The War in Ukraine

[brihard]

I translate the article above as the current American administration want to micro manage its way to victory..,...

Or there was something planned that would have been too destabilizing and potentially escalatory if succesful?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Or there was something planned that would have been too destabilizing and potentially escalatory if succesful?

I read it more that way, too.

OP edit to add ....

I translate the article above as the current American administration want to micro manage its way to victory..,...

OK, I'll refine my take a bit: 85% "ya know, it could get REALLY ugly for more than just you guys if you do this" and 15% back-seat driver.

 

[Kirkhill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813552965766332515

limited barrel production in Russia? I wonder how true this is and if they can just get them from China Iran and NK?
Plus bought them from Austria wtf

Another reason why drones and missiles will replace guns.

Nobody has the forges and the metalworking infrastructure of the 19th century that built bridges, railways, ships, boilers, skyscrapers and Eiffel towers. That infrastructure enabled the shells of WW1 and WW2.

Now we build with silicon and carbon and a multitude of exotics.

That is what we will be throwing at each other.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Another reason why drones and missiles will replace guns.

Nobody has the forges and the metalworking infrastructure of the 19th century that built bridges, railways, ships, boilers, skyscrapers and Eiffel towers. That infrastructure enabled the shells of WW1 and WW2.

Now we build with silicon and carbon and a multitude of exotics.

That is what we will be throwing at each other.

Very few places have the means of manufacturing those exotics as well.

Biggest difference between the 19th century tech and modern tech is I can set up 19th century tech and get it going from scratch, modern tech is a bit more difficult to do.

It all relies on a few countries to make it, and if they choose to withhold it you are screwed. Look at microchips for example, amazing to have but if they refuse to supply you have no alternative options.

 

[Kirkhill]

Very few places have the means of manufacturing those exotics as well.

Biggest difference between the 19th century tech and modern tech is I can set up 19th century tech and get it going from scratch, modern tech is a bit more difficult to do.

It all relies on a few countries to make it, and if they choose to withhold it you are screwed. Look at microchips for example, amazing to have but if they refuse to supply you have no alternative options.

If people feel the need to throw things at each other they will find things to throw.

 

[KevinB]

Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine

DOD announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.

www.defense.gov

Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package valued at up to $200 million to provide Ukraine with key capabilities, including: air defense interceptors; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons.

In addition, DoD is announcing a significant package of support using approximately $1.5 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. This package includes capabilities to augment Ukraine's air defenses, fires, and anti-tank weapons, as well as funding to sustain equipment previously committed by the United States.

The capabilities in this announcement include:

• Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
• Short- and medium-range air defense munitions;
• RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
• Electronic Warfare equipment;
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
• 120mm mortar rounds;
• Precision aerial munitions;
• Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
• Small arms;
• Explosives material and demolitions equipment and munitions;
• Secure communications systems;
• Commercial satellite imagery services; and
• Spare parts, maintenance and sustainment support, and other ancillary equipment.

This is the Biden Administration's twentieth USAI package and sixty-second tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine and since August 2021.

The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners to ensure Ukraine's brave defenders receive the critical capabilities needed to fight Russian aggression.