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DIY-HP-LED
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The opinion of him by his American military peers and the intelligence community would burn the ears off ya. There is a reason they retired him as a colonel and like Flynn being fired by Obama, he resents it and turned traitor, Benidict Arnold syndrome.
Fogdog
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Fact checking Macgregor
www.polygraph.info
What he said:
Douglas Macgregor
retired U.S. Army colonel and ex-government official
"We just don't have ammunition to send. We have reached the limit; our own reserves are rapidly coming to an end."
What is true:
In reality, for most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely. Only for two types of ammunition -- 155 mm artillery ammunition, which includes a wide variety of non-precision projectiles, and 155 mm Excalibur GPS-guided precision artillery shells -- the United States may have a shortage in the coming years if it doesn’t replenish.
However, the U.S. has already moved to increase munitions production* to avoid shortages.
*WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells by 500 percent within two years, pushing conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War as it invests billions of dollars to make up for shortfalls caused by the war in Ukraine and to build up stockpiles for future conflicts.
Macgregor took a grain of truth that some munitions are becoming short in supply in the near term and turned it into a grand sweeping statement that the US is running out of ammunition.
The challenge that liars such as former "leaders" in Trump's administration including Trump himself present to honest facts based news reporters was summed up neatly by Fox's own national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin. She was appalled at what Macgreggor said during an interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy. During a response to Macgreggor's litany of lies that echo Putin's own propaganda, she said:
“I feel like I need to correct some of the things that Col. Douglas MacGregor said, and I’m not sure that 10 minutes is enough time to do so because there were so many distortions in what he just said,” the veteran reporter flatly stated, adding that MacGregor sounded like an “apologist” for Putin.
“I think the world has seen what Putin is capable of,” she continued. “To blame NATO membership for what we’ve seen Putin unleash, we have seen his own words that he is talking in czarist terms, from a 19th-century view of imperial Russia, so what he just said was so distorted that I do feel our audience needs to know the truth.”
www.thedailybeast.com
In a few minutes, Macgregor spewed so many lies that an expert on the subject could not adequately respond with corrections in the ten minutes that Fox allotted to her to do so.
How Russia Uses Retired US Colonel’s Ukraine Misinformation for Domestic Propaganda
For most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely.
www.polygraph.info
What he said:
Douglas Macgregor
retired U.S. Army colonel and ex-government official
"We just don't have ammunition to send. We have reached the limit; our own reserves are rapidly coming to an end."
What is true:
In reality, for most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely. Only for two types of ammunition -- 155 mm artillery ammunition, which includes a wide variety of non-precision projectiles, and 155 mm Excalibur GPS-guided precision artillery shells -- the United States may have a shortage in the coming years if it doesn’t replenish.
However, the U.S. has already moved to increase munitions production* to avoid shortages.
*WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells by 500 percent within two years, pushing conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War as it invests billions of dollars to make up for shortfalls caused by the war in Ukraine and to build up stockpiles for future conflicts.
Macgregor took a grain of truth that some munitions are becoming short in supply in the near term and turned it into a grand sweeping statement that the US is running out of ammunition.
The challenge that liars such as former "leaders" in Trump's administration including Trump himself present to honest facts based news reporters was summed up neatly by Fox's own national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin. She was appalled at what Macgreggor said during an interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy. During a response to Macgreggor's litany of lies that echo Putin's own propaganda, she said:
“I feel like I need to correct some of the things that Col. Douglas MacGregor said, and I’m not sure that 10 minutes is enough time to do so because there were so many distortions in what he just said,” the veteran reporter flatly stated, adding that MacGregor sounded like an “apologist” for Putin.
“I think the world has seen what Putin is capable of,” she continued. “To blame NATO membership for what we’ve seen Putin unleash, we have seen his own words that he is talking in czarist terms, from a 19th-century view of imperial Russia, so what he just said was so distorted that I do feel our audience needs to know the truth.”
Jennifer Griffin Once Again Brutally Fact-Checks a Pro-Putin Fox News Segment
Griffin called out a Fox News guest as a Putin ”apologist” in just the latest instance of her bursting Kremlin-friendly narratives on her own network.
In a few minutes, Macgregor spewed so many lies that an expert on the subject could not adequately respond with corrections in the ten minutes that Fox allotted to her to do so.
DIY-HP-LED
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I think Ukraine might be redefining the term "airborne assault troops", that evolved from parachutists, to helicopter assaults and now to frontline units using drones for precision micro air support using a variety of cheap bomb dropping and suicide drones.
DIY-HP-LED
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
and this merchant of garbage was presented as a valid source, sigh
DIY-HP-LED
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That looks like a big satellite phased array antenna, like a starlink on the stern, but perhaps US military, using their satellite system? Perhaps mount a couple of RPGs or even a Javelin or two on it to keep the Russians busy while making the attack run. Hitting the ship target with a javelin would cause a lot of damage from 2 miles out. Maybe one could carry a harpoon missile and launch it, greatly extending the range of the missile to cover every point on the black sea. It erects and fires it, perhaps it could even carry a small expendable drone, linked through its own starlink for acquiring targets. These might have more uses than as a suicide drone by replacing the bomb with something that can reach further. The satellite link should provide plenty of bandwidth and it could even be crew served to manage several weapons systems on a small hard to detect platform with long range.
DIY-HP-LED
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DIY-HP-LED
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BudmanTX
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Personally I like the third senerio..js
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
One practical lesson from this conflict is “you need several times as much artillery ammunition as your previous projections specified.” In a sudden and intense campaign, the consumption of shells (assuming enough guns) occurs at a fantastic rate, and he who runs out first is placed at a severe disadvantage. I hope our military policy folks are paying close attention.Fact checking Macgregor
How Russia Uses Retired US Colonel’s Ukraine Misinformation for Domestic Propaganda
For most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely.
What he said:
Douglas Macgregor
retired U.S. Army colonel and ex-government official
"We just don't have ammunition to send. We have reached the limit; our own reserves are rapidly coming to an end."
What is true:
In reality, for most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely. Only for two types of ammunition -- 155 mm artillery ammunition, which includes a wide variety of non-precision projectiles, and 155 mm Excalibur GPS-guided precision artillery shells -- the United States may have a shortage in the coming years if it doesn’t replenish.
However, the U.S. has already moved to increase munitions production* to avoid shortages.
*WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells by 500 percent within two years, pushing conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War as it invests billions of dollars to make up for shortfalls caused by the war in Ukraine and to build up stockpiles for future conflicts.
Macgregor took a grain of truth that some munitions are becoming short in supply in the near term and turned it into a grand sweeping statement that the US is running out of ammunition.
The challenge that liars such as former "leaders" in Trump's administration including Trump himself present to honest facts based news reporters was summed up neatly by Fox's own national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin. She was appalled at what Macgreggor said during an interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy. During a response to Macgreggor's litany of lies that echo Putin's own propaganda, she said:
“I feel like I need to correct some of the things that Col. Douglas MacGregor said, and I’m not sure that 10 minutes is enough time to do so because there were so many distortions in what he just said,” the veteran reporter flatly stated, adding that MacGregor sounded like an “apologist” for Putin.
“I think the world has seen what Putin is capable of,” she continued. “To blame NATO membership for what we’ve seen Putin unleash, we have seen his own words that he is talking in czarist terms, from a 19th-century view of imperial Russia, so what he just said was so distorted that I do feel our audience needs to know the truth.”
Jennifer Griffin Once Again Brutally Fact-Checks a Pro-Putin Fox News Segment
Griffin called out a Fox News guest as a Putin ”apologist” in just the latest instance of her bursting Kremlin-friendly narratives on her own network.
In a few minutes, Macgregor spewed so many lies that an expert on the subject could not adequately respond with corrections in the ten minutes that Fox allotted to her to do so.
Lately the military news has been dominated by the charismatic megafauna of military procurement: Raider, Sentinel, NGAD. The new carrier. I’ll trade one wonderjet for ten thousand Excalibur.
DIY-HP-LED
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Soon they will need to think of the fall rains and that could bring things to a stop as far as armor goes, so cutting the Russians off in Crimea and the south before winter is important I figure.
DIY-HP-LED
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Ukrainian 155mm artillery outranges Russian 152mm and is probably about 5 times more accurate with better trained troops doing the shooting using a sophisticated fire control system with counter battery radars and drones. The Ukrainians only need a fifth to a tenth of the shells the Russians use for the same results and those results will increase with cluster munitions. Think how much shit the Russians wasted murdering civilians and knocking down Ukrainian, towns and cities that don't shoot back.
BudmanTX
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I do to, if ua can get to tomak before the rains and maybe metipol by winter the can cut the Russian army in half, that would put logistics in a shamble...and the roads out of Crimea under fire control of the ua
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Correct but beside the point.
printer
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It is feasible to paste other weapon systems on the boat but it would come at the cost of the range or explosive power of the bomb.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
DIY-HP-LED
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Just the thing for cleaning out those tree line positions, clear hundreds of yards at a time with several salvos. The guys cheering know there will be a lot fewer or no living Russians there when they have to go and clear it and the mines in front of it.
DIY-HP-LED
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It could be a multiuse platform and the only use a bomb might have is as a self-destruct, launching a harpoon might destroy it. Just an idea to reach inside the boom or stand off from the target. The large bandwidth of the comm system makes many things possible with small craft like this. Most are powered by an adapted jetski propulsion system I believe and can go a long way cruising at say 10 knots to save fuel and maximize range.