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That is a ballistic missile system - reddit is saying they used a ballistic missile system to shoot down a fighter jet? Wow.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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That is a ballistic missile system - reddit is saying they used a ballistic missile system to shoot down a fighter jet? Wow.
This made me laugh:
"Impressive too how Putin managed to alienate China by recognizing a regional right to declare independence, prove to Saudi Arabia that Russian military tech isn't worth buying, and make a compelling case to Sweden and Finland for why they should join NATO."
"Impressive too how Putin managed to alienate China by recognizing a regional right to declare independence, prove to Saudi Arabia that Russian military tech isn't worth buying, and make a compelling case to Sweden and Finland for why they should join NATO."
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impossible, i dont believe it lol
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From the sounds of it they'll have to accept it or they'll disappear too
I still can't see the end game for Putin in this, he won't go down without a fight, actually concerning that it's obvious his mind is lost yet those under him are still obeying his orders
Maybe it was flying low enough and just got extremely unlucky, but yeah it is a bit farcical.
Butz TRUMP SA1d he was G3nius! *dribbles more*
I gotta be honest, I should feel happy/validated that this is going as I predicted, especially after multiple pages of pre-invasion arguments with Enkore who thought Russia would achieved air supremacy in <24h and steamroll to Kiev with their super tanks. But to be honest I'm genuinely shocked I was right, I feel my opinion of Ukrainian AA/anti tank capabilities was probably inflated subconsciously due to my wanting them to be able to hold Russia off but it turns out not lol.
At the end of the day, the Su-30 is not as stealthy as the F-117 and in NATO's campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 one of those was taken out by an S-125 from the 1960's. Like I said weeks ago Ukraine has hundreds of SAMS of varying ages/capabilities from the same S-125 model that downed that F-117 to their latest S-300s which have been retrofitted with so many updates they're practically at the level of an S-400. Russia's inability to take enough of them out has caused a serious danger zone (queue music) for their aircraft. After all the Su-30 and it's like may be super manoeuvrable but that only helps against AA missiles fired by other aircraft, you can't dodge a full sized SAM missile, they're too fast and the blast is too big and it seems their countermeasures aren't enough. Russia either really miscalculated a lot of factors to this invasion or simply don't care about losses.
Yes, check out the wiki for the S300, an advanced version of it (actually S400) has the NATO designation SA-21 so that figures.
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Always been a big CNN fan but Al Jazeera are very good too; quite like DW (German news) too - UK media is dreadful
Yep, the other was the electronic road signs in the south read "Russian Ship? Then **** Off."
Trump said it was a smart move to snatch Ukraine (if he did/does it) because Putin knows how weak America and Europe Politically is right now, he knows there won't be much to stop him, there's no conceivable threat. It doesn't mean Trump supports Putins actions, it's more a derogatory comment aimed Biden.
A consequence of his inability to craft more complex narratives, I got his meaning but it was obviously going to go down badly with critics from the wording alone.
The reddit thread and twitter, this war has really shown how the UK broadcast news media is really dated now. Its mostly a mouthpiece for government stuff now, but very slow on proper news.
That would also make sense as well
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