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The Su-57 is a joke. It's not stealthy at all, the J-20 makes a far better fist of it.
By the time any of those things are available in quantity, if ever, NATO will have well over a thousand stealth jets and maybe some NGAD and B-21s too. Plus GMLRS-ER, PrSM, LRHW, HACM, SiAW, AARGM-ER etc.
As you may have noticed from today's videos I posted, the balance of artillery is forever changing in Ukraine's favour and soon Russians will have DPICMs 155mm and MLRS to look forward too.
Another dumb video that only sees the little things. He doesn't speak about marketshare at all, so any information provided only serves to mislead people. Russia's marketshare has increased at the expense of OPEC. And the discounts have shrunk as more and more buyers are stepping forward.
India losing 'steep discounts' on Russian crude oil due to China: Report
The discount given by Russia to India for crude oil has decreased as China's demand for the product rockets. Quoting two Indian government officials in the know, Mint reports that the steep discounts the country enjoyed through most of FY23 have plunged due to Chinese demand and a cut at oil...
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Little gains: India saved just $2 per barrel even after Russia’s ‘deep discounts’
As per the analysis, cheaper Russian oil lowered the average landed price of imported crude for India -- the world’s third-largest consumer of crude oil -- by just about $2 per barrel during the nine-month period.
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The oil price is roughly enough to make up for transporation costs. There were massive savings last year, but not this year. But still, $2 is a lot. About $4M in savings per day for Russian oil.
The discounts shrank only because the price of oil fell. They have lost massive market share in refined exports. The price now is $73/bbl and was lower until OPEC cut production. And yeah, the transportation costs now eat into their margins too. The little thing it focuses on is the net result.Another dumb video that only sees the little things. He doesn't speak about marketshare at all, so any information provided only serves to mislead people. Russia's marketshare has increased at the expense of OPEC. And the discounts have shrunk as more and more buyers are stepping forward.
India stepped up as a major buyer and managed to secure discounts of up to $15-20 a barrel. As per the Mint report, these discounts have now fallen below $10 and have even touched $5.India losing 'steep discounts' on Russian crude oil due to China: Report
The discount given by Russia to India for crude oil has decreased as China's demand for the product rockets. Quoting two Indian government officials in the know, Mint reports that the steep discounts the country enjoyed through most of FY23 have plunged due to Chinese demand and a cut at oil...www.wionews.com
As per the analysis, cheaper Russian oil lowered the average landed price of imported crude for India — the world’s third-largest consumer of crude oil — by just about $2 per barrel during the nine-month period. The average landed price of imported crude for April-December was $99.2 per barrel. If Russian barrels are excluded from the math, the average price rises marginally to $101.2 per bbl.Little gains: India saved just $2 per barrel even after Russia’s ‘deep discounts’
As per the analysis, cheaper Russian oil lowered the average landed price of imported crude for India -- the world’s third-largest consumer of crude oil -- by just about $2 per barrel during the nine-month period.
The oil price is roughly enough to make up for transporation costs. There were massive savings last year, but not this year. But still, $2 is a lot. About $4M in savings per day for Russian oil.
Spot on analysis
. Just hope that our army remains as professional even after Agnipath scheme. What's your take on this matter?
Wrong. Su-57 is very stealthy from front. Yes, current version is not as stealthy as Raptor or Lightning 2 from all aspect. But I talked about 'evolved' Su-57. It's currently a work/weapon in progress. Future models will have much better all-round stealth. Except NGAD, nothing can/will touch Su-57M.
And Russians have got PAK-DP to take on NGAD.
Russian armada has begun. Now they will arm themselves to the teeth. It's going to turn very bad for Europe. Very soon they will hundreds of Su-57. PAK-DA is coming next year. It will be inducted by the same time B-21 is in USAF.
You folks have awakened a sleeping lion and now get ready for its counter-attack.
Dumb. Ukraine is only winning the war in twitter or in cyber domain. Their counter-offensive has already failed. Russian artillery will always remain ahead of Ukraine no matter what NATO supplies to them.
Spot on analysis
Some advantages, and some disadvantages. That familial bond they have will weaken. But due to increased intake, about 150k every year compared to just 60k before, the IA will have more young reserves to fall back on during wartime. 25% permanent of 150k gives us 37.5k troops, which is enough to man important positions. And the IA can filter out the rest. The rest are replaceable roles.
Just no. The IRST lump on its own has a larger RCS than either an F-22 or F-35.
PAK-DP is about as real as Firefox at this point. In fact, even Firefox has a mock up wherea sthe PAK-DP doesn't.
Garbage is PAK-DA coming next year.
Russia is currently neck and neck with Ukraine in conventional war. If at any stage NATO chooses to intervene, Russia will lose very quickly.It's actually the other way round. Russia has reignited the Cold War and spanked up NATO military spending by >50% across Europe.
Russian artillery is being wiped out by the bucket load. The counter-offensive has liberated 15 settlements and liberated many Russian soldiers from Putin. Next time they will have better anti-mining in place.
Nope. Nobody wants their refined products, only the crude.
Sanctions on Russian oil are having the 'intended effect,' IEA says
Bans and price caps targeting Russian oil are having the "intended effect" despite surprisingly resilient exports in recent months, according to the International Energy Agency.
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It's terrible. An improvement only on the MiG-1.44.
Give it a year.
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Nope. Nobody wants their refined products, only the crude.
Sanctions on Russian oil are having the 'intended effect,' IEA says
Bans and price caps targeting Russian oil are having the "intended effect" despite surprisingly resilient exports in recent months, according to the International Energy Agency.www.cnbc.com
Russian Oil Product Exports Reach Record High Despite Embargo - The Moscow Times
Russia exported a record volume of oil products in March as Moscow successfully developed alternative routes for its deliveries one month after a Western embargo came into force, the Vedomosti business daily reported Wednesday. Supplies of seaborne Russian oil products totaled 3.13 million...
They have found buyers. And they are buying more than Russia used to export before the sanctions.
It will get worse next year.
Funny this, Kremlin actually asked Russian oil companies to reduce the exports of refined fuel, 'cause they were disrupting supplies to the domestic market.
oilprice.com
And of course:
www.reuters.com
Russia exported 1.9 million gasoline between January and March this year, up from 1.3 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2022, data from Refinitiv showed.
They exporting more than last year.
Russia's Gasoline Exports Have Surged By 37% This Year | OilPrice.com
Despite sanctions, Russian oil companies boosted their gasoline exports by 37% between January and May compared to the same period in 2022.
oilprice.com
And of course:
Russia boosts Q1 gasoline exports, finds buyers in Africa to replace Europeans
Russia boosted gasoline exports by nearly 50% year-on-year in the first quarter, shipping cargoes directly to Africa as it carved out new trade routes after the European Union sanctioned Russian oil, ship tracking data showed.
They exporting more than last year.
Why? Because he thought it'd be sufficient.
Why did he think it was sufficient? Because he lives in an informational bubble that always tells him what he wants to hear. He thought his army was ready and prepared, that's what they told him. He thought the logistics and air support would be ready, that's what they told him. He thought Ukrainians would not resist, that's what they told him.
It's neither desperation nor 4D chess moves, it's power-induced schizophrenia.
France had its own reasons. Our political and military elite tend to be quite russophile (I've shared an article about that already), especially as they saw Russia as a way to counterbalance America so as to avoid forcing Europe to be too strongly aligned with America. Well, Russia blew all this geopolitical theorizing up by starting a war nobody wanted (except the Putin regime).
Poor plucky little Russia, truly a victim. No, Russia was disingenuous and lied, which is why the talks went nowhere.
It's not invasion, but liberation. Donbas is Ukraine.
Possibly. But there was no mobilization and no massive Western weapon supply or financial support.
How was the war needed? Why did Russia need to instigate a civil war and invade neighboring territory? You claim that they "had to", that it was "needed", that they had "no choice" but let's stop partaking in Krokodil for a bit, and ask: why?
It's a war Russia wanted, because they were the only one who wanted it. And they wanted it because they went insane.
Doubtful. If anything, it'll be an energy crisis for Pakistan again. Europe's wealthy enough to win energy bids.
Russia's still severely outmatched in air power, technology, and competence.
Yeah, the factories that were emptied of workers because they were sent to the frontlines will produce a lot of cutting edge tech from the design bureaus that were emptied of engineers because they left the country to avoid being sent to the frontlines and it most definitely will not be buried under massive level of graft, embezzlement, corruption, etc.
The USSR crumbled once, instead of serious introspection they continued their rotten practices completely unchanged. The decayed zombie of the USSR will crumble again as a result.
The Su-57 and T-14 will forever remain vaporware.
They won't have plenty of those. There's a reason they're still focusing on T-72 and T-90, and getting T-55 out of requirements, instead of ramping up the T-14. Likewise for the Su-57. Overhyped crap that will never live to the lofty expectations that Russian propaganda and gullible tankie fanboys still have.
The focus on Wunderwäffen to win a war alone against the entire world is reminiscent of Nazi Germany. Lots of similarities between the third Russian Reich (first was the Tsardom, second the USSR) and the third German Reich.
In Russia, the lower rung are not trained at all and their only motivation is that they'll be shot by barrier troops if they don't stand and fight. Their morale is in a constant state of nihilism. Keep dreaming about Russian forces suddenly becoming a functional, coherent, fighting force.
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I don't know when you will finally realize that Russia is an incredibly corrupt, rotten, dysfunctional place. It's not a real country, it's a mafia state. Everyone lies, everyone cheats, and those who can't lie and cheat well enough end up dead. The militarization of society caused by the continuous failure of the "special military operation" will only hasten its implosion.