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Flockwitt

Yeah, it's an odd one this one. You almost feel like the coaches should approach it with one eye to the play-offs. Then again there's enough time before that to rest or do AB protocols if needed and they should just go for it and see what unfolds as a learning.

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I'd missed the announced delivery of 50/month of the French AASM-250 glide bombs. Now that's the kind of ongoing supply Ukraine needs at this juncture. Not batch units of this and that, but a steady stream of continuous significant attrition that isn't manpower dependent.

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Crusaders starting to look like they mean business. Today might be a bit messy, but then they'll get it together and be a dangerous opponent capable of beating anyone going forward.

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The US has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons in the Ukraine war and bunged in more sanctions.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/01/euro ... index.html

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Drones are orders of magnitude cheaper than the interceptors. The shit exchange equation is a problem. That said, china can make life miserable on Taiwan with ranges weapons, but landing troops there is totally different. The stated aim from Beijing is it reintegrate Taiwan, that requires boots on ...

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Think Churchill and U-Boats. Britain was that close to capitulating without a single soldier ever setting foot on their shores. Taiwan would have to do the same. Think you are putting a bit too much stock in drone warfare. Drones only pose a threat in Ukraine because they don't have great AA defenc...

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I wouldn't disagree that saying Xi will do this in the next few years is doomsdaying. Rather though what I'm trying to say is that Xi is going to be in position to be able to acheive an annexing of Taiwan in a way that wasn't really feasible only a few short years ago. What he does with the potentia...

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Thanks It’s great to find someone who actually has specialist knowledge on this subject What do you think the US might do about punishing China in this regard? Not talking about war, talking about sanctions, blockades etc Ummm... I'm not specialist knowledge, simply drawing what I think are logical...

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I posted this on the other thread. These are a ‘must watch’ if you’re interested in Taiwan/China The Silicon Shield https://youtu.be/hfjTUvzaZ7s?si=DI3QQEP88hdb6nj_ What the US and China might actually do if the shit hits the fan https://youtu.be/xBY5veWGBd8?si=CcbnZgznH0RzlVqm Entertaining and inf...

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Righto, so what are the repercussions for China once they've launched their 20,000 drones? Good question. Personally I don't think there'll be any they can't deal with. There are US troops there? They go to war with the US? The US will lose a Falkland Island type situation trying to protect Taiwan....

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Think you are putting a bit too much stock in drone warfare. Drones only pose a threat in Ukraine because they don't have great AA defences. Taiwan is a totally different kettle of fish - any drone big-enough to cause serious damage would be intercepted by Taiwanese / US tech Uh-huh. And how do you...

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I posted this on the other thread. These are a ‘must watch’ if you’re interested in Taiwan/China The Silicon Shield https://youtu.be/hfjTUvzaZ7s?si=DI3QQEP88hdb6nj_ What the US and China might actually do if the shit hits the fan https://youtu.be/xBY5veWGBd8?si=CcbnZgznH0RzlVqm Entertaining and inf...

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Think Churchill and U-Boats. Britain was that close to capitulating without a single soldier ever setting foot on their shores. Taiwan would have to do the same. Think you are putting a bit too much stock in drone warfare. Drones only pose a threat in Ukraine because they don't have great AA defenc...

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Think Churchill and U-Boats. Britain was that close to capitulating without a single soldier ever setting foot on their shores. Taiwan would have to do the same.

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Ted. wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 7:35 am Absolutely, the only thing that is warm that is good. Furburger excepted.

Fixxed.

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Why do we think Taiwan will fall? From what I understand its an incredibly difficult invasion to pull off. And I would suggest that the fact that Taiwan is home to some pretty critical technology that flows directly to the US military means that the US support of Taiwan will be significant and dire...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 6:13 am
Flockwitt wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 5:47 am Meh. Ten's an over-rated position. Just shuffle the ball on.
Am I being whooshed? You're surely not serious.

Perhaps I forgot to wear my Springbok supporters cap.

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Meh. Ten's an over-rated position. Just shuffle the ball on.

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It’s not good. The point is it’s becoming a viable time for China to have a limited war in the Falklands/Ukraine mode. They already have achieved a basic level of wealth that a set back for half a dozen years is neither here nor there in the longer term. The fecal matter will fly for a few years bu...

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It’s not good. The point is it’s becoming a viable time for China to have a limited war in the Falklands/Ukraine mode. They already have achieved a basic level of wealth that a set back for half a dozen years is neither here nor there in the longer term. The fecal matter will fly for a few years but...

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Very worrying signs with China continually buying gold hand over fist. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars here since the Ukraine war started. And now there are reports that this isn’t even close to the full amount. That China has also been purchasing huge amounts covertly. What are the ...

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Very worrying signs with China continually buying gold hand over fist. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars here since the Ukraine war started. And now there are reports that this isn’t even close to the full amount. That China has also been purchasing huge amounts covertly.

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Freshen up and plenty of impact from the bench. Can live with that.

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As a comment both US and German aid packages woefully only throwing in token anti-drone capability. I'd remarked on it the other day and RfU's latest only emphasises its importance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33LL8vXRfEM The West is barely getting to first base with drone production and horrif...

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Bindi wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:56 am The Tahs will win this.

Bah. Your overweaning confidence does not bother me at all.

Much.

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We are over halfway through Supe 2024 and anyone who doesn't have Caleb Clarke marked down as one AB winger either hasn't been watching much Supe or is being parochial. The guy has been the best winger out of the NZ teams. Reece or Tele'a can play on the other wing. Out of the others who were on th...

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I'm surprised by that polling. Based on history, I expect this National-led government to be a minimum two-term government (from memory, the last 1 term government in NZ was in the 50s?). However, I'd like to see the results of the next couple of polls before concluding whether public mood has tren...

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An article on the draft dodging. https://kyivindependent.com/more-than-30-draft-evaders-died-crossing-mountain-borders/ I saw a similar article of Ukrainian draft dodgers trying to float on an inflatable raft to Moldova, tragically dying on the way. The sad irony is that the longer the Ukrainian le...

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I'm surprised by that polling. Based on history, I expect this National-led government to be a minimum two-term government (from memory, the last 1 term government in NZ was in the 50s?). However, I'd like to see the results of the next couple of polls before concluding whether public mood has tren...

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And it would not surprise me in the least to find if we had an election tomorrow ACT would actually increase their % of votes.

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As a comment both US and German aid packages woefully only throwing in token anti-drone capability. I'd remarked on it the other day and RfU's latest only emphasises its importance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33LL8vXRfEM The West is barely getting to first base with drone production and horrify...

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An article on the draft dodging.

https://kyivindependent.com/more-than-3 ... n-borders/

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Which puts Germany in firm second place in terms of aid. The grenade launchers and ammo are something Ukraine can't get enough of - good to see that. Not enough artillery ammo though that needs to be qualified as to just what type it is.

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I'm surprised by that polling. Based on history, I expect this National-led government to be a minimum two-term government (from memory, the last 1 term government in NZ was in the 50s?). However, I'd like to see the results of the next couple of polls before concluding whether public mood has tren...

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We are over halfway through Supe 2024 and anyone who doesn't have Caleb Clarke marked down as one AB winger either hasn't been watching much Supe or is being parochial. The guy has been the best winger out of the NZ teams. Reece or Tele'a can play on the other wing. Out of the others who were on th...

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The US has purchased a whole bunch of ex-Soviet aircraft from Kazakhstan, 81 total. Which must have pleased Putin no end.

https://us.yahoo.com/news/us-buys-81-so ... 27813.html

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I have a real problem with one iniatives started under Helen Clarke , extra funding that only includes those artists that , reflect and encourage our national identity ( whatever the hell that means ) . It becomes very top down and leads to disproportional representation of mediocre artists simply ...

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Apologies if RR. A quite telling interview from DW News that others might have seen. But clearly Russian internal is not really in any sort of significant economic trouble for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzS7pxavi0

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It'll focus the guys before the pointy end of the season. Not a bad thing in that respect, but they don't want to lose to the Tarts in Welly. Flush the dunny and move on. let's hope so. Feels like Blues are the favorites at the moment. Have to agree. Sotutu must be about the most effective player i...

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It'll focus the guys before the pointy end of the season. Not a bad thing in that respect, but they don't want to lose to the Tarts in Welly. Flush the dunny and move on.

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