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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:12 am to CitizenK
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:12 am to CitizenK
Russia's gasoline, diesel prices
Reuters
March 19, 20246:43 AM CDTUpdated an hour ago
MOSCOW, March 19 (Reuters) - Russian wholesale domestic gasoline and diesel prices rose on Tuesday as refining capacity has been reduced by drone attacks.
Gasoline Ai-92 grade prices rose 1.92% to 52,410 roubles ($567.07) per metric ton, data from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) showed.
Diesel prices increased by 1.28% on the day to 66,434 roubles per ton, the exchange data showed.
Reuters
March 19, 20246:43 AM CDTUpdated an hour ago
MOSCOW, March 19 (Reuters) - Russian wholesale domestic gasoline and diesel prices rose on Tuesday as refining capacity has been reduced by drone attacks.
Gasoline Ai-92 grade prices rose 1.92% to 52,410 roubles ($567.07) per metric ton, data from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) showed.
Diesel prices increased by 1.28% on the day to 66,434 roubles per ton, the exchange data showed.
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Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:42 am to cypher
How will Judge Napolitano's and Tucker's nutter "experts" handle this?
This post was edited on 3/19/24 at 9:52 am
Posted on 3/19/24 at 10:47 am to CitizenK
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When the arsenal of democracy was actually needed, it was 20+ years after the US lost credibility on military engagement. The arsenal was gutted under Obama. There is a difference between arsenal and engagements.
Honestly, I am surprised that republicans are not calling for more defense purchases to not only refill our stockpiles but expand them.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:02 pm to GOP_Tiger
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Reminder to the board that one of the reasons that SirWinston is for Russia is that he's anti-Semite who hates Jews like Zelensky.
Dude outed himself as a racist a while ago
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:06 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
As a Christian, I have done a fair amount of business with Jews and those who wear Christianity on their sleeves, fish on their back windows and bumpers. Jews may drive a hard bargain but have dealt with me honestly. The others not so much, even trying to steal things they didn't buy.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:47 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Dude outed himself as a racist a while ago
Lets also not forget he's attracted to Tranny's and likes to get pegged.
Weird dude.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 2:04 pm to Chromdome35
Big-Ticket, Expensive, Heavily Armored NATO Tanks Mostly Overweight Duds in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Considering how much kerchief-twisting there was about it in the first place, and how they are doing in the war right now, handing over top-end NATO tanks to Ukraine doesn’t look like a great idea.
by Stefan Korshak | March 19, 2024, 6:05 pm
By a long shot, the enduring image of a NATO-standard modern main battle tank in the Russo-Ukraine War is a video of a stopped vehicle getting hammered by cheap FPV drones, before it gets set on fire and burns down to a six-million-dollar hulk.
Combat video posted by the 79th Air Assault Brigade on Tuesday, reportedly from the eastern Avdiivka sector, was typical, showing a stationary US-made M1A2 Abrams tank hit with a detonation in the back of the turret, probably by a Russian FPV drone.
Three crew hurl themselves from the main battle tank (MBT) as ammunition stored in a bin on the back of Abrams’ turret catches on fire. The vehicle appears to have taken minor damage. Shells inside the ammo bin start cooking off and the blaze spreads to the tank’s hull. Thirty seconds later the American fighting vehicle is burning fiercely and appears well on its way to becoming a total-write off. The fate of the fourth crewman isn’t clear.
Mike Riedmuller, a former US Army cavalry officer commanding Abrams tanks in combat in Iraq, in comments to Kyiv Post said that one reason NATO’s best tanks haven’t performed up to expectations in the Russo-Ukrainian War is that cheap drones are so dense over the battlefield that almost any time a tank breaks near the front line, swarms of drones buzz in to attack it.
“Ammunition, more drones, more Bradleys or CV-90s, more artillery, and just about anything else would have been money better spent. That’s obvious in hindsight but wasn’t that hidden from view at the time and the West should have seen it,” Riedmuller said.
The Kyiv Post
Considering how much kerchief-twisting there was about it in the first place, and how they are doing in the war right now, handing over top-end NATO tanks to Ukraine doesn’t look like a great idea.
by Stefan Korshak | March 19, 2024, 6:05 pm
By a long shot, the enduring image of a NATO-standard modern main battle tank in the Russo-Ukraine War is a video of a stopped vehicle getting hammered by cheap FPV drones, before it gets set on fire and burns down to a six-million-dollar hulk.
Combat video posted by the 79th Air Assault Brigade on Tuesday, reportedly from the eastern Avdiivka sector, was typical, showing a stationary US-made M1A2 Abrams tank hit with a detonation in the back of the turret, probably by a Russian FPV drone.
Three crew hurl themselves from the main battle tank (MBT) as ammunition stored in a bin on the back of Abrams’ turret catches on fire. The vehicle appears to have taken minor damage. Shells inside the ammo bin start cooking off and the blaze spreads to the tank’s hull. Thirty seconds later the American fighting vehicle is burning fiercely and appears well on its way to becoming a total-write off. The fate of the fourth crewman isn’t clear.
Mike Riedmuller, a former US Army cavalry officer commanding Abrams tanks in combat in Iraq, in comments to Kyiv Post said that one reason NATO’s best tanks haven’t performed up to expectations in the Russo-Ukrainian War is that cheap drones are so dense over the battlefield that almost any time a tank breaks near the front line, swarms of drones buzz in to attack it.
“Ammunition, more drones, more Bradleys or CV-90s, more artillery, and just about anything else would have been money better spent. That’s obvious in hindsight but wasn’t that hidden from view at the time and the West should have seen it,” Riedmuller said.
The Kyiv Post
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:04 pm to ColtRange
Russia is currently approximately 65 km from Mykolaiv and approximately 200 km from Odessa by land. Russian supporters were bragging on X last week that Russia was advancing 200-300 meters per day on some parts of the front. At that rate it will take Russia 2.74 years to reach Odessa. That is if they figure out a way to cross major water obstacles like the Dnieper River and the Pivdenry Buh River which so far in this war Russia has not demonstrated the ability to do. However, it is better for Ukraine to be prepared and have the fortifications but not need the fortifications than to need them and not have them.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:12 pm to Jim Rockford
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Good luck getting anything productive out of half a million men who drink themselves into a stupor every night to avoid the screaming nightmares about being hunted by drones.
What are you talking about comrade? The Russian soldier is a real man who does not get PTSD like the soft western soldiers. If one of Putin's brave lads does suffer from PTSD the Russia's world class mental health care system will be able to take care of them since it is not overwhelmed by LGBTQ+ problems. Besides alcohol has been a psychiatric medication much longer than SSRIs have. Are we even sure that SSRIs are safe? How do we know it is not some pill to change the way our minds work to accept living under a dictator? Russians are much smarter than that.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:16 pm to Chromdome35
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Dude outed himself as a racist a while ago
Lets also not forget he's attracted to Tranny's and likes to get pegged.
Weird dude.
1. How do you know this? Actually nvm I don't want to know.
2. That explains why he has not moved to Russia. He would be arrested and thrown in a gulag if they found out.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:24 pm to WeeWee
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How do you know this? Actually nvm I don't want to know.
He pretty much admitted it on here, not in this thread, but another OT thread, about a year ago.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:25 pm to WeeWee
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Besides alcohol has been a psychiatric medication much longer than SSRIs have. Are we even sure that SSRIs are safe? How do we know it is not some pill to change the way our minds work to accept living under a dictator? Russians are much smarter than that.
I remember a friend laughing about a flight in Russia enroute to Siberia sitting next to Russian doctor in the mid 90's. "We don't have alcoholics here, we just cut that part out of their brain."
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:04 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Dude outed himself as a racist a while ago
Also admits that he feels more comfortable socially amongst liberals and Alt lifestyle people of the Portland area. And that he enjoys being a cuckold for some girl who is getting drilled by a wealthy younger guy. Also admits to being a failure financially, socially, romantically etc
And a pervert. Refers to attractive women as "tasty little birds".
In short, a psycho
Posted on 3/19/24 at 7:02 pm to No Colors
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Also admits that he feels more comfortable socially amongst liberals and Alt lifestyle people of the Portland area.
They know that he is a MAGA racist don't they?
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nd that he enjoys being a cuckold for some girl who is getting drilled by a wealthy younger guy.
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Also admits to being a failure financially, socially, romantically etc
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Refers to attractive women as "tasty little birds".
Posted on 3/19/24 at 7:31 pm to cypher
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Mike Riedmuller, a former US Army cavalry officer commanding Abrams tanks in combat in Iraq, in comments to Kyiv Post said that one reason NATO’s best tanks haven’t performed up to expectations in the Russo-Ukrainian War is that cheap drones are so dense over the battlefield that almost any time a tank breaks near the front line, swarms of drones buzz in to attack it.
Cheap drones and cheap warheads have rendered main battle tanks vulnerable. I'm sure everyone in every military is looking for counter measures of anything with some promise.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 7:40 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Dude outed himself as a racist a while ago
Yeah no kidding.
Jews as rats goes back to the third Reich and further.
SirWinston posts:
March 1
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The Ukrainian rat Volodymyr Zelenskyy helped Biden win in 2020
Feb 22 -
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Zelenskyy the rat left Trump out to dry
Feb 16 -
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the sweaty rat Zelenskyyyyy murdering an American
And so on.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 7:44 pm to NC_Tigah
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Speculation that the Poseidon could transport a 100Mt payload? Perhaps, but definitely feasible.
That was my entire point there is no credible OSINT that gives any reasonable insight into Poseidon's payload.
The nuclear chess match has always leaned heavily on the bluff. The USSR did it when they convinced "us" in the 50's they had better than missle parody with the US when in fact they had a 1:4 disadvantage. Then both sides went into a long period of trying to downplay and hide actual nuclear capabilities. Along came Reagan who flipped the script with his Star Wars gambit which worked.
The question now with hypersonic delivery vehicles and Poseidon is are bluffing with pocket aces or unsuited 2-3. Just based on OSINT I think the hypersonic missiles are a bluff at the current time. I don't spend much time thinking about Poseidon because while it could be devastating as a first strike weapon it does nothing or very little to blunt a retaliatory strike. Without that ability it is simply another weapon to start a nuclear war not finish it. I see it as a real or imaginary weapon designed to elicit terror and push us back to the duck and cover days. I do not see it as a weapon that significantly changes the MAD calculus.
I think we may be entering a new Cold War period which may not be a bad thing. In OAC (officer advanced course) I wrote a white paper proposal with the core theme being the Cold War was good (it never gained traction). My point was with the 2 world superpowers engaged in a nuclear Cold War the principles of MAD made it incumbent upon them to limit the number and scope of hot wars/conflicts around the globe. This could and had been done because almost every country was aligned at some level with one of the two puppet masters. With the Soviet strings cut I envisioned a world where armed conflicts would be more numerous, longer lasting, bigger in scope, and include more non-state actors. One could argue it was just a random dart that grazed the balloon or there was a level of prescient thought, I like to think the latter but the former is far more likely.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:09 pm to Obtuse1
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With the Soviet strings cut I envisioned a world where armed conflicts would be more numerous, longer lasting, bigger in scope, and include more non-state actors.
That was pretty well thought out. There is an excellent interview with Serhii Plokhy on Lex Fridman from two weeks ago (about Ukraine and Russia mostly) in which he says that Bush and the US did not want the Soviet Union to dissolve. For the reasons you laid out but also the potential spread of nuclear weapons.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:13 pm to WeeWee
When the Bud Light fiasco was in the news he said he found the Dylan dude “kinda cute”.
In another post he talked about enjoying getting pegged. Doubled down on it if I remember correctly.
In another post he talked about enjoying getting pegged. Doubled down on it if I remember correctly.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:25 pm to Tigris
There is a good series that's pretty new on Netflix called "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War." The last episode I watched was focusing on the Soviet Union's collapse. There was some guy who's name I can't recall, but his job was basically making sure that no nukes disappeared from Soviet states and fell into the wrong hands. Condoleezza Rice talks about these secret meetings they had daily for several weeks where they gamed out every scenario of the Soviet collapse: Military coup, political coup, should we help a coup along, should we warn Gorbachev he was going down, should we help them out...
Really interesting to get a glimpse of what was going down then. So much happened in such a short period of time it had to be crazy to wrap your mind around being in high level politics like that at the time.
Really interesting to get a glimpse of what was going down then. So much happened in such a short period of time it had to be crazy to wrap your mind around being in high level politics like that at the time.
This post was edited on 3/19/24 at 8:26 pm
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