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

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

Another day, another unsustainable missile barrage, its like the russians are not aware they ran out of missiles 9 moths ago Thankfully the energy infrastructure division of the UAF was there to hold most of the attacks
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Correct, Russia’s unsustainable missile supply is why their salvos increasingly depend on Iranian supplied drones.

 

[Butterschmalz]

The EU is not a fan of European nationalism.

There is no European nationalism. In the first place. I m German. What the fuck do I have to do with French people or Bulgarians. Why should I pay taxes to the EU who will use the money to fix Polish highways? Is there a European language? Is there a European anthem? Is there a European army? Is there a European cuisine? Greece going bankrupt, who the fuck cares? There is a war in Ukraine? Too bad. Sure let the refugees come. People are fleeing from the war. Either send the German army to fight the Russians head on Braveheart style yelling "Freedom" or shut the fuck up. Its fucking terrible to know that Turkeys Erdogan is the most reasonable statesman on the European continent at the moment. What is the EU? Its the (((Central Bank))). And a bunch of weirdos in Brussels. Happy new Year!

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Turning point?

Maybe for that particular place, but the lines won't advance much around Bakhmut; even if the Russians leave, nobody is going through that mine-infested hellscape for a very long time.

I've heard some talk for when the war is done, that they'll just fence off the entire area & treat it like another Chernobyl and/or a restricted battlefield-sized memorial, and imo that's probably the only option.

EOD teams from around the world will certainly help to shrink the zone, though I doubt Ukraine's new friends wouldn't look kindly on them using Russian POWs to clear minefields; nevermind that everyone did with German POWs after WW2.

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

There is no European nationalism. In the first place. I m German. What the fuck do I have to do with French people or Bulgarians. Why should I pay taxes to the EU who will use the money to fix Polish highways? Is there a European language? Is there a European anthem? Is there a European army? Is there a European cuisine? Greece going bankrupt, who the fuck cares? There is a war in Ukraine? Too bad. Sure let the refugees come. People are fleeing from the war. Either send the German army to fight the Russians head on Braveheart style yelling "Freedom" or shut the fuck up. Its fucking terrible to know that Turkeys Erdogan is the most reasonable statesman on the European continent at the moment. What is the EU? Its the (((Central Bank))). And a bunch of weirdos in Brussels. Happy new Year!

The EU is a failed ethnostate. Germans know a thing or two about failed ethnostates.

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

Maybe for that particular place, but the lines won't advance much around Bakhmut; even if the Russians leave, nobody is going through that mine-infested hellscape for a very long time.

I've heard some talk for when the war is done, that they'll just fence off the entire area & treat it like another Chernobyl and/or a restricted battlefield-sized memorial, and imo that's probably the only option.

EOD teams from around the world will certainly help to shrink the zone, though I doubt Ukraine's new friends wouldn't look kindly on them using Russian POWs to clear minefields; nevermind that everyone did with German POWs after WW2.

Why not just make super strong magnet and put it on a helicopter to swing around the area smh

 

[Butterschmalz]

The EU is a failed ethnostate. Germans know a thing or two about failed ethnostates.

Whats up buttercup? How is your mum doing?

 

[Shovelbird]

fucking terrible to know that Turkeys Erdogan is the most reasonable statesman on the European continent at the moment. What is the EU? Its the (((Central Bank))). And a bunch of weirdos in Brussels. Happy new Year!

Its because Erdoğan gave away too much posts and concessions to Kemalists after purging Fethullah cultists. Right now he is powerless compared to 2015 post fake coup attempt. Next election he is gone. However the massive economic theft he did must still be undone he stole trillions and gave to German construction imports and building unused mosques.

 

[Corette]

Why not just make super strong magnet and put it on a helicopter to swing around the area smh

Not all mines have ferrous components.
Besides if such thing worked on large scale there wouldn't be large areas of France which they're still clearing from WW1 ordnance.

edit.
Article from 2015 about red zones of France and Belgium.
https://brilliantmaps.com/zone-rouge/

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

Whats up buttercup? How is your mum doing?

Ever since the EU failed as an ethnostate, she has never been the same.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

Why not just make super strong magnet and put it on a helicopter to swing around the area smh

I wonder who would volunteer to pilot such a contraption, constantly attracting powerful contact-detonated explosives...

 

[Shovelbird]

EU was a plan to dismantle white majority ethnostates by Benelux pedo elite. It is succeeding so far. Brown-black worker caste, castrated, disarmed whites as innovators and engineers, and a Benelux majority hyper elite with no legal or moral barriers who can indulge in pederasty and sex-addled Dolcett cannibalism in isolated islands.

 

[Corette]

I wonder who would volunteer to pilot such a contraption, constantly attracting powerful contact-detonated explosives...

Such things were done during WW2 against sea mines.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/how-britain-beat-germanys-wwii-magnetic-sea-mines-bfec5558704c

The Royal Air Force also contributed to the minesweeping boom with a modified Wellington bomber. The R.A.F. Gunnery Research Unit fitted the bomber with a 2.5-ton electromagnetic ring that could project a magnetic field far below the aircraft.

The 51-foot diameter balsa wood ring housed an aluminum coil powered by a Ford V-8 car engine. The R.A.F. called the new variant the Wellington Directional Wireless Installation—a deliberate misnomer designed to keep the aircraft’s true purpose secret.

On Jan. 8, the R.A.F. detonated their first mine from the air, but had to fly slow and close to sea level. Five days later, the Wellington destroyed its second mine—but did so at less than 35 feet above the waterline.

The explosion threw the robust plane up into the air with no serious damage. It was a successful proof of concept, and the R.A.F. commissioned three further DWIs. In June 1940, the Gunnery Research Unit deployed to Egypt, and the DWIs continued their work in the Suez Canal.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

Such things were done during WW2 against sea mines.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/how-britain-beat-germanys-wwii-magnetic-sea-mines-bfec5558704c

Why not just make super strong magnet and put it on a helicopter to swing around the area smh

corette, I don't think you understand. Megalul, is this correct?

 

[Corette]

corette, I don't think you understand. Megalul, is this correct?

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Look if a modern land mine has enough metal to react to magnet, its because of certain politeness and/or as a safety feature.
There won't be AT mines popping from ground and flying up.

Besides magnet doesn't need to dangle from a short string.
This kind of operation would be relatively safe during peacetime, but it would have very limited effect.

 

[Vince McMahon]

I've heard some talk for when the war is done, that they'll just fence off the entire area & treat it like another Chernobyl and/or a restricted battlefield-sized memorial, and imo that's probably the only option.

Poor Donbass. It smells of miner's black lung and a ferrous smoke that grinds your teeth when you arrive by train. Did you know that Kramatorsk was a site of one of the stupidest construction mistakes?

Kramatorsk radiological accident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What about the site of the only mining nuclear test in the Soviet history? Google "Cleavage" bomb test. It was tested in an active mine, which is now sealed off and has to be maintained in order for the nuclear test not to enter ground water.

Ever heard about Stirol chemical plant? Biggest chemical complex in Eastern Europe.

And now add loads of little Verduns around.

I dread to see my hometown in the news and see what horrors Russians have prepared.

 

[AgendaPoster]

The EU is a failed ethnostate. Germans know a thing or two about failed ethnostates.

Ethnostates are constructed around ethnic groups, not races.
Pan-European thought should be purely about cooperation and not attacking each other, instead of homogenization of populations and habits across such a diverse continent.
Our absolutely mental and unelected elites are the reason we're in trouble, with a sensible elite that recognizes ethnic groups and nation state's right to police borders and demographics, as well as social issues, we'd be doing great.
The Reich was not an ethnostate, it was an expansionist empire that sought to destroy other ethnic groups and steal their lands.
It failed specifically because of its hostile imperial actions, just as Russia has, and just as Russia will.

 

[Thomas Talus]

corette, I don't think you understand. Megalul, is this correct?

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I think that if the magnetic force is strong enough in the vertical direction to counteract gravity, it's probably strong enough in the horizontal direction (where there is no counterforce other than a smidgen of air resistance) to attract whatever device to the big metal part without having said device slingshot past.

 

[Derka Derka]

The Reich was not an ethnostate, it was an expansionist empire that sought to destroy other ethnic groups and steal their lands.
It failed specifically because of its hostile imperial actions, just as Russia has, and just as Russia will.

It failed because the leader had mental issues ... and bad logistics

 

[Friendly Primarina]

Is there a European anthem?

I thought the EU's anthem was "Ode to Joy (An die Freude)"?

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

corette, I don't think you understand. Megalul, is this correct?

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I was making a stupid joke, but I'm happy it resulted in a somewhat serious discussion on the matter lol

Mines are fucking horrible, every time minefields are mentioned, I end up thinking about the ways to solve the problem. I'm sure a lot of people way smarter than me are working on it, but it seems to be much harder than one might assume.
The answer is probably robots, capable of detecting and defusing explosives on their own. Just deploy a bunch and let them do the work.