Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread - Episode III - Revenge of the Ruski (now unlocked with new skins and gameplay modes!!!)

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smeckt said:
Sry if this is a dumb question, but why don't the Russian army just bomb all roads, railways, ports and runways that western countries use to supply Ukraine with weapons?
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Because it costs 5-6 million dollars to make a hole on a road that will get fixed within 24h
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Rail is also repairable. It's only a delay tactic. That's why it's preferable to drop the bridges with the rail on them.
Regarding runways, they're also a delay tactic, after you hit the runways either you do what you intended to do while the enemy airforce is unable to take off, or you take the opportunity to destroy the planes while they're on the ground. Another issue is accuracy.
USA bombing an airfield, two decades ago:
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UVB-76 said:
Because it costs 5-6 million dollars to make a hole on a road that will get fixed within 24h
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Rail is also repairable. It's only a delay tactic. That's why it's preferable to drop the bridges with the rail on them.
Regarding runways, they're also a delay tactic, after you hit the runways either you do what you intended to do while the enemy airforce is unable to take off, or you take the opportunity to destroy the planes while they're on the ground. Another issue is accuracy.
USA bombing an airfield, two decades ago:
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Well when comparing efficacy of air strikes you have to consider that the United States is an actual military power with functioning technology and competent personnel, unlike Russia
 
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Been awhile since I've been in these threads and I'm curious. Have you switched preferences for who wins out?

I started out in favor of Russia, because at the time it looked like they would certainly win and a quick capitulation capitulation is preferable to a long drawn-out slog. I hate the GAE and still see the war as an inevitability brought on by retarded western governments.

Now I'm generally ambivalent to who wins as it hasn't been a swift Russian victory and now looks to be a complete lose-lose for all sides no matter who wins. The desperation of the Russian side on the Internet to salvage their chosen champion's reputation is starting to get pathetic. The "Russians with Attitude" twitter account is a good example of this. He went from gloating and putting out some informative data, to coping and seething constantly.
 
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likeacrackado said:
Been awhile since I've been in these threads and I'm curious. Have you switched preferences for who wins out?

I started out in favor of Russia, because at the time it looked like they would certainly win and a quick capitulation capitulation is preferable to a long drawn-out slog. I hate the GAE and still see the war as an inevitability brought on by retarded western governments.

Now I'm generally ambivalent to who wins as it hasn't been a swift Russian victory and now looks to be a complete lose-lose for all sides no matter who wins. The desperation of the Russian side on the Internet to salvage their chosen champion's reputation is starting to get pathetic. The "Russians with Attitude" twitter account is a good example of this. He went from gloating and putting out some informative data, to coping and seething constantly.
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I will admit that at the start in February i thought the russians were simply going to carpet bomb kyev and be done with it quickly, nowadays i just think it can go either way (ergo, either NATO or Russia), i won't place bets because i don't want to act as if i know more than i really know.

Sometimes i wonder why i even follow this conflict, inflation and gas prices here sucked already before the war, so it's probably just to see if this madness somehow develops into a larger and more catasthropic thing,
 
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Sammich said:
We seen the west cheering on ukraine when they bombed Donbas for 8 years, and we figured maybe they will cheer russia if they did the same. Maybe we gotta just call the civilians "collaborators" and it will be okay then!
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"8 years"
From 2016-2021 there were 365 civilian casualties, before that about 3000, pic related.
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draggs said:
Well when comparing efficacy of air strikes you have to consider that the United States is an actual military power with functioning technology and competent personnel, unlike Russia
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you also have to consider that this american strike on belgrade was carried out by aircraft casually flying right over the city, while the vatniks have to lob their missiles at ukraine from hundreds of kilometers away due to lack of air control

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literally no sane human did that. Bombing civvies is a retard move in information age.
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basically nobody even talked about the donbas conflict at all in the west after 2014, because after that initial flareup it was extremely low intensity. like, at some point that conflict had an annual death toll in the low double digits lol, an average weekend in chicago kills more than that
 
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Badungus Kabungus said:
I'll make sure to bring it up with the jannies, if that is what you really want. I'm sure Null would love to know he has posters posting stills from baby rape videos on his forum because they think it's a way to "own Russia".

Either way, you probably should keep stuff like that to yourself and your Discord group next time.
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He sperged endlessly about it in April and told people how to find his favorite baby rape fap material
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He didn't have to post the CP since @Titos had posted it to the thread earlier.
 
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UVB-76 said:
How fucked do you think the bridge is after fires hot enough to bend steel?
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Probably just fine I would worry more about the impact of the concussive blast than the heat given the differences between concrete and steel. Concrete is susceptible to heat damage over time but it is much more resistant to heat than steel. For what it is worth, the rails can be righted pretty quickly, too. Those downed sections of bridge however are going to take a while to repair; but you could probably come up with a temporary span to get things moving if needed.
 
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Dammit Mandrake! said:
Probably just fine I would worry more about the impact of the concussive blast than the heat given the differences between concrete and steel. Concrete is susceptible to heat damage over time but it is much more resistant to heat than steel. For what it is worth, the rails can be righted pretty quickly, too. Those downed sections of bridge however are going to take a while to repair; but you could probably come up with a temporary span to get things moving if needed.
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Yes, I'm only using the rails as an indicator of temperature. Rebar/concrete bond strength also goes down with exposure to high temps.
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DumbDude43 said:
someone explain to me why a drone can see those mines from hundreds of meters away, but the clowns in the vehicle right in front of them can't see them?
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This is the driver viewport.
That's the reason why armored vehicles with no infantry support can become sitting ducks. Once you button up you lose situational awareness.
 
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DumbDude43 said:
someone explain to me why a drone can see those mines from hundreds of meters away, but the clowns in the vehicle right in front of them can't see them?
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Because they got trained for 2 days on how to see properly out of their vehicle

They dont exactly have nice big windshields
 
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