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Post by epaul on Dec 15, 2022 18:07:01 GMT -5
Not my field of study (trombones and tomatoes), but I believe a tactical nuke is just a general term for smaller nuclear weapon designed to wipe out a good-sized portion of the battlefield by dint of a hell of a damaging blast. The question of what "smaller" means and relative to what is up in the air, but it is bomb designed for the battlefield, not to wipe out an entire city. The idea is, no one dares use the really big bombs, but smaller ones might be ok.
There is a neutron bomb which is designed to have a "limited" blast zone depending instead on the release of lots and lots of radiation to do the job, i.e. leave the buildings standing but wipe out the people. I don't know if neutron bombs are in the current "tactical" arsenal or not. The trouble with relying on radiation to do the job is that radiation can be blocked or slowed (thick walls, earth, even tank armor) so lots of neutron bombs would be needed to release enough radiation to do the job, and even then, it might do the job too slowly, plus wind and weather could affect the results (including sending the radiation cloud back at home team).
For battlefield use, I would prefer the quick surety of a blast to the slow capriciousness of radiation. But, that's just me. And if a big blast is what you want, conventional bombs are pretty darn good at delivering really effective battlefield blasts without that awkward radiation "hangover" (if Russia has any big conventional bombs handy, maybe they are down to bottom of their blast barrel)
My guess is (hey, this is a guitar forum and I'm just guessing because I'm waiting for the oven to warm up) the Russian talk about nukes and tac nukes is just that, talk, desperate bluffing. It's unknown how effective the stuff they have would be and it really would open the door to some really nasty repercussions, for Russia, repercussions that Ukraine just isn't worth.
But, if a fearful rat is cornered...
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Post by jdd2 on Dec 15, 2022 18:25:19 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Dec 15, 2022 19:00:36 GMT -5
Hmm...
Instead of that dumb wall, we could just set off several neutron bombs along the border creating a 50 mile no-travel dead zone. Plus, we would probably pick up several new types of lizards and such as result, thus offsetting the loss of species due to climate change.
(I hope a certain someone doesn't catch wind of this idea. It's right up his alley.)
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 15, 2022 19:11:33 GMT -5
I have no idea what Putin will do in any regard. He doesn't think like most of us.
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 15, 2022 19:30:41 GMT -5
The Ukrainians are doing all the fighting and dying to resist a threat to democracy that's essentially the same as the one Hitler posed in the 1930s. We owe them support and gratitude. IMHO.
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Post by jdd2 on Dec 15, 2022 19:37:34 GMT -5
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 15, 2022 20:22:07 GMT -5
Haven't the sanctions crippled Russia's economy yet?
After all, Senile Joe promised.
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Post by james on Dec 15, 2022 21:07:27 GMT -5
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 15, 2022 21:17:29 GMT -5
Interesting, James.
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Post by RickW on Dec 15, 2022 22:08:27 GMT -5
That’s smart.
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Post by epaul on Dec 15, 2022 22:48:52 GMT -5
Europe and the U.S. will sanction European P&I insurance clubs that insure Russian ships that deliver oil to Europe priced above $60 a barrel.
That's fine. But, Russia isn't currently selling much oil to Europe anyway due to pre-existing sanctions.
Russia sells most of its oil to China and India, and neither China nor India give a fig about European insurance clubs that cover oil shipments to European ports. China and India have their own insurance requirements and have their own ports with their own regulations and enforcement measures. If China and India want oil from their good trading partner, Russia, they will buy all they want.
I don't expect this insurance deal will have anywhere near the impact the above article anticipates. A far bigger deal will be if Covid continues to slow down the Chinese economy, which slows down their oil purchases, which does impact Russia. When/if China's economy heats up again, Russia won't miss its lost oil sales to Europe, a market it has largely been doing without for the last year or so anyway.
Hope springs, but the effectiveness of Euro/U.S. sanctions have for the most part peaked and Russia is getting along and it will continue to do so... unless, somehow, China and India are brought on board.
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 16, 2022 6:44:51 GMT -5
Europe and the U.S. will sanction European P&I insurance clubs that insure Russian ships that deliver oil to Europe priced above $60 a barrel. That's fine. But, Russia isn't currently selling much oil to Europe anyway due to pre-existing sanctions. Russia sells most of its oil to China and India, and neither China nor India give a fig about European insurance clubs that cover oil shipments to European ports. China and India have their own insurance requirements and have their own ports with their own regulations and enforcement measures. If China and India want oil from their good trading partner, Russia, they will buy all they want. I don't expect this insurance deal will have anywhere near the impact the above article anticipates. A far bigger deal will be if Covid continues to slow down the Chinese economy, which slows down their oil purchases, which does impact Russia. When/if China's economy heats up again, Russia won't miss its lost oil sales to Europe, a market it has largely been doing without for the last year or so anyway. Hope springs, but the effectiveness of Euro/U.S. sanctions have for the most part peaked and Russia is getting along and it will continue to do so... unless, somehow, China and India are brought on board. So we're still gleefully going along with a President who blatantly lied in order to get us committed to an endless quagmire and money suck to rashly rush to the aid of another equally corrupt oligarch just because Joe needed another distraction to take our minds off his last utterly inept military disaster? Yeah, thought so. |
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 16, 2022 20:05:38 GMT -5
Russia is getting by. But it will increasingly feel the strain. Things that break can't be fixed.
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Post by t-bob on Dec 17, 2022 1:27:51 GMT -5
A comedian and wartime leader on David Letterman's Next Show Guest ..... Ukrainian Prez
There was small serious but mostly it was about humor. Both had good chuckles & laughs. I enjoyed some of the city -Kyiv- and the Ukra's thoughts re: the war
I wish David would get a beard trim.
on netflix
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 18, 2022 9:20:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 17:36:14 GMT -5
Europe and the U.S. will sanction European P&I insurance clubs that insure Russian ships that deliver oil to Europe priced above $60 a barrel. That's fine. But, Russia isn't currently selling much oil to Europe anyway due to pre-existing sanctions. Russia sells most of its oil to China and India, and neither China nor India give a fig about European insurance clubs that cover oil shipments to European ports. China and India have their own insurance requirements and have their own ports with their own regulations and enforcement measures. If China and India want oil from their good trading partner, Russia, they will buy all they want. I don't expect this insurance deal will have anywhere near the impact the above article anticipates. A far bigger deal will be if Covid continues to slow down the Chinese economy, which slows down their oil purchases, which does impact Russia. When/if China's economy heats up again, Russia won't miss its lost oil sales to Europe, a market it has largely been doing without for the last year or so anyway. Hope springs, but the effectiveness of Euro/U.S. sanctions have for the most part peaked and Russia is getting along and it will continue to do so... unless, somehow, China and India are brought on board. So we're still gleefully going along with a President who blatantly lied in order to get us committed to an endless quagmire and money suck to rashly rush to the aid of another equally corrupt oligarch just because Joe needed another distraction to take our minds off his last utterly inept military disaster? Yeah, thought so. Good point. Eye opening article here. www.npr.org/2022/07/20/1112414884/corruption-concerns-involving-ukraine-are-revived-as-the-war-with-russia-drags-o"As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions of dollars in military, economic and direct financial support aid to Ukraine and encourages its allies to do the same, the Biden administration is now once again grappling with longstanding worries about Ukraine's suitability as a recipient of massive infusions of American aid. Those issues, which date back decades and were not an insignificant part of former President Donald Trump's first impeachment, had been largely pushed to the back burner in the immediate run-up to Russia's invasion and during the first months of the conflict as the U.S. and its partners rallied to Ukraine's defense." Yet again, it's amazing anyone sees a significant difference in this versus previous administrations. |
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Post by james on Dec 18, 2022 19:28:42 GMT -5
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 18, 2022 19:48:54 GMT -5
Ukraine has its problems. That didn't entitle Voldemort to invade it.
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 18, 2022 20:01:42 GMT -5
So we're still gleefully going along with a President who blatantly lied in order to get us committed to an endless quagmire and money suck to rashly rush to the aid of another equally corrupt oligarch just because Joe needed another distraction to take our minds off his last utterly inept military disaster? Yeah, thought so. Good point. Eye opening article here. www.npr.org/2022/07/20/1112414884/corruption-concerns-involving-ukraine-are-revived-as-the-war-with-russia-drags-o"As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions of dollars in military, economic and direct financial support aid to Ukraine and encourages its allies to do the same, the Biden administration is now once again grappling with longstanding worries about Ukraine's suitability as a recipient of massive infusions of American aid. Those issues, which date back decades and were not an insignificant part of former President Donald Trump's first impeachment, had been largely pushed to the back burner in the immediate run-up to Russia's invasion and during the first months of the conflict as the U.S. and its partners rallied to Ukraine's defense." Yet again, it's amazing anyone sees a significant difference in this versus previous administrations. And what's the most recent outrage? Coming Down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church? Wonder what he'll do next to maintain his dictatorship? |
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Post by TKennedy on Dec 18, 2022 20:54:34 GMT -5
TASS?  Think I’ll stick with AP and Reuters  |
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Think I’ll stick with AP and Reuters 