Do the people asking for a no-fly zone realize that if America engages in a battle with Russia in the skies above Ukraine the entire country will be a smoking crater within a few hours?
Yeah, we argue about it twice a day in this thread
Ukrainian pilots. There are probably not enough US pilots competent and risk-able on MiGs to fly them if we wanted. That is, US pilots who would be able to combat fly a MiG 29 are likely highly valuable training and test flight pilots. You would need probably 6 months to a year to get your average f-15 pilot up to speed on a “new jet”.
Inconsistent language in articles themselves makes me think there's a casualty/loss/death thing going on where the media is using words interchangeably that are not interchangeable.
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Do the people asking for a no-fly zone realize that if America engages in a battle with Russia in the skies above Ukraine the entire country will be a smoking crater within a few hours?
I don't think nuclear war is any kind of guarantee if Russian and American forces directly face off, but I also truly don't think people calling for the no-fly zone realize the risk of nuclear conflict becomes a realistic probability if NATO policy pushes into direct attacks on Russian forces.
I think these people mean well, but they're thinking a no-fly zone means shutting down the Russians from dropping bombs on Ukraine, not that enforcing the no-fly zone is major Danger Zone territory that requires enforcement by forces that should not interact.
Do the people asking for a no-fly zone realize that if America engages in a battle with Russia in the skies above Ukraine the entire country will be a smoking crater within a few hours?
Something isn't a given just because we say it is.
Inconsistent language in articles themselves makes me think there's a casualty/loss/death thing going on where the media is using words interchangeably that are not interchangeable.
you also have one side reporting literally 10x what the other side is reporting so i wouldn't rely too much on specific numbers for the moment and pay more attention to actual events
Ukrainian pilots. There are probably not enough US pilots competent and risk-able on MiGs to fly them if we wanted. That is, US pilots who would be able to combat fly a MiG 29 are likely highly valuable training and test flight pilots. You would need probably 6 months to a year to get your average f-15 pilot up to speed on a “new jet”.
Yeah even very experienced and decorated pilots can’t necessarily just swap to a new fighter plane trivially, just ask this guy.
I wonder how much of it has to do with supply issues
I mean McDonald's primarily operates on a franchise system - meaning they take Royalty revenue from the store and have a vertically integrated sales chain. The fact that there is no way to pay thar Royalty or pay for goods means to any entity outside the country means that unless McDonald's wants to own a lot of worthless Russian currency in perpetuity, they aren't going to continue shipping goods in or providing the franchise support required by its contracts. It's surprising it took this long for this to happen honestly.
Normally, yes, but they straight-up owned most of the Russian locations.
Inconsistent language in articles themselves makes me think there's a casualty/loss/death thing going on where the media is using words interchangeably that are not interchangeable.
you also have one side reporting literally 10x what the other side is reporting so i wouldn't rely too much on specific numbers for the moment and pay more attention to actual events
Honestly even if the Ukrainians are exaggerating (deliberately or otherwise), the Russians were insisting four or five days into this that they'd suffered no casualties. The range between the two isn't as significant as the fact that the aggressors here aren't even pretending to sound plausible.
Yeah I'm working on it and will have it up in just a bit.
Around now is the time to plant Spring Wheat for a July harvest, and I have a feeling farmers aren't out there tilling fields at the moment. If things finish up before April then it won't be that much of an impact. I doubt this is going to be over by then, though.
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So, regarding the Russian population, there are people protesting, it's just that the Putin suppression machine is... efficient:
The ability to criticise public policy in Russia, particularly its invasion of Ukraine, is narrowing, with some 12,700 people unlawfully detained in anti-war protests, the top U.N. human rights official Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
To the surprise of nobody, the crash of the Russian stock market has, again, been pushed back. Trading will remain closed tomorrow.
How is this tenable? I mean, really... For the entirety of the war, will they just keep markets closed indefinitely?
What happens if they don't open them? Who says they need to? This feels very unprecedented, and I don't know how any investor doesn't immediately flee at the first chance the markets open.
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Geth, close the thread.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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The tweet called out 5% of the INVASION forces. That wouldn't be the total stockpile?
Can you clarify what you mean? I read total stockpile as the amount Russia has in sum total.
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I don't think nuclear war is any kind of guarantee if Russian and American forces directly face off, but I also truly don't think people calling for the no-fly zone realize the risk of nuclear conflict becomes a realistic probability if NATO policy pushes into direct attacks on Russian forces.
I think these people mean well, but they're thinking a no-fly zone means shutting down the Russians from dropping bombs on Ukraine, not that enforcing the no-fly zone is major Danger Zone territory that requires enforcement by forces that should not interact.
Something isn't a given just because we say it is.
Yeah I'm working on it and will have it up in just a bit.
you also have one side reporting literally 10x what the other side is reporting so i wouldn't rely too much on specific numbers for the moment and pay more attention to actual events
Yeah even very experienced and decorated pilots can’t necessarily just swap to a new fighter plane trivially, just ask this guy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Bond
To the surprise of nobody, the crash of the Russian stock market has, again, been pushed back. Trading will remain closed tomorrow.
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Normally, yes, but they straight-up owned most of the Russian locations.
Honestly even if the Ukrainians are exaggerating (deliberately or otherwise), the Russians were insisting four or five days into this that they'd suffered no casualties. The range between the two isn't as significant as the fact that the aggressors here aren't even pretending to sound plausible.
Around now is the time to plant Spring Wheat for a July harvest, and I have a feeling farmers aren't out there tilling fields at the moment. If things finish up before April then it won't be that much of an impact. I doubt this is going to be over by then, though.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/un-rights-boss-decries-clampdown-arrests-anti-war-protesters-russia-2022-03-08/
e: Reuters is an international news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.
https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/243881/war-russian-into-ukraine-bad-idea/
How is this tenable? I mean, really... For the entirety of the war, will they just keep markets closed indefinitely?
What happens if they don't open them? Who says they need to? This feels very unprecedented, and I don't know how any investor doesn't immediately flee at the first chance the markets open.
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