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Hyrax Attack! posted:Has Russia begun sending navy crews as infantry into Ukraine? Guessing that would be a way to get a few thousand guys, and if they were sending missile technicians wouldn’t be out of character. They did have a significant reduction in the required amount of naval personnel in the region of Ukraine recently.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I wouldn't be too surprised to find they'd pulled all the Kuznetsov's firefighters and DC people. It might explain a few things. Well at least they have experience in working under fire
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A.o.D. posted:Russia has forces designated as Naval Infantry, they're something like the US Marines, but also not. They're theoretically trained in conventional warfare, and have a long history of being used as such. Using those guys in Ukraine wouldn't be much of a stretch. Using engine techs off the Kunetsov is a different story, of course. Oh no, Kusnezov's readiness level might go down 
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aphid_licker posted:Oh no, Kusnezov's readiness level might go down Well it's in dock so they can probably refloat it after
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Rust Martialis posted:Well it's in dock so they can probably refloat it after but what about when the dock sinks
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I'm aware of a couple cases of that actually happening
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I'm aware of a couple cases of that actually happening A lot of them are designed to do it. The real fun comes when they don't come back up like they're supposed to.
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GD_American posted:A lot of them are designed to do it. Just like an AAV.
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Icon Of Sin posted:Elemental mercury, if you’re Did somebody say Mercury? Here is "A Tall Tail" by Charles Stross: https://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/
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Icon Of Sin posted:Chemical corps is forever doomed to do literally anything but their primary purpose, and the world is a better place for that fact. Can confirm. My MOS was 5711 (NBC Specialist) and spent every minute deployed doing patrols and security.
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I think a point was that they barely had enough time in training for their specialty and none for infantry.
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Went to school with a guy who had been a cook in the Navy and gone and got blown up in a convoy. His brain was definitely not right, it was pretty hosed because he was good at being a sea cook.
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I met an NBC E-4 on my first guard shift rotation in OIF 2. He left that base an E-6
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slurm posted:Went to school with a guy who had been a cook in the Navy and gone and got blown up in a convoy. His brain was definitely not right, it was pretty hosed because he was good at being a sea cook. anyone that can function in a commercial kitchen environment is hosed in the head, hth
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'If you admit defeat and give into half of our demands we will talk to you about how you can give in to the rest of our demands'.
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I always encourage my opponent to give in to my demands whenever I'm losing.
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Zelensky: "Yes Russia is East Ukraine" Putin: "Da. Wait nyet"
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Didn't Kyiv's city council revoke Moscow's founding charter? Moscow can't hold turf if it doesn't exist.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1611003409359855617?t=hNVrcYRknLL9SyfG4XAdDg&s=19 "If I keep demanding the same thing while having no room to make those demands, surely they'll give in."
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Lots of updates came through twitter, which has seen a marked reduction in credible war updates, from what I've understood.
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Hyperlynx posted:Is it just me, or have there been fewer updates about the war itt over the past few weeks, compared to before that? Are sources not posting as much about it? Or is it just that the situation is now more static? Hellmud is in full swing, vehicles can only move on roads. The only kind of war going on is infantry assaults fighting over the same house over and over and artillery duels, which produces a lot less news. This can change quickly with just a few days of good freeze, but so far the winter in Ukraine has been really mild. It's cold right now on most of the front, but it's only been like that for a day, and they are forecasting warm weather again for tomorrow. IIRC you need like a week of -1°C, four days of ~-5°C, or two days of really cold for the ground to be firm enough for heavy vehicles. The north is almost certainly going to freeze up over the weekend, and the south might freeze on next week, unless the weather changes again.
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There also just haven't been a lot of major operational developments. It's currently at a stalemate, with Russia trying their hardest to lose the attrition fight.
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Hyperlynx posted:Is it just me, or have there been fewer updates about the war itt over the past few weeks, compared to before that? Are sources not posting as much about it? Or is it just that the situation is now more static? Once the mud freezes you'll start to see more activity but right now the mud makes it virtually impossible to move anything. Sometime this month the mud should freeze and stay frozen for a month or 2, and both sides are waiting on it.
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Here’s some video shot by a local news outlet in Ukrainian (with subtitles) that shows current conditions in Eastern Ukraine: https://youtu.be/Fn_vfwNMa3k It’s not quite what I’d call hellmud, but unless your vehicle has tracks it’s not going off-road any time soon.
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Hromadske has been doing really fascinating interviews for a long time, highly recommend going through their backlog
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This dodgy looking link is a US government link to the Pentagon Press Secretary's press conference today. https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2301/DOD_109399492/DOD_109399492-1280x720-3000k.mp4 This was also largely about topics other than Ukraine, and I'm not going to write about anything else other than Ukraine in this post. All of this is a paraphrase as I listen, so you get what you pay for. -Security assistance will be more formally/fully announced tomorrow. The announcement will include Bradley Fighting Vehicles. -The Pentagon is not yet prepared to talk about transport or training timeline before they can be shipped or operationalized in Ukraine. They expect to have updates "in the coming days." Training will include both operations and maintenance. -No indications that Russia intends to utilize Belarus to open a new front -Skepticism about Russia's ceasefire reports. Skepticism that Russia is being truthful. -Maintenance is a significant consideration with any weapon transfer, and that remains true of the Bradley -No announcements on any allied Patriot commitments (there are news reports Germany is providing 1x Patriot battery) -US training focus has been for systems the US provides. Partner nations focusing on other training, including collective training. -US will stand up Ukrainian combined arms/maneuver training at the rate of one battalion rotation per month, hosted in Germany. -In response to question as to whether US providing Bradleys influences ally donations of things like Marders or AMXs, kind of a long answer about how the US has been one of the lead nations in working with NATO, allies, and partners to assess the best, integrated way to support Ukraine with capabilities it requires. References Ukraine Contact Group, rather than individual donations without a combined approach. -Nations find they are at a point in this war where they can commit to long-term sustainment of complex systems, such as air defense systems, in a way that wasn't feasible in the early days/weeks of the war. -Patriot training details are still being worked out. Could be overseas, in the US, or combination of both. -When asked if this is a response to concern about a second Russian mobilization (journalist brought that up, not Pentagon), Press Sec pushed back a bit and said this is about the Russian invasion. Says support is based on Ukrainian needs, capabilities, and what can feasibly be provided by US, allies, and partners. -When asked about Abrams, no additional announcements to make. All options remain on table for near, medium, long-term. -"It's not a tank, but it's a tank-killer" while being able to deliver troops into combat. (this in reference to the trap question of describing a Bradley vs a tank).
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mlmp08 posted:-US will stand up Ukrainian combined arms/maneuver training at the rate of one battalion rotation per month, hosted in Germany. \ Bet it's exciting times for Graf cadre. What do you think the Bradleys will change strategically about how Ukraine operates?
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GD_American posted:Bet it's exciting times for Graf cadre. Hopefully an ability to bypass trench warfare on the technology tree.
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This is a big old yikes from me https://www.spiegel.de/internationa...19-898fc666a612 quote:Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has been rocked by an espionage scandal centered around one of its staffers. The man, who is suspected of having spied for Russia, works in a department that provides critical intelligence in the Ukraine war.
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GD_American posted:Bet it's exciting times for Graf cadre. Bradleys are not like unique capable or anything, the biggest difference is if enough Bradleys/Marders arrive that Ukraine can stand up additional offensive forces and get enough mass to give Russia a real bad day while still maintaining reserves.
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Mechanized = mobility So long as you don't get stuck in the mud. And properly screen
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FrozenVent posted:Abrams are on the table? loving Abrams? my man we gave them far better already
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