Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

[brycejones]

No reasonable way to stop them. Russia however - very reasonable means to stop them.

Railsoog was claiming China isn’t aggressive and doesn’t invade or attack its neighbors. This is objectively false.

 

[fskimospy]

Railsoog was claiming China isn’t aggressive and doesn’t invade or attack its neighbors. This is objectively false.

If China attacks Taiwan @raildogg will say America forced them to. I imagine he also blames America for China's invasion of Vietnam.

He starts from the conclusion that it's America's fault and then works backwards.

 

[brycejones]

If China attacks Taiwan @raildogg will say America forced them to. I imagine he also blames America for China's invasion of Vietnam.

He starts from the conclusion that it's America's fault and then works backwards.

I don’t see any work being done by him. It’s just America’s fault.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Would you please expand on that.

I think the risk of China imploding is higher than the risk of a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan.

 

[APU_Fusion]

I am sure the invasion of the Tibetan Autonomous Region and cleansing of Uyghurs is America’s fault too. In fact, the persecution of the Jews by the Germans in WW2 were part of conspiracy because Hitler was a pawn of Roosevelt. Roosevelt wanted to destroy Japan so he asked Hitler to invade other nations and partner with Japan and Italy as an excuse. 🙄

 

[K1052]

Mmm finally getting the good stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782835293218845116

 

[Indus]

From the US Senate:

America First 80
Russia First 19

Fucking 19 traitors...

 

[brycejones]

Mmm finally getting the good stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782835293218845116

All the A1s please.

 

[Jaskalas]

Mmm finally getting the good stuff

Kerch bridge is roughly 300km from the frontline.
That would be the maximum range for the missiles.

 

[Drach]

Kerch bridge is roughly 300km from the frontline.
That would be the maximum range for the missiles.

I have been waiting on that bridge to be under water for years . Good luck Ukraine .

 

[Drach]

From the US Senate:

America First 80
Russia First 19

Fucking 19 traitors...

Ted fuckin Cruz. Who would have thought ?

 

[K1052]

Supplemental passes Senate.

 

[Muse]

Supplemental passes Senate.

Biden should slam dunk it. It's midnight in D.C.

 

[tweaker2]

I wonder how long it will take for the supplemental aid for Ukraine to take full effect on the battlefield. There must be a lot of subtle yet very earnest celebrating going on in Ukraine at the moment though.

Hope there's enough time for the AFU to fully and properly gear up for the expected Russian offensive coming around the corner.

 

[K1052]

I wonder how long it will take for the supplemental aid for Ukraine to take full effect on the battlefield. There must be a lot of subtle yet very earnest celebrating going on in Ukraine at the moment though.

Hope there's enough time for the AFU to fully and properly gear up for the expected Russian offensive coming around the corner.

This aid package is reportedly ready for shipment from stockpiles in Germany and Poland. They just have to load it on trains/trucks. Fresh munitions should reach the field in 2-3 days once they have the green light.

 

[zinfamous]

Mmm finally getting the good stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782835293218845116

May 8: Where Kerch Bridge go? OH FUCKING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

 

[tweaker2]

This aid package is reportedly ready for shipment from stockpiles in Germany and Poland. They just have to load it on trains/trucks. Fresh munitions should reach the field in 2-3 days once they have the green light.

Awesome. Great news. And what's so pleasing about the fresh supplies heading into Ukraine is that Putin can't do much of anything about stopping the resupply from happening.

 

[gorobei]

full list of senate vote

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/senate-vote-israel-ukraine-aid-dg/index.html

one of the reasons for having aid separated into individual bills was so that Ds could vote no on the israel aid in protest. package bill gives some cover for voting no but doesnt really excuse the regulars on team Traitor for putin money.

Here are the 3 members of the Democratic caucus who voted against the bill:

• Bernie Sanders of Vermont
• Jeff Merkley of Oregon
• Peter Welch of Vermont

Here are the 15 GOP senators who voted against the bill:

• John Barrasso of Wyoming
• Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
• Mike Braun of Indiana
• Ted Budd of North Carolina
• Ted Cruz of Texas
• Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
• Josh Hawley of Missouri
• Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
• Mike Lee of Utah
• Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
• Roger Marshall of Kansas
• Marco Rubio of Florida
• Eric Schmitt of Missouri
• Rick Scott of Florida
• JD Vance of Ohio

didn’t vote

• Ron Paul
• Tim Scott
• Tommy Tuberville

 

[K1052]

Bill is signed and first new drawdown package worth $1B of munitions and vehicles:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783154838601072916

 

[Paratus]

It’s pretty quiet right now. Some of our more vocal posters are probably waiting on updated talking points now that the bill has passed.

I think they’ll decide to down play the amount of aid and it’s impact while simultaneously saying how much this package is stealing from Americans and babies.

 

[Perknose]

It’s pretty quiet right now. Some of our more vocal posters are probably waiting on updated talking points now that the bill has passed.

I think they’ll decide to down play the amount of aid and it’s impact while simultaneously saying how much this package is stealing from Americans and babies.

If a baby is unarmed, is it even an American?

 

[K1052]

May 8: Where Kerch Bridge go? OH FUCKING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

I suspect we will mostly supply M39A1s which will be used with great effect against S-300/400 systems and airbases in occupied Ukraine. The unitary warhead variants aren't great at taking something like a bridge though could certainly do damage since the structure itself doesn't seem particularly well built. More likely the SBU cooks something up I think.

 

[Ajay]

The unitary warhead variants aren't great at taking something like a bridge though could certainly do damage since the structure itself doesn't seem particularly well built. More likely the SBU cooks something up I think.

Pockmarking the bridge surface and substructure isn’t bad, but shaped charges on a bridge support are way better to turn sections of it into scrap. Tough to do with a team (Russian surveillance problem) - though given the lack of competency displayed by Russian soldiers, maybe easier than it would appear.

Not sure what type of missile can do this, but they would need to be air launched. Or a nautical drone with a very large warhead.

Any civil engineers in here?

 

[K1052]

Pockmarking the bridge surface and substructure isn’t bad, but shaped charges on a bridge support are way better to turn sections of it into scrap. Tough to do with a team (Russian surveillance problem) - though given the lack of competency displayed by Russian soldiers, maybe easier than it would appear.

Not sure what type of missile can do this, but they would need to be air launched. Or a nautical drone with a very large warhead.

Any civil engineers in here?

The rail bridge might be a better target for a BM since it's much thicker and all the energy from the impact and the warhead going off can be dumped mostly into the structure instead of blowing though the deck. A dozen Taurus missiles with the better fusing would be ideal but Scholz isn't giving those up. If it were us we'd send JASSM-ER.

 

[K1052]

As suspected conformation that the US recently supplied Ukraine with M39A1 ATACMS and will continue to. Initial quantity of missiles talked about seems to be 100 which is a healthy amount.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783184764473577939