TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
🟢 Israel, a nation of 10 million citizens, has so far won six medals.
22 Arab countries, whose populations add up to 435 million, have so far won two medals.
How?
My answer: An Israeli culture of agency and meritocracy.
Al-Jazeera is probably reporting that Hamas won 100 medals and Israel zero.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
🔴 Suspected Attack In Holon:
4 Found Wounded In Different Locations
i24NEWS
Update: Two persons killed
⚫ "Iran’s Missile Dilemma: The Hidden Struggle Behind Tehran's Delayed Response to Hamas Leader’s Assassination"
Military experts discussed Tehran's ballistic missile array on the network and the difficulty the Islamic Republic faces in preparing them for launch. According to a military analyst, the prolonged time required to set up the missiles may be a delaying factor for Iran's response.
Iran repeatedly threatens a military response against Israel following the assassination of Hamas' political bureau chairman, Ismail Haniyeh, threats that put the Middle East on the brink of a regional war with unknown outcomes.
Iran has a variety of possible weapons to respond against Israel, and the Iranian attack on Israeli territory in April provides a glimpse into the response options available to the Islamic Republic. Now, security experts worldwide point to a difficulty Iran faces precisely with its most effective weapon, a difficulty that might explain the long wait time between the assassination and any Iranian action.
Iran's ballistic missile array is one of the most developed in the world, including several technological branches of development that have been ongoing for years, leading to several impressive and fearsome weapons. Among dozens of models, three missiles are particularly relevant for firing at Israel: the Shahab-3, an Iranian development of the North Korean Nodong missile, and its two upgraded versions, the "Ghadr" and the "Emad." Additionally, Iran boasts a solid-fuel ballistic missile called "Khaibar Shikan" with a tremendous range of over 2,000 kilometers.
These are very difficult-to-intercept missiles, with multiple warheads and the ability to deceive defense systems. Iran used them during the attack on Israel in April alongside older missiles. Of the hundreds of munitions fired at Israel by Iran, only a few ballistic missiles managed to hit Israeli territory without being intercepted. Iran fired between 110 and 130 such missiles, most from its territory and a small number from Yemen.
A US military expert explains: "I think much of Iran's limitation stems from the number of launchers it has. Even if you have 2,000 missiles and only a hundred mobile launchers, you can only fire a hundred missiles in one volley." The expert explains that the missile models in Iranian hands are a development of a Soviet concept, requiring the launch of missiles from a mobile launcher rather than from launch pits or pre-prepared cartridges, as the American army does.
This means that it takes a long time to set up the missile for launch, fuel it, and bring it to a state of launch readiness. The expert claims that it can take a skilled Iranian crew at least six hours to prepare such a missile for launch, and a less skilled crew almost a day. It is unclear how many mobile launchers Iran possesses and even less so the level of training and capability of the crews. The expert believes it took the Iranians several days to prepare for the launch towards Israel in April and that they would struggle to maintain such a firing rate over time if the Iranian response escalates into an exchange of blows.
The prolonged process of preparing a large number of ballistic missiles for launch may be behind the time it takes for the Iranians to respond to the assassination that occurred almost a week ago or at least serves as an encouraging factor for Tehran's psychological campaign, which causes damage to Israel's economy in front of its people.
IsraelHayomHeb
J.D. thought she should hang in there. After all, he is mentally ill and he is not withdrawing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html
They are stuck with a loser
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/here-comes-gop-panic-mode/57511/
Rented the same huge arena but could not fill it.
Quite a fertile brain for Hanibal Lecter
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trump-insists-hes-not-senile-claims-he-has-fertility-in-his-brain/57527/
Anyone understand what he is trying to say???
Goodnight Resisters everywhere. I drank over a gallon of tea today. But I made more for tomorrow.
Ukrainian writer in London - don't hear from her every week.
Defense forces of Ukraine From ‘The Analyst’ (Military & Strategic) X: MilStratOnX
RUSSIAN RED LINES
America and the NATO allies fretted over supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine in 2021/22.
Russia wouldn’t like it. They did and the Russians didn’t. But they didn’t do anything about it.
The argument over supplying tanks raged for so long, by the time they arrived the face of war had changed so dramatically that they no longer had the desired impact. Everyone worried over what the Russians might think, and the started suggesting the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
The tanks arrived and the TNW’s remained in their lockups.
Then there was arguments over giving Ukraine the means to defend its air space and the Russians threatened the destruction of every unit and that the whole scenario was yet another dangerous escalation. We sent the air defences and nothing happened.
Then we worried about supplying long range weapons like StormShadow and SCALP-EG. And we sent them. And nuclear weapons did not rain down on London or Paris, despite the bellicose threats.
And then we said we’d send aircraft - real fighters. And this too, said the Kremlin, was an insufferable escalation. But nothing happened.
Now they say they will shoot them all down. They can try and eventually they probably will. That’s war. Take a while to catch up with the numbers of Su-34’s Russia has lost though.
And the latest threats? If F-16 is based in Romania or Poland then Russia considers those airbases viable targets.
Okay then, so you’re going to risk injuring and killing NATO forces in a NATO country are you? I think not. Besides no Ukrainian F-16 will be carrying out combat missions from NATO territory because we are grown ups and we know that’s an act of war. But nothing is stopping them being serviced there, just as it hasn’t stopped the Mig-29 and Su-24’s being refurbished there either.
Every time we have allowed ourselves to think what Russia might do and it never has. And it never will.
So why are we still holding back from letting Ukraine use weapons on Russian territory? We aren’t the ones firing them. Ukraine is. Let’s not wait any longer. Surely we know by now what Russia’s response will be?
❤️🩹 War veterans are strong people who are gradually returning to civilian life.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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