If true , it's probably the last we've heard of Shoigu - a remarkable survivor in his own right .
Sauce : a Russian Israeli businessman.
Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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If true , it's probably the last we've heard of Shoigu - a remarkable survivor in his own right .
Sauce : a Russian Israeli businessman.
Ruh-roh! Looks like someone is throwing a tantrum...
Poor fools. They talk about retaliating but little do they know they don't have the capability.
When you play stupid games you win stupid prizes, Vlad.
Poor fools. They talk about retaliating but little do they know they don't have the capability.
When you play stupid games you win stupid prizes, Vlad.
You mean Russia's finally run out of missiles & ammo , nearly 2 months into the war whereas western propaganda bots like you were informing us within the first week of the war itself that Russia's run out of those items.
So which version is true sweetie? Trailer park version 1.0 or version 2.0 ?
Oye ve ! It's already started sweetie. You think Javelins or switchblades will do the trick here ? I mean we've had tweets & videos of instances of MANPADS intercepting TBMs in Ukraine & cucumbers thrown at drones which brought them down linked by you & Paddy out here earlier.
Hiding in Plain Sight, a Soviet-Era Air Defense System Arrives in Ukraine
DOBRA, Slovakia — Driving back to his village near the Ukrainian border last Thursday, the mayor had to stop to let a train pass, and assumed he wouldn’t have to wait long. But the flatbed wagons, stacked high with military equipment, just kept coming. He waited for nearly half an hour. “It was...
Deliberate by who? You mean the Ukrainian story was correct? Surely Russia would not lie.
Putin and other cronies have siphoned hundred of billions of $s from the Russian people.
Newly added Russian losses:
- 1x Project 1164 Slava class guided missile cruiser 'Moskva' (sunk)
- 1x ego (bruised)
- 1x national pride (battered)
Based on what I've heard, Moskva had been behaving predictably since the start of the war. So the US/Ukrainians simply waited for a storm before attacking it. The rain would make defences less capable, and once hit, saving the ship when at a higher sea state than normal would be impossible and assure its sinking. It's just physics. So attacking the ship at the most opportune time was deliberate.
By my count the Russians are losing 50 MBTs, 40 APCs, and 10 Artillery/MLRS, 30 supply vehicles, 6 aircraft/helis, plus 400 personnel per day. That has a cost. Plus 3-4m bbls of oil per day in sales and -20-25% reductions in actual selling price for Urals crude on sales still progressing. There's $bns being lost daily by Russia.
IADS failed due to rain? 12,500t missile cruiser destroyed by an anti-corvette missile?
Yeah, it's definitely a psychological hit.
I just hope this doesn't escalate the war. With a more emotional public sentiment in Russia, Putin can use this opportunity to bomb Ukraine back to the stone age, by destroying their power plants and factories, before preparing for an all-out assault a few years down the line. Finland could also get the same treatment a few months down the line.
The weather was really violent: there were waves of at least 1m and a wind of 14km/h.
Won't fail, degraded. Failure is because it's ancient tech. The sea killed the ship, not the missiles. Imagine USS Cole in sea state 7.
The weather was really violent: there were waves of at least 1m and a wind of 14km/h.
Then why "stormy conditions"?
The weather was really violent: there were waves of at least 1m and a wind of 14km/h.
Yeah, I don't think seafaring is that simple.