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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 3:10pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Elon Musk: America is going bankrupt extremely quickly. We have to reduce the spending or this will not have a good ending. "America is going bankrupt extremely quickly. And everyone seems to be whistling past the graveyard on this one. The Defense Department budget is a very big budget, okay? It's a trillion dollars a year, DoD, Intel, a trillion dollars. And interest payments on the national debt just exceeded the Defense Department budget. They're over a trillion dollars a year, just in interest and rising. We're adding a trillion dollars to our debt, which our kids and grandkids are going to have to pay somehow, every three months, and then soon it's going to be every two months and then every month. And then, the only thing we'll be able to pay is interests. And it's just like a person at scale that has racked up too much credit card debt. This does not have a good ending. We have to reduce the spending." 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 3:12pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said his country intends to transfer its assets out of the European Peace Fund to help Chad instead of Ukraine. 4 Likes
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 3:52pm On Sep 10 |
lanre316:I don't get it, why is it that expensive given the fact that it could be easily shut down? 1 Like |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by lanre316: 4:11pm On Sep 10 |
23jerryking: It's not a simple drone like Shaheed that can only be used once and it detonates on target. this one is basically like F16 without a pilot. you can reload the bombs and after it shoots its target , can be reloaded for more bombs. |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 4:23pm On Sep 10 |
WritterNg: Don't reduce it continue to print more paper until it becomes toilet paper Lol Hahahahah putin will soon sing for you people I never even use the height of my powers I never even use my Abi to shaker Hahahahah 2 Likes
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 4:28pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed several official visits to Türkiye since last year, with officials citing multiple reasons. Putin has requested to fly to Türkiye with Russian fighter jet escorts, primarily due to security concerns. The request for Russian fighter jets to fly into Turkish airspace is complex, as Turkey's NATO-aligned air defense systems may perceive the Russian jets as enemy targets. There are concerns about whether Türkiye would disable NATO systems to accommodate this demand. Russian and Turkish officials are in discussions about a potential visit in early October, but the demand for Russian fighter jet escorts makes scheduling difficult. The last time Putin visited Türkiye was in 2014. Former Turkish ambassadors noted that while Türkiye may send fighter jets to escort foreign heads of state, it is highly unusual for a leader to request bringing their own fighter jets. Putin’s security team has also raised concerns about staying in Ankara. They consider the major hotels—Hilton, Sheraton, and JW Marriott—unsafe due to their U.S. ownership. 4 Likes
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 4:32pm On Sep 10 |
lanre316:Okay.... So basically it takes something special to shoot it down then. |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 4:42pm On Sep 10 |
23jerryking: It's about the capability. AWACS platforms are expensive and very vulnerable. The leading platforms like the E-7 Wedgetail are like 400m a pop and are pretty much modified airliners that can be shot down easily. The Reaper is dual-use. The West has no option but to fly the Reaper. Cloud cover can limit satellite visibility. The large AWACS platforms can only do so much because they have to fly outside contested areas like over international waters and friendly states. If you want to go into enemy territory for extended loitering reconnaissance, this drone is your only option. There is the Global Hawk, but that's over 120m apiece. Iran has shot one down in 2019, so no command will deploy that. China has a wider range of variants in the class. The CH-4 costs like $2m but it's easier to shoot down and its tech is not as advanced as the latest Reaper blocks. The CH-5 is half the price of the latest Reaper but trades endurance for height ceiling and the Houthis can still shoot it down. War is expensive. -Lord 6 Likes |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Ghostagain: 4:50pm On Sep 10 |
Don't visit turkey, erdogan is a 2 faced man who doesn't deserve your trust. WritterNg: 2 Likes |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by lanre316: 4:53pm On Sep 10 |
23jerryking: No, I'm just explaining why it's very expensive. Even a 500 trillion dollar plane or ship can be taken down with nothing special 1 Like |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by petesunday: 5:04pm On Sep 10 |
Lol. Russia is not only dealing with Ukraine but decimating the fighting capacities of 30 + countries. As Russia destroys they replace to the detriment of their own population. Europe is hit harder than US cos they are closer. German economy is in shambles and France is experiencing a revolution at home and in oversea territories. Sweden was hit so hard at Poltava that their Foreign minister had to resign as they lost the entire leadership of a whole military unit. I learnt Ukraine sendmt bodies of scores of Swedish officers back home. Ukrainian lines are collapsing like saw dust in Donetsk and thousands of their troops are surrounded at Pokrovst. The most unlucky ones are trapped in Kursk. They can't go back home as Russia pick them up like flies. So many dead bodies. I will leave you to think about the attached reports from western media. This time they can't even cover up anymore. obedience4: 8 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by obedience4(m): 5:05pm On Sep 10 |
23jerryking: The drone is not expensive, considering the risks involved flying a Reconnaissance plane on hostile airspace, also drones basically has no defences against missile attacks, they are slower than conventional jets can't deploy countermeasures likes deploying flares and chaff to confuse heat seeking missiles The US used to conduct surveillance Reconnaissance over Soviet Union territory using conventional jets it was risky and dangerous, but a drone takes the risk factor of human fatalities out of the game,while doing the same job. Google the price of one drone and the US Soviet era SR Black bird the plane the US uses for Reconnaissance you will see that the price of the SR Black bird even though its decades old is 50 times the price of a drone in present day. 1 Like |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by obedience4(m): 5:20pm On Sep 10 |
petesunday: Lol Germany economy in shambles, is the Russian economy better or bigger than the Germans?? Russia is decimating the fighting capacity of 30plus countries 🙄, the US was in Afghanistan for decades the US military industry wasn't shaken even then, when US was in a active military conflict, you seriously believe the US defense industry is being decimated because of some military aid given to Ukraine. 🤣🤣 Russia has lost men on a scale not seen since the hay days of ww2, keep hyping putin while thousands of poor Russians are dying in a senseless war,a woman died in the drone attack in Moscow. That's probably someone mum,sister, wife. The propaganda special operation that Putin sold to it's citizens is coming home to the Russian people P.s the war will always be hard for the Ukrainians, they are outnumbered by the Russians,they are fighting the largest army in Europe, what do you expect?? |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by petesunday: 6:29pm On Sep 10 |
Continue getting pained. Russia never asked for this war. They were forced into it by the carelessness and senselessness of the Zelensky mafia and his western masters. They know they have made a terrible mistake but now they cannot back down or they will be disgraced. Every time they step up the war thinking Russia will back down, they get bitchslapped by a super move from Putin. I expect with the recent blows they are receiving they will soon lift restrictions on attacking Russia, a move that will bring their downfall even faster because Putin has been baiting them into showing their true colours to the world, especially the majority global South who are gradually getting out of western hegemony. Welcome to the bipolar world bro, US will soon be trampled upon. Meanwhile, China has not even started fighting oh. Na only Russia dey give them wotowoto like this and they are running from pillar to post. They have tried all they could to make China and Russia hate each other and they have failed. obedience4: 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Fash20: 6:33pm On Sep 10 |
WritterNg: These drone have now become ![]() ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by petesunday: 6:38pm On Sep 10 |
Did I hear German economy? According to the EU, Economic activity in Germany(Largest European economy) is expected to stagnate in 2024. Volkswagen has already collapsed leading to thousands of job loss. Energy costs are soaring. Meanwhile Russia's economy keeps surging against all odds and multitude sanctions from gang ups. They keep exceeding predictions and now there is more demand for jobs in Russia due to the war. BTW, the EU recently commissioned a research into the reason for their economic woes in Europe under former Italian PM, mario Draghi. The report says it is due to high energy costs. I just dey laugh European leaders, dem don looseguard finish. obedience4: 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 6:46pm On Sep 10 |
⚡US says Russia helping China develop submarine, aeronautic and missile technologies in exchange for Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. 3 Likes
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 6:48pm On Sep 10 |
WrriterNg: But but "China doesn't need Russia" 🤡 🤡 "Russia relies on China for everything" 🤡 If only those fools know how much technology transfer Russia has given to China. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 6:49pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Footage of Vladimir Putin's meeting with the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Tran Thanh Man. Putin told the Speaker of the Vietnamese Parliament that he expects the President of Vietnam to participate in the BRICS meeting in Kazan. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 6:57pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed into the sea off Hsinchu on Taiwan's northwest coast during a nighttime training exercise. The jet experienced a loss of power, prompting the pilot to eject. The pilot was found conscious about two hours later and rescued.
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 6:57pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Georgia. |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 7:01pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Russia's monthly oil tax revenues have soared from $5 billion to $10 billion, largely due to rising oil prices leading up to its invasion of Ukraine. This windfall is facilitated, in part, by the European Union. Greek ship owners are daily selling oil tankers to Russia's "shadow fleet," enabling Moscow to circumvent the G7's price cap and continue exporting oil. ![]() |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 7:05pm On Sep 10 |
⚡The Russian Finance Ministry announced it will exponentially increase its gold purchases beginning Friday. According to Russian news agency Interfax, the government will increase its gold purchases from 1.12 billion rubles per day to 8.2 billion rubles per day for the next month. The report states the finance ministry expects a significant oil and gas revenue of 162 billion rubles in September, a huge jump compared to the 10.9 billion rubles generated in August. With that money, Russia plans to purchase more gold. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNg: 7:06pm On Sep 10 |
⚡Mol Nyrt, a Hungarian energy company, said it reached a deal that will ensure the continued supply of Russian crude oil via a pipeline running through Ukraine. The announcement from the Budapest-based company on Monday came after Ukraine effectively barred Lukoil PJSC from continuing to use it as a transit country in retaliation for Russia’s invasion. The deal will see Mol, which controls refineries in Hungary and Slovakia, take over crude supplies at the Belarus-Ukraine border as of Sept. 9. Previously, the Russian side was responsible for bringing the crude oil to locations in Hungary and Slovakia close to the border with Ukraine. Lukoil didn’t immediately respond to Bloomberg request for a comment sent outside usual business hours. ![]() |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by obedience4(m): 7:14pm On Sep 10 |
petesunday: First of all there is global inflation, and global economies around the world are contracting. this phenomenon is not peculiar to the German economy alone, even the Chinese economy is experiencing its least growth forecast in more than three decades. The question I asked is simple is the Russian economy better than the Germans, before the war in Ukraine the Germans had a better economy than Russia, comparing the most industrialised economy in Europe to a Russian economy being sustained by cheap oil purchases from China and India is insane. Also NB The picture you posted on the Russian economy, doesn't portrayed the Russia economy in good light. 🤣🤣 |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by OkpaNsukkaisBae(m): 7:25pm On Sep 10 |
what's China cooking?
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by petesunday: 7:29pm On Sep 10 |
You are so impossible. Russia's economy has always been smaller than the German economy but now the German economy is on a downward spiral whilst Russian economy is getting stronger despite sanctions. If German leaders are not idiots they should know they are looseguarding seriously. obedience4: 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by OkpaNsukkaisBae(m): 7:43pm On Sep 10 |
Supported. UK, Germany, US, France they all should greenlight the use of NATO long range weapon against Russia. Putin should stop playing hide and seek, arm the Houthis, Hezbollah etc to the teeth, China should stop playing neutral. This is not the time to sit on the fence 🤺🤺. Every move should be matched with an escalatory counter move. 3 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by StudyBarn: 7:44pm On Sep 10 |
obedience4: Anytime I see an harebrained analysis devoid of any erudition or coherent thought, I know the alligator infested swamp of a mind that vomited it. If you must be stupid on the internet at least let there be some method to this insanity. Now if I may educate you. Russia was caught unaware in Kursk or that's the consensus of the commentariat and that is because there's nothing of real strategic value in Kursk except the Kursk nuclear power plant which they couldn't take, now they're stuck in Kursk with the very tangible risk of outrunning their supply lines and an increasingly decimated engineering regiment. Russia hasn't moved military assets away from the Eastern front like they planned, they are quite content to use glide bombs and air power to pick off the most battle tested Ukrainian troops using a few Chechen regiments and homeland guards. Harassing Moscow with a few drones which is mostly shot down with debris damaging a few buildings is not the strategic initiative that could strengthen Ukraine's hand in negotiations neither is the incursion into the Kursk which they could never hope to keep. Ukraine's decimation of the Eastern front to move assets into the huge plains of Kursk where they are losing artillery and armor at twice the usual rate is symptomatic of a regime so used to fighting PR warfare as opposed to total war. Finally if you must opine authoritatively about this war, the least you can do is educate yourself about the basics and the state of play. The flagrant idiocy you're exhibiting is a disservice to you and what little education you claim to have acquired 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Ghostagain: 7:45pm On Sep 10 |
Those small countries are led by children in adults' bodies. They don't understand the world in which they live. This is the paradox of NATO, without NATO partnership these small countries would naturally keep their mouths shut and let big boys play big Boys's games. Now that they think that USA has a magical umbrella 🏖️ over them, they feel powerful and start talking carelessly on a podium to which they do not belong. They are not used to taking important decisions and they seem high on drugs while driving a vehicle too powerful for them to control. OkpaNsukkaisBae: 3 Likes 3 Shares |
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