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  1. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    What is the scenario? If you mean Russia being subject to Ukraine attacking Russian military assets within Russia used to attack Ukraine (air bases, command centres, ammunition dumps, factories producing military equipment and ammunition etc) I would expect Russia to intensify attacks on...
  2. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I don't like your manners too much. Perhaps you could cut back on the insulting arrogance? The timidity of the west has allowed Russia to set the rules in this conflict. If the west wants Ukraine to survive, the west needs to allow its weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike inside Russia. If...
  3. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    When you attack another country that resists and other countries come to its aid, they are not pushing the aggressor into a nuclear war. You seem to think that resisting aggression when attacked is reckless and clueless. I don't. Perhaps you agree with me except in the case where Russia is the...
  4. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I don't ignore GDP figures etc but I treat them with suspicion unless published by an independent source committed to accuracy. However, I believe that some figures published by IMF (or was it World Bank?) recently were actually just figures given to them by the Russian government. I don't...
  5. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Bank rate, exchange rate values cannot be faked. Statistics compiled by government (Russia or Ukraine) can be faked. I think that both will alter the numbers to suit their propaganda purposes.
  6. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Funny thing who people hate. I spent a few hours twice with one of these so much hated Anglo-Saxons. He flew off a British carrier (1941/1942?) to deliver a fighter to northern Russia. Had a fight with German fighters on the way but got to his destination. He was later made a Hero of the Soviet...
  7. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Russian economy continues on its downhill path yesterday - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB today - ruble slides to 1USD = 103.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 Going down at that rate...
  8. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Russian economy continues on its downhill path - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 - inflation is not falling as hoped...
  9. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Russia is certainly burning through its stockpile of stored weapons. It has sufficient recruits to keep troop levels high but at the cost of burning through its workforce, stripping the economy of labour in order to send it to Ukraine. I do not think that Ukraine can regain on the battlefield...
  10. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    If Israel lost assets/air assets in missile attacks, so what? That is to be expected in an attack by a large number of missiles. What is the point you are trying to make? That the Israeli air defence system is not impregnable? I would be curious to know what damage was done but I doubt it will...
  11. Spitfire9

    TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Does it matter whether it takes 1 second or whether it takes 2? I imagine that RCS will be increased for 1 second or for 2.
  12. Spitfire9

    TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    What sort of something from England? Something from RR? I can't think what else you could mean.
  13. Spitfire9

    TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    I am astonished. Did he say when tests would start?
  14. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I don't think you can predict a country's GDP growth several years in the future with much confidence if it is in a very unstable and unpredictable situation - fighting an economic war. Russia's economic situation looks bad to me at the moment and likely to get worse and stay worse for some...
  15. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    My guess is that the Russian economy will continue to grow for a short time. After that? The signs do look bad to me. PS https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/russia-economy-meltdown-looms-as-putin-is-handed-dire-stagflation-warning/ar-AA1u4QI0?ocid=BingNewsSerp
  16. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Russia is facing the mounting risk of stagflation, a think tank tied to the Kremlin has said. TsMAKP said the nation's high interest rates would trigger an economic downturn while inflation remains high. Russia's tight monetary policy is costing businesses profitability and risks spurring...
  17. Spitfire9

    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    It is a shame for the UK that they did not lift restrictions a year or two ago. The UK assembly line could have done with a Typhoon order to keep the assembly line going. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/production-essentially-stopped-for-british-built-typhoons/
  18. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    It would be ironical. Russia has said that it would be only be prepared to use nuclear weapons if its existence were threatened. On that basis it must approve of Ukraine only being prepared to use nuclear weapons if its existence is threatened. Who on earth might threaten Ukraine's existence?
  19. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I would expect Russia to push harder to gain ground after Trump's win . The report below tends to confirm the same. Although I have no evidence to support the number given, higher casualty numbers make sense to me...

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