lesserprophet

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45936559

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Post this over at !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works they love this kind of content.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Special Operations Forces

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

For even more perspective, the United States lost 58,220 killed and 153,303 wounded in Vietnam between 1964 and 1975. 211,523 losses over 11 years.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I have already argued at length that Russia, being the most sanctioned and economically undermined and terrorized country on earth, via embargoes and outright industrial sabotage like the Nordstream attacks, may be underachieving—for now—while hiding a far more powerful economy than current records imply. If you take away those artificial handicaps unfairly gimping Russia’s economy, then it is almost certain that Russia’s true unmeasured economic might is that of 3rd place behind China and the U.S. It’s remarkable that even under unparalleled attack, Russia is able to command one of the fastest growing and most robust economies in the world.

Oh boo hoo. Maybe Russia should consider ending their war of aggression so the world can see how powerful their economy actually is.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The journalists also spoke to a resident of the "DPR" ["Donetsk People’s Republic" – self-proclaimed and non-recognised quasi-state formation in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast – ed.] who has been fighting on the side of Russia for more than two years. Recently, he learned from his neighbours that his apartment had been recognised as "mismanaged property" and could be nationalised.

Русский мир

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They likely can't hear them coming. Shooting without earpro will do a number on your ears.

 

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) claims to have disrupted the plans of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to eliminate Ukraine's President Zelenskyy and other members of the country's top military and political leadership.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Here's hoping Xavier Worthy works out a little better than the last two receivers the Chiefs drafted high. I wonder if Rice's legal problems encouraged that pick or if Veach was planning on picking WR all the way if someone was available.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

They appear to be disarmed and possibly wounded with the shooter moving calmly from one person to the next and executing them based on the video in the article. It's unlikely they're combatants at this point which would make them prisoners.

[–] lesserprophet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was wondering when they would start using civil aviation aircraft to conduct strikes. I'm not sure of the legality of weaponizing civilian assets for military purposes, but it's an effective disguise if they can log a flight plan near a sensitive target. Even if they don't hit the target or get shot down, then Russia will have to run the risk of shooting down its own civilian aircraft or stop general aviation flights near high value targets.

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