Posted on 03/13/2024 1:53:24 PM PDT by hardspunned
Russia is building 35,000 drones a month. World War III likely will be fought with drones. They are building AI targeting one and have already used a jam proof one that using super thin fiber cable. They are advancing the war doctrine.
Tanks and ships are going to become a thing of the past.
Tanks and ships are going to become a thing of the past.
I believe that is the direction we are heading.
It appears Ukraine is ahead of Russia in drone development and use. It is a large part of how Ukraine has stayed afloat while facing overwhelming Russian armor and infantry tactics.
Most of the losses in the Russian Black sea fleet have been to drones. Russian has lost effective control over the Black sea, which has surprised everyone.
As to how many drones Russia is building a month, I doubt anyone on Ukraine's side knows, as it would be a tightly guarded state secret. On the other hand, Ukraine has pulled off some spectacular hits which indicate sources inside the Russian military.
Both sides practice information warfare, which has always been essential to war.
To believe either side's official pronouncements at face value is silly.
That’s the BIG NATO problem. Russia has huge reserves that have been being trained since mobilization. They are very well armed with an endless supply of ammo. One would assume they being held in reserve just in case the main event happens.
That’s what I read around here. There are some potentially great CIA analysts on FR. They are very adept at repeating political narratives they have been told.
234 troops? They still had that many people for cannon fodder? Whoda’ thunk.
That was a very pricey photo op.
I'll say.
X is sacrificial troops to hold onto power. That sucks if your the sacrifice.
This is another “stunt” by the War party in Washington/Kiev to try to portray the Ukrainian army as a capable force still worth supporting. Just like pinprick drone attacks and random ship sinkings it has no bearing on the outcome of the war, simply being for propaganda value. Notice how these attacks always come in the wake of a battlefield or political setback?
No video of Bradleys in use in the Belgorod direction. There is video of tanks (T64’s).
There were only 100 Bradleys delivered, and they all seem to be assigned to the one brigade, the 47th I think, currently on the Donetsk front. It does not seem likely that others are assigned elsewhere as such a small number of vehicles are difficult to maintain unless support and maintenance are pooled.
Perhaps the ex commander of the 47th who got crap canned yesterday (the SIXTH sacked commander of the 47th) got too many of the Bradleys he had blown up along with all the Abrams he committed. It is possible that someone got wise and got some of them out the 47th before number 8 commander is trotted out for sacrifice. “They all SEEMED to be assigned”, it seems you are wrong.
“The Russians are so desperate they are running these suicide PR stunts across the border into Ukraine.”
Er, they seem to have been doing just this since Feb 2022
Yep, you’d think they’d learn. How much Russian territory have they gained for their efforts?
Very unlikely. You can’t sustain equipment like that all over the place. Its all in one place out of necessity.
Which raises doubt about Russian reports.
This attack is on much too small a scale to hold terrain. This is, as with the last time, harassment, probably intended to cause bad PR in Russia, or to divert Russian forces to defensive deployments.
Bad PR in Russia? That’s a hoot! It does nothing but drive Putin’s point home that the SMO was more than warranted. Let them continue their suicide PR stunts, maybe it’ll take Putin’s approval from 80% to 90%. Seems very foolish to me but then again, making foolish moves is big business among the NATO Quislings in Kiev.
Bad PR indeed. The point is to undermine claims of “victory”, or Russian strength.
We NATO members don’t see ourselves as “Quislings” btw. That is a bizarre take.
Man, you’re just digging deeper and deeper. Berlin was not full of Quislings, neither is DC. Berlin and DC control the Quislings. The Quislings sell out their country (see 250,000 additional Uke deaths after DC quashed the Uke negotiated peace) for a personal payoff for the Quisling (see CIA installed Uke government stooges, see billions siphoned off for Uke oligarchs). There’s you history lesson, no charge.
I’m just trying to understand why you are so busy pushing Russian propaganda.
Spain, Poland, Italy ... now Sweden and Finland too. There’s way more than “Berlin”.
I suggest a European tour. You seem to need some perspective. For a good “mitteleuropa” location I suggest Prague.
“250,000 additional Uke deaths”
Fiction.
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