Finland & Sweden cleared to join NATO

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

China and Russia are doing a global revolution to challenge Anglo Saxon rule which dominated the world for the past 100 years.

originally posted by: taitek
China and Russia are doing a global revolution to challenge Anglo Saxon rule which dominated the world for the past 100 years.

Good luck with that, oppressive regimes don't have the best track records when it comes to success in that regard since oppression stifles growth.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

America doesn't care about oppressive regime. America arms Saudi Arabia and Iran (1970s).

originally posted by: taitek
America doesn't care about oppressive regime. America arms Saudi Arabia and Iran (1970s).

We do care, when it conflicts with our interests.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

China and Russia are fascist countries. Fascist countries have military parades. Fascist countries are disciplined. Anglo Saxon countries which are the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are not disciplined.

originally posted by: taitek
China and Russia are fascist countries. Fascist countries have military parades. Fascist countries are disciplined. Anglo Saxon countries which are the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are not disciplined.

Parades are nice. But it doesn't seem like all those parades got the Russians into Kyiv or Kharkiv though, has it? However, it did get them to the bottom of the Black Sea so I'll give them that.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Russia is focusing on Donbas. Without Donbas, Ukraine's population falls below 36 million. Russia would outnumber Ukraine more than 4 to 1. It would be difficult for Ukraine to defend Kharkov 10 years from now when new Russian military hardware such as 2S35 artillery gives Russians the technological and fire power edge on the battlefield.

originally posted by: taitek
...new Russian military hardware...

Russia MIC is screwed, their microprocessors come from the West.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Russia MIC is screwed, their microprocessors come from the West.

or china with built in back door

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

The West put military hardware sanction in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The West put military hardware sanction on China in in 1989 after Tian An Men square massacre. China and Russia make their own chips for military hardware.

originally posted by: taitek
...Russia make their own chips for military hardware.

Keep telling yourself that.

originally posted by: taitek
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

T-90M in action in Ukraine. Russia sure don't need Western chips. They make their own chips, or get chips from China in exchange for oil and gas.

Are they the " self cleaning tanks " ?

Russia is resorting to putting computer chips from dishwashers and refrigerators in tanks due to US sanctions, official says.

news.yahoo.com...

a reply to: alldaylong

If it works, it works. These chips are all commercially available anyway. All of Chinese military hardware use commercially available chips.

Ww3 all cleared to start! Yay!

originally posted by: taitek
T-90M in action in Ukraine.

That clunker was most likely built between one and two decades ago.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

T-90M entered serial production only a couple of years ago. It's quite new.

Elite New T-90 Variant with T-14 Tech to Begin Serial Production: Russian Army to Receive Large Numbers

a reply to: taitek

T-90M's are upgrades, not brand new construction and it still didn't help when one got hit with a Javelin.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

T-90M is the first Russian tank that has hunter killer commander's scope and muzzle reference system. While it is true it is vulnerable to Javelin, it forms a component of the Russian army. Javelin is vulnerable to the new Mi-28NM attack choppers which have Hermes NLOS missiles.

originally posted by: taitek
T-90M is the first Russian tank that has hunter killer commander's scope and muzzle reference system.

That's nice, Russia has around 300 T-90's in total, this thing is far too low in production numbers to make any type of strategic impact.