I didn't think they would be stupid enough to do it - Ukraine fires US missile into Russia
(www.dailymail.co.uk)
🧠 These people are STUPID!
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Before people start freaking out like unhinged libtards, let's divide things into political and practical.
Politically yes, it is an escalation since the only thing changing is Nato admitting it using ATACMS.
Practically, nothing changes since 200 - 300 ATACMS missiles have already been launched at Crimea, Donbass and Russia. I don't think they have any more capacity with this statement. Right now they have very little capacity after only small proportion is left. Moreover, Russia's AD is top notch and it shoots down almost anything. In this particular case, 5/6 were downed, one got damaged and did only minor damage to the target.
But those actions certainly will help Lockheed's stock price. The stockpiles need to be replenished. But that's the thing; the actual CAPACITY of the american weapon production is pitifully low compared to Russia's. Not only does Russia have massive escalation dominance in the theater of conflict, it can also vastly outproduce the entire west AND it has superior weapons to boot.
What changes from Russian perspective is that Nato, through its own words admittance and actions is providing legitimate basis for them to take out some British, French or US assets. Without the statement, and the subsequent actions, it would not be so obvious.
There are a lot of optics involved. IMO Putin is a white hat. He will take the required public stance at the required time to meet the public objectives.
What's actually happening is not necessarily what's important.
This is a mostly optical escalation just before Trump comes in.
I believe Putin is a gray hat at best. We need to keep a wary eye on him. But I do agree with you.😄
Thanks for this post. Capacity is a major component we all could easily overlook. This is really more shock and awe it would seem, doesn't have the teeth it wants to you think it does
So the real assault is once again more fear mongering which leads to a more fearful public which leads to a more government dependent public (Mommy, Daddy, protect us!).
Don't fall for it, folks.
I said the same thing about the massive explosion in Toropets a month or two ago. And that ended up causing fires over about 5 square miles
It seems they wouldn't be in this situation if this were true