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https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1665742066264027139 Things appear to be going very well in the Bakhmut direction.
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Jun 5, 2023 17:34
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1665742066264027139 Ivanivske is west of Bakhmut, that's odd that they would be advancing there since they never lost that territory. That could be indicative that Wagner had captured more of the surrounding Bakhmut area than was reported
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Jun 5, 2023 17:37
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Tarquinn posted:Can't be true. It appears to work by being set on fire. This is an obvious advantage with modern Russian tactics.
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Jun 5, 2023 17:42
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HonorableTB posted:So the war has been going on long enough that some legit historical scholarship has been done and published. I'm about to dive into this and see how it is: I literally finished that book a few days ago, lol. It was useful as a refresher on what happened before the full-scale invasion. Since then, I've followed the war semi-obsessively anyway, so I didn't learn too much new there. He finished writing in February 2023, so don't expect anything newer than that. Can't blame the author for that, of course, just something to be aware of.
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Jun 5, 2023 17:42
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counteroffensive confirmed to have begun, ukrainians masters of maskirovka https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1665748337067171840?s=20
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Jun 5, 2023 17:58
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HonorableTB posted:counteroffensive confirmed to have begun, ukrainians masters of maskirovka Baba Yaga has entered the chat. Pants of brown, now fall down.
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Jun 5, 2023 18:13
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HonorableTB posted:counteroffensive confirmed to have begun, ukrainians masters of maskirovka Not going to lie, if I was a poor Russian infantryman/ convict sent to die and the Baba Yaga house started rolling towards me, I would surrender/ desert in heartbeat Holy poo poo that's terrifying TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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Jun 5, 2023 18:19
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GABA ghoul posted:Lmao, I made a joke in this thread that the Russian investigation will present a half eaten hamburger from the ocean floor as evidence of American involvement. I was soooooo loving close Imagine believing that Americans would leave a burger half eaten.
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Jun 5, 2023 18:33
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https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1665745253305909248?s=20
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Jun 5, 2023 18:34
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HonorableTB posted:Ivanivske is west of Bakhmut, that's odd that they would be advancing there since they never lost that territory. That could be indicative that Wagner had captured more of the surrounding Bakhmut area than was reported Not really, they've (RU) been around the SE outskirts since February attacking the one road into Bakhmut
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Jun 5, 2023 18:45
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that boot on the bottom of the ocean has me thinking that Putin might be the good guy after all
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Jun 5, 2023 18:45
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https://twitter.com/Sino_Market/status/1665691135035994114 (verbatim from MFA release so more flattering of the Chinese position than it really is) That said: https://twitter.com/fbermingham/status/1665761591432716288 it's true that if China is not supplying Russia with arms now, then there is no need to move them out of that position e: whoop I meant this for the other thread. Well here it is
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Jun 5, 2023 18:46
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They should just have a "Pacific Treaty Organization" or something and just copy everything from NATO.
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Jun 5, 2023 18:49
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mobby_6kl posted:New russian MLRS just dropped Mind Hwacha doing with that thing, you could have someone's eye out.
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Jun 5, 2023 18:50
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Tarkus posted:I'm more surprised that it's only 77m to the pipeline location. Just a moderately deep dive you could easily do on air. Back then someone pointed out that a submarine can't transit the Danish straits submerged, and someone asked why? The answer is that it's so shallow that it would scrape the bottom while the tower is still visible. The Baltic is shallow.
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Jun 5, 2023 19:00
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When the Estonia ferry sunk, it's stern hit the bottom while the bow was still on the surface.
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Jun 5, 2023 19:03
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Tuna-Fish posted:Back then someone pointed out that a submarine can't transit the Danish straits submerged, and someone asked why? I propose a submarine-ground vessel. I will need 500 million for a study and a case of tequila, also immunity from all charges.
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Jun 5, 2023 19:04
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Learn the bass or start a cribbage group (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jun 5, 2023 19:09
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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1665782366596415490?s=20 Strategic aviation comms frequencies have also lit up, putin's being a big piece of poo poo about the counteroffensive! you can listen in here if you wish, assuming you have a method of pulling in sideband transmissions (there are several online radio receiver pages you can use for this, use the site I linked to grab the frequencies. The other common ones are 4694 Kilohertz USB, 2016 UTC): https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/air-force and because i am crazy, i cycle through these frequencies when there's periods of increased bavovna to see what might be heard: https://www.numbers-stations.com/russia/russian-air-force-stations/ there's a surprising amount of poo poo talking in those comms HonorableTB fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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Jun 5, 2023 19:15
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Roblo posted:Mind Hwacha doing with that thing, you could have someone's eye out. 
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Jun 5, 2023 19:33
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Oldsmobile posted:They should just have a "Pacific Treaty Organization" or something and just copy everything from NATO. There used to be one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization
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Jun 5, 2023 19:37
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Tuna-Fish posted:Back then someone pointed out that a submarine can't transit the Danish straits submerged, and someone asked why? It's to do with the salinity, not the lack of depth. The Baltic sea is very brackish and the huge russian ballistic subs were designed to dive in the Atlantic. Their smaller diesel electric subs that can dive in the Baltic are prohibited to pass through the straits while submerged by treaty.
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Jun 5, 2023 19:42
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Wee posted:Learn the bass or start a cribbage group Wrong thread? Obviously you gotta drive the submarine sideways. They need to put me in charge
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Jun 5, 2023 19:47
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HonorableTB posted:https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1665782366596415490?s=20 Wonder if they could down those Tupolevs if they snuck a Patriot all the way up next to the broder?
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Jun 5, 2023 20:09
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Lima posted:Their smaller diesel electric subs that can dive in the Baltic are prohibited to pass through the straits while submerged by treaty. Okay but who's gonna check? The Swedes had all kinds of problems with russian midget subs in the waters adjacent to Stockholm, since forever. Fuckery launched out of Kaliningrad. Mostly these raids were never discovered or only years after some locals finally get around to reporting sightings to the police.
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Jun 5, 2023 20:20
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Oldsmobile posted:Wonder if they could down those Tupolevs if they snuck a Patriot all the way up next to the broder? Maybe. The flight paths for the Tu-95s coming from the Kola peninsula take a southern route well into Russian territory before banking west and launching the missiles over the Caspian sea. They might be able to nail it on its closest approach but not worth risking a patriot battery for a couple of bears if the missiles will be intercepted by air defense anyways. https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1665800958662549504?s=20
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Jun 5, 2023 20:33
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frumpykvetchbot posted:Okay but who's gonna check? It was more to answer why russian subs pass through DK surfaced, but right now noone. The danish navy scrapped all sonar capabilities years ago and have postponed purchasing new equipment. Surely the nordstream bombings made the procurement departments wake up. Surely!
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Jun 5, 2023 20:54
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HonorableTB posted:Maybe. The flight paths for the Tu-95s coming from the Kola peninsula take a southern route well into Russian territory before banking west and launching the missiles over the Caspian sea. They might be able to nail it on its closest approach but not worth risking a patriot battery for a couple of bears if the missiles will be intercepted by air defense anyways. Why do they launch from the Caspian instead of further north?
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Jun 5, 2023 20:56
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https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1665724355052011522 No sooner than you'd think they hit rock bottom, they take a shovel and even start digging.
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Jun 5, 2023 20:57
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zone posted:https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1665724355052011522 Old soviet maps were insanely good. The one for my hometown was actually better than the planning maps the city had on hand at the time. That being said, lmao. If you told me that post was a fake parodying a lot of pro-russian attitudes towards soviet tech, I'd believe you. It's just so dumb.
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Jun 5, 2023 21:12
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Why do they launch from the Caspian instead of further north? Ukrainian Air defense range isn't sufficient to hit aircraft launching from the Caspian, but the flip side is that just because Ukrainian Air defense can't intercept at that range doesn't mean they still can't see the incoming missiles on radar, so the increased range gives air defense more time to prepare intercept courses and fire interceptors.
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Jun 5, 2023 21:13
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Deki posted:Old soviet maps were insanely good. The one for my hometown was actually better than the planning maps the city had on hand at the time. We were still using Soviet maps in Afghanistan in '07, it was one of the few times in my life where my practice with Cyrillic turned out to be actually useful. Our printed maps were US-made but for some reason half of the maps in the BFT were from the USSR. They got the job done at least.
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Jun 5, 2023 21:27
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Why do they launch from the Caspian instead of further north? Not sure if it's 100% true but one explanation that I've seen is that they want to launch over water and not their own territory in case the missile fails to launch properly and just falls to the ground. The White sea is too far away and the Black is too awkward and close to Ukraine so that's what they do. Plus the air force can rack up lots of flight hours.
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Jun 5, 2023 21:46
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And engine hours 
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Jun 5, 2023 21:51
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Lima posted:It's to do with the salinity, not the lack of depth. The Baltic sea is very brackish and the huge russian ballistic subs were designed to dive in the Atlantic. What does the salinity have to do with dive depth?
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Jun 5, 2023 21:53
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Salty water is definitely more (less?) buoyant to be in but I wouldn't think it would inconvenience a submarine - could be totally wrong though?
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Jun 5, 2023 21:55
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When you're talking about something as large as a submarine or ship salinity definitely does make a difference regarding displacement and load levels, see also the big freighters on the great lakes in the US
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Jun 5, 2023 22:01
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FYI you’re talking to a literal submariner
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Jun 5, 2023 22:06
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I'll have a sub sandwich please
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Jun 5, 2023 22:19
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Butterfly Valley posted:FYI you’re talking to a literal submariner Who?
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