Youâre a scientist? And an expert on the physics of hypersonic guided missiles? In addition to being an expert on tanks and combined arms mechanized warfare? While also being an expert on identifying false information in the media?
Fuckinâ A, pal. Iâm glad youâre able to carve out some time from all of that to give us the scoop.
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The fella is a clown, just like castoli
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I am playing devilâs advocate, that is not my personal stance, but a year and many billions later that view is definitely being put forth in the US.
I will say that I have noticed a media âpatternâ if you will, in the way stories are posted about Ukrainian victories vs Ukrainian disasters (like our expert-in-all-matters linked about the imminent Bakhmut defeat). And saying that âthe truthâ is manipulated by the govt is no longer being a conspiracy theorist, but a realist.
From afar, I totally agree; and imho thatâs why the supposed easy victory (remember that giant tank column miles from Kyiv on day one?) has morphed into the Vietnam (hate that cliche example, but it fits) that no one has a chance of winning.
Didnât Zelensky get rid of a few dudes in the military establishment due to corruption? Even in the last ârighteousâ war, WW II, corruption for personal financial gain happened. Itâs just human/scorpion nature.
Let me be brutally realistic here and add one more thought -Russiaâs non-nuclear capabilities are so depleted now that even if Ukraine surrendered tomorrow, Russia would be incapable of re-arming for any further incursions into any other countries before Putin is dead and buried.
(wishful thinkers to the contrary)
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To play devils advocate, which country would Russia need to attack?
NATO is obviously out. Belarus maybe if they decide to stop being a puppet state. Georgia? Kazakhstan? None of those are exactly superpowers.
Even a depleted Russia is still capable threat, especially if the other nation doesnât have the West arming and funding it. That said, youâre overall right, though.
Disagree. I bet the Kazakhs and Georgians could kick their butts now.
add: good luck for even The All-Mighty Putin to try and sell that one.
How many more countries do you think even the mighty US can be big brother to?
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I bet the Kazakhs and Georgians could kick their butts now.
Depends. Are they being armed and funded by the West like Ukraine is? And even then, despite me rooting for Ukraine, I canât say for certain that Ukraine will even win, let alone kick Russiaâs butt. Russian military history is basically âkeep throwing soldiers into the meat grinder until we win.â Russia doesnât have the manpower of the old empire or USSR, but it still has plenty of sacrifices to the meat grinder.
Seriously, if youâre a male over the age of 14 in Russia, get out!!
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I am still not convinced this isnât a bot - âhisâ log and posts read like they are written by a machine learning algorithm or a bad online translator.
Personally, Iâm skeptical of 150 lb dumbbell presses w/o video.
Iâm no history buff, but isnât this from a defensive point of view? Also, fighting to defend your home (example, current Ukraine) is a lot different than trying to invade the turf of someone lots of people think of as friends/cousins.
Russia failed in Afghanistan way before the US decided that history lessons didnât apply to themâŠ
No. It was pretty much a Russian recipe for offensive, expansionist wars for the last 500 years. Throwing massive amounts of bodies at the problem. Worked great when the natives were significantly outnumbered (Siberia), worked less well when there was larger population density (you canât kill off everyone in Manchuria) and the natives were Muslims with a strong warrior culture (Caucasus). Then it took decades or even centuries and a genocide or two.
Think of US westward expansion, but itâs towards the east, the distances are multiplied by four and violence by a factor of twenty. And everyone is drunk and/or insane.
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Think of US westward expansion, but itâs towards the east, the distances are multiplied by four and violence by a factor of twenty. And everyone is drunk and/or insane.
If it wasnât for the high chance of death, this sounds like a fun time 
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Wrong again. Well cited article states your guy isnât the pioneer of this field
From the Wiki entry in MHD
The field of MHD was initiated by Hannes Alfvén,[2] for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970.
Some possibilities it may be used in ramjet type engines and as a control mechanism to reduce shockwave heat.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270820169_MHD_hypersonic_flow_control_for_aerospace_applications
Still doesnât mean hypersonic vehicles operate in a vacuum as you claim (if they did directional control using flight surfaces, which hypersonic weapons employ, would be impossible).
Some research indicates possible use of MHD interactions to control attitude
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0115424
Design of the weapon in question indicates a more classical aero surface control scheme.
Unless the Russians are significantly ahead (doubtful since the rest of their military tech is comparably weak) of the research being published across the world (including their commie allies in China) on hypersonics this weapon is no better than what other places have.
Itâs also extremely expensive to build these weapons relative to other air to surface ordinance which explains late game use instead of a blitz of unstoppable weapons at the beginning of the war.
And the repeats claims of Mach 12 are still highly unlikely.
@SkyzykS hes not wrong on a plasma field being created. But itâs weakly ionized and not very dense so very different from the plasma you are likely familiar with in metal work.
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Hmm. Doesnât seem like you can prevent the shockwaves but you can stand them off from the surface of the vehicle quite a bit which helps eliminate nasty flow separations at the control surfaces. Very useful.
Things must be going great for Russia
Hey, they want to be equal donât they, lol
I do speak French and I have to say that monsieur Jean-Pierre Petit (the physicist from the link) is quite famous in France.
For being a 9/11 truther, 2004 tsunami truther and an âamateur ufologistâ whoâs in regular contact with aliens from planet Ummi/Ovni (?).
The guy was allegedly a respectable scientist in his youth, but heâs almost ninety and lost his marbles a a few decades ago*
*In the 1970ies and 80ies he drew a series a popular scientific-themed comics for kids which I used to learn French.
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Nothing really, the main action is mainly at Bahmut. Ukraine is still preparing a counter offensive. Russia started digging at Krimea. It is expected that the counter-offensive will reach Krimea at the south liberating Zaporozhie and Kherson oblast, but failing at Krimea and North at Donetsk and Lugansk. Main reason is the urbanisations of these areas.
Its still raining in Europe, so I suspect we will see action in May earliest. These armored vehicles need some stable terrain to advance in the south.
Noticable change is China delivering jamming equipment to Russia, which stopped the drone advantage of Ukraine for now. But I guess this will give new targets for these HIMARS systems.
Meanwhile Putin started drafting again.