there are quite a few bridges over the Dnepr, Russia would probably need a lot of missiles to destroy them to the point where they can't just be patched up quickly. since they are very far from the front there is no cheap and reliable way to keep them from being repaired, also wouldn't they be able to build other crossings especially by tying barges together,etc
Mar 26, 2023·edited Mar 26, 2023Liked by Simplicius
Russia does not need to destroy Dnieper river bridges as things stand today. Most people are very slow to understand Russia is not yet fighting for territory, other than the 4 annexed regions. Russia is also holding back most of its mobilized troops and massive firepower. Russia has a 10 to 1 kill ratio advantage in troops and armaments. It is grinding and pulverizing the Ukraine military while minimizing its own losses. Russia has total conventional and nuclear escalation dominance in Europe, and it has nuclear escalation dominance over the West worldwide. Yes, worldwide. Russian leadership is mature, extremely competent, self-controlled and highly rational. Time is well on their side for at least the next year. NATO leadership is fragile, weak, incompetent and very immature. Russian leadership knew this war was coming in 2007 and perhaps prior. They have prepared. Sure, the West will pull a few more asymmetrical pin-prick attack tricks that will grad ST media headlines, but change nothing. Ukraine will launch its offensives and blow its wad. Russia will destroy the capacity, capabilities, will and spirit of NATO in this war. Success requires nothing short of that. Russia will also control the Black Sea. This is inevitable.
Well, I hope that when the Ukrainiam soldiers trained by “NADA” NATO (nada is Spanish for nothing) get a taste of the battlefield against the Russians, they ALL surrender en mass so that their lives are spared. Instead of giving up their lives for Washington District of Caligula or the Cocaine Champion of the World.
us' syria cantonment was 'defended' by "avenger' which is a sidewinder missile launched from a ground system. sidewinder (newest aim-9x that shot down the china balloon was radar guided like amraam, that capacity is expensive!) is heat seeker the sensor on the ground must cue the missile. drones general have small heat signature.
there is a patriot missile than can shoot downward, it is likely not going to ukraine bc it is new, and the missile would be cued by a look down radar..... i do not know if nato e-3 could cue the new missiles.... meads has integration of sensors to shooters.....
in short air defense insists on multiple sensors, overlapping aspects and tight data linkage. some of these are in ukraine, but the really new stuff should not be used where russian sensors can gather data as if they were running a test.
Mar 26, 2023·edited Mar 26, 2023Liked by Simplicius
You know what s really strange about this war? That Russia can win it în a day but for some reasons doesn t want to. It s very simple. Just destroy the servers that sustain the economic backbone of the country. There are banking servers somewhere în Kiev, just destroy them and Ukraine goes right în the XIX century. They can t receive money from the west, can t pay the soldiers ,teachers, workers, pensions nothing. The whole country goes black. As for the bridges, if they are destroyed all the equipement would be stationed în western Ukraine, not good. As for Ugledar, why don t they just use a FOAB and be done with it, the city is empty of civilians, just raze it from the ground and that s that. The same în Chas Yar, Slaviansk-Kramatorsk. Just raze them. As for the uranian shells I am convince that unless Russia uses nukes the West wont stop playing stupid game. I would nuke Lvov în an instant, în that place even children are posesed by Bandera s idiotic idiology. It still baffles the mind that the ukranians are still fighting, their country is destroyed, their wifes are în the west sucking foreign cock, they must know that there uncle Sam s bitch, why fight stupid fucks?
Second, why hasn t AFU collapse yet? I mean they have taken a huge beating but are still going. Are they hopping that NATO will jump în? I mean they must know that they are în deep shit so why still fighting, out of spite? I nean the country has only 20 milion people left, at least 30% pensioners, the people that have left at least 50% ain t coming back, the economy is now the size of a sub saharian shithole, without the West money the ukranian state would last about 2 hours. So why are they fighting? They don t gave a country anymore, no future nothing. To fight and die for GloboHomo is beyond stupid, it get s you send direct to hell. Ukranians are dumb as fuck.
A couple of points about the DU ammunition for British tanks:
- UK tanks have rifled guns, so they do not use APSFDS amo. Their anti-tank shells are still sub-caliber, APDS (no fin stabilization, since they rotate). Minor point.
- Uranium is not harder than Tungsten; instead, it has a property of 'self-sharpening', which I don't completely understand: it seems that instead of getting blunt, the projectile 'sheds off' outer layers and stays sharp.
- Uranium projectiles have advantage over Tungsten ones in that U is very flammable: due to enormous friction, U ignites after penetrating the armor, producing huge amount of heat that ignites the gunpowder and then the shells detonate due to heat.
- The reason why U is so dangerous is that it is transformed (as U3O8-oxide) into an extremely fine powder that can be carried over large distances, enters the soil, water and the food chain.
Xi went to Russia, and spent 3 days there. China and Russia are fully interdependent. It is a strong alliance for obvious reasons. World is going multipolar. Russia is a critical energy resource and military superpower, and the sanctions are enabling it to develop other sectors of its economy. It has a bright future for many years to come. It is also wearing God's armour at this time in history.
Disappointing that Russia has no plan or means to keep DU out of Ukraine. Putting Nukes in Belarus doesn't stop it and telling the world that you will also use DU makes no sense at all.
One can only hope that the British do not do it. I am not hopeful. Some say that DU ammunition is the only ammunition that the UK possesses for these Challenger 2 tanks.
Make no mistake though, DU contamination will not be reserved for just Eastern Ukraine. I think this is what Russia is saying. They will wreck Western Ukraine too. They know exactly where the agricultural fields are.
The advent of the machine gun in WWI produced a step-change in warfare. Ditto for close air support and combined arms tactics in WWII. The Russo-Ukrainian War will also be recognized as a step-change with respect to drone evolution and tactics. As drones get cheaper, smarter, stealthier, and more deadly, their impact on the battlefield of the future will be immense. Why send a strike force ambling gingerly across a minefield when a 1,000 fold hunter-killer drone swam can be launched from 5 km behind the lines and decimate everything in its path with precision; then followed up by repeat launches as often as necessary? Aerial IR detection of body heat (particularly at night against a cold background) is nearly impossible to camouflage in a battlefield environment unless everyone goes underground. Next up, drone-killing drones and who can build them faster and more numerous.
I used to teach an environmental epidemiology course at University of Toronto, and may speak somewhat about the health effects of depleted uranium.
Often the health effects are based on an assumption of their cause. When these rounds were developed, the assumption was that the health effects would be caused by residual radioactivity. But the main isotope in the rounds is U-238 which does not undergo spontaneous fission (hence, undesirable for nuclear reactors) and which has a very long half-life. Consequently, there is minimal health effects caused by the radioactivity.
However, studies from Iraq and Serbia conclusively demonstrated there were serious health consequences from the heavy metal aspect of uranium. In terms of valence and atomic radius, it tends to act like calcium within the body--rather it reports to the same places in the body as calcium would, which is primarily bones (for long-term storage) and the nerves. Unfortunately, once absorbed into the nerves, the uranium displaces calcium, but does not have the functionality of the calcium, i. e., the nerves no longer function properly.
There was evidence as well that uranium accumulates in the genitals (both male and female), where it gets contributed to developing offspring. As such, DU is one of the rare contaminants which, while in the body, can be passed down to the developing next generation. As the fetus grows within the mother's womb, DU that may be stored within the mother's skeleton may be passed to growing fetus, accumulating in bones and nerves.
Worse still, there is some evidence that piezoelectric effects are important in the development of certain structures in the body. Nerves and bones, arteries and veins are all long, thin structures. The piezoelectric effect causes charges to form at the ends of these structures, so that they elongate. Replacing the calcium by uranium reduces this piezoelectric effect so that the structures grow as blocks (nerves, bones, and veins) resulting in the many horrible birth defects observed in areas where DU weapons have been used.
The above information mainly comes from correspondence with a professor of my (slight) acquaintance, who at that time taught at Harvard. He was the real expert on this topic. Unfortunately, I have since lost contact with him.
Alrighty, I am on my knees, praying. Genocide is not an option, yet the West has this as part of the agenda. Beyond prayer, I will act, in my own way, for the Glory of Mother Russia, the multipolar world and…the Spiritual Revolution… also known as the Great Work.Thank you, sir, for your timely delivery of this information 💙🇷🇺❤️🐻🧡🐻❄️
I was on a ferry going from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick in heavy fog and I was fortunate to strike up a conversation with a British naval officer. I told him that the British were lucky the Argentines didn't have more Exocets or the British could have lost. He said, no, the French had given the British the missile codes so the Argentines didn't have a chance. Interesting. I then asked him the difference between Herman Goering and Bomber Harris and to his credit he gave me an honest answer "We won!" Even the British people who were under Germany bombardment found the "allied terror fire bombing" of German civilians so horrific they turfed the war monger Churchill out after winning the war. I doubt that the amerikans will turf Biden after he destroyed a whole 40M population, now 20 country for no good reason other than to maintain hegemony by destroying economically and socially and militarily a country of 150M. Thankfully it's not working out except for the money being made by the amerikan upper classes who also got richer during COVID. It appears that the US lumpenproletariat plebes will never figure out the scam/racket! Obama destroyed Libya, Clinton cackled and still he's a hero, go figure.
It is interesting watching the escalation. I noted earlier neither side was using cluster bombs, depleted uranium, or napalm all of which would be effective in trench warfare, we have cluster bombs and depleted uranium introduced, along with nukes in Belarus to counter Poland. So we fight in the trenches with mines and glide bombs which will blow your mind. Ah, the smell of napalm in the morning. Oh, the glorious sunrise of reason is upon us - or will reason or vanity prevail? Where is the anti-war movement? Anyone? The Dems are vulnerable from below.
there are quite a few bridges over the Dnepr, Russia would probably need a lot of missiles to destroy them to the point where they can't just be patched up quickly. since they are very far from the front there is no cheap and reliable way to keep them from being repaired, also wouldn't they be able to build other crossings especially by tying barges together,etc
Russia does not need to destroy Dnieper river bridges as things stand today. Most people are very slow to understand Russia is not yet fighting for territory, other than the 4 annexed regions. Russia is also holding back most of its mobilized troops and massive firepower. Russia has a 10 to 1 kill ratio advantage in troops and armaments. It is grinding and pulverizing the Ukraine military while minimizing its own losses. Russia has total conventional and nuclear escalation dominance in Europe, and it has nuclear escalation dominance over the West worldwide. Yes, worldwide. Russian leadership is mature, extremely competent, self-controlled and highly rational. Time is well on their side for at least the next year. NATO leadership is fragile, weak, incompetent and very immature. Russian leadership knew this war was coming in 2007 and perhaps prior. They have prepared. Sure, the West will pull a few more asymmetrical pin-prick attack tricks that will grad ST media headlines, but change nothing. Ukraine will launch its offensives and blow its wad. Russia will destroy the capacity, capabilities, will and spirit of NATO in this war. Success requires nothing short of that. Russia will also control the Black Sea. This is inevitable.
Well, I hope that when the Ukrainiam soldiers trained by “NADA” NATO (nada is Spanish for nothing) get a taste of the battlefield against the Russians, they ALL surrender en mass so that their lives are spared. Instead of giving up their lives for Washington District of Caligula or the Cocaine Champion of the World.
us' syria cantonment was 'defended' by "avenger' which is a sidewinder missile launched from a ground system. sidewinder (newest aim-9x that shot down the china balloon was radar guided like amraam, that capacity is expensive!) is heat seeker the sensor on the ground must cue the missile. drones general have small heat signature.
there is a patriot missile than can shoot downward, it is likely not going to ukraine bc it is new, and the missile would be cued by a look down radar..... i do not know if nato e-3 could cue the new missiles.... meads has integration of sensors to shooters.....
in short air defense insists on multiple sensors, overlapping aspects and tight data linkage. some of these are in ukraine, but the really new stuff should not be used where russian sensors can gather data as if they were running a test.
You know what s really strange about this war? That Russia can win it în a day but for some reasons doesn t want to. It s very simple. Just destroy the servers that sustain the economic backbone of the country. There are banking servers somewhere în Kiev, just destroy them and Ukraine goes right în the XIX century. They can t receive money from the west, can t pay the soldiers ,teachers, workers, pensions nothing. The whole country goes black. As for the bridges, if they are destroyed all the equipement would be stationed în western Ukraine, not good. As for Ugledar, why don t they just use a FOAB and be done with it, the city is empty of civilians, just raze it from the ground and that s that. The same în Chas Yar, Slaviansk-Kramatorsk. Just raze them. As for the uranian shells I am convince that unless Russia uses nukes the West wont stop playing stupid game. I would nuke Lvov în an instant, în that place even children are posesed by Bandera s idiotic idiology. It still baffles the mind that the ukranians are still fighting, their country is destroyed, their wifes are în the west sucking foreign cock, they must know that there uncle Sam s bitch, why fight stupid fucks?
Second, why hasn t AFU collapse yet? I mean they have taken a huge beating but are still going. Are they hopping that NATO will jump în? I mean they must know that they are în deep shit so why still fighting, out of spite? I nean the country has only 20 milion people left, at least 30% pensioners, the people that have left at least 50% ain t coming back, the economy is now the size of a sub saharian shithole, without the West money the ukranian state would last about 2 hours. So why are they fighting? They don t gave a country anymore, no future nothing. To fight and die for GloboHomo is beyond stupid, it get s you send direct to hell. Ukranians are dumb as fuck.
A couple of points about the DU ammunition for British tanks:
- UK tanks have rifled guns, so they do not use APSFDS amo. Their anti-tank shells are still sub-caliber, APDS (no fin stabilization, since they rotate). Minor point.
- Uranium is not harder than Tungsten; instead, it has a property of 'self-sharpening', which I don't completely understand: it seems that instead of getting blunt, the projectile 'sheds off' outer layers and stays sharp.
- Uranium projectiles have advantage over Tungsten ones in that U is very flammable: due to enormous friction, U ignites after penetrating the armor, producing huge amount of heat that ignites the gunpowder and then the shells detonate due to heat.
- The reason why U is so dangerous is that it is transformed (as U3O8-oxide) into an extremely fine powder that can be carried over large distances, enters the soil, water and the food chain.
Hope this helps. Thanks, Ned
Xi went to Russia, and spent 3 days there. China and Russia are fully interdependent. It is a strong alliance for obvious reasons. World is going multipolar. Russia is a critical energy resource and military superpower, and the sanctions are enabling it to develop other sectors of its economy. It has a bright future for many years to come. It is also wearing God's armour at this time in history.
Disappointing that Russia has no plan or means to keep DU out of Ukraine. Putting Nukes in Belarus doesn't stop it and telling the world that you will also use DU makes no sense at all.
One can only hope that the British do not do it. I am not hopeful. Some say that DU ammunition is the only ammunition that the UK possesses for these Challenger 2 tanks.
Make no mistake though, DU contamination will not be reserved for just Eastern Ukraine. I think this is what Russia is saying. They will wreck Western Ukraine too. They know exactly where the agricultural fields are.
The advent of the machine gun in WWI produced a step-change in warfare. Ditto for close air support and combined arms tactics in WWII. The Russo-Ukrainian War will also be recognized as a step-change with respect to drone evolution and tactics. As drones get cheaper, smarter, stealthier, and more deadly, their impact on the battlefield of the future will be immense. Why send a strike force ambling gingerly across a minefield when a 1,000 fold hunter-killer drone swam can be launched from 5 km behind the lines and decimate everything in its path with precision; then followed up by repeat launches as often as necessary? Aerial IR detection of body heat (particularly at night against a cold background) is nearly impossible to camouflage in a battlefield environment unless everyone goes underground. Next up, drone-killing drones and who can build them faster and more numerous.
I used to teach an environmental epidemiology course at University of Toronto, and may speak somewhat about the health effects of depleted uranium.
Often the health effects are based on an assumption of their cause. When these rounds were developed, the assumption was that the health effects would be caused by residual radioactivity. But the main isotope in the rounds is U-238 which does not undergo spontaneous fission (hence, undesirable for nuclear reactors) and which has a very long half-life. Consequently, there is minimal health effects caused by the radioactivity.
However, studies from Iraq and Serbia conclusively demonstrated there were serious health consequences from the heavy metal aspect of uranium. In terms of valence and atomic radius, it tends to act like calcium within the body--rather it reports to the same places in the body as calcium would, which is primarily bones (for long-term storage) and the nerves. Unfortunately, once absorbed into the nerves, the uranium displaces calcium, but does not have the functionality of the calcium, i. e., the nerves no longer function properly.
There was evidence as well that uranium accumulates in the genitals (both male and female), where it gets contributed to developing offspring. As such, DU is one of the rare contaminants which, while in the body, can be passed down to the developing next generation. As the fetus grows within the mother's womb, DU that may be stored within the mother's skeleton may be passed to growing fetus, accumulating in bones and nerves.
Worse still, there is some evidence that piezoelectric effects are important in the development of certain structures in the body. Nerves and bones, arteries and veins are all long, thin structures. The piezoelectric effect causes charges to form at the ends of these structures, so that they elongate. Replacing the calcium by uranium reduces this piezoelectric effect so that the structures grow as blocks (nerves, bones, and veins) resulting in the many horrible birth defects observed in areas where DU weapons have been used.
The above information mainly comes from correspondence with a professor of my (slight) acquaintance, who at that time taught at Harvard. He was the real expert on this topic. Unfortunately, I have since lost contact with him.
Alrighty, I am on my knees, praying. Genocide is not an option, yet the West has this as part of the agenda. Beyond prayer, I will act, in my own way, for the Glory of Mother Russia, the multipolar world and…the Spiritual Revolution… also known as the Great Work.Thank you, sir, for your timely delivery of this information 💙🇷🇺❤️🐻🧡🐻❄️
Just by looking you know .3% of 300 is just shy of 1.
Little disappointed in you for dragging lbs into it lol
But maybe im old and went to school when they still taught stuff like that
I was on a ferry going from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick in heavy fog and I was fortunate to strike up a conversation with a British naval officer. I told him that the British were lucky the Argentines didn't have more Exocets or the British could have lost. He said, no, the French had given the British the missile codes so the Argentines didn't have a chance. Interesting. I then asked him the difference between Herman Goering and Bomber Harris and to his credit he gave me an honest answer "We won!" Even the British people who were under Germany bombardment found the "allied terror fire bombing" of German civilians so horrific they turfed the war monger Churchill out after winning the war. I doubt that the amerikans will turf Biden after he destroyed a whole 40M population, now 20 country for no good reason other than to maintain hegemony by destroying economically and socially and militarily a country of 150M. Thankfully it's not working out except for the money being made by the amerikan upper classes who also got richer during COVID. It appears that the US lumpenproletariat plebes will never figure out the scam/racket! Obama destroyed Libya, Clinton cackled and still he's a hero, go figure.
It is interesting watching the escalation. I noted earlier neither side was using cluster bombs, depleted uranium, or napalm all of which would be effective in trench warfare, we have cluster bombs and depleted uranium introduced, along with nukes in Belarus to counter Poland. So we fight in the trenches with mines and glide bombs which will blow your mind. Ah, the smell of napalm in the morning. Oh, the glorious sunrise of reason is upon us - or will reason or vanity prevail? Where is the anti-war movement? Anyone? The Dems are vulnerable from below.