(December 10, 2022 at 11:33 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:…and some of the elites of the Iranian regime are said to be moving their valuables to countries like Venezuela just in case things don’t go the way they planned. Putin and his entourage are said to have a similar backup plan in China.Quote:UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Russia is attempting to obtain more weapons from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles, and offering Tehran an unprecedented level of military and technical support in return, Britain's U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward said on Friday.
Since August Iran has transferred hundreds of drones - also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - to Russia, which had used them to "kill civilians and illegally target civilian infrastructure" in Ukraine, Woodward said.
"Russia is now attempting to obtain more weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles," Woodward told reporters.
"In return, Russia is offering Iran an unprecedented level of military and technical support. We're concerned that Russia intends to provide Iran with more advanced military components, which will allow Iran to strengthen their weapons capability," she said.
She also said Britain was "almost certain that Russia is seeking to source weaponry from North Korea (and) other heavily sanctioned states, as their own stocks palpably dwindle."
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rus...022-12-09/
On Cold: Back in the service our guard duties were dropped from 2 hours to half an hour. Cold does kill you. So reading the news, I’d rather not be in the Ukrainian winter with Russian equipment.
On Russian wonder weapons: There was this article today. The number of Armata thanks that were truly produced is 20 (They planned to build 200 by 2020 but they only got 20). The intended number of Su-57 fighters was also 20. The actual number is about 5. They have 3-4 of the “wonder weapons” like that but due to the highly corrupted state of the army, they produced just some prototypes or they didn’t get to produce these weapons at all.
- So maybe the Sandinists of Nicaragua will make a move and be their savior let’s wait and see
