The War in Ukraine

[CBH99]

Destroying a major stockpile of the PGMs and glide bombs the VKS has been lobbing on the Ukrainians isn’t such a bad idea.

True.

But destroying a not-insignificant number of delivery platforms isn't such a bad idea either, especially since it takes a lot longer to order replacement aircraft & train replacement pilots than it does to simply order replacement PGM stocks

If the aircraft & pilots are left to fight another day, they could always fly to another location & resume their operations from there (pretty aggressively, I'd suspect)

But if the planes/pilots are gone, a warehouse full of PGM's won't be doing much of anything


If this was a game of Command & Conquer, I'd rather hit the planes on the tarmac



My 0.02

 

[brihard]

True.

But destroying a not-insignificant number of delivery platforms isn't such a bad idea either, especially since it takes a lot longer to order replacement aircraft & train replacement pilots than it does to simply order replacement PGM stocks

If the aircraft & pilots are left to fight another day, they could always fly to another location & resume their operations from there (pretty aggressively, I'd suspect)

But if the planes/pilots are gone, a warehouse full of PGM's won't be doing much of anything


If this was a game of Command & Conquer, I'd rather hit the planes on the tarmac



My 0.02

Sure, but in C&C logistics and ammunition supply aren’t a thing.

I’m sure Ukraine is targeting aircraft when it gets the chance. Hell, we know they are. If we look at it from a standpoint of max reduction of effective enemy sorties, taking out a massive ammunition supply and wrecking its supporting infrastructure is probably a good move when the chance arises.

 

[GR66]

True.

But destroying a not-insignificant number of delivery platforms isn't such a bad idea either, especially since it takes a lot longer to order replacement aircraft & train replacement pilots than it does to simply order replacement PGM stocks

If the aircraft & pilots are left to fight another day, they could always fly to another location & resume their operations from there (pretty aggressively, I'd suspect)

But if the planes/pilots are gone, a warehouse full of PGM's won't be doing much of anything


If this was a game of Command & Conquer, I'd rather hit the planes on the tarmac



My 0.02

Planes move. Warehouses don't. UKR might not have had live intel on what aircraft were there or where specifically they were located at the airfield but they sure as hell knew where the ammo was kept!

 

[IKnowNothing]

Sure, but in C&C logistics and ammunition supply aren’t a thing.

The hell you say, hobbling the other guy by constantly picking off harvesters and powerplants makes for a much easier late game

 

[brihard]

The hell you say, hobbling the other guy by constantly picking off harvesters and powerplants makes for a much easier late game

Well yeah, but you know what I mean.

I actually discovered the original C&C and Red Alert remastered releases at some point last year. Tons of fun to go back and play through again.

 

[Maxman1]

Well yeah, but you know what I mean.

I actually discovered the original C&C and Red Alert remastered releases at some point last year. Tons of fun to go back and play through again.

Plus, if things get too hot, there's always an escape plan:

 

[Lumber]

My thoughts exactly:

 

[suffolkowner]

My thoughts exactly:

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whats a barbecue on a tank? A cope cage?

 

[The Bread Guy]

USSR 2.0 (archive link to state media): How's your NPP doing these days?

UKR media's take

Local authorities says blaze observed in Zaporizhzhia NPP area poses no threat to operation

The head of the Nikopol Diestrict Military Administration, Yevhen Yevtushenko, has played down rumors of an apparently "dangerous" fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is directly visible from Nikopol. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

Zelensky on fire in Energodar: Russia using ZNPP for blackmail

Russia has been using Zaporizhzhia NPP for blackmail since the day they seized the facility and as long as they maintain control over the plant so the situation is not normal. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

 

[PrairieFella]

Plus, if things get too hot, there's always an escape plan:

I was always more of a C&C Generals guy myself. Something about Chinese napalm tanks is hilarious haha.

 

[dapaterson]

I was always more of a C&C Generals guy myself. Something about Chinese napalm tanks is hilarious haha.

Thank you for the new shoes!

 

[McG]

Russia going radiological?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822710266674684154

 

[IKnowNothing]

I was always more of a C&C Generals guy myself. Something about Chinese napalm tanks is hilarious haha.

Tiberian Sun for me- Generals was (realistically) broken in the favour of the US.

 

[brihard]

Tiberian Sun for me- Generals was (realistically) broken in the favour of the US.

Tiberian Sun was great.

 

[Good2Golf]

Planes move. Warehouses don't. UKR might not have had live intel on what aircraft were there or where specifically they were located at the airfield but they sure as hell knew where the ammo was kept!

No one’s saying some frontline aircraft weren’t destroyed. See my earlier post showing undated imagery of a bunch of Su-27/35, Su-25, MiG-31, An-72, Mi-8 etc on the airfield. We just have not seen any published satellite imagery of destroyed aircraft on the airfield .

 

[The Bread Guy]

Russia going radiological?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822710266674684154

C'mon, now - USSR 2.0 says it was the UKR's don't ya know ....

Meanwhile, RUS keeping a closer eye on some of its juicier western bits (archive link)

 

[KevinB]

Russia going radiological?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822710266674684154

Well the RuAF/FSB did have a plan for a false flag NPP incident. I guess no one had on their bingo card it would be inside Russia.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Well the RuAF/FSB did have a plan for a false flag NPP incident. I guess no one had on their bingo card it would be inside Russia.

I’m of the belief that there’s another shoe yet to drop by the Ukrainians.
I feel that theres a round two coming in the next few days. No ideas what or where but I do feel the music will stop somewhere else and a bunch of Russians won’t have any chairs left to sit on.

 

[brihard]

I’m of the belief that there’s another shoe yet to drop by the Ukrainians.
I feel that theres a round two coming in the next few days. No ideas what or where but I do feel the music will stop somewhere else and a bunch of Russians won’t have any chairs left to sit on.

I have to think Ukraine has more planned as well. The first week’s efforts seem to be slowing down- to be expected as friction points accumulate and the Russians move forces in. It may be as simple as opening new axes of advance to leverage where the Russians are still or have become thin. It doesn’t sound like this is impacting the Donbas much, but time will tell.

 

[McG]

Well the RuAF/FSB did have a plan for a false flag NPP incident. I guess no one had on their bingo card it would be inside Russia.

That is the Ukrainian plant … apparently burning tires in a cooling tower.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zaporizhzhia-fire-nuclear-power-plant-1.7291822