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September 14, 2023
Russia Is Winning The Industrial Warfare Race

Last year I mocked the media for claiming that 'Russia is running out of' whatever.

> Back in March I had warned that Lies Do Not Win Wars. Here is another practical example.

After allegedly having 'run out of missiles' and, more importantly, patience, the leadership of the Russian Federation decided to de-electrify Ukrainian cities with a 'barrage of missile strikes'. <

Western military commentators have finally started to accept the obvious. Russia is winning and doing so by a large margin.

A similar turn can be seen in dearth of new 'Russia is running out of' stories which get now replaced by acknowledgements that Russia's weapon industries are out-producing the West:

Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say – NY Times
Moscow’s missile production now exceeds prewar levels, officials say, leaving Ukraine especially vulnerable this coming winter.

As a result of the sanctions, American officials estimate that Russia was forced to dramatically slow its production of missiles and other weaponry at the start of the war in February 2022 for at least six months. But by the end of 2022, Moscow’s military industrial manufacturing began to pick up speed again, American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose the sensitive assessment now concede.
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Before the war, one senior Western defense official said, Russia could make 100 tanks a year; now they are producing 200.

Western officials also believe Russia is on track to manufacture two million artillery shells a year — double the amount Western intelligence services had initially estimated Russia could manufacture before the war.

As a result of the push, Russia is now producing more ammunition than the United States and Europe. Overall, Kusti Salm, a senior Estonian defense ministry official, estimated that Russia’s current ammunition production is seven times greater than that of the West.

Russia’s production costs are also far lower than the West’s, in part because Moscow is sacrificing safety and quality in its effort to build weapons more cheaply, Mr. Salm said. For instance, it costs a Western country $5,000 to $6,000 to make a 155-millimeter artillery round, whereas it costs Russia about $600 to produce a comparable 152-millimeter artillery shell, he said.

I believe that the numbers of current weapon production in Russia, which the New York Times cites, are too low. Consider that back in February the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev spoke of an 'exponential increase' in weapon output:

Medvedev said Moscow had increased military production "by tens of times" at some factories and was closely studying weapons fired into Russian-held areas from the Ukrainian side in an effort to gain an advantage.

I would also argue that sanctions were never really able to hinder Russia's arms industry. No military uses the latest and greatest chips when it comes to making weapons. Putting sanctioning on those is thus pretty useless. Some old Intel 80386 compatible CPU is, correctly programmed, sufficient to manage a modern artillery system. For little money one can get thousands of these in any Asian electronic market.

There are a few exceptions that need special stuff. For some time Russia was behind in the production of night vision equipment. It imported some from France which blocked further transfers. But that issues seems to have been solved. For basic materials and energy Russia has all it needs. It also has well qualified staff to develop and build new weapons.

Five years ago the Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed a number of new weapon systems which were superior to western ones. He also mentioned that same of these were based on "new physical principles" which had been discovered by Russian scientists. At the recent Eastern Economic Forum he repeated that claim:

If one looks into the security sphere, new physical principles weapons will ensure the security of any country in the near historic perspective. We understand this very well and are working on it, Putin said.

(I don't find those sentences in the plenum transcript but trust Sputnik to have it right.)

There is some guessing what Putin might have meant. I thought about it for quite a while but have to admit that I have no clue what he has in mind.

A warning that Russia will outproduce the West was given back in June 2022 when Alex Vershinin of RUSI issued a note about The Return of Industrial Warfare:

The winner in a prolonged war between two near-peer powers is still based on which side has the strongest industrial base. A country must either have the manufacturing capacity to build massive quantities of ammunition or have other manufacturing industries that can be rapidly converted to ammunition production. Unfortunately, the West no longer seems to have either.

It has become to expensive for the West to regain that capability.

That Russia was running out of stuff was always wishful thinking, not fact based analysis. On that point it took the media more than a year to catch up with reality. On other aspects of the the war, casualty numbers come to mind, the media are still miles behind.

Posted by b on September 14, 2023 at 13:34 UTC | Permalink
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“If one looks into the security sphere, new physical principles weapons will ensure the security of any country in the near historic perspective. We understand this very well and are working on it, Putin said.”
“There is some guessing what Putin might have meant. I thought about it for quite a while but have to admit that I have no clue what he has in mind.”
It is not evident, but “will ensure the security of any country” may refer that the cutting edge weapons developed by Russia can provide security to any country (not only to Russia). Hence one can understand Saudi Arabia and UAE joining BRICS. I doubt they would have without having “protection”, which only Russia can provide.

Posted by: Fadi | Sep 15 2023 16:38 utc | 601

“If one looks into the security sphere, new physical principles weapons will ensure the security of any country in the near historic perspective. We understand this very well and are working on it, Putin said.”
“There is some guessing what Putin might have meant. I thought about it for quite a while but have to admit that I have no clue what he has in mind.”
It is not evident, but “will ensure the security of any country” may refer that the cutting edge weapons developed by Russia can provide security to any country (not only to Russia). Hence one can understand Saudi Arabia and UAE joining BRICS. I doubt they would have without having “protection”, which only Russia can provide.

Posted by: Fadi | Sep 15 2023 16:38 utc | 602

I’ve seen first hand production of 155mm bag charges at General Dynamics facility in Marion IL.
On a good day they can produce 20-30 and that’s a 24 hour, 2 shift operation.
Posted by: JoeDontSurf | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 296

What sort of machine tools do they have ? Manual 1950s ? Or CNC 2000 era ? Any indication of contemporary quality processes or still inspect-fix-on-failure ?

Posted by: Exile | Sep 15 2023 17:18 utc | 603

I’ve seen first hand production of 155mm bag charges at General Dynamics facility in Marion IL.
On a good day they can produce 20-30 and that’s a 24 hour, 2 shift operation.
Posted by: JoeDontSurf | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 296

What sort of machine tools do they have ? Manual 1950s ? Or CNC 2000 era ? Any indication of contemporary quality processes or still inspect-fix-on-failure ?

Posted by: Exile | Sep 15 2023 17:18 utc | 604

psychohistorian | Sep 15 2023 4:23 utc | 210
US tried to set up Ukraine as anther Afghanistan. They needed Russia to invade and as an occupation in hostile territory, guerrilla warfare/insurgency warfare could be used to bleed Russia. The now antique stingers and javelons were much promoted as a wonder weapon at the start but now they have disappeared from the propaganda media. Man portable fire power and much of it is required for insurgency/guerrilla style warfare. That is why so many, me inclued though Russia would not move into Ukraine. It was an obvious trap. The devious Russian have turned that on its head by moving into only friendly territory and fighting an industrial war from defensive positions. Thus turning the bear trap into a Nato trap. American military people and other western military people think that like the battle of Kursk, Russia will go on the offensive when the third Nato proxy army is largely destroyed. Perhaps so but the further east they go, the deeper they move into hostile territory. Moving east from the territories that have now gone back to Russia the percentages of the population that are pro Russia sharply decline. Perhaps Russian forces will take control of all the oblasts that are now Russia but no further or perhaps they will just sit where they are and destroy whatever comes at them until the empire of lies is defeated.
Mark Twain
“We are of the Anglo-Saxon race. At the banquet, last winter, of that organization [page 226] which calls itself the Ends of the Earth Club, the chairman, a retired regular army officer of high grade, proclaimed in a loud voice, and with fervency, “We are of the Anglo-Saxon race, and when the Anglo-Saxon wants a thing he just takes it.”
Never a truer word spoken, but now the anglo saxons in the midst of decadence and debauchery have met their match. Met their betters is perhaps a more correct term.
Thanks to those that have welcomed me back. Much appreciated.
Melaleuca asked me to write about my illness in the open thread. Will try to do so if I pick up a bit. At the moment I am trying to creat a stomach in a bowl that breaks protein down to amino acids which can be absorbed without having to be digested. Partial success so far.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 605

psychohistorian | Sep 15 2023 4:23 utc | 210
US tried to set up Ukraine as anther Afghanistan. They needed Russia to invade and as an occupation in hostile territory, guerrilla warfare/insurgency warfare could be used to bleed Russia. The now antique stingers and javelons were much promoted as a wonder weapon at the start but now they have disappeared from the propaganda media. Man portable fire power and much of it is required for insurgency/guerrilla style warfare. That is why so many, me inclued though Russia would not move into Ukraine. It was an obvious trap. The devious Russian have turned that on its head by moving into only friendly territory and fighting an industrial war from defensive positions. Thus turning the bear trap into a Nato trap. American military people and other western military people think that like the battle of Kursk, Russia will go on the offensive when the third Nato proxy army is largely destroyed. Perhaps so but the further east they go, the deeper they move into hostile territory. Moving east from the territories that have now gone back to Russia the percentages of the population that are pro Russia sharply decline. Perhaps Russian forces will take control of all the oblasts that are now Russia but no further or perhaps they will just sit where they are and destroy whatever comes at them until the empire of lies is defeated.
Mark Twain
“We are of the Anglo-Saxon race. At the banquet, last winter, of that organization [page 226] which calls itself the Ends of the Earth Club, the chairman, a retired regular army officer of high grade, proclaimed in a loud voice, and with fervency, “We are of the Anglo-Saxon race, and when the Anglo-Saxon wants a thing he just takes it.”
Never a truer word spoken, but now the anglo saxons in the midst of decadence and debauchery have met their match. Met their betters is perhaps a more correct term.
Thanks to those that have welcomed me back. Much appreciated.
Melaleuca asked me to write about my illness in the open thread. Will try to do so if I pick up a bit. At the moment I am trying to creat a stomach in a bowl that breaks protein down to amino acids which can be absorbed without having to be digested. Partial success so far.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 606

@ Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 307 with the follow up…thanks
Your description of the Ukraine background/intent has lots of merit and I am glad you shared it. I agree that Russia is not in this for expansion but only survival into the future. When the empire of lies is defeated, folks can decide who they want to associate with under entirely different “rules of engagement”.
Good luck with the healing/life path ….IMO, change is coming for the better for humanity so stick around and watch what you can of it.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Sep 15 2023 17:32 utc | 607

@ Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 307 with the follow up…thanks
Your description of the Ukraine background/intent has lots of merit and I am glad you shared it. I agree that Russia is not in this for expansion but only survival into the future. When the empire of lies is defeated, folks can decide who they want to associate with under entirely different “rules of engagement”.
Good luck with the healing/life path ….IMO, change is coming for the better for humanity so stick around and watch what you can of it.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Sep 15 2023 17:32 utc | 608

And now all you’ve done in your 208 is encourage him to spew forth more OT and theological nonsense again. You watch!
Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 4:49 utc | 215
If his posts become troublesome by the blog operators standards he has the option to axe any or all of them. It is his blog / site and if Mr. b appointed you official comment moderator then informing readers of such would be a good idea.

Posted by: bubbles | Sep 15 2023 17:38 utc | 609

And now all you’ve done in your 208 is encourage him to spew forth more OT and theological nonsense again. You watch!
Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 4:49 utc | 215
If his posts become troublesome by the blog operators standards he has the option to axe any or all of them. It is his blog / site and if Mr. b appointed you official comment moderator then informing readers of such would be a good idea.

Posted by: bubbles | Sep 15 2023 17:38 utc | 610

Quote “370 “Time is on Russia’s side”
Oswald you are 100% correct, the economies of the West are crumbling under their tremendous debt loads.
The slow pace is the correct one.
Posted by: canuck | Sep 14 2023 14:12 utc | 5″
Is that why Russia is being attacked a x it’s Black Sea fleet being bombed on regard basis?
Putin’s 7th D chess move?

Posted by: Sam | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 611

Quote “370 “Time is on Russia’s side”
Oswald you are 100% correct, the economies of the West are crumbling under their tremendous debt loads.
The slow pace is the correct one.
Posted by: canuck | Sep 14 2023 14:12 utc | 5″
Is that why Russia is being attacked a x it’s Black Sea fleet being bombed on regard basis?
Putin’s 7th D chess move?

Posted by: Sam | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 612

The US and the “west” has been severely de industrialized for a long time. Heavy industry mostly gone, machine tool manufacturing, mostly gone. Much of the machine tools that made US industry possible sold on e-bay, much of it to foreign buyers. The only thing that the US and the west make in volume and with speed is debt.

Posted by: a machinist | Sep 15 2023 20:10 utc | 613

The US and the “west” has been severely de industrialized for a long time. Heavy industry mostly gone, machine tool manufacturing, mostly gone. Much of the machine tools that made US industry possible sold on e-bay, much of it to foreign buyers. The only thing that the US and the west make in volume and with speed is debt.

Posted by: a machinist | Sep 15 2023 20:10 utc | 614

@rk | Sep 15 2023 12:52 utc | 283
Not quite — Ukraine still has millions upon millions of zombies still left to go. So there is actually quite a large army they can still call up.
Russia realizes this and is going with the “300” strategy, that is taking up well-defensive positions that can manned only by a few personnel to “attrite down” the larger more numerous Ukrainian forces. Naturally since Russia doesn’t have a large military itself nor puppet states to conscript from, they are thus trying to instead conserve their forces accordingly.
And not just with respect to Ukraine — Russia knows it cannot match NATO’s capabilities in general (no surprise when one side was just sitting still while the other was rapidly expanding all over the world!). Hence keeping a **low-intensity** SMO, where nothing happens “too much too quickly” for Russia to either repair, replace, or even cover up, still seems like Russia’s best strategy in this situation. It’s not a matter of “will”, it’s a matter of brains — Russia has nothing to “flex” and riling up NATO too much is not in its own interests either.

Posted by: James K | Sep 15 2023 20:28 utc | 615

@rk | Sep 15 2023 12:52 utc | 283
Not quite — Ukraine still has millions upon millions of zombies still left to go. So there is actually quite a large army they can still call up.
Russia realizes this and is going with the “300” strategy, that is taking up well-defensive positions that can manned only by a few personnel to “attrite down” the larger more numerous Ukrainian forces. Naturally since Russia doesn’t have a large military itself nor puppet states to conscript from, they are thus trying to instead conserve their forces accordingly.
And not just with respect to Ukraine — Russia knows it cannot match NATO’s capabilities in general (no surprise when one side was just sitting still while the other was rapidly expanding all over the world!). Hence keeping a **low-intensity** SMO, where nothing happens “too much too quickly” for Russia to either repair, replace, or even cover up, still seems like Russia’s best strategy in this situation. It’s not a matter of “will”, it’s a matter of brains — Russia has nothing to “flex” and riling up NATO too much is not in its own interests either.

Posted by: James K | Sep 15 2023 20:28 utc | 616

There is a lot of uncertainty as to the motives and even the parties involved in the attack(s) on Sevastopol, but let me make one observation: The net impact of this attacks is to make it all the more important that Russia secure the entire Ukrainian coast, Odessa and all, so that it is not at risk of getting bottled up in the Sea of Azov or attacked from adjacent coastland. If Ukraine was the main player in this they may have shot themselves in the foot by motivating Russia to go for a big win and not settle for merely the eastern oblasts and Crimea.

Posted by: Ender | Sep 15 2023 20:51 utc | 617

There is a lot of uncertainty as to the motives and even the parties involved in the attack(s) on Sevastopol, but let me make one observation: The net impact of this attacks is to make it all the more important that Russia secure the entire Ukrainian coast, Odessa and all, so that it is not at risk of getting bottled up in the Sea of Azov or attacked from adjacent coastland. If Ukraine was the main player in this they may have shot themselves in the foot by motivating Russia to go for a big win and not settle for merely the eastern oblasts and Crimea.

Posted by: Ender | Sep 15 2023 20:51 utc | 618

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 14 2023 23:58 utc | 165
Just noticed your kind comment, sorry the response is a bit tardy, couple of challenging days working in the belly of the beast. If I had the time or inclination, I’d write an article on the collapse of intellectual rigour in the field of military analysis, but I don’t. The 155/152mm debate did bring a smile to my face though, seems the internet encourages arboreal investigation at the expense of forestry management!

Posted by: Milites | Sep 15 2023 20:53 utc | 619

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 14 2023 23:58 utc | 165
Just noticed your kind comment, sorry the response is a bit tardy, couple of challenging days working in the belly of the beast. If I had the time or inclination, I’d write an article on the collapse of intellectual rigour in the field of military analysis, but I don’t. The 155/152mm debate did bring a smile to my face though, seems the internet encourages arboreal investigation at the expense of forestry management!

Posted by: Milites | Sep 15 2023 20:53 utc | 620

You are nonstop responding to and struggling to get the better of a poster who’s trolling openly. Feel free to follow the golden rule: don’t feed the troll.
Posted by: Constantine | Sep 15 2023 15:07 utc | 300
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Lol. Don’t you see that you do the same with Giyane and others! You engage him in his stupid OT theology. And, FYI, some here clearly consider YOU to be a mixed up deluded poster who should be ignored. Myself, on the other hand, consider trolls and idiots should be challenged, debated, publically humiliated. Sometimes the ignoring strategy works to get dickheads to depart; sometimes confrontation does. In the end, it’s each to their own.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 21:57 utc | 621

You are nonstop responding to and struggling to get the better of a poster who’s trolling openly. Feel free to follow the golden rule: don’t feed the troll.
Posted by: Constantine | Sep 15 2023 15:07 utc | 300
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Lol. Don’t you see that you do the same with Giyane and others! You engage him in his stupid OT theology. And, FYI, some here clearly consider YOU to be a mixed up deluded poster who should be ignored. Myself, on the other hand, consider trolls and idiots should be challenged, debated, publically humiliated. Sometimes the ignoring strategy works to get dickheads to depart; sometimes confrontation does. In the end, it’s each to their own.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 21:57 utc | 622

“So for both sides the chest humping trolls will be merged into a sea of ashes.
So stop bumping your chests and act like an intelligent species.”
Posted by: Comandante | Sep 14 2023 14:01 utc | 2
>Indeed,
act and mobilize for a ceasefire*, stopping the shipment of weapons, negotiations and nuclear disarmament*
and not only in Ukraine
*which is not a utopia but a necessity, the vast majority of mankind support it, find out about the Ban Treaty

Posted by: Tak-Tik | Sep 15 2023 22:43 utc | 623

“So for both sides the chest humping trolls will be merged into a sea of ashes.
So stop bumping your chests and act like an intelligent species.”
Posted by: Comandante | Sep 14 2023 14:01 utc | 2
>Indeed,
act and mobilize for a ceasefire*, stopping the shipment of weapons, negotiations and nuclear disarmament*
and not only in Ukraine
*which is not a utopia but a necessity, the vast majority of mankind support it, find out about the Ban Treaty

Posted by: Tak-Tik | Sep 15 2023 22:43 utc | 624

b kindly requests that we do not attack each other. You have a comprehension or disrespect issue.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 298
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Acco, I don’t ever have any bones to pick with you. I enjoy your input. But on the above topic, it is a very vexed issue (all over the web) and, I think, deserves deeper examination.
Many, many years ago, I was a sysop for a forum when I figured out these following thoughts. A moderator either has to slam down instantly and hard on each and every moral transgression or let some go into the grey zone. It would take massive time and effort and even staff/helpers to police this forum. I mean, where is the line on swearing; surreptitious racism; casual insult; vitriolic excoriation, or as I once described it “the gang rape of @shadowbanned”.
In a forum like this — discussing a war, ffs — and with high troll presence, it is a FANTASY to expect nice behaviour! If B wants to have a blitz cleanout, as he sometimes does, fine. But the rudeness will return unless he enforces it daily.
“Please do not attack others” is an ideal, a request. But what is partisan, fascistic, Ukie trolling if not an attack upon human decency and commonsense? What is a suppositional, condescending, omniscient, bigotted, factually wrong post if not an attack upon good faith by other posters.
As one of the very abrasive types around here, you’ve maybe read my rationale for confronting idiocy. It’s actually congenital! I do it in real life too. Most Australians do, unlike Europeans and nicey nicey Americans (and maybe Dutch emigrants). If I or other “rude” folks were to be banned, c’est la vie. No loss to me, there’ll just be nicer posts with more unchallenged bullshit.
But human nature is such that many folks knee jerk into attack mode when confronted with what they know to be bullshit. Are we to let bullshit just pass? Many (in my books) rightly call it out in areas of their expertise. This helps to “keep the bastards honest”, as we say here in Australian politics. HOW strongly the retort is expressed also varies with personality.
Yes, there is The Issue and then there is The Person, and we can discuss all we like the issue. But equally, behind every issue and argument is the human perspective –maybe nothing more than a fantasy opinion, a rampant ego, some intransigent kooky ideological mindset, which sometimes needs calling out, sorting out, direct confrontation to *the thinker*, even public humiliation to make the point about THEM rather than just argue their idea. How can you debate sheer delusion?
Everything people say is what they think. But the problem is that people are intimately ATTACHED to what they think. They hold to their irrational beliefs and demand you debate them rationally, impersonally!!! They spew out nonsense which they believe, but then say “don’t attack me for my beliefs”.
Imo, there is too much “self protection” going on in society these days; way too much “always be nice to others”; in other words virtue signalling; the cause of which is insecurity dressed up as moral superiority. These are people afraid to have their mindsets challenged — “don’t criticise ME, just stick to the topic”. It’s rubbish. YOU ARE the topic.
I do not disrespect B or others of softer tones. I just think he/they are being is unrealistic in THIS SITUATION. Also, he has set up and invited the world into this “cyber bar”. So he gets what he lets in the door. Lol. I don’t know how polite German barflies are, but here we are not in Germany. We are on the World Wide Web!
It’s pretty rough and tumble here. I don’t think too many object to it.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 23:26 utc | 625

b kindly requests that we do not attack each other. You have a comprehension or disrespect issue.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 298
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Acco, I don’t ever have any bones to pick with you. I enjoy your input. But on the above topic, it is a very vexed issue (all over the web) and, I think, deserves deeper examination.
Many, many years ago, I was a sysop for a forum when I figured out these following thoughts. A moderator either has to slam down instantly and hard on each and every moral transgression or let some go into the grey zone. It would take massive time and effort and even staff/helpers to police this forum. I mean, where is the line on swearing; surreptitious racism; casual insult; vitriolic excoriation, or as I once described it “the gang rape of @shadowbanned”.
In a forum like this — discussing a war, ffs — and with high troll presence, it is a FANTASY to expect nice behaviour! If B wants to have a blitz cleanout, as he sometimes does, fine. But the rudeness will return unless he enforces it daily.
“Please do not attack others” is an ideal, a request. But what is partisan, fascistic, Ukie trolling if not an attack upon human decency and commonsense? What is a suppositional, condescending, omniscient, bigotted, factually wrong post if not an attack upon good faith by other posters.
As one of the very abrasive types around here, you’ve maybe read my rationale for confronting idiocy. It’s actually congenital! I do it in real life too. Most Australians do, unlike Europeans and nicey nicey Americans (and maybe Dutch emigrants). If I or other “rude” folks were to be banned, c’est la vie. No loss to me, there’ll just be nicer posts with more unchallenged bullshit.
But human nature is such that many folks knee jerk into attack mode when confronted with what they know to be bullshit. Are we to let bullshit just pass? Many (in my books) rightly call it out in areas of their expertise. This helps to “keep the bastards honest”, as we say here in Australian politics. HOW strongly the retort is expressed also varies with personality.
Yes, there is The Issue and then there is The Person, and we can discuss all we like the issue. But equally, behind every issue and argument is the human perspective –maybe nothing more than a fantasy opinion, a rampant ego, some intransigent kooky ideological mindset, which sometimes needs calling out, sorting out, direct confrontation to *the thinker*, even public humiliation to make the point about THEM rather than just argue their idea. How can you debate sheer delusion?
Everything people say is what they think. But the problem is that people are intimately ATTACHED to what they think. They hold to their irrational beliefs and demand you debate them rationally, impersonally!!! They spew out nonsense which they believe, but then say “don’t attack me for my beliefs”.
Imo, there is too much “self protection” going on in society these days; way too much “always be nice to others”; in other words virtue signalling; the cause of which is insecurity dressed up as moral superiority. These are people afraid to have their mindsets challenged — “don’t criticise ME, just stick to the topic”. It’s rubbish. YOU ARE the topic.
I do not disrespect B or others of softer tones. I just think he/they are being is unrealistic in THIS SITUATION. Also, he has set up and invited the world into this “cyber bar”. So he gets what he lets in the door. Lol. I don’t know how polite German barflies are, but here we are not in Germany. We are on the World Wide Web!
It’s pretty rough and tumble here. I don’t think too many object to it.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 23:26 utc | 626

bubbles | Sep 15 2023 17:38 utc | 309
I was clearly not trying to be any content moderator. I was simply pointing out TO YOU, how re-engaging with a religious zealot is both way off topic and encourages MORE of it.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 23:35 utc | 627

bubbles | Sep 15 2023 17:38 utc | 309
I was clearly not trying to be any content moderator. I was simply pointing out TO YOU, how re-engaging with a religious zealot is both way off topic and encourages MORE of it.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 15 2023 23:35 utc | 628

Sccc 318
I see you are still re-engaging with your animus against Islam in a rather undignified way. Please continue. It’s amusing.

Posted by: Giyane | Sep 16 2023 3:19 utc | 629

Sccc 318
I see you are still re-engaging with your animus against Islam in a rather undignified way. Please continue. It’s amusing.

Posted by: Giyane | Sep 16 2023 3:19 utc | 630

Russia was “providing military aid” to Syria in early 2014, according to WaPo:
http://web.archive.org/web/20201207151753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-condemns-us-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-in-syria/2014/09/23/de639dc6-42f4-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:23 utc | 631

Russia was “providing military aid” to Syria in early 2014, according to WaPo:
http://web.archive.org/web/20201207151753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-condemns-us-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-in-syria/2014/09/23/de639dc6-42f4-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:23 utc | 632

@ James K | Sep 15 2023 20:28 utc | 312:
>>“**low intensity**”
Really?
You choose to describe this conflict as a “low intensity” fight?
Have you been paying attention to he reports of what’s going on, over there?

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:50 utc | 633

@ James K | Sep 15 2023 20:28 utc | 312:
>>“**low intensity**”
Really?
You choose to describe this conflict as a “low intensity” fight?
Have you been paying attention to he reports of what’s going on, over there?

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:50 utc | 634

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 14 2023 20:33 utc | 111
We all know how the Russian child prostitutes of the 1990s profited from the stop of “spreading the wealth from the Russian core cities out to the Warsaw Pact and Central Asia” /s
It’s just a myth by right-wing Russian nationalists to cover up their own dishonorable history of seizing power by helping the U.S. dismantle the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Colin | Sep 16 2023 7:02 utc | 635

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 14 2023 20:33 utc | 111
We all know how the Russian child prostitutes of the 1990s profited from the stop of “spreading the wealth from the Russian core cities out to the Warsaw Pact and Central Asia” /s
It’s just a myth by right-wing Russian nationalists to cover up their own dishonorable history of seizing power by helping the U.S. dismantle the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Colin | Sep 16 2023 7:02 utc | 636

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 14 2023 20:33 utc | 111
We all know how the Russian child prostitutes of the 1990s profited from the stop of “spreading the wealth from the Russian core cities out to the Warsaw Pact and Central Asia” /s
It’s just a myth by right-wing Russian nationalists to cover up their own dishonorable history of seizing power by helping the U.S. dismantle the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Colin | Sep 16 2023 7:03 utc | 637

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 14 2023 20:33 utc | 111
We all know how the Russian child prostitutes of the 1990s profited from the stop of “spreading the wealth from the Russian core cities out to the Warsaw Pact and Central Asia” /s
It’s just a myth by right-wing Russian nationalists to cover up their own dishonorable history of seizing power by helping the U.S. dismantle the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Colin | Sep 16 2023 7:03 utc | 638

@Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:50 utc | 321
Well we’re not leveling cities with nukes or giant bombing runs, we’re not seeing giant battalions of tanks, what we’re seeing is
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……
……
well, just a few couple little firefights here and there. Occasionally, if the Ukrainians push through a little “too hard” for Russia’s liking, though, the Russians may fire off a couple few “retaliatory strikes” at some “juicy” targets like AFU ammo stores and infrastructure — but, that’s not a regular occurrence (only when the AFU gets a little too “intense” for Russia’s liking). Either way most of Ukraine still has lights on, water running, food shipments coming in, railways working, etc and supposedly those “Western Ukrainians” (for now) are supposedly not even getting draft notices either!
So yeah, a pretty *low-intensity* firefight, just like Russia would prefer! With nothing “too” major, or “too fast”, etc for Russia to easily repair, replace, and even *cover up* if possible…
(*which, for that matter, means Russia has to take it slow and low too — after all, no need to rile up NATO even more than it already is!)

Posted by: James K | Sep 16 2023 8:33 utc | 639

@Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 3:50 utc | 321
Well we’re not leveling cities with nukes or giant bombing runs, we’re not seeing giant battalions of tanks, what we’re seeing is
…..
……
……
well, just a few couple little firefights here and there. Occasionally, if the Ukrainians push through a little “too hard” for Russia’s liking, though, the Russians may fire off a couple few “retaliatory strikes” at some “juicy” targets like AFU ammo stores and infrastructure — but, that’s not a regular occurrence (only when the AFU gets a little too “intense” for Russia’s liking). Either way most of Ukraine still has lights on, water running, food shipments coming in, railways working, etc and supposedly those “Western Ukrainians” (for now) are supposedly not even getting draft notices either!
So yeah, a pretty *low-intensity* firefight, just like Russia would prefer! With nothing “too” major, or “too fast”, etc for Russia to easily repair, replace, and even *cover up* if possible…
(*which, for that matter, means Russia has to take it slow and low too — after all, no need to rile up NATO even more than it already is!)

Posted by: James K | Sep 16 2023 8:33 utc | 640

I see you are still re-engaging with your animus against Islam in a rather undignified way. Please continue. It’s amusing.
Posted by: Giyane | Sep 16 2023 3:19 utc | 319
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Oh boy, you are so deeply deluded and self ignorant. Let me put this REALLY SIMPLY FOR YOU.
I have no beef with Islam or Muslims per se. It is YOU. JUST YOU. JUST YOU Giyane. But you can’t see that. You are so attached to your ideology that you cannot seperate your individual identity from the doctrine you’ve imbibed.
I have known and liked and respected many Muslims over my 68 years, but never a one have I encounted as fanatical and deluded and angry as YOU. You are even angry at your own senior clerics. No doubt you think many of your mosque brothers are traitors to YOUR TRUTH.
Let me ask you: What are you doing here at MoD?
You seem not at all informed about the actual substance of the war.
You do not ask interested questions to become informed.
You do not discuss rationally and secularly with anyone about geopolitics. You just rant scripted rhetoric.
You rant and preach your hateful bile against the very civilisation which harbours and supports your life. Why do you still live in Engjand when you hate it so much?
For you to suggest that I have said a bad word against Islam is a patent lie. You are a paranoid victim. You assume Islamaphobia at every turn. You clearly have a persecution complex. EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS mentions how downtrodden you believe your people to be. You are a sicko, a fanatic. Islam and most Muslins are fine. But you are a sicko. So just fuck off, join the Taliban, and go preach in a madrassa. Somewhere over there someone might give you a gun to go out and shoot some whitey infidels that you hate so much. That way you’ll be much happier than wasting your time online here at MoD.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 16 2023 8:50 utc | 641

I see you are still re-engaging with your animus against Islam in a rather undignified way. Please continue. It’s amusing.
Posted by: Giyane | Sep 16 2023 3:19 utc | 319
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Oh boy, you are so deeply deluded and self ignorant. Let me put this REALLY SIMPLY FOR YOU.
I have no beef with Islam or Muslims per se. It is YOU. JUST YOU. JUST YOU Giyane. But you can’t see that. You are so attached to your ideology that you cannot seperate your individual identity from the doctrine you’ve imbibed.
I have known and liked and respected many Muslims over my 68 years, but never a one have I encounted as fanatical and deluded and angry as YOU. You are even angry at your own senior clerics. No doubt you think many of your mosque brothers are traitors to YOUR TRUTH.
Let me ask you: What are you doing here at MoD?
You seem not at all informed about the actual substance of the war.
You do not ask interested questions to become informed.
You do not discuss rationally and secularly with anyone about geopolitics. You just rant scripted rhetoric.
You rant and preach your hateful bile against the very civilisation which harbours and supports your life. Why do you still live in Engjand when you hate it so much?
For you to suggest that I have said a bad word against Islam is a patent lie. You are a paranoid victim. You assume Islamaphobia at every turn. You clearly have a persecution complex. EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS mentions how downtrodden you believe your people to be. You are a sicko, a fanatic. Islam and most Muslins are fine. But you are a sicko. So just fuck off, join the Taliban, and go preach in a madrassa. Somewhere over there someone might give you a gun to go out and shoot some whitey infidels that you hate so much. That way you’ll be much happier than wasting your time online here at MoD.

Posted by: SCCC | Sep 16 2023 8:50 utc | 642

Well we’re not leveling cities with nukes

True.

or giant bombing runs,

Oh, we are definitely seeing those—not at their greatest potential, true, but enough to contribute significantly to half-a-million dead Ukrainians (and at least another 500,000 maimed and debilitated).

we’re not seeing giant battalions of tanks,

Have you been paying attention at all, these last few months?

what we’re seeing is…

Something around 1.5 million total casualties, with around a third of those fatalities, in just 18 months of fighting.
That is in no conceivable way “low intensity.” That’s a war that Russia is waging, but one where the Russians are scrupulously trying to restrict casualties solely within the military domain. Just because they are trying to avoid murdering civilians—something which NATOstani forces have no problem rationalizing away as “collateral damage”—does not mean this war is a “low intensity” conflict.
Ask any of the Ukrainian conscripts and mercenaries who have fought there and they will unequivocally inform you of just how intense the battlefield truly is. I’m serious: take a gander at any of the battlefield ISR recordings or body cam footage that’s amply and readily available on Telegram and you’ll quickly disabuse yourself of this absurd notion that the war in Ukraine is “low intensity.”
It’s intense enough that the Russians have destroyed every weapons system the collective West has sent in, have killed around (or more) 500,000 Ukrainians and counting, and have utterly annihilated 3 armies of around 250,000 soldiers in the course of 18 months.
There’s nothing “low intensity” about any of that. More to the point, Russia is preparing to destroy all of NATO in a one-on-one fight, if it is forced to; again: there’s nothing “low intensity” about any of that.
Death squads patrolling jungles looking for insurgent camps and murdering villagers they suspect are aiding them is “low intensity”. Afghanistan and most of the occupation of Iraq were “low intensity”. The warlords in Libya are “low intensity”.
This is attritional warfare carried out with high-tech ISR and cutting-edge weapons that can be so selective that the only people they kill are pretty much the ones geared up for war, and the only infrastructure they target is stuff that’s uninhabited by civilians.
Meanwhile, the people of the Donbas—civilians—are forced to walk on tippy toes because their streets have been littered with cluster bomblets, all while their homes, schools, churches, and hospitals are targeted by missiles and artillery.

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 643

Well we’re not leveling cities with nukes

True.

or giant bombing runs,

Oh, we are definitely seeing those—not at their greatest potential, true, but enough to contribute significantly to half-a-million dead Ukrainians (and at least another 500,000 maimed and debilitated).

we’re not seeing giant battalions of tanks,

Have you been paying attention at all, these last few months?

what we’re seeing is…

Something around 1.5 million total casualties, with around a third of those fatalities, in just 18 months of fighting.
That is in no conceivable way “low intensity.” That’s a war that Russia is waging, but one where the Russians are scrupulously trying to restrict casualties solely within the military domain. Just because they are trying to avoid murdering civilians—something which NATOstani forces have no problem rationalizing away as “collateral damage”—does not mean this war is a “low intensity” conflict.
Ask any of the Ukrainian conscripts and mercenaries who have fought there and they will unequivocally inform you of just how intense the battlefield truly is. I’m serious: take a gander at any of the battlefield ISR recordings or body cam footage that’s amply and readily available on Telegram and you’ll quickly disabuse yourself of this absurd notion that the war in Ukraine is “low intensity.”
It’s intense enough that the Russians have destroyed every weapons system the collective West has sent in, have killed around (or more) 500,000 Ukrainians and counting, and have utterly annihilated 3 armies of around 250,000 soldiers in the course of 18 months.
There’s nothing “low intensity” about any of that. More to the point, Russia is preparing to destroy all of NATO in a one-on-one fight, if it is forced to; again: there’s nothing “low intensity” about any of that.
Death squads patrolling jungles looking for insurgent camps and murdering villagers they suspect are aiding them is “low intensity”. Afghanistan and most of the occupation of Iraq were “low intensity”. The warlords in Libya are “low intensity”.
This is attritional warfare carried out with high-tech ISR and cutting-edge weapons that can be so selective that the only people they kill are pretty much the ones geared up for war, and the only infrastructure they target is stuff that’s uninhabited by civilians.
Meanwhile, the people of the Donbas—civilians—are forced to walk on tippy toes because their streets have been littered with cluster bomblets, all while their homes, schools, churches, and hospitals are targeted by missiles and artillery.

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 644

Babel-17:
Insightful post, thanks. On the topic of deep resource management–marshalling the economic resources behind attritional warfare, Andrei Martyanov references Svechin, a Russian military strategist of whom Gerasimov is apparently a devotee.

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Sep 16 2023 13:08 utc | 645

Babel-17:
Insightful post, thanks. On the topic of deep resource management–marshalling the economic resources behind attritional warfare, Andrei Martyanov references Svechin, a Russian military strategist of whom Gerasimov is apparently a devotee.

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Sep 16 2023 13:08 utc | 646

Russia knows it cannot match NATO’s capabilities in general

Russia might have thought that before, but the mask of invincibility has been ripped off. Everyone can see the inadequacies of Maerican warfighting hardware now. Russia doesn’t want to fight NATO but is prepared to if necessary..and in my view, would win.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:13 utc | 647

Russia knows it cannot match NATO’s capabilities in general

Russia might have thought that before, but the mask of invincibility has been ripped off. Everyone can see the inadequacies of Maerican warfighting hardware now. Russia doesn’t want to fight NATO but is prepared to if necessary..and in my view, would win.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:13 utc | 648

To clarify, talking about a defensive war on Russias borders or within Russia. Russia wins, and the dipshits in the DIA probably know that.
How are Maerican forces even going to get in theater, teleporation?

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:15 utc | 649

To clarify, talking about a defensive war on Russias borders or within Russia. Russia wins, and the dipshits in the DIA probably know that.
How are Maerican forces even going to get in theater, teleporation?

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:15 utc | 650

Glasshopper @245
You’re right of course that the expedient of taking pot shots at the Russian Black Sea fleet is a serious and ongoing threat.
I think it has likely settled debates in Russian strategic circles about taking all of Ukraine’s coast.
However, there is a world of difference between using Rumanian Danube as a launch point when responsibility can no longer be shifted to Ukraine. With that coast gone, attacks can *only* have come from NATO territory (or Moldova) and that’s a very different proposition for NATO.
Russia is in war mode, and once the UKR business is winding down, will be (I suspect) far less likely to back down than Romania/NATO will be.

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Sep 16 2023 13:27 utc | 651

Glasshopper @245
You’re right of course that the expedient of taking pot shots at the Russian Black Sea fleet is a serious and ongoing threat.
I think it has likely settled debates in Russian strategic circles about taking all of Ukraine’s coast.
However, there is a world of difference between using Rumanian Danube as a launch point when responsibility can no longer be shifted to Ukraine. With that coast gone, attacks can *only* have come from NATO territory (or Moldova) and that’s a very different proposition for NATO.
Russia is in war mode, and once the UKR business is winding down, will be (I suspect) far less likely to back down than Romania/NATO will be.

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Sep 16 2023 13:27 utc | 652

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 326
Thank you, Pacifica Advocate.

Posted by: juliania | Sep 16 2023 13:41 utc | 653

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 326
Thank you, Pacifica Advocate.

Posted by: juliania | Sep 16 2023 13:41 utc | 654

Russia might have thought that before, but the mask of invincibility has been ripped off. Everyone can see the inadequacies of Maerican warfighting hardware now. Russia doesn’t want to fight NATO but is prepared to if necessary..and in my view, would win.
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:13 utc | 328

Indeed, certainly true. The only deterrent the US currently holds is nuclear ballistics. Europe’s armies are clearly inadequate to triumph in a war with Russia, and there is no conceivable way the US could ferry over enough personnel and materiel to Western Europe to make the slightest dent in a Russian offensive that systematically worked through Ukraine, first, and then Poland. The moment this war should get extended into a war with NATO is the moment Russian subs and hypersonic missiles take out all of the US navy’s surface fleet and any troop transport becomes impossible.
As Martyanov (among others) has been hammering home, neither the US nor Western Europe (the “Collective West”) has the industrial capacity to match Russia’s wartime production capabilities. Add to that North Korea, Iran, and China and the industrial capacity of this collective group is vastly superior to that of the collective West.
That’s presuming there aren’t some sort of super-secret, truly science-bending wunderwaffe that the US and/or Europe has been holding in reserve. But if that’s true then the end of the war would mean, literally, the end of Capitalism and quite possibly a genocidal campaign against billions the likes of which only the most ensconced oligarchs could ever imagine.
But I’m just covering all bases, there. For my part I just think the US/uk leaders are stupid, selfish, and vain and also their oligarchs.

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 13:45 utc | 655

Russia might have thought that before, but the mask of invincibility has been ripped off. Everyone can see the inadequacies of Maerican warfighting hardware now. Russia doesn’t want to fight NATO but is prepared to if necessary..and in my view, would win.
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 16 2023 13:13 utc | 328

Indeed, certainly true. The only deterrent the US currently holds is nuclear ballistics. Europe’s armies are clearly inadequate to triumph in a war with Russia, and there is no conceivable way the US could ferry over enough personnel and materiel to Western Europe to make the slightest dent in a Russian offensive that systematically worked through Ukraine, first, and then Poland. The moment this war should get extended into a war with NATO is the moment Russian subs and hypersonic missiles take out all of the US navy’s surface fleet and any troop transport becomes impossible.
As Martyanov (among others) has been hammering home, neither the US nor Western Europe (the “Collective West”) has the industrial capacity to match Russia’s wartime production capabilities. Add to that North Korea, Iran, and China and the industrial capacity of this collective group is vastly superior to that of the collective West.
That’s presuming there aren’t some sort of super-secret, truly science-bending wunderwaffe that the US and/or Europe has been holding in reserve. But if that’s true then the end of the war would mean, literally, the end of Capitalism and quite possibly a genocidal campaign against billions the likes of which only the most ensconced oligarchs could ever imagine.
But I’m just covering all bases, there. For my part I just think the US/uk leaders are stupid, selfish, and vain and also their oligarchs.

Posted by: Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 13:45 utc | 656

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 307
Thank you, Peter, good to see you back! You said ‘east’ but we know you meant west — sort of transposition we from down under make all the time. (I still have to think twice as a passenger which side of the car to get in.)

Posted by: juliania | Sep 16 2023 14:10 utc | 657

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 15 2023 17:20 utc | 307
Thank you, Peter, good to see you back! You said ‘east’ but we know you meant west — sort of transposition we from down under make all the time. (I still have to think twice as a passenger which side of the car to get in.)

Posted by: juliania | Sep 16 2023 14:10 utc | 658

he IMF and creditors are demanding that President Zelensky and the National Bank raise the dollar exchange rate to 42 hryvnia this year so that Ukraine can continue to receive loans.
Posted by: Down South | Sep 15 2023 6:54 utc | 234
UAH:USD 10Y chart (interacive time series). It’s too sad the range doesn’t reach to 1991 “independence”, where the strength of UAH:RUB (RU demand for, UA-RU trade balance) would be quite obvious. As you can see though, UAH fell through the floor (demand set by EU Association Agreement, “guaranteed” by IMF’s first tranche of “structural adjustment” loans) to 0.03 on the USD (2015). Then, rebounded off the low 0.034 in one day of trading, where it traded among G7 primary brokers within a range +/- 0.006 for the next seven (7) years—depending on subsequent IMF conditional disbursements of the OG $13B (~ 5% of GDP) and phase of the moon. Let us note with interest har. har. the trap door below the trap door into which Ukraine’s central bank plummeted in 2022Q2. That event coincided with G7 third, iirc, in a series of interest rate hikes, heaped on deteriorating GRAIN FROM UKRAINE, export income, from which Ukraine’s CB now cannot escape. And also Deutschebank’s decision to halt UAH buying (Oct 2022) for the sake of de ‘fugees social integration into the EU’s economy. So. There’s the “context” hidden in the IMF’s exhortation to “support” the value of UAH:”reserve currencies”, 1:0.02—Buy UAH Now or Take Teh L on yer “investment”.

Posted by: sln2002 | Sep 16 2023 15:23 utc | 659

he IMF and creditors are demanding that President Zelensky and the National Bank raise the dollar exchange rate to 42 hryvnia this year so that Ukraine can continue to receive loans.
Posted by: Down South | Sep 15 2023 6:54 utc | 234
UAH:USD 10Y chart (interacive time series). It’s too sad the range doesn’t reach to 1991 “independence”, where the strength of UAH:RUB (RU demand for, UA-RU trade balance) would be quite obvious. As you can see though, UAH fell through the floor (demand set by EU Association Agreement, “guaranteed” by IMF’s first tranche of “structural adjustment” loans) to 0.03 on the USD (2015). Then, rebounded off the low 0.034 in one day of trading, where it traded among G7 primary brokers within a range +/- 0.006 for the next seven (7) years—depending on subsequent IMF conditional disbursements of the OG $13B (~ 5% of GDP) and phase of the moon. Let us note with interest har. har. the trap door below the trap door into which Ukraine’s central bank plummeted in 2022Q2. That event coincided with G7 third, iirc, in a series of interest rate hikes, heaped on deteriorating GRAIN FROM UKRAINE, export income, from which Ukraine’s CB now cannot escape. And also Deutschebank’s decision to halt UAH buying (Oct 2022) for the sake of de ‘fugees social integration into the EU’s economy. So. There’s the “context” hidden in the IMF’s exhortation to “support” the value of UAH:”reserve currencies”, 1:0.02—Buy UAH Now or Take Teh L on yer “investment”.

Posted by: sln2002 | Sep 16 2023 15:23 utc | 660

@Tom Pfotzer
Been very busy with the new startup. I have successfully upgraded the core principle/original 1910-1930 era tech upwards using the last 100 years of improved physics understanding.
I now have a functioning 10kW model that proves the new principles plus a 3 kW version that combines the core nitric oxide production with the scrubbing phase – all in a box that is roughly 1 foot by 1 foot by 2 feet. This compares with the past versions that were 10 meters tall (albeit 1000 times more power) combined with 3-12 meter tall scrubbing towers. But this new version is within 20% efficiency – this is before efficiency optimization – while being fully portable and effectively maintenance free.
In parallel – started fundraising and customer outreach. I talked to a big European utilities holding company and they supposedly presented to their board of directors this past week; next week I am attending the North Dakota Petroleum Council annual meeting to ideally get some LOIs signed validating flared natural gas prices.

Posted by: c1ue | Sep 16 2023 15:34 utc | 661

@Tom Pfotzer
Been very busy with the new startup. I have successfully upgraded the core principle/original 1910-1930 era tech upwards using the last 100 years of improved physics understanding.
I now have a functioning 10kW model that proves the new principles plus a 3 kW version that combines the core nitric oxide production with the scrubbing phase – all in a box that is roughly 1 foot by 1 foot by 2 feet. This compares with the past versions that were 10 meters tall (albeit 1000 times more power) combined with 3-12 meter tall scrubbing towers. But this new version is within 20% efficiency – this is before efficiency optimization – while being fully portable and effectively maintenance free.
In parallel – started fundraising and customer outreach. I talked to a big European utilities holding company and they supposedly presented to their board of directors this past week; next week I am attending the North Dakota Petroleum Council annual meeting to ideally get some LOIs signed validating flared natural gas prices.

Posted by: c1ue | Sep 16 2023 15:34 utc | 662

@Antonym #49
Thanks, just popping by.
I have continued to read b’s posts but have not been posting because, frankly, the signal to noise ratio in commentary had significantly declined.

Posted by: c1ue | Sep 16 2023 15:36 utc | 663

@Antonym #49
Thanks, just popping by.
I have continued to read b’s posts but have not been posting because, frankly, the signal to noise ratio in commentary had significantly declined.

Posted by: c1ue | Sep 16 2023 15:36 utc | 664

I could be mistaken but someone here , sometime ago , said that a NATO 155mm can pack up to double -4x the walloping power of a Russian 152mm.
Posted by: Wondrous | Sep 15 2023 3:58 utc | 206
The western 155mm packs ~4X the wallop of a western 120mm shell. The former weigh around 90 pounds each and the latter 30 pounds.

Posted by: First Time Poster | Sep 17 2023 12:50 utc | 665

I could be mistaken but someone here , sometime ago , said that a NATO 155mm can pack up to double -4x the walloping power of a Russian 152mm.
Posted by: Wondrous | Sep 15 2023 3:58 utc | 206
The western 155mm packs ~4X the wallop of a western 120mm shell. The former weigh around 90 pounds each and the latter 30 pounds.

Posted by: First Time Poster | Sep 17 2023 12:50 utc | 666

@ Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 326
You seem to be merrily forgetting how the US spent 10x more annually on the war in Iraq during Bush all while NATO’s economies didn’t even bat an eye like they do today. In fact even more than 10x — since the dollar was worth more back then.
Also you seem to be getting your casualties numbers from Russian sources; NATO sources estimate the casualties to be far slimmer.
And you still keep neglecting how most of Ukraine still has lights on, water running, food shipments coming in, railways working, etc, even supposedly those “Western Ukrainians” (for now) still not even getting draft notices either!
And interesting you mention the plight of the Donbass citizenry — did you forget that part of Russia’s “low-intensity” is to keep Donbass in this shape for a while? Same with all the other territories Russia supposedly “annexed” but are still easily under Ukrainian control! A quick forceful liberation of those territories would lead to a gigantic and deadly response by NATO, something that Russia clearly does not want!
Hence, we see more of the same *low-intensity* conflict where lines don’t move much and the old “300-Spartans” strategy of attriting the larger AFU forces is still used to this day. Not surprising Russia would try to inflate the casualty numbers — its citizens (and Prigozhin) probably wouldn’t want a long-running low-and-slow SMO either!

Posted by: James K | Sep 18 2023 12:00 utc | 667

@ Pacifica Advocate | Sep 16 2023 10:49 utc | 326
You seem to be merrily forgetting how the US spent 10x more annually on the war in Iraq during Bush all while NATO’s economies didn’t even bat an eye like they do today. In fact even more than 10x — since the dollar was worth more back then.
Also you seem to be getting your casualties numbers from Russian sources; NATO sources estimate the casualties to be far slimmer.
And you still keep neglecting how most of Ukraine still has lights on, water running, food shipments coming in, railways working, etc, even supposedly those “Western Ukrainians” (for now) still not even getting draft notices either!
And interesting you mention the plight of the Donbass citizenry — did you forget that part of Russia’s “low-intensity” is to keep Donbass in this shape for a while? Same with all the other territories Russia supposedly “annexed” but are still easily under Ukrainian control! A quick forceful liberation of those territories would lead to a gigantic and deadly response by NATO, something that Russia clearly does not want!
Hence, we see more of the same *low-intensity* conflict where lines don’t move much and the old “300-Spartans” strategy of attriting the larger AFU forces is still used to this day. Not surprising Russia would try to inflate the casualty numbers — its citizens (and Prigozhin) probably wouldn’t want a long-running low-and-slow SMO either!

Posted by: James K | Sep 18 2023 12:00 utc | 668

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