The high tech toys deployed by NATO don’t rely on conventional artillery nearly to the extent it’s utilized in Ukraine, and it’s farcical to claim as much.
Artillery has been the focus of headlines because the military doctrine of Russia and Ukraine relies heavily upon its use. While conventional stockpiles of shells are depleted, it’s production will increase over time and will occur independent of additional military preparation. This is not the ammunition for the bulk of NATO forces.
NATO has an entire modern arsenal of weaponry that is incompatible with Ukraine’s weapons, waiting within arms reach. They’re in talks to acquire F-16s, which are considerably dated compared to the modern stealth fighters, not to mention the stocks of munitions. Ukraine received 31 Abrams tanks. The US alone has thousands, with large numbers considered for retirement due to their age. Not to mention the numbers of infantry fighting vehicles and crews that have trained on all of these systems for years, unlike the rushed training afforded by Ukrainian troops.
They’re already relying on mass conscription to fill their ranks, rapidly approaching the bottom of the barrel.
Russia is breaking things out of storage for their widespread conscripted force usage. They were getting their ass handed to them with NATOs leftovers, and somehow we’re supposed to believe NATO is in danger? The first gulf war demonstrated how Russian tech stacks up against trillions in military expenditure.
Oh please Jesus let it be the Baltic fleet!
I think it’s important to separate the narrative of the hostages themselves versus the scores of dead bodies left on October 7th, which were the focus of this report. I have been looking for evidence to confirm or refute these allegations for months, and the issues surrounding it can be summarized mainly as stemming from evidence collection.
Due to the active fighting in the area, forensics did not arrive to process the body until days later, leading to a significant loss of forensic evidence as the bodies decayed in the heat for days. Without that, there’s no evidence to indicate exactly what transpired in terms of sexual crimes and why the investigation has gone down its current path.
I don’t know how much of the evidence they’ve collected will be made public, but the descriptions in the linked report are very graphic and leave little doubt that sexual assaults took place.
The Abrams was never designed to be immortal, the Abrams was designed for the crew to have maximum survivability.
Can you imagine being in a burning airplane that’s taking that long to go down? Talk about worst final moments.
Amateurs, heavy metal poisoning is survivable and screened by toxicology.
CIA, if you want to hire me you know where to find me.
This is America, and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let anybody shoot us except for us!
That’s upsetting. Politicians shouldn’t be allowed to run the war room. Ask history how that has turned out.
Happens more often than you know, but it’s really impossible to prove retrospective cancer.
You don’t need genocide to radicalize people. Look at the US.
Let’s see what Uncle Santa puts under the Christmas tree this year.
Fusion is constant, wouldn’t require large amounts of batteries to store energy. There are advantages to each.
Shit, they’re taking old TVs? I can’t even give mine away.
Long and protracted war is not part of the US doctrine. There’s a reason Iraq didn’t last very long, the US aims to destroy before they could really establish fortified positions.
Michael Bay would be proud.
That’s a bit ignorant. They were talking about it on NPR and the biggest issue is that the roads were washed away in the area so it’s really difficult for the army to reach the town with relief supplies.
Here’s a great song about it.