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Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 21:30
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

Good point, but it was pretty contentious, I...

Good point, but it was pretty contentious, I believe. Mind you the Nazi's bombed the civilian populations of the UK, and we did the same in Germany.

My uncle was a bomb aimer in the second wave...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 18:54
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

Wasn't this the case in GW1? I believe (but...

Wasn't this the case in GW1? I believe (but stand to be corrected) that a fair bit of Iraq's C2 was located in, or very near, civilian infrastructure, and was using civilian power, so became a...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 18:06
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

Thinking back to Iraq, wasn't one of the major...

Thinking back to Iraq, wasn't one of the major targets during the first phase of Desert Storm civilian infrastructure, including power generation and sub-stations?

I remember the crew room TV...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 16:46
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

I'd also wager that there are a lot of threat...

I'd also wager that there are a lot of threat assessments regarding Russia that have been hastily re-written over the past few months. I've been well out of the loop for twelve years, but the last...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2022, 20:56
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

What we don't know (and quite rightly so) is...

What we don't know (and quite rightly so) is what's being done in terms of training those Ukrainians that are here and in the USA. There have been Ukrainian troops on Salisbury Plain for some time...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2022, 18:47
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

Much as I've been very reluctant for the West to...

Much as I've been very reluctant for the West to get involved in yet another conflict on foreign soil, I am seriously worried that this view is going to gain more traction over the coming weeks and...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2022, 12:20
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

The thing that REALLY worries me is when the...

The thing that REALLY worries me is when the damage to Ukrainian infrastructure becomes so great that Ukraine has to consider taking major action outside its borders. There is some evidence that they...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2022, 14:28
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

Why on earth are we getting rid of kit that could...

Why on earth are we getting rid of kit that could usefully be donated to Ukraine? Seems barking mad to me.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 22:44
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

The power station in question has had a team of...

The power station in question has had a team of international safety experts based there for some weeks now, just to try and act as a deterrent to either side bombing the place. I believe that...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 22:27
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

I agree, but Zaporizhzhia can generate 5,7000MW,...

I agree, but Zaporizhzhia can generate 5,7000MW, it's the largest power station in the whole of Europe. The biggest portable generators top out at around 18kW, the biggest truck mounted generators...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 21:11
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

I was thinking along the same lines, but I...

I was thinking along the same lines, but I suspect the logistics of fuelling them is a bigger problem to tackle. If Ukraine can get over to the left bank of the Dnipro near Kherson and then move...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 15:53
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

What concerns me is a repeat of the GW1 to GW2...

What concerns me is a repeat of the GW1 to GW2 scenario, where an initial failure to remove a despot following the invasion of another sovereign state led to another major conflict a few years later....
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 14:44
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

It would be interesting to know how close Putin's...

It would be interesting to know how close Putin's regime is to being in serious trouble. As far as I can work out, a sizeable proportion of Russian warstock has been expended, and their manufacturing...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2022, 16:34
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

That is a fairly compelling technical argument...

That is a fairly compelling technical argument for the weapon type, combined with the evidence that this was during the period when Russia was targeting Ukraine's energy supplies, and the proximity...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2022, 16:33
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,138,077
Posted By Old_Slartibartfast

One thing that has been missing from the publicly...

One thing that has been missing from the publicly available reports I've seen is an assessment of the level of internal opposition within Russia to this war. Every war always has some within the...
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