And the strategic effect should be massive, including in ways which might not be obvious
Easy: likely reduces intensity of air launched cruise missile attacks going forward
Easy: likely reduces intensity of air launched cruise missile attacks going forward
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On the other hand, the planes that were completely destroyed were fueled up and in some cases armed, and it's anyone's guess how many of the others are actually airworthy.
It demonstrates a threat to part of Russia‘s nuclear deterrent. Ru will likely feel compelled to increase defenses at bases, at huge expense, and remain paranoid of similar attacks in future targeting not conventional bombers but nuclear armed squadrons
Our waiting around for sanctions will only make them ready to mitigate them. Our actions make the west look like an unreliable ally to align with. Signalling 'if a tyrant wants whats yours, we wont help you win'.
Or maybe I’m the only person making these inferences?
The 'great Putin' humiliated himself when Russia invaded Ukraine, but 'had to' resort to slaughtering civilians.
History will remember.
Once when we did port defence exercises they had the baddies steal a tanker truck of 'poisonous gas' to release at our dockyard.
The planned attack time was 1500.
on a Friday
We were "No threat, everybody has gone home early"
https://bsky.app/profile/lklundin.bsky.social/post/3lr677crrtc26
The novel variants I'm awaiting are:
1) Linear shaped demolition charges. They're...
Perun covered it all last Sunday.
https://youtu.be/MPXs2wDv4Kc?si=ZwsipjeA7c91CMcp
Constant deaths, shelling, bad situation at front lines depress Ukrainians. Such Operations like spiderweb give us strength and faith.
I just watched the Perun video on it yesterday and this is indeed a significant development.
The (most likely) deliberate choice to not attack the TU-160s and thus not affecting Russian nuclear deterrence is also fascinating.
https://youtu.be/MPXs2wDv4Kc?si=_Hhq8nTrKamA2pgO