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Donald Trump questions why US protects Japan in c/politics

Trump issues threat of sanctions, tariffs on Russia in c/world

[–] NimdaQA -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I doubt that this will piss Putin off as much as some may think.

Putin (may god bless his grand pecks) knows how Trump ‘negotiates’, that is Trump says a lot of nonsense and you have to treat Trump as if he is writing up the best damn deal for America of all time even if it is a load of nothing (like USMCA which is renamed NAFTA or the US-Ukraine Mineral Deal which would have given Ukraine tons of investment in return for mostly fuck all). You have to treat the little orange self proclaimed god-emperor as if he really is one.

Trump hates Iran because Iran embarrassed him.

Trump hates Zelenskyy because Zelenskyy shat on him and attempted to embarrass Trump.

‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending in c/world

[–] NimdaQA -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The videos are deliveries, some of said videos are just tanks on trains.

Those are not all the links I have available, just too lazy right now. Might add more later.

Defence analysts warn U.S. will control key systems on F-35 fighter jets, putting Canada at risk in c/news

[–] NimdaQA 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah! Cmon my dude, Putin is very trustable and would never place kill switches in export Su-57s.

I mean just look at him! how can you imagine him doing such a horrendous thing such as installing a kill switch on export Su-57s? Putin is very great guy! Just don’t ask what happened to Iranian Tor-M1s.

The Crisis Engulfing the French Left in c/world

[–] NimdaQA 3 points 2 days ago

Leftist infighting? A tale as old as time.

Defence analysts warn U.S. will control key systems on F-35 fighter jets, putting Canada at risk in c/news

[–] NimdaQA 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Algeria is already purchasing Su-57s from Russia, perhaps Canada should call Putin up?

No no, he would not place kill switches in them. What do you mean that Putin once gave Israel the codes for Iran’s Russian-supplied Tor-M1 air defense systems? Pure nonsense!

But seriously, cmon Canada, sell your F-35s to my beloved Putin in exchange for Su-57s! It would be the best trade agreement of all time.

Trump's pause on Ukraine aid is like the U.S. switching sides in WWII, expert says in c/world

‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending in c/world

[+] NimdaQA -16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Except most of the Russian military is not in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine is mostly fought with irregulars who are not given the best of equipment. Why waste good equipment on poorly trained irregulars?

Russia had 170 BTGs fully composed of professional soldiers at the start of 2021 but only sent in 64-69 of them in 2022. Russian BTGs were also sent into Ukraine at half strength. This is similar to what happened during the war in Donbas with BTGs keeping half of their strength at home, again similar to War in Donbas.

The majority of forces in Ukraine are from irregular volunteer formations recruited from regions across Russia. There is a reason why losses for professionals are so low. Aside from these formations, there is also 51st GCAA and 3rd GCAA made up of former Donetsk and Luhansk units. There is also 3rd AC which is a irregular volunteer formation that was formed during the Ukrainian offensive in Kharkov where Russian professionals withdrew under the cover of 3rd AC who was thrown into the meat grinder to stem the tide.

Motorized Rifles: 6,457

VDV: 3,257

Naval Infantry: 1,305

Tank Crew: 1,806

Artillery: 851

Special Forces: 736

Engineering: 291

Navy: 291

VVS: 265

Other: 957

Total: 16,216

Source: MediaZona

For comparison:

US losses from 2003-2005 mainly against insurgents: 5175

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System

MediaZona also proves that the majority of losses now are volunteers from irregular volunteer formations. These are irregular volunteer formations by the way:

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These irregular volunteer formations rely on their local regional government to supply them with weapons and equipment not the federal government. This is well shown by the Tuvan volunteers who come from the poorest region in Russia which shows in their equipment:

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They also rely heavily on donations:

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Thankfully Chechnya has recently taken on the burden of training and equipping them (why you see them being shipped from Chechnya) as shown here:

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Chechnya training and sending more batches of volunteers from across Russia to the SMO zone:

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Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations in c/news

[–] NimdaQA 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Personally, I’d expect Mexico to be first considering Trump had sent in elements of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, and additional support units which includes elements of 82nd ABN DIV, 101st ABN DIV, 4th ID, and 10th Mountain Brigade to the southern border a couple days ago.

Additional units albeit National Guard are being prepared to be deployed such as the 36th ID, 1st Squadron, and 124th CAV REG.

Turkey says 26 PKK militants were killed in military operations despite peace efforts in c/world

[–] NimdaQA 0 points 2 days ago

Meanwhile, the leader of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has said Ocalan’s call for a ceasefire does not apply to his group in Syria….. The Turkish government, however, says all Kurdish groups it claims are tied to the PKK — whether in Turkey, Syria or Iraq — must disband.

Turkey once again hating on the most democratic region of Syria.

Yawn

‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending in c/world

Trump says he's not even looking at stock market, tariffs will make U.S. 'very strong' in c/politics

[–] NimdaQA 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hmm yes he is totally not conducting market manipulation.