Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

[RoadAmerica]

Just like Americans don't have the ability to beat Communist North Vietnam or Taliban Afghanistan.

Back to Afghanistan I see, ah yes no relation to this thread

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585275991844421632

 

[Viet]

what i see is that two projectile get intercepted by Ukrainian infrastructures not Ukraine air-defense one at 00:21 and another at
what you see from 00:32 is not interception but some sort of flak cannon detonating and try to make a wall of shrapnel in front of the incoming projectiles and again at 00:46 another infrastructure successfully intercept an incoming projectile
Its clear that Air-Defense failed again wonder in which second actually Iranian drones get destroyed (well obviously beside the destruction of those two projectile in 00:21 and 00:46)

Whatever
No difference to Hamas rockets on Israel
Even some rockets and missiles slip thru Israeli or Ukraine air defense
Military worthless such terror attacks.

 

[MeFishToo]

Source: The Unz Review

Written by Mike Whitney. Originally published by The Unz Review

Ukrainian gains on the battlefield have been met by a widely-anticipated Russian escalation. On September 21, in a rare national address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilsation of 300,000 reservists who would be called to serve in the war in Ukraine.

In recent weeks, the Russian army has suffered a number of setbacks due to its lack of sufficient manpower in the battlespace. Simply put, the Russians did not have enough combat troops to carry out their mission or to defend the vast area that has recently been annexed by Moscow. Russia’s Special Military Operation was never designed to seize and occupy great swaths of Ukrainian territory. In essence, the SMO was a police operation aimed at locating and eliminating the Ukrainian forces that had been bombarding and killing ethnic Russians living in east Ukraine.

After numerous clashes with advancing NATO-trained battalions, it’s clear that Russia needs significant reinforcements to roll back Ukrainian forces and impose a security buffer around its new provinces. Russia’s critics see the under-staffing as an indication of military incompetence but, in fact, Moscow is merely adapting to a fluid situation in which both parties continue to raise the stakes. Here is an excerpt from a post by Big Serge at Substack that helps to clarify what’s going on:


Russia’s critics, of course, will dismiss this explanation as nonsense, even so, the calling up of 300,000 reservists shows that Putin’s generals realize they cannot achieve their strategic objectives with merely an “expeditionary force” but must adjust to changes on the ground. And that is precisely what they are doing; they are beefing up their forces at a time when Putin’s public approval rating is at an eye-watering 77%. So, while an earlier mobilization would have undoubtedly been met with widespread condemnation and rejection, the great majority of Russians now fully support the policy. Simply put, Putin has won the hearts and minds of the Russian people. He has convinced them that their country, traditions, culture and lives face an unprecedented existential threat. Here’s more from Big Serge:


In short, the establishment media and political class have made Putin’s job easier for him by persuading even left-leaning Russians that the western nations –led by the US– despise all-things Russian and are determined to destroy their country and subjugate their people. Here’s Putin:


According to Putin, the collective west wants to plunder Russia, enslave its people, and create a colony whose wealth can be siphoned off by tyrannical bigots and foreign profiteers. The media’s relentless attack on Russian athletes, scholars, scientists, musicians and even businessmen has only reinforced the view among ordinary Russians that they have entered the crosshairs of a violent and out-of-control western coalition that intends to deliver the same lethal death-blow to Russia that they did to Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and countless other nations. Putin’s soaring public approval ratings underscore the fact that most Russians think the threat is real and that the battle must be joined. Here’s more from Big Serge:


The speed at which Putin annexed the four regions in Ukraine suggests that the real purpose of the action goes far beyond the expansion of Russia’s western border. The real reason Putin rushed through the measure was to fundamentally change the rules of engagement. Needless to say, a Special Military Operation is worlds apart from the defense of one’s own sovereign territory. In other words, the real purpose of the referendum was to indicate that “the gloves are off” and that Russia is going to respond to Ukraine’s attacks with unexpected ferocity. Here’s Serge again:


Bottom line: Russia has now laid the groundwork for a broader and more violent conflict. 300,000 reservists have been called up, vast amounts of military hardware are being shipped to the front, and public opinion overwhelmingly supports the war-effort. All the signs point to a significant escalation in the fighting that will leave much of Ukraine in ruins while pushing Washington and Moscow closer to a direct confrontation.

Mearsheimer’s Chilling Prediction: “The Russians are going to turn Ukraine into rubble.” (2 minute video)


Michael Whitney is a renowned geopolitical and social analyst based in Washington State. He initiated his career as an independent citizen-journalist in 2002 with a commitment to honest journalism, social justice and World peace. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

UNZ Review is a platform for Looney Tunes. The internet is providing bandwidth for 99% trash.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585299185129377792

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585201700696395777

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585251791792660481

 

[Hack-Hook]

Whatever
No difference to Hamas rockets on Israel
Even some rockets and missiles slip thru Israeli or Ukraine air defense
Military worthless such terror attacks.

depends on what is the target ?
to be honest , if EU- want to reduce such attacks on Ukraine , they must send all AA cannons they have decommissioned from Cold war to Ukraine m they have more chance intercepting drones at reasonable price than Air defense missiles and the useless tactics such as

 

[gambit]

If You have two DDR5 designs with the same spec, and one design (A) gets 10 prime dies on average per wafer, and the other (B) gets 100 prime dies on average per wafer.
There are 3 additional manufacturers with the same two designs, and all four is trying to get into the Apple M4 multichip module. Apple only buys prime die and wants damages if quality is bad.

You claim that design A will sell at a lower price to Apple.
I claim that market pressure will force design B to a lower price.

Apple will expect (wafer cost / prime dies) * marginfactor.

Design A will be 10x the cost of design B, so it will be more expensive.
If the yield can be improved by selling dies not meeting full spec, they can be sold at a lower cost, but that was not the question.

Ref the highlighted -- only if Apple is the sole buyer. Micron have a history of keeping old borderline ancient products on the books readied and would be applicable to your argument. NASA is often the caller because some of the older memory products have greater cell structural strength and more easily customized for the rigors of space, the yield per wafer may not be high because of various factors but whatever yielded can be sold, and NASA will pay a premium for the dies.

 

[SIPRA]

depends on what is the target ?
to be honest , if EU- want to reduce such attacks on Ukraine , they must send all AA cannons they have decommissioned from Cold war to Ukraine ...

It appears that after a while Ukraine would be left to use air guns, with slugs, to intercept Russian missiles and drones.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585310143297638400

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585289050587631616

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585276460981444614

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585271984220475394

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585266165424820226

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585303214827524098

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585302356459065344

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585312049709522945

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585305971467096064

 

[Paul2]

Ref the highlighted -- only if Apple is the sole buyer. Micron have a history of keeping old borderline ancient products on the books readied and would be applicable to your argument. NASA is often the caller because some of the older memory products have greater cell structural strength and more easily customized for the rigors of space, the yield per wafer may not be high because of various factors but whatever yielded can be sold, and NASA will pay a premium for the dies.

I though that DRAM is never used in space in favour of SRAM

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585279405022224385

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585283128834330628

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585306981471952896

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585299185129377792

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Since when violating proportionality a war-crime , its called escalation, and even for that it all come to the point what was produced at the factory at the time

if there is military value , its justified

if the equipment in that factory is used to maintain those military equipment ?
and also ukraine have more eastern equipment than western ones

and ukraine is even more incompetent than russia ,otherwise they already had their copy of gran-1 and gran-2

No, it is not called escalation.

Proportionality is about common sense.
If You detect that there is a single private in uniform attending a football game together with 50,000 civilians, it is a war crime to carpet bomb the arena killing all of them claiming that the presence of that private makes all of the arena a valid military target.

If you detect a single sniper blocking a bridge from a house which might contain civilians, and that bridge is critical to the success of the campaign, then taking out the house is considered proportional even if a few civilians are killed.

Maybe You should ask your countrymen which whines about Israel not being proportional in its response to Palestinian War Crimes. Or maybe you shouldn’t because while they are aware that the rule if proportionality exists they have no clue how it works.

This is now considered customary law and based on various parts of the 1907 Hague convention and the 1949 Geneva Conventions.