No medals, just full metal jacket, for Russian POWs captured in Ukraine. In the tradition of Stalin, they claim they’ll be shot if they’re repatriated to Russia (story here and video below). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
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March 16th, 2022 - 12:27 am § in Russia
Putin’s ruthless war in Syria (video)
Don’t expect anything from Putin. He’s a baby killer. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Putin and Trump
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Memo to Russians: Don’t park helicopters in neat rows
Before: After: Read why here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 15th, 2022 - 7:21 pm § in Russia
PHOTOGRAPHY: Putin’s little victims
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March 15th, 2022 - 4:48 am § in Russia
Why Ukraine is winning (video)
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March 15th, 2022 - 4:30 am § in Russia
Are tiny cheap weapons making traditional armies obsolete?
A Russian main battle tank costs about $5 million. A Javelin anti-tank missile costing $175,000 can destroy it. Russia has committed about 2,000 of its roughly 12,000 tanks to its Ukraine invasion. Those tanks cost Russia ~$10 billion, not counting crew training costs, and given a Javelin kill rate [...]
Sorry about your yacht, have a Big Mac
The NATO countries’ swift move against Russian assets in the West apparently caught Putin and his pals by surprise. You can’t uproot a Miami mansion or Manhattan penthouse, of course, but superyachts are at least somewhat mobile (although the bigger the boat, the harder it is to secure a[...]
How Trump changed America’s nuclear strategy
America’s 14 Trident subs, 8 operating in the Pacific out of Bangor, Washington, and 6 in the Atlantic, are now armed with some low-yield “tactical” warheads. This warhead, dubbed the W76-2, has about one-third to one-half the explosive power of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. De[...]
March 12th, 2022 - 1:00 am § in Russia
Is there good spam?
I found this intriguing tidbit on BBC News (here): “A Norwegian computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 Russian email addresses at a time, so that Russian people have a chance to hear the truth their government is hiding. All[...]