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What was the weather like in Moscow today?

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Old 9th May 2022, 08:31
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What was the weather like in Moscow today?

What was the weather like in Moscow this morning?
TV pictures showed hard shadows and Vlad and those around him squinting in the sunlight - but the Fly-Past of 77 aircraft didn't turn up....?
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Just taking sensible precautions in case one of the aircraft develops a wiring fault.
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Loved Vlad's Kevlar raincoat, some serious body armour underneath.......
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....and the heavies round him with the fake hands talking into their other sleeves
Wonder how many rings of security the civilians had to pass through with their Tulips.
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Russian Air Force flypast cancelled owing to bad weather.

Pull the other one!

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Russian Air Force flypast cancelled owing to bad weather.
Pull the other one!
kin to Moskva sinking due to stormy seas?

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Remember it might be fine in Moscow, but you have to allow for departure fields, route to the form up, the form up area, route home and home bases being clear.,
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Putin displaying future Ukranian targets while he can
Re airdisplay, perhaps they were scared a manpad was waiting
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Remember it might be fine in Moscow, but you have to allow for departure fields, route to the form up, the form up area, route home and home bases being clear.,
. . . of Ukrainian Bayraktar drones
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So they feared one aircraft might get shot down over Moscow or have a kamikaze minded pilot? With handpicked crews?
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So they feared one aircraft might get shot down over Moscow or have a kamikaze minded pilot? With handpicked crews?
“I know I am paranoid but am I paranoid enough! “ ?
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Thing with the aircraft getting shot down, you cannot cover the whole route, you can probably nail down the centre of Moscow but the rest would be difficult and you fire at one then the rest would scatter, hit or not. Hit one and it would reverberate around the World.
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Playing air billiards while Russia burns.




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Playing Spot the drone 2022.










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Looks more like an inverted V on his chest, when it should be "X marks the spot".
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It also looks like he might be wearing body armour under his coat?
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It also looks like he might be wearing body armour under his coat?
Nah, it’s just his manly torso straining the buttons
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Thing with the aircraft getting shot down, you cannot cover the whole route, you can probably nail down the centre of Moscow but the rest would be difficult and you fire at one then the rest would scatter, hit or not. Hit one and it would reverberate around the World.
Or the Russian Air Force isn’t up to the job 🧑‍🦯 🐔 🐩

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It also looks like he might be wearing body armour under his coat?
Protection against bullets or knives?
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