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[The Old Hack 2,448]

So Russia just withdrew its Black Sea fleet from Sevastopol.

Think about that for a moment. A much smaller nation with no navy of its own just forced Russia to move its navy back to a safer port in Russia proper. What an amazing feat.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-withdraws-black-sea-fleet-vessels-from-crimea-base-after-ukrainian-attacks-51d6d4f5

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

The historic capture of Sevastapol & Crimea were essental in allowing late Tsarist and early Soviet Russia to regard themselves as a world naval and trading power.

When Kruschev transfered Crimea to Ukraine, more than a few Russians comforted themselves with the thought that everything Soviet was Russian.

The collapse of the USSR left a lot of people thinking that Crimea had been stolen.

A skillful diplomat in power might have found a peaceful solution to a populist crisis.

Vladimir Putin had other ideas . . . .

 

I very much fear those ideas include "If I can't have it, no one can have it!"  

 

[mlooney 3,417]

You are a gun geek if you under stand why this is Just Wrong

[ijuin 572]

First of all, shooting from the hip instead of using the sights is dumb unless you’re at point-blank range—and that optical sight appears to be out of alignment with the front and rear iron sights. Also, the forward grip on that thing is terrible.

[The Old Hack 2,448]

10 hours ago, ijuin said:

First of all, shooting from the hip instead of using the sights is dumb unless you’re at point-blank range—and that optical sight appears to be out of alignment with the front and rear iron sights. Also, the forward grip on that thing is terrible.

To be fair to the shooting from the hip thing, perhaps the shooter though they might as well because the sight was so awful.

[mlooney 3,417]

Happy Birthday NATO

[mlooney 3,417]

[mlooney 3,417]

[Darth Fluffy 302]

NATO. You need it more than ever.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

This does not end well for Putin. If Russia is having trouble taking the Ukraine, they are not going to fare well against a united Europe. And it will hopefully galvanize the US, as Pearl Harbor did, and eliminate the MAGGAT waffling. Once Russia backs down, he's toast.

A man with a limited skill set, slanted heavily toward 'bluster' . . . that sounds oddly familiar . . .

[mlooney 3,417]

The Baltic should be renamed NATO lake.