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Russia will take years to replace nuclear-capable bomber planes that were hit in Ukrainian drone strikes last weekend, according to Western military aviation experts, straining a modernisation programme that is already delayed.

Satellite photos of airfields in Siberia and Russia's far north show extensive damage from the attacks, with several aircraft completely burnt out, although there are conflicting versions of the total number destroyed or damaged.

The United States assesses that up to 20 warplanes were hit - around half the number estimated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy - and around 10 were destroyed, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago (37 children)

Wouldn't it be funny if all these various nations just did a reverse uno and like 20 different nations started invading Russia and slicing it up for territorial gain?

Russia is so weak right now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My dream is a united EU assault on Moscow to dethrone Putin and the Oligarchs and, hopefully, return the nation to a less corrupt state.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this point, it could easily be done, except that Putin would nuke Europe (and probably everybody else) before going down. That is literally the ONLY reason it hasn't been done.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My dream is for wars to end, not to make new ones, but you do you I guess

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was so naive once too, but I grew out of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

You said "my dream is". So if dreams are comming true, I'm not dreaming of an assault on Russia, I'm dreaming of an end to all wars and sufferring.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a fantasy, not reality. We live in reality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Reality is there won't be a unified assault on Moscow either, unless they do something really stupid. And they have done plenty of stupid things already and that hasn't made anyone do much. People haven't learned and are trying to appease all over again.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

1 million saiga antelopes is already invading russia, to eat thier crops.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm in ur base, eating ur crops.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

All your crops are belong to us

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

If I learned anything playing Risk, is that you are fucked if you are in the lead.... And especially fucked if you go on an offensive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It may be the safest bet at dismantling this constant threat for good. Oftentimes the only way the bully learns is when they're pushed back twice as hard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Other than that, an Eastern European country really has no business having as much territory in Central and East Asia as Russia does. It's like if Britain never lost its colonial empire; the whole thing should be torn down so woke shit like the right to self-determination can come to Russia.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

russia still has lots of nukes at their disposal which acts as nuclear deterrent and many millions would die trying to slice up russia (getting downvoted because of facts, what a joke some people are)

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dear Russia and Putin, I wish to extend a few words of sympathy to you in these trying times:

LOL! Get fucked, you deserve everything you are getting.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Wish we could see the person that downvoted this

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

May Russia continue to suffer every struggle imaginable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

You mean continue as it has been for the last few hundreds of years, got it.

Really, looking at world history I can't really find a time of which I think: oh, it would've been nice to be Russian back then!

Being Russia(n) is just one giant cluster fuck and has been for a very long time. Or maybe not one giant, but several very big ones with small breaks of a few years in between.

So I'm happy I live in NL.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

"Rapist struggles to maintain an erection after victim shoots him in the dick."

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 days ago

There are 20+ visual confirmations, so 40 might be close to the real number.

Slava Ukraine!

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 days ago

Oh no..anyways.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What’s fun, is that’s not AI. He was singing “where is thumbkin” which then goes down each finger “where is Pointer… where is Tallman….”

I’m the video, that smile comes on as he says “Here is Tallman”, knowing what the gesture was.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

Oh gee that sure is unfortunate. /S

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in Afghanistan:

Come in Donkey 1! Donkey 1 kanoby?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Soldier: Sir, Donkey 1 released! But the target is moving!

Did the carrot targeting system get installed on the target?

Soldier: Installed? I mean I put the carrots in the back of the trunk sir, as you told me!

Well done! Our work here is...bang!!!.....shit, what did you do with the other carrots?

Soldier:....

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

The US says it's 20, and in their new capacity as an official mouthpiece for the government of Russia, you can be sure that means it's 40. Maybe more.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago

everyone liked that

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

At this point they might as well buy them from China.

Although it’s arguable whether it’s worth having strategic bombers anymore. If they only need a platform to launch cruise missiles there are over platforms that can do it.

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