Wee-Bey Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Given the CIA's record, it's no surprise that some posters were dubious about a full scale invasion. Full credit to the spooks though for getting one 50/50 right, makes up for those non existant WMD's I guess. I mean, these are the guys that are currently claiming Cuban ray guns are giving them sore tummies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Dugina’s funeral is today. @Sergeant Wilson you going? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: @Sergeant Wilson you going? Alas no. I'll watch on the telly with a few individual steak pies and some Blue Riband biscuits. It's all about showing respect. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 4 hours ago, renton said: It's a signal intelligence aircraft. It'll have been sitting out there gathering radar signals, radio etc. Won't be doing photo gathering. That used to be high altitude or very fast aircraft but largely obsolete in the age of satellite imagery. The airframe is old, the equipment on board is fairly cutting edge. Yet, Rivet Joint has a nice ability to triangulate signals locations based upon its orbit length. So they’re just sitting out there cataloguing the radar locations, HQ’s, etc…hell, probably even cell phones of interest as identified by other “technical means”. It’s the basic reason that a HQ unit doesn’t locate its antennas close by…if they’re smart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 3 hours ago, The Other Foot said: Haven't you met my new world affairs advisor, Ihava Compromatfotosovu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Whoops.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 This is a take https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1561963305320779776?t=I2jb6QG8VUduk-FW5LKPWA&s=19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 It's certainly potentially doable but something a mother would have her 12 year old daughter tag along for? Shows how motivated the Ukrainians are right now if the answer is yes. Think there might be something to this as an explanation: Suspect it could easily be a few years before we find out for sure what really happened.9 and half hours I'm struggling to buy - but with 12 year old - no fucking way.Are we there yet?Are we there yet?... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I doubt Alexander Dugin was very popular with the Kremlin. This thread is worth a look. He suggests a Ribbentrop Pact 2.0, splitting Europe with Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 39 minutes ago, welshbairn said: He suggests a Ribbentrop Pact 2.0, splitting Europe with Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 My main feeling about Dugin is that I doubt Putin has spoken to a man with shoulder length hair or longer at any point in the 21st century. Even Seagal ditched the ponytail when he started hanging out in Moscow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Detournement said: My main feeling about Dugin is that I doubt Putin has spoken to a man with shoulder length hair or longer at any point in the 21st century. Even Seagal ditched the ponytail when he started hanging out in Moscow. I bet Patriarch Krill looks like a right hippy with his hat off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Normal. Unless ‘Russia’ and ‘empire’ are pronounced ‘babababa’ and ‘fphlfplhp’ in Russian, then I doubt the veracity of this statement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 33 minutes ago, The Other Foot said: Unless ‘Russia’ and ‘empire’ are pronounced ‘babababa’ and ‘fphlfplhp’ in Russian, then I doubt the veracity of this statement. It looks like how they spell it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Repeating the fantasyland stuff I see. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I'm not sure if "OK Vladimir, if you really want Crimea you can have it if you just pull your army home and leave us alone." would work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) The interesting note is that even if Russia holds onto Crimea, they have to find a way to replace the 90% of the water supply that Ukraine cut off after the 2014 invasion. Add to that the majority of the power supply into Crimea has historically been from Ukraine, the area is a millstone around Putin, and Russia’s, neck if Ukraine can fully control the head of the North Crimean Canal. Edited August 23, 2022 by TxRover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Britain certainly ain't close to blinking going by Heapey's interview on BBC this morning. Seems we are in this for the long term, basically we will back Ukraine militarily for as long as it takes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 7 hours ago, welshbairn said: I'm not sure if "OK Vladimir, if you really want Crimea you can have it if you just pull your army home and leave us alone." would work. All stirring stuff I'm sure. But meanwhile, back in the real world, the more that Ukraine's leaders harp on about revising the 2014 borders, the less likely that the European support they're relying on is to hold. None of their populations have yet signed up for a forever war over some post-Soviet possessions, and that's before the catastrophic energy prices kick in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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