Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[White_N]

Why Georgia? That's just retarded, Georgia doesn't even have diplomatic relations with Russia last I checked. Wtf do they even expect Georgia to do, their military doesn't have stuff they can afford to spare.

I mean, after 2014, two Ukrainian presidents in a row made this guy, of all people, their political advisor.

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

Not sure even why the Cancucks were about to buy Grippens anyways. Don't get me wrong they're great jets, but at the end of the day they'll always be a Gen 4+ fighter jet that will really become obsolete within a decade.

Because Gripen is a lot cheaper and the Canadian armed forces are a meme anyway, their air force just needs to be able to intercept Russian bombers (itself a pointless ritual on both sides, WW3 isn't going to be fought by bombers lol) and they don't actually need a super high tech diamond-plated stealth plane for that.

But they are a US client state whose defense is provided by the US, so buying Lockheed Martin products is the modern equivalent of paying tribute.

 

[Elbereth]

And so is BRICS. We'll see about that soon enough, eh?
Have some on the nose Ukrainian propaganda.
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Um, yeah. I'm sure Brazil will supply Russia with the wares they were cut off and need the most. Like aeroplane parts.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

I can't help but think that she posted her bare feet on purpose to get the sympathy from the degenerate coomer brigade.

Kira Rudik's Feet << wikiFeet

The collaborative celebrity feet website

www.wikifeet.com

I'm going with "yes" on that one.

 

[3-2-1836]

Um, yeah. I'm sure Brazil will supply Russia with the wares they were cut off and need the most. Like aeroplane parts.

Embraer is a big up and comer for airliners

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

Why hasn't anyone told the Russians the main consequence they care about of the sanctions potentially ruining the Russian economy?

 

[White_N]

And BRICS is just a bunch of letters. We'll see about that soon enough, eh?
Have some on the nose Ukrainian propaganda.
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It's actually funny because this is probably going to happen in real life if you try to buy Russian products and randomly meet National Batalion guys with them in the bags.

 

[Elbereth]

Embraer is a big up and comer for airliners

And do they make thier own components, or buy western ones? Even chines civil aeroplanes are made in 80% of western components.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Because Gripen is a lot cheaper and the Canadian armed forces are a meme anyway, their air force just needs to be able to intercept Russian bombers (itself a pointless ritual on both sides, WW3 isn't going to be fought by bombers lol) and they don't actually need a super high tech diamond-plated stealth plane for that.

But they are a US client state whose defense is provided by the US, so buying Lockheed Martin products is the modern equivalent of paying tribute.

There's also other more practical reasons as well. If something big ever kicked off, how well do you think the swedes would be able to provide Canada with parts and support from across a contested ocean? Way easier to just have em shipped right over the border. Plus the f35 has a much larger user base, so you have much better supply chain for those spare parts.

 

[whothefuck]

Ukraine is recalling its embassadors from Georgia and Morocco because these countries aren't helping, Zelensky hinted Latin America, Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa may be next.

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Z-man is just throwing a hissy fit that not everyone cares about Ukraine. SHOCKER i know. What next, will he kick out those Indian and Nigerian students because their governments aren't showing acceptable levels of support? (sucking his dick 24/7) I genuinely think the media's support for him has gone to his head and he thinks he can cancel countries like he did to the Russians on twitter- and the worst part is that the US is going along with it, possibly fucking with China as well.

imo Zelensky should just bite the bullet and sue for peace, Ukraine could've easily played of the west and Russia. Neutral status couldve benefitted Ukraine a lot, they couldve have investments from both sides and been an important mediator between Russia and NATO- which can greatly benefit a country just ask Yugoslavia oh wait.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Um, yeah. I'm sure Brazil will supply Russia with the wares they were cut off and need the most. Like aeroplane parts.

Brazil has an extensive aerospace industry. Ever heard of Embraer? They most certainly can supply them with parts. Oh and sugar for the babushkas wanting to make jam, moonshine, and moonshine from jam.

 

[JambledUpWords]

 

[LeChampion1992]

Brazil has an extensive aerospace industry. Ever heard of Embraer? They most certainly can supply them with parts. Oh and sugar for the babushkas wanting to make jam, moonshine, and moonshine from jam.

Yeah I have to say the Biden administration fucked up with trump we could have had a friendly Brazil still instead we choose Biden, globohomo and more enemies. This is what we get by "putting the adults back in charge".

 

[The Other Baldwin]

Kira Rudik's Feet << wikiFeet

The collaborative celebrity feet website

www.wikifeet.com

I'm going with "yes" on that one.

Leggings....check. Always bare feet in pictures....check. HolyFuckingShit...she's a "hey, will you rub my feet..." chick. Well, I like her again. Those broads are only a little less crazy than the nurses who loves horses.

No wonder she is spending her wartime days typing a whiny diary on Twitter.

 

[Elbereth]

Brazil has an extensive aerospace industry. Ever heard of Embraer? They most certainly can supply them with parts. Oh and sugar for the babushkas wanting to make jam, moonshine, and moonshine from jam.

I don't think that Russian aircraft uses Embraer parts.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

I don't think that Russian aircraft uses Embraer parts.

They operate some already.

 

[mindlessobserver]

The center of Mariupol from a bird's-eye view

The ruins are still dispiriting.

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Russia is going to claim a wasteland called peace. And the hilarious thing is they did Zelensky a favor by wiping out the Azov. At this stage he no longer needs them, so the fact they held as long as they did is a bonus.

 

[Sneed Weed]

Found this rather light hearted map of the Mariupol situation.

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These maps are as lulz as the joke Syrian war map

 

[UVB-76]

they don't actually need a super high tech diamond-plated stealth plane for that.

The problem with the Gripen is that Saab wrote a lot of checks with their marketing that their production capabilities can't cash.
The Brazilians are paying over 200 million per plane (plus support and tech transfer as a few will be manufactured in house).
South Africa purchased them because of the cheap operating costs. Turns out even that was too expensive for them, so they put half of the fleet in rotating storage. What happens when you fly less? Cost per flight hour increases as you lose economies of scale. That sweet $4,700 cost per flight hour rose to 10k if I'm not misremembering.
Purchasing the Gripen is a false economy because if a country too poor to afford something better, is probably not going to purchase enough of them or fly them hard enough to actually save money.
The other big debacle was how you can't take a C and get a direct upgrade path to an E due to the fact that it's a different aircraft with little parts commonality. Meanwhile a F-16, which predates the Gripen by decades, could receive upgrade packages to new Block standards.
If Canada wanted to double-down on being retarded, they should just revive the Avro Arrow for the meme and forget the Gripen. Skipping this nonsense and shopping at Lockmart was the best course of action.

 

[White_N]

The girl talks about school, about friends, and the explosions of shells can be heard in the background.