Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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đ¨ NATO âNOT READYâ TO FACE RUSSIA WITHOUT U.S. BACKUP?!
Latvia, Estonia, and Finland are blunt: NATO canât handle Russia solo.
Latvia's President, Edgars Rinkevics:
"We are not ready. Thatâs absolutely clear.
We canât keep simply hoping for a situation where the US remains⌠pic.twitter.com/GtVs43qz3Mâ Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 25, 2024
Putting the combat system in "automatic" is a little more complicated than that. There are two sets of keys, one at the Tactical Action Officer (TAO) station and one at the Missile System Supervisor (MSS) station. Both the "Fire Inhibit Switch" and "Remote Launch Enable" keys must be inserted and turned. On top of that, a doctrine statement that enables fully autonomous firing must be enabled. This doctrine is enabled by the Combat System Coordinator (CSC), and when such a doctrine statement is activated, several key watch standers, including the TAO, get an audible and visual alert.
When a watch stander has to leave his console, another watch stander takes his "submode", or in some cases moves to his console to cover his responsibilities. For instance, when the Radar System Supervisor had to leave CIC, I would operate the SPY-1B radar until he returned, with the TAO being informed.
As for why there were 2 missiles, there are 2 possibilities.
1. The second missile was fired at the F-18 that was several miles behind the first one.
2. The system was configured to fire a salvo size of two against ASCMs.
As you said, this F-18 was conducting a refueling mission. It was definitely friendly fire that brought it down. We don't know all of the details. We don't know who designated the F-18 a hostile missile track. It could have been another unit operating within the Battle Group's data link, like an E-2C or even a USAF aircraft. Whatever happened, it was all recorded, and that data is already at the Pentagon.
Foreign military review.
580 square kilometers will come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces after the complete clearing of the Kurakhovo bridgehead. The Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to hold such a piece of territory. NATO analysts compare it to the Kursk⌠https://t.co/hmeMritHLO pic.twitter.com/KFMEUTSk5Gâ -- GEROMAN -- time will tell - đ -- (@GeromanAT) December 27, 2024
Sticking with dyke fight as the cause.
“NATO canât handle Russia solo.”
Turkey could. Poland probably could.
France has already burned Moscow once before.
NATO would make short work of what is left of the Russian Military. Thousands of missile strikes, and thousands of aircraft sorties, in the opening days - if it went that long.
Remember. As soon as Russia enters Dnipro oblast, Dnipro oblast will become part of Russia, as Zaporiya, Kherson, Luhansk and Donetskâ Velikiye Luki 14.0 (@velikiye77830) December 27, 2024
The usual knows this, maybe Ukraine can pay for some North Korea. Mercs, seems kim is no different than putinđ
Not mercenaries, North Korean army troops sent by the government.
They are mercs because Putin is paying Kim for the bodies is my point
That doesn’t make the North Korean soldiers mercs, they remain legal soldiers, not mercenaries.
BREAKING: According to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the State Department spent $4,840,082 on influencers to promote pro-Ukraine, anti-Russian talking points on social media. They additionally paid $15,220 on an "influencers event" and another $22,231 on a "USAID Social Media Influencers Campaign."
pic.twitter.com/Vt0DUnE36Gâ Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 28, 2024
Nearly one million innocent Ukrainians have dΚed because paid social media influencers took bribes. I am so proud that I and others stood in the breach for the past 2.5 years and fought their propaganda.
Interesting report about the plane crash across the Caspian Sea here and at comment #9993. So far today I saw no mention of the Kadyrov/Putin connection on the US MSM or on public TV news reports. Here is another FR link reporting the accident.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4286709/posts
North Korean forces are continuing to experience high casualty rates amid recent confirmation of the first captured North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast. White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby stated on December 27 that North Korean forces suffered around 1,000 casualties over the past week in Kursk Oblast (roughly December 20 to 27) and that the Russian command is using â and North Korean authorities are permitting Russia to use â lower and higher-ranking North Korean soldiers in infantry-led assaults without armored vehicle support.[5] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on December 23 that over 3,000 North Korean personnel have been killed or wounded in Kursk Oblast, roughly a fourth of the 12,000 total reported North Korean personnel in Kursk Oblast.[6] South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed on December 26, following consultations with Ukrainian intelligence, that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) captured a wounded North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast and Ukrainian sources posted images allegedly showing the captured North Korean soldier.[7] ISW is unable to verify the images, however.
Finnish authorities seized the Russian-owned Eagle S crude oil tanker on suspicion that the vessel was recently involved in damaging undersea electricity and telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea but noted that it is too soon to conclude that Russia is behind the cable disruptions. Finnish authorities seized the Russian-owned Eagle S crude oil tanker traveling from St. Petersburg to Egypt in the Gulf of Finland on December 26 on suspicion of the vessel's potential involvement in damaging the Estlink 2 electricity cable, which transports electricity between Estonia and Finland, and several other telecommunication cables between Finland, Estonia, and Germany on December 25.[16] Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced on December 25 that Finland had opened an investigation into the source of the damage, which significantly reduced the cable's capacity.[17] Orpo stated on December 26 that it is too early in the investigation to conclude that Russia is behind the cable disruptions.[18] Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal stated during a news conference on December 26 that cable repairs will take months to complete.[19] Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur announced on December 27 that Estonia deployed naval patrols to protect the Estlink 1 undersea cable and that Estonia will consult with NATO military officials.[20] NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke with Finnish President Alex Stubb on December 27 about the ongoing investigation into potential sabotage of the cables and announced that NATO will consequently enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea.[21] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on December 27 on Finland's detention of the tanker.[22] A source reportedly familiar with the tanker and who provided commercial maritime services to the tanker as recently as seven months ago told shipping news outlet Lloyd's List on December 27 that the tanker is equipped with transmitting and receiving devices that enabled the tanker to monitor and record the radio frequencies of NATO ships and aircraft operating in the area.[23] The source further claimed that Russian authorities offloaded the devices for analysis upon reaching Russia and that the Kremlin is deploying Russian-linked merchant ships to the Baltic Sea for spying and sabotage activities.
Russian federal subjects (regions) are continuing to increase the value of enlistment bonuses to incentivize military recruitment. Samara Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev announced December 26 that the region is offering a 3.6 million ruble ($34,000) enlistment bonus for each recruit interested in signing a Russian military service contract between January 1, 2025 and February 1, 2025.[89] Samara Oblast recently increased one-time enlistment bonus from 1.2 million rubles ($11,357) to two million rubles ($18,912) in October 2024, and these frequent financial increases likely indicate that Samara Oblast is facing challenges to recruit personnel.[90]
Ukrainian outlet Informatsiynyi Soprotyv (Informational Resistance) reported on December 27 that Russian forces have been using 122mm â ZOF56IM1-1 artillery ammunition since 2023 that resemble 122mm high-explosive fragmentation ammunition for Chinese-made Type 96 howitzers.[93] Informatsiynyi Soprotyv noted that the Russian ammunition is similar the shape, color, and shell boxes of Chinese-made ammunition. US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters on September 10 that Beijing was supplying Moscow with unspecified components that unambiguously support Russia's military in exchange for access to advanced Russian military technology.[94]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-27-2024
I recommend listening to those free Syrians commenting on Ukraine. This is how the ingredients of an organically grown alliance look like. Russian aggression has truly unified those two peoples.
https://x.com/Tendar/status/1872687765282013431
4min video
I was trying to keep my version PG rated -- could have gone with any number of spicier scenarios. đ
I'm sure it is and have no reason to doubt your description of how things are supposed to work.
What actually happened is anybody's guess right now -- at least anybody without a serious need to know.
My guess is a combination of systems' failure and human error, and at this point anybody can fill in the blanks with whatever story seems most realistic or quaint.
I'm saying a trip to the head is a PG rated version, but it could be almost anything -- from a shift change to PIF's suggestion of "dyke fight", anything that might distract or confuse the equipment & operators from being able to distinguish Friend from Foe.
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In July, Lloyd's List reported the serious deficiencies on Eagle S that compromised environmental and crew safety, and underscored the poor maintenance and absence of adherence to regulatory and technical standards for the wider dark fleet.
The source has since provided additional information, telling Lloyd's List that an unauthorised person, who was not a seafarer, had been identified on board Eagle S.They said listening and recording equipment was brought on to the 20-year-old tanker via âhuge portable suitcasesâ along with âmany laptopsâ that had keyboards for Turkish and Russian languages when calling at TĂźrkiye and Russia.
The equipment was kept on the bridge or in the âmonkey islandâ, they said. The monkey island is the top-most place on the ship. The transmitting and receiving devices were used to record all radio frequencies, and upon reaching Russia were offloaded for analysis. âThey were monitoring all Nato naval ships and aircraft,â Lloyd's List was told. âThey had all details on them. They were just matching their frequencies. âRussians, Turkish, Indian radio officers were operating it.â Eagle S also dropped âsensors-type devicesâ in the English Channel during a transit, they said.
They said no further equipment returned to the ship after it was offloaded for analysis, to their knowledge, but other devices were placed on another related tanker, Swiftsea Rider.
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