Depends on the adversary. They're invaluable against insurgency types, less useful against peer competitors that you can't achieve air supremacy against.
US/NATO Armored Brigades deploying. I will happily be wrong, but this sure feels like this is all heading in a very bad direction for Europe and possibly the world.
We used nukes once killing about a quarter of a million people mostly civilian and those nukes were small. Current weapons would wipe whole continents out
Well, much of this is fallout from a near 20 year war (which only formally ended in 2018) which started when Eritrea invaded Ethiopia.
7000 soldiers from Ft. Stewart Georgia, recently arrived in Germany are being deployed. Army activates prepositioned stocks for first time in wake of Ukraine invasion
Hopefully this is just a show of force and to move into the Ukraine once this is over and help with the clean up.
I think it would be inexcusable not to prepare for a worst case scenario. Doesn't mean it will happen.
NATO has deployed additional troops to the eastern most members as a precaution. They then also need to backfill the Western European positions. And of course they are going to be in a state of readiness, who the heck knows how far Putin will take it. But wouldn’t read much more into it than that.
The A10 had been updated to be more modern more useful in many arenas. It is devastating against ground forces. It’s not meant for air to air battles. It is a tank killer and a low attack bomber.
Many years ago I read this: it touched a little bit on the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but that is certainly a conflict I know almost nothing about. Author: Scott Peterson
The Russian people may not put up with this for long. The Russian People May Be Starting to Think Putin Is Insane
The Navy sortied four East Coast guided-missile destroyers as the U.S. and NATO have massed naval forces in the region, USNI News has learned. Those 4 destroyers are set to join 4 other destroyers, a guided missile frigate, a Norwegian warship and the USS Truman at the entrance to the Black Sea. 4 East Coast Destroyers Deploy to Europe Joining U.S. Naval Buildup - USNI News
Those are just the vessels you can see I would guess to say there are at least 2 subs near the fleet one T hull and one Hunter Killer
Anyone care to guess what infrastructure the Ruskies try to hack first. Internet Phones Electricity Water Banks Oil I don’t see how they won’t give it a try with all the sanctions we are imposing. What other countries will be hacked?
