Wow.. I didn’t see this coming.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....cc4b0d29b.jpeg

Captain Blunder, the Belarus Fool, has just admitted he sent Belarusian forces into Ukraine.

Following on from this, it’s now appears to be sinking in..

Isn;t it a bit more than discussion? The bill unanimously passed in Senate yesterday was the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act.

and does Belarus have nukes?

what prevents western nations from dealing definitively with Belarusian forces?

Let’s add the courageous and compassionate Moldovans.

Seems to be alluding to a Kursk like conflict.
Certainly a hell of a lot armour on trains heading south...

Will there be enough NLAWs, Javelins and other such missiles to take out the newly arriving tanks?

The Finns got lucky in Stalin's second invasion when he sent tanks along the frozen Gulf of Finland. A few shells from a shore battery broke up the ice and sent the tanks to the bottom.

Never heard of this, which battle was it?

Here is some aviation content, albeit of dubious quality
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...russian-black/

Ninthace, article above locked.

I did wonder if now they are armed with the new Switchblade 600 that has a range of nearly 40 km, would it not be ideal to start hitting the tanks at the rear while they are forming up and re-equipping, I would imagine it would cause fear and disallusionment amongst those fresh troops and conscripts before they even set off. Also will the weather not start to play a role as it is getting warmer with the occasional rain, and they I should imagine are going to be roadbound again. Also would the self propelled artillery be more of an ideal target along with fuel.

April 05 2022 "The Pentagon plans to order and send to Ukraine 10 of the newest model Switchblade drones armed with tank-busting warheads in addition to previously announced deliveries of a less powerful version, according to two people familiar with the decision."

This model - the 600 - has the same war-head as in the Javelin: the 300 has the same HE load as a 40 mm grenade.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-tank-killers

It wouldn't surprise me if Putin doesn't consider Belarusian forces to be an extension of the RF forces albeit slightly more expendable. As such he would would consider an attack on them would be an an attack on him.

That's not to say I don't think sending Putin a message by making an example out of Lukashenko would be a bad thing.

How would you differentiate between Belarussian troops and RF troops stationed/staging there ? What do you think the consequences of an attack on Russian troops - there at the invitation of the Belarussian government - would be ?

The Winter War - some details here: A Short History Of The 'Winter War' | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk)

I am aware of the winter war, as it happens my grand father fought in it, but I've never heard that any soviet tanks would've tried to join the battle via the Gulf of Finland nor the finns shelling the ice to submerge those. However I am open for new information.
Also, that was the first invasion. The second was the Continuation war 1941-1944 .

There is a film on youtube regarding the loss of the NATO Romanian Lancer and Puma that crashed a while back, however if you go to 4.55 area it shows the SU27 that was shown from a drone to have belly landed in a Ukrainian field, but from the ground, it appears to be pretty much intact.

Soviet Russian authorities say that a Mig31 crashed today in the Leningrad region. Authorities say that the jet was on a routine training mission when crashed. The crew ejected safely.

https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/14324931

Aviation content.

Nice article about Bayraktar , and some hints that UAF now operate the 'mini' bayraktar too.

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/0...n-ukraine.html