Posted on 08/28/2022 2:13:24 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
The billions of dollars in military aid the United States has sent Ukraine includes some of the most advanced and lethal weapons systems in the world. But Ukraine has also scored big successes in the war by employing the weapons and equipment in unexpected ways, and jury-rigging some on the fly, according to military experts.
From the sinking of the Moskva, Russia’s Black Sea flagship, in April to the attack on a Russian air base in Crimea this month, Ukrainian troops have used American and other weapons in ways few expected, the experts and Defense Department officials say.
By mounting missiles onto trucks, for instance, Ukrainian forces have moved them more quickly into firing range. By putting rocket systems on speedboats, they have increased their naval warfare ability. And to the astonishment of weapons experts, Ukraine has continued to destroy Russian targets with slow-moving Turkish-made Bayraktar attack drones and inexpensive, plastic aircraft modified to drop grenades and other munitions.
“People are using the MacGyver metaphor,” said Frederick B. Hodges, a former top U.S. Army commander in Europe, in a reference to the 1980s TV show in which the title character uses simple, improvised contraptions to get himself out of sticky situations.
After six months of war, the death toll on both sides is high: While American officials estimate that up to 80,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded, Ukraine’s outgunned military has said it is losing 100 to 200 troops a day. Even so, the engineering ingenuity of the Ukrainians lies in stark contrast to the slow, plodding, doctrinal nature of the Russian advance.
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And yet 70%+ of Western weaponry sent to Ukraine never got to the troops.
And yet, Ukraine is still losing the war/conflict despite all that ‘MacGyvering’................
Ironic huh?
The real ‘MacGyvering’ is how they get American money and kick it back to Democrat politicians
For all your globalist warmongering needs, turn to George Soros. (also sponsored by Pfizer)
*MAGA First/Anti-War/Anti-Globalist Ping*
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Same crowd that estimated that they would be able to get 85 billion dollars worth of military equipment out of Afghanistan...
Against my better judgement, I will say those pictures look like something out of the Mad Max movie.
Drone instead of a one person helicopter and odd weaponized vehicles.
Assessed Control of Terrain in Ukraine as of August 28, 2022, 3:00 PM ET
One of many reasons why BidenIdiot keeps pushing support of the ZelenskyyIdiot Nazi regime. The need to keep the war/conflict going at the cost of every Ukrainian it can field so as to avoid an end to the war/conflict that will utterly expose the evil and corruption between the US/UK/EU/NATO and the Nazi ZelenskyyIdiot regime.
A New York Times "report" on The Ukraine.
Walter Duranty approves!
Russia has no intentions of going to Kyiv and never had any intentions of going to Kyiv. Fact.
Keep telling yourself that, Comrade, and maybe one day you will come to actually believe it...
Suckers are born everyday and not only in Ukraine.......
Strategy always fails many in not only Ukraine..........
That picture is every A-10 pilot’s dream come true.
I love what Ukes are doing with cell phones and drones. Also the fact that Turkey is providing specialized drones to them, but NOT the Russians.
If they weren’t selling our weapons on the black market they wouldn’t need to do this.
Lots of corruption going on in Ukraine. That’s why all the WEF and Soros compromised politicians and celebrities have been visiting.
It’s disgusting.
They are not going to stop. Everyone knows what this war is and who really started it.
You can’t hide your lying eyes.
Nah, it’s a kickback to the people that vote for the money.
Turkey: Run by a Radical Islamacist nutjob. And they’re supporting the Zelensky regime. And you’re bragging about it.
What movie is that from, and in the middle of winter, no less ?
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