Quote from: Hydra009 on December 24, 2022, 06:40:42 AM

The US and other Allied countries have significantly boosted munitions production for Ukraine and simultaneously significantly sanctioned Russia.  In a tug-of-war of industrial might, it's no contest.

Odds are that a percentage of the US munitions delivered to Ukraine would have been eventually obsoleted and scrapped anyhow. There will be new arms contracts for sure, but having the latest stuff has benefits for US soldier's lives, should they need to go into a fight.

Speaking of new stuff, where are the Russian Armata tanks I kept reading about in my news feed? Looks like another oligarch need to have an accident.

The engine in the Amata is apparently complete garbage, amongst other issues.

That said - the platform is actually really damn smart in terms of money saving potential. Russia just chose to save... a little too much money in making them.

I would love to see America learn from it though - to be able to make 3 different combat role vehicles (main combat tank, APC and something else) using the same frame and many of the same mechanical parts has massive potential to both make the production process cheaper and far more streamlined.

The Russia desire to cheap out did breed useful innovation; we could learn from that to hopefully cut our military spending down as well... just do it right this time. In concept though, it's very Henry Ford assembly line.

"Cut our military spending down"? Yeah...sure...
This and other wars have no other purpose than to make it possible for arms dealers  to continue to make more and more money.

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 24, 2022, 08:30:05 PM"Cut our military spending down"? Yeah...sure...
This and other wars have no other purpose than to make it possible for arms dealers  to continue to make more and more money.

What I optimistically want/what is logical for our government to do and what they actually do often seems to be the exact opposite. 

It feels like a curse at this point.

Don't celebrate yet, but it appears that Russia is slowly losing the battle of Bakhmut

More Wagnerites surrender

Mysterious explosions in Kursk

Preliminary reports that the Ukrainians are assaulting Kreminna and making significant gains

Blast at Engels airbase in Russia...again

Head of Russian shipyard dies mysteriously after 11 years on the job

No cause of death given.

Well, it must have been either suicide or accident, right?

The Engels base attack may have been more severe than Russia has been letting on

Instead of 3 deaths, it's looking more like 17 deaths, 26 wounded, 5 damaged bombers, and a control tower destroyed.

Ukraine is asking for aggressor state currently conducting genocide Russia to be thrown out of the UN.  Or at least, its influence there to lessen.  We'll see what happens.

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 26, 2022, 02:39:18 PMWell, it must have been either suicide or accident, right?

Speak of the devil...

"A Russian sausage magnate who briefly criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine has died after falling from the third-floor window of a luxury hotel in India."

Well, isn't that special... 🙈🙉🙊