Slovakia delivered it's entire arsenal of S 300 surface to air

[Tomconroy]

missile systems for the defense of Ukraine yesterday.
Yes, that's right. It's entire arsenal.

Link to tweet

I was going to say Germany can't be bothered to tell it's people to put on a sweater. But that would be a cheap shot.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. Beautiful.

Not sure how many that is, but still beautiful.
Orc pilots make such wonderful fireballs.

Fuck Russia.

[lagomorph777]

2. I hope this blows a shitload of Russian pilots and missiles into puffs of smoke.

[Initech]

12. I want Putin and his troll army bombed back to the stone age!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

21. "I second that emotion..."

[Amishman]

13. We can help with that, I'm hoping we are giving Ukraine fresh intel to put these to best use

The ideal use would be this:

Set up the S300 systems between an airfield russia is using and a likely target.

Have them fully set-up, but the radars inactive.

NATO surveillance aircraft loiter close enough to have coverage ahead of and over the S300's location.

When a Russian strike enters range, we tell the Ukrainians to activate that battery. Russia gets almost no warning and the Russian jets get engaged at optimal range, rather than the battery's radar warning them early and forcing the missiles to be launched at longer range.

[lagomorph777]

15. That sounds about right.

I think Ukraine is already adept at operating in a similar way. I read that they wait until they see Russian drones in the air, then launch their own drones, knowing Russia has to turn off their jammers to fly drones.

[mitch96]

16. The Prez of Slovakia said he would give them up when he got someting to replace them with..

I wonder what he got? Patriot missile system?
Ok now send planes since we have the ball rolling...
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[The Unmitigated Gall]

20. Slovakia will be getting Patriot systems for replacement.

I imagine that in all the years since the Gulf War their capability has improved a lot.

[lagomorph777]

22. Patriot vs S-300

[Crunchy Frog]

17. The planes have ejection seats, so the orcs normally parachute out.

They make very high value POWs though.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

19. Captured pilots, if they HAVEN'T made pretty fireballs

Could be put to work gathering and burying murdered Ukrainian children.

[Celerity]

3. The Czechs and the Slovaks absolutely detest the Russians.

During the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovaks carry their national flag past a burning tank in Prague. Photo from "CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces: The Importance of Clandestine Reporting".


Prague residents surround Soviet tanks in front of the Czechoslovak Radio building, in central Prague, during the first day of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, on August 21, 1968.


A barricade made from trucks and buses burns in front of the Czechoslovak Radio building, in central Prague, on August 21, 1968.


A bus driver tries to help some of the first victims of the Soviet-led invasion during clashes in front of the Czechoslovak Radio headquarters, in central Prague, on August 21, 1968.


Students in the underground movement make anti-Russian posters on September 3, 1968, in Prague.


Prague residents, carrying a Czechoslovakian flag and throwing Molotov cocktails, attempt to stop a Soviet tank in downtown Prague on August 21, 1968.


A Soviet army tank rolls over a barricade made from trucks and buses in front of the Czechoslovak Radio building on August 21, 1968.


Czechoslovakian army trucks take young people around Prague as Soviet tanks had halted on the outskirts of town and began a siege of Czech army barracks. The passengers waved Czechoslovakian national flags and chanted national songs and patriotic slogans.


A shadowy figure watches Soviet tanks advance through the streets of Prague after nightfall in August 1968.


A lone car passes dozens of Soviet tanks during the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia.


A Soviet tank is out of action after a bridge it was crossing gave way on August 21, 1968. One witness said the bridge had been dynamited, but the span may have collapsed due to the heavy weight of the tanks crossing it.


A woman weeps at a funeral for one of the victims of the fighting in Czechoslovakia.

[Stuart G]

4. Great Pictures of Czechoslovakian Rebellion in August 1968...Thanks for posting them

[Celerity]

5. yw! cheers

[sky_masterson]

7. The Museum of Communism is in the Czech Republic

Yeah, they despise the Russians. My avatar is a shirt I got from there many moons ago. It's a Teddy bear holding a Kalashnikov rifle

[Celerity]

10. The museum was founded by Glenn Spicker, an American businessman and former student of politics, who

spent $28,000 on buying 1000 artefacts and commissioned documentary filmmaker Jan Kaplan to design the museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Communism,_Czech_Republic


Glenn Spicker: the American who brought bagels to the Czech Republic

https://english.radio.cz/glenn-spicker-american-who-brought-bagels-czech-republic-8271981

[sky_masterson]

11. I remember the videos that I saw there of Russians causing chaos.

It made me not have a very high Opinion of Russians.
Thank you for the links

[Tomconroy]

23. I have not forgotten Jan Polak. I never will.

[Effete Snob]

6. They need to do something about that railway worker

So, the video was taken by a railway worker, who sent it to the media, before the government announcement?

[Brother Buzz]

8. I hope they sent the operating manuals and instructors with them.

That ain't no point and shoot system.

You know what I mean, Vern?

[GoodRaisin]

9. Makes sense.

They don’t want Putin on their border.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Most of the smaller nations in Eastern Europe know the value of working together...

and standing up to their larger, more agressive neighbors.

[uponit7771]

18. NICE !!! Now NATO can backfill !!!