Russian invasion of Ukraine

[emby]

Confirming your tweet, Pete. (heh)

Russian warships conducted drills in the Atlantic, the military said Tuesday, as they were heading to visit Cuba, part of Moscow’s efforts to project power amid the tensions with the West over Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Kazan nuclear-powered submarine conducted the exercise that was intended to simulate a missile strike on a group of enemy ships.

The ministry said the drills involved computer simulation of an attack on sea targets more than 600 kilometers (over 320 nautical miles) away.

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The Admiral Gorshkov is armed with new Zircon hypersonic missiles. The weapon has been designed to arm Russian cruisers, frigates and submarines and could be used against both enemy ships and ground targets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has touted Zircon as a potent weapon capable of penetrating any existing anti-missile defenses by flying nine times faster than the speed of sound at a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (over 620 miles).

The Admiral Gorshkov and the Kazan are accompanied by two support vessels on their visit to Havana, which Cuban officials said reflected “historically friendly relations” between Russia and Cuba.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry said the Russian warships will be in Havana between Wednesday and June 17, noting that none will carry nuclear weapons and assuring their presence “does not represent a threat to the region.”


The Cuban statement followed a U.S. announcement that Washington had been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that were expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise.

It’s not the first time Russia has sent its warships to the Caribbean, but this week’s visit follows Putin’s warning that Moscow could respond to Ukraine’s Western allies allowing Kyiv to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia by giving similar weapons to adversaries of the West worldwide.

[PetePierson]

Thanks Tootz!

I mean the Russians have been doing this shit for decades.. always ending up in Cuba to bang some hot Hispanic broads.

[emby]

Thanks Tootz!

I mean the Russians have been doing this shit for decades.. always ending up in Cuba to bang some hot Hispanic broads.

They've been so exposed for the paper tiger they are.

[PetePierson]

They've been so exposed for the paper tiger they are.

I can't do this with you again on a 3rd board but I'm dumb so I will.

You know where I stand on this.

[kaimaru]

They've been so exposed for the paper tiger they are.

I can't do this with you again on a 3rd board but I'm dumb so I will.

You know where I stand on this.

That you would want a hot Cuban chick in one arm and a hot Slavic chick on the other?

[emby]

They've been so exposed for the paper tiger they are.

I can't do this with you again on a 3rd board but I'm dumb so I will.

You know where I stand on this.

And I am not going to beat you up about it.

Looking to create a 30,000 ft level discourse here and the best way I can think to tone police that into existence is to stop trying to tell you how it is and just tell you what I think.

I think the Russians are a trailer park with nuclear weapons.

[PetePierson]

That you would want a hot Cuban chick in one arm and a hot Slavic chick on the other?

Yes. Please. And Thank you.

[PetePierson]

And I am not going to beat you up about it.

Looking to create a 30,000 ft level discourse here and the best way I can think to tone police that into existence is to stop trying to tell you how it is and just tell you what I think.

I think the Russians are a trailer park with nuclear weapons.

No sane person wouldn't agree that Putin is a bad guy and definitely on the Not to be Trusted List.

But I don't live in Russia. Nor Ukraine (also shady as fuck). I don't agree with the weapons aid packages but can at least understand that most of the equipment / ordinances are nearing end-of-life cycle for our military standards. And it's wicked expensive to destroy this stuff.

But funding pensions and setting up agreements to rebuild the country on our dime? Come on, Man! There's some serious shenanigans going on.

[emby]

And I am not going to beat you up about it.

Looking to create a 30,000 ft level discourse here and the best way I can think to tone police that into existence is to stop trying to tell you how it is and just tell you what I think.

I think the Russians are a trailer park with nuclear weapons.

No sane person wouldn't agree that Putin is a bad guy and definitely on the Not to be Trusted List.

But I don't live in Russia. Nor Ukraine (also shady as fuck). I don't agree with the weapons aid packages but can at least understand that most of the equipment / ordinances are nearing end-of-life cycle for our military standards. And it's wicked expensive to destroy this stuff.

But funding pensions and setting up agreements to rebuild the country on our dime? Come on, Man! There's some serious shenanigans going on.

I don't know anything about all the pensions and however corruption works in Ukraine, but I can imagine that the Russians broke a bunch of stuff that's going to need to be fixed and boy do we know some guys.

We should scrutinize all that shit, but the real more immediate question on the table is whether we should allow the Russian army to invade Europe.

It's not like we haven't been digging in for 80 years.

Second edit: it's not that either. I suppose it's just a question of how long Russia can hold out.

[deltbucs]

I remember when Trump was the one that was going to start WW3.