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by ed_balls 5y ago
You can see on some clips how low there were flying - well within the range of manpads. As I said, it could be because they don't have a good high precision munitions.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
yes, it seems they changed the strategy to Aleppo/Grozny
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Depends on what you mean by experts. The strategist I know said this is a political decision. They don't want to inflict too much damage to avoid bloody insurrections in the future. Russian aircrafts are not that precise. What is more,
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by ed_balls 5y ago
> German multinationals (in the energy sector such as Siemens, Wintershall) have removed it from their strategies because Nuclear technologies inefficient and bear a lot of risks. New reactor types don't work as promised. Do you mea
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria will give them MiGs
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by ed_balls 5y ago
I should say "use civilian drones NOW" not in 2006. > Im surprised there hasn’t been more news of drone usage similar to the Armenian Azerbajian war. There was but no idea if this is reliable footage. https://www.yo
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by ed_balls 5y ago
UA forces have a very similar strategy. They are heavily decentralised. Which has a surprising side effect, apart from mentioned. Because enemy's command is decentralised it takes them up to 4 days to cease fire. It's better to st
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by ed_balls 5y ago
But in todays world where your enemy has enormous intel, letting him know that there is a risk of guerrilla warfare may stop him from invading in the first place. The stronger you stand on the escalation ladder the better.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
The first casualty of War is Truth. It could be staged, he could be lying to be seem more sympathetic and avoid torture. The fog of war is there, but know almost nothing.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Depends on the costs. In my location is too expensive for a single house (it cost more that a heap pump with aircon and recuperation) There is also risk for the future. What if there is some corruption and private entity would take over try
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Ask HN: Is there a list/map of business owned by Russian oligarchs?
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by ed_balls 5y ago
> tank crews and troops were told that they were doing an exercise and kept completely isolated Most likely they are lying to look more sympathetic - there is a video of a Ukrainian soldier asking questions to a captured tank crew member
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Connecting district heating is not a good investment anymore (unless it's a building with 20+ flats and you want to save space in the apartments) Triple glazed windows, 25+cm insulation, heat pump + heat recuperation, solar panels and
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by ed_balls 5y ago
I'm afraid if Russia lose the war, Putin may not be available.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Dec-Feb is better cause the ground is frozen so the heavy machinery won't be stuck in mud. Currently is warm, Russian army has a problem and have to use roads for tanks, which means they are easer pickings.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
nukes for sanctions and no software? What are they gonna do? Nuke Apple HQ? Nukes are unusable, no one wants to be a king of a desert. Turkey killed Russian soldiers and downed their planes. No nuclear response QED.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Of corse they do. They do not operate in vacuum. If 10k Russian soldiers die and their mothers would go to street, what would Putin do? Beat them up? They may not have a man power to arrest all of them and place to put. This may cause some
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by ed_balls 5y ago
I suppose the easiest one would be to DDoS any website/service with ties to the Putin and band.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
but people around him are not.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
I hope it's abundantly clear to anyone that Putin and buddies cannot be trusted. Whenever some politician suggest any deals with them, shut him/her down.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
because RFN has a nuclear umbrella from US. Hungary does not have one.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
I should probably add "caused by a nuclear war between Russia and other country"
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by ed_balls 5y ago
> they should have embraced reforms They tried that in the 90s. There are two problems. They don't want to be a colony for Western powers. Russia is a collection of a few different nations. You have to hold it by a strong hand, oth
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by ed_balls 5y ago
Polish-Russian War (1605–1618) and Unity Day.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
It was not accidental. A plane capable of caring nuclear bombs was in their airspace. I'm not comparing anything - I was referring to "end of the world". According to Turkish strategist, nuclear weapon is not usable, so they
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by ed_balls 5y ago
> end of the world They are all rational actors. Turks killed Russian solders in Syria, where they nuked? Putin is bluffing. In case of aggression, you have to sand your ground, there is no other option.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
They care deeply. China is >10x in pretty much everything. They don't to be a vassal state of China. Russia has lost the independence twice - threat from Asia and threat for united countries between Moscow and Berlin. I'd specu
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by ed_balls 5y ago
If Putin will take over Ukraine and the army will be in next to Hungarian's border, who will invest in Hungary? This is extremely short-sighted. I hope you will kick him out in a month.
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by ed_balls 5y ago
but not in 10 years
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by ed_balls 5y ago
> I watched Putin's speech I've seen it as well. My guess is that Covid made a huge dent (Low gas prices and economic problems). Putin has to direct this anger somewhere. This is the swan song of the Russian state. People livi

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