mosssideblue
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Wonder what remaining stockpiles they have
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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BlueAnorak
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Oh still quite a lot. They are however now seriously digging into the barrel that supplies them for a widescale WW3 war.
Probably another 6 weeks at this rate before things start to dry up.
It's shit or bust I think.
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gordondaviesmoustache
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It really is despe4tion time given the hugely limited effect these missiles are presently having. In fact, if anything, they will be increasing Ukrainian morale such is their impotence.
Far from being I’ll, he’s alive and kicking.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus” will be given nuclear weapons, days after confirming the transfer of some tactical nuclear weapons from Moscow to Minsk had begun.
Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made the comments in an on-camera interview released Sunday on the state-run Russia 1 channel.
During the interview, Lukashenko said, “no one minds Kazakhstan and other countries having the same close relations that we have with the Russian Federation.”
“It’s very simple,” he added. “Join the Union State of Belarus and Russia. That’s all: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone.”
edition.cnn.com
*He won’t ever use the nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus as he knows Belarus and it‘s people will be wiped out in a counter strike.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus” will be given nuclear weapons, days after confirming the transfer of some tactical nuclear weapons from Moscow to Minsk had begun.
Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made the comments in an on-camera interview released Sunday on the state-run Russia 1 channel.
During the interview, Lukashenko said, “no one minds Kazakhstan and other countries having the same close relations that we have with the Russian Federation.”
“It’s very simple,” he added. “Join the Union State of Belarus and Russia. That’s all: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone.”
Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing 'to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus' | CNN
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus” will be given nuclear weapons, days after confirming the transfer of some tactical nuclear weapons from Moscow to Minsk had begun.
edition.cnn.com
*He won’t ever use the nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus as he knows Belarus and it‘s people will be wiped out in a counter strike.
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Strategic bombing always had had the reverse effect to that intended.
The blitz on the UK. The much bigger bombing campaign is Germany later in the war.
The victims just stuck together and resisted.
V1s had an effect to begin with but once they could be counted it diminished.
V2s had a bad effect because explosions just happened but when radar can detect incoming and sirens and they can be intercepted, not so much.
He wont. These are tactical nukes in any case, Battlefield weapons.
Nah it’s just prodding and proving the air defences to see if there are gaps - they still have a tonne to spew unfortunately.
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I do think its just a matter of time before russia do use nukes. They wont go big they always go where the lines are blurred. Tactical nuke or a nuke fired by / from another country or rogue commander such as the Wgner group. And for that reason I am glad that Biden is in. Trump, and De Santis (From what I know so far), are more worried about losing face than they are about seeing the bigger picture.
I do wonder what the US would do if russia used nukes in the battlefield. Or if accidentally blew up a nuclear power plant.
I do wonder what the US would do if russia used nukes in the battlefield. Or if accidentally blew up a nuclear power plant.
I think the allies bombing of nazi Germany had an effect. It forced large diversion of labour (slaves, pow’s etc) to make new factories in mines/concrete shelters, with also diversion of time and materials to design and create.
That labour, time and materials would have been capable of producing more equipment, if they hadn’t been forced out from the unprotected factories by the bombing.
As for the ‘terror’ indiscriminate bombing of cities, then they’ll be collateral damage to infrastructure (especially transportation), which need repairs/replacing…. But as you say the affect of such widespread bombing on civilians is a bit more harder to quantify.
The V1 was probably initially a shock, but various tactics by the allies:
interception by fast planes, and then wing tipping it to disrupt the V1’s gyroscope sending it into a dive.
reporting that London hits were happening north of the capital, so the Nazi’s reprogrammed them, so they fell short of London.
…countered their potential.
The V2 was probably more of a terror threat, as no warnings possible. Luckily there weren’t many (see bombing above) and the allies were advancing rapidly towards Germany at that point.