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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...

Quote american buddy told me earlier (further expanding on the issue I mentioned earlier here): It occurs to me that this is the difference between the US and Russia. The US spends several metric boatloads of cash to acquire the equipment, makes sure that all the equipment is kitted out...

Importance of enough dismounted infantry available. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1514591220068073474.html Tank/armoured vehicle ratio being too high in a formation was found out (iirc) as early as tanks themselves arriving on the scene...in WW1.

@Vergennes ....Some (older) footage you might have not seen yet. Vive la france.

A deeper look into the Russian - Ukraine history (and the larger underlying basis for Russian chauvinist irredentism over the last century and more especially): https://defencehub.live/threads/indian-coffee-house-news-politics-chit-chat-debate.8382/page-51#post-183889 I invite members to join...

Found this quite an interesting read (on the longer context of RUS and UKR...and why RUS finds ukrainian independence/separation from it intolerable at deep level), tell me what you guys think...

Ukraine security expert tells me of a recent convo with an Italian journalist. Italian: “So, to make peace with Russia, what will you give them?” UA: “what do you mean?” Italian: “well, you’ll have to give them territory of course!” UA: “hmmm, yes, ok. We’ll give them Lake Como.” :ROFLMAO: