I’m not sure I agree on the why, but I certainly agree that Putin thinks he can outlast Western and Ukrainian will to resist. The Western powers...
Real surprise. They’ve always been an unreliable and situational ally.
I just don’t think it could be done secretly. There is always that one thing that goes awry that we can’t plan for. No argument here. Put me in,...
Citizens of western countries need to be a bit quicker on the uptake that there are two ways only to end this war: on Putin’s terms or on...
The same thing has occurred to me. There are too many problems with it, though. One way or another, the ordnance could be forensically traced back...
Yes, they do. And we are long past needing to talk a little right back to them and China. I understand the concept of speaking softly and carrying...
It’s okay to lose land. You can get that back later. You can’t recover lost time or lost lives. Trading space for both while costing Russia both...
Yes, and if it’s lend/lease, then that equipment will have to be returned at war’s end in the same condition that it was lent ;)
The Swiss POV is that they are selling you weapons for the defense of your own country. If your country later becomes a conflict zone, then that’s...
I don’t have a problem with the Swiss logic in principle. They have been consistently neutral for hundreds of years, and that includes not selling...
I hear the bottom of the Volga is stunning this time of year.
My answer is yes … to the risk, not to the nukes, of course. We are already risking Russia using nukes at our current level of involvement; I...
Right as right can be except, in my opinion, the idea that Ukraine can win if we just give them the right stuff. I think we are seeing just about...
I think it will help, but artillery duels tend to be a numbers game. And in pure numbers Russia is always going to outgun Ukraine. Unless Ukraine...
In all seriousness, I don’t think a SMAW can cause a catastrophic kill of a main battle tank, including a T-62. It might be able to cause a...
The predecessor to the Javelin was the M47 Dragon, an early man-portable laser-guided system. From what I’m told, it flew so slowly the best...
They probably will get more from China now, which is still just an indirect means of acquiring it from the West. The Chinese make Western...
Well, you have to admire the brilliance of Putin on this one. He assesses that one of his T-62s is worth less monetarily than one of our Javelins....
Why does it surprise you that U.S. microchips would be so crucial to Russian military technology? Russia has always depended on someone else’s...
I am reminded of a true story about Saddam Hussein from the Iran-Iraq War circa 1982. After Iraq’s initial surprise invasion of Iran had been...
