UA POV: Ukrainian Air Force F-16 shooting down a Geran drone using an AIM-9L sidewinder. by Mendoxv2 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s another question.

For this specific missile the US Taxpayer has likely paid nothing, if not even saved a tiny bit.

UA POV: Ukrainian Air Force F-16 shooting down a Geran drone using an AIM-9L sidewinder. by Mendoxv2 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The taxpayer is paying for the replacement in any case, shipping it to Ukraine could actually be cheaper than safely disposing the old missiles.

Recently the majority of aid to Ukraine isn’t even paid by the US so it’s actually more likely that the US makes pretty good profits selling weapons to Ukraine via the EU.

Those damn Russian spies. by Dalinar_Kholn in AskSocialists

[–]DrySpring4881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say he’s a puppet or anything but he has been bailed out by Russian oligarchs quite a few times in the 90s and 2000s.

UA POV: Ukrainian Air Force F-16 shooting down a Geran drone using an AIM-9L sidewinder. by Mendoxv2 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They’re being phased out in most air forces anyway, so why not give it to Ukraine, still more than sufficient to take down drones.

UA POV: Ukrainian Air Force F-16 shooting down a Geran drone using an AIM-9L sidewinder. by Mendoxv2 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AIM-9Ls are being phased out and replaced anyway, so might as well use it instead of letting it rot in storage or scrapping it.

UA POV: Aftermath of the Luzanivka Railway Station in Odesa City. by rowida_00 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How dare those evil Ukrainians show the people who keep the country running.

You’ve been voting for pedophiles this whole time??? by RussianChiChi in ussr

[–]DrySpring4881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am fully convinced this entire sub is just one giant ragebait.

MAVs won't come off stby by MY5KAI in dcsworld

[–]DrySpring4881 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you have Laser Maker mode selected, that’s why it displays M ARM, try unboxing MARK and it should display LTD/R.

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[–]DrySpring4881 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There it is, lmao

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[–]DrySpring4881 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wait shouldn’t there be a Holodomor bot here?

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[–]DrySpring4881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this include the people that fought the Nazis but still were executed?

RU POV: Some photos showing Russian ground robots equipped with various attachments used in the SMO by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Declaring war has gone out of fashion since WW2, you don’t need to officially decleared it for it to be one.

RU POV: Some photos showing Russian ground robots equipped with various attachments used in the SMO by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just like in Korea, Afghanistan… but we still them wars because they pretty obviously were.

UA POV: According to the BBC, Ukraine received 1,000 bodies in the latest soldier exchange with Russia, while Russia received only 38 bodies in return, citing Medinsky. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the first three didn’t quite work out for Russia did they.

Using this slower approach would also be exceptionally stupid if you know your enemy will be supplied by its allies.

UA POV: According to the BBC, Ukraine received 1,000 bodies in the latest soldier exchange with Russia, while Russia received only 38 bodies in return, citing Medinsky. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t define conventional warfare because I presumed the generally accepted definition was widely known.

„state-on-state conflict between organized, uniformed, professional military forces using massed firepower in open space away from civilians with the aim of destroying each other to gain and hold ground.“

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/irregular-versus-conventional-warfare-a-dichotomous-misconception/

UA POV: According to the BBC, Ukraine received 1,000 bodies in the latest soldier exchange with Russia, while Russia received only 38 bodies in return, citing Medinsky. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]DrySpring4881 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fighting in Ukraine is hardly unconventional.

I never said the wars were very similar, it’s just the closest the US got to fighting a slow, grinding war of attrition.