Russia will take years to replace nuclear-capable bomber planes that were hit in Ukrainian drone strikes last weekend, according to Western military aviation experts, straining a modernisation programme that is already delayed.
Satellite photos of airfields in Siberia and Russia’s far north show extensive damage from the attacks, with several aircraft completely burnt out, although there are conflicting versions of the total number destroyed or damaged.
The United States assesses that up to 20 warplanes were hit - around half the number estimated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy - and around 10 were destroyed, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
Meanwhile in Afghanistan:
Come in Donkey 1! Donkey 1 kanoby?
Soldier: Sir, Donkey 1 released! But the target is moving!
Did the carrot targeting system get installed on the target?
Soldier: Installed? I mean I put the carrots in the back of the trunk sir, as you told me!
Well done! Our work here is…bang!!!..shit, what did you do with the other carrots?
Soldier:…
“…according to Western military aviation experts…”
Well given some of the aftermath shows ashes we don’t need experts to tell they RuAF got fucked.
yeah, right
May Russia continue to suffer every struggle imaginable
Wouldn’t it be funny if all these various nations just did a reverse uno and like 20 different nations started invading Russia and slicing it up for territorial gain?
Russia is so weak right now.
My dream is a united EU assault on Moscow to dethrone Putin and the Oligarchs and, hopefully, return the nation to a less corrupt state.
At this point, it could easily be done, except that Putin would nuke Europe (and probably everybody else) before going down. That is literally the ONLY reason it hasn’t been done.
My dream is for wars to end, not to make new ones, but you do you I guess
I was so naive once too, but I grew out of it.
You said “my dream is”. So if dreams are comming true, I’m not dreaming of an assault on Russia, I’m dreaming of an end to all wars and sufferring.
That’s a fantasy, not reality. We live in reality.
Reality is there won’t be a unified assault on Moscow either, unless they do something really stupid. And they have done plenty of stupid things already and that hasn’t made anyone do much. People haven’t learned and are trying to appease all over again.
If I learned anything playing Risk, is that you are fucked if you are in the lead… And especially fucked if you go on an offensive.
1 million saiga antelopes is already invading russia, to eat thier crops.
I’m in ur base, eating ur crops.
All your crops are belong to us
This is going to happen. The European age verification and messenger surveillance are preparations to control any remaining opposition for that war.
Yawn.
Why else would it be introduced? If they don’t plan to lock down the entire internet, the age verification is useless. It could be security theater but it receives full media attention. So it is important. What else but war could be so important that it demands so much power over civil liberty?
My theory? To fight Nintendo switch 2 scalpers. It makes more sense than your theory if you could think about it.
It could be. So you agree that the surveillance laws don’t make much sense?
I haven’t said anything about those laws making sense or not, I’ve only implied your reasoning doesn’t make sense.
By presenting an arbitrary other motivation, which implies that there is no obvious motivation.
Yet why does my reasoning not make sense? We fought in Libya. Everybody hates Russia and would be eager to fight if Russia didn’t have nuclear bombs. Remove the critical voices and we are ready to go.
Nuked.
Yes, with all those old soviet nukes that sre surely still around and not rusting away in old bunkers. I’m sure they fly just fine.
If only a handful deploy successfully, it’s a major problem.
I do hope a few blow up in the silos, and render vast swathes of Russia uninhabitable for centuries.
If only a handful get deployed successfully they’ll get shot down by missile defenses.
Hopefully, but not guaranteed. The rockets aren’t all coming out of silos in Russian territory. A launch from a sub off a coastal target like DC, NYC, LA, SF, etc. might reach its target long before a missile defense weapon could target the threat.
Fly, yes. Detonate, ???
You only need a few to work.
“A few” is the amount that get shot down by missile defense systems in such a scenario
Meant as you only need a few to get through. You seriously gonna tempt fate relying on a missile defence system? Only tens of millions dead on the line. Bunch of 14 year old very badasses on this site.
How? Vlad gonna throw them…?
Wouldn’t be funny at all.
It may be the safest bet at dismantling this constant threat for good. Oftentimes the only way the bully learns is when they’re pushed back twice as hard.
Other than that, an Eastern European country really has no business having as much territory in Central and East Asia as Russia does. It’s like if Britain never lost its colonial empire; the whole thing should be torn down so woke shit like the right to self-determination can come to Russia.
russia still has lots of nukes at their disposal which acts as nuclear deterrent and many millions would die trying to slice up russia (getting downvoted because of facts, what a joke some people are)
…if their nukes are even able to detonate. They age out, hence why they needed to be tested so often.
Wait till they see a mandatory conscription form
Can’t have an omelette without breaking a few eggs
Actually…
Dear Russia and Putin, I wish to extend a few words of sympathy to you in these trying times:
LOL! Get fucked, you deserve everything you are getting.
Wish we could see the person that downvoted this
Posts are public on Lemmy. I can’t speak to specific instances and apps, but in the basic web interface, “View Votes” can be found under the three dot menu of each post.
I’ve heard about that but I haven’t seen it yet. I just get options for moderation history which is a really cool feature on its own.
I believe they can see it because they’re an admin of their own instance vs a standard user (I also cannot see who voted, and I think the API keeps that data private for everyone except admins)
Totally fine with that
Agreed, there was a massive discussion about it on github where that sort of was the general outcome at the end of the day as well
There are 20+ visual confirmations, so 40 might be close to the real number.
Slava Ukraine!
The US says it’s 20, and in their new capacity as an official mouthpiece for the government of Russia, you can be sure that means it’s 40. Maybe more.
Oh no…anyways.
At this point they might as well buy them from China.
Although it’s arguable whether it’s worth having strategic bombers anymore. If they only need a platform to launch cruise missiles there are over platforms that can do it.
is the ccp even willingly to give them this much tech. also ccp might already got what they want out of the deal with russia some time ago. inroads into sibera for natural resources, buying thier oil at low prices.
I mean they’d just be replacing decades old planes anyways. When was the last time anyone came out with a new strategic bomber anyways? I guess stealth bombers but China doesn’t even have one.
What’s fun, is that’s not AI. He was singing “where is thumbkin” which then goes down each finger “where is Pointer… where is Tallman….”
I’m the video, that smile comes on as he says “Here is Tallman”, knowing what the gesture was.
I always wondered about that gif. Thanks!
yeah. I saw it the other day when looking for someone dropping a bird with both hands, as a reply to some of this shit. Had to check, because… you know. Mr Rogers would never… (oh he did.)(with a smile!)
here’s the full song, if you were curious about the context.
I’ll be taking that. Thanks.
everyone liked that
Oh gee that sure is unfortunate. /S
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