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Lessons from the drone attack on Russia’s airbases - analysis
Jerusalem Post ^ | 6/2/2025 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Posted on 06/02/2025 1:11:52 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

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To: marcusmaximus

First thing they should do is build hangers for each of our nuclear capable bombers. B2s have their own rapid set up hanger, make them for the Buff and B1. YESTERDAY....then you can build up the anti-UAS stuff around the hangers, but right now, sitting on a tarmac is a NO GO. Hell, I’m surprised the anti-nuclear fanatics haven’t tried this yet.


41 posted on 06/02/2025 3:54:34 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: desertsolitaire
Can anyone here think of another weapon or method of warfare that has profoundly changed he way we think about defenses and offenses more than the drone now, besides nukes?

The machine gun. It completely ended the use of horse cavalry, which had been the arm of "shock and awe" for several thousand years.

42 posted on 06/02/2025 4:01:19 PM PDT by Terabitten (Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor...)
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To: pfflier

You stated above “ SALT and START treaty requirements are that the delivery vehicles must be visible at all times. So sealing them up in hangars isn’t a solution”

Now you admit bombers can be stored in a hanger and just have to be made visible “on request”.

In short, you were wrong.

It’s no big deal to be wrong. Refusing to admit error, however, is just gross.


43 posted on 06/02/2025 7:02:25 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Russia could crush Ukraine like a cockroach.”

So why haven’t they?

L


44 posted on 06/02/2025 7:03:53 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Do you want them to Mr. WWW III Enthusiast?


45 posted on 06/02/2025 7:07:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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46 posted on 06/03/2025 5:29:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: impactplayer

“Prepare separation agreement. Prepare extensive email re options for termination”

Russia withdrew from SALT in 2023.

Also, it never was a violation of SALT or START to keep bombers in a hanger. B2 and B21 are always kept in hangers, for example. They just had to be made available for inspection.


47 posted on 06/03/2025 7:49:00 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Apologies for the wrong quote.

Copied from a a bill asking what it was!


48 posted on 06/03/2025 7:49:42 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Vermont Lt

Psychological ripples. Adding to the measure of unknown is the fact that the adversary looks and sounds like them. What a trainwreck.


49 posted on 06/03/2025 7:56:31 AM PDT by Kudsman (Cliff Notes answer: because, DEMOCRATS. )
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To: pfflier

Your post makes no sense given your earlier posts.


50 posted on 06/03/2025 8:05:41 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: marcusmaximus

What Ukraine did to Russia with trucks, Russia, China or Iran could do to us with ship containers.


51 posted on 06/03/2025 9:20:25 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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