source for that claim is igor sushko, ignore everything that this clown says, it's waste of time to pay attention to his noise
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Yeah... And the second source cited in article, VChK-OGPU "outlet" is an anonymous channel in Telegram, that published information from "an anonymous source". Doesn't sound trustworthy.
Can you link me to some info about this person and why they're a clown?
He's a Pro-Ukrainian Mil-blogger which at first blush would seem to suggest he's a good guy, but, one of the first things that comes up when searching the name is him claiming Russia was planning on attacking Japan (a country which has a defence pact with the US) in '21 which strains his ~~credulity~~ credibility.
he made loads of wild bullshit claims, all without evidence, such as that putin has terminal cancer, or reports of Ukrainians using weapons that were delivered only months to year later
Are you claiming Newsweek is not reputable? I bet you also think Fox News is fake news. Or New^s York Times is clickbait. News is right there in the title, game over. /s
Yet another sign of the Russian economy booming.
More like "booming" as "exploding", I suppose?
Kabooming
Board gamers everywhere are saddened by this news
Railways are actually super important though. They can transport more cargo than any other means. Especially heavy stuff like artillery guns and armored vehicles. It doesn't matter if you have 10,000 Artillery guns, if you can't get them to the front.
I... don't think many people around here want more Russian artillery guns at the front...
Oh yeah, that's kind of my point.
Railways are actually super important though. They can transport more cargo than any other means.
Cargo ships would like to have a word with you.
The large cargo ships famously need large amounts of water. For getting material to the Frontlines it's either rail or road.
Okay, but I wasn't discussing or quoting you on anything relating to war material. Just your assertion about cargo in general!
Also...
The large cargo ships famously need large amounts of water.
Sounds like you haven't heard about viking cargo ships on logs!
Russia doesn't really have an extensive road system, to those unfamiliar. The rail system does the work a highway system would in America, so if this is true and it starts having massive outages things will get very dire very fast.
Ah yes, the third year of imminent Russian collapse.
Russia is shit at pretty much everything that they do except for their specialties such as war crimes and FAS. They will lose the war and they won’t have a minute of happiness for the next century like they didn’t for the last few.
Reality is already laughing at them, there is no need to overblow it.
Then we’ll find that Russia can function just fine in a collapsed state. Not for any measure of human wellbeing, though as they say, never underestimate the Russian people’s capacity for suffering. It’ll be a miserable, decrepit orc kingdom, but will still be able to do a lot of damage with just the blunt force of its mass.
"And then it got worse" is practically the Russian national motto.
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Sucks doesn't it Putler
What do ball bearings have to do with railroads, and why can't they buy them from China?
Oh I like this topic! Fun fact, Ball Bearings are actually a SUPER important little thing and a major hallmark component of the industrial revolution. You need to be able to make really good ball bearings in order to make a rotating joint that's just decent, and churning out perfect little spheres by the tens of thousands was one of the first tests of the modern world's capacity to make things in industrial quantity.
Basically, a standard rotating joint (simplified) has an inner metal band, eight ball bearings equally spaced around the inner metal band, and an outer metal band that traps all the ball bearings between it and the inner metal band. This means that the two bands can be rotated with incredibly low friction and relatively low wear. This is used in basically every machine with moving parts, and trains absolutely fit that criteria.
But it's definitely not operated with zero wear, especially in machines that are constantly operated and weigh a lot, like trains. Ball Bearings can and will wear down during operation and need to be replaced semi-frequently.
As for buying them from China... I would assume that's totally possible, but China might not have enough stock, or they could be trying to leverage their position to sell the ball bearings at a high markup since Russia doesn't have the ability to buy elsewhere.
A LOT of devices with moving parts, especially heavy ones, rely on ball bearings. As for the second part of your question, I just don’t know.
Excellent!
Why aren't they importing the necessary parts from China? Is it a compatibility issue maybe?