Russia Invades ukraine

[Logdaft]

[Logdaft]

[Steve Bullman]

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

5 hours ago, Stere said:

The NLAW Missiles The U.K. Rushed To Ukraine May Only Be Useful In Desperate Circumstances

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The airlift of anti-tank missiles demonstrate London’s support for Kyiv. But NLAWs' short range means they'd aid Ukrainian...

 

More on NLAWS and russian tactics:

 

 

Can see Putin  repeating this tactic......

The ‘quote’ is an incomplete analysis of the the tactical deployment of close - med range anti armour weapons 

 

Whilst the focus upon the urban situation is reasonably comprehensive, the overall analysis appears to lack any estimate of the effect of channelling onto established road and transport infrastructure and the ability to inflict casualties at the head of an  armoured column effectively fixing the remainder behind in a desperately vulnerable situation. 
 

Since the weather has not provided the hard frost necessary for swift and trouble free cross-country advance, it may be possible to slow / stop an armoured advance which is constrained to metalled surface.  

Edited February 26, 2022 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

44 minutes ago, Logdaft said:

That totally WINS the internet for today!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

[David Cropper]

This should make us all think. Very poignant. 

[difflock]

29 minutes ago, David Cropper said:

This should make us all think. Very poignant. 

Sorry David, but aged 62, and thus aging during a period of vast increases in health, wealth and living standards, I can only reluctantly conclude that there is zero danger of the masses becoming too intelligent despite their increased material comforts.

From a lifetime of wryful rueful direct observation.

Edited February 26, 2022 by difflock

[Sutton]

1 hour ago, David Cropper said:

This should make us all think. Very poignant. 

Thanks for posting up.

Orwell is enigmatic: old etonian anti-sentimentalist lefty. He'll always have something good to say to every generation. I looked this quote up wondering what the source was:

 

War Against a Foreign Country Only Happens When the Moneyed Classes Think They Are Going to Profit From It – Quote Investigator

 

[Stere]

Putin sends thermobaric rocket system to Ukraine as war intensifies | Daily Mail Online

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The Soviet-era TOS-1 Buratino fires fuel-air 'thermobaric' rockets which, when they explode, consume all oxygen in the...

 

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The indiscriminate weapon is very effective against people and lightly-armoured vehicles causing devastation within a 1,000ft diameter area. 

Russians describe the TOS-1 Buratino as a 'flamethrower' but military experts say it fires a 'wall of napalm towards its victims.