts on Russian Telegram
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