Why Russia Isn't Shooting Down US Aircraft Helping Ukraine

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[@Hmzmslm]

Russia allways accuse Nato members to be Not Brave, cowards and fa**** .....But in fact you See how they got Kicked by ukrainians every day......

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

Open a discord? Did you get banned?????

[@dominien6487]

no

[@johnd2058]

For real, someone asked you that?! Because nukes!!! Does history still not go past 1962 in high school?

[@olewillyboy]

You do realize that the Soviets openly supplied the North Koreans and North Vietnamese during those wars , right?

[@rogermartinez78]

You are very correct my friend!

[@BenJamin-rt7ui]

And covertly operated equipment and aircraft.

[@Hyype]

There were experienced Soviets caught training the VC too

[@aricgoetz910]

exactly

[@brutuskleais4178]

Russian trawlers sailed off Guam to alert North Viet Nam exactly when a B52 strike was on the way!

[@jannegrey593]

Because it would be a declaration of War. And that goes for any NATO plane as well. Would trigger article 5.

[@B4119812B]

28 countries are in NATO. If a NATO member gets attacked that would be 28 countries vs Russia. Not even Russia is THAT stupid-yet. If Finland and Sweden join NATO that would be even better.

[@jannegrey593]

@@Flo_Henk Military Plane - my mistake obviously. Thanks for correction. Thing is that people often don't realize that NATO specifically includes their military vehicles/vessels/planes in what can be considered attack or equivalent to declaration of War.

[@Flo_Henk]

@@jgn593 Oh right you are. I thought it was Dutch. They probably still would have gotten away with it though.

[@jannegrey593]

@@B4119812B Yes. I know. I cheer for Finland and Sweden. And honestly I'm amazed on how most of Europe (including all but 2 countries in EU I think) seem to try to help Ukraine a lot without getting involved in fighting themselves. But if Putin does make a move against any NATO country - I know at least 1 country that is "itching" to help Ukraine more directly. Let's just hope that all the stupidity of this invasion was due to fifth service not believing that there would be invasion so pocketing all the money that was supposed to go to fund Anti-Ukrainian Resistance and misinforming Putin of how great their achievements were. Because this is the only scenario in which launching a full scale invasion on Ukraine by Putin makes anything resembling "sense". So I hope this doesn't escalate now that Putin knows.

[@jannegrey593]

@@Flo_Henk I think majority of passengers were Dutch. Plane was Malaysian.

[@paulmakinson1965]

There is a strict definition of "co-belligerent nation" in international law. You have to have soldiers on the ground in the uniform of the co-belligerent nation. That would be the case if the Belarus military entered Ukraine. Providing intelligence is not a part of co-belligerence. A country at war is allowed to buy weapons for its defense. That is why it officially is a "lend/lease". Whoever provides those weapons is not a co-belligerent either.

[@binder946]

It's power of the country that decides these definitions. A weaker country can be bombed for just having someone in that country.

[@trimetrodon]

There are US soldiers on the ground in Ukraine.

[@meme3395]

What if there are troops on the ground but in the uniforms used by the country they are helping? What then?

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Exactly, providing weapons and intelligence is just good diplomacy.

[@DARKzoar0k]

@me me doesnt count if not proven

[@TheSquad25]

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.-Jimmy Doolittle

[@stevedunne1571]

And that, kids, is why we won in Vietnam.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Same reason why NATO won't enforce a "no-fly zone".

[@petrilofberg1758]

Russia dosent want escalation either.

[@kissthesky40]

@@petrilofberg1758 But will without hesitation. The illegitimate US gov’t is their enemy and ours.

[@hdjono3351]

@@petrilofberg1758 I don’t think anyone really wants ww3

[@petrilofberg1758]

@@kissthesky40 Biden being bad dosent mean Putin is somehow good both fucking suck.

[@jethrox827]

The end of the world isn't much fun

[@whiskeysierra972]

3:20 Both Russia and China sent advanced weapons directly to Vietnam during the 1960s-1970s. Russia also provided intelligence and early warning on B52 raids flying from Guam causing the loss of many aircraft. So I guess this is just a case of reap what you sow. I remember your video declaring that Ukraine can't possibly withstand Russia's attack if they do invade. That didn't age well.

[@bartfoster1311]

No, you reap what you sow. You rip what you sew.

[@MikeOxlong-]

This guy really isn’t all that bright considering the channel he’s operating and how long he’s been doing it... Like even the title - besides being 110% click bait, the fact that it was written as such plus the apparent need to even create this video at all says quite a bit. I’d be pretty surprised if less than 90% of those who even watch these videos don’t know the answers to these questions before watching.

[@fensoxx]

@@MikeOxlong- yeah I knew the answers. Just watched because it’s hot as hell on a Saturday night and the subject matter interests me enough to try to find a diamond in the rough as far as new info goes

[@ozzy7763]

Don’t forget about the Russian pilots flying the Migs in both of those wars plus Spetznaz sniper teams operating in South Vietnam.

[@YMCLilRodney]

@@MikeOxlong- Ukraine would be flattened by now if it weren’t for western countries completely depleting their weapons stockpiles by sending them to Ukraine, covert cabal wasn’t alone in saying this war would be over quick, basically every military analyst said the exact same thing up until the war started

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this!

[@daklakdigital3691]

MESH-type radio systems are hard to track as a given transmission is repeated time and time again over each Mesh link. Apple cells use a Mesh-like system, and there are several disparate signalling systems in use - all using Mesh repeaters.

[@xiphoid2011]

NATO supplying ukraine isn't doing anything different than the Chinese and Russians supplying north Vietnam, north korea, Syria during their fight against the west. Basically history has set an example.

[@MrAvant123]

In Vietnam US Navy pilots had to overfly and watch and under no circumstances engage Russian ships offloading war materials to N Vietnam. But of course we are not taking into account the one-sided way Putin sees the situation.

[@trezapoioiuy]

@@MrAvant123 In Vietnam I tihnk Soviet pilots were even directly involved

[@ferry602]

Syria was (and is) a Russian ally, than it is normal the Russians gives Syria logistic and military support.

[@curocurovic6675]

@@MrAvant123 what did americans declare before the raid on Iraq?

[@garysimpson1988]

EXACTLY

[@nicholasconder4703]

It would also be difficult for Russia to explain why they are shooting down an aircraft from a technically non-belligerent nation in international airspace or the airspace of another country. If the US aircraft drifted into Russian airspace, that would be a different matter. Also, Russia has a really bad track record of shooting down civilian aircraft, like KAL007 in 1983 or MH17 over Ukraine in 2014. What if Russia fired an S400 and it locked onto a passenger or cargo plane instead of the US military aircraft. Imagine the repercussions for Russia. Things are bad enough on the international stage, and I doubt they want to make things worse.

[@drunkrumjack]

Also its likely such "allied" or Ukrainian logistical aircraft up until they fly over the "contested" airspace border are escorted by stealth fighters. Does Russia risk losing even more aircraft and experienced pilots especially when already paranoid they'll come under air attack themselves? Are the air routes jamming radar by allies so the Russians don't even know where to hunt for them? However from the occasion air raid from Ukrainian forces its actually not paranoia on Russia to save your better assets for when you need it.

[@sicsempertyrannis688]

It’s already happend, Russian separatists have already shot down civilian passenger jet flights in the past that flew over Ukrainian airspace

[@zaramacho1]

@MestizoMarquez and the orcs would be crushed by NATO!

[@moniquelumpkin5466]

BLABLABA OVER PROPAGANDA

[@JohnDoe-wv7ep]

there aren’t any civilian aircraft operating in Ukraine, at least not of the cargo or passenger variety

[@denniswaite7998]

The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system. Production was later taken over by Raytheon Corporation when it purchased the defense production business of Texas Instruments.

[@chrismachabee3128]

I think so. Really good report.

[@Pablotome97]

Because it would be considered an act of war, that's it. No more explanation needed

[@MintyLime703]

Skirmishes happen all the time without a declaration though.

[@danielteague3284]

Self explanatory..... 🙄 Duh 🙄

[@lerodz1]

I concur. No need to make an explanatory video. This just clickbait

[@necondaa]

@@lerodz1 Then don’t watch the video

[@1nation964]

Russia does not fear the USA and can shoot down US aircraft.

[@RedArrow2007]

As far as supplying weapons to countries at war, in the Vietnam war, Russia was supplying their best planes at the time to North Vietnam which in turn killed many Americans.

[@samuelgitonga3770]

Haha sure that war would have made a Democratic country on the china border but the American cut short the funds plus the people at home because of media.Allies doctrine doesn't allow more death and hardware as China and russia.Even in Vietnam as well as Korean ration is 1:4-6 allies like carpet bombing and ground troops with close air support

[@RedArrow2007]

@@samuelgitonga3770 Vietnam war was more motivated by the Vatican than making it a Democratic country, Vietnam had no real value overall to the US! And of course, at that time, that war was very unpopular with the American population. No war, but yet, Taiwan elects its own leadership, like Russia claiming Ukraine, China claiming Taiwan.

[@RedArrow2007]

@Tommy Aung - TA This is a different type of war, it's old world order vs. new world order...

[@samuelgitonga3770]

@Tommy Aung - TA But you can imagine an army arriving thru sea and still can hold the line.Mmhh we don't really know how things would have turned out but Vietnam would have been split and definitely the american side would be way more successful

[@peterraidal6659]

Why didn't they sent trump

[@jimw1647]

Thank you, W, for pointing that out.

[@JoeOvercoat]

7:35 such a fine looking aircraft and so understated in its capacities.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Because that would start an international incident.

[@topkek1194]

@John Smith or start a world war which is what would most likely happen

[@92HazelMocha]

@John Smith Definitely not. Eastern European NATO countries have already called several times for direct nato intervention in Ukraine, if Russia shot down a US ISR bird, Nato countries like Poland would likely immediately become directly involved in the conflict.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@John Smith, You don’t remember when the USSR shot down a U2 spy plane do you.

[@merryprankster2367]

@John Smith No, it more likely would involve retaliation and open season on any Russian aircraft within range of NATO countries. While Russian aircraft are often quite good (Indian pilots flying Su-30s against American Super Hornets gave the Americans a run for their money. Of course the Indians train like the British and not Russians), their pilots seriously lack flying hours to survive against western trained pilots. Furthermore, you would probably see a wave of Tomahawks hitting various Russian military targets as well.

[@merryprankster2367]

@John Smith Not the one knocked down over Cuba that almost turned the Cold War hot in 1962.

[@StevenBanks123]

Russia: “We must defend ourselves against this outrageous resistance to our attack!”

[@godemperor161]

I just love the selective pacifism

[@reserva120]

stealing that one buddy..well done sir:)

[@tmak4699]

its a world of lies! our creator wont put up with this much longer...sucks to suck! pretty soon everyone will be spending their last seconds wondering if god will save them...he wont for many! being a christian is a life of being attacked by just about everyone..and still being a decent person..you need to pay your dues..and you need to apologize for every single last sin you can think of..this life was a gift and a trial..this isnt a joke.. what you do here will determine your fate for eternity...you all heard the message, the 10 commandments and also had the chance to repent..dont be dumb save your soul

[@jimmyjones9802]

this whole thing is insanity.

[@simplyyellow6240]

Russia "We must defend ourself from NATO plan on putting their Strategic Nuclear missile in ukraine,if that happen,we won't be able to stop it from launching it to moskva."

[@jordancobb7553]

They know better and do not want destroyed

[@tovarish_kommandir]

Atleast this guy speaks for both sides

[@RashaKahn]

US: “We can’t tell you precisely where this general is.” Ukraine: 🙁 US: “But we can tell you where his shoes are moving to.” Ukraine: 😈

[@LIE4ME]

This just in: Russian Generals Driver injured when vehicle hit with laser marked bomb. Occupant in the rear also fatally wounded when missile apparently exploded on top of him in what one Ukraine official declared a "direct hit... to the vehicle. Yes the vehicle was hit directly. That's what we meant."

[@johnruiz6743]

🤣

[@stevie65able]

😆😆😆

[@jamesnewman5341]

RoC 77: I can't tell you what the US is saying, but I will make something up.

[@currahee]

​@@jamesnewman5341 James Newman: This guy is obviously just making a joke, but let me be a smartass and embarrass myself by taking it seriously ☝🤓

[@paulnunya3429]

Russia had given equipment and advisors to help North Korea and Vietnam when we were at war with the two. In fact, both wars Russia had some of their fighter pilots participate in air to air combat with U.S. pilots.

[@lunafringe10]

Read how the US bombarded helpless and defenseless citizens of Pyongyang for 4 straight weeks, Its on YT

[@aksmex2576]

No doubt the US and Nato have "advisors" and "volunteers" in Ukraine. I bet some of the Polish tanks "donated" are donated along with the crew. Some of the aircraft too. The CIA added 2 stars for agents lost recently after Mariupol was taken.

[@gaoxiaen1]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Alley

[@Cheburek817]

I like that walk in the park tone just like luftwafe and so many before ! History is a loopy thing

[@JayBaddAssCutler]

Those AWACS have F-35s and F-22s running security. Russia wouldn’t even see them

[@willieboip]

I don’t think it takes 10 minutes to answer that question but I always love the content 🔥

[@MrDick410]

1000%

[@davidsmith5717]

9.58👌🏻

[@NereoSal]

You're right, but it also takes a sharp mind to summarize such a complex subject in just 10 minutes. Having said that, I would really enjoy longer, in-depth videos on this channel.

[@emergcon]

The otherway around would be interessting. Per international law ukraine has invited nato forces, so if we would send troops there it wouldnt be an act of war. Russia did the same in syria.

[@gamersofthegalaxy7920]

@@NereoSal lmao this isn’t a complex subject😂😂the answer is 100% black and white, it’s not hard to understand what happens if Russians were to shoot at other foreign countries aiding ukraine

[@shaneg9081]

Russia has a fraction of the strength that they claim. This absolutely includes their nukes, too. They can't fight the US directly in conventional warfare because if things escalate they maybe have 1/10th of the arsenal that they claim to, and those missiles are so old and poorly maintained that they aren't sure that they'd actually reach their targets. The invasion of Ukraine was supposed to prove their Army isn't falling apart and considering that Ukraine has one of the weakest armies in Europe it has been an absolute failure. Russia literally can't afford to attack a US plane.

[@Industrialitis]

It's impossible to know for sure but within a few years Russia could have ZERO operational warheads due to radioactive decay. The warheads have to be cleaned up and decay byproducts removed periodically and it is VERY expensive. Supposedly the plant that services warheads closed in the 2000's.

[@jgray7970]

Sure, can I get some of what your smoking?

[@shaneg9081]

@@jgray7970 I might have been exagerating a bit, but the Russians do currently have a huge missile problem. The R-36 is an ICBM that can carry 10 nuclear warheads and Russia themselves set a goal decommission all of them by the end of 2019, they didn't. Its successor, the RS-28 has only just begun manufacturing this year. That one obsolete system has left upwards of 1/3 of Russian nukes stranded on top of missiles they know they can't safely fire. That's just one of their obsolete platforms. The RS-26 was another new missile system that was designed and in 2018 they scrapped the project because it was a failure and probably illegal. The RS-24 is a capable missile recently developed, but they can only build around 20 a year right now. An incredibly large portion of their nukes are strapped to missiles that are potentially more dangerous to Russia itself than they are to any would be target, and the Russian government is very well aware of this fact.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Thing is, when it comes to nukes, when you have that many, you can afford a fairly high failure rate…

[@vdmlsk]

You are extremely naive by thinking that Russia doesn’t have enough arsenal to fight USA. We are in 2022, not in Soviet Union times. USA failed in Afghanistan, Syria and so on and you are saying that Russia is not capable. Wake up or it will be too late, such naive people die first by the way.

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[@beastboss90]

I would argue, according to my info, that the US refrained even when USSR (back then) was sending brand new SA2 to Vietnam. They would wait for the station to be set up and the russian technicians to have left the area before sending wild weasels in. At least for what i know..

[@williamzk9083]

Yes the rules of engagement basically meant that the SAM site could not be attacked until it was operational.

[@dilasgrau6433]

Actually this is only a special operation. If this is an open war, aka www3, everything that enter the battle space will be down including satellites. Let's wait for this, things are slowly deteriorating now.

[@hoghogwild]

And the US wouldnt mine Haiphong harbour for fear of a Soviet ship being hit.

[@lunafringe10]

are you still stunned abt the Russian help for Vietnam?

[@beastboss90]

Juju Rellama i see your capabilities of reading and contextualizing are a bit lacking perhaps... question was askedi n the video: “it would be interesting to see how the US would have done”. Here is the answer. No one is “stunned”.

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

I could just about see Russia being cheeky enough to shoot down a NATO aircraft if it was inside the borders of Ukraine as that would be a grey area due to NATO choosing to enter the warzone. From what I understand, NATO jets are operating within NATO airspace though. To shoot one of their jets down within NATO airspace would clearly be an escalation that NATO would almost certainly have to respond to in some way.

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

They could have shoot down the plane carrying Anthony Blinken and Lloyd Austin when they visited Kyiv 25th April. However, they didn't while they have shot at multiple trains carrying high representatives of EU countries that visited Ukraine by train.

[@xiphoid2011]

@@hendrikdependrik1891 attacking diplomatic staff would be a serious violation of international law. You would do that for the same reason you don't attack an embassy even if it's in the middle of your country.

[@whitelabrat]

No they won't do that. Their MO is different. If this were China yes they would engage probably. China has much less fear of US reprisals for what ever reason. Could be they are over confident, or it could be they are well aware the US military would never actually invade China directly, or it could be their military tech and organization is better than people think. It is hard to tell. China has considered seriously sinking a US carrier and seem pretty confident they would not fail. Russia's main focus over the years has been aircraft and anti-aircraft systems. The war they are currently in could benefit from air operations but it is becoming clear that the Russian pilots and command are afraid of the integrated air defenses Ukraine built over the last 20 years. In that sense this is not a fight of say the US into Iraq. There the US air force can just blitz the air defense networks and airbases over night and pretty much win. The Ukraine has much more sophisticated air defenses that are mostly Russian made designed to be very mobile and layered. It is a case of the Russians respecting their own hardware. Remember that in the Serbian conflict 3 mobile launchers that the Serbs had were a nightmare for the US and EU forces to deal with and probably bagged a F-117 at the time as well as a few other aircraft and we only neutralized one of them. Russia would be heading into a whole defense network made up of mobile launchers and gun systems backed by Mig-29's and with long range intel provided by the US and EU. The result is probably keeping both sides aircraft well back from the front lines... Ukrainian aircraft don't seem to get close to the Russian border either. No one wants to test the other sides air defenses. The Ukraine is not Afghanistan or Iraq or Syria. It is closer in power to many EU countries and probably somewhat less strong than say Turkey. This conflict does not look like previous conflicts at all.

[@CorePathway]

Not so easy, look how far away they would have to launch missiles from. What has that range? It would have to be a fighter being tracked by our AWACs

[@kissthesky40]

As they should.

[@richardhampton4915]

During the Vietnam war who do you think was supplying Vietnamese

[@BoneyRasputin]

I’m pretty sure we either float it in or covert it in. It’s a pretty big border…

[@marcstump517]

I'm old enough to remember watching the Soviet Union unload SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in Hai-Phong harbor during the Viet Nam war so I want to hear not a damn thing from Russia about us helping the Ukraine!

[@cfw620]

Didn't you guys already get your revenge when you helped out the Taliban in the 80s? (And then got assblasted by them 30 years later :^))

[@doublehelix7880]

So, when USA is invading another country - it is killing millions for democracy, but when another country does the same - it is attack on the democracy... Hypocrisy at its finest... And I guess your father fought in WWII against the *azis, but now you are fine to support them. I guess he would be extremely proud with you.

[@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe]

Go to sleep grandpa what are you doing out of your death-bed

[@robertduran3333]

Its Ukraine not The Ukraine

[@mrianwonder6527]

In the war where YOU were the bad guys and russia backed the Vietnamese people against invading french and americans? Not a very example, what are you goig to bring up next the Cuban missile crisis? Russia are the actual bad guys here, lets not compare it to when WE were the bad guys!

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Short Answer: it’s the same reason the US and NATO aren’t shwacking every Russia aircraft they detect.

[@kennethrohen5963]

Include ships and submarines.

[@hemendraravi4787]

no lol

[@hemendraravi4787]

russia is fighting a neighboring country ,while usa literally has no reason to attack a country thats 1000s of miless away from them (atleast the russia-ukraine border) and ukraine is not a part of nato,

[@ceddricc5909]

@@hemendraravi4787 dude didn't you read what these guys said? It's literally the best reason nothing else

[@TheLAGopher]

The US has Allie’s such as Poland and Romania who are NATO members and border Ukraine. If those countries are threatened that’s the same as threatening the USA itself.

[@kenguier8464]

They know if they do, they will get their ass kicked: ROYALY.

[@namiboosterhuizen6610]

Excellent intel ;)

[@alanrobertson9790]

The question is stupid as most commentators have already spotted. Shooting down aircraft within NATO airspace would lead to a wider war. Russia can hardly cope in Ukraine why would it want that?

[@eliaskaram2325]

Remember when Russia claimed its attack on Kyiv was a faint? 😂😂😂

[@lunafringe10]

dont fall into a trap my friend, When Germany invaded Russia, despite a treaty of non aggression, Russia had to drop back . And it did, but what came later.., was horror, for the aggressor.

[@alanrobertson9790]

@@lunafringe10 What you said is true but you have failed to consider why. With Swedes in 17th century, Napoleon at start of 19th and Hitler in 20th the logistics was horses. Yes even Germany in WW2 was dependent on many horses. So Russia could retreat within the interior and allow the lack of logistics to aid it. With widespread road transport, supply aircraft and long range missiles distance is not the issue it once was. Also Europe has over 3 times the population and 10 times the GDP so the supply side this time is heavily against Russia. In this war it is the lack of Russian logistics even over the shorter distance to Ukraine that has become apparent. So correct argument but you have misunderstood the outcome.

[@harryspeakup8452]

@@lunafringe10 Yes, and that is the horror that Russia is experiencing, in Ukraine

[@joelwillems4081]

@@lunafringe10 Interesting though considering what Russia did to Ukraine during WWII. Stalin killed more of his own people then the Nazis did. In fact, Stalin killed more of the population of the Soviet Union, then Hitler killed of the population of Europe. There's a reason that Finland sided with Germany against the USSR. They knew the worse enemy.

[@MaximGhost]

Outside of nukes, Russia is a paper bear, er, tiger. This has been the case since the west first got a hold of the "invincible" MiG-25 when pilot Viktor Belenko defected by flying his MiG-25 to Japan.

[@brianross4057]

Watch this from 18.25 where a British fighter/test pilot has flown a SU27 and his appraisal of it shjould change your very naive view of the Ruzzian gear. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn7Xc3uGqNWimJY

[@claudebylion9932]

Toothless and clawless old pensionable bear.

[@clinpsydoc]

Korean Conflict. They did send weapons, advisors, and more.

[@iamKBCummings]

I was involved in Sigint during the Cold War. We could identify even some "walky-talkys". i If a given radio had moved 5000 klmeters then the Nth division had moved there.

[@MrJdsenior]

A FLIR is an electro optic system. Optic doesn't mean visible, it means the system uses optics. The one I did a tiny bit of work on was called EOSS, the EO is obvious, SS is sensor system. It was for the 23 but is now on the F22. I was working another lower performance FLIR at the time, the test set, actually.

[@danielmocsny5066]

Yes, infrared is invisible to the human eye but it obeys optical principles. This is easy to test with a television remote and a mirror. Set up the mirror so it faces the television, say against the opposite wall of the room. Then if you can see the television by looking in the mirror, you can operate the television by aiming the remote at the mirror.

[@ic7481]

What sort of sensor size do they use?

[@freakmil1537]

You've better keep your mouth shut on precise information of US military capabilities, or you will end up detained be FBI and in the court. Retire from the military community does not provide you immunity about obtained knowledge still in status of "classified". I report leaks and this is not a warning.

[@ic7481]

@@freakmil1537 You can't even use correct grammar, so I highly doubt it.

[@jrkr7357]

It doesn't matter. Kherson is in the process of applying to become a Russia's state. And others will follow suit. Putin has became world's greatest man as he has rewrite the Europe's history.

[@Samson373]

Since 1950 Russia has supplied all kinds of weapons (including fighter jets) to every country at war or likely to be at war with the US -- N. Korea, N. Vietnam, Iraq, China, you name it. Russia also supplied those countries intelligence, advisors, and training. Turnabout is fair play!

[@jasonarcher7268]

The soviets did that. Not modern Russia.

[@user-dh2ev9sc4c]

US did the same in Africa and Afghanistan

[@Ratchet2022]

@@jasonarcher7268 And why do you think there is a difference? It’s the same people, and modern day Russia is clearly just as bad as the USSR.

[@jetspray3]

Yeah you are so right!!

[@Sedna063]

@@user-dh2ev9sc4c Yes, so nobody is allowed to shout foul.

[@ingridbens4930]

Better insight than all of the news channels…congrats.Much appreciated!

[@linearxpole]

6:31 using SDR# on military grade laptop ?

[@tabortollefson]

Sigint is actually far more valuable on an active, dynamic battlefield. Imagery gets all the glory but it's mainly a strategic tool.

[@TRUEC4N4DI4N]

Russia knows if it engages the US it’ll be “game on!”

[@quantum_cricket8555]

Game Over...

[@curocurovic6675]

it alredy is game on

[@matthewvargas2264]

It would be game over for everybody. What a stupid comment. There ain't nobody winning ww3 . Jeez man people are delusional asf 🤦

[@hemendraravi4787]

i think the answer is world over lol.

[@Meat_Demon]

Cowabunga it is!!! 😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOME

[@ho-ux8rm]

Most of the time DESSERT comes on the end

[@foo-foocuddlypoops5694]

It's an express ticket to losing their entire air force.

[@Amann0407]

@tvercetti1 you think the Russian airforce is the equal of NATO or the US? When Russia cant even suppress Ukraine's air force or its antiair defenses effectively? The US would have had massive air supremacy rather than marginal command of the air had it been the one fighting Ukraine. It did it pretty effectively to Iraq who had much of the same anti air systems and a bigger airforce.

[@fensoxx]

You must spend so much time editing and narrating these. Thank you. They’re great.

[@davidpresnell1734]

Wonder if we could bring back some SR 71's!

[@erickkinnee3495]

I keep seeing this in my feed and every time I think "Because it'd be a really bad idea."

[@danpatterson8009]

Younger people may have only heard "the cold war" referred to as a thing of the past. It is not. It never ended. The Soviet Union ceased to exist, but their armed forces, the people directing them, and their nuclear warheads did not. They are still there. A direct armed conflict between the U.S. and Russia invites escalation to a "nuclear exchange"- which means that our two countries (and most likely Europe) would cease to exist as we know them.

[@josephreilman8527]

Exactly. That fuckedtard Putin was KGB and Soviet and technically he claims to hate Leninist ideology but he literally enforces it

[@jrkr7357]

It doesn't matter. Kherson is in the process of applying to become a Russia's state. And others will follow suit. Putin has became world's greatest man as he has rewrite the Europe's history.

[@Civildiscussions]

I think you meant to say the USA psyop is still there and being used for the new world order, you’ll get there soon

[@paulie2009]

Exactly. Even before they formed a government the Bolsheviks formed The Cheka... their extensive secret police to carry out murders, brutalize and intimidate their opponents, and spread their "revolution" to the rest of the world. Putin and his goons are all part of that secret police and intel community of the Soviets, and now Russia, that nest of snakes never got cleaned out. They take great pride in that past, a past that includes such disgusting sadistic rapist and murderers as Beria. They consider themselves the defenders of Russia. The only thing they are defending now is Putin's insistence on being a murderer and loser and the utter destruction of Russia's once bright future.

[@theambassador2350]

Grandpa

[@danielt6689]

Russia openly supplied North Vietnam with sophisticated SAM missiles, tanks, and MIG fighter jets during the Vietnam War.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Yeaaah....but that does not count, since it was Russia(Soviet Union) doing it. So it´s ok. /SARCASM

[@simonmonk1125]

That was right

[@paulgentile1024]

everybody's in on it

[@jakelandry5645]

I used to crew the RJ, any government stupid enough to shoot one down would absolutely regret it.

[@user-dv7hq2rh4g]

I've been checking flight radar 24 daily since the war has started. It's very interesting to observe the sorties NATO is performing. Too bad the escorting fighter jets don't fly with transponders on like the larger planes do, I'd love to watch them as well.

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

@Barbas The Alaskan Hombre 🤡

[@49525Bob]

NATO fighterss do occasionally turn on their transponders for a few minutes, just to shake up the Commies.

[@__beer__]

@Barbas The Alaskan Hombre you stand with an authoritarian dictator 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@farzana6676]

@Barbas The Alaskan Hombre you stand with Putin 🤣🤣🤣

[@AdventureNYC]

They will be siting ducks

[@hcf1956]

This is but a snippet of what occurred in the Vietnam War. Throughout the war, Moscow provided Hanoi with 95 S-75 air defense missile systems, over 500 airplanes, 120 helicopters, more than 5,000 anti-aircraft guns, and 2,000 tanks. In addition, more than 10,000 Soviet military specialists were dispatched to Vietnam: from missile crews, pilots, and signalmen to tank crews and doctors. “U.S. and others providing intelligence on Russian forces to Ukraine. Reconnaissance, intelligence collections…” Intelligence collected by aircraft…could be viewed as an act of war to Russia, and it’s not entirely difficult to imagine how “they” could justify shooting down these aircrafts directly assisting Ukraine as just self-defense. Your comparison of the U.S. aiding Ukraine to Vietnam is woefully imbalanced, Throughout Vietnam received both the then Soviet Union and China “MILITARY” assistance including military advisors as well as on the battlefield military and technical advisors. There “ARE” documented instances where the “Soviet” and “Chinese” were on hand during the “interrogations” of captured “American” soldiers. Do not forget the downing of American aircraft: fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, bombers fighters, and the B-52s were and in some instances were done so by Soviets in Vietnam. So, NO, your analogy is BADLY flawed, and inaccurately equating the Vietnam and Ukraine “war”. Let’s call a war for what it “is” a war. The Russian/Soviet analogy could not justify Putin's declaration of "war" to Russia. This FAILS EVERY LOGICAL ARGUEMENTS.

[@sberry80]

They are getting lots of info from signals intelligence, particularly radio's. Russian troops aren't using encrypted radio's. They are using civilian open channel radio's and cellphones. Its been very well reported by agencies all over the world

[@iborg358]

Just a matter of time before there is an "accident"

[@markbrisec3972]

Russia and China were overtly sending high tech weapon systems to one side of the war that the US was involved in.. Are we forgetting the Vietnam War? USSR sent hundreds of the most capable SAM systems to North Vietnam military, the famous SA-2 Dvina. These missiles took down numerous US aircraft and cost us many lives. We knew this was happening and we were able to stop it by bombing and sinking the ships that delivered weapons in Haiphong harbor. But LBJ never wanted to touch those ships, fearing it would escalate the war and bring in the Soviets. And Russians today are in a much worse situation than we ever were during Vietnam War. First they can't target or destroy most of the equipment coming into Ukraine. US military knew every ship that brought Soviet weapons to Vietnam and choose not to attack. Also Russians are in an abysmal situation regarding the economy and a completely failed invasion, so they are practically incapable to do anything. US Navy ships of the coast of Vietnam could have sunk those ships whenever they wanted, all they needed was a political decision to do that. LBJ and McNamarra were heavily criticized for not allowing the military to hit the Soviet ships..

[@barrettjet]

The Vietnam war could have been won in short order if LBJ had gotten his nose out. Look at what happened with operation "Linebacker". We could have flattened Hanoi and sunk every ship in Haiphong harbor. Then cut all the rail lines. They would have quit quickly if we had turned our military loose.

[@peterraidal6659]

You forgot the republicans and Trump are soviet assets comrade

[@spartacuszepeda7781]

russia can keep the land and population they conquered in Ukraine with rich land for farming ang natural gas etc. USA invade and left Iraq, Afghanistan for really nothing,

[@bluemarlin8138]

@@somebody700 It’s a failure as far as Russia’s original objective to topple the government and set up a puppet state in addition to taking the southeast. And the war is a long way from over. It may be a total failure in the end. 1. This is why Russia’s failures are all the more embarrassing. Despite the Vietnam jungles, the US never lost a major battle there. Can’t say the same for Russia. 2. Speaking Russian doesn’t make one “Russian.” That whole justification is no different than the one Hitler used in 1937-39. And many of the ethnic Russians in southeast Ukraine now hate Russia, or at least its government, due to the murder of thousands of civilians by Russian forces. Many will absolutely fight against Russia (and already are). 3. Russia can’t even take the entire south, and any attempt to annex what they have won’t be recognized by any country that matters (no, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Belarus don’t matter). China won’t because it doesn’t want to get hit with sanctions. India won’t because it wants closer ties with the west. 4. *Currently occupies.*. I wouldn’t count on that lasting forever. Even if it did, the Western companies that Russia relies on to actually drill and supply machinery won’t touch that territory. And if Russia tries to drill, the inevitable insurgency will constantly be destroying the infrastructure.

[@bluemarlin8138]

@@spartacuszepeda7781 That’s why you can’t compare the legality of the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US went in to topple brutal and abusive governments and restore power to the inhabitants, not to conquer territory. Russia is just trying to seize land to prop up its faltering economy and stop its catastrophic demographic collapse.

[@aguynamedscott11]

There is a legal technicality that no one ever mentions. Supplying weapons to a belligerent nation during a war is an act of war. Supplying weapons to a nation that is defending itself against an invasion when war has not been declared is not. When Russia declared that they were conducting a special military operation and not a war, this was under international law the green light for any nation that wanted to, to send supplies to and aid Ukraine in defending itself without it being an act of war. Given that there is not a declaration of war, if a cargo plane belonging to a NATO member was attacked in Ukraine, Article 5 could be invoked. Of course the problem remains, do we really want to go nuclear over this. If we do I'm kind of glad that I got to get old before it happened.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

lucky. I'm still a virgin

[@PhilLesh69]

There were Russian and Chinese pilots shot down by American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam war. They were "sheep dipped" and flying in North Vietnamese aircraft, but everybody knew who sent them.

[@kyouskeuzumaki9673]

That’s from western standards, as far as Russia is concerned they don’t appreciate the hit list the us made for regime change. more or less invasions of Georgia and Ukraine wasn’t just for one typical reason no nobody would attack another without some kind logical basis for even getting their soldiers killed Ukraine was always a splinter state after the coup and historically a borderline territory so Russians are fighting Russians

[@WolverinePL]

It's all gray anyway. What's preventing NATO forces to enter Ukraine and just drive around scarring the Russians off?

[@Merces69]

That was very interesting information, thank you.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

The same reason we didn't fire on Russian ships unloading at docks in Vietnam.supplies for north Vietnam

[@Kackspack0815]

4:14 Uhm, if this was in Iranian airspace, a US “retaliation” would’ve been a little bit odd, I would say.

[@stevensilver1679]

I'm sure they remember what they supplied to North Vietnam for that decade. How many Americans died because of that help.

[@user-be8ox2yd4i]

You neglected to mention the Korean War and Vietnam War. The PRC and USSR provided overt assistance to forces fighting and killing USA personnel, thus your premise is invalid. The reason Putin isn't attacking NATO aircraft is because he doesn't want to fight NATO. He can't defeat a relatively weak country like Ukraine, what chance does he have against a strong advisory like NATO?

[@baloz8974]

Russia hasn't declared war in Ukraine its still special military operation. Remember that.

[@futte8024]

@@baloz8974 when 100.000+ soldiers with tanks, howitzers, fighters invades another country, and in the same time the invading nation attacks massively from sea side, it is a declation of war. Calling it a special military operation is cheating at least the parrents of the Young men, who are send to fight and die. This has nothing to do with Russian self defence, but politics from a leader who cannot create results internally and then focuses his people towards a socalled outer enemy...... Politics at its worst.

[@islandwills2778]

you realize that at the start of this war ukraine had one of the largest armies in Europe right? And Russia absolutely can defeat a nation like ukraine. Infact this war would most likely allready be over with a russian W if it were not for the west filling Ukraine up with weapons. In essence Russia is not just fighting Ukraine, its also fighting the west.

[@islandwills2778]

@@futte8024 they learned that trick from the united states. Or did you forget that Vietnam was not a war either?

[@futte8024]

@@islandwills2778 Not correct. The Vietnam war was called a war in our medias without exception. In our nations demonstrations against the Vietnam war was legal.

[@yunnowho3225]

Basically, "They don't want no smoke".

[@theram8787]

Syria, Afghanistan, Japan, Alaska they all have something in common and it's fair.

[@brianbassett4379]

The Russian military has the ability to shoot *at* some of these targets, it's not like collection platforms don't have offensive support.

[@gemini-007]

3:04 vietnam war | As the original communist state, the Soviet Union aided North Vietnam, with increasing support in the late 1960s. While the U.S.S.R. supplied some troops, their biggest contribution was in weaponry.

[@jrkr7357]

It doesn't matter. Putin has became world's greatest man as he has rewrite the Europe's history. Kherson is in the process of applying to become a Russia's state. And others will follow suit.

[@maxwalker1159]

Interesting

[@zhoubaidinh403]

2014 war got expanded big time in feb of this year, it could fester on for months if not years until one side gets exhausted and cries uncle. Right now, nobody seems interested in a negotiated solution, until it expands further and perhaps spiral out of control...

[@TheLiamster]

I’d love to see a video on the military capabilities on Sweden and Finland and how joining NATO would affect the geopolitical situation

[@jds6206]

I'll tell you, all this is going badly for Russia. Finland and Sweden are capable of defending themselves against Russia......all by themselves. Yea, Russia is THAT bad....

[@hb1338]

Sweden has a lot of very advanced equipment. Finland has huge numbers of very well trained and highly capable reservists. Once of the prices of neutrality is that you have no allies when the bad guys attack; I would think twice before getting into a scrap with either country.

[@mrianwonder6527]

They are all already in NATO, the media is controlled by russia and they keep lying. Ukraine, russia, Finland, Sweden etc have all been NATO partners for decades, just not full members. NOTHING about this invasion has anything to do with NATO, that is just a strawman argument being used by russia propagandists, this is just about russia being bankrupt and needing to keep invading Ukraine every few years to steal resources.

[@mrianwonder6527]

@@hb1338 Neither Sweden or Finland has ever been neutral in any wars, you are confusing Sweden with Switzerland. Switzerland has the world's most advanced navy, and they have been defending themselves against russia since WWII.

[@hdaviator9181]

Answer: Airplanes are flying over Nato territory.

[@toddr2265]

Answer: Because planes aren’t apartment buildings

[@oceanbreeze1162]

@@toddr2265 planes can shoot back.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

3:44 military be operating Linux ? :0

[@rufusmedrano2962]

The SR 71 would be good to use.

[@kylekyle7386]

Belarus is aiding Russia, letting the Russians on their territory to directly invade Ukraine. Ukraine is not directly attacking Belarus for letting the Russians invade Ukraine from Belarus territory. Belarus is most likely giving Russia assistance, whether its military hardware, intelligence, medical etc. So America and other Western countries are assisting Ukraine ? So what, since Russia has another country helping them.

[@gaoxiaen1]

Lukashenko has his hands full trying to control his own country. The Belorussian railway workers sabotaged the tracks and controls that Russia needed. His own people are waiting for a chance to hang him from a street light upside-down.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Yep, as proposed a SAM in Belarus could (maybe) shoot down a NATO airplane. However, Belarus is not Russia. NATO would say Belarus did it, and declare Article 5 against them, but not all of Russia. Unless Russia is dumb enough to start WWIII, they loose access to an entire section of Ukraine. Plus, that removes all buffer Russia has from NATO along that part of their border.

[@josephreilman8527]

Oddly enough I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to take Belarus in a double cross. Seriously what's to stop him from removing Lucashenko from power?

[@eliasziad7864]

@@arthurmoore9488 Definitely not, Russia would defend Belarus tooth & nail.

[@scrubvision5652]

americans created this war ofc they will come and help ukraine its all business

[@maurvir3197]

I am amazed that no one seems to study brinkmanship during a proxy war anymore, because the Ukraine conflict has become a classic proxy war. If anything, the fact that the Russians have, despite their rhetoric, scrupulously avoided sending so much as an errant bullet near a NATO country, and vice-versa, NATO countries have scrupulously avoided *directly* touching anything Russian, is a sign that both sides understand this. Right now Russia is playing against the Ukrainian forces with a handicap. If they down a NATO asset, that changes, and everyone loses. So, for now, it's Russia vs Ukraine (+ western weapons and intel), and we should pray it stays that way. For those referencing Vietnam, where the US was on the other side, you would be correct. US doctrine held that obviously Soviet assets weren't to be touched, much to the dismay of the US military. I had a good friend at a previous job that described watching Soviet dredge ships clear channels through the Vietnamese rivers to allow for resupply, and how taking out that dredge would have disabled a significant portion of the NVA, but that they were never allowed to do anything more than watch it while they drank coffee. Why? Because taking out that dredge would have turned Vietnam from a proxy war to a direct confrontation with a peer nation.

[@PhysicsGamer]

How in the world could it be a proxy war when one of the sides is directly involved? You could argue that a proxy war started in 2014 given the "separatist" forces... but even then it's a bit of a reach and totally irrelevant since the Russian military proper got involved.

[@maurvir3197]

@@PhysicsGamer You are correct - it did start in 2014. After the annexation of Crimea, several NATO countries started offering training to the Ukrainian military, and to their credit, they accepted the lessons. However, the fact that Russia is directly engaged doesn't change the fact that it is a proxy war. NATO isn't bolstering Ukraine purely for humanitarian reasons, but rather they want to wear Russia's military down to a nub before they consider trying their luck in a NATO country. It's not that different from what the US did in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, or that the Soviets did to the US in Vietnam.

[@PhysicsGamer]

@@maurvir3197 "the fact that Russia is directly engaged doesn't change the fact that it is a proxy war" This rather strains the definition of "proxy war", then.

[@Grogag684]

This war is just promotion for military equipments.....Russia choose to invade Ukraine for testing thier all kind of weapons to boost up Russian economy...just 1 missile warhead can cost millions of dollars

[@mikeprimm4077]

@@PhysicsGamer Russia is engaged in an actual war in Ukraine that they started for no reason, and a proxy was with nato. Not that complicated

[@Nahbruhsheesh]

Same team

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

Intelligence or information... Nuclear or nukulear...

[@chaosXP3RT]

Russia: "Lend Lease didn't do anything in WWII. We won the war by ourselves." Also Russia: "STOP SENDING WEAPONS TO UKRAINE! THIS MEANS WAR! ;( "

[@futte8024]

Not quite. Soviet received Cobra fighters from the US. But We all should show some respect to both western and Soviet and other soldiers, who fought and won. The engagement from all helped to shorten the war. At that time the questions could be if the Soviet would enter if the German troops had not invaded Them. The US wasn't invaded and still they helped us.

[@jrusu70]

@@futte8024 irrelevant

[@futte8024]

@@jrusu70 are you suggesting that it is irrelevant to show respect to the soldiers who died during the WW2 No matter if they were Western or Soviet? Please clarify

[@paulbrown3466]

Russia just paid off there lend lease in 2012.

[@bluebaronusa]

@@futte8024 clown

[@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca]

Daring the ask the easiest questions, with multiple very reasonable answers. That said, the video does actually cover the topic quite well. However I’d argue that not mentioning the Ukrainian intelligence gathering is subtly downplaying their own efforts: For example the movement of Russias fleet was rather well covered by open intelligence alone, meaning Ukraine probably didn’t need the help of US to target ships - that capability can be safely assumed just by observing what weapon systems they had. Similarly Russian troops are using Ukrainian 4G/LTE network for both their on-duty and off-duty communications. Identifying and tracking devices is quite literally build into the system. Similarly basic triangulation of radio-signals is practically speaking given. This means that Ukraine would have, depending on usecase, general to very accurate information about position ans movement of Russian positions - through entirely civilian means, such as telecom providers, radio-amateurs and global open intelligence community. No doubt USA and NATO do provide them important intelligence, but they are in no way the ‘eyes’ of Ukrainian military. They can see just fine.

[@BoringPet]

The Ukrainian military's ISR capabilities absolutely pale in comparison to ours. Especially what they are able to bring to bear in the current conflict. Just our satellite images alone are worth almost as much as everything you mention above.

[@hb1338]

@pyropulse It just forgot to ship most of it.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Yeah people underestimate Ukraine. Like they talk about how Ukraine sunk the advanced Russian flagship the Moskva. They fail to realize the Moskva was built in Ukraine by Ukrainians along with more then half of Russia's navy. The Ukrainian Naval shipyard was mentioned by Putin by name when he gave his invasion speech and I suspect taking it is one of his objectives. Hardware wise they don't have anywhere near the capacity of intelligence gathering as the U.S but they do have a large and well developed intelligence organization with a lot of boots on the ground. Ukraine isn't some under developed third world country. Their tech is on par with Russia, in some cases better and some worse. They just have much less of it.

[@opieg7333]

Takes more than knowing where the ship is to successfully hit it. Russian troops were using local networks but have greatly curtailed such use. (Part of why their collapses are so massive when they happen - all command and control is lost so no one knows where to reset lines in retreat). On the flip side, Ukraine has developed an extensive drone surveillance capability and with the home field advantage knows how to best deploy it. Added to that human intelligence assets because, invaded or not, many remain loyal to Ukraine and not Russia in occupied areas. But there have been several Ukrainian military actions thus far that make it fairly clear the exact type of help they are getting, perhaps not consistently, but when needed to make a splash.

[@dellymify]

Putin watched the new top gun n didn't want that heat.

[@coltsinglearmy]

I wonder if Russian nukes are as good as it's legendary armored capability...

[@cheatcode6040]

we rather not know really theres no turning back if just ONE nuke is used

[@personzorz]

If they're 5% as good as they claim, that's enough

[@steveosborne2297]

To be honest I’d rather not know but if the maintenance is like the maintenance on the rest of their stuff I doubt very much if most of them could actually get out of a silo

[@MelkorPT]

@@personzorz Enough for what?

[@Kayzef2003]

Sure you really want to know??? They did create the most destructive weapon ever made by man...the Tsar Bomba. And that was after dialing down the yield.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Not wanting WW3.

[@richardciccone1360]

There is more to all of this then the physical realm,see beyond what your eyes can see and your ears hear

[@chrisf4268]

You can not invoke self defense when you are committing a crime and someone uses force to stop you.

[@galvinstanley3235]

I dont think this fight is about taking Ukraine, more like testing N.A.T.O's response to this fight,seeing how strong or weak we are.

[@michaeldewitt1896]

We? What's your unit?

[@PemboCycling]

I don't think that was his intention personally. I do however think he thought Nato wouldn't be as united as its proving to be. And certainly didn't reckon on finland and Sweden joining the gang. He says he wanted nato off his doorstep. An organisation that was actually winding down considerably in force since the end of the cold War (1990 onward. Albeit there is a rise supposedly to meet China and the emerging Russia threats). But his actions have only served to bolster the resolve and spending of nato members. Epic backfire

[@PhilLesh69]

He's in headquarters company, first basement battalion of the fifth Xbox expeditionary forces. He is in charge of setting up the monitors and untangling usb cables for the battalion commander and xo.

[@anthonyloveanthonylove2159]

@@realeyesrealizereallies427 who told you that they lost 25% of their army cnn bbc ?

[@billross7245]

Putin probably heard that Trump was threatening to pull the US out of NATO, perfect opportunity, but apparently news travels slow in the Kremlin, like not realizing that his pal was shown the door and that NATO Is stronger than ever. He's apparently operating on 4 year old news. Not sure how he figured that Ukraine would welcome his troops with Russian flags and flowers or where that idea came from.

[@peterbiro1810]

GIS Arta is an interesting system of Ukraine for artillery support. If they get enough info from NATO, I think they feed it into GIS. Could you make a video about that system?

[@sundo-pf5zv]

COOL

[@gregoryjudie7704]

they don't have to they can simply destroy the cargo once it's unloaded

[@healthfullivingify]

That's a well-written video. Russia will not want US direct involvement. The US Air Force and Navy could likely route the Russians in short order.

[@Redfvvg]

no

[@eq1373]

@@Redfvvg yes

[@sleven1160]

@@Redfvvg Russia can't even establish air superiority in Ukraine the US Air force and navy could send them back to the stone age.

[@uptowndunker6346]

Yup

[@anthonyloveanthonylove2159]

Why did the US refused for repeated call on to impose a no fly zone then ?

[@FoxDren]

because direct military action against any NATO member would be met with an overwhelming response that is liable to wipe russia off the map

[@sampatkalyan3103]

And nato from existence.

[@mrjerzheel]

Nato is unable to wipe Russia off the map unless conflict goes nuclear and Nato would be gone as well

[@oceanbreeze1162]

@@mrjerzheel I mean, Russia thought they could push from Moscow to the Rhineland in 7 days, on foot, across a nuclear wasteland. Way less believable than nato destroying Russia with conventional warfare.

[@karlweber3221]

Not yet.

[@mynakedcousin]

What about drones collecting info, such as bayraktar?

[@RamZar50]

Real-time battlefield intelligence is a huge factor. The aircrafts, like the P-8 Poseidon, are flying near the borders of Ukraine within NATO countries. If Russia attacks anything within NATO borders it’ll be hit back many times over.

[@mgtvnews6890]

We can bet even if a US plane is shot down only negotiations will take place 😂😂

[@donnievance1942]

@@mgtvnews6890 You'd bet wrong. There would be an exemplary demonstration attack in response. Something like taking out a Russian warship. If it were me making the decision I'd do the Kerch strait bridge.

[@phoeniximperator]

what I have noticed is that the Russians are fighting this war like a video game without any regard for logistics. In the video games the tanks have unlimited fuel and ammo...

[@bunzeebear2973]

Also multiple turrets?

[@RajendraCholaPro]

Coming from the OSINT community..... Really love your style of reporting tbh. You've earned a subscriber !

[@andrewpeterson549]

because they and Chia would be gone with something we have never seen before in 30 minutes

[@akbeal]

Simplest answer they probably can’t. They are having a very difficult time shooting down Ukrainian planes which are much closer. Usually they can only shoot down civilian airliners since they are pretty incompetent like their ground forces.