Not as sexy.
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https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1579809352130891776?s=20&t=oau3fKXFJT9gdXyLuWJBKw
This will affect a lot more than teachers. Amazing how Putin always manages to adopt short term “solutions” that aggravate underlying problems. Another example would be killing international investment in Russia by shaking down (or permitting the shakedown) of investors. Works great for a few years, until there are no more investors. Too much of that sort of bold management and you end up squandering your reign by getting your ass kicked by a “weak” neighbor while also being internationally vilified.
My apologies for interrupting whatever the fuck is going on ITT with a bit of actual news about the war in Ukraine.
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I’ve been trying to keep up with the war, but I lost my best source. Does anyone have a good link to a Twitter list or perhaps a forum where well-informed people are keeping tabs on the latest developments and sharing news?
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Germany has delivered the first Iris-T air defense system that was built to Ukraine. Three more are promised but won’t be available until sometime next year.
Are trenches useless in modern warfare?
They still offer protection from artillery and direct fire?
I guess they help a little, but I don’t expect them to do much other than slightly slow down an advancing army.
It‘s not going to be like WW1 and I don‘t think they are supposed to be much more than keep the soldiers from dying too easily. To stop an advancing army I assume one needs artillery, armored vehicles and just generally lots of firepower.
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The reason for trenches that long is as a barrier for tanks.
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The systems for electronically checking a target to see if it’s friendly should be standardized. Also there aren’t so many aircraft and anti-aircraft systems out there to make simple coordination unmanageable. If you’re flying an aircraft somewhere hostile you should know where your friendly units are and how to contact them. If you have an anti-aircraft system you should know what friendly aircraft might be flying around. That kind of communication is a fairly basic task for a modern, professional army.
I would hope so, but I’ve only been on the air side
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Chemical warfare also.
Patriot systems can definitely be set to fully automatic but I would expect they would only do that if all friendly aircraft in that region have proper friend or foe transponders or know not to go near them.
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1580119531238076417?s=20&t=-bMHsDSURwEJHdwikXxapQ
Looks like the ambitious type.