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Who is St Javelin? How Did She Become Face of Ukraine Resistance Amid War With Russia
India.com ^ | 27 Feb 2022 | Desk

Posted on 02/27/2022 7:16:16 AM PST by PilotDave

A photo of a saint holding a Javelin, an anti-tank missile launcher, in her arms is going viral on social media. As Russia continues to wage war on Ukraine, the photo, being hailed as ‘St Javelin’, has become a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance. Snip Javelin is an anti-tank-guided munition that can be carried and launched by a single person. Designed by the US defence firms in the late 1980s, the Javelin weighs about 50 pounds. Javelin can be fired from the soldier and does not need any millie launcher. According to reports, Ukrainian defence is largely depending on the Javelin to counter the all-out attack of the Russian troops

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To: Joe 6-pack
They could use a Claire Chennault and the AVG type set up. Certainly, Putin would declare that an act of US aggression even though he has a long track record of using his own mercs for (not so) plausible deniability.

Yes, bring back the Flying Tigers. One was a friend of the family who was buried in that uniform. Putin has been playing poker, and it's time for someone in the West to call his bluff.
21 posted on 02/27/2022 8:42:44 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

Pairs of A-10s fly over the Ozarks nearly every weekend.
Very cool...


22 posted on 02/27/2022 8:46:53 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: Hulka
I’d Jump out of retirement just to fly the Hog again to kill Russian’s.

If you are single, there many beautiful ladies in Ukraine who will welcome you as a hero.
;)
23 posted on 02/27/2022 8:47:01 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

I wonder if the “Marry a Ukrainian woman” dating Apts are still up and running? Do you think this would be a good time to go over there, or would I be looked upon as an opportunist?


24 posted on 02/27/2022 8:54:56 AM PST by Rainwave ("Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling")
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To: Rainwave
I wonder if the “Marry a Ukrainian woman” dating Apts are still up and running? Do you think this would be a good time to go over there, or would I be looked upon as an opportunist?

Since many such dating apps are a scam, they are probably still up. If you go there to fight, you should be well received.
25 posted on 02/27/2022 9:32:43 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: PilotDave

Bkmk


26 posted on 02/27/2022 9:34:01 AM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: PilotDave

This is called a schlock icon. That is an “icon” that is not real, and has no holiness imbued in it. The icon is not written according to the Canons, and is solely a cartoon.

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of stories of saints and the Mother of God defending the Slavic lands from invasion (mostly from Muslims). In cases where the lands were successfully defended it was because the saint appeared to the enemy and terrified them into retreat (for example: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/08/great-miracle-of-st-spyridon-on-august.html) or a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, flood, landslide, fire, etc. disabled the invading party.

Icons where the celebrant carries weapons are understood to be fighting the real enemy, meaning the demons and the devil (for example St. George the Greatmartyr and Trophy Bearer, St. Michael the Archangel).

There are many martyrs who were sainted because they refused to murder others despite being in miltary service, and as such were killed by their countrymen, such as St. Maurice.

The image of “St. Javelin” is non-Orthodox, and is solely cultural. It carries with itself no Orthodox spirituality and in no way represents the Church.


27 posted on 02/27/2022 10:07:34 AM PST by JoanSmith
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To: Dr. Franklin

If A10s where deployed in Ukraine, the sky’s would immediately be swarming with MIGs and Sukhoi’s and those A10s would be toast. An A10 is pretty much on par with a Cessna against a modern fighter jet.


28 posted on 02/27/2022 10:54:24 AM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: PilotDave; PIF; Travis McGee
note the motto...NLAW We Trust....so does that make her THE Mother NLAW


29 posted on 02/27/2022 11:04:46 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: PilotDave

First sold to Ukraine by president Donald Trump in 2017 after the previous administration sent blankets.

https://www.defensenews.com/flashpoints/2018/05/23/for-first-time-ukraine-showcases-its-american-made-javelin-missiles/


30 posted on 02/27/2022 11:08:46 AM PST by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke )
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To: Sparticus

Then there are MANPADS.


31 posted on 02/27/2022 11:13:36 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: PilotDave
There is no St. Javelin but from 12/26/17 there is
Trump Sends Tank-Killing Missile To Fight Russia in Ukraine, But What Can It Do? By John Haltiwanger On 12/26/17 at 5:53 PM EST The decision to sell the Javelin missiles also comes not long after the Trump administration approved a limited weapons sale between American manufacturers and Ukraine of Model M107A1 sniper systems, ammunition and associated equipment...It's fired from the shoulder and tracks targets via infrared (heat signature). Instead of targeting the front or sides of tanks, which are thick with armor, the missile flies in an arc and hits the top of tank where the armor is weak.. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko defended the move in a Facebook post, thanking President Donald Trump for his support. Poroshenko further described the arms sale as "a transatlantic vaccination against the Russian virus of aggression." - https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tank-killing-missile-fight-russia-ukraine-759745

32 posted on 02/27/2022 11:19:57 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Sparticus

“A-10’s would be toast”.
Let me explain modern air combat. The A10’s don’t go by themselves. The first step is a large package of air to air fighters with dual role SAM suppression wild weasels. They are tasked with “owning” a certain area of airspace for a given period of time. Usually an AWAC and a tanker is closeby too. If anything flies into that airspace, it dies. The wild weasel package it there to blow up any SAM missile sites. Trust me, they are very effective. Once the battle space is secure, then the A10’s arrive and rain down hot death from above, under the watchful eyes of their “top cover” best buddies. It’s all quite spectacular...


33 posted on 02/27/2022 12:38:04 PM PST by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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To: PilotDave

Thank you President Trump.


34 posted on 02/27/2022 12:42:17 PM PST by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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To: Covenantor

Apparently Great Britain also sold anti-tank missiles to Ukraine. They are called NLAW missile.


35 posted on 02/27/2022 12:48:28 PM PST by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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To: daniel1212

“Then there are MANPADS.”

I know what that really means, but lately when I hear it I think it’s some kind of tranny thing.


36 posted on 02/27/2022 12:54:36 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Covenantor

That’s St. Javelin ...


37 posted on 02/27/2022 1:04:18 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PilotDave

You’re making my point. Just “sending in” some A10s means all out war. We are not going to go take out the Russian air force in Putin’s back yard. Can we spell DEFCON?


38 posted on 02/27/2022 2:26:22 PM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: PLMerite
"I know what that really means, but lately when I hear it I think it’s some kind of tranny thing."

Yikes, no! How does the A-10 stack against MANPADS?

39 posted on 02/27/2022 3:36:15 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Sparticus
If A10s where deployed in Ukraine, the sky’s would immediately be swarming with MIGs and Sukhoi’s and those A10s would be toast. An A10 is pretty much on par with a Cessna against a modern fighter jet.\

Europe is sending Ukraine fighter jets:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4042159/posts

Will they arrive in time to save the day, or is this just another empty promise from the E.U.?
40 posted on 02/27/2022 6:35:11 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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