April 2Apr 2 Finland is withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention around the use of mines. They feel the need to be able to use land mines to help them defend against Russia.
April 2Apr 2 20 minutes ago, DrPhilly said: Finland is withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention around the use of mines. They feel the need to be able to use land mines to help them defend against Russia. And Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since WW2. Someone should tell them all to stop being so dramatic
April 2Apr 2 2 hours ago, DrPhilly said: Finland is withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention around the use of mines. They feel the need to be able to use land mines to help them defend against Russia. 1 hour ago, DEagle7 said: And Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since WW2. Someone should tell them all to stop being so dramatic Russia can't even field a proper army against Ukraine. They'd be toast trying to invade anyone right now.
April 2Apr 2 44 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Russia can't even field a proper army against Ukraine. They'd be toast trying to invade anyone right now. They would be, but not to the extent they are toast now. They haven’t done a full blown mobilization. That would change the scale of the gains. In Ukraine neither side has mobilized to the extent that they could.
April 2Apr 2 Historically Russia is also willing to do some truly heinous crap to win or even just draw out battles. No they're not winning in a straight up war with Europe but my understanding is that it would probably be a meat grinder.
April 3Apr 3 1 hour ago, DEagle7 said: Historically Russia is also willing to do some truly heinous crap to win or even just draw out battles. No they're not winning in a straight up war with Europe but my understanding is that it would probably be a meat grinder. Why? The air support out of Germany alone would cripple them
April 3Apr 3 6 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Why? The air support out of Germany alone would cripple them ? The Europeans were only able to hit Libya for a week before they needed the US to help.
April 3Apr 3 11 minutes ago, Bill said: ? The Europeans were only able to hit Libya for a week before they needed the US to help. I was mostly thinking US support out of Rammstein
April 3Apr 3 42 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: I was mostly thinking US support out of Rammstein Ah ok yeah that tracks.
April 3Apr 3 5 hours ago, ToastJenkins said: I was mostly thinking US support out of Rammstein Is that still on the table?
April 3Apr 3 11 hours ago, DEagle7 said: Historically Russia is also willing to do some truly heinous crap to win or even just draw out battles. No they're not winning in a straight up war with Europe but my understanding is that it would probably be a meat grinder. A „meat grinder" type of war is a part of the Russian DNA. They don’t care about their own troops and how many they lose. They wage war in sheer strength of numbers, in both men and equipment.
April 3Apr 3 22 hours ago, Mike31mt said: Thanks for the update from Bluesky, keep us posted Will do, Michael
April 3Apr 3 1 hour ago, Frankfurteagle89 said: They wage war in sheer strength of numbers, in both men and equipment. the issue with that is, it's like they are sending a bunch of vodka-soaked old miners in yugos to compete in the indy 500.
April 3Apr 3 4 hours ago, Frankfurteagle89 said: A „meat grinder" type of war is a part of the Russian DNA. They don’t care about their own troops and how many they lose. They wage war in sheer strength of numbers, in both men and equipment. And then lose…
April 3Apr 3 4 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: And then lose… yep, they can't even beat ukraine who is using american surplus military equipment, with their "state of the art" russian technology.
April 3Apr 3 1 hour ago, Alpha_TATEr said: yep, they can't even beat ukraine who is using american surplus military equipment, with their "state of the art" russian technology. Was thinking of their history in Afghanistan as well
April 3Apr 3 5 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Was thinking of their history in Afghanistan as well neanderthals, the whole country.
April 3Apr 3 2 hours ago, ToastJenkins said: Was thinking of their history in Afghanistan as well That was some debacle, as it was the complete Soviet Union back then. That was their Vietnam. In WW2 they did assaults in groups of three. First guy had the rifle, second guy extra ammo and the third guy a knife & a Handkerchief. First guy got mowed down, second guy picked up the rifle, stepped over his fallen comrade and ran forward with the knife grunt in pursuit. Usually the third guy ended up with all the marbles and a couple of rounds in his chest as he ran into his sure death. They did that over and over again until the Germans had nothing left.🤷♂️
April 3Apr 3 9 hours ago, Frankfurteagle89 said: A „meat grinder" type of war is a part of the Russian DNA. They don’t care about their own troops and how many they lose. They wage war in sheer strength of numbers, in both men and equipment.
April 4Apr 4 3 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Really good listen oh man, what a waste of surplus weapons that we were going to spend money to dispose of anyway.
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