Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of solid steel (2010) [video]

Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by blip54321 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:11PM (#31383614)

I think the line is when your troops shoot their troops.

Providing weapons has been a US-Soviet past time for the whole Cold War.

In this case, I think the US could have even moved in troops without being at war, early in the invasion. It just needs a pretext. By far the best response a week in, when Russia claimed chemical weapons, Nazis, etc., would have been to send in a multilateral force to investigate Russia's claims. It's face-saving for the Russians and ends the war.

Tensions are too high for that now.

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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by londons_explore on Saturday May 14, 2022 @08:05PM (#31383959)

If you look on various dating apps big in Ukraine right now, you'll see there are a lot of Americans new to Ukraine right now.

I've got a feeling we might be pulling a Russia... Ie. None of our troops are there officially, bit there's an awful lot of troops volunteering and 'on holiday' and 'advising' there.

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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by appletrotter on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:16PM (#31384364)

Foreign legions are also a standard thing with this.

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