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Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by rainworld »

petre wrote: post #62
Insanity wrote: post #16

Given how poor their Ukrainian war is going, this is a strange move. I guess it’s mostly just posturing?

Putin's only option is to escalate at this point, otherwise he's seen as weak with the war going so well. The Romanians should also be really getting their act together and start shooting the bogeys down. Turkey didn't think twice before shooting down a Russian Su-24 in 2015 for violating Turkish airspace for about 17 seconds. This is how you "negotiate" with the Russians: first you break their nose when cross some r…

“This is how you "negotiate" with Turks: you kill dozens of them, then don’t apologize.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Balyun_airstrikes

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by cbg0 »

GTP wrote: post #86
miohtama wrote: post #15

Because Russian's war with Ukraine is unsustainable, something has to change for Putin for him to remain in power, and one option is an escalation with NATO. Some other scenarios also explained in this good video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jDhYFSGkaAc

> one option is an escalation with NATO. Wouldn't this make the situation much worse for Russia, and therefore for him as well? The oligarchs will know who is to blame if Putin starts a war with NATO.

The oligarchs aren't the ones controlling Putin, it's the other way around. But yes, escalation with NATO is a very poor idea, given Russia's struggles with a single non-NATO country.

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by petre »

worldthruword wrote: post #70
mcv wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ukraine is gaining some ground, but very slowly. It's basically a stalemate. Except that Ukraine is making the war extremely costly for Russia with the recent attacks on refineries and other targets deep into Russia. As long as the EU keeps supporting them, I think Ukraine will be better able to maintain the current situation than Russia. But Ukraine is nearly as exhausted as Russia, and I think a European coalition…

Ukr is attacking Retailers (Wildberries) in Russia because Russia helps Iran attack Amazon (US retailer) Data centers in the Gulf.

Nothing to do with Amazon. They sell military and dual use goods, that's why.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/07/26/8045972/

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by vixen99 »

cingraa wrote: post #35
Insanity wrote: post #16

Given how poor their Ukrainian war is going, this is a strange move. I guess it’s mostly just posturing?

These are cheap decoy foam drones with less electronics. The amount of fuel decides how far they fly. Favorable wind? They fly further.

They are cheap but the rockets to shoot them down cost (I've heard but don't count on it) around $480,000 per missile. That is not a minor consideration for a country like Romania.

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

xedrac wrote: post #25
fc417fc802 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't we already have that? It's just a smoulder instead of a conflagration.

Do you feel threatened that Russia and Iran will succeed in conquering all of Europe and the Middle East? I see it more like a couple of misbehaving misfits. That's very different than say, WWII.

How about WWI? This feels more like the start of that - blundering toward catastrophe.

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by yurish »

infinite_spin wrote: post #71
cyclopeanutopia wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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foot-wrap? What are you saying here? Is this a colloquialism that I'm not familiar with?

Yes, he wanted to insult the person. The word портянка is sometimes used in the Internet by Ukrainian nationalists to offend pro-Russian users.

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by cbg0 »

vixen99 wrote: post #95
cingraa wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are cheap decoy foam drones with less electronics. The amount of fuel decides how far they fly. Favorable wind? They fly further.

They are cheap but the rockets to shoot them down cost (I've heard but don't count on it) around $480,000 per missile. That is not a minor consideration for a country like Romania.

Absolutely not the ideal weapon to fight them, and better(cheaper) options are coming to shoot down the drones, but until then the price is irrelevant as long as you're preventing loss of human life.

Re: Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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Post by kspacewalk2 »

petre wrote: post #62
Insanity wrote: post #16

Given how poor their Ukrainian war is going, this is a strange move. I guess it’s mostly just posturing?

Putin's only option is to escalate at this point, otherwise he's seen as weak with the war going so well. The Romanians should also be really getting their act together and start shooting the bogeys down. Turkey didn't think twice before shooting down a Russian Su-24 in 2015 for violating Turkish airspace for about 17 seconds. This is how you "negotiate" with the Russians: first you break their nose when cross some r…

The Turks never apologized to the Russians. They said the incident was regrettable. Which is consistent with the overall "don't fuck with us" message that was being sent.
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