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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Troubling developments that I predicted regarding the new artillery weapons being provided by NATO to Ukraine: [URL=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-faces-difficulties-getting-western-weapons-to-front-lines-11658223001?st=tni37jzl85suizw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] Wall Street Journal[/URL] Fair Use: [i][list] [*]But absorbing this new equipment, coming in dribs and drabs from different Western countries, into the Ukrainian army is proving a serious challenge. “The current approach by which each country donates a battery of guns in a piecemeal way is rapidly turning into a logistical nightmare for Ukrainian forces with each battery requiring a separate training, maintenance and logistics pipeline,” said the Royal United Services Institute, a London defense and security think tank, earlier this month. The Western artillery being absorbed by the Ukrainian military include M777 towed howitzers from the U.S., Australia and Canada, and self-propelled howitzers such as the Caesar from France and the Panzerhaubitze 2000, or PzH 2000, from Germany—as well as the U.S. M109 and the AHS Krab from Poland. “None of these systems have that much commonality…Ammunition should be interchangeable, etc. But that’s not the case,” said Jack Watling, a co-author of the report, based in part on interviews with Ukrainian military and intelligence officials.[/i] [/list] Also, another troubling development is that as Russia captures more Ukrainian territory, Putin will instantly "annex" such to Russia. This means should Ukraine plan a counterattack in the hope of reclaiming some of this territory, they have now committed an act of aggression against "Mother Russia". Who knows what kind of response that could bring about. Nukes? Ukraine's NATO "handlers" have carefully restrained Ukraine to prevent any such aggression. That is why they have likely avoided giving Ukraine any aircraft, such as the "ready to fly" Polish MIG-29's. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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