Looks like the US got the protests in Moscow it wanted.
http://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1620085551440486400

"Russia's industrial base has been mostly focused on oil and gas and its arms industry is small."
- Do you get this info from the same people who've been saying Russia is about to run out of missiles since last April?

"The builder of the leopard 2 can produce 240 000 120mm tank shells a year or 20 000 per month."
- So why has Sholtz gone begging to Latin American countries for tank shells then?
Brazil, Argentina and Chile all said no.

The production capacity of the US is higher and US stockpiles are massive.
- No it's not. The US military already has serious concerns about how much and how quickly the Ukraine conflict has been eating into its own stockpiles, so much so that it doesn't want to send any more of its own but ramp up production instead.

Stoltenberg putting the pressure on South Korea
http://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/30/asia/nato-chief-south-korea-speech-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html

"The 321 tanks coming to Ukraine will appear on the battlefield in a few months."
- And they'll burn, this isn't Iraq.
They crews won't be well trained, they have serious maintenance and logistical issues.
They Challenger 2 and ABRAMS might not even have the same armour as UK and US don't want their tech captured.

"The decision is being made to supply long-range HIMARS missiles and F16 and A10 aircraft whereas Russia has lost 13 aircraft/helicopters in the last week that it cannot replace."

Russia has already largely figured out how to counter HIMARS, the shock and awe is gone.
They've captured the shells and have shared the tech with China,
- which puts a huge dent in Washington's China war plans.
Again this isn't Iraq, Russia has the worlds best air defense.
If their production capabilities were so bad, NATO wouldn't be panicking.

Go watch something useful.
http://www.youtube.com/live/fBGe4US7XFs?feature=share

Will Russian athletes be allowed to participate in the
2024 Olympic Games?

I certainly hope NOT!

Russia’s economic growth suggests Western sanctions are having a limited impact.
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/world/europe/russias-economic-growth-suggests-western-sanctions-are-having-a-limited-impact.html

"The resilience of Russia’s economy is helping fuel global growth, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund, suggesting that efforts by Western nations to weaken Moscow because of its war in Ukraine appear to be faltering.
In a report issued on Monday, the I.M.F. predicts that Russian output will expand 0.3 percent in this year and 2.1 percent next year, defying earlier forecasts of a steep contraction in 2023 amid a raft of Western sanctions."

Pentagon-backed think tank urges US to stop war between Russia, Ukraine
http://www.firstpost.com/world/pentagon-backed-think-tank-urges-us-govt-to-stop-war-between-russia-ukraine-12070132.html

"Washington: The RAND Corporation has urged the United States (US) government to try to end the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
In a landmark report, the RAND Corporation – a highly influential elite national security think tank which is funded directly by the Pentagon – has claimed that prolonging the war between Russia and Ukraine is actively harming the US and its allied nations.
The report, which is titled “Avoiding a long war: US policy and the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine conflict,” states that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the most significant interstate conflict in decades, and its evolution may have a major negative impact on US interests.
Admitting that if the United States (US) ends its support, the Ukraine resistance against the invasion by Russia will collapse, the RAND Corporation claimed that it will still be a reasonable course of action for US President Joe Biden.
The report claims that it is pointless to help Ukraine since a Russian defeat is highly unlikely and warned the US government of several scenarios which may prompt Russia to consider using nuclear weapons."

http://www.russiamatters.org/news
"Regaining Crimea by military force may be impossible partly because Putin has indicated that an assault on the peninsula would be a tripwire for nuclear escalation."

Russia's Medvedev: Attack on Crimea will ignite 'Judgement Day' response
http://www.reuters.com/world/europe/medvedev-wests-refusal-recognise-crimea-russian-is-threat-2022-07-17/

Foxy,
Do you think it's ok to punish individuals for what their governments do?

If so, you should go find a Russian living in Australia and abuse and mistreat them because of what Putin does.
- It's a really poor attitude to have towards others in my opinion.

Russian Army's 'shell' counters US-made HIMARS; Trouble for Zelensky's men in Donetsk
http://youtu.be/TUAG9PbguPs

Russia’s Pantsyr-S1 air defense systems upgraded to intercept US HIMARS rockets
http://tass.com/defense/1566653

Himars rockets travel at Mach 2.5 (3060 klm/hr)
The updated Pansir S1 system can track up to 4 objects simultaneously and intercept moving targets travelling up to 1000 meters per second. (3600 klm/hr)
Pansir S1 radar detection range has been increased to 40 klm.

M1 ABRAMS Tanks For Ukraine Need To Be Built From Scratch

U.S. Not Prepared to take on Russia
http://www.youtube.com/live/cmIKBEiaRyA?feature=share&t=1430

Some people here need to listen to the whole video;
- They're just supporting getting more Ukrainians killed and doing further harm to ourselves.