Posted on 12/29/2024 3:03:18 PM PST by bimboeruption
22 days separate us from January 20, 2025, the day when Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated—and a milestone starting point after which much is expected to change in global geopolitics, especially in the war in Ukraine.
As for now, Russian Federation forces continue to advance relentlessly, and, while the Joe Biden administration from hell gave Ukraine as much as 30% of the complete stockpile of ATCMS long-range missiles, the ‘wonder weapon’ failed to move the needle in the conflict—and now Kiev have very few missiles left.
Those much-touted long-range missiles provided by the US and the UK were used in strikes inside Russian territory.
The concerns that this would escalate the conflict have thankfully not fully materialized.
And now, Kiev’s missile stockpiles are running out.
The ‘celebrated’ permission for strikes at Russian territory came more than a month ago. But, after an initial flurry of attacks, Ukraine has had to slow their use.
The New York Times reported:
“Kiev is running out of missiles. It also might be running out of time: President-elect Donald J. Trump has said publicly that allowing U.S.-made long-range missiles inside Russia was a big mistake.”
The missiles have had limited effect and did not alter the war’s trajectory, according to senior NATO officials.
“In some ways, what has happened with the ATACMS — pronounced ‘attack ’ems’ — is the story of what has happened with other Western weaponry in the war. Ukraine pressed for months and even years to get Western weapons: HIMARS rocket launchers, Abrams tanks and F-16 fighter jets. But by the time the West granted access to these weapons, Ukraine had lost more ground. And no weapon has been a silver bullet.
Western officials also say Ukraine has relied too much on help from the West and hasn’t done enough to bolster its own war effort, especially in mobilizing enough troops.”
The Biden regime did not want to send Ukraine long-range ATACMS, with a range of 190 miles, because of very reasonable fears that attacks deep inside nuclear-armed Russia with US missiles would escalate the war.
To finally authorize deep strikes inside Russia, Biden used the excuse of the terrible ‘Phantom North-Koreans’, those menaces that no one has ever seen, but everyone talks about.
“At that point, Ukraine had only ‘tens of the missiles’ left — maybe about 50, the two U.S. officials said. It had no likelihood of getting more, they said. The limited American supplies had already been assigned for deployment in the Middle East and Asia. Officials in Britain, which allowed Ukraine to use its long-range Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia after Mr. Biden’s decision, also said recently that it didn’t have many more to provide.”
Since obtaining permission, Ukraine has launched half-dozen missile strikes, using at least 31 ATACMS and 14 Storm Shadows.
So, Russia finally retaliated in a major way.
“On Nov. 21, Russia launched its new hypersonic ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, or ‘hazelnut tree’, at a military facility in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. That was seen as a warning that Russian could hit any part of Europe with the new missile, a message to Europe and America about possible consequences.”
The Ukrainian security service is keeping secret all information about the attack of the Russian “Oreshnik” rocket on the facility in Dnipropetrovsk, and the West is in shock to learn that Russia possesses such a weapon – Vladimir Rogov pic.twitter.com/uD7lDV8Uhp
— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterFamily) November 23, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to launch the Oreshnik in the middle of Kiev if Ukraine kept firing ATACMS in Russia.
On Dec. 11 and 18, Ukraine attacked Russian territory with western missiles, but the Russian reply came with the usual – but deadly – mix of missiles and drones.
And guess who's going to pay for them...
Two things to consider (beyond wiping out our reserves):
1. These missiles have not been in production for nearly 20 years, so it will be VERY SPORTY to build replacements.
2. Not just Russia, but probably everyone of Russia’s friends now know how to neutralize them (hint, neutralizing GPS is not that hard, but we had DEI designing them, so we’re stuck with that).
So, given the second point, why even bother trying to restart their production? Time to come up with something new, if we have anyone capable of that, given what’s become of our ‘education’ system (hint, H1B’s are not allowed to work on top secret programs).
The Ukraine is done, stick a fork in it.
This tragic ending was predicted from day one of the war by many on this forum and by many defense experts. This war was a colossal waster of American treasure and Ukrainian lives. The reptiles running the West want the Ukraine to lower the draft age from 25 to 18 so that they can kill off the Ukraine demographically. I guarantee you that if the Ukraine capitulates and does this they will still be losing and the West will be demanding they lower the draft age to 14. The West is ruled by scum that hate their own citizens and they absolutely hate the Ukrainians even more.
In before the ZEEPERS!
“lower the draft age to 14”
Using kids to fight wars is a war crime I believe.
The missiles were not intended to change the course of the war.
“if we have anyone capable of that, given what’s become of our ‘education’ system”
There are many good teachers and students. The young folks that have bought houses on my street are solid people (but not rocket engineers).
“H1B’s are not allowed to work on top secret programs”
I’m sure the PLA would send a man or two, or a woman or two.
It didn’t take long for the Russians to turn this game changer weapon into a junk weapon. Remember how Ukraine was going to sink the Kerch Bridge with them? Russia turned almost all of them into clay pigeons.
Only Zeepers we’re delusional enough to think it would.
Zeeper Revisionist History.
>>>>The missiles were not intended to change the course of the war.<<<<
If the missiles were not INTENDED to change the course of the war, what was their purpose?
“Using kids to fight wars is a war crime I believe.”
And has that ever stopped a country on the losing side of an industrial war?
Hint, the answer is no.
Biden’s legacy but he didn’t want another Afghanistan debacle during his presidency. He failed at that.
Who ever thought we’d be launching missiles into Russia.
How many of those weapons were sold on black market? Note there is no audit of any substance for Aid to Ukraine.
>>>>Who ever thought we’d be launching missiles into Russia.<<<<
Victoria Nuland
Congratulations on landing DEEP left field. /s
To start another one.
*duh*
When Hillary lost in 2016 I said several times here that the Democrats would start World War III with Russia
The Pentagon never allowed top flight armaments to be sent to Ukraine. The ATACMS were threatened as missiles to hit deep within Russia. However, they were never launched ‘deep within Russia’ but instead continued to hit regions just over the border, as other weapons had done (Kursk areas) in the prior months (HIMARS ).
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-military-column-himars-kursk-incursion-1936846
Biden’s handlers want the US directly in the war - boots on the ground in Ukraine. That’s also Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ = Get US into direct war with Russia.
Biden upped his threat to ‘authorizing deep strikes’ even though he knows the Pentagon will not allow it, because his handlers are desperate to get the war started before Trump takes office, so they hope to threaten Russia so much that Russia strikes first to avoid an imminent attack’. Western media is not talking about the US efforts to escalate - they want any response from Russia to look like unprovoked aggression - besides, the public is in no mood for the puppet Biden to start a nuclear war.
Our enemies, in collaboration with our CIA head (nuland) and State Department (according to Trump) helped overthrow the Ukraine in 2014. They expected Hilary Clinton to win in America in 2016, and as POTUS she would commit the US/nuke arsenal to regime change in Russia (proxy war Ukraine) so they could install their own puppet as head of Russia. Once in control of the nuclear arsenals of both RUssia and the United States, our enemies would rule the world - we would be slaves and China would look like a ‘beacon of freedom’ in comparison.
Putin understood the threat the overthrow of Ukraine posed and within a few days, April 2014,launched his ‘special operation.’ WHenever the web states the beginning of the war, they portray the Ukraine as minding it’s own business and Russia aggressively attacking out of the blue.
But Trump won in 2016. Our enemies were shocked but collected themselves continued their plans, building an army in Ukraine to overthrow Putin. (how many assasination attempts on Trump were there in his first term?) Angela Merkel admitted NATO agreed to a treaty with Putin to buy time to prepare the Ukraine to fight.
SO our enemies stole the election and installed Puppet Biden. They fully expected access to the nuke/US arsenal they needed to fight Russia. There was an article in The Hill on Biden’s inauguration day, complaining bitterly that Biden’s people met with the Pentagon that day to get what the Hill called ‘information’ (I submit they wanted the nuke football). The Pentagon had lawyers present, consulted said lawyers before answering questions and declined access to said ‘information’ (i.e., nuke football). There was no followup in the news - no word of Biden getting what he wanted from ‘his’ Pentagon etc. How could the Deep State complain that the Pentagon wouldn’t let them have the nuke football? What would that do to their puppet’s legitimacy?
So throughout the war in Ukraine, Biden’s handlers couldn’t gain access to nukes or other top flight weaponry needed to overthrow Russia. But they continued to try, because they had such a grip on the US and other nations, they couldn’t give up their plan for world dominion when they were thisclose. Also, I think they believed they would somehow gain access to needed arsenals, even if it meant accessing nukes from foreign countries.
Putin asked the UN to investigate biowarfare labs in Ukraine, and provided documentation/report. The UN refused to read it, dismissing it the way judges dismissed evidence of election cheating in 2020. The US representative was particularly haughty when rejecting the report without reading it, sneering that it was ‘baseless.’ The media has a blackout on Putin’s efforts to address biowarfare labs on his borders, Ukraine’s entry plans re NATO etc. They hide evidence and claim Putin attacked in Feb 2022 because that’s just who he is, or they name some entertainment figure as his ally and quote that person’s assertions as if he represents Putin. All smoke and mirrors.
When NATO’s proxy, Ukraine, engaged the enemy in Feb 2022, they only had access to money and old obsolete weaponry. They always talk big, but send junk. HIMARS were supposed to turn the tide for the Ukrainians (they’ve always been losing) but later I read that the US purchased Soviet era launchers to field those HIMARS, so the distance was far shorter than billed. Oh there were F-16s, but they were very old and few were ever delivered, there were no fully trained pilots available, F-16’s require special runways and tech not available in Ukraine etc. ATACMS were never launched to their long-range capabilities. Yada yada.
The press can no longer hide the fact that all that money and blood has been poured down the toilet. The Ukraine is certainly losing much faster now. When Trump takes office and NATO retreats from Ukraine, and Putin demands promises that they will not be doing this proxy/bloodshed in Ukraine again (station forces there etc.), our enemies plans to rule the world will be in tiny little bloody shards.
They won’t give up. Neither will Trump. Neither will we.
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