Posted on 11/19/2022 1:11:33 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
Because in many cases its not worth the political capital to buy the cheap stuff. A few big things pay better than a bunch of little things. The US government is vastly corrupt you know.
The Ukrainian gas giant Naftogaz reported on Thursday that Russia had attacked gas extraction facilities during the Thursday raid, with at least two sites destroyed and others damaged. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal reported a strike at the missile producer Yuzhmash in the city of Dnepr in the southeastern part of Ukraine.
The Russian military started targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in early October, after a deadly explosion damaged the Crimean Bridge. Moscow pinned the blame for the truck bombing on Ukrainian military intelligence and stated that it was just the most recent Ukrainian attempt to damage civilian infrastructure in Russia.
The airstrikes have significantly degraded the Ukrainian energy system, forcing operators to introduce rolling blackouts. The head of the electricity provider of Kiev Region warned this week that, in some areas, scheduled outages may need to be replaced with scheduled periods of service due to worsening shortages.
Because the US won’t give them weapons with the reach, like ATACMS, to get to places they want to hit. So they find alternatives.
I think we learned a lesson from the bombing of the USS Cole. When you are in port, you keep your defenses active. At sea, homemade attack boats would have little chance of succeeding. Long distance anti-ship weapons and submarines would be the biggest threat at sea.
Looks like something that would be chasing ‘Adam West’ Batman.
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