• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

Page 1842 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
trenchfoot said:
I wonder if the war would've been over by now or much closer toward being over in Ukraine's favor had Trump not been reelected.
Click to expand...
Probably - there is a post i made somewhere with the lead up to the war and how Biden rallied allies BEFORE the invasion; and while there was disbelieve that Putin would invade they had a plan B setup if he did invade. The biggest issue is they initially didn't want to give Ukraine critical weapons under the presumption they would fall very quickly but when the were able to take advantage or Russian utter ineptness they immediately rallied to help Ukraine (though did not provide weapons that could reach into Russia).

The most amazing thing (to me) is how fast Zelensky transition to a war time president - even with allies providing intel of assassin squads and urging him to leave the country he stayed to rallied the troops. How much this actually help i'm not sure but the Ukraine army did have a good set of generals where were initially crippled by Zelensky believe no war would happen.

Anyway it is what it is but they could really use some additional man power and stronger weapons.
 
trenchfoot said:
I wonder if the war would've been over by now or much closer toward being over in Ukraine's favor had Trump not been reelected.
Click to expand...


Had the Biden era level of support been maintained or increased, I think it's fair to say the war would look a lot different and in Ukraine's favor. Hard to say if it would be over, but Russia would be worse off than they are now and fewer Ukrainian civilians would be dead.
 
Re: Tanks.
To be fair, once a kill zone has been established, drones render tanks inoperable in mere minutes.
With famed soviet stockpiles depleted, there's just no reason to build more. The kill zone stretches over 20km, beyond the tank's ability to perform a job.
There will be some niche cases before modern warfare reaches all armies of the world, but the age of the armored division is over. Going to be relegated to troop transport.
 
kage69 said:
Had the Biden era level of support been maintained or increased, I think it's fair to say the war would look a lot different and in Ukraine's favor. Hard to say if it would be over, but Russia would be worse off than they are now and fewer Ukrainian civilians would be dead.
Click to expand...
The only thing i can say in Trump support is patriot missles are running short (esp since they keep wasting them in the middle east). Beyond that yea there is a lot he could do but knowing Trump even a simple med kit would be too much for him to provide someone.
 
Jaskalas said:
Re: Tanks.
To be fair, once a kill zone has been established, drones render tanks inoperable in mere minutes.
With famed soviet stockpiles depleted, there's just no reason to build more. The kill zone stretches over 20km, beyond the tank's ability to perform a job.
There will be some niche cases before modern warfare reaches all armies of the world, but the age of the armored division is over. Going to be relegated to troop transport.
Click to expand...
Nothing can be over to be fair, but it needs a new focus on how to make it, a tank that deploy drones AND blocks the attackers would be a nightmare for everyone.
 
I do hope this happened to some of those safari orcs that use drones to hunt civilians. A nice supply chain fucking paired with no Starlink, and winter. Haha, good.

"Russian troops have begun receiving mined fiber optic coils that detonate when connected to an FPV drone.There have already been losses among the FPV drone crews - at least two servicemen died while preparing such coils for use.Thousands of such coils have been delivered to Russian army units."


bafkreidllihnscayqoyrfggweh2qfmpcrm2ydacx2ibzrehknialedyake@jpeg
 
RnR_au said:
Yeah... nah... mount an anti-drone system on a tank chassis. Stack as needed to deal with swarms.
Click to expand...
And put drone systems that can hurt the opponent, imagine the Protoss Carrier, something like that.

kage69 said:
I do hope this happened to some of those safari orcs that use drones to hunt civilians. A nice supply chain fucking paired with no Starlink, and winter. Haha, good.

"Russian troops have begun receiving mined fiber optic coils that detonate when connected to an FPV drone.There have already been losses among the FPV drone crews - at least two servicemen died while preparing such coils for use.Thousands of such coils have been delivered to Russian army units."


bafkreidllihnscayqoyrfggweh2qfmpcrm2ydacx2ibzrehknialedyake@jpeg
Click to expand...
That stuff is what Israel did with Hezbollah with the pagers, so, expecting that being somehow real. The issue is... who gave those materials in order to be sabotaged? Hungary?
 
Ukraine is a drone production monster at this point, they can make pretty much whatever they want. If I had to guess, this was more switching of deliveries than a longterm, clandestine corruption of a production line in China - which is where all fiber optic products come from for Russia now.

Orban's Hungary is only needed for one thing; to act like Europeans with functioning grey matter, rather than myopic Russian bitches.
 
kage69 said:
Ukraine is a drone production monster at this point, they can make pretty much whatever they want. If I had to guess, this was more switching of deliveries than a longterm, clandestine corruption of a production line in China - which is where all fiber optic products come from for Russia now.

Orban's Hungary is only needed for one thing; to act like Europeans with functioning grey matter, rather than myopic Russian bitches.
Click to expand...
Hopefully Orban will be kicked out at the elections in April.
 
biostud said:
Hopefully Orban will be kicked out at the elections in April.
Click to expand...
There looks to be a good opportunity of that. The opposition party is leading by ~8pct. Though there has been a slight tightening over the past month to get there.

Doesn't help that Putin's goons are helping shape the election at Orban's request. I'd expect a lot more disinformation to come. If Orban wins the EU should boot Hungary, they're just an obstacle.
 
jdubs03 said:
There looks to be a good opportunity of that. The opposition party is leading by ~8pct. Though there has been a slight tightening over the past month to get there.

Doesn't help that Putin's goons are helping shape the election at Orban's request. I'd expect a lot more disinformation to come. If Orban wins the EU should boot Hungary, they're just an obstacle.
Click to expand...
Yeah, it's not really possible to boot countries when they have at least one ally.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top