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wiredtiger8 said:Spot on.
Russian nukes could miss their target by twenty or fifty feet, while American tech hits a dime from miles away. 🤦
hollowdriver13 said:https://twitter.com/wartranslated/st...C-0dX43tArAAAA
Looks like the propaganda playbook just got an update. Suddenly, it’s not about those 50 busted HIMARS units anymore—now they're claiming the whole US system is junk and that the Smerch is actually superior.
Oh, sure, now all of a sudden HIMARS is amazing and NATO is looking totally unstoppable. 🙏 🙏 🤣
And of course, we've hit the predictable part of the script where everyone claims NATO SOF was operating on the Kharkiv front, and that's why things fell apart there.
gentlerider7 said:Ever since this latest Ukrainian counteroffensive kicked off, it feels like every second comment I see is just someone obsessing over tactical nukes.
Carl Hernandez3 said:Persia isn't some Islamist mess
If you're going to be ignorant—honestly—don't broadcast it
Just keep those thoughts to yourself
bluemason3 said:About a third of the Russian strikes aren't even hitting their marks. On top of that, it takes days to scout and fix those target coordinates—which isn't exactly ideal when you're trying to hit high-priority strategic military targets in real time.
If Russ were actually looking to pull off a tactical strike like that, they wouldn't be wasting time—they’d probably just let a Tomahawk do the dirty work. And honestly? You can't exactly call those things inaccurate. They hit what they're aimed at.
I don't even know where to start with this one—honestly, it’s just one of those days where everything feels like a slow-motion train wreck. You look at the news, you look at what's happening on the ground, and you just want to stare at a wall for an hour. It’s exhausting. Everything is moving so fast, yet somehow nothing is actually changing, if that makes any sense? Just a constant loop of chaos and noise. Anyway, I'm just venting. My head is spinning. kaže:
When people talk about "modernity," they usually mean getting from point A to point B with some kind of efficiency—you know, progress, tech, moving forward. But honestly? Most times, we’re just watching a Russian missile blow everything up at point A before we even get started.
Look, let’s just stop with all this nonsense about a poorly maintained Russ nuclear arsenal. Seriously. They have more than enough modern, fully functional hardware ready to go whenever they feel like it—so yeah, maybe rethink that whole narrative.
And then there’s this endless, repetitive chatter—not just on this damn forum, but everywhere you look lately—about whether tactical nukes should be used in Ukraine. It’s become this constant background noise, honestly. Even Biden is getting pulled into the conversation. Everyone seems to have their own little angle on it, talking out of their own pockets and pushing whatever agenda serves them best. It’s exhausting.
If you ask me—and honestly, I’m just shouting into the void here—we talk about this possibility way too often. It’s constant. It’s exhausting. And I can't help but wonder why we're doing it. Is it some kind of psychological play to get Putin to back off from even considering it? Or is it something much more calculated—like we're slowly paving the road and laying the groundwork so that when the time actually comes, nobody is shocked? Who knows. It feels like we're either trying to scare them off or prepping ourselves for the inevitable, and frankly, it’s hard to tell which one it is.
One thing is absolutely certain—and this is exactly what Biden said (or more likely, what he was coached to say)—is that the very nature of this war, and honestly every single conflict we see from here on out, is about to change forever.
First thing that jumps to mind—and I mean, really sticks in my craw—is Israel stepping in, maybe alongside some tactical strikes against Iran, if they ever decide that Iran is actually sitting on a finished nuclear program or is just seconds away from pulling the trigger on one.
jadetinker85 said:How is that not true? Just the other day, they beat a girl to death simply because she wasn't wearing a hijab. I don't know what kind of animal a human being can become over some law that serves no purpose.
Gregory Ramos3 said:But man, that's dead wrong, and if that scenario actually played out, it would pretty much lead straight to Armageddon.
Like, what would even stop North Korea from dropping one of those on their southern brothers in that situation?
Or China launching a couple over toward Taiwan or Japan?
There is seriously zero point zero zero zero one percent chance that people wouldn't react, and the Russians know that better than anyone..
There isn't even a 0.0001% chance that nobody would react, and Russ knows that all too well..
Timothy Nelson5 said:What would stop them?
The simple fact is, those countries would just rush to get their own nuclear arsenal immediately.
It’s an open secret that Japan has its own "readiness" program ready to go.
And I find it hard to believe South Korea doesn't have something similar up their sleeve.
South Korea's GDP is roughly on par with Russia's.
Japan's is nearly three times larger.
There are even circles claiming Taiwan might already have a few pieces tucked away...There isn't even a 0.0001% chance that nobody would react, and Russ knows that all too well..
I guess Ukrainians would be pretty naive—maybe even foolish—if they weren't preparing to scramble and put together a few units themselves under these conditions.
Michelle Young50 said:If the Russians feel threatened by NATO expansion and are desperate for some kind of buffer zone, I think the most elegant solution would be to establish an "independent" people's republic covering everything from New York City, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Memphis all the way down to the Appalachians. Both Ukrainians and NATO would likely get on board with that idea
Frank Martin13 said:...well, here is my counter-proposal: let every single Russian aggressor just pack up, leave UA, and head straight back to Mother Russia👍 and then everyone wins; us, you, most of the Russian soldiers, and especially dear Mr. Putin—who, if he could find a way to build a time machine (perhaps those Russian engineers are working on something in that department? 😁)—would much rather travel back to the past and swallow that order to invade the sovereign state of UA whole...🙂
James Chavez91 said:I guess there isn't much more to say about this—it just is what it is.
Not gonna happen. Putin’s got seven different banks to his name—he’d probably try to run it all back regardless of the consequences. It feels like nothing more than some kind of boyish fantasy, I guess.
I guess he couldn't care less about what kind of legacy he leaves behind—honestly. If he actually gave a damn about the well-being of Russia itself, things would have looked a lot different during his earlier years, let alone with this whole invasion mess.
The guy is just sick. Period.
Timothy Nelson5 said:What would stop them?
The simple fact is, those countries would just rush to get their own nuclear arsenal immediately.
It’s an open secret that Japan has its own "readiness" program ready to go.
And I find it hard to believe South Korea doesn't have something similar up their sleeve.
South Korea's GDP is roughly on par with Russia's.
Japan's is nearly three times larger.
There are even circles claiming Taiwan might already have a few pieces tucked away...There isn't even a 0.0001% chance that nobody would react, and Russ knows that all too well..
I guess Ukrainians would be pretty naive—maybe even foolish—if they weren't preparing to scramble and put together a few units themselves under these conditions.
Sean Watson3 said:Sure, the biggest mistake people make is assuming this is all being done in Russia's best interest. Everything we've seen so far has actually backfired on Russia and its citizens, regardless of how you look at the timeline.
That’s why I wouldn't be shocked by some "desperation moves."
He’s backed himself into a corner of his own making. Winning this war on the battlefield seems impossible unless he calls for a general mobilization—which, let's face it, might be the only thing capable of actually toppling him.
So, it wouldn't surprise me if he drops a smaller bomb on a section of the front where it won't cause a massive massacre, but will serve to freeze the lines. It seems he'd rather gamble against NATO than risk a full-scale mobilization.
Think about it: stage a referendum, perhaps fabricate a scenario involving a Ukrainian chemical attack from a NATO lab on Russian soil, and then launch a retaliation strike.
But honestly? I think the Ukrainians are in a "pay the price" mindset for everything; they'd likely keep pushing even after a strike like that.
Either way, I see tactical mobilization happening before general mobilization, simply because the personal risk to Putin is much lower.
wiredtiger8 said:You make it sound like they’ll just whip up "a few units" overnight... as if one crew is assembling nukes while the other is busy spinning a pig on a spit...😁
Look, matter of fact or not, you can't just "wing it."
I mean, Iran has the "knowledge" too—I mean, any physicist worth their salt knows the theory behind building a nuclear bomb—they've got the cash, the centrifuges... they've been grinding away at a bomb for ten years now, and yet, here we are, and they still don't have one...
| I mean, look at Iran. They’ve got the "know-how"—I suppose any decent physicist can wrap their head around the theory behind building a nuclear bomb—they have the cash, they have the centrifuges... they've been grinding away at this for ten years now, and yet, well, they still don't have one. I guess. |
Kate Lewis3 said:Actually, it wasn't even because she *wasn't* wearing it—it was because she wore it "wrong." Basically, her hair was showing.
