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To: marcusmaximus

Putin needs to call it a day. That war cannot be won by Russia (or Ukraine), and what is happening is a huge cost in life, material, and potential. The last one is an interesting point considering both countries are really struggling from a demographic perspective, and will likely never recover. They’re both below replacement rate, and this was before the butchers bill that had been happening for almost four years now, and then include to that all those Russians and Ukrainian who left and will never come back.

Bad war, and it needs to stop. Both leaders need to get to the negotiating table, Russia needs to leave, and they should both listen to President DJT and end the damned thing.

One question though: is it possible for Ukraine to effectively target long-range Tomahawk cruise missile strikes without US/NATO help?

The TERCOM and DSMAC data appear to suspiciously require direct US targeting.

I saw similar questions around h to ensure of HIMARS, but there is a (real) difference between a 45mile HIMARS and a 1,500+ mile Tomahawk.

I suspect it’s just President Trump working on rattling Russia (I sincerely doubt they would transfer Tomahawks to Ukraine), but all the same it is quite interesting.


4 posted on 09/29/2025 5:30:38 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: spetznaz

The Flamingo missile has a range of 1860 miles, and it is made in the Ukraine. How accurate, I cannot say.


13 posted on 09/29/2025 6:43:07 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: spetznaz
The last one is an interesting point considering both countries are really struggling from a demographic perspective, and will likely never recover.

At least they're not conquered by the "barbarians" which is what is happening in Western Europe.

16 posted on 09/29/2025 7:17:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: spetznaz
Russia needs to leave, and they should both listen to President DJT and end the damned thing.

lol... okay.

The Great Pumpkin is coming too - it's that time of year.

22 posted on 09/29/2025 7:52:46 AM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: spetznaz

Well, how is Ukraine successfully targeting drones to hit things like distillation towers over 1000 km into Russia?


30 posted on 09/29/2025 10:52:29 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: spetznaz

The problem with your approach is that nobody wants to end the war, including people behind Trump. What they want is to preserve a proxy to continue it on favorable terms.
And you are right about targeting. In the end the Russians will be tired of bullshit and hit the US hard.


35 posted on 09/30/2025 12:10:38 AM PDT by NorseViking
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