JimW
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Training's more thorough at McDonald's. Including combat.
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
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Raheem
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McDonald's are not usually interested in your white goods, though.
Yes, I was just wondering about the McDonald's values thing.
Anarchist support in Ukraine, supply lines, fuel shortages, fascists and cops.
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Enough 14 -War diary from Ukraine [Part 1]: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ukraine. Saturday, April 30, 2022. "Do you have any weapons or drugs with you?" No. "Although... actually, weapons wouldn't be bad at all."
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keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
I'm reminded of Stewart Lee's Carphone Warehouse sketch.
gosub
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It was the opposite of a deterance. As Dreadnoughts rendered existing fleets ineffective it was throwing away the deterance that came from RNs policy of be bigger than the next 2 navies combined. (not sure how that's applicable to Ukraine and nuclear arsenals)
A380
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Not really achieved with the battle wagons though.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
ah but the fear of the battle wagons kept the german surface fleet ashore apart from the scrap at jutland
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not sure you should be sharing pictures of dom traynor
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
As deterrence it failed because there was still a war.
As a strategic weapon, it was brilliant. Germany was immediately blockaded, and only once in the entire war did they give a serious try at breaking the blockade.
Where it fell down is that the Grand Fleet could have been much more useful, but the Admiralty was terrified of losing too many hyper-expensive weapons. So it ended up being nothing more than the German HSF was - a fleet in being, doing nothing. It hardly seemed worth the cost for the effect it had. 100 more cruisers instead of dreadnoughts could effect the blockade just as well, and be cheaper to boot.
As a strategic weapon, it was brilliant. Germany was immediately blockaded, and only once in the entire war did they give a serious try at breaking the blockade.
Where it fell down is that the Grand Fleet could have been much more useful, but the Admiralty was terrified of losing too many hyper-expensive weapons. So it ended up being nothing more than the German HSF was - a fleet in being, doing nothing. It hardly seemed worth the cost for the effect it had. 100 more cruisers instead of dreadnoughts could effect the blockade just as well, and be cheaper to boot.
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Who'd have thought it, turns out Putin doesn't have an issue with NATO expansion after all. He could have saved himself a lot of bother if he'd admitted that three months ago
ruffneck23
front left
I really hope that is true.
His generals have probably told him 'Well, we cant get Ukraine, what hope do we have with the the Scandinavians?'
His generals have probably told him 'Well, we cant get Ukraine, what hope do we have with the the Scandinavians?'
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Or just "Past caring, boss."
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
The FT Moscow correspondent has it here. I don't speak Russian so can't comment
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
ruffneck23
front left
I wanted to post it in the meme thread but I cant find it atm.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Who is this guy, and why is Tass focusing on his reaction (taken from the clip above)?
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Looks like Kyrgyzstan's president Sadyr Zhaparov.
Cid
Proper break this time
The broad translation of this recent sabre rattling seems to be 'if you move things towards the border, we will also do that'. It seems pretty empty. Putin knows NATO is precisely zero threat to him directly, and that he can do precisely fuck all to Finland in any case... It's just they've all got to sound the right notes to keep the whole facade propped up.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Not so sure, this article suggests there's a range of issues Turkey, NATO, and the Ukraine war: Why Erdogan’s grievances are about more than Sweden and Finland
Cid
Proper break this time
He has dug in. Although you're still entirely right of course, all things changeable. But as pickman's notes above there are some fairly deep issues here. Over to the other thread for this.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
I am not a fan of his, but its hard to argue with quite a lot of that (if those are his views) - even the PKK/SDF one, which the US and Turkey are probably never going to agree on but which could be managed with the right level of leadership diplomatic activity.
Instead though there is a noticeable absence of that level of diplomatic activity, as there is with more than a few countries. I know he is old but Biden really does need to start on the humble pie now.
David Clapson
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With Ukraine predicting that Russia will be defeated around August, I was wondering whether some of the Azovstal defenders might hold out until then, and emerge victorious. Maybe they could be kept going with air-dropped supplies?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
The UA were doing that at an earlier point with some helicopters low in off the sea, had to put a stop to it after the RU discovered their little wheeze. I think they lost at least one helicopter.
Azovstal is miles behind the lines now and surrounded by thousands of RU troops, anything coming in by air would be hugely vulnerable. The Russians have made some massive boo boos but they're not without the ability to shoot down lots of stuff, especially slow moving transport.
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