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Ukraine downs two Russian military command and reconnaissance planes in huge blow for Putin
Daily Mail ^ | 1/15/2024 | PERKIN AMALARAJ and WILL STEWART

Posted on 01/15/2024 5:16:12 AM PST by marcusmaximus

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Downed A-50 pilots were found near Berdyansk, their frozen remains lying in the snow.

Shot down late Sunday, inside an airplane, and early Monday their remains are found, outside, in the snow, frozen.

All sounds plausible to me.

41 posted on 01/15/2024 7:35:15 AM PST by AndyJackson
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A Russian SU-34 had to take evasive measures...

Easy for a fighter.

Not so easy for an A-50.

Hopefully, russia will ground all their Su-34s and the Kerch bridge attack can proceed as planned.

42 posted on 01/15/2024 7:39:43 AM PST by FtrPilot
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The Ukrainian Southern Defense Forces showed a video, presumably from the last flight of the A-50 which was downed over the Sea of Azov.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1746868196299227597


43 posted on 01/15/2024 7:41:13 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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WIKI

The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Soviet airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 “Moss”, the A-50 first flew in 1978. Its existence was revealed to the Western Bloc in 1978 by Adolf Tolkachev. It entered service in 1985, with about 40 produced by 1992.

Primary users Russian Aerospace Forces
Indian Air Force
Produced 1978–1992
Number built ~40 (8 active)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_A-50


44 posted on 01/15/2024 7:48:20 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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45 posted on 01/15/2024 7:48:27 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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Tell Russia to leave Ukraine.


46 posted on 01/15/2024 7:50:26 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Such a powerful blast that the plane starts flying backwards. Love it!


47 posted on 01/15/2024 7:52:14 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: FtrPilot

“the Kerch bridge attack can proceed as planned.”

I’m sure the Russians have cargo ships and ferries.


48 posted on 01/15/2024 7:53:26 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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“Tell Russia to leave Ukraine.”

IKR.

The side that supports an illegal invasion of a sovereign country and the subsequent rape and destruction of said country calls the side supporting those defending themselves “bloodthirsty”. Seems like an extreme case of projection to me.


49 posted on 01/15/2024 8:09:56 AM PST by funwithfood
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50 posted on 01/15/2024 8:13:42 AM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is a new day.)
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—”Ukraine appears to be preparing to launch a big Storm Shadow attack on Kerch”

To protect Putin’s favorite bridge, Massive defenses, both ends and the middle.

“Listen, put everything you’ve got into those two sectors and you can’t miss.”
From a famous military strategist.

Minor problem.
The Storm Shadow carries less than 1,000 pounds of HE. Could make another hole in the roadway, not enough for a pylon.


51 posted on 01/15/2024 8:37:11 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: FtrPilot

Looks like Forte11 turned off its transponder.


52 posted on 01/15/2024 8:37:43 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: bimboeruption
Mother Russia.


54 posted on 01/15/2024 8:54:51 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: dennisw

DEI rearranged is DIE.

Very appropriate as today the woke movement is pushing hiring more pilots of color and gender. They sat pilots are too WM.

Personally I kind of like hiring pilots based on ability, skin color ignored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FSb5EyO-c


55 posted on 01/15/2024 9:19:59 AM PST by Phoenix8
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>Mother Russia.<

Or it could be a representation of a “home” for homeless Vets here in the US.

Or, if you swapped out the white people for blacks, it could be Detroit.

Or, if you swapped out some of the white people, and replaced them with darker skinned people, it could be any major city in the US.


56 posted on 01/15/2024 9:20:07 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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All of the marxist based ideologies, like communism, socialism, etc., are innately authoritarian, deny human nature and kill the spirit no matter where they are found.

It’s all Satan’s stuff, obviously, since by its fruit, the tree is known.

As are these times we live in, too, making this a very good time to make friends with Jesus and then constantly stay in touch with Him.

57 posted on 01/15/2024 10:15:40 AM PST by GBA (Endeavor to persevere. Onward through the fog …)
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YouCrayne Propaganda is such a good laugh.


58 posted on 01/15/2024 11:41:26 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: funwithfood

Diversity liberation

Suicide crusade crazies

Proxy war patsies

Gog usa

Magog nato

Rev 13


59 posted on 01/15/2024 12:00:36 PM PST by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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>All of the marxist based ideologies, like communism, socialism, etc., are innately authoritarian, deny human nature and kill the spirit no matter where they are found.

It’s all Satan’s stuff, obviously, since by its fruit, the tree is known.

As are these times we live in, too, making this a very good time to make friends with Jesus and then constantly stay in touch with Him. <

Karl Marx: “Communism begins where atheism begins.”

Christianity and communism and are incompatible. They represent diametrically opposed ways of looking at the world and transforming the world.

Communism leaves out God and Christ. The zenith of communism is the State.

The methodologies of communism are diametrically opposed to Christianity. To a commie, there is no absolute moral order, or fixed, immutable principles. Force, violence, murder, and lying are all justifiable means to their goal.

In 1985, I spent 2 weeks in East Berlin and 3 weeks in Romania. The Wall was still in place and Romania was under the iron fist of Dictator Ceausescu.

It was the most horrible trip of my life. The people lived in poverty; they had no happiness, nothing to live for. They walked the streets wearing drab clothing, with their heads down...no one making eye contact. There were finks everywhere. I couldn’t wait to leave.

As Billy Graham wrote in the August 1954 edition of The American Mercury:

“Has it ever occurred to you that the Devil is a religious leader and millions are worshipping at his shrine today? … The name of this present-day religion is Communism… The Devil is their god, Marx their prophet, Lenin their saint and Malenkov their high priest. Denying their faith in all ideologies, except their religion of revolution, these diabolically-inspired men seek in devious and various ways to convert a peaceful world to their doctrine of death and destruction.”


60 posted on 01/15/2024 12:07:00 PM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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