For a second i somehow thought he will go out there in the battle using nothing but a throwing axe lol
"How many Orcs can I kill today?
Too many to count, don’t get in my way
I shoot a mofo in the throat with my bow
Tomahawk chop is my death blow!"
I’m going to continue interpreting it that way because it is very funny.
They are doing very well striking the oil infrastructure with homegrown solutions, so they would actually want the tomahawk for the tougher military targets, like command and control, airfields, supply bunkers etc.
Airstrip strikes are a waste of money. They are quick and cheap to repair.
You’re confusing “Airfield” and “Runway”. One is a strip of asphalt/concrete, the other is a giant collection of expensive stuff like planes, fueling facilities, ammo stores, workshops, etc etc.
Yes.
It depends how big and extensive the craters are, there is a reason the UK spent so much effort bombing fastjet airstrips in the Falklands War with a globe spanning Avro Vulcan bomber strikes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck
edit there is more controversy over the effectiveness of this than I thought vs. it being a glorified PR program for the air force… which it clearly was to a large degree.
Escalation? YOU are the ones who for the past 3 years have been trying to destroy Ukraine. What should have been a 2 week “special military operation” has now become a 3 year embarassment, and total collapse of your military, your countrys resources, and your young male population for generations to come. Essentially putin, YOU have now gone down in history as russias biggest embarassment. You crippled your own country. And the worst part (for you) is that all of this is because you wanted a lasting legacy. And if you had just done nothing, you’d have gone down as the guy who rebuilt russias economy after the post cold war fallout years. If you just did nothing, you would be in a decent position today. And the rest of the world would still think your military is far stronger than it is/was.
Instead, you pulled back the curtain, showed the whole world how weak you are. You lashed out, issued empty threats, had no way to follow through with your threats, and now you expect us to believe you have the balls to nuke anyone?
You nuke Ukraine, or anyone for that matter, and ALL countries reign down upon you. That nuke would instantly be the end of russia, which has stood for over 1000 years. You would be the cause of it’s permanent end.
Then again, you ARE known to be very stupid, and make the dumbest choices.
Loser.
I’m not sure Putin is on Lemmy.
Lots of lackeys are
WELL HE’S NOT ON MYSPACE!!! (joking)
Despite this mad truth, it’s still not too late. GTFO of Ukraine, return all people you stole, submit to international criminal courts, pay reparations. Peace can be profitable, everyone will eventually drop sanctions; your country can not just survive but thrive!
And you know he means it.
I think he should continue using other weapons too. I doubt there are enough tomahawks to only use them.
Edit: maybe he is only personally going to use tomahawks now. This makes more sense. I’d only use the best too if I was at the top.
I thought the same thing, then I realized “I think they mean they won’t use them for civilians (duh) or infrastructure (less duh).”
“Only” as in “not for other targets” not “exclusively using THs.”
Kremlin is a military target right?
Nope, politicians are not military targets. And that makes sense. Nobody would ever talk and try to settle things diplomatically if they could be legally assassinated while doing so.
Also, you can’t have a Nuremberg-style trial with the responsible people if you kill them. The military are following orders and doing what they are told (well, hopefully). The politicians are the ones with the highest responsibility for an invading army. An army serving the state won’t invade unless politicians tell them to.
What about Putin, who’s not a politician but a dictator warlord?
I’m sure the fact that politicians tend to come from wealthy backgrounds has no factor whatsoever…
All I’m hearing is “Yes, in fact it’s one of the most important ones!”
No I would not consider it a military target, a top military building HQ could be considered a target but I would think the international community would deem the literal capital of the country a non-military target.
Hopefully we should see some flamingos doin stuff soon
I have a hankering for Swan Lake.
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I mean yeah I haven’t been following it that closely because I dont have the time or attention to follow more than the broad strokes of the war nowadays
But even still from what I’ve seen it looks more likely than Trump’s ridiculous plan
A lot of what I do actively consume about Ukraine is from https://youtube.com/@perunau (great channel btw), and whatever randomly crosses my lemmy feed
EDIT:
Wait a sec, after having done a bit of quick searching, it looks like it’s already confirmed to have been used a couple of times? And is actively in production? Why do you think it’s not real?
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Tbh most of those points are irrelevant or make no sense, and are easily refutable (Id go down the list but I really don’t have the time rn, might do it this evening)
The only potentially valid one is the corruption stuff, but I’d have to look into it more.
Any other sources besides some random twitter guy?
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