What if ?? U.S. vs Russia in Ukraine

[vincent]

Here is an optimistic look at what might happen if the U.S. attempted to drive the Russians out of Ukraine just as they drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait.

[dennisw]

According to Australia's ABC Ukraine is winning, that raises the question. Why did Ukraine just sack their defence minister? In a sudden move, Ukraine fired its long time Defense Minister who has been at the helm of the armed forces since the beginning of the war.

[vincent]

... Ukraine fired its long time Defense Minister who has been at the helm of the armed forces since the beginning of the war.

I suspect that Zelensky is troubled by the growing murmurs in the U.S. from those who want to reduce or eliminate the aid pipeline to Ukraine, so he wants a Defense Minister who can produce a spectacular break in the Russian defensive lines to show those who are reluctant to send aid that the aid is supporting winners.

[johannes]

We know what happened when Erdo ordered to shoot down a Russian Sukhoi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown
The silowiki recognized a fellow thug and buckled.

[dennisw]

I hate to say I told you, but when they elected the bumbling old fool I did say he would probably blunder into WWIII and it looks like Russia thinks the same thing. If they and their Chinese friends link up, it could spell big trouble.

www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=6343#google_vignette

[johannes]

Dennisw wrote:

According to Australia's ABC Ukraine is winning, that raises the question. Why did Ukraine just sack their defence minister? In a sudden move, Ukraine fired its long time Defense Minister who has been at the helm of the armed forces since the beginning of the war.

Because the new guy, Rustem Umerov, is a Crimean Tatar with close links to Erdogan ?

White founts falling in the courts of the sun,
And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run G.K. Chesterton, Lepanto

[Ian Thomas]

For every "news" item says Ukr's winning, with a coupla clicks you can find another one says Russia's winning. 🙄

Whatever.

The technology both sides employ is interesting: much of what is supposedly new is actually old.

Like camouflage, for example.

There's a humongous body of lit on the subject but, unsurprisingly, the gist of all of it is that ..

1/

your camou pattern must match the background (duh!) and

2/

you need to break up the outline or edges of whatever it is you want to hide.

Both points are highly relevant to field instruments like, say, trail-cameras or robots.  Imho, there's no universal camou pattern that you can paint on a camera box and make it invisible against all backgrounds.

You have to think interchangeable cloaks - and that's where it's worthwhile keeping an eye on how armies employ these.

eg

Kalashnikov’s Camouflage Cloak for Tanks: What is It and How Does It Work?
sputnikglobe.com/20230629/kalashnikovs-camouflage-cloak-for-tanks-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work-1111554258.html

[dennisw]

Less than two months ago I published another book, it looks as though some countries are trying to make it as predictive as Orwell's 1984


www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CF4J4WBJ