Okay, looks like the Ukrainians are channeling their Inner Squaddies there.
"Nice tank. We'll take it."
"Nice tank. We'll take it."
Some nerd did comparisons of Russia's armored military vehicles in active service with documented losses according to Oryx. The numbers from the Military Balance in 2022 do not include vehicles in storage, of which Russia obviously has (or had) many.
Long Range Ukrainian UAV Strikes a Russian Borisoglebsk-2 Electronic Warfare Station over twenty kilometers beyond the frontlines.
US Military Transfers A Brigades Worth of Houthi Weapons Shipments to Ukraine. This includes about five thousand small arms including machine guns and RPG's as well as a half million rounds of ammunition.
Russian Military Press/Propaganda Team was apparently eliminated by a Ukrainian Artillery Strike near Kreminna in Northeastern Ukraine.
Russian reports of Starlink Connectivity Issues.
It was captured at sea.Wait, those weapons were confiscated from the Houthi Rats? Well, that's an appropriate way of supplying one ally from another enemy, haha.
I'm curious as to why does Iran manufacture Russian/Soviet calibre ordnance. Did it ever import Soviet made artillery?
Did it capture so many pieces from Iraq that local production was worthwhile?
It probably has a lot of potential clients that use old ass 130mm Soviet artillery in their ongoing campaigns to bring Democratic Liberation to the Global South.
Some captures, lots of artillery imported from China since the Iran-Iraq war, which is copies of Soviet stuff.I'm curious as to why does Iran manufacture Russian/Soviet calibre ordnance. Did it ever import Soviet made artillery?
Did it capture so many pieces from Iraq that local production was worthwhile?
OK. And with embargos it makes sense for Best Islamic Republic to make its own ammo. Selling it to others (either on price or pissing over sanctions) is a side benefit, I'd guess.lots of artillery imported from China since the Iran-Iraq war
The bill did have some hundreds of millions of dollars for 'refugee and entrant assistance' included on its own, and was intentionally split apart from HR2 (the 'sweetener' border bill that was talked about in prior months--much as I don't think that one was a good idea just because e-verify is fricken terrifying). Congress directing funding to specific usages on border security as that bill did nullifies much of executive discretion when it's blanketed to agencies wholesale (which was a problem in prior bills on the topic that just assigned funds to CBP), and certainly is better than more refugee assistance.Was the bill at all associated with a border bill.
Would the current admin do ANYTHING to actually use the money given for the border tk defend the border?
Spending money on the border with Bidenbas pres is lining tje pockets of the DHS and would not be used AT ALL.
So why hope a budget for the border goes through?
AP News said:The package includes an array of ammunition, including air defense munitions and large amounts of artillery rounds that are much in demand by Ukrainian forces, as well as armored vehicles and other weapons. The U.S. officials said some of the weapons will be delivered very quickly to the battlefront — at times within days — but it could take longer for other items to arrive.
New York Times said:The initial strike using the new missiles made a fiery impact. Videos posted online by residents last Wednesday showed fires erupting after the attack. The videos have not been independently verified. Four hours after the strike, Crimean Wind, a group monitoring local social media posts that also cites residents, wrote that ammunition was still blowing up. They said windows were blown out in houses near the airfield. Its account also could not be independently verified.
Later, the Ukrainian General Staff released a video of the missile strike detailing what Ukrainian security officials said had been hit — four S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, three radar stations, an air defense command post and a Fundament-M air defense command and control system.
prove it
Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats
Two U.S. officials say Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia.apnews.com