Not seen anything beyond speculation - couple of companies were pushing to try and purchase them to refurbish with varying intentions regarding Ukraine but don't seem to have made any progress.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Not seen anything beyond speculation - couple of companies were pushing to try and purchase them to refurbish with varying intentions regarding Ukraine but don't seem to have made any progress.
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Leopards from Canada Arrive in Ukraine.
Why all the chains? I can't imagine it rolling away.
Bit of turbulence in flight and that thing will go like anything else - probably clean through the roof.
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Because hitting the ground at speed hurts.
Except it easily will on ascent/descent and the aluminium hull is not exactly going to do much to stop 60-120 tonnes of steel.
I agree. Further, I wonder if they mistake the West's political divisions for national divisions?
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Shifting cargo can be fatal for an aircraft. All cargo is carefully placed to keep the aircraft balanced. In this case with something with the mass of a tank it would likely just rip straight through the aircraft fuselage if it broke free and there there was some turbulence. Even just banking the aircraft could be fatal if cargo isn't secure.
Yeah and if it somehow didn’t smash through it would likely cause the plane to crash, especially on take off.
747 cargo plane crashes at Bagram airbase - video
Footage purports to show the moment a Boeing 747 US cargo plane crashes on its ascent from Bagram airbase, Afghanistan
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Because if the load moves everyone dies.
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It seems South Korea could be soon selling arms to Ukraine.
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Exclusive: South Korea's Yoon opens door for possible military aid to Ukraine
South Korea might extend its support for Ukraine beyond humanitarian and economic aid if it comes under a large-scale civilian attack, President Yoon Suk Yeol said, signalling a shift in his stance against arming Ukraine for the first time.
www.reuters.com
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THIS747 cargo plane crashes at Bagram airbase - video
Footage purports to show the moment a Boeing 747 US cargo plane crashes on its ascent from Bagram airbase, Afghanistan
Because if the load moves everyone dies.
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I came to post the same re the chains747 cargo plane crashes at Bagram airbase - video
Footage purports to show the moment a Boeing 747 US cargo plane crashes on its ascent from Bagram airbase, Afghanistan
Because if the load moves everyone dies.
Great analysis vid of it
Granted it was overloaded but a lack of chains contributed to it as well
And if you're really really interested in a greater depth of analysis
The NTSB hearing regard it
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You're that guy with 27 items at the checkout who didn't use a basket and won't fork out 20p for the carrier bag aren't you
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You're that guy with 27 items at the checkout who didn't use a basket and won't fork out 20p for the carrier bag aren't you
I do get those big puppies flying over here. I did stop to think what would happen if a tank landed in my back garden. I'd probably cover it up real quick and save it for a rainy day.
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I am actually starting to get a little worried now.
All the decent stuff is arriving in Ukraine, all the troops, squads, teams etc are getting back at the same time
If Ukraine doesn't make some nice meaty gains I think the war could end up far more prolonged and with it far more chance of it overspilling (eg Belarus(sia))
All the decent stuff is arriving in Ukraine, all the troops, squads, teams etc are getting back at the same time
If Ukraine doesn't make some nice meaty gains I think the war could end up far more prolonged and with it far more chance of it overspilling (eg Belarus(sia))
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I do the same with the Ospreys. When one falls out of the sky can I keep it?
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The US predicts the war will basically be a stale mate for the foreseeable. It's just going to be a lot of people dying for nothing.
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All we get is what the press are told. Who really knows what's going on over there? Certainly not us.
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