What do folks think? Should India get some validations done while world attention is focused intensely on Russia+Ukraine?
IMO, it should be a MIRV test anyway... that is more relevant now than the final range stuff.
They really didnt think things through enough....or invest enough for this kind of war....
Wanted a quick fold by their version of shock and awe.....
This is what happens when you are oligarch energy economy grown too addicted to nuclear deterrence and brandishing as be all end all.
There is...
Something is better than nothing (especially if well backed by supporting weaponry and NATO AWACs link).
Every bit counts.....ukraine has lot of good pilots without planes right now. Have to use that resource to the max.
How much room for negotiation is there in end when fascist tyrant bully came in stating a "de nazification" purpose on you?
The bully thought this is over quickly and now that it is not....has to contend with severe loss of face....something bullies absolutely hate.
The bully was basically...
@HTurk see what I mean?
Any hypocrite lip from anyone in the west..... we go....uh talk to your own WAY bigger mess first....and prove that stuff before any tough guy flexing crap on others.
We pay Russia literal pennies for each dollar West gives and gave to them.
This is using purely...
TB2 needs to have a quote that paraphrases Lt. Aldo Raine...
"'We in the killin' Russians business.
And brother, let me tell you that business is a-boomin...'"
For the clean sheet 125kn project, it will base itself on the rough countours (in further full flow at that point) of:
- existing turbomeca/shakti/ardiden cooperation and joint production (which is now moving into more branches and leaves past the trunk)
- safran commercial production at its...
Yep.
But there are severe deficiencies cropping up with russia's traditional arty-rich force structure....in this particular strategy they have employed with Ukraine.
- Urban warfare propensity is one factor...(i.e the escalation into civilian casualties)...is Russia prepared to have that...
TIFWIW:
More and more evidence is emerging that the Russian forces rely on civilian radios and mobile phones for their communications. Our source in one invading unit confirms this.
If that is true, that will explain a LOT after dust settles to analyse....
i.e more things of note that Russia...
Dude .... its larger topic that has been aired out a lot in this forum already. This is not the time and place to get into details and nuances of how much of an edifice and principle is valid as a complete monolith....especially factoring for one's own biased perception of it...or the actual...
It is actually super key thing in the end. You need to be working out in regular deployments to get things smooth and slick on such stuff....2nd nature in the head and training....and also knowing your logistics inside out for each intensity level (and make use of defensive advantage on that...