@NotBadgers@PokerPolitics Yes. And for once, I actually believe him. With "peace talks" set today with US stooges / Ukraine, this just reeks of Trump admin coercion. US Space Force owns this specific constellation, is subject to the C-in-C whims. Can't wait for congress to bring people to the hot seat.
@PokerPolitics@nmewrath Yeah I guess you're right. I had envisioned whiskey Pete unpopular enough in angry lame ducks / RINO types we either got 2 votes + Massie to enter a process, or GOP really did kill it without DEMs helping on real vote. If a go for circus House, a clock running it out..
@PokerPolitics@nmewrath Massie noted he had Dems support, it was no surprise, and exactly 7 GOP also didn't show which is interesting... a deal maybe? Wonder if it went the other way, if the MAGAs would be freaking out on the "do your jobs" front instead.../2
@PokerPolitics@nmewrath Yeah don't get me wrong, was going nowhere. I likened it to more of a "dry run", dig into Hegseth, see what sticks. GOP like Bacon, some hilarious comments, "ohh I voted no because I don't like THESE articles...". Plus, hard to do damage if you busy House up for 6 weeks. But../1
@clement_molin@cpartisans Would only point out Bakhmut, early 2023, with Wagner PMC pioneering "convict-to-take-a-bullet to reveal firing positions" pipeline, DPR/LPR/colonial formations were separate & participated heavily. Highly doubt that got "filed" here, certainly not with the accuracy / detail.
@CoopTory Well, OK but if we look at what matters here, its permanent admissions. The 2025 aggregate numbers are not bad. Now, we make a point that "economic quality" matters on programs like PNP, Express... which we got away from for a bit 4 years ago.... sigh....
@sonne4700@Rebel44CZ ... less modern interceptors become essentially useless no matter how many you have, attacking ๐ท๐บ manufacturing capabilities. Either way I do agree either dimension is not any more sustainable for ๐ท๐บ than it is for ๐บ๐ฆ in the long run eventually./3
@sonne4700@Rebel44CZ .. only a couple of drones got through, ๐บ๐ฆ used up several hundred drones in the attack. However, will be known as a qty issue when saturation on high end targets sees a lot get through, and a quality issue (hopefully) when ๐บ๐ฆ ballistic missile starts rendering less capable../2
@PokerPolitics He conveniently forgets to mention Congress retroactively passed Lincoln's executive orders including Habeas Corpus, backing up Lincoln's rationale. Was never a head fake for FA. I somehow doubt congressional Dems are on board for the FO fun back in session.
@Rebel44CZ .. just fine on "take your chances" stuff constantly. Other hand just like Gephard, drones make the 80s cool again for cold war AD. If USSR stuff survives launch, it will have a revisionist time on pretty easy turbo prop drone targets, just never enough on saturation attacks. /2
@Rebel44CZ Absolutely, ๐บ๐ฆ had something like ~300 S-300 systems at start of 2022. Early days, ๐ท๐บ VKS was kept at bay with this primarily. Just pointing out, lot of years building on what was considered strategic to them / without much using adds up. Culturally ๐ท๐บ blows themselves up../1
@EAnus68951@Rebel44CZ No... like ๐ท๐บ, ๐บ๐ฆ just increases manufacturability and are now prepared to lose 80% in swarms to get hits. And just like ๐บ๐ฆ and even the US experienced, quality point defense while not a huge problem, quality point defense "everywhere at once" is a really, really big problem.
@Rebel44CZ Now consider last USSR/๐ท๐บ faced an enemy in their endless imperialist BS with a forbidable air force? So they haven't even been a consumable & they likely have 90%+ of stock made since 1978 (S-300 op intro). I understand they even mothballed S-200 interceptors as range targets.
@Rebel44CZ Likely a shit-ton. USSR always knew they could never match numbers with NATO fighters, so GBAD was huge element of IAD. Unlike US/NATO which destroys old missile stock, like everything else USSR/๐ท๐บ just stores it. Remember ground attack S-300s? Converted older air interceptors./1
@Mr_Alex_Graham@MikePMoffatt So, total permanent, 8000 more males in 2025 primarily driven by skills, economic needs of the country type issues. You're trying to make some case against 42M population that it suddenly creates great social imbalance upheaval.
@Mr_Alex_Graham@MikePMoffatt You're getting mixed up between TFW which have expiring visas & go home v. permanent resident admissions. Not hard to look at permanent immigration stats (some of which women dominate, others like PNP where we care more about economic outcomes) that overall, it's pretty close./1
@angelohikebike@MikePMoffatt@liberal_party It's concerning you can't grasp basic mathematics. We allow 370K temporary workers in your category (who by definition cannot stay when their visa runs out). Let's pretend that's 80% male just for laughs to outline your stupidity. That doesn't move the needle on 42M population.