Another shot of the Ariete AMV PT2, it has recently been moved to the Poligono di Santa Severa as it will undergo some firing tests there. Keep in mind that the armor configuration seen here is purely for testing and likely won't be final. If you want more info, let me know. pic.twitter.com/UOIShuqKDn
— A-129 Mangusta (@NichoConcu) September 13, 2022
Their tragedy is a prime opportunity to strut our stuff. Foreign aid, not in form of "military assistance", "military partnership", training opportunities or defense pacts. This is an opportunity for PACOM to show that it is indeed a stabalizing influence and that America is more than just about war, selling arms and exploiting others.7.6 earthquake in Papau New Guinea.
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) September 12, 2022
The earth literally opened up, This is wild 🚨
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via Daily Record
World leaders attending the Queen's funeral next week will be packed onto buses and taken en masse to Westminster Abbey, according to a leaked document.
Royals, presidents and prime ministers heading to London for the state funeral on September 19 have also been asked to take commercial flights instead of private jets. Helicopters, such as Joe Biden's Marine One will be banned, from transporting VIPs about.
A document seen by Politico revealed leaders won't be allowed to use their own state cars to pay their respects at the service, instead they will be bused in from a secret location in west London.
It means Biden and his wife Jill may not travel to the UK on Air Force One or get about the capital in the Beast.
This is totally unacceptable for our head of state and if he were to give into British demands then he deserves to meet his fate.
But the audacity of this is just mindboggling.
We wouldn't ask their Prime Minister to do anything like this (we would coordinate) so I can't understand the insanity.
Heavy artillery fire being reported from Azerbaijan towards Armenia. pic.twitter.com/q3uNO4mJHi
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 12, 2022
Some of this shit ain't hard. Just think a little and consider the ramifications of your actions. The US Dept Of Defense has come out and stated the obvious...to its own detriment. It declared that China is the pacing threat and the SecDef said that Russian should be militarily downgraded (or something to that effect).Putin and Xi plan to meet again, as relations with West fray https://t.co/t238hNefQp
— Daniel Hoffman (@danielhoffmanDC) September 8, 2022
I almost feel sorry for the CO of that unit. They're about to get hammered, used as an example of what not to do and his fitrep will take a hit. If they classify the after action then the dude might as well retire. Just kidding but it won't be fun. Think I'm gonna follow NTC-6 and see what the outcome of this attack was...At sunrise this morning a swarm of 40 quadcopters all equipped with cameras, MILES, and lethal munition capable launched in advance of 11th ACR’s attack on a prepared defense by 1AD. Drones will be as important in the first battle of the next war as artillery is today. pic.twitter.com/zPQ2I8SoqN
— NTC Lead 6 (@NTCLead6) September 11, 2022
Guys, let's meet Shahid Soleimani's new vessel.
— Hosniye🇮🇷 (@Itshosniye) September 5, 2022
This vessel is one of the newest and most modern war vessels of #Iran, which belongs to the #IRGC pic.twitter.com/FUiyQwwgTm
I hope the powers that be have an idea of what is going to be the "structure" of a post war Ukraine. It's gonna be a mess. It's still gonna be corrupt. They're still gonna be whining for aid. Lastly they're still gonna be begging the US for money (well Ukraine and the EU). This isn't a win. This is another fucking obligation for people we owe nothing to. Meanwhile we are a basket case, have sold off our strategic oil reserve, have sunken deeper in debt, have depleted our warstocks and have only gotten in return memes. I so fucking hate war cheerleaders.🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨| Additional images of the Kharkov thermal power plant infrastructure hit by Russian missiles
— Casus Belli (@casusbellintel) September 11, 2022
Local sources confirm that this is the thermal power plant located here:
49.9702678, 36.1113692https://t.co/aowW70uDo2 pic.twitter.com/ooqRmOH8nn
I personally think that the spike in crime is due to a few factors.When will we realize what we’ve known for years: a very small percentage of the population commits the majority of the crime; the vast majority of which cannot be “rehabilitated”…we deserve the violent society we’ve created by ignoring lessons of the past. pic.twitter.com/Tf9PC3Vuup
— Triple Bravo (@Triple_Bravo) September 8, 2022
A corrupt country. Sending billions of dollars of weapons with no accountability. Supporting their govt with copious amounts of aid (that is somehow not getting reported...who the fuck do you think is paying salaries of soldiers and bureaucrats over there?) and no end in sight.Just 54 billion and stripped our war stocks. Totally cool bro. https://t.co/rnknH13GYj
— BudLightRespecter (@BudRespecter) September 11, 2022
Ukraine has launched its offensive and that makes sense. I've been wondering why the US has been giving them so much money lately...above and beyond simply resupplying their military, we're now subsidizing their govt.
So why now?
I think it all comes back to winter.
A few things are coming...
1. The populations in Europe and the US will be enraged by high energy prices. If you've been paying attention (at least in the US) you'll see that gas prices have come down. Why? Fewer people driving.
But the sick thing is that energy bills have been spiking! I've experienced that myself! But why? Easy. You see gas prices everyday, you get that bill for your home energy bill just once a month.
The average person rages for a few days and then daily life gets back in the way. It's forgotten till (for far too many) money gets slim between paydays and when you go to the grocery store (high prices there too) you have to decide between your usual brand or a generic because of price.
2. I think the allies are reaching their limit. Limit as in weaponry they can contribute. Remember this isn't wartime situation for the NATO countries. They can retool but won't do it in such a way that wrecks budgets (except for Poland...those fuckers are damn near begging for a fight with Russia...they want it so bad they can taste it!).
A big push now or Ukraine will lose its support, not out of desire but out of ability.
The push to end the war in favorable terms for the Ukrainians is now. If Russia can hang on till winter then Ukraine is doomed.
3. Alot of talk about Russia buying weapons from N. Korea. This shit is so simple I can't believe I have to explain it. N. Korea is a middle man. China has started supply Russia. Its covert. Its deniable but it will be effective.
As far as buying drones from Iran? Iranian drones have whacked the fuck outta US forces in Iraq and Syria. They've made the Saudis shit the bed (in the hands of the Houthis they've been savaging Saudi installations).
Those are my thoughts on the situation. What are yours?
via History & Headlines
Sparta has however won a number of victories, although you might notice this list is actually shorter than the list of Spartan defeats. These include the following battles:
In c. 682 BC, Sparta won a decisive victory over Messenia and Arcadia in the Battle of the Great Foss.
In 457 BC, 11,500 Spartans defeated 14,000 Athenians in the Battle of Tanagra. Casualties and losses for the battle are unknown.
In 494 BC, Sparta defeated Argos in the Battle of Sepeia. Argos’s casualties and losses numbered 6,000.
In 417 BC, in the Second Battle of Hysiae, the Spartans captured the Argive town of Hysiae, taking all the male citizens as hostages before subsequently killing the hostages.
In 411 BC, 9,000 Spartans defeated 8,000 Athenians in the Battle of Syme. Spartan casualties and losses numbered 900, whereas Athens’s casualties and losses numbered 2,900!
In September 411 BC, 8,000 Spartans defeated 11,000 Athenians in the Battle of Eretria. Sparta’s casualties and losses numbered 1,100; Athens’s casualties and losses numbered 4,000+.
In 406 BC, Sparta with 90 ships managed to defeat Athens with 80 ships at the Battle of Notium. Sparta suffered no casualties, but Athens lost 15-22 ships.
Also in 406 BC, Sparta’s 170 ships defeated Athens’s 70 ships in the Battle of Mytilene.
In 405 BC, 180 ships fighting for Sparta, Persia, Corinth, and the Peloponnesian League won the decisive Battle of Aegospotami over 170 ships fighting for Athens and the Delian League. While Spartan losses were minimal, Athens lost 150 ships and also 3,000 sailors who were executed. Athens was then besieged. Athens’s surrender ended the Peloponnesian War.
In 403 BC, Sparta defeated Athenian exiles in the Battle of Piraeus. Although Spartan losses are unknown, over 180 Athenian exiles were killed.
In 394 BC, 18,000 Spartan hoplites defeated 24,000 hoplites from Thebes, Argos, Athens, and Corinth in the Battle of Nemea at a cost of 1,100 dead or wounded Spartans and 2,800 dead or wounded Thebans, Argives, Athenians, and Corinthians.
In 394 BC, Sparta and Orchomenus with a strength of 15,000 defeated Thebes, Argos, and allies with a strength of 20,000 in the Battle of Coronea. The victors suffered casualties and losses numbering 350 versus the losers suffering casualties and losses numbering 600.
In Spring 272 BC, 2,000+ Spartans and Macedonians defeated 27,000 men and 24 elephants from Epirus in the Siege of Sparta. Casualties and losses were heavy on both sides.
Interesting.
Are the Spartans as we know them today a product of a fucking comic book?
Oh what's that? You didn't know that the movie "300" was based on a comic?
Yeah.
From my recollection that's when Sparta and Spartans gained or regained their modern day fame (when the movie came out).
I've been checking out ancient battles and when it comes to warriors of note, the Spartans are just one of many groups. I think the society...every man a warrior is part of the appeal, but the same could be said of other nations of that era too.
One thing is certain.
While famed, the societal model was flawed. As with everything from the past you can take bits and pieces to form a "perfect union" but as a whole it just wouldn't work.
Quite honestly the society as seen in Starship Troopers (the book) is probably the closest thing that we could put together considering modern society...but even that would take bloodshed to get to.
