This afternoon, a satellite pass over Polijarny found heat blooms in the engineering plants at the Kirov, the Minsk, and more than 20 other cruisers and destroyers, indicating they were preparing to sail.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.CW Griswold said:
This afternoon, a satellite pass over Polijarny found heat blooms in the engineering plants at the Kirov, the Minsk, and more than 20 other cruisers and destroyers, indicating they were preparing to sail.
wildmen09 said:GAC06 said:jabberwalkie09 said:LMCane said:
if/when the Russkies invade..
would they kick it off in darkness or during the daylight?
Personally, I'd expect probably twilight or daybreak. Daybreak would put light behind the Russians and silhouette their forces. Twilight if limited capacity with optics or other equipment would limit the amount they could effectively move until complete darkness. I don't know how well equipped for the night the Russian military at large is though.
Russia isn't as good at night as we are but they probably still have an advantage over the Ukrainians. If that tweet about about shelling in Luhansk is accurate, we may be seeing this kick off
Javelins work great at night though
Almost a full moon and near 100% illlum right now. Unless there is serious cloud coverage (likely in winter) they won't be in the dark
That is my read also. We have overheads. We have sigint. We have seen and have timetables from when the Russians have run training exercises and have a pretty good idea of how long it takes for them to get their pieces in place. Their last major formation was detraining earlier this week and then took 24 hours to get formed up and move out probably 48 hours to get supplied at your launch positions. Then looked at lunar calendar and said hey they have communicated orders to troops and here is the optimal day to launch an attack and so this is the day we think they will go.GAC06 said:wildmen09 said:GAC06 said:jabberwalkie09 said:LMCane said:
if/when the Russkies invade..
would they kick it off in darkness or during the daylight?
Personally, I'd expect probably twilight or daybreak. Daybreak would put light behind the Russians and silhouette their forces. Twilight if limited capacity with optics or other equipment would limit the amount they could effectively move until complete darkness. I don't know how well equipped for the night the Russian military at large is though.
Russia isn't as good at night as we are but they probably still have an advantage over the Ukrainians. If that tweet about about shelling in Luhansk is accurate, we may be seeing this kick off
Javelins work great at night though
Almost a full moon and near 100% illlum right now. Unless there is serious cloud coverage (likely in winter) they won't be in the dark
Supposedly that had some impact of the intelligence that they were going on the 16th
CW Griswold said:
This afternoon, a satellite pass over Polijarny found heat blooms in the engineering plants at the Kirov, the Minsk, and more than 20 other cruisers and destroyers, indicating they were preparing to sail.
aezmvp said:CW Griswold said:
This afternoon, a satellite pass over Polijarny found heat blooms in the engineering plants at the Kirov, the Minsk, and more than 20 other cruisers and destroyers, indicating they were preparing to sail.
Do you have a link to this?
Salute CornPops Message said:
I hope we have someone a lot smarter thanBidenMark Milley calling the shots n our side...Vlad has been preparing for war.....We have been focusing on making sure our war fighters wear masks, get poked, validate others' pronouns, remove any conservative thinkers......
if we get in a fight I hope are guys are prepared....
I love that movie and totally didn't realize it and feel like a total idiot. Thanks! A laugh is quite helpful right now!outofstateaggie said:aezmvp said:CW Griswold said:
This afternoon, a satellite pass over Polijarny found heat blooms in the engineering plants at the Kirov, the Minsk, and more than 20 other cruisers and destroyers, indicating they were preparing to sail.
Do you have a link to this?
It's a quote from "The Hunt for the Red October."
They've sortied their whole bloody fleet!
Sarge 91 said:Salute CornPops Message said:
I hope we have someone a lot smarter thanBidenMark Milley calling the shots n our side...Vlad has been preparing for war.....We have been focusing on making sure our war fighters wear masks, get poked, validate others' pronouns, remove any conservative thinkers......
if we get in a fight I hope are guys are prepared....
This isn't actually the problem.Rossticus said:
Reposting here. Posted elsewhere because I'm fed up with the narrative that the USA is so weak that Joe Biden automatically makes us a loser at everything, everywhere.
You're overestimating Biden's involvement in this and a potential Taiwan engagement unless he just inexplicably chooses to back out. There are too many other players involved in both matters. If this was unilateral US action then I'd get your point but we're talking about Biden PLUS the leaders of most of Europe. President dementia's impact is sufficiently diluted.
The whole "US is automatically a loser because Biden is president" is starting to piss me off. I don't define myself or my country by who the temporarily elected leader is. Russia IS Vladimir Putin. The United States of America IS NOT Joe ****ing Biden. We have a lot of brilliant and brave folks working on our behalf and I refuse to discount their impact based on one doddering old man.
Even in the midst of the Cold War, Reagan's onset of Alzheimer's didn't sink us. FDR didn't sink us in WW2. Biden will not sink us. We're better than that. We're more than that.
This is far more on the Obama administration (now President creepy pee-paw included) setting the stage with their "non deterrence doctrine". They set this stage but we're not going to be defined by them.
"Prevent democracy" and "install puppet governments"??Rossticus said:
I'm waiting on your proposal where you explain how allowing Russia to destabilize Europe, prevent democracy, gain additional strategic advantages, install additional puppet governments, etc. contributes to remedying the issues you outlined.
Serotonin said:"Prevent democracy" and "install puppet governments"??Rossticus said:
I'm waiting on your proposal where you explain how allowing Russia to destabilize Europe, prevent democracy, gain additional strategic advantages, install additional puppet governments, etc. contributes to remedying the issues you outlined.
Yeah, I agree we should be extremely worried about this. And I'm not talking about in Ukraine or anywhere else in the world.
Okay…redsquirrelAG said:
Most Patriots I Know are rooting for Russia. **** the deep state controlling the world.
I'm not rooting for Russia even if they are the anti-globalist side here.redsquirrelAG said:
Most Patriots I Know are rooting for Russia. **** the deep state controlling the world.
Serotonin said:I'm not rooting for Russia even if they are the anti-globalist side here.redsquirrelAG said:
Most Patriots I Know are rooting for Russia. **** the deep state controlling the world.
But I am wondering who wants us to fight and why.
Why are we more concerned about Ukraine's borders than our own?
redsquirrelAG said:
Most Patriots I Know are rooting for Russia. **** the deep state controlling the world.
Why do you say this? Are they going to march to Paris?wildmen09 said:Serotonin said:I'm not rooting for Russia even if they are the anti-globalist side here.redsquirrelAG said:
Most Patriots I Know are rooting for Russia. **** the deep state controlling the world.
But I am wondering who wants us to fight and why.
Why are we more concerned about Ukraine's borders than our own?
Because it could lead to WWIII if they keep moving west or north or south. That's why.
Don't believe that this is just about Ukraine. If we sanction this **** out of Russia do you think they'll just back away and cry uncle?
redsquirrelAG said:
We can't secure the border and you fools are controlled by the MSM over this. Like a puppet. Let Putin find and expose all of the Bidens *****
Putin's a bad guy, make no mistake about it.redsquirrelAG said:
We can't secure the border and you fools are controlled by the MSM over this. Like a puppet. Let Putin find and expose all of the Bidens *****
Rossticus said:
That's the inherent issue with electoral turnover every 4-8 years. There's no ideological consistency.
wildmen09 said:Rossticus said:
That's the inherent issue with electoral turnover every 4-8 years. There's no ideological consistency.
This and a military industrial complex too big to fail.
But, yeah. I choose to believe my S2/G2 over keyboard warriors. But keep at it. Let me know how the sand tastes.
Agree, but if that's the case shouldn't we stop spending taxpayer dollars on weapons to be captured by a future enemy based on our wishy washy foreign policy?Rossticus said:
That's the inherent issue with electoral turnover every 4-8 years. There's no ideological consistency.
wildmen09 said:wildmen09 said:Rossticus said:
That's the inherent issue with electoral turnover every 4-8 years. There's no ideological consistency.
This and a military industrial complex too big to fail.
But, yeah. I choose to believe my S2/G2 over keyboard warriors. But keep at it. Let me know how the sand tastes.
And by the way, they don't need to march to Paris. All they have to do is go a few miles into the Baltics and it's go time.
Rossticus said:wildmen09 said:wildmen09 said:Rossticus said:
That's the inherent issue with electoral turnover every 4-8 years. There's no ideological consistency.
This and a military industrial complex too big to fail.
But, yeah. I choose to believe my S2/G2 over keyboard warriors. But keep at it. Let me know how the sand tastes.
And by the way, they don't need to march to Paris. All they have to do is go a few miles into the Baltics and it's go time.
I think you're responding to the wrong guy. I'm not the "March to Paris" guy or the Putin fan.