I feel the mine density and ability to react with artillery and their own drones still slows the Ukrainians on large scale offensives, we’re seeing conditions even the US never planned for. More likely russia cracked like germany in WW1, a rear collapse that leads to terms.

Or maybe DeWalt batteries, we’ll just have to see what arrives.

If I remember correctly they got a lot of oil for the first wave, as well as technical assistance (it was rumored) for nukes.

Does this discuss the effect of drones with artillery, because drones have changed the entire battle field like artillery did in its day. The lessons of Desert Storm and Afghanistan/Iraq are now old wars, and the US fighting a mobile column advance in today’s world would face repeated wave small drone attacks, and artillery, still crucial, needs both speed and survivability from like shaped charges on drones.

Sooner die or later die, such a terrible choice.

It’s not exactly that.

I mean, they greatly diminished the strategic bombing fleet, probably did billions in damage (assessments still coming in), and have caused logistical snarls in the country as security tightens.

But this won’t end the war, it will only reduce the number of missile trucks they fly, which were already limited by the rate of missile production. It’s a long term hobbling of russia, but it doesn’t take them out. China and the US were the big winners here on the nuclear playing field.

A big, quiet thing not being discussed was 2 trains going down in bridge collapses in russia recently. Logistical bites like that add up.

The war can continue a long time, slowly grinding down both countries. Hopefully strikes like this will remind russia they cannot win, only not lose as badly.

And in conclusion, don’t shoot down airliners with our citizens in them.

Multiple drones for viewing parties on both sides.

Maybe I’m a little okay with AI…

I like to hope these guys were tank crews, from back when they had surplus tanks.

This is a really bad take and makes you sound like you think you’re a qualified battle commander, and I don’t think that was your intent.

Europe needs to put troops in western Ukraine and say “come at me, bro” or they’re gonna end up having to do it anyway later against the stronger Russia.

In Egypt, leaders were buried with their property…

Still not double trump, but both are working in their respective directions to make that happen.

Looking at deepstatemap, I see an unconfirmed thrust along the road in the south, that would endanger the southern part of the incursion, but not the sudzha area as it has the highway for logistics.

I was on the train when trump was first elected, and Europe proposed a European army. A European gent I met told me that would never happen, because trump was a one time thing. I asked what he’s say if trump got elected again, and he responded “that would never happen.”

Well, here we are.

Yeah we’ve pretty much cut back on intelligence here in every aspect…

So just war gaming, don’t mind me.

With russia so weak militarily now, watch for social unrest in karelia and oblasts bordering europe right now, giving neighboring nations no choice but to send troops into karelia and boarder towns for peacekeeping work.

Edit: I’d say a 50 km buffer zone… to help contain the unrest… should work.

So let’s game this out.

US soft power will decline, and regional powers and China will fill the vacuum. Europe can slow the US fall by actively welcoming China to bid on US port access, thus making everyone play nice a few more years, but we need to look for a soft line of Chinese power in the Philippines around 2050. Saudi Arabia can still collapse into a caliphate at some point, but Israel will remain a propped up power blocking Iran no matter what. If trump sold nuke secrets to SA that will be a really tense area, and Europe and Israel will have to keep them from any uranium from Iran or others.

China should definitely push space partnerships in the coming years with Europe and Russia, and while SpaceX will be hard to beat, they will face subsidized competition to keep them from being the only game in town, requiring you to drink a cup of US crazy with every launch. So space launch costs will go down (by SpaceX continuing and other countries subsidizing), ISS will deorbit, China will build a moon base, America will talk about how dumb that is because they didn’t do it.

China will become a co-leader of research with Europe, it will become common for US grad students to leave the country to go to good schools in their field.

He must have heard it in bound. Imagine russians for the next 20 years after the war when they hear a drone.