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The MBT is not a dead/obsolete weapon by any stretch....you have to consider what a 120 mm gun brings to battlefield scenarios where it is going to be extremely relevant still. Like any weapon it will have its shortfalls that are to be addressed with suitable combined arms doctrine support...

https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/turkey-closes-airspace-to-russian-military-aircraft-to-syria-fm-cavusoglu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Saturday. “We were giving...

Russia is doing terror cruise missile attacks on Odessa....of course its civilian areas.

Some of the more day to day pictures (many come out past the war combat etc) are what most upset me, because you think of what regular lives been changed.... Ukrainian girl by her home :cry:

A really fascinating yet disturbing topic. Thanks for posting.

https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/world-bank-report-extreme-poverty-in-india-eased-12-3-percentage-points-during-2011-2019/2494297/ Link to paper: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/37273

Iran's nominal GDP is inflated by an unrealistic official exchange rate being extrapolated by very skewed unsound trade levels (caused by sanctions etc): It is striking case where PPP GDP is more useful comparison regarding other countries. A recent convo we had on Indonesian thread about...

https://www.newsweek.com/oligarchs-murder-suicide-1699766

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continued.... The Russian Army After another 15-month tour commanding the 1st Armored Division in Iraq during the early part of the “surge,” I was back in the United States training soldiers when Army Chief of Staff George Casey informed me of my next assignment: return to Europe to command the...

@MisterLike et al. Very interesting read. In short, the Ukrainians have truly learned the relevant lessons of the last 30 years in warfare. This piece also shows the value of lower level leadership and initiative....and the crystallised focus that comes from presence of an external...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/pli-scheme-draws-investment-of-2-34-lakh-crore-in-14-sectors/articleshow/90968836.cms ~ 31 billion USD Automobile and auto components, advanced chemistry cell batteries, specialty steel and high-efficiency solar panels have attracted...

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-covid-boris-johnson-047d39a99de6528f40958bc11a3f9f1c LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to set aside his political troubles and focus on economic ties and the war in Ukraine during a long-delayed official trip to...

Kind of odd its a new proprietary round (I guess we can call it 6.8 SIG heh).....not the already available 6.8 SPC. Apparently the case will be a steel/brass hybrid. Also doesn't look like the machine gun barrel change will be quick and tool-less. But maybe it was tradeoff to get the system...

Yes, a further read into Pushkin for example (and his own struggle with the Tsar and Russian empire of the time) shows the issue is more complicated than he presents. Still this is quite close to how an Ukrainian buddy of mine explained the whole thing to me (many years ago around the time of...

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/army-selects-sig-sauer-next-generation-squad-weapon/ The wait is over. The Army has selected Sig Sauer to build the Next Generation Squad Weapon’s rifle and machine-gun variants that are intended to replace the M4 and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Sig...

Not all together surprising. After all even PRC state banks avoided opening bank accounts for Carrie Lam once she got US sanctions.....she is paid by briefcases of cash monthly as a result. It upset many PRC wumaos that it turned out that way (after much posturing before it)....and I revel in...