The last note: the photos/ video of all the US and western destroyed equipment sickens me, for many reasons…….and for all the world to see.
I drove Bradley’s and LAVs, not a good place
As I understand things Ukraine is still not supplied the best armor.
From what I’ve read, powerful Russian mines seem have used to take out the armored vehicles from underneath them (where I suspect the armor would be comparatively thin).
I suspect the US informs Ukraine of Russian weak points.
I further suspect recent apparent weak points were created after powerful mines were laid by the Russians.
If an expensive IFV gets destroyed but its 12 soldier passengers survive 12 families will have cause to be happy.
Perhaps Ukraine could send workers to man US & EU armament factories for second & third shifts.
But, I’m guessing the Uke tankers are using the correct pronouns.
Only in the minds of true Russian propagandists is the destruction of a few armored vehicles during an assault a "a disaster of unprecedented proportions"
In case you haven't noticed Russia invaded Ukraine and they are having a war. Already thousands of vehicles have been destroyed, including thousands of Russian tanks.
This is NOT a fair fight!!!
The Russians likely knew they would end up having to fight the Neocons, and so they made sure that their weapons worked - no room for corruption or looking the other way.
Not the case with the Neocons, who were CONVINCED that simply showing their tail feathers would make Putin run for The Hague.
And so, with the Russian threat not being real to their hardware (in their warped minds), the Neocons then looked to their futures, which was BIG MONEY from defense contractors. But to get that, they needed to be ‘nice’ to them - so, if something didn’t work quite right...just get the needed approvals and move on.
This article does a good job of explaining why Western hardware is being TROUNCED in Ukraine:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/german-defence-minister-christine-lambrecht-quits
So nothing surprising here.
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...and to which it is impossible, apparently, to provide even only a courtesy link!
(The paltry images in the article itself are about as insubstantial as photos taken of a Sunday picnic.)
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Reading the article and all posts with interest.