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[stansmith1] 16/7/2024 17:55

mmm...nahonly reason im here is to get a reaction out of people, so far you are all obliging...thank youdid i mention that england got pumped by spain with a truly sickening 86th minute goal?did i tell you football is never coming home?i can tell you again in 5 mins?

[jackie ladd] 16/7/2024 17:41

He only exists to be mocked

[jackie ladd] 16/7/2024 17:41

The fat 49 year old pikey loon loser is a lost cause

[jackie ladd] 16/7/2024 17:41

Mad Shwedy can never grow up

[optomistic] 16/7/2024 17:38

Too many sad juveniles posting on here now, goodbye until you all grow up.

[thanatos abysss] 16/7/2024 17:36

Tik tokWon't be long till the sweaty bitesBite sweaty. That's an order from your English masters

[stansmith1] 16/7/2024 17:27

oh come on...surely one of the plebs, like thanatos, hardup kr rackers will fall for it further....as we know you swallow anything....i cant talk about the sickening loss engerlund suffered on sunday if youre all going hide...

[stansmith1] 16/7/2024 17:17

carrots please, i cant possibly make england got pumped and swallower posts about you unless you feed me...86th minute sickener, i can post some you tube clips?

[thanatos abysss] 16/7/2024 17:14

We need more carrots ladsCarrots anyone ?Please

[stonedyou] 16/7/2024 17:05

RUSSIA RESPONDS WITH PRECISION MISSILE STRIKES TO UKRAINIAN DRONE RAIN

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The warring sides in Ukraine continue to exchange strikes in the rear regions. While the Ukrainian military attempts to inflict at least some damage to Russian rear civilian facilities with massive drone strikes across the border, Russian forces respond with precision missile strikes which inflict damage to the Ukrainian military infrastructure.

On the night of July 15, a series of large explosions thundered in the southern Odessa region. Russian forces reportedly launched Iskander-M missiles. Ukrainian air defense failed to repel the attack. According to local reports, there were at least three strikes in the city of Odessa and in the region. A large fire broke out in the area as a result of the attack. The fire was confirmed by the footage. The scale of the damage raised suspicions that the target of the strikes was an ammo depot with NATO missiles and other weapons. Local sources confirmed that Russian reconnaissance UAVs were seen operating over the region after the strikes.

More Russian strikes targeted Ukrainian military facilities in the border region of Kharkiv. The destroyed targets reportedly included the points of deployment of Ukrainian servicemen and military depots in the city of Kharkiv and in other areas not far from the frontlines.

In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted another massive drone attack on the Russian border regions.

According to the official report by the Russian Ministry of Defense, 22 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by Russian air defense forces at night. They included, 15 Ukrainian drones destroyed in the Bryansk region, 6 UAVs in Crimea, and another UAV intercepted in the Lipetsk region. Another wave of drone strikes was repelled in the morning. According to the official report by the Ukrainian military, 6 more UAVs were intercepted in the Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk regions. Another Ukrainian UAV was destroyed over the Black Sea near the city of Sevastopol at about midday. The attacks are likely to continue during the day.

Today’s Ukrainian drone strikes result in some damage to the Russian rear infrastructure. In the morning, a fire broke out at an oil depot in the Oryol region. According to the official claims by the local authorities, Ukrainian drone was intercepted by Russian electronic warfare means and fell on the territory of the oil depot located near the village of Malaya Sokhanka. The attack resulted in minor damage to fuel depots. Fortunately, any casualties were avoided.

NATO has so far prohibited the Ukrainian military from launching missile strikes on Russian rear regions (with the exception of the L/DPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions and Crimea). In its turn, the helpless Ukrainian military does not have its own means to respond to Russia‘s devastating strikes on its rear infrastructure. The ongoing shelling and drone strikes in Russian border regions cause great damage to the Russian civilian population and civilian infrastructure, rarely causing damage to some oil depots.





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[stonedyou] 16/7/2024 17:03

RUSSIA COULD CHALLENGE NATO’S HISTORICAL AIR DOMINANCE – MEDIA


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Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher

Business Insider reported that NATO had never faced an adversary of Russia’s calibre after World War II, and it would have been difficult for the alliance to establish air superiority over Russian forces. The warning comes as experts have explained the sombre reality that the F-16 fighter jets, a key aircraft in many NATO air force fleets, provided to Kiev will not be a “magic bullet” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Western allies expect them to be.

“Russia could challenge NATO’s historical air dominance,” reported the media on July 13 after explaining that this is a change from the scenario that emerged after the Cold War when the West had a clear advantage. “Russia would be a very different opponent. It has the territory and industry to build and field massive and sophisticated air defenses that an opponent may struggle to destroy.”

“The US and its allies, even with fleets of fifth-generation stealth fighter jets, likely would find it difficult to establish the same level of air dominance they’ve largely had since the end of World War II,” the New York-based outlet said.

According to experts cited by the portal, Western aviation has never had the experience of combating air defence systems at a level similar to that of Russia’s. During the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian military proved that it could establish extremely difficult air defence areas for the enemy with powerful radars, electronic warfare systems and missiles.

“The Russians could attempt a surprising and impactful opening attack,” the article warned. “For example, the Russians could target vulnerabilities like satellites to try to disrupt the space-based communications and navigation NATO airpower depends upon.”

The worry that Russia could establish air superiority over NATO, particularly over the bloc’s 30 European members, became a more serious consideration after Russian forces methodically obliterated Ukraine’s air force. Russia so impressively dismantled the Ukrainian air force that the Kiev regime is desperately seeking F-16 fighter jets from Western allies to replenish its fleet, even though experts are saying that the aircraft is now obsolete and unlikely to survive the conflict.

“As soon as the Ukrainians encountered Russian-controlled air space, the F-16’s value would diminish markedly, as would its likelihood of survival,” Harrison Kass wrote for the National Interest. “In a conflict with a great power, China for example, the F-16 would remain on the backbench.”

This is a telling revelation considering the US still uses over 900 F-16s, NATO members, including Turkey, Greece, Poland, and Romania, use hundreds more, as well as US non-NATO allies Israel, Taiwan and South Korea. In effect, the F-16 would be rendered almost useless against Russia given that the Eastern European country’s military is ranked second, one above China, according to the 2024 PowerIndex.

Kass warns Kiev that the good performance of the F-16 fighter jets in Iraq and Afghanistan does not say anything about their capabilities against Russian air defences.

After stressing that “the F-16 fighting falcon era is coming to a rapid end,” Kass concludes that the US-made fighter jet “will not offer a magic bullet for Zelensky” and will merely “buy a little more time.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the F-16s supplied to Kiev will be destroyed just like other Western military equipment. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also warned that their appearance in Ukraine will not change anything on the front and that they will be destroyed in the same way as other types of weapons.

Nonetheless, in 2023, several NATO states agreed to supply the Ukrainian armed forces with the fighter jets and launched training programs for Ukrainian pilots. On July 10, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US and its allies are “underway” in sending the promised F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

As Europe and the US are not interested in a viable, pragmatic, and lasting peace agreement in Ukraine which recognises Russian interests in the region and establishes a lasting solution, they are actively prolonging the fighting despite not only the humanitarian consequences but even the weakening of their own military. Whilst NATO members are distracted with training Ukrainian pilots to use fighter jets that are effectively obsolete in any combat with a great power, Russia, as Business Insider has acknowledged, has successfully challenged the air dominance NATO largely enjoyed since the start of the Cold War despite the introduction of fifth-generation fighter jets.





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[stansmith1] 16/7/2024 17:00

lolventing? im just replying to your denialkeep it up please, show just how thick you areim happy to try and find new ways to describe how much of a swallower you are and how england got pumpedangry? im laughing at you as i type, you really are thick, speak to thicky, he gets it

[rackersthedon] 16/7/2024 16:27

stand back folks

Mr Angry venting for the next 7 hours

bless

[jackie ladd] 16/7/2024 16:25

Keep gibbering with ya various usernames

[jackie ladd] 16/7/2024 16:25

Have a good cry Sheedy

[vlad the impaler] 16/7/2024 16:23

Funny feeling you will be on a rooftop soon