lowenz on 3/8/2024 at 08:52
Quote Posted by DuatDweller
Just to make a point the lowenz refuse to acknowledge at all.
Never defended the NATO use by USA: of course USA make colonies through military bases and pop culture. Still I don't like the Ruski Mir fascism based on stupid anti-America propaganda: it's not a real critique of US society model, it's just angry envy.
It's not even a consistent "empowering" russian/slav cultural identity project, is just a sloppy ('800s slavophilia-> Putin's russophobia) political tool created to fill the empty space occupied back in the days by soviet ideals (always remember that russian traditionalists like Dugin hate russian communist Cosmism MORE than the "Satanic West")
Russian elites dream to be like the USA elites, that's what you must realize: they're no "alternative" to anything at all.
I detest the very same concept of "elite" of any kind when it comes to imperial ambitions: USA international market brokers bringing "prosperity", Himmler SS Third Reich knights bringing "order", iranian Revolutionary Guards bringing "salvation", Ruski Mir prokhanovists telling me they're the proper heirs of the Varangian Guard of East Roman Empire (ahahahah).
Why? Because I totally detest this kind of "foundation myth" ideology - and I mean "ideology" in the proper original Marx meaning of the word.
They're dangerous fantasies to me, just different spins of the same will to weaponize people dragging them by some romantic and hyperuranic "hidden truth that now must finally be unleashed to the world and that's our holy duty".....as a leash.
EDIT: put nostalgic "samurai" Japan in the list too, still they're the more honest and "honorable" (as all those guys love so much to be recognized) of the bunch.
lowenz on 9/8/2024 at 22:21
Well, well, we need to change the title of the thread....
demagogue on 9/8/2024 at 22:45
I hope they can hold it. Nothing gives a counterargument to Russia's demand that negotiations can't begin until Ukraine signs off on Russia keeping land it stole by occupation better than Ukraine occupying Russian land in the meantime.
Pyrian on 11/8/2024 at 07:07
Ukraine counterattacking somewhere that isn't fortified to hell and back, lol
WingedKagouti on 11/8/2024 at 09:07
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Ukraine counterattacking somewhere that
isn't fortified to hell and back, lol
They'll have a far better chance of getting all their territory back during peace settlements if they're holding Russian territory.
demagogue on 11/8/2024 at 13:51
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Ukraine counterattacking somewhere that
isn't fortified to hell and back, lol
Ah yes, like the Belgian hole in the Maginot Line.
If you watch Vlad Vexler's (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnByuPNMgvA) video on this, the idea apparently is that Ukraine is getting pushed into attacking into Russia if Western support softens up. So reducing its arms actually risks greatly escalating the war because it's not leaving Ukraine with any other choice, in a kind of reversal of conventional wisdom by the people debating it, or anyway normal people & definitely people taken with Russian propaganda.
The other idea from his video, which he supported by several other commentators, was that everyday Russians outside of the immediate era don't distinguish Kursk from Ukraine anyway, since they see Russia as this seamless entity that never has clear borders around it, which is what makes its neighboring countries always so nervous. (What I know most about the area are all the Barbarossa scenarios in different wargames, and Kursk always feels part of the Ukraine campaign, just masses of tanks rolling across the steppes.) Actually I first heard that idea in Timothy Snyder's class on Ukraine. The Soviet Union was conceived without borders; it was supposed to be a worldwide revolution, and the borders didn't get set until the Bolsheviks reached Poland and couldn't go any further, and even then it was more of a de facto armistice line than anything essential. Anyway, Vlad didn't think this incursion is going to wake up the bulk of the Russian population; they know what's happening, but they don't want to be politicized.
There was some American (
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/is-ukraines-raid-into-russia-a-crossing-the-delaware-moment/) commentator comparing it to two surprise attacks that didn't mean much militarily or politically, Washington's crossing of the Delaware and Jubal Early's raid into Maryland and DC in the summer of 1864 US Civil War, near the end. Early's raid didn't have any effect on the war at all (I think he might have picked Battle of the Bulge to be closer to home though), and Washington's raid was famously effective by boosting morale, resolve, and French support.
Anyway, he was trying to make the case that Zelenksyy's was more like the Delaware crossing than the other. I don't know how well that sets with Vlad's analysis though. He paints it not so much as psychological but an attack out of necessity as every other option is getting cut off. I guess we'll see what comes of it.
taffernicus on 14/8/2024 at 01:44
With the arrival of the F-16 to Ukraine, I always had this question in my mind: will it be equipped with jammer pods and ECM pods under its wings and will they be effective? (definitely it's a f-16 and not the ea-18 growler)
On the other hand, I have seen an increase in ISR aircraft traffic (you can see these aircraft on adsbexchange and flightaware.People on /r/flightradar often ask why these airplanes fly in patterns and loops. Can it be conflated to NATO air policing anyway?) in the airspace around the border of Poland - Belarus - Kaliningrad - Western Ukraine (Lviv) and also around constanta - romania ). Now they are covering Finnish region up to Barents Sea (RC-135 and business jets modified to carry out sigint / elint tasks. Some guardrail aircraft have been replaced with these modified business jets). Some AEW aircraft are also frequently airborne, both using rotodome and AESA radar. By the way, electronic warfare topic is an interesting topic.
It seems that missiles with multi guidance mode will not be easily impacted
Starker on 14/8/2024 at 07:23
I think the primary use for the new planes will be as weapons platforms -- to make use of the Western missiles that aren't compatible with the current fleet. The main challenge will be keeping them in tact, as they'll no doubt be high priority targets. Ukraine has only a limited number of suitable airfields and they all have come under increased fire lately.
Also, from what I understand, these are older models of F16s that are not that strong in the EW department in the first place.
Nicker on 14/8/2024 at 08:10
Vlad is sad because the kid he was beating up, hit back.
As Mike Tyson said, "Everyone's got a plan for world domination until they get punched in the mouth".
taffernicus on 15/8/2024 at 10:59
Quote Posted by Starker
I think the primary use for the new planes will be as weapons platforms -- to make use of the Western missiles that aren't compatible with the current fleet. The main challenge will be keeping them in tact, as they'll no doubt be high priority targets. Ukraine has only a limited number of suitable airfields and they all have come under increased fire lately.
Also, from what I understand, these are older models of F16s that are not that strong in the EW department in the first place.
I hope it doesn't get destroyed while still parked on the ground/hangar and always kept safe . I also forgot that the series of the f-16 also plays a part such as f-16 block C and D which were in operation throughout the 1980s until 2000s and the technology is quite different. Rumor has it that they will also get f-16 block 72 a.k.a viper which has the latest advanced technology and that surprises me. It's a perfect fit for the jammer pod.(*edit :
I doubt they will get f-16 block 60 or 70/72 at minimum. The f-16 that was just received yesterday, although it looks old, it must have been upgraded or retrofitted)
In my opinion, the more varied the fighter jet fleet, the higher the maintenance difficulty or maintenance nightmare. For a moment I was also interested in fighter jet interoperability challenges and integration challenges especially the data link aspect...
