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DIY-HP-LED
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DIY-HP-LED
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The Coalition Of The Willing Forming To Save Ukraine's Freedom.
War. Day 68. Special Report
War. Day 68. Special Report
Roger A. Shrubber
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maybe his doctors did just that a few years ago and it's just now manifesting itself....
captainmorgan
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Roger A. Shrubber
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i would like to applaud the people committing these acts of sabotage all over russia. while they may have some sort of affiliation, the acts are spread too far apart to be the work of one small group. that means that they either have some loose organization, or there are several independent groups that seem to use the same methods. they seem to be picking their targets well, a book warehouse that was stockpiling revisionist history books for children that had all mention of Ukrain removed, a munitions factory that produced rockets, a fuel depot only 30 minutes from moscow, chemical plants, a 120 megawatt coal fired power plant, a school of engineering that specialized in military applications...there have also been several incidents of railroad sabotage.
it sounds like there are a lot of people in russia who aren't happy with the current regime, but lack the means to bring it down. too bad our intelligence community can't hook up with those people and loan them some better equipment...
DIY-HP-LED
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Vlad's buddies lie so much they could be part of Trump's 2024 campaign, after Vlad goes down, it's not like he didn't get help from the Russians in 2016 and 2020 and they will need jobs. If the republicans win in the fall anything could happen, like a bunch of traitors being elected to office by a bigoted population. Russia if you are listening...
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Kremlin dismisses speculation Putin to declare war on Ukraine on May 9
The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed speculation that President Vladimir Putin planned to declare war against Ukraine and declare a national mobilisation on May 9 when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.
BudmanTX
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just putting it out there, guess someone isn't happy...
DIY-HP-LED
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I figure the Ukrainians are mostly holding their repeated attacks off, while wearing them down for now. They are also conducting a strategic attack on their supply lines around Karkiv. When the modern weapons arrive and they are ready, they will attack the Russians. We have already seen evidence that these modern weapons are being used, but I feel we will really see them in action during a decisive battle that will move the map quite a bit. Once the Russians are defeated and break on one front, the Ukrainians will turn on the southern front and when that is defeated, reports are Crimea is wide open, with no defense left, they are all in Ukraine. If the Ukrainians make a big push on the battlefield, I would expect it will be coordinated with the Guerilla warfare campaign, particularly in the south and the Russian rear should explode at the same time the Ukrainian attacks begin.
I'm certain that if hit hard enough, the Russians will break and run and when that happens the Ukrainians will exploit the situation. It could be why they recently passed a law allowing their territorial forces to operate outside their own province, they can come in behind the army, mop up and maintain order, while most of the army moves on to a new front. At this point many of their territorial units are almost as good or as good as regular troops.
Let's talk about a Ukraine update and the race....
I'm certain that if hit hard enough, the Russians will break and run and when that happens the Ukrainians will exploit the situation. It could be why they recently passed a law allowing their territorial forces to operate outside their own province, they can come in behind the army, mop up and maintain order, while most of the army moves on to a new front. At this point many of their territorial units are almost as good or as good as regular troops.
Let's talk about a Ukraine update and the race....
Roger A. Shrubber
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sure, just like they said they weren't going to invade Ukraine...right up till they invaded Ukraine...there are some people who just keep proving that they can't be trusted.Vlad's buddies lie so much they could be part of Trump's 2024 campaign, after Vlad goes down, it's not like he didn't get help from the Russians in 2016 and 2020 and they will need jobs. If the republicans win in the fall anything could happen, like a bunch of traitors being elected to office by a bigoted population. Russia if you are listening...
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Kremlin dismisses speculation Putin to declare war on Ukraine on May 9
The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed speculation that President Vladimir Putin planned to declare war against Ukraine and declare a national mobilisation on May 9 when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.
printer
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US defense industry strained by Ukraine weapons deliveries
As the U.S. gives away billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, it is putting stress on defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to backfill the military’s supply of weapons.
But replenishing Washington’s stockpile of weapons will be an uphill battle, as experts warn the defense industry is not primed for a wartime surge in production.
Replenishing the U.S.’s stockpile was one of the main issues that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was asked about when he testified on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about his agency’s fiscal 2023 budget request.
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As the U.S. gives away billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, it is putting stress on defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to backfill the military’s supply of weapons.
But replenishing Washington’s stockpile of weapons will be an uphill battle, as experts warn the defense industry is not primed for a wartime surge in production.
Replenishing the U.S.’s stockpile was one of the main issues that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was asked about when he testified on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about his agency’s fiscal 2023 budget request.
US defense industry strained by Ukraine weapons deliveries
As the U.S. gives away billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, it is putting stress on defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to backfill the military’s supply of weapons. Preside…
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DIY-HP-LED
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License stinger production to Taiwan, the first units should arrive in a couple of months... Let them build the old design for Uncle Sam and themselves, while the American companies produce the new version. I'll bet many of these production facilities only have one shift working instead of 3 and then 24/7 after that. There are probably production bottlenecks though from component suppliers, but they too can be overcome. America is better than most when gearing up for war production, it was a big part of their military planning since WW2 and has been reinforced by their many wars since. Japan produced much of the munitions used in the Korean war, it helped a lot with their economic recovery.US defense industry strained by Ukraine weapons deliveries
As the U.S. gives away billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, it is putting stress on defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to backfill the military’s supply of weapons.
But replenishing Washington’s stockpile of weapons will be an uphill battle, as experts warn the defense industry is not primed for a wartime surge in production.
Replenishing the U.S.’s stockpile was one of the main issues that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was asked about when he testified on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about his agency’s fiscal 2023 budget request.
Responding to a question from Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the Pentagon chief said it was “very critical” to ensure that Washington won’t dip below minimum stockage levels for critical munitions. He added that the Pentagon has been encouraging manufacturers to open supply lines to increase production.
“Industry has been very supportive. And so, we’ll continue to work with them. We’ll continue to identify things that we need from you if that need arises,” he said. “I think we’re in pretty good shape, and industry is responding.”
Lockheed Martin CEO James Taiclet said in an event hosted by The Atlantic Council last Friday that his company is working to expand productions of weapons that it manufactures.
In addition to the 5,500 Javelin anti-tank missiles that the U.S. has sent to Ukraine, the company also manufactures the Patriot missile defense system, and parts of the Stinger missile mainly created by Raytheon.
Taiclet said countries are not only depleting their stockpiles by sending weapons to Ukraine, but also watching how well the weapons are working and gauging future interest in acquiring them.
“We’re going to start investing now because these are products that are going to help Ukraine and other places,” he said. “And more importantly, create a deterrent effect where maybe this doesn’t happen again.”
The defense industry has been faced with some of the same challenges that other industries have amid global supply disruptions.
“Other than the very largest of the largest primes, everybody else is unwilling to commit money in advance of an order that they don’t know is going to be there,” Ferrari said. “And nobody’s going to expand capacity. So, nobody’s going to make an investment to expand the production line.”
Mark Cancian, a former Pentagon official who is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, noted that every weapons system that needs to be backfilled is different.
Some weapons can be ramped up quickly, but other weapons, like the Stinger surface-to-air missiles — the U.S. has sent over 1,400 to Ukraine — are not in production as the Army had been moving to retire the weapon.
Greg Hayes, the CEO of Raytheon Technologies, which makes the missiles, said last Tuesday that the company won’t be able to ramp up production of the missiles until 2023 due to a redesign and lack of parts.
“If you look at the Stinger, for example now, it’s not in production,” Cancian said. “They can tell some of them apparently from parts that they have around, but you know, their ability to produce more stingers is extremely limited.”
US defense industry strained by Ukraine weapons deliveries
As the U.S. gives away billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, it is putting stress on defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to backfill the military’s supply of weapons. Preside…
Roger A. Shrubber
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https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-azovstal-russia-false/31831144.html
holy shit the older citizens of russia who get their news from the state must have this incredibly fucked up, distorted view of the world, where only some of the asians and a few of the muslims aren't their enemies, where Europe and America are engaged in an active campaign against them, where nazis lurk behind every border, and only their president супермен putin can save them from the capitalistic evil west...
holy shit the older citizens of russia who get their news from the state must have this incredibly fucked up, distorted view of the world, where only some of the asians and a few of the muslims aren't their enemies, where Europe and America are engaged in an active campaign against them, where nazis lurk behind every border, and only their president супермен putin can save them from the capitalistic evil west...
DIY-HP-LED
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Over the next couple of months we should see the territorials inherit a lot of Soviet tanks and artillery from the regular army as it is replaced by modern NATO equipment. If they wanted the territorials as replacements for combat loses, they would simply draw volunteers from among them. The law they recently passed was so they could operate as combat units anywhere in the country, not just their own province. When they inherit this old equipment they will be more useful in mobile warfare, but will be most likely used as reserves to keep order and mop up in areas recently liberated from the Russians.
Ukraine is going to get a lot of modern arms soon and many of them have been trained in their use already and I figure when these units are equipped with NATO weapons, the old ones will go to the reserve units. What we see in the news is just the beginning of what Ukraine will receive, I don't think they will need that much, to decisively tip the balance in the next few weeks.
Ukraine is going to get a lot of modern arms soon and many of them have been trained in their use already and I figure when these units are equipped with NATO weapons, the old ones will go to the reserve units. What we see in the news is just the beginning of what Ukraine will receive, I don't think they will need that much, to decisively tip the balance in the next few weeks.
printer
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Semiconductors. Sensors. You can not just swap out components with a different part. You actually think the companies would not be running full out if they had the parts? This is profit above the cost of production, the development costs have already been paid for. I worked in the military munitions industry. I asked if they would change from a 1/4 W squib to one watt. To be used on the Apache helecopter they would have to redo all the RF testing done to qualify the system. The reason the military hardware is expensive is it is designed and built to work when needed. You can not just sub in different parts and say it should work.
printer
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They are moving away from the soviet era hardware as they do not have the munitions to use in them.
DIY-HP-LED
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Vlad has got himself on the wrong side of the west's war machine on a wide open battlefield, the Ukrainians will just be pulling the triggers. Right now they are fighting with mostly Soviet arms, but you are starting to see the new arms used in some videos. Take that asshole who was snuffed without warning while crowing on tictoc, as an example of technology at work. He posted regularly and they were waiting for his live stream to geolocate him, next they either painted him with a drone and did a precision missile strike, or it homed in on his phone signal. How fucking stupid and ignorant do you have to be to live stream from a combat zone over your enemy's network with a stolen cellphone.
DIY-HP-LED
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The munitions can be produced in eastern European countries and are produced elsewhere too, I mean for things like bullets, shells and mortar bombs. I doubt they will scrap all the equipment, because I figure they will inherit a lot more of it from the Russians soon. The regular Ukrainian army was transitioning away from Soviet arms for awhile before the war and that has been accelerated by the war.
DIY-HP-LED
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If America licensed the production of their obsolete stingers to Taiwan (not many other places could do this) they could ramp up production pretty quick and semiconductors would not be an issue for them! One problem in producing regular arms might be a shortage of titanium, it is used a lot in those artillery pieces they've been giving to Ukraine. You are correct about the more complex weapons systems, the more complex, the bigger the issue.
Russia is the only significant foe we face at this point and China is unlikely to move on Taiwan anytime soon, they are less prepared than the Russians for such an invasion. Many of these weapons systems were due for replacement or upgrade anyway and every Russian tank they destroy is one that can't be replaced anytime soon. For NATO this is more of an investment than an expense, so let the Ukrainians pull the triggers on our weapons.