Russia/Ukraine Megathread V6

[syct23]

Holy shit... It's like Russia forgot how to run an invasion.

Food?!? Who brought the food?? Anyone?

This is what happens when a generation only plays war via video game...

"War is no video game, son".. <--- who said that, give you a like if correct

 

[Terry Noonan]

Imagine being a Russian soldier, struggling to move further into the country.. and then you get handed Chinese MREs.

Talk about a blow to morale.

If they can get them to the front lines..

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

… There’s a lot to unpack here but I think I’m going to focus on “Russia destroying the US with hypersonic nukes”.

While there is a non zero chance of The Russian government being suicidal enough to attempt an attack on the US/Nato, it would still be suicidal. Even assuming that russia’s nuclear arsenal is functional (given the fact the country is a kleptocracy this isn’t a given, part of their utter inadequacy in Ukraine is due to the years of pilfering of their own military budget to line their pockets) Russia is not in anyway a military match for the US.

To put things in perspective Russias total military spending in 2020 was around 60 billion dollars. The United States spent 37 billion dollars on it’s nuclear weapons program alone. Over half the total russian military budget on a single program. All and all the US spent nearly 780 billion on its military budget, That’s 13x more than russia.

So in the incredibly unlikely event that Russia fired nuclear weapons at the US or its allies the results would be catastrophic for Russia. While ICBM defense systems are unproven, and thus a massive nuclear strike on the US would more than likely result in the de facto end of the country, the moment such an attack would be detected (and it would be detected) the retaliation by the US would result in the utter annihalation of Russia as well. Hence the term “mutually assured destruction.”

Russia’s nuclear threats are more than likely saber rattling tactics. Tactics meant to cow the rest of the world into believing they are crazy enough to risk nuclear annihilation to pursue their imperialistic ambitions. Their talk of “hypersonic nukes” the military equivalent of an elderly man showing up in a sports car to try and prove that they still have their sexual virility.

I am not saying it is going to happen, just that it's actually becoming a possibility now, when in the past I never thought the tension would ever get this high. The US is intervening in a Russian war. This is bad for everyone.
I'm not saying Russia would come out unscathed, and it's possible they could lose the war as well, real possible. It's just a fact that the US can't defend against hyersonic nukes, that is admitted by the US.

The fact is that Russia has more advanced missile technology than the US, and when it comes to weapons of war, the missile capabilites can make the difference between winning and losing in this modern era. I also don't believe Russia would be able to defend against a US attack, but I think Russia would strike first. The problem with the US retaliating against Russia is that China is Russia's ally, and there is a lot of tension between China and the US already. If China joined the war on the side of Russia, it might not even matter if NATO backs the US, they might lose anyway.

This whole situation is a big mess and the US should have just stayed out of it from the beginning, that's my opinion.

 

[Versez]

give them the triple-hot szechuan chili ass-destroyer shrimp special!

well, its good war, i mean china shouldnt feel ashamed to send them some foods. on the other side, nato send ukrainians some heavy anti-tanks weapons and other goodies.

 

[Versez]

unique situation most definately. its not every day where you see a john deere just casually rolling down the street towing an army tank.

glory to the farmers!

those john deers are tough as nail ! towing a good ol' heavy russian tank.

Cheers ! damn my beer is cold and tasty, ya missing on something.

 

[San Marino]

Is there a number on how many Ukraine people have been killed.

UAF, NGU and volunteer forces: 4,641 killed. (estimate)

 

[idrankyourbeer]

my great grandfather on my dads side of the family is from the ukraine. farming was all he knew. he ended up migrating here back in the start of the 1900's because the government was giving out some land and all you needed to do was farm it and give them some quota and they would let you buiild your house and stay there. so to me it really gets me going when i see a bunch of ukranian farmers and their tractors just towing away some captured russian military vehicles and i cheer them on!

i'd have to wonder what my life would be like today or where i would be if my great grandpa just decided to stay in the ukraine. but i'd like to imagine that i'd be sitting on my john deere just hauling some russian tanks away, just doing my part to help the war effort.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

those john deers are tough as nail ! towing a good ol' heavy russian tank.

Cheers ! damn my beer is cold and tasty, ya missing on something.

i drank a fair bit last night i think im good for now. later probably

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Holy shit... It's like Russia forgot how to run an invasion.

Food?!? Who brought the food?? Anyone?

i guess they figured that the ukranians would just welcome them with open arms and give them flowers and pork while they gladly hand over their country to big daddy vladdy

i've ate enough ramen in my day that i'd rather starve than to live off chinese rations.

 

[San Marino]

The fact is that Russia has more advanced missile technology than the US, and when it comes to weapons of war, the missile capabilities can make the difference between winning and losing in this modern era.

Russia does not have more advanced missile technology. In fact, I wonder how many of those ICBMs from the 1950s are still able to fly without maintenance.

This whole situation is a big mess and the US should have just stayed out of it from the beginning, that's my opinion.

The US did stay out of it from the beginning, that is why this whole thing is a mess now.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

well, its good war, i mean china shouldnt feel ashamed to send them some foods. on the other side, nato send ukrainians some heavy anti-tanks weapons and other goodies.

if china sent me a shipment of ramen to my door i would probably declare war on china.

 

[Versez]

if china sent me a shipment of ramen to my door i would probably declare war on china.

at leas thave them send you some Sapporo and sake during the though times

 

[Source]

"personal responsibility" for what I post on a karate forum.
You seem like a mentally/emotionally stable person. I'm sure you have a close group of friends and a family. No doubt in my mind.

But yeah, you caught me. I just don't care about this at all.

You didn’t have to so readily prove my point.

 

[Strychnine]

I don't think NATO is at risk with the war in Ukraine. As long as it stays inside the Ukrainian border, it should be ok.
Why would Putin risk invading another country when his Army is doing terrible in Ukraine?
As a matter of fact, Russia at the current time is not capable of successfully invading another country.
Putin is still working on a 'face saving' solution in the Ukraine.
I don't foresee a 3rd WW or a nuclear war. Putin should be gone in one year.

 

[Versez]

at leas thave them send you some Sapporo and sake during the though times

oh god wait, that is japan's product, god , I'm getting way too much hammered there.

 

[Armbars]

Oxford dictionary

• the numbers from 100 to 999.
  plural noun: hundreds
  "an unknown number, probably in the hundreds, had already been lost"

Speeit putting in the hours.

 

[Snubnoze707]

my great grandfather on my dads side of the family is from the ukraine. farming was all he knew. he ended up migrating here back in the start of the 1900's because the government was giving out some land and all you needed to do was farm it and give them some quota and they would let you buiild your house and stay there. so to me it really gets me going when i see a bunch of ukranian farmers and their tractors just towing away some captured russian military vehicles and i cheer them on!

i'd have to wonder what my life would be like today or where i would be if my great grandpa just decided to stay in the ukraine. but i'd like to imagine that i'd be sitting on my john deere just hauling some russian tanks away, just doing my part to help the war effort.

Pretty sure if he never left you wouldn't exist as he is only accounts for 12.5% of your DNA.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

at leas thave them send you some Sapporo and sake during the though times

ive drank sake before. don't really care for it much though.

hopefully nobody gets pissed off over china sending over some food to the russian troops. i guess that would be considered humanitarian aid. wouldn't want WW3 to kick off over some dehydrated meat and crackers.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Pretty sure if he never left you wouldn't exist as he is only accounts for 12.5% of your DNA.

i'm pretty sure that the rest of my DNA consists of alcohol and thc.

 

[Snubnoze707]

i'm pretty sure that the rest of my DNA consists of alcohol and thc.

We may be related then...