Russian invasion of Ukraine

[jagfox]

2 hours ago, ICTChris said:

The US has said they are paying for 45 T-72 tanks to be refitted in Czechs and shipped to Ukraine. The Netherlands are going to pay for 45 as well. The Ukrainians have been asking for tanks for a good while.

 

Something like 18000 tanks in NATO. The drip drip just to keep the war going? They've probably received more from battlefield acquisitions than from their "allies".

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

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Ukraine war: Putin allows former prisoners to be conscripted

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[TxRover]

1 hour ago, jagfox said:

Something like 18000 tanks in NATO. The drip drip just to keep the war going? They've probably received more from battlefield acquisitions than from their "allies".

Numbers from early October were 440+ MBTs and 630+ other armored vehicles captured. Captured equipment now exceeds 50% of Ukrainian armor totals.

[LongTimeLurker]

My money is on this being deliberate. Too bad they didn't add Putin huilo in cyrillic on their way over to Cyprus.

[bennett]

47 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said:

My money is on this being deliberate. Too bad they didn't add Putin huilo in cyrillic on their way over to Cyprus.

 

Throbber kept his military career quite. 

[Detournement]

Big fat Kim spitting facts. 

[TxRover]

1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said:

My money is on this being deliberate. Too bad they didn't add Putin huilo in cyrillic on their way over to Cyprus.

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

[The Other Foot]

28 minutes ago, TxRover said:

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

1 hour ago, bennett said:

 

Throbber kept his military career quite. 

One eyed snakes on a plane.

[TxRover]

Interesting details on some smart munitions…seems Russian tankers are now abandoning their tanks when they come under artillery fire…

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20221105.aspx

[Sergeant Wilson]

11 hours ago, TxRover said:

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

Well, that's how you or I would do it...

[Hillonearth]

11 hours ago, TxRover said:

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

Plus the pilot never did the classic three pubes on either side of the balls.

 

[ICTChris]

Thread of satellite images showing Russian defensive preparations on the east bank of the Dnieper river.

 

[Cosmic Joe]

12 hours ago, TxRover said:

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

[Bairnardo]

Betting against deliberate. A KC-135 in a refueling track can only adjust flight speed a certain amount, and if an aircraft needing to refuel is entering the refueling track out of sync with the tanker, a common maneuver for the tanker is a wide circle that is adjusted to have the tanker roll out about 3-5 miles in front of the refueling aircraft. A normal oval refueling track is flown with left hand turns, to make the turns to the Captain’s side…the wide circle to the SE corner would be a wide circle with the re-entry to the track occurring with the Captain having a good view of the inbound aircraft they were joining with. The SW circle could be a need to fuel a joined aircraft for an extra couple of minutes while not dragging it away from its break off point, as the following left turn would potentially result in poor vision of a joining aircraft coming from the south.

This is why we can't have nice things.

[LongTimeLurker]

Interesting take on what is happening on the right bank of the Dniepr around Kherson:

 

[Theroadlesstravelled]

18 hours ago, Detournement said:

Big fat Kim spitting facts. 

 

Grandpa Joe getting up from his rocking chair and completely bodying China, Russia and the other BRICS nations’ multi year plan for a new financial world order by fooling Putin into a farcical invasion of Ukraine is my new favourite fact.

Praise for Biden must be tough from a deep state theorist, MAGA hero like Fat Kimmy.

[TxRover]

7 hours ago, ICTChris said:

Thread of satellite images showing Russian defensive preparations on the east bank of the Dnieper river.

 

Interesting tactic…doubt it’ll work. They seem to be committing a number of troops to static defensive positions, in a location with supply issues. I’d expect the Ukrainians to finish the drive to the Dnipro and then leave enough force to fix those static Russian forces and then move to cut the Russian land supply route to those forces.

A push south from Velyko Novosilka or so would drive toward Mariupol and threaten Russian supply lines, without needing to cross any major rivers or marshes. It would require the Russians to commit their mobile (trained) reserves to blunt the attack and prevent them from planning and executing any counteroffensives. There is current a 60 mile wide Russian occupied corridor, that’s it. If the Ukrainians can gain even 30 miles, the primary land supply route to Russia’s western forces will be subject to continuous interdiction, and even now the SMART artillery shells could be used to hit convoys, but only at the risk of howitzers very close to the front lines. If they cut that supply line, all the dug in troops will be reliant upon supplies delivered via a damaged bridge and ferries.

[Silvio Tattiescone]

Not sure I'd be keen on sitting in static positions in an era of smart munitions and drones. Loads of videos showing drones dropping grenades into Russian foxholes with predictable results. 

[jagfox]

When did Russia become all religious?