[Tupelo]

“U.S. and allied military inventories are shrinking,”

I cannot help but wonder if there is somewhere in Moscow or Beijing a chess player looking at a bigger picture than just Ukraine.

[marktwain]

I cannot help but wonder if there is somewhere in Moscow or Beijing a chess player looking at a bigger picture than just Ukraine.

China benefits the most from all this destruction.

Putin (Russia) thought Ukraine would just roll over. So did most of the world.

Ukraine refused to go along with the conquest.

Now Russia's game appears to be: Since you will not submit, I will destroy you.

[Rockingham]

The expense and current shortages of other rocket munitions is why this new one is so attractive. It combines two elements that are relatively cheap and already stockpiled in US inventory: a skinny, 250 pound GPS bomb with wings, and a well proven rocket motor.

When assembled with the proper casing, fire control circuitry, and container, the resulting Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) has a 100 mile range and can be fired from a HIMARS or any of several other ground platforms. And a better sensor permits the GLSDB to detect, chase, and hit moving targets like tanks or ships underway.

[Lazamataz]

That is the most hideous, disgusting opinion I have ever read. WHY DO YOU STILL BREATHE? No one likes you, you do know this already, right? The only upside of a global nuclear conflagration is that I know YOU WILL DIE TOO.