RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 22, 2022 at 10:47 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2022 at 10:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 22, 2022 at 11:48 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Beyond that, the Russians have always had decent R&D for their gear, so I'm not sure how much this war will advance their weapons-development.They spend what, 60 bil a year on their military? Bound to have some nice toys lying around. Trouble being that the guys billing them for that gear were duct taping over the shelf cameras to the units and pocketing the difference.
(September 22, 2022 at 11:51 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: He may have wanted a week-long blitz at first, but I think now he understands that his only hope (and it's a thin reed indeed) is a war lasting long enough to tire out the Western nations supporting Ukraine. He's hoping to do that by pitchforking a few hundred thousand poor lads into the fire.As long as russia is in ukraine, then ukraine will have the support of the single largest contributor of equipment for the cause.
Anywho...why would anyone attack russia? They've got a bunch of broke dick grifters for a military, but that doesn't seem like a good reason to launch missiles at their cities.
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