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After doing quite a bit of research surrounding inventories of tier-1 anti-armor weapons, which include American made Javelins, British / Swedish made NLAWs, German made Panzerfaust 3's, as well as Ukrainian made Stugna-P's, my evaluation is the following. 1). The United States would probably...

Had a great conversation with a friend tonight. Just to provide some context surrounding how passionate many people on this side of the world are to see Russia lose this war, the following is, essentially, his paraphrased comments about the situation. "One positive about the coming deaths of so...

Greece is a deeply unreliable country, and has been for a long time. It wasn't long ago that they were basically bankrupt because they couldn't handle their own affairs. They are among the last nations that NATO or the EU should be relying on to do their part. I have no personal feelings about...

I'm not saying that they haven't received significant help. I'm simply suggesting that if the West was fully committed to Ukraine winning, they would have already sent dozens of long range artillery systems with counter battery radar, several hundred tanks, up to a thousand infantry fighting...

It's actually not alot, given the type of opponent they're up against. Consider that the United States spent between $100m-$200m (USD) per day, to defeat a far inferior Iraqi military. If you average that out to $150m per day and factor in that this war is 50 days old, that's $7.5 Billion USD...

They are just doing their job to politic the world for as much they can get. You can't expect to get the help you need if you aren't loud about it. They're not ungrateful, they're simply up against the clock until Russia starts its next offensive and they want to make sure they have what they...

A shame if that many of them survived. I was hoping that the overwhelming majority of them had drowned, cold, scared and alone, in the dark vastness of the sea... Oh well, at least the ship is out of service. That's a small victory.

The West has to crank up the cruelty towards Russia. We need every Western intelligence source focused on locating and plotting the systematic killing of all mid / high level Russian military leadership, both inside the Russian military and inside "civilian" leadership of the Separatists in the...

When you see how easily the Moskva was taken down, you become inclined to laugh about the idea of the Russians using the their remaining two Slava-class cruisers, Marshall Ustinov and Varyag, to confront the NATO carrier taskforces. With one of the Russian Kirov class battlecruisers, Admiral...

Wow, Japan is now preparing a shipment of weapons that will be transferred to Europe and are destined for Ukraine. This represents a huge shift in Japanese policy, aligning them even closer with NATO and the West. They had previously sent body armor, helmets, uniforms and some medical gear...

Never rush to attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence. Remember that when the Kursk exploded under water, it was attributed to combination of neglect, incompetence and poor repair. I'm not saying that an anti-ship missile wasn't fired at the Moskva, but I wouldn't be at...

If Ukraine can, simultaneously, fight the Russians to a stalemate in the Donbas, while pushing them out of Kherson, the Russian offensive is going to be in real trouble. Both sides can expect significant casualties in the coming weeks, but if Ukraine can keep providing fresh bodies for combat...

Make no mistake about it, the West is making an orchestrated effort to bleed Russia dry and they know they've found willing combatants in the Ukrainians. If the combines arms manufacturing of the West mobilizes to maximize profit, there is no way Russia can win this war. The USA, alone, spent...

The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army aviation operate on a completely different level than the Russian "equivalent". It's not even a contest. The integration in operability between American air assets is a carefully orchestrated chess maneuvre. See for example, their initial plan for the invasion...

Too big, slow and expensive, IMO. The Reaper is a BIG target and much easier for the Russians to locate and shoot down. At nearly $17 million USD each (not counting payload), I think the Ukrainians could get better "bang for their buck" elsewhere. One Reaper is the same price as 9-10 Bayraktars...

There are so many man portable AA systems on the ground in Ukraine that the Russian Air Force would be taking a huge risk in flying deep into Central and Western Ukraine. The Ukrainian jets and helos are flying extremely low level, where as the Russian jets have to stay "high and away" not to be...

Ideally, they'd send about 250 HMMVS, with a mix of TOW, Grenade launchers and .50 caliber machines guns mounted on them. Highly mobile vehicles, with anti-armor systems and the operators can also use stingers and other MANPADS from them. The Americans have more HMMVs than they know what to do...

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The EU announced another $540 million in military spending for Ukraine. Details surrounding what the money will be spent on have not yet been released. In concert, U.S. President Joe Biden announced another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, but like the EU, didn't specify exactly what...

It's 150+ km from Kharkiv, behind enemy lines, in an area controlled by Russia. Do you know of any Ukrainian artillery with 150+ km of range? Because I certainly don't. That's like asking why the Russians didn't just hang out at Chernobyl and send artillery rounds into Kyiv. They don't have the...