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Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:33pm On Jan 16
WriterrNg:
⚡Canada to import 49,000 Chinese EVs at preferential tariff rates: PM Carney
They've started hitting Trump back. Na for the Orange man to raise tariffs on Canada to 50%>
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:27pm On Jan 16
WriterrNg:
⚡Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize medal presented to him by María Corina Machado.
The glee on that man's face shows how vulnerable and mentally unfit he is to run the oval office.

The US don enter one chance on the highway to hell.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
dermmy:
This This is big, Canada is giving up on the U.S gradually. All thanks to Trump's hostile policies towards America allies. May be Xi's pacifism and gentle approach will pay in the end and attract America's allies.
Xi's continuous pacifism will yield nothing. He will have to act at some point or watch China's geopolitical interest and global economic success stymied. The hawks in Washington only understand the language of violence.

Once Trump's era end and another US president (preferably a democrat) comes in, watch as these currently antagonized American allies will turn 180. They're just as unreliable as the US is. They were once accessories to US global crimes of unhinged interventions, regime change, theft, murder, and plundering of hapless nations. It's time they get served their own plate.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:33pm On Jan 16
WriterrNg:
⚡Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee on Trump:

Of course, we will maintain our brotherhood and friendship with Saudi Arabia, with the Emirates, with Bahrain, with Qatar, with Türkiye, with Iraq.

But not a single one of your bases in these countries will be safe.

We recommend you go back. Don't come any further forward than this.

If we start moving, we won't have discussions about ceasefires and such things anymore.
Persia calling their bluff. Taco chickened out because none of those ME countries are willing to sacrifice their safety to grease US bullying.

The fact that the US had to move air defense weapons and carriers from South Korea, Japan, and elsewhere to other places shows the US military is under severe stress and lacks resources to conduct even a single major operation on its own. This factor is caused by one major thing: the sheer senseless and continuous inefficient drain in Ukraine, where Russia keeps destroying all Patriot and other NATO air defense systems, draining interceptor missiles as well. Consequently, this renders US and NATO bases across the ME and Europe defenseless. It also eliminate the option to attack Iran without suffering heavy retaliation and consequences.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:09pm On Jan 16
WriterrNg:
⚡Here's the list of European troops deployed/to be deployed in Greenland.

France — ~15 personnel 🇫🇷
Germany — ~13 personnel 🇩🇪
Norway — 2 personnel 🇳🇴
Sweden — 3 personnel 🇸🇪
United Kingdom — 1 personnel 🇬🇧
Finland — 2 personnel 🇫🇮
Netherlands — 1 personnel 🇳🇱
Clowns.

Trump only need to deploy the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) and the rest would be history.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:01pm On Jan 15
shoodboi2:
It is funny watching NATO trying to defend itself from NATO. So if NATO attacks NATO, who will help NATO? How will the so-called article 5 even work?

Denmark itself should make peace with the BS it found itself. You don't go around helping an imperialist nation to steal from others and then expect that the imperialist won't steal from you someday.

As they say, he who rides a tiger will end up in its belly. Europe has ridden a tiger and will now end up in its belly.
It's shameful and satisfying at the same time watching the drama unfolding among the so-called NATO.

Well, it's called NATO for a reason: Nationalized American Terrorists Organization.

The chief terrorist is running out of preys to terrorise and loot. So, he is coming back home to roost. cool
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:53pm On Jan 15
[quote author=WriteerNg post=138143034]⚡U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran:

What we are now seeing is the rats fleeing the ship.

We can see millions, tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country, smuggled out by the Iranian leadership.

They are abandoning ship, we are seeing this happen.


.

No one is fleeing Iran. Stop making excuses for your fear of entering the fray. Make good your threat by striking Iran now and let the hypersonics do the needful.

Clown.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:12am On Jan 15
LordAdam16:
a critical observation to note

the us has recalled all but 2 of its 11 aircraft carriers home

the 2 aircraft carriers deployed outside the western hemisphere are in asia
one near japan (it is actually at its japanese home port) and the other in the south china sea

there is no aircraft carrier in the persian gulf, med, or europe




with no aircraft carrier group and skeletal crews in gulf bases
they'll have to rely on air assets covering long distances to conduct strikes which they'll support with their large tanker fleet
that'll put greece and greek cyprus as the leading source, that is if the gulf surprises everyone by vetoing strikes from their soil
israel is out of the question because it will be pummeled like no tomorrow
there were 2 aircraft carrier groups defending it during the 12D war that are now drinking tea in the us
even israeli jets, as during the 12d war, will move most offensive operations to greece/cyprus
strikes against the highest security targets would go off from the us itself, bases in western europe/uk, or diego garcia
it will be interesting to see how many sorties they can manage




the more information comes out
the more it appears that they bet the house on the terrorism
those crisis actors were supposed to f*ck over and cripple the government
this also lends credence to the government characterizing the riots as an insurgency

furthermore, the hegemony would have to strike
because this government will acquire a nuke after hostilities
it doesn't matter what khamenei says
the power brokers will get a nuke

-Lord
They've misleading Trump on actual event on the ground in Tehran.

They're not telling him that the riots has virtually died down so he doesn't see it as a waste of time and resources striking Iran.

The strike will happen anyway. Let's watch and see.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:14am On Jan 14
dermmy:
Honestly Iran has tried the onslaught has been very hot and ferrocious over the decades. I'll always teach my children to be dogged and resilient like the Persians. I wish them good luck cause America and Israel don't want to miss the chance this time they will throw everything at it. I believe it will be a coalition of countries against Iran like the gulf war.
Persia have tried really.

The US and Israel will strike Iran any moment from now. They don't have another option.

But they will have to go it alone.

With what has happened, in Gaza, Venezuela, and now the bullying and intimidation of Greenland, even the most ardent allies of the US will find it difficult to tag along the US in its military adventurism in Iran; at least, not with Trump.

So, the odds are the US and Israel will go it alone, except for some Middle Eastern (slave) nations like Jordan and the UAE. Trump has been very successful in destroying the already battered US image in the international political sphere.

For now, fingers crossed.

The attack will happen. Iran will be hit harder on this occasion, but like before, the Iranian response will also be proportional but more effective, thanks to the influx of Russian and Chinese tech.

Something tells me Panda will seize this opportunity to take its pound of flesh. It cannot afford to sit on the sidelines and watch Iran falls for one obvious reason. If Iran falls today, that will be the end of the China One Belt One Road project in the region. It will effectively kills its Euroasian ambition.

Hence, the Chinese foreign ministry have declared that Beijing will not stand idly by and will intervene if necessary. However, no one knows to what extent that intervention would be.

We can only wait and see.

God help the Med.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:16am On Jan 14
LordAdam16:
red flag raised above the jamkaran

LET'S F*CKING GO!

-Lord
Brother, our prediction is coming through. The months of January and February are the months of wars in the Med.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:21pm On Jan 13
stanluiz:
America did Germany a very bad thing by bombing Nord stream 2 gas pipeline. Germany has already invested billions of dollars in that project.

Nord stream 2 would have be a game changer for Germany because the gas pipeline passes through the Baltic sea direct from Russia unlike other gas pipeline that passes through Ukraine and Poland.

America even went ahead to sanction companies that were involved in the project. Now, German economy are now feeling the heat. Germany is now Deindustrialising all because of America.
We don't care.

When an independent country chooses to be a slave to another country, he should not complain of being rubbed on the ground.

Germany can deindustrialize to hell so long her companies are moving to Russia to start a new life.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:14pm On Jan 13
ariesbull:
JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇬🇱 Russia's Dmitry Medvedev says "all 55,000 residents of Greenland could vote to join Russia, and then it's all over."
I love this man. grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
LordAdam16:
the excellent performance of iranian intelligence so far confirms four things:

1. israel scored numerous brownie points during the 12d primarily because of their infiltration
their field agents did the heavylifting
from degrading defenses to targeting high value vips to providing excellent by-the-minute intelligence

2. the 12d war was a wake-up call for the axis on iran
panda's hesitancy notwithstanding, the axis, particularly russia, has offered invaluable assistance
the russia/china will do nothing while the islamic government collapse narrative is in the toilet

3. there will be more surprises from iran
jamming starlink within hours is a mind-blowing feat
especially since there was no prior nationwide drill or test
no one even guessed they had that capability
this is their first go at it and you have to understand that iran is huge
also dismantling a riot network that had been deployed in virtually every province within 48 hours is crazy work

4. this regime change operation started immediately after the end of the 12d war
info is emerging that the hegemony spent billions shorting the rial
to provoke the demonstrations
that would activate their crisis actors
that would provoke a brutal crackdown
that they would show to western audiences to quieten any mumblings about a military intervention

they've followed that plan to a t

the only hiccup is that the crisis actors were supposed to be more effective at destabilizing the government
and the brutal crackdown was supposed to alienate the government from the populace
so that the military intervention could occur while the government was in death throes and would struggle to mount a painful retaliation

however, they've invested so much and burned so many assets that they'll attack nonetheless

any talk about diplomacy or indecision should be discarded

the hegemony is willing to sacrifice a couple of americans/israelis and an 80 year old unpopular president to attack iran's security installations and officials

the loudmouth's completely unhinged plan is to strike iran then offer negotiations and some kind of conciliation to avoid a painful retaliation (maybe allow another choreographed strike) and a wider total regional war
he offered iran unfettered access to selling its oil to china to get them to end the 12d war
but that was after generals and scientists had been murdered and fordow was hit
he definitely thinks that'll work again




since we're in the endgame T-*
a quick synopsis on iran's readiness

iran had been planning around a 12d war repeat
the introduction of the us leading the attack has led them to dust up secondary plans
us bases are all around iran's west (true west, northwest, south west)
the gulf, iraq/syria, turkey

a pre-emptive strike is being complicated by knowledge about whom will allow their territories to be used
turkey did provide valuable intelligence to capturing iraqi kurdish agents but will that extend to banning the us from using their bases?
the saudi arabia-uae clash that is benefitting iran's foreign policy means the gulf is also not clear-cut
then you have iraq and syria where they have to be careful about creating the impression that they instigated war with a pre-emptive strike
essentially, they have to wait for at least axis early warning systems to identify source of imminent attack

this would have been much more straightforward if it was an israel-iran match up

-Lord
The moment the US/Israeli crisis actors started burning mosques and targeted civilian buildings, they lost control of the riot.

That single act successfully turned the people from anti-government to pro government protesters. The infiltrators and the planners behind them forgot that ordinary Iranians are not that extreme religious fundamentalist types that burns places of worship and selected civic centers during protests.

Honestly, I'm impressed by Iranian counterintelligence ops on this occasion, howbeit much of the success was also due to inputs from Russia and Turkey.

But that is not to say the IRGC did not play their part well. The organization and sheer speed at which they operated was top-notch. Needless to say they have all the right tools and tech extensively from Russia, and a few from Panda led China.

The Russian Murmansk EW system and Krassuka 4 complexes are most likely responsible for the successful shutdown of starlink across Iran. There is rumoured Russian EW officers deployed on ground in Iran manning the systems. That could also explain the high success rate recorded so far.

Prior to the riot, the US gave more than 30,000 Starlink terminals to its crisis actors. Imagined the damage these could have done, providing vast data and precise accuracy for US/Israeli standoff strike platforms. But, as Forbes reported, the tools the Iranians acquired successfully rendered them impotent. The Iranians did not bother to track each terminal. They just shut down their traffic, and the Packet loss rate was 90%, which makes them unusable.

The regime change is falling faster than we think. cool

I don't think the Iranians will carry out a preemptive strike. They will wait it out as the frustration keeps mounting on the side of US-srael.

Like you said, they'd have no option but to attack anyway because, once this window of opportunity closes, there won't be another one for a very long time. And time is not on their side. The more the delay, the more Iran and the axis of resistance gets better, more organized and stronger to break.

Russian supplies keeps arriving in Iran. The regime have once again proved that it is surprisingly stable. So far, not a single official in Tehran have switched sides. This is big bad news for Washington and Israel.

Unlike in 2022 where it took almost three months for the US sponsored riots to subside, this one died in less than two weeks.

The decisive factor was the ability to shut down the Internet and telecommunication networks all over the country, all thanks to Mother Russia and Chinese technologies.

The absence of Internet access made it impossible for the CIA/Mossad agents directing the rioters to command and control their crisis actors spread across Iran. Also, there was no way they could generate horrific propaganda videos from Iran, pass it through the Internet to western MS media covens to amplify and drum up support for foreign intervention. The sophisticated way this was brought under control need to be studied by other state actors wary of US-led color coded revolutions.

On this note, we can boldly say, the riot is over.

The stage is now set for Iran and the axis to take their pound of flesh. But, how, when and where still remain to be seen. Moreover, much of the retaliation will depend on the next move the hegemon and its murderous son will take on the geo chessboard.

Notwithstanding, we can confidently do the score for now:

Iran 3-1USrael.

Reasons for the scoreline above.

Iran:

1. succeeded in im countering the enemies crisis actors on the ground

2. They rendered useless the enemy's most sophisticated tools used to actualize color-coded revolutions.

3. They defeated the enemy's primary objective of regime destabilization and change.



USreal;

1. They succeeded in killing innocent civilians
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:15pm On Jan 12
FoolishBoy419:
🚨 BREAKING:

🇮🇷 Iranian intelligence RAIDED a MOSSAD TERRORIST safe house in Yasuj and ARRESTED several armed militants in a surprise operation.

The CAPTURED terrorists CONFESSED:

“I was influenced and completely unaware. I was taken advantage of by ‘them’. We were deceived.”




There are dozens of videos like this. This is pure terrorism by USreal
LordAdam16, Netanyahoo banker is speedily becoming bonkers.

They must attack whether they like it or not.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:13pm On Jan 12
erniok:
He has lost touch with reality. US dare not invade cuba and he knows it.
With impulsive Trump, anything is possible.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:32pm On Jan 12
U
LordAdam16:
they shot a citizen in the head three times because they believed an officer was in danger
that officer lived ooo
but iran should coddle foreign agents in iran that kill security officers
people wen no even dey hide their affiliation, intent, and crimes

iran no even put story
them just dey crush them dey go

-Lord
I no even they bother to read or respond to their posts most times. What is there to respond to when you know you're talking to a brick wall?

Fact.. the US shoots, kills, and imprisoned its citizens more than any other developed country in the world.

Fact.. you are more likely to be killed as a black man in the US than in any other developed nation in the world.

The US is just a developed death zone.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:20pm On Jan 12
WriteerNg:


The innocent woman shot in the head by ICE wasn't Trump killing his people for fun??

How about the hundreds shot weekly by US law enforcement?


🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡
Na una get time to they reply brainwashed folks here.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:17pm On Jan 12
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump:

Yesterday, the leaders of Iran called. They want to negotiate.

I think they’re tired of being beat up by the United States. We may meet with them.

A meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting.
Save us the warp delulu. You're just afraid to go all in because a lot of body bags would be coming home to DC.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:11pm On Jan 12
LordAdam16:
this starlink killswitch and the afghan deportation is why not one security installation has been seized so far

during the 2019 riots, they were attacking military bases
they attacked more than three dozen
they've not yet done so according to prelim reports
they know after the 12D war, that is an invite to a pogrom

when they were gloating that they had a surprise for iran
they were dead serious

let's get this match started
the sh*t throwing is getting old

-Lord
Remember we said it that, if Netanyahoo is confident enough to restrike Iran again in such a short time and despite the aftermath of 12D, it could only mean one thing: he has a big banker he is relying on on the ground in Iran.

Well, we have seen the banker now.

It's the riot....the planned color-coded revolution. Ukrainian Maidan style.

Unfortunately, things aren't going as planned.

The IRGC has upped its counterintelligence ops. I'm really impressed by them on this front.

Badge after badge of infiltrators are getting smoked like catfish in Warri market. The chaos and impact they expected keeps becoming a fleeting illusion.

So they have switched to an optional narrative:

"If we see that the civilians being killed are so much, we will strike," per Donald Trump.

The frustration is mounting but Iran don't give a dime. Bring it on and all your bases in the region would be fair game.

They too seem to have read the script well. They've been installing defense mechanisms across their bases in the ME. But, just as in the 12D, nothing can stop hypersonics. Just that, on this occasion, Iran will have more big fat targets to strike and the body bags won't just be limited to Israelis.

Trump is in for a surprise. Except the US/Israeli banker proves to be a real surprise.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:43pm On Jan 12
WriteerNg:


They're hoping to hold him somewhere in Australia or Argentina.

These fvckers are that crazy. They can watch the world burn and wait it out in Argentina or Australia.
Anywhere a kidnapped Putin is, Oreshnik and Satan 2 will reach.

Just like Putin aptly put it, they'd not even have the time to say their prayers.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:42pm On Jan 12
LordAdam16:
guy dem no give am wiggle room at all

he deserves all he is getting
head they win, tail they win

impeachment day go be international holiday

-Lord
I no go lie you. Somehow, I feel sorry for the man.

The moment he renamed that ministry to ministry of war, I know they've got him line, hook and sinker.

Both on the domestic and foreign space, the man just dey ramp up enemies and hatred for himself.

His cross would have been laid and nailed once American body bags starts coming home from different places across the globe. Iran and the axis of resistance would make sure of that in the next hot war primed for this month and February.

I just dey sorry for the man.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:52pm On Jan 11
WriteerNg:


Wrong comparison.

LGA to a continent.
True.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:26pm On Jan 11
WriteerNg:
⚡ “The UK Defense Minister expressed a desire to kidnap Putin” - The Telegraph
By the time you're done kidnapping him and running back home, you will have no place to return to because all of London would be in radioactive tsunami courtesy of Oreshnik and Satan 2.

Clowns.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:22pm On Jan 11
LordAdam16:
like comparing a hamlet to a continent

-Lord
The comparison has no basics.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:15pm On Jan 11
LordAdam16:





his presidency is over
this will be a slow-motion train wreck
and he will have successfully poisoned the well for republicans for the next four election cycles

i really hope he makes a military move on greenland, mexico, colombia
stack the L's

-Lord
The people that are misleading Trump have gotten him on the jugular.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:34am On Jan 11
WriteerNg:
Israel's war and Ukraine war are almost the same age.

3 years later Russia is still increasing the intensity of its bombings while Israel is still catching a breather.

Yet one nicompoop go dey compare Russia with baby Israel.
Comparing Israel with Russia is like comparing a local government area to a whole state.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:29am On Jan 11
[quote author=WriteerNg post=138088626]⚡Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang:

There’s a belief that somehow if we provided American chips to foreign countries — and specifically China — that the Chinese military would be building their military, building airplanes and aircraft carriers using American chips.

First of all, they have plenty of their own chips, and their companies are formidable. The idea that China does not have a technology industry — we now know — is lunacy.


the NVBs make them hear.

The same way they bought the propaganda that Russia is scavaging washing machines to get chips for their military tech. If only many of these guys knows how deeply advanced and and sophisticated Russian and Chinese military tech are.

You know they are kids for believing that Russia and China don't have their own chip tech.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:02am On Jan 11
WriteerNg:
⚡US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’.
Emotions do not replace reality.

Trump and his team of morons will.learn the hard way.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:33am On Jan 11
FoolishBoy419:
🚨⚡️"A single 'Oreshnik' missile can destroy a fully equipped American aircraft carrier with fighters and 5,000 soldiers in about 30 seconds."

- US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.
They doubted the credibility and destructive capabilities of the system in the aftermath of the first Oreshnik strike.

This second strike has opened their eyes to the reality that all US and NATO bases within the black sea and Baltic seas are nothing but big, fat, sitting duck targets that will disappear with each lightning strikes from a single launch of the system.

This is why mad EU nations like France and the UK cannot officially deploy boots on ground in Ukraine. Russia will simply incinerate them.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:23am On Jan 11
LordAdam16:
obviously can't speak to the exact number
but yes, rodriguez has been carrying out a purge

the venezuelans know the us will not stop probing so they have to maintain the deterrence that has forced the us to avoid boots on the ground and installing the opposition
that requires effective counterintelligence

as the days go by, it's becoming more apparent that the house of rodriguez sacrificed maduro to preserve the regime
we'll see how successful the gambit turns out to be
the axis devising a response to the blockade will massively help president rodriguez

that said, chinese shipbuilders will have multi-year backlogs
they have a monopoly on replacing and expanding the shadow fleet

-Lord
That's good to hear on VP Rodriguez doing inside purge.

But, the reported oil deal recently agreed with Washington is a direct slap on common sense. It makes the ongoing purge look suspicious and her stance against Maduro's kidnap a ruse show.

Whatever, time is still on everyone's side. We will know the whole truth this year.


On the other hand, China will definitely have to come up with something. But, I still believe whatever actions they'd take from now onward would be limited to happenings in the Indo-pacific region.

If the Americans can chose to do whatever it pleases in the western hemisphere, targeting the interest of other peer powers, China MUST as a matter of precedent and strategic security challenge vehemently the US so-called freedom of navigation in the Indo-pacific region. Two can play the game. Otherwise, China should expect severe cutbacks on its energy supply chains because, with each Xi's pacifism, the morons in Washington will keep daring and pushing to the limits on the escalatory ladder.

That's why this new year would make or mar the global order on peace and tolerance.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:53pm On Jan 10
Kingsnairaland:
Is it not better to capture the ship than to bomb it
The Odessa Corridor allows Russia to dictate what comes in or goes out of Ukraine. What is valuable for keep and what is worth destroying.

Is the reason why some NATO member states are really pained right now.

Russia is dominating the Black Sea at the moment.

And it gets worse for the enemies.

Russia's new "Artic Route" ambition is yielding fruits with each passing day. Once fully implemented, the route will not only allow Moscow to circumvent the unfriendly western dominated shipping routes via the Suez Canal or the Cape of Good Hope, it will give the Russians the ability to control the massive resources which, according to a 2021 estimate by the Pentagon, the Arctic may contain nearly a third of the world's undiscovered reserves of natural gas, as well as more than a trillion dollars of rare-earth minerals. It will also enabled the Russians to ship goods 60% faster compared to the current shipping routes.

This and a few other reasons are why the ongoing war in Ukraine is still raging. Russia must be stopped by all means from tapping and enjoying the resource alone.

But, the ship has already sailed. The Russians are working tirelessly and speedily on the northern route. While the EU and NATO keeps throwing all that they can to stall the inevitable, it's just a matter of time, the route keeps getting into shape is already yielding some fruits.

Last year September, a Chinese ship guarded by Russian Ice breakers made the journey between the two countries using the exclusive northern artic route. This new route that was only utopian ten years ago has now become a geopolitical reality that proved that both nations can trade without coming under the surveillance of US led acts of piracy and bullying.

America can only watch and complain in disbelief.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:57pm On Jan 10
Kingsnairaland:
Ukraine has a significant network of 13 large Underground Gas Storage (UGS) facilities with a total capacity exceeding 31 billion cubic meters (bcm), making it a key storage hub for Europe, though

Why are they lamenting when only one was destroyed

Donbass has two
Three minus 13 =10
At least Ukraine still have ten

So why are they crying too soon
They're crying because the message is becoming clearer.

With each Oreshnik strike, nothing is safe from the reach of the Russians.

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