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What should our response be if Russia invades Ukraine?
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"Ukrainian troops were able to intercept a call by a Russian general and kill him, according to The New York Times.
The paper cited two US military officials for the information. It did not name the general or give a location.
The report corroborates suggestions that the Russian military is using unsecured communications that Ukraine has been able to intercept.
Ukraine said it has killed four generals so far, an unusual toll for such senior officers.
The Times gave few details on the general whose intercepted call was said to lead to his death.
The paper reported, citing US officials: "the Ukrainians intercepted a general's call, geolocated it, and attacked his location, killing him and his staff."
A person close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal that Ukrainian intelligence had set up a special unit to hunt senior Russian commanders."
www.businessinsider.com
This is pretty sophisticated stuff, but I will also add the Ukrainians are canceling out their victories somewhat by telling the whole world how they are winning. Better to say nothing at all and keep the advantage as long as possible instead of letting the Russian military know where its weaknesses are at.
If the U.S. military does eventually get directly involved, the UAF will need to tighten-up to minimize casualties on our end.
The paper cited two US military officials for the information. It did not name the general or give a location.
The report corroborates suggestions that the Russian military is using unsecured communications that Ukraine has been able to intercept.
Ukraine said it has killed four generals so far, an unusual toll for such senior officers.
The Times gave few details on the general whose intercepted call was said to lead to his death.
The paper reported, citing US officials: "the Ukrainians intercepted a general's call, geolocated it, and attacked his location, killing him and his staff."
A person close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal that Ukrainian intelligence had set up a special unit to hunt senior Russian commanders."
Ukraine killed a Russian general after he made an unsecured call that gave away his location, report says
A large number of senior Russian military officers are being killed in Ukraine, embarrassing losses which appeared to have hampered the invasion.
www.businessinsider.com
This is pretty sophisticated stuff, but I will also add the Ukrainians are canceling out their victories somewhat by telling the whole world how they are winning. Better to say nothing at all and keep the advantage as long as possible instead of letting the Russian military know where its weaknesses are at.
If the U.S. military does eventually get directly involved, the UAF will need to tighten-up to minimize casualties on our end.
Now the Russian navy is getting involved near Odessa.
news.usni.org
Russian Warships Shelling Towns Near Odesa as Naval Activity Increasers in Northern Black Sea - USNI News
Russian ships are shelling targets in the suburbs of Odesa as naval activity ticks up in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. “We do see increased naval activity in the northern Black Sea,” a senior defense official told reporters on Wednesday. We also have observed on our own the...
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I seen a report today that Russia may have suffered as many as 7000 dead.
CMC Berger: Russian Logistics Failures in Ukraine ‘Should Give Pause’ to Taiwan Invasion Planners - USNI News
Stalled Russian forces across a number of fronts in Ukraine “should give pause” to Chinese military planners looking across more than 100 miles of water at Taiwan as an amphibious invasion target, Gen. David Berger, Marine Corps commandant, said Wednesday. Any amphibious invasion “is not going...
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On-going operational readiness from the Navy and Marine Corps:
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Will the current Kearsarge ARG live up to the legend of the original sloop of war of the same name on this deployment?
www.history.navy.mil
Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, 22nd MEU Deploy from Norfolk, N.C. - USNI News
Two of the three-ship Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group deployed Wednesday from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and Camp Lejeune, N.C., according to U.S. 2nd Fleet. USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), amphibious transport dock ship and USS Arlington (LPD-24) left the East Coast with Marine Expeditionary Unit 22...
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Will the current Kearsarge ARG live up to the legend of the original sloop of war of the same name on this deployment?
USS Kearsarge (Steam Sloop of War)
The Mohican-class steam sloop-of-war, USS Kearsarge, was commissioned on January 24, 1862, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Deployed to European waters during the Civil War, she searched for Confederate raiders. On June 19, 1864, in the Battle of Cherbourg, Kearsarge...
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With what we've seen the past few weeks, I think any kind of Chinese (PRC) amphib assault on Taiwan (ROC) could be a massive failure.CMC Berger: Russian Logistics Failures in Ukraine ‘Should Give Pause’ to Taiwan Invasion Planners - USNI News
Stalled Russian forces across a number of fronts in Ukraine “should give pause” to Chinese military planners looking across more than 100 miles of water at Taiwan as an amphibious invasion target, Gen. David Berger, Marine Corps commandant, said Wednesday. Any amphibious invasion “is not going...
There's no way they can hide their intentions & the ROC can unload volley after volley of anti-ship missiles from multiple angles.
If it ever happens, it's going to be one helluva fireworks show.
Intel Sharing Between U.S. and Ukraine 'Revolutionary' Says DIA Director - USNI News
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency described the sharing of information and intelligence between the United States and the Ukrainians as “revolutionary in terms of what we can do” at a Thursday congressional hearing. Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier told the House Armed Services...
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My perception is Putin's hypersonic missiles are glorified assassin's bullets that can take out a foreign leader anywhere if they have the range.
China has them and we do, too, but I think Putin is the only one would possibly use them for that.
I served in the Navy, but it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, so I am largely ignorant of the newer weapons.
Any foreign leader that ignores the newer military technology on display in Ukraine right now does so at their own peril.
Kinda scary to me.
High speed cruise missile. The advantage is they are supposedly hard to shoot down, but likely super expensive.
Not a game changer like the drones are.
Fascinating site: Oryx.
They have done quantitative research (complete with pictures) on all the vehicles lost in the war so far.
Ground vehicles loss as of today:
RU losses: 1,660
UKR losses: 397
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
They have done quantitative research (complete with pictures) on all the vehicles lost in the war so far.
Ground vehicles loss as of today:
RU losses: 1,660
UKR losses: 397
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
Wow, that's incredible. Those are some serious losses for Russia.
Ukraine crisis: claims Mariupol women and children forcibly sent to Russia
Thousands of resident illegally taken across border, says Mariupol council, as reports emerge its art school has been bombed while 400 were sheltering inside
www.theguardian.com
Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol have said Russian troops have forcibly deported several thousand residents to Russia, as reports emerged that Russian forces bombed an art school in the city where 400 people were taking shelter.
“Over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents were deported on to the Russian territory,” the city council said in a statement on its Telegram channel late on Saturday.
“The occupiers illegally took people from the Livoberezhniy district and from the shelter in the sports club building, where more than a thousand people (mostly women and children) were hiding from the constant bombing.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ussian-soldiers-told-ukrainian-man-theyd-shot
One lost vehicles while the other has cities leveled to the ground and over 3 million people relocated
Right. The Russians showed video of a guided missile cruiser launching one recently at Ukraine, but you cannot assume that's the only thing in the ship's magazines.
Also, I would assume their range would be limited, too, because of the high fuel consumption necessary to produce the hypersonic speeds.
A missile that can carry thermonuclear warheads, evade antimissle defense systems and level city blocks is not a gamechanger like the cheap drones, I'm guessing the Ukrainians disagree