Posted on 11/18/2022 7:13:43 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
They probably have help.Iran...North Korea....
“…2. Last month, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia announced domestic efforts to ramp up production of equipment and systems “associated with providing support for the special military operation” in Ukraine.
Janes, a defense intelligence firm, said that Russia very likely stockpiled microchips and other technology necessary to build precision missiles before invading Ukraine in February — possibly starting years ago, given Moscow’s deteriorating relations with the West after its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
The Janes analysis, provided on Thursday to The New York Times, noted that such microelectronic components were also used for civilian purposes and that Russia may have obtained them through third parties, such as states or private entities that were willing to risk the penalty of U.S. sanctions if caught.
3. Russia probably began producing high numbers of Iskanders, Kalibrs, and cruise missiles before the invasion, the analysis said.
“They are likely being produced as we speak, since the economy is on a near war footing and many plants associated with the Russian military industrial complex are working in three shifts and even on weekends,” the Janes analysis said. Russia is using air defense missiles to launch attacks, Ukraine says….”
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Russia, unlike the U.S., has not allowed it industrial/manufacturing capabilities to atrophy. Our now “woke” CIA likely will have difficulties assessing what in being manufactured domestically in Russia and the locations where that manufacturing is happening.
Russia obtained licensing from IRAN to produce the Iranian designed drones in Russia. Anyone who thinks the drones they are using in Ukraine must all be imported from Iran is living in a dream world. I’m fairly certain that months ago they were setting up lines to mass produce those drones in vast numbers — and are running those lines now. They are not that complex.
Nothing will stop the Russians from taking out the entire electric grid if they so choose to.
It’s time for the Ukrainians to have the means to hit back at the Russians where they live. Why should Ukraine suffer alone in this war?
Why do people seem to assume that Russia is unable to produce its own missile supply? They are not the Soviet Union anymore, but they are not exactly bangladesh.
The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] (listen)) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on almost any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union,[1] were usually mounted on ordinary trucks. This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.
The Russians and General Winter are coming and, as a patriotic American I do not care one whit about the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians and Saint George Washington Zelensky partnered with the Deep State on the coup against President Trump.
Because they are RUZZIANS!!
Maybe you should travel there. Your tedious conversation should bore some of them to death.🤡
Why should Ukraine suffer alone in this war?
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Corrupted Ukrainian leadership, negotiations are not surrender, nothing dishonorable in opening negotiations especially when Ukraine’s infrastructure, economy, manufacturing, currency, and exports are being decimated. The decimation of their electric grid will have huge humanitarian consequences, the corrupted little beggar Zelensky needs to be ousted.
The Ukrainians and Saint George Washington Zelensky partnered with the Deep State on the coup against President Trump.
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Well said, the Ukrainian government has long been known in Europe to be the most corrupted nation on the planet. You are who you hang with, are you listening Joe? The war cheerleaders must carry on, destruction of Ukraine assured.
The question remains , Why, why fight Russia down to the last Ukrainian?
“Nothing will stop the Russians from taking out the entire electric grid if they so choose to.”
How long? It’s been 6 weeks since Russia started trying, and everything they have done has accomplished nothing more than sporadic blackouts.
According to what I read, it was really IRAN who launched the missiles, as Russia has been out of missiles for over 6 months.
Russians ran out of missiles in March.
“Why do people seem to assume that Russia is unable to produce its own missile supply? They are not the Soviet Union anymore, but they are not exactly bangladesh.”
Soviet economy was the size of Americas. 2022 Russia’s is smaller than Canada’s. They have some productive capacity, but they are no longer a great power.
Almost everything they have used in Ukraine have been relics produced in the Soviet period. When those run out so to does Russia’s ability to wage war.
Ukraine - Switching The Lights Off
The careful destruction of energy systems in Ukraine continues.
From today’s clobber list as provided by the Defense Ministry of Russia:
On 17 November, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a concentrated strike, using high-precision long-range air-, sea- and ground-based weapons, at the facilities of military control, defence industry, as well as related fuel and energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
The goals of the strike have been reached.
All the missiles have accurately stricken the assigned facilities.
I have no idea if the last line is true but it does not matter much.
The targeting of 330 kilovolt transformers in various switching stations has cut some 50% of the distribution capability of Ukraine’s electricity network. These transformers weigh up to 200 tons. There are no replacements. You do not buy them at the next corner but will have to order them with years of lead time. As far as I can tell Russia is currently the only producer of transformers of that type.
“Russians ran out of missiles in March.”
The high-end Kalibr precision guided missiles, yes.
The recent attacks have been with repurposed anti-ship and S-300 anti-air missiles. Less accurate and smaller payloads, but enough to have a psychological effect on civilians under attack.
How long? It’s been 6 weeks since Russia started trying, and everything they have done has accomplished nothing more than sporadic blackouts.
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Get off the western media whiskey bottle. Ukraine is officially at a 48-55 percent grid outage, when they hit 80 percent, they enter the Stone Age.
“The targeting of 330 kilovolt transformers in various switching stations has cut some 50%. You do not buy them at the next corner but will have to order them with years of lead time”
That’s the problem with Russians. They live in the corrupt system where any project requires twelve bribes and every action will be done by someone half-way through a bottle of vodka.
The capitalist world works different, and they don’t understand that. Call Siemens and some very efficient Germans will have a new transformer installed by Monday.
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