Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Surely it'll do the same to Ukraine's equipment?
Think it's referring to the 40mile convoy
The guy sits like a wally at the end of a 6 metre table to avoid Covid; I don't believe he wakes up in the morning and screams "today is a good day to die" at the mirror. But even if he does the idea of a "red button" isn't reality: neither Putin, nor Biden, nor Johnson, nor Macron, can hit a button and end the world. There is a chain, and everyone down the chain has to shrug their shoulders and go "oh well, I guess humanity had a good ol' knock, time to get the marshmallows and watch the end of the world. Sorry mum" in order to actually start a full scale nuclear war in cold blood.
It is conceivable (although I believe still highly unlikely) Putin would launch "tactical" nukes at Ukraine, but launching against NATO countries, and especially the US, the UK, and France, is a whole different matter.
I don't know whether I'm right and wrong, and I am thankful I don't have to make a meaningful choice on this.
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It wasn't a dig at you, I just found it funny
Maybe my sense of humour is just bad
heh my soh is prolly just as different
and prolly 99.9% similar on most stuff.
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Just guessing on my part but I think those S-300 and 400 complexes have issues operating near mixed airspace where there might be civilian traffic it is undesirable to shoot down. Like with a lot of Russian hardware they've probably been designed with a significant focus on defending a total war against the West and the expectation that if they were used in anger anything in the sky would be fair game - there has also been talk of issues with their friend/foe identification, etc.
Errant missiles from even S-200 anti-air systems have been known to travel into the 100s of miles off target or even latch onto the wrong target - couple of examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_902
poland wants to, but US doesn't want it. They don't want any planes taking off from EU soil to go to Ukrainian airspace. If Ukraine is going to get jets it has to be over land or sea but it is unlikely to be by air
Truth always the first casualty of war and there are aspects of that I'm not OK with but on the other hand dissenting voices can completely undo the thrust of momentum needed to win a war - it is a tricky balance, a small group deciding what is and isn't desirable as "the truth" is often a large reason why the world is in such a mess and things like this war happen. But equally when people have a blinkered, short sighted view and/or latch onto ideas which do not stand up to any level of scrutiny and reflection.
An example recently with Ukraine - there was an area near Irpin where the civilians were lied to, told everything would be OK - no need to evacuate at that time as the Russians were miles away when the truth was they were closing fast. The reason for that was because the military hadn't secured the situation and until they had done that were unable to take a large influx of civilians evacuating and the mess would have been way worse with the potential for Russia to capitalise on it and inflict critical losses on the Ukraine armed forces, infiltrate and/or kill even more civilians.
Don't forget they should also paint them with Chinese flag livery, absolute foolproof idea
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