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1 posted on 11/18/2022 7:13:43 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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They probably have help.Iran...North Korea....


2 posted on 11/18/2022 7:42:03 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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“…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.


3 posted on 11/18/2022 7:43:15 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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Um, because Ukraine doesn't have sufficient air defense?

Nothing will stop the Russians from taking out the entire electric grid if they so choose to.

4 posted on 11/18/2022 8:02:09 PM PST by Kazan
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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?


5 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:38 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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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.


6 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative )
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Mom, the Russians never seem to get things right i till they have to. I suspect that if the war goes on and if the sanctions really bite the. They will go for total war with more primitive, yet just as deadly Katusha rockets.
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.

7 posted on 11/18/2022 8:16:31 PM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.c)
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8 posted on 11/18/2022 8:19:10 PM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.c)
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Because they are RUZZIANS!!


9 posted on 11/18/2022 8:26:52 PM PST by bigbob (z)
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According to what I read, it was really IRAN who launched the missiles, as Russia has been out of missiles for over 6 months.


14 posted on 11/18/2022 8:59:20 PM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 22 degrees, burrr!)
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23 posted on 11/18/2022 9:34:25 PM PST by cranked
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‘For the Love of God, Someone Tell Putin He’s Out of Precision Missiles!!
https://sonar21.com/for-the-love-of-god-someone-tell-putin-hes-out-of-precision-missiles/

kekw


24 posted on 11/18/2022 9:52:03 PM PST by cranked
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Kazimir Malevich "Night Kiev".
27 posted on 11/18/2022 10:26:51 PM PST by cranked
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Few, if any, Western officials have a clear account of the status of Russia's arsenal or know precisely how many missiles remain in its stockpile,

A little truth amid the fog of war. Those who know are not talking about this publicly.

29 posted on 11/19/2022 1:14:37 AM PST by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
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Russia is producing the kamikaze drones under license. The supply is basically infinite. Isn't it grand, the mighty NATO war machine humbled by a $5000 toy airplane....
31 posted on 11/19/2022 2:29:36 AM PST by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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“But it followed months of assertions by Western and Ukrainian officials that Moscow’s stockpile of missiles and other weapons was rapidly dwindling.”

It just proves that Western and Ukrainian sources are liars and have been the whole time.


32 posted on 11/19/2022 2:43:13 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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The Isralies could shut down Iran’s drone production in a heartbeat if they would. Hopefully Bibi will make a difference.


33 posted on 11/19/2022 5:58:27 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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it followed months of assertions by Western and Ukrainian officials that Moscow’s stockpile of missiles and other weapons was rapidly dwindling.

There's your problem right there. The truth is whatever you can get suckers to believe.

35 posted on 11/19/2022 6:06:02 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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