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871karma·659submissions·March 14, 2017
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Depends on what you mean by experts. The strategist I know said this is a political decision. They don't want to inflict too much damage to avoid bloody insurrections in the future. Russian aircr…
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> German multinationals (in the energy sector such as Siemens, Wintershall) have removed it from their strategies because Nuclear technologies inefficient and bear a lot of risks. New reactor types…
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Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria will give them MiGs
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I should say "use civilian drones NOW" not in 2006. > Im surprised there hasn’t been more news of drone usage similar to the Armenian Azerbajian war. There was but no idea if this is reli…
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UA forces have a very similar strategy. They are heavily decentralised. Which has a surprising side effect, apart from mentioned. Because enemy's command is decentralised it takes them up to 4 da…
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But in todays world where your enemy has enormous intel, letting him know that there is a risk of guerrilla warfare may stop him from invading in the first place. The stronger you stand on the escalat…
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The first casualty of War is Truth. It could be staged, he could be lying to be seem more sympathetic and avoid torture. The fog of war is there, but know almost nothing.
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Depends on the costs. In my location is too expensive for a single house (it cost more that a heap pump with aircon and recuperation) There is also risk for the future. What if there is some corruptio…
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> tank crews and troops were told that they were doing an exercise and kept completely isolated Most likely they are lying to look more sympathetic - there is a video of a Ukrainian soldier asking …
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Connecting district heating is not a good investment anymore (unless it's a building with 20+ flats and you want to save space in the apartments) Triple glazed windows, 25+cm insulation, heat pum…
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I'm afraid if Russia lose the war, Putin may not be available.
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Dec-Feb is better cause the ground is frozen so the heavy machinery won't be stuck in mud. Currently is warm, Russian army has a problem and have to use roads for tanks, which means they are ease…
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nukes for sanctions and no software? What are they gonna do? Nuke Apple HQ? Nukes are unusable, no one wants to be a king of a desert. Turkey killed Russian soldiers and downed their planes. No nuclea…
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Of corse they do. They do not operate in vacuum. If 10k Russian soldiers die and their mothers would go to street, what would Putin do? Beat them up? They may not have a man power to arrest all of the…
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I suppose the easiest one would be to DDoS any website/service with ties to the Putin and band.
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but people around him are not.
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I hope it's abundantly clear to anyone that Putin and buddies cannot be trusted. Whenever some politician suggest any deals with them, shut him/her down.
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because RFN has a nuclear umbrella from US. Hungary does not have one.
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I should probably add "caused by a nuclear war between Russia and other country"
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> they should have embraced reforms They tried that in the 90s. There are two problems. They don't want to be a colony for Western powers. Russia is a collection of a few different nations. Y…
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Polish-Russian War (1605–1618) and Unity Day.
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It was not accidental. A plane capable of caring nuclear bombs was in their airspace. I'm not comparing anything - I was referring to "end of the world". According to Turkish strategist…
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> end of the world They are all rational actors. Turks killed Russian solders in Syria, where they nuked? Putin is bluffing. In case of aggression, you have to sand your ground, there is no other o…
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They care deeply. China is >10x in pretty much everything. They don't to be a vassal state of China. Russia has lost the independence twice - threat from Asia and threat for united countries b…
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If Putin will take over Ukraine and the army will be in next to Hungarian's border, who will invest in Hungary? This is extremely short-sighted. I hope you will kick him out in a month.
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but not in 10 years
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> I watched Putin's speech I've seen it as well. My guess is that Covid made a huge dent (Low gas prices and economic problems). Putin has to direct this anger somewhere. This is the swa…
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heat pump and solar. cheaper and less risky.
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Hn hug of death. Does anyone have a mirror?
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