Military observations on Ukraine invasion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this the second General who was killed?

Do generals often get killed in wars? I would think rank hath some benefit…

I think the generals have had to get closer to the front lines to try to unclown the Russian military clown show.

In WW2 about 40 US general and flag officers died. Many though were plan crashes incluidng Nathan Beford Forrest III and a guy named Stonewall Jackson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._general_officers_and_flag_officers_killed_in_World_War_II

That is really not a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Russia is going to have to rely largely on China for imports of materials, but the longer this goes on, the more it will drag on the global economy. I wonder how much China will tolerate that?

China will cooperate for a while. Then it will get too hot for them. China is owned by the West. They could survive a collapse of their trading but it would be hard for them to bear.

Funny. I thought that it was the other way ‘round.

Owe they bank a little money the bank owns you. Owe the bank a lot of money you own the bank.

[Anonymous]

Some serious shade today from the US Army’s Preventative Maintenance Magazine

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Even if every one of those stats were exaggerated by 50%, this has been an unmitigated disaster for the Russians.

If they ARE correct numbers, then it’s even worse than a disaster.

Too bad we don’t have a functional ABM system right now that could reliably stop Russian missiles. Because this would be THE time for NATO to strike Russia and end them as a threat once and for all.


I think the Chinese are evaluating whether now might just be the time to go after Siberia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if every one of those stats were exaggerated by 50%, this has been an unmitigated disaster for the Russians.

If they ARE correct numbers, then it’s even worse than a disaster.

Too bad we don’t have a functional ABM system right now that could reliably stop Russian missiles. Because this would be THE time for NATO to strike Russia and end them as a threat once and for all.


I think the Chinese are evaluating whether now might just be the time to go after Siberia.

The Chinese aren't worried. They get all of Russia as their serfs if Putin survives.

[Anonymous]

https://mobile.twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1500978613113524229

Another embarrassing planning and logistics failure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1500978613113524229

Another embarrassing planning and logistics failure

That’s amazing. Their encrypted phones need 3G but they destroyed the towers so now they have to use unsecured phones in Ukraine. Besides the OpSec failure, the war crimes indictments can write themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this the second General who was killed?

Do generals often get killed in wars? I would think rank hath some benefit…

I think the generals have had to get closer to the front lines to try to unclown the Russian military clown show.

In WW2 about 40 US general and flag officers died. Many though were plan crashes incluidng Nathan Beford Forrest III and a guy named Stonewall Jackson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._general_officers_and_flag_officers_killed_in_World_War_II

That is really not a lot.

IN WWII we lost 3 2 star and up flag officers to hostile fire. Russia has already equaled that number. It really is a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if every one of those stats were exaggerated by 50%, this has been an unmitigated disaster for the Russians.

If they ARE correct numbers, then it’s even worse than a disaster.

Too bad we don’t have a functional ABM system right now that could reliably stop Russian missiles. Because this would be THE time for NATO to strike Russia and end them as a threat once and for all.


I think the Chinese are evaluating whether now might just be the time to go after Siberia.

The Chinese aren't worried. They get all of Russia as their serfs if Putin survives.

China passed Russia a long time ago. Russia is not an after thought to China.

[Anonymous]

The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent·19m⚡️

Poland to supply the U.S. with its entire stockpile of MIG-29 jets, free of charge.

The planes are then expected to be shipped to Ukraine.

The Polish government asked other NATO members to follow the country’s example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this the second General who was killed?

Do generals often get killed in wars? I would think rank hath some benefit…

I think the generals have had to get closer to the front lines to try to unclown the Russian military clown show.

In WW2 about 40 US general and flag officers died. Many though were plan crashes incluidng Nathan Beford Forrest III and a guy named Stonewall Jackson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._general_officers_and_flag_officers_killed_in_World_War_II

That is really not a lot.

IN WWII we lost 3 2 star and up flag officers to hostile fire. Russia has already equaled that number. It really is a lot.

Better comparison would be Afghanistan and Iraq wars. How many generals did we lose to hostile fire? Answer one.

[Anonymous]

Well, looks like that train of old civilian vehicles is indeed being used to replace lost trucks in Ukraine.

[Anonymous]

Poland is giving its entire fleet of Mig29s to Ukraine!

[Anonymous]