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Good brief!

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Full bore indeed. And thanks for the video link, very well done indeed, I've subscribed.

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життя Україні!

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FWIW, this sort of coup de main attack is the bread and butter job for SOF and Air Assault units. If we were doing it, we would have deployed a couple of SF A teams or Delta for a covert move combined with either a heli or airborne low level jump by the Ranger Regt. see Grenada invasion where the 75th jumped on the Point Salinas Airport (with follow-up runway landings of the 82nd C-130s) and the Pearl airport seized by SEALS and the 2/8th USMC by CH-46 , CH-53

PS: there is no such weapon as the ZSU-23-3 from the video. What is shown is the likely ZSU-23-2

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Correct about the ZSU. I'm pretty sure Mr. Pleasance actually said ZSU-23-2 in the narration (if I heard him right), so the graphic was likely a typo.

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In addition to showing the response of the back-of-the-pack Ukrainian units, this also shows that depending on a series of high risk ops is a bad plan. Sort of like depending on a flock of high risk new systems in a new ship design.

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The Next Wokety Woke Madness - US Navy Gender Neutral Submarine

https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/the-next-wokety-woke-madness-us-navy

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I didn't know submarines had a gender in English...

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Will is the decisive element. With it, the fight can begin with a rock or a piece of wood. Without it, an atom bomb will not suffice.

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Moral is to the Physical as 3 to 1.

N Bonaparte

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BZ to those who stepped up to the plate. Can't imagine what a roller coaster of a day that was for all parties.

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The reservist on their two week stint at CLNC were enjoying their training, squared away and motivated.

That was the only difference from us regulars.

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thanks so much for both your vignette and for the great video!

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