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I tried this a couple of days ago. It did not go down well at all. I've learnt that during war-time one shall not try to see the enemy's perspective.
That is the most powerful one they have I assume.... They have numerous other thermobaric options with significantly smaller blast radius
Other sources show the foab at 300m
That's a fair call.
Tsar bomba the biggest hydrogen bomb ever detonated had blast radius of 35km, no conventional weapon could be even close to that
The perspective still equally applies. Ukraine is just the step too far from his point of view given the historical and geographical situation.
I don't mean to be pedantic, and yeah I agree, us humans are terrible, yet I've never understood the idea of animals living peacefully when they eat each other.
And the coach is a self proclaimed tactical genius
Yeah, I think it was an error by the journalist.
How does he have a fair and genuine security concern?
Does anyone really think that on this side of the 1990, there's actually any wishes whatsoever to invade or attack Russia?
I hope that's the case. That said, Putin does have the technology and it was spotted being rolled into Ukraine as recently as yesterday.
Cherkasy does house a large chemical factory, maybe that?:
Edit: Or, more likely, what Sweet Square just posted.
Edit: Or, more likely, what Sweet Square just posted.
There's something flashing up before the explosion and the explosion is on the ground (a huge bomb you'd want to detonate above ground). Both make more sense if its a weapons depot / fuel / something else.
Probably the former soviet countries.
Just did a quick google, looks like Poland and Slovakia has some Mig-29's, not very many though.
That's what I saw mentioned and it kind of fits. There is a second explosion on the video.
There are no nazis in the Ukrainian government. The president is Jewish and a former comedian.
Putin is just lying. He is using the exact same technique Cameroon and Sarkozy used to justify the attack on Libya. Fabricate some stuff, blow some events way out of proportions, and pretend you got no choice but to intervene.
Putin said he was going to protect Donbas' region from genocide. There is no genocide intent whatsoever. Ukraine has been trying to end the rebellion there, but that's all.
Many in Russia seem to be accepting that it's Russia's duty to protect the Donbas' region and that's why Russia voted to recognize them as independent republics. But the public in Russia is not onboard for the occupation of Kyiv. And it is probably in order to cover that part, Putin is now talking about Nukes. He want his people to hear there is an exitential threat from "the evil west" and he has no choice but to defend Russia by going on and "denazifying" Ukraine to avoid the alternative which would be the "Nuclear war".
If the pople accept the idea that they are being protected from a "nuclear war", the financial hit they are about to take would seem less important in comparison.
Surely the shock wave would go further than 35km?
I wonder how Russia might react to former client states giving russian made planes to fight Russia.... Given Putin's recent reactions I suspect not well at all
300km each way from the impact point? Jeeze, you could wipe out a HUGE amount of England with just one of them if they actually existed! For context, 300km is 186 or so miles, it's only 160 miles from Manchester to London!!
300m is definitely more realistic and likely, so yeah i'd say it's definitely an error in the article haha. Still, that video is scary
Could you maybe explain to me why Putin is a dick?
Not all of them do. But even that is just a part of the natural process. What however is not natural is what we are witnessing right here. There will never be an answer for any of this except that humans are naturally evil.
What?
You what?
Holy shit, this second one looks and sounds much more ominous to me...
After seeing this, I'm more convinced its a Thermobaric Bomb. Trump dropped one on ISIS positions in Afghanistan in 2017. Note the similarities between what appear to be multiple explosions - the first, not particularly big; the 2nd far more massive and destructive.
The "two explosions" from Wiki: A fuel–air explosive (FAE) device consists of a container of fuel and two separate explosive charges. After the munition is dropped or fired, the first explosive charge bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel (and possibly ionizes it, depending on whether a fused quartz dispersal charge container was employed) in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen (the size of the cloud varies with the size of the munition). The cloud of fuel flows around objects and into structures. The second charge then detonates the cloud and creates a massive blast wave. The blast wave can destroy reinforced buildings, equipment and kill or injure people.
I asked a sarcastic question about why Putin wanted to blow up the world and then I got an essay for an answer. So, I decided to continue down this line, since I was curious if the poster might give me some insight on the matter. It was worth a shot.
You're an odd man.
Having missiles lined up all along your border put there by an organisation created literally against you is not a concern? Not today, but what about in some years? No one can guarantee future peace and security.
Oh right, as you were
You want to read another essay?
Oh, I'm not going to read it.
Does it matter what we think? The West literally promised MG and Russia back then not to move an inch to the East, yet NATO have added several ex-Soviet states under its wings since then and for the past 15-20 years have been flirting with Russia's closest neighbour. For a nationalist like Putin that is a breach of trust and a threat.
