Another Putin Disaster
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UPDATED: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 22:07
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NATO exercises sweep Europe amid Russian escalation, rising tensions between Moscow and US
Moving past the fallen guards, an American voice - among the mix of men speaking accented English -- shouted at two others in a car: "Get out! Hurry up, hurry up."
The team of US Navy SEALs, along with Romanian and Spanish Special Forces, quickly and quietly worked their way through the warehouse, firing on enemy fighters and, when possible, taking them prisoner.
When the operation was done, the assaulting team -- whose ammunition had consisted of plastic projectiles and paint rounds -- was told by an instructor they had passed the course and to get back in position to run it again.
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The SEALs, from Virginia Beach, are in Romania this month as part of a contingent of American special forces taking part in the "Trojan Footprint" military exercises across five Eastern European countries that involve 600 NATO and non-NATO forces, including troops from Ukraine and Georgia, which have both been invaded by Russia in recent years. The training is taking place alongside this month's much larger Defender-Europe 21 NATO joint exercises, which have some 28,000 forces participating from 26 different countries.
Both sets of military training exercises, while long-planned, follow a series of aggressive Russian military moves across Europe.
CNN was given exclusive access to see the American special forces - the SEALs and US Army's Green Berets - exercise in Romania and North Macedonia over several days. In central Romania, the Green Berets fast roped and rappelled down from helicopters alongside Ukrainian and Romanian soldiers before blasting and shooting their way into a makeshift house.
In North Macedonia, American special air tactics airmen taught local troops how to call in targets for an AC-130 plane that was firing on a distant ridgeline, the Macedonians carefully annunciating the coordinates in halting English.
One salvo, called in by an American officer, was significantly off target, appearing to be the result of a misunderstanding between the ground and air forces: A potentially deadly mistake that spoke to why live fire training is so vital.
The annual exercises were canceled last year during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and while they are over a year in the making, it is lost on no one that they coincide with a dramatic escalation of tension between Russia and the West.
"We have to be strong and supportive of our allies when there is a threat," said David Muniz, the most senior US diplomat in Romania who serves as the embassy's chargé d'affaires. "When we are strong, when we are united, it has a real chilling effect, shall we say, on the kinds of things that can happen."
"In this way, you cut down on the chance for mischief," he added, shortly before American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division poured out of transport planes over a Romanian airfield in Boboc.
While some Russian forces have recently pulled back from their deployment to the border with Ukraine, Russia's navy has also carried out exercises in the Black Sea, challenged Ukrainian Coast Guard vessels in the same waters and closed down parts of the small sea around the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow invaded and annexed in 2014.
Few diplomatic or military officials -- American or otherwise - wanted to speak specifically about the Russian threat though several privately admitted there's no doubt it is hanging over these exercises.
"It's just showing everybody that we have a capability and we can use it when necessary," said Major General Joe Jarrard, the deputy commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa, downplaying the significance of the timing of the exercises. "We're going to continue to develop our readiness and the interoperability between all of the allies and partners and so that's what we're continuing to focus on."
The head of Romania's special forces, which cop
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Russians brought 100,000-200,000 troops plus heavy equipment (tanks, artillery, fighter-bombers) to their border with Ukraine.
NATO:The elephant labored, and brought forth a nouse. 28,000 troops; language barriers, snarled logistics, and poor integration.
I'm sure the Russians are shaking in their boots!
/snark
Meanwhile, the Biden* administration is busy pillaging Ukraine for the last dregs of wealth.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64020&p=7#1
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Doesn't it make you feel proud, to be a nation of parasites?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
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Quote:Where did Signym get this idea? From The Saker: http://thesaker.is/pictures-of-a-ukrainian-dream/
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Meanwhile, the Biden* administration is busy pillaging Ukraine for the last dregs of wealth.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64020&p=7#1
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Doesn't it make you feel proud, to be a nation of parasites?
'The Saker' is a pseudonym of Andrei Raevsky, an ex-patriot Russian domiciled in Florida. https://wikispooks.com/wiki/%27The_Saker%27
Where did Andrei Raevsky get this idea? He made it up. He's got a history: http://thesaker.is/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Where did Signym get this idea? From The Saker: http://thesaker.is/pictures-of-a-ukrainian-dream/
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Meanwhile, the Biden* administration is busy pillaging Ukraine for the last dregs of wealth.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64020&p=7#1
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Doesn't it make you feel proud, to be a nation of parasites?
'The Saker' is a pseudonym of Andrei Raevsky, an ex-patriot Russian domiciled in Florida. https://wikispooks.com/wiki/%27The_Saker%27
Where did Andrei Raevsky get this idea? He made it up. He's got a history: http://thesaker.is/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly [/quote
Probably learned that from Don Lemon, Rachel Maddow and Morning Joe.
Always learn from the best, I say.
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Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
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Quote:There is a Russian making up fake stories condemning America while writing under a pseudonym to protect his fake identity. Meanwhile, there are real stories from actual Americans using their real names, working with a staff of real reporters, for a real company that can really be sued for lying. On the other hand, it is pretty much impossible to arrest or sue or even find a real street address for Russians, which pretty much explains why Russians say and do whatever pleases themselves and/or Putin.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Probably learned that from Don Lemon, Rachel Maddow and Morning Joe.
Always learn from the best, I say.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:There is a Russian making up fake stories condemning America while writing under a pseudonym to protect his fake identity. Meanwhile, there are real stories from actual Americans using their real names, working with a staff of real reporters, for a real company that can really be sued for lying. On the other hand, it is pretty much impossible to arrest or sue or even find a real street address for Russians, which pretty much explains why Russians say and do whatever pleases themselves and/or Putin.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Probably learned that from Don Lemon, Rachel Maddow and Morning Joe.
Always learn from the best, I say.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Nah. They wave their press passes around and completely bastardize OUR first amendment rights for their own financial gains, backing themselves up with multi-million dollar teams of the shadiest lawyers the world has ever seen.
Highest paid liars ever, it is people like them that make me wish that there is a god and that they'll get the justice they deserve in another life if nobody in this one is going to give it to them.
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Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
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Quote:You made me laugh! That is the stupidest thing I will probably hear today, and I will be dealing with Trumptards all day long at work. They make me laugh frequently with nonsense disguised as their version of wise cynicism and craftiness. They are children, even the oldest who are gray and losing hair. Their brains are small, but their hands are smart and backs are strong.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Nah. They wave their press passes around and completely bastardize OUR first amendment rights for their own financial gains, backing themselves up with multi-million dollar teams of the shadiest lawyers the world has ever seen.
Highest paid liars ever, it is people like them that make me wish that there is a god and that they'll get the justice they deserve in another life if nobody in this one is going to give it to them.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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'Twisted': Russia brands US an 'unfriendly' country
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has branded the United States an “unfriendly” nation, putting a new legal stamp on tensions with Washington in advance of high-level meetings with President Joe Biden’s administration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/twisted-russia-brands-us-an-unfri
endly-country/ar-BB1gK37S?ocid=msedgntp
He's right, tick tock
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Let the nuclear games begin!!
(THUGGER has his own private delusional shield which will protect him from all fallout, figurative and literal.)
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Russian Aerospace Forces get a new radar that could strip US military of its trump card
The Russian armed forces have recently accepted into service the Yenisei radar detector, which has exceptional tactical and technical capabilities and can be used as part of both the S-400 and S-500 air-defense missile systems.
According to a high-ranking source in the Russian military-industrial service, the new radar was put into service in late April.
The Yenisei system can operate non-stop during extended periods of time, which is a very important aspect of radar reconnaissance. And there is basically no room for human error as it is fully automated.
The system is a completely digital radar with an active phased-array antenna. It’s an active-passive radar that can conduct reconnaissance, detect aircraft and designate targets for air defense weapons without going live. In other words, Yenisei is capable of conducting radio surveillance.
Yenisei, for instance, can send information about targets to the multifunctional radars of the S-400 and S-500 missile systems. The S-500 Prometheus systems are expected to be introduced into service this year, because all the components of the system are ready. As for the S-400 Triumph, Yenisei (along with the 96L6 all-altitude target detector) has already been included in the system.
The Yenisei radar is equipped with remote-control stations, which allows it to effectively deal with jamming. For instance, the US Air Force has been so successful in many local conflicts because in almost every case, the air-defense systems employed by America’s opponents were neutralized by powerful and well-organized jamming systems.
They wouldn’t derail the Yenisei though. That’s because it traces and assigns targets with higher precision when countering powerful jamming. It is safe to assume that by accepting Yenisei into service, the Russian Aerospace Forces have removed the Americans’ tactical advantage.
Another key Yenisei feature is its sector-scanning capabilities (most radars can only do circular scans). This makes it possible for the radar to trace and assign ballistic missiles.
Commanders of the Antiaircraft Missile Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces are very interested in the Yenisei and see a lot of potential in its features. For example, the S-400 command and control center is equipped with the 91N6E panoramic radar detection system.
But it’s Yenisei’s continuous and lasting sector-scanning that will significantly improve the efficiency of air and missile defense, addressing ballistic missile threats in the most dangerous zones. That’s why the S-400 command and control centers are going to be equipped with two radars – the regular 91N6E radar and the Yenisei.
The Yenisei can also trace its own guided anti-aircraft missiles after launch and accurately detect whether or not the target is hit.
Capable of target assignment for hypersonic targets, the Yenisei has another notable feature. For example, an Iskander-M missile first rises to a high altitude of about 100km and then starts intensive maneuvering going down, which makes intercepting it almost impossible. Approaching its target, the Iskander-M releases decoys, which renders enemy radar systems completely useless: there are so many false targets on the screen that there is no way to effectively deploy any air defense missile systems. The US so far has failed to come up with a way to successfully counter this.
The Yenisei, on the contrary, is capable of detecting such targets, can trace them and provide accurate target assignment.
Moreover, it is effective against so-called “radar angels.” These meteorological phenomena normally occur over water surfaces and blank out portions of the screen by appearing as a large number of false targets on both surveillance radars and missile guidance radars.
In addition, the Yenisei has built-in IFF interrogators and transponders, both the Russian Strazh system and the NATO Mk XII, and the latter may be of interest to foreign buyers. The new Russian radar hNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME