Ukraine: The Aristoblyats

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Nuclear Tourist: Apr 7, 2005

Jimmy Smuts posted:

I wanna see Japan retake Sakhalin Island
edit: JSDF vs Russian Army would be very interesting to see. Some of the JSDF folks can be...special

https://twitter.com/TomHeartsTanks/status/1509694447323287560

# ? Jun 28, 2022 07:39

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 02:53

Orthanc6: Nov 4, 2009

Alan Smithee posted:

Waifu attack helicopters vs drunk Russian SAM operator

Japan will show Russia the true meaning of soft power

# ? Jun 28, 2022 08:17

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

A.o.D. posted:

It would be difficult to administer. There are no Japanese or Ainu people left there.

but whatever 🎶 JAPAN 🎶 CAN TAKE 🎶 THE ISLANDS 🎶

# ? Jun 28, 2022 09:13

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

CMYK BLYAT! posted:

but whatever 🎶 JAPAN 🎶 CAN TAKE 🎶 THE ISLANDS 🎶

Do you want Pearl Harbour II? Because this is how you get Pearl Harbour II.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 09:39

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJrIF7pHyO0

Seaman Ship

Seaman Ship

# ? Jun 28, 2022 09:52

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Alan Smithee posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJrIF7pHyO0

Seaman Ship

Seaman Ship

more accurate than us navy ads

for comparison this is what i signed up for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Y-FDdKN9Q

but this is what i got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mpve4VvJV0

orange juche fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Jun 28, 2022

# ? Jun 28, 2022 10:18

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

this is what you want

this is what you get

# ? Jun 28, 2022 10:37

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Alan Smithee posted:

this is what you want

this is what you get

The marines dragon slaying commercial was cool as hell tho

# ? Jun 28, 2022 11:05

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

kinda amazing they've never used DEVO for a recruiting ad

quote:

Freedom of choice
It's what you got
Freedom from choice
It's what you want

# ? Jun 28, 2022 11:20

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

orange juche posted:

The marines dragon slaying commercial was cool as hell tho

Marines always have the best ads. Wonder which marketing firm they used?

# ? Jun 28, 2022 13:49

glynnenstein: Feb 18, 2014

Marshal Prolapse posted:

Marines always have the best ads. Wonder which marketing firm they used?

Oh, people noticed how good the ads were and wrote articles about them. (Though this one is discussing the ads that came out just before the dragon one.)

glynnenstein fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Jun 28, 2022

# ? Jun 28, 2022 14:02

Rust Martialis: May 8, 2007; At night, Bavovnyatko quietly comes to the occupiers’ bases, depots, airfields, oil refineries and other places full of flammable items and starts playing with fire there

Marshal Prolapse posted:

Marines always have the best ads. Wonder which marketing firm they used?

Same one as Crayola

# ? Jun 28, 2022 14:03

Eason the Fifth: Apr 9, 2020

Marshal Prolapse posted:

Marines always have the best ads. Wonder which marketing firm they used?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dg3Us9ld2g

# ? Jun 28, 2022 14:04

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

glynnenstein posted:

Oh, people noticed how good the ads were and wrote articles about them. (Though this one is discussing the ads that came out just before the dragon one.)

broken link

# ? Jun 28, 2022 14:51

glynnenstein: Feb 18, 2014

Alan Smithee posted:

broken link

Should work now.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 15:50

golden bubble: Jun 3, 2011; yospos

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1541751559381569536

# ? Jun 28, 2022 16:21

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

glynnenstein posted:

Should work now.

Thanks exclamation it�s crazy they have like one the lowest budgets, but still more then the AF, especially after GW1. Man talk about a hell of a return on investment.

golden bubble posted:

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1541751559381569536

Can we give them some Tomahawks for the love of God? I mean we let Australians have them don�t we?

# ? Jun 28, 2022 16:57

CoffeeQaddaffi: Mar 20, 2009

Fearless posted:

So does this look like Russia is moving all of its pre-positioned ammo from Belarus to possibly make up for shortfalls closer to Donetsk and Luhansk to anyone else? If it is, it looks like the Russians are abandoning any further attempts for another grab at Kyiv.

From the sounds of it, the Ukrainians are using HIMARS to hit ammo dumps and HQs well behind the lines in the Donbass. Combined with the Soviet/Russian doctrine of ALL ARTILLERY ALL THE TIME, the ammo stockpiles for the main area of fighting are extremely depleted.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 18:03

Uncle Enzo: Apr 28, 2008; I always wanted to be a Wizard

CoffeeQaddaffi posted:

From the sounds of it, the Ukrainians are using HIMARS to hit ammo dumps and HQs well behind the lines in the Donbass. Combined with the Soviet/Russian doctrine of ALL ARTILLERY ALL THE TIME, the ammo stockpiles for the main area of fighting are extremely depleted.

I hope so, but I'm not sure that's actually the case. I imagine it greatly depends on how well dispersed, protected, and stored the ammo at the dump was, right? If it took out a stack of like a hundred dumb shells that's definitely good, but there's no way that's enough to make a meaningful difference to an army shooting 30k shells/day.

Hopefully it blew the whole place sky high and RU lost 10's of thousands of shells and thousands of rockets, but I'm not holding my breath.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 18:31

Jimmy Smuts: Aug 8, 2000

Russian tanks are proving to be deathtraps, but their artillery seems to be wrecking a lot of havoc. Hoping we see more videos of Russian ammo dumps getting hit

# ? Jun 28, 2022 18:45

meatbag: Apr 2, 2007; Clapping Larry

Turkey will apparently let Finland and Sweden join NATO.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 19:43

Jimmy Smuts: Aug 8, 2000

Linky: https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/28/sweden-and-finland-on-the-verge-of-joining-nato-after-talks-progress-16908561/
Lol, just lol, at them joining NATO while one of Putin's main objectives was to prevent increased NATO membership

# ? Jun 28, 2022 19:57

Notahippie: Feb 4, 2003; Kids, it's not cool to have Shane MacGowan teeth

Marshal Prolapse posted:

How so? I�m not meaning to accuse you of making stuff up or anything I�m just hoping I can get a cool anecdote story out of it.

I worked with a guy who was a naval aviator and one time at work somebody mentioned the JSDF and he got a look in his eyes and said "those guys are hosed up." We asked him for details and he said that when his air wing was based out of Japan they had a sister air wing of the JSDF at the same base, and when they were departing the JSDF threw a big party that involved a traditional hot springs onsen bath and everybody sitting and eating a feast and drinking a huge amount of beer. He said that after they'd been eating for a bit one of the Japanese officers got up and announced that the entertainment would start, after which (and this is as close as I can remember to word for word). "They brought out this guy in what can only be described as a vinyl gimp suit, and then they got a big vacuum cleaner and hooked him up to it so it vacuum-suctioned onto his body, with no covering for his eyes or mouth or anything. Then he kind of just squeaked around on stage in this suit, while all the JSDF guys laughed their asses off."

# ? Jun 28, 2022 21:22

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Lower enlisted are treated like poo poo everywhere.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 21:26

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

What's the MOS for gimp suit duty?

# ? Jun 28, 2022 21:27

aphid_licker: Jan 7, 2009

Uncle Enzo posted:

I hope so, but I'm not sure that's actually the case. I imagine it greatly depends on how well dispersed, protected, and stored the ammo at the dump was, right? If it took out a stack of like a hundred dumb shells that's definitely good, but there's no way that's enough to make a meaningful difference to an army shooting 30k shells/day.

Hopefully it blew the whole place sky high and RU lost 10's of thousands of shells and thousands of rockets, but I'm not holding my breath.

The explosions sure seem yuge in the videos and there was some separatist insider, idk if it was Strelkov, who wrote on their blog (lol) that they aren't spreading the ammo out properly bc they lack manpower and vehicles to do it. So maybe it's doing something.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 22:13

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

shame on an IGA posted:

why, they can just buy it at that point

Putin's actual goal spotted.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 22:44

Icon Of Sin: Dec 26, 2008

Soylent Pudding posted:

What's the MOS for gimp suit duty?

Undesignated in the navy, I bet

# ? Jun 28, 2022 22:48

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Jimmy Smuts posted:

Linky: https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/28/sweden-and-finland-on-the-verge-of-joining-nato-after-talks-progress-16908561/
Lol, just lol, at them joining NATO while one of Putin's main objectives was to prevent increased NATO membership

One of the prices of entry was "gently caress the Kurds" though.

# ? Jun 28, 2022 23:34

Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

A.o.D. posted:

One of the prices of entry was "gently caress the Kurds" though.

Hopefully not:

Uncle Enzo posted:

They're one of the members that needs it most. They're mixed up in a big pile of poo poo all around them, being part of a legitimate defensive alliance is part of the reason they've avoided several wars by now.

I'm not too worried about the "terrorism extradition stuff" for the Kurds. What it really means is that they pass a law or sign a treaty that says "terrorists can be extradited to turkey [_{as long as other proper legal conditions are met}]". Are there specific Kurds named in the agreement? If not I wouldn't put money on anyone being extradited for terrorism from those countries to Turkey any time soon, if ever.

Cyrano4747 posted:

Also note that there's basically zero enforcement mechanism on Turkey's side if they decide to flip them the bird re: Kurds once they're in.

I'm not thrilled about it, but i doubt that Sweden is going to start extraditing YPK over this any time soon.

# ? Jun 29, 2022 01:13

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Turkey: "plz kill all kurds. Not just the men but the women and the children"

Sweden, Finland: "Lol no"

# ? Jun 29, 2022 01:16

pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

Soylent Pudding posted:

What's the MOS for gimp suit duty?

18x

# ? Jun 29, 2022 01:28

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Kesper North posted:

Hopefully not:

True, once they're in, Turkey can go pound ~~sand~~tahini.

# ? Jun 29, 2022 02:10

Eason the Fifth: Apr 9, 2020

Soylent Pudding posted:

What's the MOS for gimp suit duty?

Oh three fisty one

# ? Jun 29, 2022 02:27

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

# ? Jun 29, 2022 02:35

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1542102880945160193?s=21&t=mA2mCX-CVi4CuN0R7R6w3A

Good morning to everyone, except to Russian Forces, who are experiencing grid deletion right now.

# ? Jun 29, 2022 16:22

Loezi: Dec 18, 2012; Never buy the cheap stuff

Marshal Prolapse posted:

https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1542102880945160193?s=21&t=mA2mCX-CVi4CuN0R7R6w3A

Good morning to everyone, except to Russian Forces, who are experiencing grid deletion right now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/vnkruk/i_hope_this_hasnt_be_done_before/

(how do I directly link to a reddit image?)

# ? Jun 30, 2022 13:53