Born Hunter
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Tactically they are operating at night and at low altitude. That says two things to me, firstly they are scared of being seen by the radars of Ukrainian air defence missile systems so are flying low below the radar horizon. Unfortunately flying low puts them in range of the less capable but more easily hidden and dispersed stingers. Stingers don't use radar, they need the operator to visually target the aircraft, hence flying at night. A similar combination of low altitude harriers and high altitude warship missiles was seen during the Falkands, which in that instance led to the British task f
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Why haven't the Russians gained air superiority over, what on paper is, a much weaker opponent? https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations
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The RAF have now deployed fifth generation stealth fighters to Eastern Europe. F-35s are a major chess piece, especially in an offensive strike capacity. Also, our escort warships seem to be operating at a heightened readiness with air defence missile tube covers off. They can shoot straight through the covers but I guess it saves replacing them?
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Are you at the stage where you’re sat in your garden with binoculars yet? Its the Russian presidential plane you want to keep an eye on! You won’t see the F-22s stalking it though…
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You’ve a reputation! And a normal man’s penis is a convenient grabbing height for you! Disgusting!
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These things are in the domain of 'soft power', which can be very powerful. The Russian brand is now toxic.
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Shit will get nasty. Whether that happens, who knows, but the Russians don't f**k around with rules. If they have a particularly problematic insurgent they'll just find a family member and do something f***ing awful to them to end it. They haven't the talent or intelligence to win any other way than nasty.
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I don't know what level of authority they are imposing on the people of Kherson. It's reported that they are in talks with the city government on how to maintain order and the troops can move without resistance through the city. I think it's recognised now by all sides as under occupation. There are unverified reports of soldiers raping women. I said to expect that so not surprised to be hearing it but equally such reports would be a powerful motivator for those still fighting and those in Kherson who may be beginning an insurgency. Invading open country is the easy part, taking the
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Kherson sorry mate. Yes they are in full control.
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They’ve taken at least one yeah. Kharkiv is it called? On the coast.
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I expect they would have loved some serious warships right now, given about 8 amphibs are anchored off the coast of odessa ready for an assault.
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Also announced today that they have selected a British design for their new frigates. We are having considerable success in the defence sector recently. Lost out on the Greek tender, and probably find the Ukrainian order falls through now but generally quite positive.
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"Be in Berlin within a week!" Tbf, not that I believe it really should alleviate any humiliation, but they have kept back some of their more modern and heavy kit. Possibly because if we saw that was shit too their bluffing game would be completely up, lol. Also I do suspect that there is a massive western intelligence operation supporting the Ukrainian forces. Obviously these things aren't commented on so I'm speculating but the activity of ISR assets has been pretty intense. I imagine the intelligence that NATO forces can provide is as valuable as any weapons aid.
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If through recklessness or intent, those power stations get wrecked causing a nuclear disaster then I think the threshold may well have been crossed. Let's hope it doesn't happen. USAF 'nuke sniffers' have been deployed to UK/Europe for probably about a month now for this exact scenario.
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Far-right has become synonymous with fascism and Nazism it seems. But yeah, given the left is good and the right is bad, obviously, then on the silly f***ing one dimensional view of politics that is pushed Putin would likely sit on the right. Truth is if that Azov battalion was pro Russian then he'd have been right behind them. It's just noise.
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I'm genuinely surprised he didn't come out with WMDs off the bat as a bit of a wind up/f**k you to the West.
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What's wrong with that? Mate, I've got a list of members of this site to shoot if Putin ever turns up! He's not only bombing Azov targets. The Azovs hardly factor into this war now.
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The claim that Russia have invaded to de-nazify Ukraine is bollocks. You don't invade an entire country because one regiment have Nazism in their units esprit de corps. They could have just flattened the Azovs in Donbas if that was actually a real concern. All conspiracies have some vague foundation in truth. It doesn't make the conspiracy itself true.
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From what I've read the Azov Battalion has a history and is still to a lesser extent aligned with far right nationalist views, yes. But it's the only credibility that the 'de-nazify' claim has. It's just bollocks mate.
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Where are you, 1999!?
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Quick send an aid package! Ffs
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Please don't think I was saying that Europe/Europeans aren't as bad as the rest of the world. Just that the impact of such things in Europe have greater consequences than if they occurred elsewhere. There's definitely a double standard, shit in Europe matters more than shit elsewhere. The consequences of an invasion elsewhere is a bit of news, the consequences of an invasion in Europe is a world at war and tens of millions dead. I don't know if it's because Europe is the heart of modern civilisation or if it's that world power is still concentrated here or what. But instability on this contine
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It matters more in Europe because when shit goes sideways here it affects the whole world. We expect African nations to do shit like this, we expect brutality in Latin America, we expect the Middle East to constantly be on fire. When it happens in europe it shakes the entire world. It doesn’t make it right, it’s just the way it is.
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