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This so pisses me off. I don't want my opponents to know what or how much I have until it flies up his A$$. Same for the numbers of Javelins etc. Ivan can count them by numbers of vehicles destroyed. Press thinks they can print anything.

Up to 40,000 Russian soldiers killed, wounded, captured or MIA in Ukraine, NATO estimates (msn.com) Damn. If this is even close to true there's no way Russia can sustain this for long. Eventually word gets back to the families what's happening.

Crispy Critters. Took me a bit to see the actual track of the missile from the upper right

Biden confirms Russia used hypersonic missiles, warns of coming cyberattacks on US: Live Ukraine updates (msn.com) Kinzhal as I read it can carry either nuclear or conventional warhead. Scary not even knowing what's coming your way in the relatively brief time it could be tracked.

And we think a letter of reprimand is bad

One of Murphys Laws of Combat "The easy way is always mined"

How hard is it to wet lease a B-52, crew and load of ALCMs to Ukraine 🇺🇦? Does that count as an act of aggression on our part

This should be in the Farmers Hall of Claims

I guess passing 300 posts makes me "Supreme User" 😁What do I win? I like Jameson. In this day and age even in Russia I would say eventually the truth finds its way out. Nothing stays a secret for long.

Ukraine says it successfully attacked Russian vehicles in Kyiv thanks to a Telegram tip (msn.com) Modern targeting via social media. How the world has changed.

A whole lot of combined arms doctrine will need to be looked at when this is all over.

Muddy fields sure come in handy to slow maneuver too. GO TEAM BLUE & YELLOW!!!!

And in a moment of levity sometimes we forget to get away from the emotion and remember it really is about the nail.

Good breakdown by Ward Carroll on No Fly Zones. Apologies if it's already been posted.

THIS

Russia Vows Prosecution of Foreign Fighters After 16K Join Ukraine (newsweek.com) Not that volunteering was ever a safe endeavor and certainly not surprised.

Pawnman, ClearedHot all others, I admit I sit here with my more than a couple drink(s) wondering how the hell it got to this point. Do we allow Putin to use nuclear blackmail to keep us on the sidelines ad infinitum and if he gets away with it here where does he stop? I HATE to think we as NATO in general and we as a country in particular have no choice now but to take him the fight directly. God help us one and all.

I don't have access to the BAM (Big Assed Map) showing (closer to real time) what's happening where in Ukraine but it appears the cities under greatest siege are close to unfriendly international borders or the Black Sea. In a nod to Captain Obvious much shorter supply lines and actually in range of systems located outside of Ukraine. If this is the farthest the Russians can push after this amount of time I don't see how they subdue the whole country. Short of the once unthinkable. Never been to Ukraine but looking at the map the Dnieper and associated lakes and bodies of water basically splits Ukraine down the middle and that certainly doesn't make it easier. I have no idea what can use it as far as navigability especially in wartime.

Many years ago I saw her in OKC. Really a thing of beauty. The cargo deck felt like a gymnasium. Say what you will about the Russians but they do understand heavy lift. Another example is the MI-26 Helicopter.

Not to mention a royal pain on the SF-86

I know right? How hard is it to paint a Ukranian Flag on the side of a cruise missile? Hey Vladimir, wasn't us.

This is what happens when we spend the last 2 decades (and personally a bunch of days in OIF/OEF) focusing on the COIN fight and not near peer. 😁 I do recall a conversation I had with an 82nd ABN E-7 Ranger more than a few years ago when I first heard about the Javelin. He told me the Javelin is no joke and gives a lot of teeth to the infantry that wasn't there before. I can't believe in hindsight how prophetic it was. Copy that. More Javelins

This should remind everyone from the biggest country (looking at you China) to the smallest that with a global economy if you REALLY piss off the rest of the planet to this extent it won't end well for you.

Found the "Ghost of Ukraine?" Their version of a Hellfire?

Found some very old Soviet Order of Battle references. No idea how accurate it is in the current environment but doctrinally an MRD (Motorized Rifle Division) has ~271 Tanks (13K troops total) and a TD (Tank Division) has ~328 (11K troops total).