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06-19-2022, 08:12 AM #8226
I can't find it now but I saw an interview with an American getting ready to go volunteer the other day. He said he wasn't worried about being captured because he understood that the Russians were simply executing anyone with Ukrainian nationalist tattoos. So he got one of those.
Seems to me like the reading of the convention as not applying to a foreign legion is uniquely American and Russian. Applying it is inconvenient for the largest armies.
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06-19-2022, 10:23 AM #8227
I believe alll the volunteers in Ukraine get enlisted into the Ukrainian military for legal reasons. In the recent case of the 2 Brits and the Moroccan soldier sentenced to death, the donestk people's republic tried and sentenced them. Since they're not really recognized by more then 5-10 countries in the world they do what they want. Well, what Russia wants. But with deniability.
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06-19-2022, 11:41 AM #8228
Good article on the logistics of HIMARS, and why it may not have made sense to have provided them earlier anyways, and why only supplying four of these systems initially isn’t a real bottleneck.
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/...en-four-HIMARS
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06-19-2022, 12:59 PM #8229
^^^Agreed, good summary of the logistics
At the same time, the author didn’t mention the logistics of training for these weapons - they aren’t plug/play - which adds more time before rockets are launched in earnest
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06-19-2022, 01:16 PM #8230
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06-19-2022, 02:29 PM #8231
^^^No doubt they’ve trained a crew of trainers already - likely in Romania which has had the weapons longer than the Poles.
Still need lots of hands-on time - esp. how to shoot/scoot - before they are effective in the field.
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06-19-2022, 02:39 PM #8232
I had this exact discussion 3 weeks ago with cono. I think most of what they already know about MLRS are going to apply. Training from 0 on these systems is supposed to take 6 weeks. Hopefully they've gotten a few people up to speed by now--and show it off ASAP.
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06-19-2022, 02:53 PM #8233click here
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Perun on war economics. Guy seems pretty smart for a gamer.
Basically, both countries can slug it out for several years, maybe longer. Russia's making bank off energy exports, but import sanctions and their effects are causing a recession. Ukraine's economy is trashed, but other countries in similar positions have sustained combat (and "won"). Europe's projected growth a little slower as they transition away from Russian energy.10/01/2012 Site was upgraded to 300 baud.
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06-19-2022, 04:27 PM #8234
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06-20-2022, 12:19 AM #8235
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06-20-2022, 01:17 AM #8236?
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I stumbled upon this channel yesterday. You might find it interesting
There is one segment where they are in with the Ukrainian foreign legion. Lots of English speakers interviewed
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06-20-2022, 10:02 AM #8237click here
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06-22-2022, 03:11 PM #8238
So this FSB guy who carries a briefcase for Putin is found shot at his home. My question, and I think it's a common one, is: are those really the nuclear codes, or is that the briefcase that carries the actual poo tin? Either job seems hazardous.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...utK?li=BBnbfcL
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06-24-2022, 10:30 AM #8239
Doh…
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFoota...tm_name=iossmf
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06-24-2022, 12:03 PM #8240
That is horribly funny.
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06-24-2022, 12:51 PM #8241
How deep is your foxhole? Not deep enough.
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06-24-2022, 01:24 PM #8242Registered User
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^^Fuckn BOOM, cya dudes
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06-24-2022, 05:03 PM #8243
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06-24-2022, 10:56 PM #8244
HIMARS seeing action.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Osinttech...CzwcKS7uAqAAAA
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06-25-2022, 03:10 PM #8245
Can’t be a positive. Seems like a back door move to escalate things. Lots of options for false flags
https://apple.news/ABAhXJQiCRkiEy_jr0EcO3w
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06-25-2022, 04:08 PM #8246
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06-25-2022, 04:10 PM #8247
Ukraine
BDA from the first HIMARS strikes are promising.
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06-25-2022, 05:05 PM #8248
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06-25-2022, 05:36 PM #8249
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06-26-2022, 10:43 AM #8250
For anyone desiring to help the Ukrainian cause:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukra...ops-2022-6?ampDaniel Ortega eats here.
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