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Old 02-26-2022, 06:51 PM   #446
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Originally Posted by Pete F. View Post
Ukraine claims it's killed almost 3,000 Russian soldiers in the first 36 hours of the invasion.

As ever, you have to take these things with a grain of salt, but anything even remotely close to that number would be stunning – the US lost 4,431 in two decades in Iraq
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I am seeing enough that convinces me that number might be close to accurate. Ukraine's losses are also much higher than reported, but they are holding so far. Ballsy AF.

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Originally Posted by wdmso View Post
thermobaric rockets systems seen on their way
They've been doing a lot of Grads in different places but the Thermobaric weapons are an entire different level of bad.

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Originally Posted by spence View Post
I think it could go way beyond embarrassment. If there’s no clear path out through Ukraine he could drag other countries into this mess or just wage war on the West in general. Start stockpiling canned tuna.
True. Having the electricity off for a long time is not out of the question (cyber or worse) and we are always about 9 meals away from absolute mayhem.

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