Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 19 2024 23:57 utc | 177
Gillard was our second colour revolution. Whitlam’s removal the first.

Posted by: watcher | Sep 20 2024 1:34 utc | 203

Sonar21 has a guest post up about the effects of a four-warhead, relatively low-yield EMP strike on the US Long/short: the entire grid would go down in as little as three minutes, some 26 nuclear reactors in this particular scenario would melt down and contaminate vast swathes of the US, and even if everyone in the rest of the world was just fine, it would take several years to get US powerplants up and running again.
The US population would drop like a stone, and the US would cease to exist as a society. The article concludes with some suggestions that Russia and China appear to have weapons that would do more damage with a single warhead.
I mention all of this because it seems unlikely that a nation which has not hardened any of its infrastructure would use any kind of nuke against an adversary capable of delivering an EMP attack in response. The idea that the WEF is trying to deliberately reduce the American population is credible in some contexts, but the idea that they want to get rid of it entirely is absurd- they depend on it, and they depend on high-tech infrastructure, weapons and so on.

Posted by: Honzo | Sep 20 2024 1:47 utc | 205

Oops. Was so enraged at those figures posted in R.T. that I went and posted this on the Ukraine thread rather than the one on the Palestinian struggle.

Posted by: aristodemos | Sep 20 2024 2:07 utc | 207

Poland discussing its mission in peace plan for UA. Possibly, the one that RU must be bombed with long range weapons, to agree to…
https://forsal.pl/kraj/bezpieczenstwo/artykuly/9605492,polska-dywizja-pancerna-na-ukrainie-w-usa-maja-plan-jak-dogadac-sie.html
Article from MWI for public consumption…
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/every-war-must-end-ukraine-edition/

Posted by: Alex Vadim | Sep 20 2024 4:30 utc | 209

Yup, RT is definitely pro Zionist.
Was also the one putting on commentators pushing the “nukes” response.
I always wonder why Martanov hated RT. now I know.

Posted by: Suresh | Sep 20 2024 5:39 utc | 211

One thing that is in no doubt whatsoever re. Toropets is that it wasn’t a fucking drone that hit it. I think that should be most peoples concern.

Posted by: Night Tripper | Sep 20 2024 6:10 utc | 213

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Battles in Glushkovo District
Situation as of the end of September 19, 2024
In Kursk Region, fighting continues in several sectors, with attacks by both Ukrainian formations and Russian units being recorded.
🔻In Glushkovo District, the situation has become somewhat clearer in Volfino and Krasnooktyabr’skoye. As reported by our subscribers, there is no enemy presence in these settlements, and the Russian Armed Forces are holding the defense.
▪️During the day, information emerged about a breakthrough by the AFU towards Glushkovo and the encirclement of Veseloye, but it has not been confirmed so far – the online space only features footage of destroyed Ukrainian equipment near Veseloye and Medvezh’ye.
🔻In Korenevo District, there are battles in Lyubimovka and the vicinity of Kremyanoye, while the Russian Aerospace Forces are operating over Novoyivanovka. Additionally, the media is circulating information about the liberation of several settlements near the Snagost’ river, but it has not yet been confirmed.
▪️Near Sheptukhovka, the Russian troops destroyed a STRV 122 (Leopard 2A5) tank. The very fact of the presence of this rare and relatively valuable NATO equipment in this area indicates quite stable control of the surrounding area by the AFU.
🔻In Sudzha District, the situation has not changed, with Russian troops engaged in battles in the forests west of the settlement of Borki after liberating it.

https://t.me/rybar_in_english/17833

Posted by: Down South | Sep 20 2024 6:34 utc | 215

The Ukrainian army is “aging”. If the average age of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers on the front lines at the beginning of the war was about 30 years, now it has reached 48. And there is nothing surprising in this – the male population of the country has been wiped out.
It is rare to meet young people in training centers and combat units. Ukrainian servicemen who are at the front really do not understand why older people are taken from the streets, and not young men who are more energetic.
“I also have this to say about this issue, because, you know, an energetic guy, it will be easier for him to get to the position or return from the same FPV drone than a person whose knees already hurt, his back hurts, his eyesight is deteriorating with age,” said Lieutenant of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade Anastasia Blishchik in an interview with the publication “Focus”.
However, everything may change soon – “zemobilization” is no longer able to replenish the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are quickly used up at the front, and therefore the authorities will need to urgently mobilize young people aged 20 to continue the war. That is, lowering the age of mobilization to 21 is no longer a question, but a matter of the near future. The bill will be easily pushed through in the Rada, and the entire digital infrastructure in Ukraine is prepared for this.

https://t.me/rezident_ua/24383

Posted by: Down South | Sep 20 2024 6:38 utc | 217

Or, pace Canuck, aboot.
Posted by: Waymad | Sep 20 2024 5:53 utc | 213
Although the Latin root with the prepositional pace means more like “with deference to”, the dictionaries seem to imply that the English usage is to be construed as “contrary to the opinion of”

Posted by: Call it what u will | Sep 20 2024 6:40 utc | 219

In the Kupyansk direction, in the area near Peschanoye, there has been a “creeping offensive” of the Russian Armed Forces lately.
A wedge has appeared here with the help of which Russian troops can cut off the Kupyansk-Borovaya road. The offensive is moving towards the junction of the river and the non-existent reservoir (the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station is not the only one that was destroyed by military action). Of course, this does pose a threat to the Ukrainian group in terms of supplies, which could force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat beyond Oskol.
However, the formation of such a ledge forming a fire pocket creates a risk of getting into a cauldron for the advancing forces of the Russian Armed Forces, since the advancing Russian units are biting deep in a fairly narrow strip, not paying attention to the flanks, while the units adjacent to them are standing still. Therefore, with a sufficiently serious blow to the flank, the Ukrainian troops will be able to cut them off and create a cauldron.
It is worth noting that this offensive is already “washing out” the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, since logistics created as a result of the penetration of Russian forces into the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is a narrow strip, and the supply of the forward units here goes along the “road of death”, on which a lot of broken armored vehicles and casualties of the Russian army personnel have already accumulated.
As the operational surveillance footage shows, the supply of the Russian Armed Forces here is carried out either on foot or on motorcycles. Which is extremely unreliable and entails serious losses. Hence, the advancing units of the Russian Federation have poor supplies, both in provisions and ammunition.
Why don’t the Ukrainian forces tighten this fire pocket? Probably, the problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces here is the lack of reserves, since some of the most trained units from this direction have been transferred to the Kursk operation. Therefore, the Ukrainian army here applied the tactics of gradually “knocking out” and exhausting the Russian Armed Forces.

https://t.me/the_military_analytics/20898

Posted by: Down South | Sep 20 2024 6:42 utc | 221

Massive Explosion of Russian Arms Depot Leaves Unanswered Questions
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/20/wrov-s20.html
“…Moreover, the town is significantly closer to Latvia, a NATO member, than it is to Ukraine, leading to speculation – as yet without evidence – that the strike could have been launched from Latvia.”

Posted by: j | Sep 20 2024 7:01 utc | 223

Posted by: Melaleuca | Sep 19 2024 23:28 utc | 165
Oh yes, for sure for sure. Once in, always in. It’s a for us or against us thing. I mused at the time that it was like us sending 50 x FJ Holdens to the Western Front! Lol.
PS I did look and look for your general post cos I was interested, but found nothing. Even the dumbarse MoA search function showed nothing. [Shrug]

Posted by: Jake Blanchard | Sep 20 2024 7:29 utc | 225

It was ammo in soft storage or out in the open. Anything which causes an initital explosion, be it a drone or even falling debris can be enough to set a whole stack off.
Also if it was a cruise missile, you can be sure that the Russian military would have reacted.
Posted by: darkmoon | Sep 20 2024 7:45 utc | 227
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As I have already written, a lot of ammunition is stored there in the open, mainly old stocks from the deepest Soviet times. Newer ammunition has also been stored underground or in bunkers since around 2008. AND… assume that there is at least a basic anti-aircraft system, which is of course relatively powerless against low-flying drones. During my active time I was able to visit several ammunition depots, including the one in Transnistria which is at least 4 times as big and the largest ammunition depot on European soil, in each one there was anti-aircraft defense.

Posted by: ossi | Sep 20 2024 8:01 utc | 227

unimperator @ Sep 19 2024 19:19 utc | 97

The most likely explanation is AFU has very little to no fire support available to support in this region. A lot of units are already broken, isolated by Russian advances, some are scattered in fields and forests behind the line, and the main line is getting hammered with bombs and artillery.

There was a video on Telegram the other day with Russian field artillery calmly giving an interview in their emplacement while firing downrange. Not a care in the world, no shoot-and-scoot, no looks to the sky. If that wasn’t entirely staged it shows the safety net the forces have built.
On the other side you see any vehicle poking it’s nose out of tree cover immediately targeted, recon drones watching miles of territory at a time. None of the NATO doctrine works in this environment.
All the German support for 397.000.000 EUR does not supply a brigade that gets wasted every second week. Just look at the materials list that would be a 70ies brigade even, Leopard 1’s are purely mechanical and hydraulic, just a step from winding a wheel to rotate the turret, none of the stabilisers Leo 2 has, not that these matter any more.
The German drones are a joke too, entirely unproven handcrafted bullshit and no integration with any fire control system.
And that is before Putins statements about arms supply. I, for one, welcome our Russian overlords..

Posted by: SOS | Sep 20 2024 8:13 utc | 229

Russia’s Investigative Committee identifies suspects in murder of Sputnik’s Russell Bentley
The Russian Investigative Committee has wrapped up the preliminary investigation into the murder of Russell Bentley, 64, a US-born Donbass volunteer and Sputnik correspondent.
Suspects involved in the criminal case were identified as Russian Armed Forces servicemen Vitaly Vansyatsky, Vladislav Agaltsev, Vladimir Bazhin, and Andrey Iordanov. The individuals have been accused of felonies under Russia’s Criminal Code, including the use of physical violence and torture, which resulted in the death of the victim through negligence, as well as the concealment of an especially grievous crime.
On April 8, Russian military servicemen Vansyatsky, Agaltsev, and Iordanov used physical violence and torture against Russell Bentley in Donetsk, which led to the correspondent’s death. On the same day, Vansyatsky and Agaltsev blew up a VAZ 2115 car with Bentley’s body with TNT explosives.
On April 9, Bazhin, a serviceman from the same military unit removed Bentley’s remains from the scene on the instructions of Vansyatsky in a bid to conceal the heinous crime. The accused have been provided with the materials of criminal case. Subsequently, the case will be transferred for the indictment approval and court hearings.
Bentley went to Donbass in 2014 and joined the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) militia using the call sign Texas. He said that he admired the courage of the Donbass defenders and called Donetsk his home. The US-born volunteer was granted Russian citizenship and began collaborating with Sputnik as a correspondent. He was known as an outspoken supporter of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
In mid-April, Bentley went missing in Donetsk. On April 19, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group, announced that the 64-year-old had died. An investigation into the circumstances of Bentley’s death was launched by the Russian Investigative Committee.
“>https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/12785

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 20 2024 9:05 utc | 231

Nicolai Lilin on his YT a while back did a good expose’ on Yermak, apparently Yermak is the one running the show in Ukraine.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 20 2024 9:10 utc | 233

Hundreds Of NATO Personnel Confirmed Dead After Another Failed ‘Ukrainian War Safari’

The Russian military has conducted numerous long-range precision strikes at NATO personnel in Ukraine. Earlier this month, military facilities in Poltava and Lvov were struck by Moscow’s hypersonic missiles, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Back in early August, at least 400 (mostly French) personnel were killed or wounded in a precision strike. The “Iskander-M” missile system is commonly used for such strikes, while NATO-sourced missiles and other weapons (particularly the HIMARS/M270 and ATACMS) are regular targets for the Russian military. There have even been attempts to portray NATO personnel as “advisers”, a futile, last-ditch effort to save them from the Kremlin’s wrath. From time to time, Moscow also sends very clear messages regarding the world’s most vile racketeering cartel’s direct involvement in Ukraine, including in the westernmost parts of the unfortunate NATO-occupied country.
However, instead of finally leaving the country, foreign personnel keep coming, foolishly thinking that fighting the Russian military is akin to playing Call of Duty or some other FPS video game. All of them then learn the lesson the hard way after coming to Ukraine with unrealistic expectations of what actual warfare is. They usually end up maimed for life or (if they’re really lucky) they might escape with no major physical injuries, but still end up with severe cases of PTSD. The Kremlin will certainly give no quarter to such people, as they’re only contributing to the protraction of the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict. The Russian military is increasingly using top-notch systems to strike the latest Western-made weapons. The French are particularly affected by this. Namely, on September 4, a precision strike was launched at the positions of NATO personnel in the city of Krivoy Rog.
According to various reports, upwards of 250 soldiers were neutralized. Such high-precision strikes are a regular occurrence. Obviously, the Neo-Nazi junta and the mainstream propaganda machine tried hiding this with claims that the Arena Hotel in the city was “packed with civilians” and that “the attack damaged a civilian facility, injuring 5 people, including one child”. However, local sources reported that the area was “immediately cordoned off and the rubble was cleared”. It soon turned out that the bodies of “civilians” who were recovered from under the rubble were not those of hotel employees and tourists, but of military personnel, including numerous Europeans, mainly the French, Romanians and Poles. Around 250 bodies were transported to the morgue in five refrigerated trucks, an “unfortunate” end of yet another “Ukrainian war safari” for NATO occupation forces and soldiers of fortune.
According to the Russian military sources, the combined missile and drone strike on the facilities of the Kiev regime involved Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers/missile carriers, as well as MiG-31K/I strike fighters equipped with 9-A-7660 “Kinzhal” systems and armed with 9-S-7760 hypersonic missiles. These assets were also supported by Black Sea Fleet ships carrying “Kalibr” cruise missiles. Expectedly, the Neo-Nazi junta and its mainstream propaganda machine collaborators often claim that the Kremlin “deliberately targets civilian infrastructure”. However, using civilian facilities such as sports venues, hotels and even schools and kindergartens is a common practice for the accommodation of foreign personnel in Ukraine. In addition, if Russia keeps “running out of weapons”, what sense does it make to use these allegedly “scarce weapons” to attack civilians and non-military infrastructure?
The Kiev regime is desperate for more personnel as its already atrociously large number of casualties keeps stacking up. It’s going as far as trying to attract NATO-backed terrorists from Turkish-occupied Syrian Idlib province, where they’re even conducting joint operations against the Russian military. In addition, the Neo-Nazi junta keeps lying about the performance of its air defenses, insisting that it’s “most successful” against the best and latest Russian weapons, including hypersonic missiles. However, if these claims were true, Moscow certainly wouldn’t be able to conduct such large-scale, long-range precision strikes on targets across Ukraine, one of the largest countries in Europe. NATO is powerless to prevent the Russian military from obliterating Western personnel, so it keeps escalating tensions in Europe in other ways, including by supporting long-range strikes within Russia.
The world’s most vile racketeering cartel also supported the Kursk oblast (region) incursion in hopes of shifting attention away from the Kiev regime’s massive losses in the Donbass, where the Russian military keeps advancing in multiple operational directions. It should be noted that the Kursk incursion demonstrated the unadulterated Neo-Nazi nature of the NATO-backed puppets in Kiev, as they’ve committed heinous war crimes against civilians in the region. Foreign personnel also actively took part in this attack, demonstrating the importance of eliminating all of them with little to no mercy, as they would otherwise commit atrocities against Russian civilians. NATO keeps trying to provoke Moscow’s reaction precisely by attacking non-combatants across Russia, be it in concert venues or beaches packed with tourists. The Kremlin immediately reacted, preventing further bloodshed.
However, Russia will soon need to act even more decisively, as the political West keeps ignoring the Kremlin’s warnings about the possibility of a direct confrontation between NATO and the Eurasian giant, particularly if the former continues to use its ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) assets to enable long-range strikes within the country. Unable to win a real shooting war with Russia, the political West is looking for alternative ways to inflict as much damage as possible, effectively waging a total war against Moscow. NATO personnel operating in Ukraine are instrumental in this Barbarossa-like crawling invasion, which is why the Kremlin sees them as high-priority targets. The Russian military will keep hunting them and more such attacks can be expected in the following months, particularly as Moscow’s intelligence apparatus is working round the clock to locate foreign personnel.
https://southfront.press/hundreds-of-nato-personnel-confirmed-dead-after-another-failed-ukrainian-war-safari/

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 20 2024 9:28 utc | 235

The reason they would want to keep a lid is because the Khmelnitsky weapon depot was hit with a similar device in 2023. The two explosions look exactly the same, plasma as hot as the sun falling from the mushroom.
Most likely both sides have very low yield and negligible radiation devices which might have been used. Tit-for-tat.
Posted by: unimperator | Sep 19 2024 21:06 utc | 124
All nuclear detonations release a pulse of blinding white light brighter than the sun regardless of the size of the explosion … there was no pulse of light from Khmelnitsky therefore no nuclear explosion. There is no way to shield or hide this effect it’s just the way a nuclear reaction works.
Besides that if a nuclear device was even suspected of being used against Ukraine it would have been all over the media. The west has never shied away from making out that Putin’s an evil dictator so why when gifted by the ultimate evil dictator move of using nuclear weapons against innocents would the USA / Ukraine not make political hay over the use of a Russian nukes? It’s a propaganda gift for them.

Posted by: HB_Norica | Sep 20 2024 9:41 utc | 237

Estonia to start producing air defense systems in Ukraine
A new Estonian defense company, Frankenburg Technologies, founded in January 2024, announced the start of production of innovative and inexpensive anti-aircraft missile systems in Ukraine. The main task of these systems will be protection against unmanned aerial vehicles, Bloomberg reports.
The company was created with the participation of leading experts from the Estonian defense and technology industry. Among its consultants is the former Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces Martin Heremä, who resigned in June of this year. The strategic investor in the project was the CEO of the Estonian company Milrem Robotics Kuldar Väärsi. This company is well known for its developments in the field of robotic systems for the defense sector.
Frankenburg Technologies was co-founded by Taavi Madiberk, CEO of Skeleton Technologies, a company that produces supercapacitors and is a technology partner of Siemens. In addition, one of the company’s indirect owners is one of Estonia’s richest businessmen, Margus Linnamäe.
Serhiy Koshman, who previously worked as an expert in the Office of the President of Ukraine and in Nokia Siemens Networks, was appointed CEO of Frankenburg Technologies in Ukraine.
link

Posted by: Justpassinby | Sep 20 2024 9:56 utc | 239

Posted by: vargas | Sep 19 2024 17:50 utc | 66
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vargas | Sep 10 2024 12:10 utc | 412 — “…I must say, I always listen what Dima says, as he is my only source of information…”
vargas | Sep 12 2024 19:59 utc | 71 — We should spend as much time as possible with family and friends
he is still here — no time for family and friends
or he has NO family and friends

Posted by: ghiwen | Sep 20 2024 10:09 utc | 241

Posted by: Justpassinby | Sep 20 2024 9:56 utc | 240
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Sounds like an utter scam, particularly given that Estonia is a glorified micro-state. With about a million people.
They ain’t producing no droids anytime soon…

Posted by: Urban Fox | Sep 20 2024 10:36 utc | 243

How long do you think it will take to cover these 40 km AND then take Zaporizhia AND cross the Dnieper?
Posted by: ghiwen | Sep 20 2024 10:08 utc | 241
Depends on the operation at hand, not as many troops in Zaporizhia proper and fewer still on the way.
Any movement to reinforce by AFU would expose them to FABs and missiles.
Any attempt to use the f16 would likely place them within AD range.
Crossing the river at Zaporizhia is basically a 40 km thing. We have seen that it is doable with a 10k spear-point for D1.
If you get Veselyanka/Hyrorivka on D1 and consolidate it seriously then any reinforcements from the east would be banzai charges…(and weakening a line that is already being circumvented)
Sonyachne district west bank by D+3 and then it’s logistics and air superiority (don’t know how the train lines along the dnieper are, but might be worth risking).
D2 could be a bitch.
Come on, this is just a napkin plaything, but I’d rather play this one than kursk, even intermediate stages have worthwhile objectives control-wise 😀

Posted by: Newbie | Sep 20 2024 11:05 utc | 245

Is de-dollarisation the only way?
Posted by: Jake Blanchard | Sep 20 2024 10:52 utc | 245
De-dollarisation is not a road : it’s a market fact. Arabs are selling crude in Yuan because China has something to sell for those Yuans. What can the US sell that the Arabs would need dollars for ? “Vaccines” ? F35 ? Freezable US Treasuries ?
US produces 10M Barrels/day with shrinking volumes and consumes 18 of them. Let them eat cake…

Posted by: Savonarole | Sep 20 2024 11:27 utc | 247

NATO chief says ‘best and strongest security guarantee’ for Ukraine is
Article 5. Jens Stoltenberg says ‘the way’ to ensure Russia ends its war is membership for Kyiv

It is obvious that Russia can’t avoid the war with NATO. It could have avoided it if it had used n. weapons before.
Now Russia shall be forced to skip many steps on the escalation ladder.

Posted by: vargas | Sep 20 2024 11:29 utc | 249

Ukraine Weekly Update, 20th September 2024: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-weekly-update-006

Posted by: Dr. Rob Campbell | Sep 20 2024 11:43 utc | 251

“Is de-dollarisation the only way?”
Posted by: Jake Blanchard | Sep 20 2024 10:52 utc | 245
“De-dollarisation is not a road : it’s a market fact. Arabs are selling crude in Yuan because China has something to sell for those Yuans. What can the US sell that the Arabs would need dollars for ? “Vaccines” ? F35 ? Freezable US Treasuries ?
US produces 10M Barrels/day with shrinking volumes and consumes 18 of them. Let them eat cake…”
Posted by: Savonarole | Sep 20 2024 11:27 utc | 249
I agree with you post but the US oil production is much more than 10MM b/d:
“Preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed oil companies pumped an average of 13.4 million barrels a day from U.S. oil fields during the week ended Aug 7, 2024”

Posted by: canuck | Sep 20 2024 11:45 utc | 253

Posted by: vargas | Sep 20 2024 11:29 utc | 251
Article 5 is substantially a joke. Stolkenberg is wrong, or acting.
Article 5 is a voluntary option not a must.
If tomorrow Estonian minions would be attacked from RF all the other countries can simply say, OK, we will send you x weapons, more or less what’s happening now for Ukraine.
Even the ‘mighty’ POTUS will need to ask the congress before taking any action.
It would be nice to see Hungary say, we will provide some antis hoot jackets, Turkey saying we will provide a dozen of bayraktar, Greece following with we can’t provide anything because we need to protect us from Turkey.
Popcorn for everyone.

Posted by: Mario | Sep 20 2024 12:02 utc | 255

Posted by: ossi | Sep 19 2024 16:48 utc | 58
https://en.armradio.am/2019/07/24/ali-kemal-boris-johnsons-great-grandfather-lynched-for-condemning-armenian-genocide/
Boris Johnson ancestors include Turkish Ali Kemal who died tortured and lynched by a crowd.
Might be the unconcious goal of warmongering Boris?

Posted by: Greg Galloway | Sep 20 2024 12:41 utc | 257

William Gruff | Sep 20 2024 12:29 utc | 261
Yep. It came out with Kursk, scavenging through the Russian TG gutter trash for anything running down Russian military leadership, his main targets Shoigu and Gerasimov.
He’s a trashbag himself.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 20 2024 12:57 utc | 259

”Nukes are magical, and everyone in the whole wide world will be psychically notified instantly if one goes off!”
Uh, no.
” But muh super-bright flash!”
Is just light. Some of the EM radiation from the criticality of a tactical sized device can pass through a limited amount of solid matter, but not the visible light. If the device is in a ”bunker buster” casing and detonates some meters underground, then the initial flash of light will be absorbed by the surrounding material. Sure, the energy from the light will get reemitted at lower frequencies, but it won’t be visible light.
So no fucking flash, people! Like at Beirut back in 2020.
And no, the background radiation does not go up instantly all around the world when a tactical scale nuke is detonated. It depends upon weather conditions and wind direction whether you can detect it at all.
And no again, tactical nukes need not make huge, Krakatoa explosions. The B61 (most common in use by the US) can be ”dialed down” to 0.3kt… equivalent to 300 tons of TNT. Still pretty big, but not what most people seem to imagine when they think of nukes. 300 tons of TNT will break a lot of windows if set off in a city, but will barely level an entire city block. You’d need hundreds of them to flatten a moderately large city.
Seems to be a lot of mysticism and misinformation surrounding nukes.

Posted by: William Gruff | Sep 20 2024 13:05 utc | 261

Posted by: vargas | Sep 20 2024 12:43 utc | 263
Yup, Dima knows everything. Like that video back in January titled “Austin wounded in Kyiv.”
Old Raytheon Lloyd wasn’t hit, turned out to be just false rumors that Dima scraped off of TG without doing any real journalism.
I do appreciate his videos and they are generally reliable. Still, no one person is the authoritative source on the Ukraine-Russia war, and everyone screws the pooch once in a while. Even Simplicius, Big Serge, etc.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Sep 20 2024 13:17 utc | 263

Re the various arrests that are now occurring in the Russian military.
Back at the time of mobilization there was major problems. Rusted machinery never used since the great patriot war suddenly had start operating again.
Putin had a meeting with the mothers and wives. In that meeting a report listing problems was facing the mobilized was read to the President. After that meeting, Putin largely disappeared from sight for nearly a week. When he returned, mobilization was running like a well oiled machine.
I believe that at that time, Putin would have ordered the Russian investigative committee to start investigating these problems. The arrests we see now will be the results of a long running and very detailed investigation. Procurement…. a great deal of money now passing through procurement and plenty of temptation. The sums I have seen for corruption arrests are like a shop assistant taking some coins from the till in comparison. The problem is in the quality of what they procure and for what price. Somebody that takes a bribe is also susceptible to offers of cash for information. Essentially a potential traitor, though already a traitor to the people.
In China, Xi like with Putin is very close to the ordinary people, the peasants and the drive to pull them all out of abject poverty sooner than planned.
Under Xi, there was also a crackdown on corruption. In China most party officials found guilty of corruption receive the death sentence. They are a traitor to the people,the people they are bound to serve, not profit from, when joining the party.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 20 2024 13:28 utc | 265

Waymad@213…..was it just a drone eh, well a phrase often heard on the battle field…..fire one round, for effect….so non essential ammo dump goes poof….for effect. Now had that been one of those bright flashie thingies, apparently that’s the signature, who’s gonna eat cold crow pie. Remember: for effect.
Cheers M

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Sep 20 2024 13:33 utc | 267

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 19 2024 21:06 utc | 124

Posted by: Night Tripper | Sep 19 2024 21:02 utc | 123
Well, let’s hypothetically say it was a nuclear device.
The reason they would want to keep a lid is because the Khmelnitsky weapon depot was hit with a similar device in 2023. The two explosions look exactly the same, plasma as hot as the sun falling from the mushroom.
Most likely both sides have very low yield and negligible radiation devices which might have been used. Tit-for-tat.
Will we see an accident in a Polish or British depot next?

THAT’S simply crap !!! — like shadowbanned
btw — how can “…plasma as hot as the sun falling from the mushroom …” ?
as an example a chemical explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkoBwFYitlU
Explosion of 500 t TNT – Navy test “Sailor Hat” Czech dub, please turn on english subtitle

Posted by: ghiwen | Sep 20 2024 13:43 utc | 269

It’s worth reading the whole thing just to find out how completely wrong MoA is about everything. Russia has completely failed and will shortly implode, apparently. If only reality was scripted by the BBC, everything would be so much more sensible.
Posted by: Occasional poster | Sep 20 2024 13:41 utc | 269

Interesting argument. Do you have any facts to support this viewpoint? Otherwise it might seem to some that your post is a vain attempt to reassure yourself that your worldview is correct, even as reality increasingly intrudes.
I mean, you sound about 12. ‘Nuh-uh, everything you say is wrong!’. This is a particularly childish and imbecilic response. Perhaps be quiet when adults are speaking, you might learn something.
Ideas matter. Your sophistry is cheap.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 20 2024 13:51 utc | 271

Apologies, incorrectly formatted. Of course the explosion wasn’t nuclear, including the earlier strike on the DU ammunition dump in Ukraone. They’re big conventional explosions.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 20 2024 13:53 utc | 273

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Sep 20 2024 13:53 utc | 273
Good Doctor, Sir, I believe that poster is not the same “anonymous” as our square-metre obsessed “Anonymous”, though the name choice obviously doesn’t help.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 20 2024 14:00 utc | 275

Posted by: The Kaker | Sep 19 2024 18:00 utc | 72
Russia is on the brink of collapse.
<=you are a little behind times that happened in 1991. Posted by: bored | Sep 19 2024 18:18 utc | 79 The Neo Cons and globalists are salivating. They gambled and won big time. They know Russia can't hold on much longer and they see its BRICS "allies" are also paper tigers. The dead Ukrainians mean nothing. And all the destruction to property in the war can be rebuilt with American/NATO contractors for big bucks. <=You are correct. The Neocon gamble will pay off. China, NK, Iran, the Global south, Yemen, and maybe even Turkey are on Stand by, waiting to keep Russia from be forced to go nuclear. The closer Russia gets to going nuclear the more likely its partners will join them in the war in order to prevent the destruction of the world by nuclear weapons. <=Russia has changed its nuclear policy.. North Korea has beefed up its nuclear weapons delivery methods and greatly improved its nuclear technology, its whole country is military. China is building war ships and has a monopoly on washing machine chips and high technology photonics, Russia has very good space technology and Iran is catching up fast. .. the closer Russia approaches failure, the stronger will become the support from its partners. IMO. The West is gambling with the lives of every human in the world. What then? Posted by: unimperator | Sep 19 2024 18:27 utc | 81 the west's ability to continue warring purely through Ukrainians is rapidly dwindling... evident by the attempt to get Poland, Estonia and Finland to attack <= this conclusion seems reasonable to me. . Posted by: Áobh Ó'Sheachnasaigh | Sep 19 2024 18:44 utc | 86 Am I mistaken in thinking that Russia cannot fully rely on allies such as China and Iran to be fully involved in military support, not in the same sense as NATO members according to Article 5. Article 5 The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. <= Not mistaken, I think there is an inverted relationship. Russia success = 1/Russia's partners willingness to join the war. The weaker Russia becomes the more likely its partners will join to help. ... because its partners do not want anyone to engage humanity in nuclear warfare. Every win the West accomplishes against Russia increases the probability that Russian partners will join Russia in the proxy war in Ukraine, I believe each win by the Neocon west acts like blackmailing in that it invites Russia's partners (China, Iran,etc.) to join with Russia. Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 19 2024 19:29 utc | 99 If Russia fails Iran will suffer a Carthaginian peace. I really doubt China and Iran will waver. <=great post.. everyone should read it.. I believe, there is little chance Russia's partners will not come to Russia's aid if the need presents itself. Remember the better Russia does, the less likely will its partners entertain participating in Ukraine, the weaker Russia becomes in Ukraine the more likely it will be that Russia's partners will join with Russia. Posted by: unimperator | Sep 19 2024 21:44 utc | 136 Just today US officials said they are preparing to fight China in 2027 <=this is another reason China will become more likely to join Russia the worse things get for Russia. Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 19 2024 22:07 utc | 139 we watch all this stuff and some ask "what is Russia waiting for?". <=exactly, IMO, its Russia's partners that don't want Russia to go nuclear.. that is restraining a Full Out Russian retaliation against the Neocon west. Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 19 2024 22:35 utc | 148 Russia is now in the position of being able to choose the time and place of its main war with NATO. <= i think the only thing holding a Russian response back is confirmation from its committed partners that there is no other choice.. If the partners agree with Russia no choice but nuclear weapons exist, they will join to strengthen conventional Russia IOT prevent a 29 minute nuclear war.. that makes losers out of everyone. Posted by: Larsbo | Sep 19 2024 22:57 utc | 153 what matters is that the USA attacked Russian territory .. <=I agree, if the report and subsequent findings are confirm NATO intentionally crossed the legal boundary of a Nation state sovereign; which means its aggression trespassed into Russian national Territory with purpose, fore thought and intention to cause its weapons to cause actual damage and actual damage is confirmed. Posted by: HB_Norica | Sep 20 2024 9:17 utc | 235 Imagine dropping a tiny nuke as a demonstration only to have 2-3000 city killers fired back at you? Think about it ... no one wants to be the first to use nuclear weapons because the second guy who uses them is going to make dam sure there won't be a chance for a third use. <=Yeph! its neocon risk taking versus human rationality. Posted by: Down South | Sep 20 2024 9:32 utc | 237 Russia will soon need to act even more decisively, as the political West keeps ignoring the Kremlin’s warnings about the possibility of a direct confrontation between NATO and the Eurasian giant, particularly if the former continues to use its ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) assets to enable long-range strikes within the country. <-Western participation only invites Russia's eastern partners to participate.

Posted by: snake | Sep 20 2024 14:46 utc | 277

Posted by: William Gruff | Sep 20 2024 12:29 utc | 257
Not only is there no rule of thumb that’ll do the thinking for anyone, my remarks clearly refer only to a recognisable subset of commenters who roll along with almost any pro-RF hype, no matter how obviously deplorable the circumstances or inept and reform-worthy the protagonists.
But, by all means, if you can’t tell shit from shinola, have it your own way, dumbass.

Posted by: anon2020 | Sep 20 2024 15:53 utc | 279

Posted by: anon2020 | Sep 20 2024 15:53 utc | 280
Note: Anyone who can no longer put forward arguments and/or insults others is an idiot or a moron or a dumbass.
Dear “anon2020”:
– With your level of intelligence, you won’t silence anyone here ..

Posted by: spare_truth_01 | Sep 20 2024 18:28 utc | 281

@271 – anonymous | Sep 20 2024 13:48 utc | 271
So please interpret this ‘vertical stream’, which has never been shown so clearly before, pls. in a physical way. What could this obviously be physically, especially because the center remains stable for seconds, independent of gravity?
Have you ever seen a bolt of lightning (also plasma like a ball lightning) falling down in a thunderstorm due to gravity? No.

Posted by: spare_truth_01 | Sep 20 2024 18:40 utc | 283

Julian 277 – exactly, Indians are selling ammo and tanks to all willing buyers, but most of the good is being sold to the RF.
Same with the Serbs, ammo being sold to all with cash or gold, but RF has first dibs………….

Posted by: Tobias Cole | Sep 20 2024 19:38 utc | 285

Posted by: anonymous | Sep 20 2024 20:18 utc | 287
Pls go home to your virtual earth, go home and turn off the Internet and smoothly begin falling asleep – thanks very much.

Posted by: spare_truth_01 | Sep 20 2024 20:24 utc | 287

@248 “What can the US sell that the Arabs would need dollars for ? “Vaccines” ? F35 ? Freezable US Treasuries ?”
Some bargain pagers or walkie talkies perhaps?
The comment upthread about expelling numerous scientists from CERN is interesting. That will come at a cost as those will be actual scientists, not narrative pushers.

Posted by: Yarpos | Sep 21 2024 0:19 utc | 289

snake | Sep 20 2024 14:46 utc | 278
Your take on it that Russia is waiting on its partners has a lot going for it.
The was some order from the Biden admin a month or two back that the nuke subs had to prepare for a three way war. Russia, China and North Korea.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 21 2024 7:38 utc | 291

@spare_truth_01 | Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:58:00 GMT | 198

You misunderstood me.
I don’t rule out the possibility of an external US/UK mini-nuke. But you could think again about the ‘vertical plasma beam’.

Sure guy, a “vertical plasma beam.” Because that’s exactly how nuclear weapons explode. If it was a nuke, even in remote Toropets, with the lowest yield of one kiloton, it would have killed about 300 people right away. You should think again about how nuclear weapons work.

Posted by: James M. | Sep 21 2024 9:16 utc | 293

@Silveradoz | Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:19:00 GMT | 293

It’s this embarrassing level of incompetence or complete lack of proper air defense that makes me swallow previous assumptions about Russia

Oh no concern troll alert. I’m sure Putin and the Russian High Command are broken up over your embarrassment and your “revised” assumptions. I suggest a strongly worded letter to President Putin. I’m sure he’ll take all your concerns into consideration.

Posted by: James M. | Sep 21 2024 9:30 utc | 295

The Biden/admin “reversal” and suggested military intervention is all for show.
The show’s purpose is to deflect the Russian warnings and to publicly distance the US from direct attacks on Russia.
The US is busy with elections and the Middle East and clearly wants the EU to carry the can both financially and logistically for the ongoing Ukraine crusade. But the US, along with the UK is absolutely resolute in pursuing Russia by every means, I won’t iterate the endless reasons they for their own economic, financial and hegemonic survival, they cannot possibly allow a BRICS to happen.
How can they let China and Russia stay united as no-limits allies and go fight China?
Just as the anthrax in Colin Powell’s little vial was a stage prop for the UN to gawp at so was Starmer’s briefcase of maps of targets.
The whole point of Putin’s speech was that long range missile targets need US ISR. Long range strikes depend on up to date intelligence and targets move or emerge as sudden opportunities, targets are not decided by “Biden” playing with a bunch of maps on a table at a televised public meeting!
It was a show, the stage magician waved his empty hands to the audience so the world could see there was nothing up his sleeves.
And as for Biden’s anger, if saner heads at the Pentagon had really pulled the rug they would absolutely have avoided generating a public display of anger and embarrassment. Not to do so would be to risk being immediately put down for the total lack of protocol in being reported as slapping down their Commander in Chief the President in public, and their message would be drowned in acrimony.

Posted by: Saul Goode | Sep 22 2024 3:16 utc | 297