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Indeed. I have relatives in a couple of countries that were invaded by the Germany in WWII. They stood no chance of repulsing the might of Germany but they did not want to lose their freedom and live under tyranny so they resisted. Ukraine is in a far better position to resist Russia than their...

A step up from the madness of the Trump administration's proposal.

For Putin believers reading: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250214-russian-central-bank-sharply-raises-inflation-f The central bank was expected to raise base rate further at the end of 2024 to contain inflation. Putin is the guy who it is said stopped the bank from raising base...

For those who like videos of destruction and killing, this was allegedly what a Challenger did to a Russian column...

I don't count people living under military occupation as part of the occupying country's population. If India were to occupy part of Bangladesh, would India's population rise and Bangladesh's population fall? If Ukraine were to occupy part of Russia, would Ukraine's population rise and...

I agree that Ukraine is losing on the ground but you do not address my observation that Russia has taken 3 years to occupy about 10% of Ukraine. Russian inflation at an all time low? I suggest you listen to V Putin. He thinks that inflation is a problem. Would he say that if it was at an all...

With cities 'falling like dominoes', Russia should quickly occupy all of Ukraine. How long to occupy the rest of Ukraine? By the sound of things, just a few weeks or months. A little bit of reality... In 3 years Russia has occupied about 20% of the country and when it started the war it...

I have been wondering about that for some years. Nashik was used to assemble Su-30MKI. It is now used to assemble Mk1A. I believe that 12 extra Su-30MKI are being procured. Where will they be assembled? I doubt that the planned annual number of Tejas has ever been produced so I am pessimistic...

I guess that is an important point. Unfortunately it is also an argument against using other non-western engines (eg Indian) in Indian-designed fighters. I guess that that without investing the equivalent of many billions of dollars in coming years, India will not be able to join the 3...

Chicken and egg situation with Su-75? It won't go into production without orders but it won't get orders before it is in production...

The people trying to keep the Russian economy functioning will certainly care about those figures. Why, if the state of the economy is unimportant during a war?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-67853415 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/putin-admits-situation-is-very-difficult/ar-AA1yAqvm?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f3bf27c5898e43aeb5f8c309d50880c4&ei=14 Putin needs to decide whether the war is going well or not, I think. I wait to hear further...

I think that Putin would rather bleed Russia to death than acknowledge the failure of his blitzkrieg plan to take over Ukraine. The promise of an alliance between his autocratic self and an autocratic US president does not look to be materialising. In retrospect, does Putin think that...

I think I recall the TAI chairman saying TF35000 would be installed from 2028. Presumably for testing a 1xF110 + 1xTF35000 KAAN FTB.

From a right-of-centre English newspaper: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-on-brink-of-massive-ethnic-conflict-as-ukraine-forges-anti-putin-tatar-alliance/ar-AA1ynTIo?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=18804129c3144db686e01706b1408a13&ei=15 Will this nationalist group be able to really...

Thanks for the clarification. PS @blackjack - what source did you quote stating that: 'The US has sent Ukraine more than $177 billion in aid, but Zelensky now admits that that Ukraine only received $75 billion. He doesn't know where over %100 billion went.' That is a lie, isn't it? I would say...

I had the impression that the world expected the mighty Russian army and air force to topple the Ukrainian regime in days or a very small number of weeks. Been over 150 weeks so far with no sign of Russia toppling the Ukrainian regime. What percentage of Ukraine territory was in Ukrainian...

I doubt that over half the funds/assets US has supplied to Ukraine have gone missing. Source eg video of Zelensky saying that)?

How far does the engine design have to progress before a contract can be made for development to certification of the TF35000?

Rare footage of Brimstone in action. I know it as an air launched weapon but here it is ground launched. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/31/ukraine-fires-uk-brimstone-missiles-in-rare-combat-footage/