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Not quite the whole story "There is one reported ace pilot from the USSR, Col. Vadim Shcherbakov who is credited with 6 air-to-air kills.[16]" The other Russian and Chinese combat pilots during the Vietnam war were more modest.
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The Russian people haven't been taught that yet. Any victory in Ukraine may result in a new definition of Pyrrhic. Putin needs distraction, satisfaction of his grievances. Try to get with the program jakee.
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I suppose.
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Lots of cheap shots lately.
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Its getting worse. One dead, one critical, one serious, 11 shots fired by six teen-aged shooters, all with guns at a high school: "Six teenagers from Des Moines between the ages of 14 and 17 were each charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, the police said. There were multiple shooters who fired from multiple vehicles, Sgt. Paul Parizek, a spokesman for the Des Moines Police Department, said in a news release on Tuesday. Multiple search warrants were executed and six firearms were recovered. “While this incident occurred outside of a school, it could have occurred in any one of our neighborhoods,” the police said on Facebook. “The school is where the suspects found their target.”
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In US politics a few weeks is a long time. I'd put it at three trips to the gas pumps or an hour on the gun forums. In other news: Poland’s government says it's ready to hand over all its MIG-29 fighter jets to a US air base in Germany
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IMO Putin now realizes that he has misjudged the west. As John Bolton said on Sunday. If trump had be re-elected Russia would have occupied all of Ukraine six months ago. Putin knows that he has to recalculate the equation. That perhaps, he should have invaded Belarus instead.
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I completely agree, its what I've been saying for a while. The oligarchs all got rich off of Putin's licenses. They had nothing before Putin and they know Putin can and would kill them if they cross him. Besides they are friends and know that even though they are friends. Putin doesn't need political advice from them. So they don't offer it.
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IMO few people understand the true total cost of maintaining a nuclear deterrence. The cost of a nuclear submarine to build, maintain, retire, crew costs, training, weapons costs. From 1940 through 1996, we(US) spent nearly $5.5 trillion on nuclear weapons and weapons-related programs, in constant 1996 dollars. Russia has consistently shown that maintaining its nuclear subs is patchwork.
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Yes, together with MSM in motivating the west to act. Sanctions have fallen upon Russia like snowflakes in a Moscow winter storm.
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The US spends a huge amount of money servicing and upgrading its nuclear weapons. I have no knowledge of the shelf life of some of those components. Be it the warheads, fuel systems, launch systems, or controls. Russia, who knows. But as others have said Quantity over quality and Russia has the 1800 missiles and warheads.They scammed out of Ukraine and the west.
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We need to concentrate on good news here. Given how incompetently Russian generals have pursued this campaign. Don't you think the Ukrainians should have just let them go?
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What can I say two old history buffs like to debate. Back to the topic at hand. More good news and even better than burning Russian armor. "Ukraine Recaptures City of Chuhuiv, Kills Top Russian Commanders: Officials" "Ukraine's armed forces claimed overnight to have recaptured the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region, as part of their ongoing counter-offensive in the area. "In the course of hostilities, the city of Chuhuiv was liberated. The occupiers suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an operational update on Facebook. The Ukrainian army also claimed to have killed two high-ranking Russian military commanders: Lt. Col. Dmitry Safronov, commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, and Lt. Col. Denis Glebov, deputy commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade."
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No, you're wrong. Current US PEW polling shows that hating each other in the US. Is now secondary to all hating Russians.
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A week after congress passes a law to bar Russian oil imports. The GOP will be blaming high gas prices on Biden. Did I say a week!, Silly me! I meant the time it takes to send a tweet.
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The current number of unemployed Americans is 6.3 million, or 3.8% 888,000 are on temporary layoffs. 12 month wages are up 5.1%. The current number of employers with jobs available is 10.9 million.Economists in the US judge full employment at a "unemployment" rate between 4.1%-4.7% Generally speaking its unwise for any trading economy to try to employ people in low paying industries. Inflation generally takes place when too little goods and services. Is pursued by too many buyers, with too much money. I'd say buy jeans made in central and south America. Buy as little as possible from China. Nothing from Russia. Levi Strauss manufacturing list of where its jeans are made.
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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree in the absence of information more certain. According to this USN study US carrier airpower sunk 2 million tons of Japanese ships.https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/j/japanese-naval-merchant-shipping-losses-wwii.html
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I'm so tired of seeing news of refugees and the war is only 10 days old. I want to see pictures of burning Russian armor. For some Russian armor the burning may go on for a while. This story from Interesting Engineering: In other good news:"In less than a week, the United States and NATO have pushed more than 17,000 antitank weapons, including Javelin missiles, over the borders of Poland and Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities. So far, Russian forces have been so preoccupied in other parts of the country that they have not targeted the arms supply lines, but few think that can last." When your army is busy killing/shelling civilians, looting banks, etc. Who has time to go after supply lines.
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Some good news from Ukraine, finally. DPR leader says one of military commanders killed in Volnovakha Warning the link below is from TASS the official Russian news agency. The DPR leader said he had signed a decree to posthumously award Zhoga the title of the hero of DPR Link to Daily Mail in UK: Russian separatist warlord who led Neo-Nazi 'Sparta' mob is shot dead during battle in eastern Ukraine town in fresh blow to Putin's floundering invasion "Zhoga became the group's leader in 2016 after his predecessor Arsen Pavlov died following an IED explosion in the lift of his apartment. Pavlov was accused of several war crimes, and in 2015 the Kyiv Post shared audio of him, in a phone call with the news outlet, saying he shot '15 prisoners dead'. 'I don't give a f**** about what I am accused of, believe it or not,' he added. 'I shot 15 prisoners dead. I don't give a f****. No comment. I kill if I want to. I don't if I don't.'"
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Kinda cheap shot isn't it? I'd raise you one Churchill, GB was the first country to tackle Hitler after the Czechoslovak invasion.. First western country to engage in hostilities. GB beat France in declaration by over five hours. The US, ...mmmm....we are "America First". "Hitler he's not so bad"
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Fox News Producer Broke Law With Work for Russian, Nothing New Here
Phil1111 replied to Phil1111's topic in Speakers Corner
The narrative of the right on the Putin invasion is appalling. I was on a big US gun website on the weekend and the forums are filled with anti-US b.s. "Russia had a right to be pissed off because the US was building chemical and biological weapons facilities. Right on the Russian border". Fake posts of how CNN is covering the news. CNN "reporting that the Chernobyl reactor could be used as a dirty war weapon". "The war is Biden's fault for failing to arm Ukraine". On and on. If Russian trolls want to spread miss-information. US gun forums are a good place to start. Because politically speaking brains get parked when people enter. -
I'd have to take exception with that professor. IMO the Dauntless dive bomber,or the Avenger torpedo A/C. Took out more Japanese shipping. Two Yamato class battleships at 70,000 tons each, 1/2 dozen Japanese a/c carriers. Many cruisers, etc.
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Its a good story "With many motorsport authorities like the FIA implementing sanctions on Russia and ally Belarus for their invasion of Ukraine, NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress will aid Ukraine through more direct means. On Tuesday, AMMO, Inc. announced it will donate one million rounds of ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The company has also “formally offer[ed] to manufacture ammunition to donate to the Ukraine Armed Forces as they fight for their country’s continued independence.” In a Wednesday interview with Fox & Friends, Childress explained AMMO, Inc. will be focusing on 7.62 mm caliber ammunition as it is Ukraine’s primary need. While the company is working with government agencies, the transport will be primarily through a private firm."
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Russian conscripts: Conscripts receive a stipend of 2,000 rubles (US$17.77) compared to the basic 62,000 (US$551) salary of regular or contract soldiers So much money for the glory of fighting for Putin. Is it any wonder that they punch holes in the fuel tanks of their vehicles to escape the war!
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111 people control 19 percent of all household wealth in Russia "the analysis suggests that 83 percent of the population has less than $10,000 in personal wealth....The average middle-class Russian earns between $4,000 and $10,000 per year, according to a 2012 Forbes analysis of data from Rosstat, the nation’s statistics bureau"
