Putin Expresses Hope to Avoid Nuclear Option in Ukraine as War Drags On

[FlorC]

2 hours ago, MicroB said:

 

A well developed national grid with lots of reduncancies.

 

 

The RuAF has been pretty absent. Russian pilots get 120-140 flying hours a year. USAF piilots- 300-400 hours a year. RAF is similar; 360-400 hours. Armee de l'Air and the Luftwaffe barely make the NATO minimum standard of 180 hours a year.

 

https://www.japcc.org/articles/russian-air-forces-performance-in-ukraine-air-operations-the-fall-of-a-myth/

 

 

ok, lots of redundancies , they can be taken out.

Look at the powercut just recently in Spain.

 

But I wasn't talking about flying hours.

Drones , rockets , cyber attacks on the grid , ...

[sandyf]

16 hours ago, Fortean1 said:

The UN does not have a military.  They use other countries military, therefore, one or more UN members in Ukraine may well have triggered an all out attack on those forces which would trigger a response.

I am perfectly aware that United Nations is not a country.

Fairly obvious that my comment about "hands behind their back" went over your head.

Nations should be united with a seconded force that is authorised to stand up to aggression.

[Fortean1]

43 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I am perfectly aware that United Nations is not a country.

Fairly obvious that my comment about "hands behind their back" went over your head.

Nations should be united with a seconded force that is authorised to stand up to aggression.

Yes, indeed over my head.  What is this seconded force?  The UN in my opinion does not handle military tactics and strategy well at all.  In this era of short of war we find ourselves in the thick of it without a declared declaration of war.