Putin Invades the Ukraine

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Sometimes I think these newsguys talk too much.

I think this is a pointed open response to the 2016 election meddling and other domestic intrusions into US security.
Any leverage found is leverage as response.

[donquixote99]

Volgograd is the de-stalinized name in that case....

[bobabode]

'Russia's tanks in Ukraine have a 'jack-in-the-box' design flaw. And the West has known about it since the Gulf war'

"Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia's invasion of Ukraine isn't going to plan.

Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow launched its offensive, with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on Monday estimating it had lost as many as 580.

But Moscow's problems go beyond the sheer number of tanks it has lost. Experts say battlefield images show Russian tanks are suffering from a defect that Western militaries have known about for decades and refer to as the "jack-in-the-box effect." Moscow, they say, should have seen the problem coming.

The problem relates to how the tanks' ammunition is stored. Unlike modern Western tanks, Russian ones carry multiple shells within their turrets. This makes them highly vulnerable as even an indirect hit can start a chain reaction that explodes their entire ammunition store of up to 40 shells.

The resulting shockwave can be enough to blast the tank's turret as high as a two-story building, as can be seen in a recent video on social media." CNN

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...42ad844e6b3e13

More like the Russian main battle tanks go 'pop goes the weasel' followed by the turret taking flight. Being a tanker is a dangerous profession.

signed a son of a 10th AD 'Tiger' 3rd Army '42 - '45
Metz, Ardennes, Rhineland & Austria

Sure glad pops was a mail clerk at division HQ instead of driving Zippos. (grin)

[donquixote99]

Bunch of big airplanes en route to Poland this morning....

https://mobile.twitter.com/GDarkconr...19547015299072

[Dondilion]

The emphasis of Russia's military expenditure was on upgrading its nuclear and missile strategic force.

[bobabode]

"The Admiral Makarov, a 409-foot Russian frigate, was sailing close to Snake Island in the Black Sea, off the coast of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, when it was reportedly hit by an R-360 Neptune anti-ship missile fired from the Ukrainian mainland."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...16a5c41b26a2ed

Oops.

[Pio1980]

Some background perspective;
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and...ukraine-stalin

[RickeyM]

I saw a meme somewhere with a picture of a man with a quizzical look on his face (probably addressing Pootin) and the caption read something like

You're losing your ships to a country you entered a land war that has no navy?!?

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

I saw a meme somewhere with a picture of a man with a quizzical look on his face (probably addressing Pootin) and the caption read something like

Ask and ye shall receive.......

[donquixote99]

From "The Hunt for Red October." Truth now exceeds fiction.