I thought the US still abided by it despite not signing it
So I gather from Twitter
- The Moskva’s radar could only look in one direction.
- It was distracted following a drone in flight some 100 km inland from the coast.
- A subsonic cruise missile would normally have little chance to get past a modern air defense system.
- Bam, they took a blindside hit, maybe in a vulnerable spot, and couldn’t put out the fire.
Adding
- The remaining Russian ships, some carrying land attack missiles, are now vulnerable because the Moskva would have been providing them cover.
I wonder if Putin is prone to telling bad beat stories.
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Very on brand.
The last I heard, mines are allowed under the treaty if they are designed to detonate or disarm within a couple days of no one stepping on them. As of 15 years ago, the US used noncompliant mines in Korea.
ok one last one.
https://twitter.com/eamonhamilton/status/1514387400424030209
btw, RU info agency tried to claim the whole crew of 500 was rescued. until Turkey said they came and pulled 54 sailors out of the water.
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on no, not times new roman.
lol times new roman sucks
That was actually interesting as I had no idea that there was a company that owns fonts. How long can they get IP protection for that? Times New Roman has been around forever.
Looking forward to a bunch of Russians posting in comic sans.
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First they came for Times New Roman, and I said nothing… for Times New Roman sucks.
Then they came for Comic Sans… and all was lost.
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Afaict, this is the Brookings Lawfare blog guy doing his own special operation? seriously?
His name is Phil I think?
ben wittes?
Before you think “an 8 min utoobz vid? Yeah right!” - trust me, it’s worth it. SO worth it.
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yeah there are a lot of wars in russian history that come to mind as parallels. the winter war, the crimean war, the afghanistan war. but none fit quite as good as the russo-japanese war.
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Two good podcast episodes on the Russo-Japanese War (although sadly neither of them mentions crocodiles or snakes IIRC):
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Or instead of a srs biz documentary you’d rather just clown on the Russian Navy, this focuses on the worst ship in the Baltic Fleet. https://youtu.be/DCrAQFBUFlU
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