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November 5, 2022
Ukraine Open Thread 2022-190
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psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 2:05 utc | 91
That is what I am picking up from other than Reuters. As you say the screw turns. Ukraine channels were saying Biden wanted some gains in Ukraine for the election. Kherson gearing up for a major Uki Nato offensive in the next hours so I guess that means much dead Ukie Nato maggot food in a day or so. Seems likely negotiations will start after the elections in the US. Zelensky will be able to grab his British passport and head off to UK to taste test some of Putin’s exotic poisons.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Nov 6 2022 3:14 utc | 101
Ugh a Melaluca salad of Marko, SeanAU and a couple more trolls. The other SBU trolls still have no power but why is Gonzalo still posting??? Heh. Starlink is not working in Ukraine, but MSM says it’s because of unpaid bills. Did Russia use some of their secret satellite technology? I wonder if something will happen on Wednesday night?
Posted by: Arcticman | Nov 6 2022 3:26 utc | 102
crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 2:15 utc | 94
“……I wonder if Canada is also playing a part.”
Oh. You. Are:
Nov5:
Flightrader OSINT:
RCAF 130-J Hercules CFC2903 Spain to Poland.*
(^Royal Canadian AirForce)
*Arrived about the same time as the RAF weapons transport…
So. What.
“the CC-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine fixed-wing turboprop tactical transport aircraft, designed to provide the RCAF with a cost-effective and operationally-proven tactical airlift capability.”
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 3:28 utc | 103
Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 2:34 utc | 97
Go loiter at the snoozy end of the bar.
Where nothing is happening and there’s nothing to see….
Meanwhile, some of us will wilfully keep noticing what we’re noticing.
No need to disturb yourself…
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 3:36 utc | 104
I feel safer already with Finland AND Sweden getting US nukes.
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Nov 5 2022 16:33 utc | 29
That conjures an image of the US pinning “Kick Me!” signs on both countries… How can they not see this?!
Posted by: ianMoone | Nov 6 2022 3:36 utc | 105
@ Uncle Tungsten 77
Rainbow virus
I gonto an exhibition at the NEC on Battery Solar. There are millions of pounds worth of glittering green gadgets none of which complies with the Britis Standard BS7671 thatvI haven’t comply with in my work.
But the charming boffin from the Institute for Electrical Technology that runs electrics in Britain tells me I am not allowed to connect a battery to an inverter unless the inverter connects to earth millisecond before it becomes live.
Why TF am I not allowed to make a bit of sunlight into green electricity, but fxxing USUKIS is allowed to bomb nuclear power stations in Chernobyl Ukraine?
The hypocrisy of USUKIS would-be hegemony , the US Democrats up to their red necks in Chinese Manufacturing Industry launching a dirty war on Russia and China , is beyond my imagination. Little Miss Fuck the EU Nuland raises her little finger to destroy European civilisation. And all we can fxxing talk about is fxxing Twitter!@$#
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 6 2022 3:40 utc | 106
@ Forest 99
I nearly took the bait, but your reply was much better.
A stranger walks into the bar, must be
a troll bums clench and glasses become potential weapons.
Just how parochial are you barflies?
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 6 2022 3:50 utc | 107
@Melaleuca
You slide questions to answers LightYearsFromHome, like a misbegotten bot, in oratorical rot.
Posted by: ed | Nov 6 2022 3:56 utc | 108
US sends weapons inspectors – there’s a senior general with perhaps 100-1000 US boots in Ukraine. Clearly ‘weapons inspectors’ if you can be that naive.
Question ~ Why is Russia allowing this? I remember distinctly from Putin warning at the beginning of the SMO that any foreign country going into Uky would be swiftly dealt with. Well 8months later here we are. I’m all for Russia taking its time, but the rational of allowing the US/UK terrorists to plant foot and settle down for tea n cookies?
Posted by: crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 4:03 utc | 109
Giyane | Nov 6 2022 3:40 utc | 106
You obviously have the wrong electrician. If you need something signed off on by a licensed bullshitter well that is what you gotta get. I have mostly done my own wiring and eff the rules. Crimes against bureaucracy. A little study any making sparks is not difficult.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Nov 6 2022 4:22 utc | 110
ed | Nov 6 2022 3:56 utc | 108
Maybe you’ve lost the plot?
Or is it too much pot?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 4:37 utc | 111
Feb 10 2022
New deal will let US forces use two Slovakian air bases for a decade
The treaty allows the U.S. military to use two Slovak air force bases — Malacky-Kuchyna and Sliac — for 10 years while Slovakia — a NATO member like the U.S. — will receive $100 million from the U.S. to modernize them.
> the agreement was fiercely opposed by the opposition, which claims it compromises the country’s sovereignty, makes possible a permanent presence of U.S. troops on Slovak territory and even enables a possible deployment of nuclear weapons in Slovakia.
~The Slovak and U.S. governments have rejected those charges.
#[Because the US has never “mission creeped” …
what’s vehemently denied today can be “reviewed”, “revised” and “reappraised” later. (How much later? Try a week. …~Read on….]
Example:
2018:
>>…”US not seeking to build military base in Slovakia’”
“ BRATISLAVA (Sputnik): The United States, which is now negotiating a defense cooperation agreement with Slovakia, has no intention to build a US military base in the central European nation or permanently station its troops there, US Ambassador in Bratislava Adam Sterling said on Monday.
“The United States and Slovakia are negotiating an agreement on defense cooperation…
We are not seeking to construct a US military base in Slovakia, and we are not negotiating the permanent presence of US troops in your country [Slovakia],” Sterling said in a video, published on the US Embassy’s official Twitter account.
February 16, 2022
U.S. troops heading from Germany to Slovakia for planned NATO drills
The first part of a planned contingent of 2,000 U.S. troops and hundreds of vehicles entered the Czech Republic from Germany on Tuesday en route eastwards to Slovakia for NATO’s Saber Strike military drills, a Reuters witness said.
>…around 2,000 U.S. troops with around 600 pieces of equipment would take part in the exercises along with nearly 1,300 Slovak soldiers in the first two weeks of March.
The Slovak part of the drills will be held around the city of Zvolen, in central Slovakia over 300 km (190 miles) by road from the Ukraine border, the ministry has said. The troops are to return to their German bases after completing the exercises.
Slovakia hosts no foreign NATO troops but Foreign Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Tuesday
it has begun considering the possibility of stationing a NATO unit as part of efforts to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank amidst the Ukraine crisis.
[^That’s SIX DAYS after the signing of the defence treaty, where stationing of US troops (and nuclear weapons) were vehemently denied]
Feb 26:
BRUSSELS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday the alliance was deploying parts of its combat-ready response force* and would continue to send weapons to Ukraine, including air defences, while saying that Russia was trying to topple the Ukrainian government.
*A Statement that NATO has been overtly fighting Russia in Ukraine from February….(and covertly from 2014)
Some of the 30 NATO allies announced the type of weapons that they would supply Ukraine, including air defences, he said, without giving details. “Allies are very committed to continue to provide support,” he said.
>…Stoltenberg said NATO was deploying elements of its rapid response force, which is made up of land, air, maritime and special operations forces, on allied territory.
>…”We are now deploying the NATO response force for the first time in the context of collective defence,” he said.
Separately, Germany announced it would be deploying a company of troops to Slovakia where the soldiers will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-allies-provide-more-weapons-ukraine-stoltenberg-says-2022-02-25/
Slovakia NATO unit to have 1,200 foreign troops, Patriot missile defence
February 27
>…NATO battlegroup being formed for Slovakia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will include 1,200 foreign troops and a Patriot missile defence system manned by German and Dutch personnel, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Saturday.
>…Germany separately announced sending a company of soldiers – company is usually around 150-200 – to Slovakia and said it was sending a Patriot battery along with 300 soldiers to operate it to NATO’s eastern flank.
>…. The military equipment planned for the deployment in Slovakia was worth around 1 billion euros.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovakia-nato-unit-have-1200-foreign-troops-patriot-missile-defence-2022-02-26/
March 2022
NATO troops arrive to Slovakia to deploy US-made Patriot air defence systems
NATO troops have begun arriving at the Sliac military base in Slovakia to deploy US-made “Patriot” anti-missile defence systems in various places to maximise Bratislava’s airspace defences, according to a report by Slovak Spectator.
>……Last week, Bratislava had said it would supply Ukraine with Soviet-era S-300 missile defences with the understanding that it would receive Patriots from NATO – as a “replacement”.
>…Slovakia is set to host a total of 2,100 NATO troops, who comprise an enhanced forward presence that Slovakia’s Parliament approved last week.
https://wp.centraleuropeantimes.com/2022/03/nato-troops-arrive-to-slovakia-to-deploy-us-made-patriot-air-defence-systems/
July 9 2022
TENSION TODAY: US sends Thousand 101st Airborne troops to Slovakia
>……thousands of U.S. troops activated to back up NATO countries are still deployed, just in case.
>…Thousands more soldiers will be posted to Europe and rotating through…
> Those who remain are continuing to train with local forces in their host countries, as well as helping facilitate the transfer of equipment to Ukrαine and training Ukrαiniαn troops outside that country.
More details about how they’re spending their time have been scarce, as the Pentagon has put a moratorium on press engagements for the mission.
The current line-up includes:
[gonna pick thru the list at my leisure, right now I’m hunting Slovakia… which was “never” going to have permanent US troops….
Oooops:
Elements of the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Poland and Slovakia
Another 800 or so soldiers are spread around Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia
~~ in before “nah… they cain do shit”. Slovakians were told from before 2018 to Feb 2022 no US troops would be stationed permanently….and yet…. They’re there…
https://theupdatepost.com/tension-today-us-sends-thousand-101st-airborne-troops-to-slovakia/
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 4:38 utc | 112
ZH has the latest up from Pepe Escobar with the quote ending of it below
Berlin – Moscow – Beijing
Solid German business sources completely contradict the “message” delivered by the German Council on Foreign Relations on the trip to China.
According to these sources, the Scholz caravan went to Beijing to essentially lay down the preparatory steps for working out a peace deal with Russia, with China as privileged messenger.
This is – literally – as explosive, geopolitically and geoeconomically, as it gets. As I pointed out in one of my previous columns, Berlin and Moscow were keeping a secret communication back channel – via business interlocutors – right to the minute the usual suspects, in desperation, decided to blow up the Nord Streams.
Cue to the now notorious SMS from Liz Truss’s iPhone to Little Tony Blinken, one minute after the explosions: “It’s done.”
There’s more: the Scholz caravan may be trying to start a long and convoluted process of eventually replacing the US with China as a key ally. One should never forget that the top BRI trade/connectivity terminal in the EU is Germany (the Ruhr valley).
According to one of the sources, “if this effort is successful, then Germany, China and Russia can ally themselves together and drive the US out of Europe.”
Another source provided the cherry on the cake: “Olaf Scholz is being accompanied on this trip by German industrialists who actually control Germany and are not going to sit back watching themselves being destroyed.”
Moscow knows very well what the imperial aim is when it comes to the EU reduced to the role of totally dominated – and deindustrialized – vassal, exercising zero sovereignty. The back channels after all are not lying in tatters on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Additionally, China has not provided any hint that its massive trade with Germany and the EU is about to vanish.
Scholz himself, one day before his caravan hit Beijing, stressed to Chinese media that Germany has no intention of decoupling from China, and there’s nothing to justify “the calls by some to isolate China.”
In parallel, Xi Jinping and the new Politburo are very much aware of the Kremlin position, reiterated again and again: we always remain open for negotiations, as long as Washington finally decides to talk about the end of unlimited NATO expansion drenched in Russophobia.
So to negotiate means the Empire signing on the dotted line of the document it has received from Moscow on December 1st, 2021, focused on “indivisibility of security”. Otherwise there’s nothing to negotiate.
And when we have Pentagon lobbyist Lloyd “Raytheon” Austin advising the Ukrainians on the record to advance on Kherson, it’s even more crystal clear there’s nothing to negotiate.
So could this all be the foundation stone of the Berlin-Moscow-Beijing trans-Eurasia geopolitical/geoeconomic corridor? That will mean Bye Bye Empire. Once again: it ain’t over till the fat lady goes Gotterdammerung.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 4:56 utc | 113
@ Cyclops | Nov 5 2022 21:58 utc | 69 and @ Cyclops | Nov 5 2022 22:19 utc | 72
sorry for the late reply.. i will read moa usually near the top of my morning, and then drift off to get things done and then come back, or not much later, or the next day…
regarding your post @ 69 – i am just calling it like i see it.. you’re a newbie, but you are not saying this off the top.. i wouldn’t worry about it.. i am quite spontaneous in my projections, lol… or – i just call it like i see it..you can say since it is a thread about ukraine, we can talk up the yin yang about the jewish question.. maybe someone would even argue we could talk about how covid is impacting the war in ukraine… i suppose i draw the line short of this, but i also sense an agenda – right or wrong – on the part of those who i was generally addressing in my earlier comment…
as for your post @ 72.. thanks… it is a big issue here at moa – the money – the financial system, and how it is all connected.. but since it is such a big question, it is mostly all speculative and probably would be better to discuss it on the week in review or an open thread where one could wax on about it… i think it is smart to try to see patterns in all of this and i am glad you are picking up on all that.. i am sorry i am not able to provide more grist for the mill tonight.. cheers and welcome to moa..
Posted by: james | Nov 6 2022 5:10 utc | 114
Below is a quote from a The Register posting showing where Microsoft stands on Ukraine
The Ukraine government will continue to be able to run its digital infrastructure through the Microsoft Cloud for free in 2023, the tech giant confirmed today.
In a blog post, Microsoft president Brad Smith said that technical support will continue to be available to the embattled country and could add up to as much as $100 million for the year and bring the cost of Redmond’s financial support for Ukraine to more than $400 million across all software systems.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 5:15 utc | 115
In a blog post, Microsoft president Brad Smith said that technical support will continue to be available to the embattled country and could add up to as much as $100 million for the year and bring the cost of Redmond’s financial support for Ukraine to more than $400 million across all software systems.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 5:15 utc | 115
Lend Lease all over again, I wonder who will pay the bill?
Posted by: K | Nov 6 2022 5:50 utc | 116
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 5 Nov 2022⚡️
#Kursk Region:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the village of #Guevo in Sunzhansky district, damaging a power supply line and several residential buildings. There were no civilian casualties.
#Starobelsk Direction (MAP):
▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, the enemy is rotating and restoring the forces of the 14th Mechanized Brigade after several failed attempts to attack the #Kislovka – #Yagodnoye line.
▪️ In the #Svatovo sector, Ukrainian SRGs from the 71st Jager Brigade are operating in the #Kolomiychikha -#Kuzemovka area. The AFU conducts reconnaissance of the Russian positions using UAVs.
➖ The 128th AFU Territorial Defence Brigade is be moved to #Stelmakhovka to rotate personnel.
➖ AFU militants again shelled #Svatovo with HIMAR, damaging several civilian buildings.
▪️ In the #Lyman sector, Ukrainian formations attempted an offensive towards #Ploshchanka, but failed and withdrew.
➖ Russian forces used a drone to detect the movement of an AFU supply convoy in the area and hit one of the vehicles carrying enemy ammunition.
#Soledar Direction (MAP):
▪️ Ukrainian formations attempted a counterattack at #Opytnoye and #Kurdyumovka, but the Russian forces repulsed the attack and pushed the enemies back to their initial lines.
▪️ The AFU command is preparing for a possible offensive by Wagner PMC assault troops on #Belogorovka from the direction of #Shipilovka.
#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ Enemy militants again shelled settlements of the #Donetsk agglomeration. Hit were #Donetsk, #Gorlovka, #Makeevka and #Yasinovataya.
#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ Artillery duels continue in #Zaporozhye region along the line of contact. Russian forces shelled targets near #Olgovskoye, #Gulyaypole, #Zaliznichnoye, Malye #Shcherbaki and #Novodanilovka.
#Dnipropetrovsk Region:
▪️ In #Dnipropetrovsk, the Elektrovoznaya power substation on the right bank of the city caught fire. The cause of the accident was probably an overload of the grid.
▪️ Russian forces shelled an AFU position in a lyceum in #Nikopol as well as positions in the #Marganets municipality.
#Nikolaev – #Berislav Direction on Southern Front (MAP):
▪️ In the #Nikolaev -#Berislav section, the AFU shell Russian positions with high intensity along the entire line of contact.
▪️ In the #Andreevka sector, a column of 20 enemy tanks advanced towards Davydov Brod. Another, consisting mainly of armoured vehicles, is directed towards the #Snigirovka sector.
▪️ In the #Berislav direction, the AFU shelled Russian positions from near #Petropavlovka and #Dudchany.
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled #Kherson with HIMARS MLRS. Most of the shells were shot down by air defences, but two of them hit one of the city’s transport companies.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18868
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 5:51 utc | 117
Kyiv Planning for Total Evacuation if It Loses Electricity – New York Times
As they struggle to maintain an electricity grid heavily damaged by Russian missiles, officials in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, say they have begun planning for a once unthinkable possibility: a complete blackout that would require the evacuation of the city’s approximately three million remaining residents.
“We understand that if Russia continues such attacks, we may lose our entire electricity system,If there’s no power, there will be no water and no sewage”, Roman Tkachuk, the director of security for the Kyiv municipal government, said in an interview.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18866
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 5:53 utc | 118
⚡️ Double failure of Ukrainian paratroopers near Svatove and Kremenna: top story
On the night of November 4, units of the 25th and 80th AFU Airborne Brigades made an attempt to break through to positions of the Russian Armed Forces located 7km northeast of the settlement of Terny and near Kuzemivka in the Kupyansk direction.
According to the AFU radio intercepts, both brigades received similar orders.
The 25th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU was to reach the R-66 route connecting Svatovo (LNR) in the north and Kreminna in the south, while the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade was instructed to break the first echelon of the RF Armed Forces defence and take under fire control the section of the R-07 route.
Units of the 25th Brigade of the AFU were unable to reach the anticipated breakthrough location: in the morning of November 4, after the detection of infantry and international MaxxPro armoured vehicles by the Orlan-30 drone, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked with Russia’s 300 mm Smerch rocket systems .
Units of the 80th Brigade were left without military communications due to the operation of Russian REB complexes and contacted the command via open channels 15 km northwest of Svatov. The contact of the AFU paratroopers was detected by the Shipovnik-AERO REB complex, after which the 80th Brigade’s positions were hit by Giatsint-B guns.
It is noteworthy that both company groups of the Ukrainian Airborne Troops were sent on the raid without fire support: the 66th separate mechanised brigade of the AFU, which was covering the 25th brigade, had lost 80 percent of its T-64B and T-72B battle tanks as well as a significant amount of artillery.
The 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the AFU, previously engaged in attacks north of Svatov, has lost 70% of its serviceable tanks and currently has only M113 and YPR-765 light APCs.
The situation in the neighbouring units is even worse: the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade near Olhovka (40 km northwest of Kremenna) has only one out of 11 T-80BV tanks in good condition, and only four out of 18 BM-21 Grad tanks in good condition. Most of the equipment is seriously damaged and cannot be used in combat.
The AFU paratroopers cannot quickly repair tanks and multiple rocket launchers using their own resources: Because of the strikes on Ukraine’s power facilities, the delivery of spare parts and necessary equipment to the front lines has practically stopped.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18855
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 5:54 utc | 119
🇺🇸The American “doomsday plane” arrives at Rota airbase in Spain
The aircraft is a Boeing E-6 Mercury. It is designed to provide a backup communications system to US Navy nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles and is also used as an air command post for the country’s Joint Strategic Command.
According to the Flightradar24 service, the aircraft arrived in the morning. The purpose of its arrival is unknown.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18851
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 5:56 utc | 120
For those who have TG installed on their phones.
ℹ️ From the Slavyangrad Team
Members of the chat group are encouraged to be proactive in ensuring their safety and privacy.
Recommended privacy settings for Telegram as published by Kaspersky (partial list):
• Phone Number → Who can see my phone number — Nobody.
• Phone Number → Who can find me by my number — My Contacts.
• Last Seen & Online → Who can see my timestamp — Nobody.
• Profile photo → Who can see my profile photo — My Contacts.
• Calls → Who can call me — My Contacts (or Nobody, if you prefer).
• Calls→ Peer-to-peer — My contacts (or Nobody, if you prefer not to share your IP address with chat partners).
Source: https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/telegram-privacy-security/24102
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https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18842
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 6:00 utc | 121
🇺🇲 The conflict in Ukraine has shown that the ability of the United States to deter rivals on the world stage by military force is declining – Wall Street Journal
This opinion was expressed by the head of the Strategic Command of the US Armed Forces, Admiral Charles Richard. He believes that America has little to no ability to contain China. He compared the states to a sinking ship.
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 6:31 utc | 122
Worth noting especial in consequence of the US midterm elections:
U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine Breaks All Precedents
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has committed an astounding $17.6 billion in security assistance to support the Government of Ukraine, breaking almost all quantitative and even qualitative precedents. That figure eclipses the yearly total of any security partner of the 21st century.
…
Between February 24 and October 4, 2022, the United States provided Kyiv with at least $17.6 billion in security assistance, more than six times what the United States provided in all eight years following Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Such a massive figure is difficult to conceptualize but to put it into context, the number is more than the United States has ever given another country in a single year since at least the end of the Cold War. It is five times the amount the U.S. provides to Israel annually, historically the largest recipient of U.S. military assistance, and eclipses the largest yearly amount allocated to the Afghan Security Forces even at the height of the war effort when thousands of U.S. service members were deployed in theater.
Indeed, $17.6 billion is $2.28 billion more than the cumulative amount the United States provided in Defense and State Department military and security assistance to all countries in FY2021 and nearly three times Ukraine’s entire defense budget in 2020.
https://www.stimson.org/2022/u-s-security-assistance-to-ukraine-breaks-all-precedents/
Posted by: too scents | Nov 6 2022 6:47 utc | 123
Kiev is preparing for a total evacuation in case of a complete power outage – New York Times
“We could lose our entire power supply system,” said the Ukrainian director of the municipal security department.
Posted by: hankster | Nov 6 2022 7:56 utc | 124
Posted by: anon2020 | Nov 5 2022 18:44 utc | 44
One of the reposts had a picture of the Phoenix Ghost (don’t know if true or some illustration). You can see it in the browser. It looks very very similar to Switchblade and claimed to have 6 hours of flight time.
https://t.me/CyberspecNews/12076
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 8:19 utc | 125
🇺🇸The American nuclear submarine USS Rhode Island, which is called the “horseman of the nuclear apocalypse”, entered the Mediterranean Sea.
Rhode Island can carry 24 Trident II intercontinental nuclear missiles, which are capable of hitting targets at a distance of 12000 – 18000 kilometres and at a speed of 29000km/hr .The submarine is one of the world’s largest underwater carriers of nuclear weapons.
The magazine, La Repubblica called the appearance of this submarine “a message to Russia,” as it can swim for months underwater while remaining undetected.”
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18869
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 8:25 utc | 126
General Atomics plans to transfer MQ-9 Reaper and SkyGuardian reconnaissance strike drones to Ukrainian Armed Forces
Nov4
https://gagadget.com/en/184261-general-atomics-plans-to-transfer-mq-9-reaper-and-skyguardian-reconnaissance-strike-drones-to-ukrainian-armed-forces/
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is ready to transfer its drones to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the company’s representative told a Janes journalist.
The manufacturer hopes that the MQ-9s will be delivered to Ukraine in the near future.
But the decision is up to the US government.
For the first time information about deliveries of shock drones appeared in the summer of this year.
At that time it was reported that the USA would send to Ukraine MQ-1C Gray Eagle with AGM-114 Hellfire.
But Washington blocked the deal because of fears that the U.S. technology would get to the Russian military.
U.S. had problems with supplying Javelin missiles to Ukraine because Lockheed Martin did not have the chips to produce them – Joe Biden
Nov5
US. President Joe Biden said that Lockheed Martin has had problems supplying Javelin to the Ukrainian Armed Forces this year due to a shortage of semiconductors.
If open sources are to be believed, Ukraine, along with the United States, is the largest operator of Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems. Nevertheless, the U.S. has had problems supplying missiles this year due to a shortage of chips.
The day before Joe Biden again spoke about the importance of semiconductors for the country. The US president said that earlier this year he had visited the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama. The American company could not produce Javelin missiles for Ukraine because of the lack of chips. And each missile, according to Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Defense, contains about 250 chips.
Biden added that expanding semiconductor production is an important issue for national security.
Chips are needed not only for the Javelin, but also for other weapons systems that already exist or are in development.
Recall that the U.S. is actively testing hypersonic weapons, which should appear in 2023.
Now the U.S. New U.S. sanctions against China collapsed the semiconductor industry – the market value of Samsung, TSMC, ASML, Sk Hynix and other companies in the sector fell by $240 billion and investing in domestic chip production. For example, Micron will allocate $15 billion to create a new plant.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-chips-and-science-act/
The U.S. tested an experimental XQ-58 Valkyrie combat drone to work with fifth- and sixth-generation fighters
Nov6:
The manufacturer is reluctant to share details, but notes that the Block II-level XQ-58 Valkyrie was able to demonstrate some “advanced capabilities”.
The drone flew longer and farther than ever before and was able to carry a record weight payload.
The XQ-58 Valkyrie is being developed to work with fifth (F-22, F-35) and sixth-generation U.S. Air Force fighters.
The service is working to “friend” the drone with the aircraft as part of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program.
The UAV will be able to accompany aircraft, carry weapons and perform surveillance.
The XQ-58 Valkyrie is so far the only one in existence.
Kratos wants to produce 12 drones in 2023.
The drone made its first flight in 2019. It is 8.8 meters long and has a wingspan of 6.7 meters.
The XQ-58 Valkyrie has a top speed of 1,050 km/h (M=0.85).
The drone can climb to an altitude of 13.7 km and has a range of nearly 4,000 km. It also has eight suspension points for GBU-39 and JDAM bombs weighing a total of 250 kg
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/kratos-announces-successful-test-of-valkyrie-autonomous-jet/150849.article
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 8:25 utc | 127
It is reported by a number of Ukrainian sources that Sullivan discussed with Zelensky a possible timeline for a counterattack on Kherson, a major target for the Biden Administration at this stage in the fight against Russia. The Ukrainian President’s office has assured Sullivan that attacks on the southern direction will resume next week.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18857
Someone doubted this – but seems that Kherson will continue having political value for the Biden administration, even after the election. My guess the major perceived goal of the Biden administration is Kherson-Crimea and they seem hellbent and fixated on achieving it.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 8:39 utc | 128
crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 4:03 utc | 109
Russia allows foreign troops in Ukraine because according to NATO they aren’t actually there. So if they “accidentally” get in the line of fire the US or whoever owns them can’t make a public complaint. What will likely happen is that their loss will be spread all over the world due to unfortunate accidents such as plane crashes etc. They can lose quite a lot of troops that way but of course the losses cannot then become a reason for escalation because Russia is not responsible.
Posted by: Cyberhorse | Nov 6 2022 9:00 utc | 129
Posted by: Cyberhorse | Nov 6 2022 9:00 utc | 128
Nato is committing a lot more of its active… errr… “deactivated personnel” to Ukraine through means of PMC and de-enlisting/relisting to UAF than they are letting on. If so, it is, all else being equal – giving Russia a significant advantage in destroying them as Nato fights without any hope of using their most important doctrines, which require full air superiority.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 9:13 utc | 130
I am not Ukro troll, I just want to provide a balanced information here.
I also would like Russia to win, but I am concerned about the incompetence of Russian leadership. In fact more about their limited knowledge of the western mind.
Posted by: marko | Nov 6 2022 9:43 utc | 131
@ I shouldn’t feed a troll but your Pecksniffian character really is over the top, please go away and wilt in a cold Kiev back-ally. No serious person here is waiting for your opinion. In any bar you would be a bore everyone wants to avoid.
Posted by: Anthony | Nov 6 2022 9:54 utc | 132
Posted by: marko | Nov 6 2022 9:43 utc | 130
You bring nothing to the table most posters are not already flooded with from the MSM. Nothing.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 6 2022 10:07 utc | 134
LOL Russia have still not been able to stop the massing of ukrainian troops on the border of Kherson – this has been going on for over 1 month now! How the hell is this even possible? Have they no missiles left? No fighter jets all broken down?
Ukrainian army concentrating tanks, armored vehicles in Kherson area, says official
Ukraine’s armed forces are concentrating a large number of tanks and armored motor vehicles on the approaches to the Kherson Region, deputy head of the region Kirill Stremousov said on Sunday.
https://tass.com/politics/1532813
Friggin ridiculous how bad shape the russian intelligence/army is in!
Posted by: Zanon | Nov 6 2022 10:10 utc | 135
There’s something exceedingly odd about Musk’s purchase of Twitter, especially at that exorbitant price. That he’s a military industrial complex deep state actor there can be no doubt. Apart from the predictable deep state shenanigans, such as fomenting color revolutions, what is the essence of Twitter if not human communication per se? As such, perhaps it can be a deep state vehicle for studying the latter at the deepest, and why not, most mysterious levels. The philosopher Jacques Derrida believed genuinely but discretely that run of the mill paper correspondence could become impregnated with a sort of psychic energy that was quite literally telepathic. Freud and, if I recall correctly, Wittgenstein stumbled upon similar intuitionist conclusions. Fanciful to be sure, but perhaps Musk has become interested in the uses of Twitter for the real time study of the telepathic potential of online communication.
Posted by: Ludovic | Nov 6 2022 10:17 utc | 136
https://nos.nl/liveblog/2451249-evacuatieplan-kiev-bij-complete-stroomuitval-vs-wil-meer-onderhandelingsbereidheid-oekraine
Dutch news.
Evacuation plan for Kyev.
US demands Ukraine to prepare to accept negotiations with Russia.
Is it possible that the Empire is defeated?
Posted by: marko | Nov 6 2022 10:19 utc | 137
A KimDotCom thread
What’s the root cause of the US proxy war in Ukraine?
Most people don’t have a clue. Let me explain.
It all started after the 2007-2008 financial crisis that originated in the US.
The reliability of the US Govt as a partner in global financial affairs was destroyed.
In 2009 Russia hosted the first BRICS summit to establish a better international financial system with China, India, Brazil, South Africa and later with future BRICS+ partners. In short a new “multipolar order”. BRICS is challenging the US Dollar reserve currency status.
That started a new Cold War with Russia and China. US National Debt is now at $31 trillion, total US Debt is at $92 trillion and total US unfunded liabilities are at $172 trillion and all of that without any US Govt surplus to pay for any of it. Only more Debt and money printing.
The US Govt knows that without the reserve currency status it is bankrupt. Without money printing on the backs of other nations it’s simply Game Over for the US. But not just for the US. The EU and most western democracies followed the US model of endless Debt and money printing.
That’s why they stand with the US and support the escalating actions that seem totally illogical to most people. Why is the EU sacrificing prosperity for a US proxy war in Ukraine? Because if the US is collapsing they collapse too. Their alliance is glued by the fear of failure.
BRICS+ was on track to launch its new global financial system by 2030. Ukraine is the tool for conflict with Russia and Taiwan is the tool for conflict with China. Eventually the US and NATO will be at war with Russia and China. They simply don’t seem to have another choice.
It’s either war with Russia and China to stop BRICS+ or the financial collapse of the US, EU and the entire Debt and money printing circus. It was never about the people of Ukraine. Ukraine is a sideshow.
The main event is yet to come. The two options are poverty or nuclear war.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1588970921272172544.html
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 6 2022 10:27 utc | 138
🇺🇸The American “doomsday plane” arrives at Rota airbase in Spain
The aircraft is a Boeing E-6 Mercury. It is designed to provide a backup communications system to US Navy nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles and is also used as an air command post for the country’s Joint Strategic Command.
According to the Flightradar24 service, the aircraft arrived in the morning. The purpose of its arrival is unknown.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18851
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 5:56 utc | 120
The purpose is likely given by the additional information below. Probably just some U.S. willy-waving, but escalatory nonetheless.
🇺🇸The American nuclear submarine USS Rhode Island, which is called the “horseman of the nuclear apocalypse”, entered the Mediterranean Sea.
Rhode Island can carry 24 Trident II intercontinental nuclear missiles, which are capable of hitting targets at a distance of 12000 – 18000 kilometres and at a speed of 29000km/hr .The submarine is one of the world’s largest underwater carriers of nuclear weapons.
The magazine, La Repubblica called the appearance of this submarine “a message to Russia,” as it can swim for months underwater while remaining undetected.”
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18869
Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 8:25 utc | 126
Posted by: Gt Stroller | Nov 6 2022 10:39 utc | 139
Another little snippet I heard was the Interest payments due on US Govt Debt of $31T is now equivalent to it’s annual Defense Budget of $700 Billion +/-
Still the US behaves as if they have money to burn and all the time in the world.
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 6 2022 10:46 utc | 140
Something I wrote back in April which stills seems appropriate so thought I would share.
https://independentinternetnews.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/wargames-2/
Must confess that on the world stage I am disappointed that we still appear to be only in phase 1 of the transition to a new financial system. Shame, but guess these things take time for international agreement. IMO the hot war in Ukraine will continue to rage,regardless of territorial positions,until the weaponised US dollar is neutralised.
Posted by: kl | Nov 6 2022 10:51 utc | 141
Idiot America…
https://eurasiantimes.com/biden-says-us-unable-to-supply-javelin-missiles-to-ukraine/
“Earlier this year, I was at the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama, where they make Javelin missiles. Guess what? We had problems getting Javelin missiles to Ukraine because they didn’t have chips. They didn’t have computer chips,” Biden said….
…However, starting manufacturing could take at least five years for the manufacturing facilities subsidized under the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act.
“It will take three to five years to even build these out — in some cases even longer,” said Democratic Senator from Virginia, Mark Warner, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, while also stressing the need for the subsidies to help shore up US’ production capabilities.
There will have to commandeer the nations washing machines to procure chips. I guess dirty clothes is better than being a cold Euro.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Nov 6 2022 11:28 utc | 142
Ukraine puts leading German politician Rolf Mützenich on terror list
(German)
https://rtde.website/inland/153545-kiew-setzt-spd-fraktionschef-muetzenich-auf-terrorliste/
Mützenich is the boss of the SPD faction in the Bundestag and as such quite an influtential person. He’s a non-Transatlanticist, and there a quite many in the SPD. This group is my biggest hope that Germany doesn’t let itself drag into a direct NATO-Russia war.
Posted by: mk | Nov 6 2022 11:31 utc | 143
Friggin ridiculous how bad shape the russian intelligence/army is in!
Posted by: Zanon | Nov 6 2022 10:10 utc | 136
They’re broken at top level, it’s not because they don’t have info.
Where’s the proof that was announced about UK last week?? Still hasn’t appeared. Maybe UK opened some frozen bank accounts and everything is fine now. Remember “we’ll strike decision centers” many months ago? They never did anything. even with temporary electricity problems Kiev is still safer than Moscow.
Posted by: rk | Nov 6 2022 11:44 utc | 144
Remember the “chips from refrigerators” claim?
https://t.me/azmilitary11/27857
Joe Biden -“I went down to a Lockheed factory in Alabama, where they make Javelin missiles. We were having trouble supplying the Javelin missiles to Ukraine because they didn’t have the chips.”
Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 6 2022 11:47 utc | 145
@Peter AU1 | Nov 6 2022 11:28 utc | 143
Ok, you got it first 🙂
Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 6 2022 11:48 utc | 146
reply to 117
This war looks ridiculous, like the opposite of Vietnam. Surprise is supposed to be part of war. Instead, we see pretty exact details posted about every Ukr. move. They should send out messages to troops rotated out, “have a nice weekend”, “See you soon”.
In particular, tanks are very visible and Ukraine seems to have almost none. Any offensives they attempt are therefore just slaughter. If Russia can grind down the artillery, Ukr will get rolled over.
Posted by: Eighthman | Nov 6 2022 12:05 utc | 147
psychohistorian 113
Wow. Could that possibly be true? And should I live in hope that the evil empire will be overthrown, or fear that WWW3 is coming to Europe (and that we in the UK will be on the losing side)?
Posted by: Tim | Nov 6 2022 12:36 utc | 148
Obvious troll:P
I am not Ukro troll, I just want to provide a balanced information here.
We need more imperial mass media narratives in here to counteract all the truth that is pervading this place. Everyone here seems to be totally unaware of thefake realitytruth-like narrative being provided by CNN, Fox, BBC, and the US State Department!
Posted by: William Gruff | Nov 6 2022 12:53 utc | 149
@ Peter AU1 110
Britain doesn’t make the electrical rules any more. The US tells the Chinese etc what to make and it doesn’t comply with our regulations here. They just sell it as compliant , caveat emptor.
Nor do we make the rules of war any more.
But being a European most definitely means having to hold one’s nose, ears, eyes , teeth etc simultaneously at the disgusting charade of lies , falsehood, fakery, misguidance etc that is US culture.
US exceptionalism is just that, exceptionally arrogant and bad. All the levvers if brutality are magnified by the scale of technology available to fight wars.
But the cynicism of US exceptionalism is starting to meet with opposition from their friends and enemies alike. This blazee Fuck the EU female will soon be met with a counterpart Fuck the US message. Russia has the capability to strike first , or second , at the arrogant US, if it continues to try to compel the whole world to submit to its financial system.
Syria has survived, and Russia, China and the Europe will all survive this entrenched US arrogance. Between us we most certainly have the means to destroy North America if they continue to kick sand in our faces.
It will be a jihad for some and a Holy War for others. But when China picks up the fight, the US is glass.
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 6 2022 14:02 utc | 150
… One of the reposts had a picture of the Phoenix Ghost (don’t know if true or some illustration). …
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 8:19 utc | 125
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I think that’s a stock CG image most often used on swichblade articles so a reasonable stand-in for Phoenix Ghost given the little that’s been officially said about a it.
I’ll repost the Forbes article, it’s worth a read for anyone wondering about this mysterious drone.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/08/02/has-elusive-phoenix-ghost-loitering-munition-broken-cover-at-last/
Posted by: anon2020 | Nov 6 2022 16:16 utc | 151
Posted by: Zanon | Nov 6 2022 10:10 utc | 135
Weren’t you crowing about how NATO was about to take Kherson any day now?
How’s that working out for you?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 6 2022 17:31 utc | 152
«charade of lies , falsehood, fakery, misguidance etc that is US culture»
I have come to the conclusion that USA corporate and political people always lie as a principle, even when it looks like that telling the truth might be better for them, because:
* If they say something true because they believe it is advantageous, and they are wrong, they can be told “you should have lied”.
* If they say something false and that turns out to be not advantageous they can say “at least I tried to lie”.
It is far less risky for a career in the USA and EU to tell the wrong lie than to tell the truth.
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 6 2022 17:41 utc | 153