Poking the Bear Again

[Smitty-48]

I didn't say the ships were crap.... never would. I lack the expertise. I'm sure they are well designed.

Just saying them Russians over promise and under deliver. re: Potemkin Village.

Hit me when they've got well designed ships somewhere's I give a shit about.

I'm just reviewing the osint as to deployments in the theatre

United States European Command has gone to its second highest level of alert "Imminent Potential Crisis"

Yeah.

We looked like bitches over there for the last half decade. Too bad.

Infrastructure week forever!!! Let's get some automated destroyers out there... compliments of silicon valley AI, amiright?

I simply note that the Aegis BMD equipped DDG-51's are on the move from Rota through the Bosporus

a clear of show of force by the US Navy, this is the BMD v. INF arms race going tactical at this juncture

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I'm just reviewing the osint as to deployments in the theatre

United States European Command has gone to its second highest level of alert "Imminent Potential Crisis"

Yeah.

We looked like bitches over there for the last half decade. Too bad.

Infrastructure week forever!!! Let's get some automated destroyers out there... compliments of silicon valley AI, amiright?

I simply note that the Aegis BMD equipped DDG-51's are on the move from Rota through the Bosporus

a clear of show of force by the US Navy, this is the BMD v. INF arms race going tactical at this juncture

And I am simply agreeing with you... and being relieved.

[Smitty-48]

Yeah.

We looked like bitches over there for the last half decade. Too bad.

Infrastructure week forever!!! Let's get some automated destroyers out there... compliments of silicon valley AI, amiright?

I simply note that the Aegis BMD equipped DDG-51's are on the move from Rota through the Bosporus

a clear of show of force by the US Navy, this is the BMD v. INF arms race going tactical at this juncture

And I am simply agreeing with you... and being relieved.

no worries, I have no quarrel, I was simply generating content to the forum, military osint & analysis

[Smitty-48]

in terms of the general nature of the activities in theatre

I would continue to characterize it as strategic warning / show of force

with the caveat that the Russians are engaged in escalation dominance localized to East Ukraine

the major Russian troop deployment makes it unlikely the Europeans will do anything rash in the Donbass

the Biden Administration however is now upping the ante at sea

the USAF has also deployed B-1B & B-2A bombers to RAF Lakenheath in the UK

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I simply note that the Aegis BMD equipped DDG-51's are on the move from Rota through the Bosporus

a clear of show of force by the US Navy, this is the BMD v. INF arms race going tactical at this juncture

And I am simply agreeing with you... and being relieved.

no worries, I have no quarrel, I was simply generating content to the forum, military osint & analysis

Hell yep. I'm happy to learn about the navy. Just trying to get myself into James Fenimore Cooper's sea novels.... boats are complicated.

[SuburbanFarmer]

not sure why you would characterize the Krivak IV as being 'crap'

just by their vertical launch cruise missile cells they are better armed than any NATO frigate

if there is one thing the Russians are the best at, it's A2AD at sea with supersonic anti shipping cruise missiles

I didn't say the ships were crap.... never would. I lack the expertise. I'm sure they are well designed.

Just saying them Russians over promise and under deliver. re: Potemkin Village.

Hit me when they've got well designed ships somewhere's I give a shit about.

I'm just reviewing the osint as to deployments in the theatre

United States European Command has gone to its second highest level of alert "Imminent Potential Crisis"

So... we drive some boats into their backyard and then up our ‘crisis levels’. How often do they do that, every year?

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I didn't say the ships were crap.... never would. I lack the expertise. I'm sure they are well designed.

Just saying them Russians over promise and under deliver. re: Potemkin Village.

Hit me when they've got well designed ships somewhere's I give a shit about.

I'm just reviewing the osint as to deployments in the theatre

United States European Command has gone to its second highest level of alert "Imminent Potential Crisis"

So... we drive some boats into their backyard and then up our ‘crisis levels’. How often do they do that, every year?

Don't be flippant!

Every time have a new Exec. 4-8 years.

[Smitty-48]

So... we drive some boats into their backyard and then up our ‘crisis levels’. How often do they do that, every year?

afaik, NATO has not been at this level of alert since the Cold War in the 1980's

the Russians have not moved this many troops to readiness since they invaded Georgia in 2008

this is a bigger force than what they deployed to take Crimea back in 2014

[Smitty-48]

the Russians are reportedly deploying the 76th Guards Airborne Air Assault Division from Pskov to Crimea

https://www.unian.info/war/escalation-a ... 77729.html

[Smitty-48]

again, I would characterize this as escalation dominance in action

the Russians are trying to force the Europeans to back down in the Donbass

none the less, this is not for exercise, these forces are on a war footing

and the Biden Administration is engaging in a slow but steady counter escalation, tit for tat