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Questy , 8 days ago

It is huge, they aren't shit by any stretch. They can be defeated through tactics and technology, just like western defense systems. If there is an expectation of operating F-16 and Mirage 2000 in the combat area, these air defences need to be degraded. A SCALP missile streaking along at 75M altitude, supported by MALD electronic decoys, under the cover of 20-30 drones, with a few Neptune cruise missiles to soak up interceptors is far more likely to defeat an S-400 battery than a two-ship of F-16 operating within 80km of the front.

Questy , 12 days ago

Ghostrider, kill confirmed.

Questy , 13 days ago

Was he ok?

Questy , 13 days ago

It is tedious AF to have the enemy on the allied council.

Questy , 15 days ago

Hey man, nice shot.

Questy , 26 days ago

Maybe if Ukraine could get their hands on some Palestinians, then they could parachute a few of them in at the target location first to get Biden excited about bombing. It seems to work elsewhere.

Questy , 27 days ago

The airborne radar is very huge. Please please let's follow up with Gripen and Meteor. Nothing like watching orcs eat missiles at 200km. (Wishful thinking but still)

Questy , 1 month ago

They're not really silent, they are threatening sanctions against the ICC, have come out strongly against the request for warrants, have clarified that killing Gazan civilians cannot be equated to killing Israeli civilians, and are considering inviting Netanyahu to speak to Congress in defiance of the rule of law. I suppose that's silence maybe?

Questy , 1 month ago

Just keeping my fingers crossed for Gripens slinging Meteors at flying orcs.

Questy , 1 month ago

While he obviously didn't decide on the strategy of genocide being pursued by the Israeli state, it is very disingenuous to say he hasn't provided important political, economic, and material support for Israel. It has been rough watching America from next door. I have always understood that MAGA is unable to confront the reality of Trumps profound insuitability for public office, or general public interaction. It's rough seeing that there is a similar level of intentional blindness on the other side as well. It may well be that voting for Biden is a grim necessity to slow the descent into dictatorship, but honestly, pretending his role as an enabler for genocide isn't obvious, is pretty foolish.

Questy , 1 month ago

Turns out the Lada MRAP isn't quite as well protected as the Senator.

Questy , 1 month ago

More than 1000 have been supplied to Ukraine, they can soak some vehicle losses. That's what they're built for.

Questy , 1 month ago

"Engineer who found helium leak found dead"

Questy , 1 month ago

"That's it Israel, I've had it up to here with all this ethnic cleansing. Now you take this shipment of bombs and think about what you've done."

Questy , 1 month ago

NATO really needs a revision to allow it to remove a member.

Questy , 1 month ago

That whole pack of orcs scurrying clear was too bad, that would have been a nice tally!

Questy , 1 month ago

Russia has made a lot of arguments about history and security to justify the invasion of Ukraine. Personally, I don't think they have a leg to stand on.

Questy , 1 month ago

Nice, you fixed it Ivan!

Questy , 1 month ago

The crab, damn.

Questy , 1 month ago

I don't think the protests would be happening if the current administration wasn't providing significant assistance in the acts of genocide being perpetrated by Israel. I'm very glad I'm not American, faced with voting for an evil man who has deep connections to genocide to prevent an evil man who will accelerate the course of the country into fascism. I am however a little concerned that my country is on the same continent.

Questy , 2 months ago

The preamble of the article clarifies that documents showing that his advisors told him if he kept the documents he would be charged, have been unsealed. The obvious importance being that he cannot use the defence of, "Who knew?!"

Questy , 2 months ago

Secretly supplied is an interesting take. The Ukrainians officially released video of them launching ATACMS hours after the airbase in Crimea was hit. I'm some jackass on the internet and had heard from multiple sources that the system was arriving. Poor headlines aside, definitely a good system, though it doesn't increase strike range over Scalp/Stormshadow, it just adds another way to hit. That's handy, I'm sure the numbers will be tiny though, it's pretty overpriced for what it is.

Questy , 2 months ago

It is so damaging to this type of pressure for the US to continue supporting Israel regardless of the frequency and severity of their crimes against humanity. It lets Chinese officials know that it's coldy related to spheres of influence, morals and legality aren't a factor. It's not surprising they act as such.

Questy , 2 months ago

As a Canadian I don't have to deal with it directly, but I don't think I could cast a vote for Biden. Downvotes on these posts are strange to me. From outside the US it's obvious that while Israel bears primary responsibility for the ongoing ethnic cleansing, it likely wouldn't have developed so completely without the material, economic, and political support of the Biden administration. Simply telling a group that, sure this guy is cool with the elimination of your people and is willing to help, but the other guy is a threat to our system... well it's pretty rich to expect that group to suck it up.

Questy , 2 months ago

I definitely understand the dynamics of that, and how policy and morality make center left voters more fractious than the right, who vote on dogma. What I was trying to say, is that were I an American, I would very much struggle to give my vote to someone who is pretty clearly a part of the process of atrocity and genocide. It's a cold decision to have to make. Do I choose an accessory to one of humanities worst crimes, or another who would also commit that crime, as well as presenting further risks of accelerating the path of America toward becoming Iran, but with a cross instead of a crescent.

I'm glad I'm not American, but I think I live way too close right now.

Questy , 2 months ago

Ukrainians: "Fucking seriously?"

Bizarre that the US is immediately involved militarily to defend an occupying state currently and historically prone to atrocities against civilians. They seem so reticent to help an occupied state exercising great restraint in conforming to the rules of war, despite being victims of aggression and atrocity.

Perhaps Ukraine needs to make a totally reasonable argument like, "all Russian children grow into Russian soldiers." They could start bombing schools and hospitals, the Americans seem to admire that. Could lead to them helping to intercept Russian missiles and drones.

Obviously I'm not going to advocate for any needless killing of civilians on any side. Imagine being a historian trying to figure out what the moral compass of our governments were though, it's pretty much spinning at this point.

Questy , 2 months ago

Jawless execution!

Questy , 2 months ago

I prefer that they carry on showcasing the difference between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, by applying rule of law and respect for Human rights within their system.

Questy , 2 months ago

Now that article 5 has entered the chat, Gripen watch is back on. What I'd love to see is a more standardized situation where, instead of scrounging some F16s, we see a procurement contract. Would be a shiver down the collective Russian spine if they announce that Gripen E is the new mainline jet of the Ukrainian air force, and that deliveries will start Soon™. It has connotations. These aren't a loan, they're not a gift. We bought them, they're Ukrainian, and you may just see them flying sorties over Russia. 120 airframes with sustainment and weaponry, some tasty Meteor missiles sprinkled in.

Probably wishful thinking, but you never know.

Questy , 2 months ago

Unfortunately that option has never been tested against a nuclear weapons state. That makes a huge difference. Iraq was a powerful regional military when they invaded Kuwait, a coalition of forces promptly rocked up and slapped the empire building off their face.

When Russia invaded Ukraine the situation was similar in every way but one, Russia can respond to a catastrophic battlefield outcome with nuclear escalation.

Israel both has nuclear capacity and has very little strategic depth. Whatever doctrinal tripwire they use to determine the deployment scenario for their nuclear deterrent could quickly be reached, meaning that moving in force to end the genocide is functionally impossible.

Currently we would be able to tell that our governments are actively trying to intervene if we see sanctions starting to appear. Right now the Whitehouse can say what they want to damage control the situation, the US is actively providing political, economic, and material support to the activities of the IDF. If that stops, then you know they are trying to do something, until then, keep protesting.

Questy , 3 months ago

While I'm sure folks appreciate the context, I think the appropriate response to this post is, "Too soon."

That said, I would very highly recommend the Fall of Civilizations documentary.

Questy , 3 months ago

I agree and support calling out human rights violations and atrocities. So US, do you have any other current tourist locations you'd like to add to the list? Or stop providing material, economic, and political support for?

Questy , 3 months ago

A profoundly unhealthy industry.

Questy , 3 months ago

It's worthwhile considering the effect of a russian victory. Look at the effect 1.6 million Syrian refugees had on the EU. They fueled exit movements in multiple nations, which Brexit quieted down. They pushed far right parties to the forefront, damaged cohesion and threatened the Union. What would 6 or 7 million pissed off, betrayed, often veteran, Ukrainian refugees do to the cohesion of the EU? It's not a war that Ukraine would lose alone. France is showing the urgency of response the entire democratic world needs to show.

Questy , 3 months ago

Should put some hustle under that two state solution. Pretty soon one state will just be a genocide memorial in a dirt lot surrounded by Israeli settlements.

Questy , 3 months ago

This looks like MLRS impact, definitely too small for JDAM, even with a 500lbs configuration. Nice hits though.

Questy , 4 months ago

Probably automatically deployed along with chaff. Just dropping everything. There was an initial explosion in the upper right of the video. Might have shaken the first missile. Fortunately the operator remembered to double tap 😉

Questy , 4 months ago

If you steal enough cars that you can strip a part from each of them to assemble a new car, should it be marketable? No, the answer is obviously no.

Questy , 5 months ago

This is the continuation of settled policy on Taiwan. It is not an internationally recognised nation, it is an autonomous territory within China. Declaring support for independence would be escalatory language from the US and could harm efforts within Taiwan to move in that direction domestically. It would allow the CCP to further push the narrative of foreign interference while lessening the focus on the actual desires of the Taiwanese voters. It's a very complicated situation compared to something like Ukraine.