butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Ta. That's the sort of answer i was after.
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Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Wiki reckons (with sources)that a handful of Tu-22M3's have been upgraded to carry guided bombs.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Cheers.
To slightly defend the Russians, their strategic bombers were built to lob cruise missiles, not overfly a target and drop on it. That said, unguided bombs and bombsights designed to 'aim' at city sized targets have no place in a war that has civilians within 500miles.
Not far off criminal.
To slightly defend the Russians, their strategic bombers were built to lob cruise missiles, not overfly a target and drop on it. That said, unguided bombs and bombsights designed to 'aim' at city sized targets have no place in a war that has civilians within 500miles.
Not far off criminal.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
you seem to be saying russian technology now less advanced than german tech of the 1940s
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Russian/Sov DA (ie the Tu-22/95/160 force) has always concentrated on air launched cruise missiles, mainly the Kh-55 family, and have almost zero PGM capability. They went the ALCM route as a) they didn't fancy their chances in contested airspace and b) lack of access to cheap, high quality digital electronics necessary for US style laser/GPS guided weapons.
That also holds true for the more modern a/c they have in theater. In every picture you see of a Strike Flanker in Syria that's on its way to bomb anybody but ISIS it's loaded with dumb unguided FAB-500s. They're probably dropping them by dead reckoning.
As to why they've brought the Blinder/Backjack/Bear to the fight now - it's simple. They've exhausted the logistics tail for Su-34/24 ops so if they want to keep stepping up to the ockey this is the only way. Operation Syrian Freedom has stretched the Russian armed forces to their absolute limits eg they've recently had to buy 8 cargo ships urgently for the "Syria Express" Novorossysk to Tartus run.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
32 dead, 80 injured in Nigeria market blast
Boko haram have pledged allegiance to ISIS and are now,'wilayat gharb afriqiyya' its not confirmed this bomb is them but it probably is
Boko haram have pledged allegiance to ISIS and are now,'wilayat gharb afriqiyya' its not confirmed this bomb is them but it probably is
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Yes they are now part of Daesh and have been for ages.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
They've killed near 20 000 - that's staggering.
not-bono-ever
meh
I am in abkhazia at the min. the russian telly news in the cafe I am in is running a two minute propaganda video of russian planes and ships cut with scenes of bombing IS , to a soundtrack of thrash metal about every half hour so so.like a trailer of a call of duty release.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it quite possibly is a trailer for the russian call of duty release
not-bono-ever
meh
deleted. sorry
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
You can read the report at Vision of Humanity
2hats
Dust.
Notes lack of reports of QRA intercepts of Russian aircraft loitering off NW Europe since mid September...
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
if i work it out correctly, the deployment of the BACKFIRE and BLACKJACK bombers is at least half Russias' entire fleet of airworthy strategic bombers. it will be interesting to see how long they can keep up a tempo of operations and what that will mean for their ability to mount operations in a less permissive environment...
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Interesting find.
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
Unlikely seemingly many, I have a bit of a soft spot for Graeber. However, as already stressed this is just nonsense.
Which he is now repeating to a bigger audience
Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it? | David Graeber
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
John Cantlie appears in the new issue of their mag. Rather not type the name of it.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it's all in the mirror ISIS may be willing to enter a TRUCE with the West
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Don't think they're going to get their truce.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no indeed.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Two charts reveal the true extent of terrorism around the world
Link to the report in the article which is worth a read. According to the article Boko Haram (now wilayat gharb afriqiya of Daesh) killed more people than daesh. In total over 32000 people were killed by terrorists last year an 80% increase on the previous year. The majority of terrorist attacks are in just five countries, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Link to the report in the article which is worth a read. According to the article Boko Haram (now wilayat gharb afriqiya of Daesh) killed more people than daesh. In total over 32000 people were killed by terrorists last year an 80% increase on the previous year. The majority of terrorist attacks are in just five countries, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan
camouflage
gaslit at scale.
butchersapron calling this utter nonsense caught my eye, so I went and read the article, having done so... surprise surprise no- not utter nonsense at all. If you think it is then please expand on what part of Graebers article you think is rubbish?
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