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After the US defeated Saddam, it turned out that the big victor in Iraq was Iran. The US seems to have learned from that mistake, and instead of overthrowing Assad themselves, they waited in the shadows ready to defend their inteests through a proxy group and win the aftermath. I think that...

I‘d say this depends greatly of which aviation we’re talking about. If a country like the US or Israel uses its aviation, the effectiveness of air defence will be zero. But for most countries which have average aviation capabilities, air defence does play a role. The fact that Russia couldn’t...

Well, those who support Gaza and the Palestinians in the West are the hard left people, so it is natural for them to also support the Marxists/Communists from PKK. They support all Marxists everywhere, and they oppose what they call “imperialism”. In their world view, Israel and Turkey are both...

Why is everyone so obsessed with AD systems? Unless you are part of NATO or Israel, investing in AD systems is a huge waste of money and resources. If you are attacked by the US or Israel, your AD systems will get annihilated quickly without being able to defend a single target. In the case of...

Any other source? That tweet is already deleted.

Ukraine will never sign away NATO entry. They won’t join NATO anytime soon, but the writing is on the wall that it will happen in the future. All it needs is a US president with balls and brains, and Putin or his successor will have to accept the inevitable. Putin couldn’t do anything about...

Russian incompetence is polluting the Black Sea: Readovka media outlet reported: “According to preliminary data, a hole was formed in the hull due to strong waves, after which the ship broke in half and began to sink.” One unconfirmed report stated: “Volgoneft-212 was built 55 years ago. It...

Putin will have no choice in this case. Ukraine will be aligned with NATO whether he likes it or not. Ukraine has decided to align with the West, and there is no turning back after this war. Putin lost Ukraine for good. What will be decided is just where the borders between Ukraine and Russia...

Allowing Russia to keep the two military bases would be a huge mistake for the new Syrian government that would have dire long term consequences for the country. If Syria wants to have a chance at a better future, it must force the Russians to leave and build good ties with Israel. This is the...

This is obviously not true. By using meat wave tactics with poorly equipped soldiers, the Russians are losing men at a much higher rate than the Ukrainians. Ukraine is playing a defensive game where it inflicts a lot of damage with minimal losses on its side. They trade territory for a much...

It’s simple mathematics. If they lose 50 men to capture one sqkm, and Ukraine has 500k sqkm under its control, they would need to lose 25 million men to capture it all at the current pace. I was just proving to you how ineffective the Russians are fighting right now, and how unsustainable it is...

Yes, but that article also shows how ineffective they are while wasting so many lives, which means the Ukrainians are still mounting a very effective defence. ISW said that Russia lost more than 50 men for every square kilometer of captured territory. Ukraine had 600k sqkm pre-war, so they...

I hope Turkey will not make the mistake to help Russia retain its Syrian bases. The opportunity to kick Russia out of the Mediterranean must be supported by all regional powers, including Turkey, Israel and the EU. This is a huge opportunity that should not be missed. Russia needs to be taken...

Hmm, you have a very strange way of evaluating the Ukrainians as “no longer able to put up much of a fight”. In the meantime, here are some of the estimated numbers from the battlefield: “Britain's defence ministry says that in November Russia suffered 45,680 casualties, more than during any...

The moderation on this forum is very tolerant compared to other places, so we should not complain. I had my entire account banned forever on defencetalk.com because I was disputing the effectiveness of Covid vaccination campaigns, and this was considered “outrageous/crazy/conspiracy” stuff...

Meanwile, in the real world: Russia < Europe China < US Russia + China < Europe + US

It seems it’s not going to happen: https://www.vavel.com/en-us/soccer/2024/11/05/1203198-security-concerns-force-uefa-to-relocate-besiktas-match.html But the match between France and Israel will be played on its normal schedule, so there may be some problems in Paris next week.

They had no problem when Finalnd joined NATO, which is right next to St.Petersburg. I wonder why. Maybe it has to do with the fact that they couldn’t afford a second front and were afraid that NATO would actually come to defend Finalnd. For Finland it did work like that. They joined NATO...

Most people who condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also condemned the US invasion of Iraq and condemn Israel’s butchering of Palestinians. But when it comes to US invasions and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there are three big differnces: 1) A US invasion is quick and succesful in...

It is exactly the same. People coming from a differnt continent to settle the land. And they had a legal mandate back in the day, from the world powers of that time. British settlers had a mandate from the British Government, Spanish settlers had a mandate from the Spanish Monarchy, etc. That...