Posted on 03/05/2023 6:45:56 AM PST by Renfrew
“Forbes isn’t even Forbes. It is a blog site. You could be published in “Forbes” tomorrow, if you pay them some money to post your crapola.”
Thanks, I was wondering how the Neocons got their way on that site.
B-52, also called Stratofortress, U.S. long-range heavy bomber, designed by the Boeing Company in 1948, first flown in 1952, and first delivered for military service in 1955.Jan 5, 2023
B-52 | Development, Specifications, & Combat
Historyhttps://www.britannica.com › ... › Mechanical Engineering
“The B-52 is way overdue for replacement. For now it’s what we have.”
It’s being re-engined now and will be retired in 2050.
We’ll might know what happened years after it is over, maybe.
Just about any modern weapon can take them out, including AKs with armor piercing - the 20mm guns may or may not work, but the gunner in the turret is a huge target, standing so high.
Growing desperation...
Perhaps these guns have a huge inventory of rounds?
As GrampaDave said so eloquently
“Nothing can be believed from either side”
Hello! And from the media?
Bakhmut is of course of strategic value. It is covering the crossing of three major train lines and four major roads (M-03, M-32, T-13-02, T-05-13). As such it is the linchpin of the whole Donbas region. Besides that it also has some valuable mineral mines.
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Russian source report death per week at a lower rate than Ukrainian death per day. The ratio is again about 10 Ukrainians for 1 Russian.
I have said for a while that Bakhmut was in operational encirclement. Russian artillery could reach its last roads in and out. Since three days ago Bakhmut is in tactical encirclement. Russian direct fire, i.e. tank guns and hand held anti-tank missiles, can now cover all of Bakhmut's supply routes. They will shot at any car that attempts to drive there. Its one reason why the reported deaths have harshly increased. Should the Ukraine decide to order its soldiers to stay in Bakhmut the city will be physically encircled. All roads will be blocked not only by fire but by heavily armed Russian checkpoints. The Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut, several thousands still seem to be there, will then be left with only two options: surrender or die. ###
https://sonar21.com/the-fall-of-bakhmut-a-prelude-to-the-fall-of-ukraine/
During the last year Ukraine has enlisted hundreds of thousands of new recruits, but these new soldiers are being sent to the front with only minimal training. Ukraine does not have the number of trained, experienced soldiers required to mount a massive counter offensive. The lack of personnel is compounded by the inability of the West to supply ammunition and vehicles in sufficient numbers to sustain intense operations.
According to Andrei Martyanov, who has good sources in Russia, the 300,000 reservists called up last August have not yet been deployed to the front lines. The meaning is simple — Russia enjoys a massive advantage in terms of manpower, tanks, artillery, ammunition, missiles and combat air.
The fall of Bakhmut is a major blow, not just to Ukraine, but to the United States and NATO. This sets the stage for the West doing something desperate while Russia is content to continue to pulverize what is left of the Ukrainian military.
Russia loses 30,000 troops to get another worthless village
that’s stupid “leadership”
You have some nerve coming here and throwing Biden’s foreign policy in our faces. Go away and fix your own country.
This
The battery charger next to the track is a nice touch. Maybe it is an EV, a greener fighting vehicle.
I had forgotten all about the little side vents on the windows. I remember them on the my parents car. I never got to use them myself because they were gone by the time thst I started to drive.
Meanwhile Russia has put 20X the number of artillery tubes on their slowly advancing line of destruction. And the rail lines are keeping them fed.
Slow, grinding desolation.
20X the tonnage that Ukraine has.
I wasn’t passing judgement on its veracity. I was passing judgement on the engineering. Ha ha.
No it’s not all we have. The B1 and B2 are very useful and useable
Awesome engineering
Propaganda media.
Marlin Model 1894 lever action
Lee-Enfield 1895
Winchester Model 1897 Shotgun
M1903 Springfield
Colt M1911
Mills Bomb (hand grenade) - 1915
Thompson Submachine Gun - 1918
M2 Browning machine gun - 1918 (and still in U.S. military service)
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