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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 12/30/24 at 11:41 pm to Trevaylin
Posted on 12/30/24 at 11:41 pm to Trevaylin
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dumb arse. this is a fact, parts are amazingly easy to access . Comment based on starting up plants in Saudi, Kuwait and Malaysia. We did access used gas turbine rotors out of the Libyan desert. All you need is cash and transport. the paperwork is easier.
In some cases yes. In a of lot cases no. At times it is difficult to find a critical spare even within the USA for a USA built item. That happened a year ago with LSB Industries fertilizer plant in the US. It took a few days and several avenues to find the ONE compressor cylinder available that was needed.
There were a LOT of gas turbines available 20-25 years ago due overbuild as everyone was buying shop time with GE to make sure they would have one for potential projects then cancelled cogen projects. 10-15 years ago there were a number of Solar gas turbine generators available. There were a lot of engine gas compressors available in 2014 with the oil bust, they came from rental fleets. There are a lot less right now.
It always depends on the supply market what is out there.
In 2020 were no refineries available. Today there are several available, especially smaller ones that no one wants. Several have been scrapped since 2012. One I had sold to Libya held up due shite going down in Libya. It had just had complete rehab a few years earlier before Shell Chemical shut it down in Puerto Rico. It all ended up as scrap metal.
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Posted on 12/31/24 at 12:13 am to Trevaylin
Why couldn't Russia find replacements for the Nordstream compressors which crashed a month before someone blew the pipelines up?
In the oil and gas field there are a lot of cookie cutter items not designed specifically for a process. These aren't WWII Era refineries in Russia which were cookie cutter from the USA.
Case in point is that shortages started happening in Russia after the refineries started getting hit. These are refineries built to supply domestic and export markets. Even without loss of most of the export market, they had shortages in diesel and gasoline
In the oil and gas field there are a lot of cookie cutter items not designed specifically for a process. These aren't WWII Era refineries in Russia which were cookie cutter from the USA.
Case in point is that shortages started happening in Russia after the refineries started getting hit. These are refineries built to supply domestic and export markets. Even without loss of most of the export market, they had shortages in diesel and gasoline
Posted on 12/31/24 at 5:16 am to CitizenK
Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian helicopter with anti-air missile in first strike of its kind
by The Kyiv Independent news desk December 31, 2024 11:42 AM
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) destroyed a Russian aerial target with the Ukrainian-made Magura V5 naval strike drone for the first time, HUR reported on Dec. 31.
During a battle in the Black Sea off the Western tip of occupied Crimea, the special unit Group 13 launched SeeDragon missiles from the Magura drone. The unit downed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and hit another helicopter, although the latter was able to fly back to the airbase.
A video from the battle shows the moment the missiles locked onto the helicopter before it exploded and crashed into the sea.
The Magura drone has helped Ukraine push back against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet by striking dozens of ships this year. They have been in operation since the summer of 2023.
It can cover a distance of more than 800 kilometers (500 miles), reach a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph), and is capable of carrying a 250-kilogram warhead. Each one is 5.5 meters long and costs approximately 10 million hryvnias ($240,000).
In June, HUR announced that the drones had been modified to operate anti-aircraft missiles, presenting a serious threat to the Russian air force over the Black Sea.
Ukraine previously destroyed several notable Russian ships with Magura drones, including a landing ship Caesar Kunikov, a Sergei Kotov patrol ship, high-speed Serna and Akula landing crafts, and a Tarantul-class Ivanovets missile corvette.
The Kyiv Independent
by The Kyiv Independent news desk December 31, 2024 11:42 AM
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) destroyed a Russian aerial target with the Ukrainian-made Magura V5 naval strike drone for the first time, HUR reported on Dec. 31.
During a battle in the Black Sea off the Western tip of occupied Crimea, the special unit Group 13 launched SeeDragon missiles from the Magura drone. The unit downed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and hit another helicopter, although the latter was able to fly back to the airbase.
A video from the battle shows the moment the missiles locked onto the helicopter before it exploded and crashed into the sea.
The Magura drone has helped Ukraine push back against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet by striking dozens of ships this year. They have been in operation since the summer of 2023.
It can cover a distance of more than 800 kilometers (500 miles), reach a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph), and is capable of carrying a 250-kilogram warhead. Each one is 5.5 meters long and costs approximately 10 million hryvnias ($240,000).
In June, HUR announced that the drones had been modified to operate anti-aircraft missiles, presenting a serious threat to the Russian air force over the Black Sea.
Ukraine previously destroyed several notable Russian ships with Magura drones, including a landing ship Caesar Kunikov, a Sergei Kotov patrol ship, high-speed Serna and Akula landing crafts, and a Tarantul-class Ivanovets missile corvette.
The Kyiv Independent
This post was edited on 12/31/24 at 5:51 am
Posted on 12/31/24 at 5:38 am to cypher
Posted on 12/31/24 at 6:57 am to CitizenK
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Why couldn't Russia find replacements for the Nordstream compressors which crashed a month before someone blew the pipelines up?
"someone"
We know who did it and you still refuse to acknowledge it. Just a blatant partisan and I hope y'all are starting to realize what a fraud this guy is
Posted on 12/31/24 at 7:22 am to VolSquatch
Posted on 12/31/24 at 7:48 am to cypher
Moscow’s War Plans Against Japan, South Korea Leaked
More than 160 targets in Japan and South Korea were listed in a cache of 29 secret Russian military files that outlined Moscow’s eastern flank strategy in the event of a major war.
by Kyiv Post | December 31, 2024, 1:03 pm
Russia prepared target lists containing more than 160 sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a major war, according to leaked documents.
The Financial Times (FT), which reportedly obtained the cache of 29 secret Russian military files from “Western sources,” said the war plans contained within came from 2013-2014 and bore the insignia of Russia’s Combined Arms Academy, a training college for senior officers.
FT said “much of the presentation” centered around strikes using Russia’s Kh-101 non-nuclear cruise missile, intending to halt the “regrouping of troops in areas of operational purpose” in the Asia-Pacific sector should a war with NATO breakout.
The publication said the leaked materials “largely focused on training officers for potential conflict on the country’s eastern frontier from 2008-14” but asserted their relevancy considering Moscow’s ties with Beijing and Pyongyang’s troop deployments in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
What’s on Russia’s Asia hit list?
Of the sites listed, 82 were military targets such as the central and regional command headquarters of the Japanese and South Korean armed forces, radar installations, air bases and naval installations, FT said.
However, the remaining targets are of a civilian nature, including roads, tunnels and power plants – even nuclear ones.
“The remainder are civilian infrastructure sites including road and rail tunnels in Japan such as the Kanmon tunnel linking Honshu and Kyushu islands. Energy infrastructure is also a priority: the list includes 13 power plants, such as nuclear complexes in Tokai, as well as fuel refineries.
“In South Korea, the top civilian targets are bridges, but the list also includes industrial sites such as the Pohang steelworks and chemical factories in Busan,” FT reported.
The Kyiv Post
More than 160 targets in Japan and South Korea were listed in a cache of 29 secret Russian military files that outlined Moscow’s eastern flank strategy in the event of a major war.
by Kyiv Post | December 31, 2024, 1:03 pm
Russia prepared target lists containing more than 160 sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a major war, according to leaked documents.
The Financial Times (FT), which reportedly obtained the cache of 29 secret Russian military files from “Western sources,” said the war plans contained within came from 2013-2014 and bore the insignia of Russia’s Combined Arms Academy, a training college for senior officers.
FT said “much of the presentation” centered around strikes using Russia’s Kh-101 non-nuclear cruise missile, intending to halt the “regrouping of troops in areas of operational purpose” in the Asia-Pacific sector should a war with NATO breakout.
The publication said the leaked materials “largely focused on training officers for potential conflict on the country’s eastern frontier from 2008-14” but asserted their relevancy considering Moscow’s ties with Beijing and Pyongyang’s troop deployments in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
What’s on Russia’s Asia hit list?
Of the sites listed, 82 were military targets such as the central and regional command headquarters of the Japanese and South Korean armed forces, radar installations, air bases and naval installations, FT said.
However, the remaining targets are of a civilian nature, including roads, tunnels and power plants – even nuclear ones.
“The remainder are civilian infrastructure sites including road and rail tunnels in Japan such as the Kanmon tunnel linking Honshu and Kyushu islands. Energy infrastructure is also a priority: the list includes 13 power plants, such as nuclear complexes in Tokai, as well as fuel refineries.
“In South Korea, the top civilian targets are bridges, but the list also includes industrial sites such as the Pohang steelworks and chemical factories in Busan,” FT reported.
The Kyiv Post
Posted on 12/31/24 at 8:12 am to VolSquatch
You bought a far leftist story mostly made up. Got it.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 8:19 am to CitizenK
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a far leftist story
A WSJ story from August 2024 is far leftist?
Even the reporting of WAPO and the NYT aren't far left. And they also reported it, BTW.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 8:23 am to cypher
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in the event of a major war.
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Russia’s Asia hit list
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Kyiv Post
Like every other country with nukes and/or a large military doesn't know exactly who and what they would target in the event of a major war.
Its definitely interesting to see the plans, but I'm not sure I would categorize something we and many other countries have too as a 'hit list'. But thats Kyiv Post for you.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:22 am to VolSquatch
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Its definitely interesting to see the plans, but I'm not sure I would categorize something we and many other countries have too as a 'hit list'. But thats Kyiv Post for you.
OK Doc, help me here. If a list of places you intend to hit shouldn’t be called a “hit list” then what should it be called?
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:17 am to VolSquatch
The Seymour Hersh article is made up with a lot of fake details.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:18 am to VolSquatch
Okay Vlad, got it
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:45 am to doubleb
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OK Doc, help me here. If a list of places you intend to hit shouldn’t be called a “hit list” then what should it be called?
Do you think its closer to a contingency plan, or something written on a piece of paper that you might find on a hitman or a school shooter? . A hit list implies intent to target regardless of the circumstances, contingency plans do not.
I could see how some of the non-native english speakers like ZelitizenK might get this confused.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:46 am to CitizenK
Good thing I'm not talking about it then. And, it was proven mostly correct
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:46 am to CitizenK
Sorry for exposing you, go back to your basement bunker in Kyiv and get to typing
Posted on 12/31/24 at 12:42 pm to VolSquatch
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I could see how some of the non-native english speakers like ZelitizenK might get this confused.
Exactly, so Doc please shed some of your knowledge here. What should it be called? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 1:12 pm to doubleb
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Inquiring minds
Wish we actually had some more of these in this thread.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 4:06 pm to VolSquatch
Posted on 12/31/24 at 4:14 pm to VolSquatch
Only because you know zero about the things you claim, Vlad
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