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#74501
UEFA cancels admission of Russians under 17 to international competitionshttps://t.co/TatHEjnaXI

 

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#74502
A direct ATGM hit on an armored carrier supporting Russian infantry that are trying to storm Ukrainian positions. Reportedly Avdiivka axis.

 

The President of Romania officially supports the beginning of Ukraine's accession to the EU in 2023. President Klaus Iohannis stated this at a press conference after meeting with Zelenskyi. The creation of an F-16 training center in Romania was also announced.

 

 

#74503
According to Romanov, things are not going well for the occupiers in the Kherson region in terms of counter-battery fire. One report he shared states that the defence near [Antonovsky] bridge is compromised, intense artillery shelling and mass use of FPV-drones by Ukrainians.…

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#74504
BREAKING:The Russian survey vessel Sibiryakov was conducting “underwater activities” in by the Balticconector pipeline throughout the summer.There's now a hole in the pipeline.Finland suspects Russia has attacked its critical infrastructure.Finland is a NATO member state
⚡ The "grain corridor" from Ukraine through Moldova to Romania will be operational soon, - Zelensky

 

#74505
Germany today confimed a recently announced support package for Ukraine worth €1 billion. The package includes Patriot, IRIS-T and Gepard air defense systems, weapons, APC's and equipment of military personnel worth €20 million. https://t.co/HpsFG5cepW

 

Tomorrow a new US aid package is expected to be announced worth $200 million. It should include:➡️AIM-9 missiles➡️Anti-drone equipment➡️HIMARS, 105-mm and 155-mm ammunition➡️High-precision ammunition➡️TOW anti tank missiles➡️AT-4 anti tank weapons➡️Additional equipment

 

 

#74506

So if things are going to stalemate through the winter, and we have mud season(s), what does that look like in regards to the timeline of training and the ability to deploy F-16's? Are we looking at late 2023, spring 2024, or later? I realize Russia has air defense systems all over the place, but Ukraine has been pretty good about targeting those lately. Is it possible we could have Uke's running sorties in F-16's by February, and blowing the fuck out of entrenched russian defenses? Or is that going to be impossible with Russia's air defense systems, even if they're weakned? I'm thinking/hoping for Russian entrenched defenses all the way to the coast getting this treatment:

Napalm GIFs - Get the best gif on GIFER

Napalm is legal as long as it's not used against civilians, right?

#74507
⚡️Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are discussing the creation of a joint mission to clear the Black Sea of mines.Three officials familiar with the matter told Bloomberg about this.According to their data, the countries can create a joint demining unit as early as November, while…

 

#74508

i do like that we're trying to find excuses to remind everyone over there we have carriers.

 

"i'm directing the gerald ford over to the eastern mediterranean to help israel"

"sir, what can a carrier do for close combat support?"

"quite literally nothing."

#74509
10 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i do like that we're trying to find excuses to remind everyone over there we have carriers.

 

"i'm directing the gerald ford over to the eastern mediterranean to help israel"

"sir, what can a carrier do for close combat support?"

"quite literally nothing."

It can do a bunch.  Tactical reconnaissance, delivery of supplies both humanitarian and military, supplemental air defense, etc.  That's before even considering offensive combat operations.

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#74510
27 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i do like that we're trying to find excuses to remind everyone over there we have carriers.

 

"i'm directing the gerald ford over to the eastern mediterranean to help israel"

"sir, what can a carrier do for close combat support?"

"quite literally nothing."

Every single F/A 18 on those carriers with MARINES painted on the side is flown by a crew well trained and dedicated to putting bombs, rockets, missiles, and hot lead on close air support targets called in by personnel on the ground.  Any Marine squadron, and most Navy squadrons, on those carriers can provide an enormous amount of close combat fire support in addition to the roles Felix mentioned.

#74512
2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

Napalm is legal as long as it's not used against civilians, right?

who fucking cares at this point.  

Edited by Nivek

#74513
1 minute ago, Nivek said:

who fucking cares at this point.  

I mean, I don't, but I'm an asshole on the internet. Pretty sure America still tries to keep to whatever world-wide official rules are considered accepted, or have a viable work-around. 

#74514
2 hours ago, MillerEP said:
⚡️Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are discussing the creation of a joint mission to clear the Black Sea of mines.Three officials familiar with the matter told Bloomberg about this.According to their data, the countries can create a joint demining unit as early as November, while…

 

So they are going to clear those routes, meanwhile Ukraine is almost done working out a route to move grain from Ukraine to Romania through Moldova, meaning that freighters don't have to go into Odesa/Ukrainian waters and will be docking at Romanian ports.

Very nice.  That grain will be loaded at a NATO member's port, and will be traveling through NATO waters.  

#74515
1 hour ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Every single F/A 18 on those carriers with MARINES painted on the side is flown by a crew well trained and dedicated to putting bombs, rockets, missiles, and hot lead on close air support targets called in by personnel on the ground.  Any Marine squadron, and most Navy squadrons, on those carriers can provide an enormous amount of close combat fire support in addition to the roles Felix mentioned.

Aren't all the squadrons on both those ships Navy rather than Marines? (I know it doesn't change the general answer). 

#74516
8 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Aren't all the squadrons on both those ships Navy rather than Marines? (I know it doesn't change the general answer). 

Nope. There are Marines aircraft/airdales stationed on deployed aircraft carriers.

Edited by Schulz2.0

#74517
8 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Aren't all the squadrons on both those ships Navy rather than Marines? (I know it doesn't change the general answer). 

Either way, it's all F/A-18s, and the "F" is for fighter while the "A" is for (ground) attack.

#74518
2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

So if things are going to stalemate through the winter, and we have mud season(s), what does that look like in regards to the timeline of training and the ability to deploy F-16's? Are we looking at late 2023, spring 2024, or later? I realize Russia has air defense systems all over the place, but Ukraine has been pretty good about targeting those lately. Is it possible we could have Uke's running sorties in F-16's by February, and blowing the fuck out of entrenched russian defenses? Or is that going to be impossible with Russia's air defense systems, even if they're weakned? I'm thinking/hoping for Russian entrenched defenses all the way to the coast getting this treatment:

Napalm GIFs - Get the best gif on GIFER

Napalm is legal as long as it's not used against civilians, right?

My understanding is that its not illegal unless used against civilians.  Generally frowned upon, though.  

The Mark 77 bomb is what we have, and I'm surprised we haven't seen it mentioned/requested.  I don't know if it can be used with the jdam system, which might be why it hasn't been.  Without air superiority, no bueno.  

 

#74519
24 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Nope. There are Marines aircraft/airdales stationed on deployed aircraft carriers.

Right, I know they can be deployed with our carriers. I just meant for these particular carriers, I didn't think they had any at the moment. The USMC retired its Hornets a couple of years ago, waiting to replace them with F-35s rather than the Super Hornet. My understanding is that the vast majority of F-35s purchased by the USMC are the B model that only operates from our amphibious assault ships rather than our super carriers. As far as I know, right now there is only one USMC squadron with the F-35C that would be flown off our super carriers, and it goes with the Abraham Lincoln. 

#74520
1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

Right, I know they can be deployed with our carriers. I just meant for these particular carriers, I didn't think they had any at the moment. The USMC retired its Hornets a couple of years ago, waiting to replace them with F-35s rather than the Super Hornet. My understanding is that the vast majority of F-35s purchased by the USMC are the B model that only operates from our amphibious assault ships rather than our super carriers. As far as I know, right now there is only one USMC squadron with the F-35C that would be flown off our super carriers, and it goes with the Abraham Lincoln. 

Gotcha. I just knew we always had a couple Marines squadrons onboard for deployments when I was on a carrier 10+ years ago.

#74521

On top of all of that, (2) CSG's and their full array of surface vessels/flotillas can provide a quality of care for wounded Israeli/Allied ground combat medical evacuees than all but the very top Israeli hospitals, which are much farther away.  You can do this with secure beachheads where small boats can ferry back to the Destroyers and even SC's for treatment.  Or used rotary wing evacs if air lanes are secured.  A number of options that beat the hell outta Israeli's driving their wounded out north of Gaza behind the lines with Hamas assholes just waiting for to take out 6 wounded and a security team in a APV.  They won't do that to a clearly labeled U.S. Navy/USMC med-evac team.  Well, one dumbass will.  And that's how it all really begins...

#74522
2 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Gotcha. I just knew we always had a couple Marines squadrons onboard for deployments when I was on a carrier 10+ years ago.

Marines on the carrier are only for ship security and security of the nuclear plant/ship.  Marines have their own amphibious ships when they want to deploy or transport larger marine contingents and their supplies/weapons.

#74523
1 minute ago, ABSR said:

Marines on the carrier are only for ship security and security of the nuclear plant/ship.  Marines have their own amphibious ships when they want to deploy or transport larger marine contingents and their supplies/weapons.

I was in from 2007 to 2013. It was Marines pilots, airdales, and planes. It wasn't just security.

#74524
Ukrainian forces have shot down a Russian SU-25 ground attack aircraft near Avdiivka

 

 

#74525
3 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

I was in from 2007 to 2013. It was Marines pilots, airdales, and planes. It wasn't just security.

Yeah, but the big question is do you know how to start one? We were looking for that expertise earlier. 

#74526
3 minutes ago, ABSR said:

Marines on the carrier are only for ship security and security of the nuclear plant/ship.  Marines have their own amphibious ships when they want to deploy or transport larger marine contingents and their supplies/weapons.

Ok, a little searching seems to show that this is correct.  I haven't kept up.  In my day (many years ago) every Carrier Air Group included Marine attack squadrons for air strikes as needed.  It looks like the aging of the F/A-18 fleet and the delay in getting the F-35 into service has led to no or few Marine squadrons aboard full carriers, at least for now.  Still, Navy F/A-18 squadrons still have strike capabilities and can provide close air support.

#74527
We're aware of a fake BBC video circulating on social media falsely claiming that Bellingcat has verified Ukrainian weapons sales to Hamas. We've reached no such conclusions or made any such claims. We'd like to stress that this is a fabrication and should be treated accordingly.
BREAKING:Finland's President Sauli Niinistö says the damages done to both the balticconnector gas pipeline and a communication cable connecting Finland with Estonia are "the result of external activity"Finland is a NATO member state
Finnish national broadcaster YLE referring to it's sources: seems #balticconnector leak was not an accident.Navy Mine countermeasures vessel MHC Purunpää and Border Guard offshore patrol vessel Turva on site.Finnish gov to hold presser today.https://t.co/6ZYs7fcYV9

 

#74528
4 minutes ago, BamaATL said:
Ukrainian forces have shot down a Russian SU-25 ground attack aircraft near Avdiivka

 

 

So if the count is accurate, that makes 27 losses of the SU 25.  Prior to the conflict, it was estimated they had a total amount of 192 of these, but not much in the way of intel as to how many were actually operational.  Assuming they were all operational 12% loss, more likely somewhere around 25% loss.  There are also exhausting these via overuse.  These are their close combat support craft.  

#74529
Russian media report that massive cluster munition shelling is ongoing on their positions in the direction of Robotyne-Verbove. "Massive enemy attack on our positions. Cassettes drop every 3-5 minutes. In pauses we respond but counter-battery at night is a complicated thing."

 

#74530
10 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Ok, a little searching seems to show that this is correct.  I haven't kept up.  In my day (many years ago) every Carrier Air Group included Marine attack squadrons for air strikes as needed.  It looks like the aging of the F/A-18 fleet and the delay in getting the F-35 into service has led to no or few Marine squadrons aboard full carriers, at least for now.  Still, Navy F/A-18 squadrons still have strike capabilities and can provide close air support.

There's only a handful of squadrons left spread across a few CSGs.  I am pretty sure the Nimitz still has 1 or 2, which may be headed that way now.  Closest USMC air assets are grounded in Romania.  Not even sure what's there. 

I guess we'll know shit's getting real with RUssia if either the Eisenhower or the Nimitz suddenly turns left at the Aegean Sea to "use the head and ask for directions.  Maybe get a quart of beer for Brisket"  

Edited by YGIFS

#74531
1 minute ago, YGIFS said:

There's only a handful of squadrons left spread across a few CSGs.  I am pretty sure the Nimitz still has 1 or 2, which may be headed that way now.  Closest USMC air assets are grounded in Romania.  Not even sure what's there.  I guess we'll know shit's getting real if either the Eisenhower or the Nimitz suddenly turns left at the Aegean Sea to "use the head and ask for directions."  

Captain Ron's at the helm?

#74532
13 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

I was in from 2007 to 2013. It was Marines pilots, airdales, and planes. It wasn't just security.

Marines have Amphibous Ready Groups (ARG) which have ships and marines to force project.  This is separate from carrier battle groups.   Carriers do have some marine aviation detachments which function as normal air groups, and could possibly be sent to operate from land based locations in support of the ARG's activities.  But Navy (or Air Force) aviators could also fly missions supporting Marines. 

But my point is that the marines on a carrier are not being used to project power as part of marine deployments or amphibious landings etc.  They are not taking those marines and putting them on the ground as force projection.  They are in support of the ship and ship activities.

#74533
Of course, I’m not exactly an artillery engineer, but it seems to me that something russians got wrong here.

 

 

#74535

I speak Russian.  They are saying "Pivot!  Pivot!  Pivot!  I don't understand, we drew a diagram and everything..." 

#74536
22 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Not sure how this would play out

⚡️Washington Post: White House considers attaching Ukraine funding to Israel aid package.The White House is considering a strategy to bundle Ukraine funding with a forthcoming request for urgent aid to Israel, people familiar with the discussions told the Washington Post.

 

 

I would play it out by adding an extra zero on the end of the package 

#74537
1 hour ago, BamaATL said:

So if the count is accurate, that makes 27 losses of the SU 25.  Prior to the conflict, it was estimated they had a total amount of 192 of these, but not much in the way of intel as to how many were actually operational.  Assuming they were all operational 12% loss, more likely somewhere around 25% loss.  There are also exhausting these via overuse.  These are their close combat support craft.  

I'd imagine that half of their 192 from the start were hangar queens to begin with.  The amount of corruption concerning their military, from the million+ missing winter uniforms to the missing medical equipment to missing batteries, cabling, etc..

#74538
44 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
Of course, I’m not exactly an artillery engineer, but it seems to me that something russians got wrong here.

 

 

If a US Army or Marine Corps NCO or officer walked up on that, they'd probably be in trouble for beating the fuck out of those guys or in the hospital from having a heart attack.

You could get away with an army of dumbass peasants in 1943, but you can't do that in 2023.  I'd imagine that they will wreck that MLRS when they fire those things.

#74539
33 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If a US Army or Marine Corps NCO or officer walked up on that, they'd probably be in trouble for beating the fuck out of those guys or in the hospital from having a heart attack.

You could get away with an army of dumbass peasants in 1943, but you can't do that in 2023.  I'd imagine that they will wreck that MLRS when they fire those things.

That fucker is going to detonate and kill everything within 50 yards the second they press the shiney red button.

That's even if the missiles are armed correctly.

Edited by MissingInAction

#74540
11 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:
BREAKING:Apart from the gas pipeline "balticconnector", an undersea communications cable between Finland and Estonia has also been damaged.Finnish government press conference to start at 5:30 pm Finnish time.Finland is a NATO member state

 

BREAKING:Finland's PM Petteri Orpo says damages to the underwater gas pipeline with Estonia balticconnector "couldn't have happened naturally"The damaged underwater communications cable was most likely hit in Estonia's Exclusive Economic Zone🇫🇮 and 🇪🇪are NATO member states

 

 

Sy Hersh’s anonymous sources will be on the phone to him as soon as they stop furiously masturbating to this news. 

#74541
Sy Hersh’s anonymous sources will be on the phone to him as soon as they stop furiously masturbating to this news. 

100%. But this time, for bonus points, they may blame Israel.
#74542
That fucker is going to detonate and kill everything within 50 yards the second they press the shiney red button.
That's even if the missiles are armed correctly.

So they did it correctly then.
#74543
1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

That fucker is going to detonate and kill everything within 50 yards the second they press the shiney red button.

That's even if the missiles are armed correctly.

Am I understanding correctly that they stuck the banana in their own tailpipe? 

#74546
1 minute ago, YGIFS said:

Does gay Damon Wayans work in the Russian Armory now?  NTTAWWT

They'd be selling Russian military pieces out of the back of a truck.

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#74547
9 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

They'd be selling Russian military pieces out of the back of a truck.

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All I know is that John Slade would be mother fucking furious.  

#74548
14 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:
There will probably not be a new wave of mobilization before the presidential election in #RussiaBritish intelligence believes that the Kremlin will hold back from unpopular political steps in the run-up to the election. Recall, the elections in Russia are to be held in…

 

 

This is just another sign of how tenuous Putin's position is. The inability to call up a mass mobilization is going to jeopardize his entire war. Sure they have some strong positions but expecting their current roster to hold out for 6-8 months is stupifying. They may have some shadow recruiting to bolster some of their lines but they need some more meat if they can expect to hold on against the steady UA advance.

It is almost a parallel dilemma with the West...we have been risking failure by not committing all the necessary equipment up front, while Putin cannot commit the necessary bodies from the start to guarantee success.

#74549
6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Either way, it's all F/A-18s, and the "F" is for fighter while the "A" is for (ground) attack.

 

5 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Ok, a little searching seems to show that this is correct.  I haven't kept up.  In my day (many years ago) every Carrier Air Group included Marine attack squadrons for air strikes as needed.  It looks like the aging of the F/A-18 fleet and the delay in getting the F-35 into service has led to no or few Marine squadrons aboard full carriers, at least for now.  Still, Navy F/A-18 squadrons still have strike capabilities and can provide close air support.

ACKshually...

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The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a redesign from scratch of the original, and first flew in '99. It's larger, much more powerful, and basically a completely different plane, despite sharing the same designation and name.

#74550

Things are looking up

🫢 Russian coffee shops to switch to low-quality coffee due to rouble collapsehttps://t.co/VmEYoeHRy6

 

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