EXPOSED! What the Ukrainian Invasion Has Revealed About Russian Military Power

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Ward Carroll

Ward Carroll is the editor of Military.com. During his 20-year Navy career he served in four different F-14 squadrons and was the operations officer for Carrier Air Wing One. He was editor of Approach magazine and a contributing editor for Naval Aviation News. His writing has appeared in a wide variety of periodicals including Golf World and Hits. His three books about a Tomcat pilot -- Punk's War, Punk's Wing, and Punk's Fight -- have been widely praised for their realistic portrayals of a Naval Aviator's life. His latest novel, Militia Kill, was published by NAL in 2006.

Ward Carroll

Ward Carroll flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk’s War and is also the author of Punk’s Fight and Punk’s Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel.

[PortTack]

1. Bookmarking for viewing later

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. I just saw they were asking china for drones.

They don’t have drones?

[OrangeJoe]

11. Russia has plenty of drones Ukraine has some from Turkey

Israel has been supplying Russia with drones for years. The Ukrainians even shot one down the other day. Here's the Times of Israel with the article which I have yet to see in an American paper.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraine-photos-claim-to-show-downed-russian-drone-with-israeli-origin/

[HUAJIAO]

3. Lots of good info on the russian war machine from somebody

who seems to know very well that about which he speaks.

[L. Coyote]

9. Who is it? I don't like to click unknowns.

[HUAJIAO]

12. His name is Ward Carroll

Here is some of his info from Youtube-

"Hi, I’m Ward Carroll. Welcome to my channel.

I spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy as an F-14 Radar Intercept Officer, much of the time serving aboard aircraft carriers deployed to hot spots around the world. After I retired at the rank of commander, I was the editor of Military.com and a few other military sites, which allowed me to stay in touch with the Pentagon and our troops, including those at war.

I’m the author the bestselling Punk Trilogy that deals with life in an F-14 squadron stationed both at sea and ashore.

I’m also a guitarist and a lifelong fan of all kinds of music, especially rock n’ roll.
Here at my channel, we’ll talk airplanes, music, and writing . . . but mostly airplanes."


He has some 200,000 subscribers.

[pbmus]

4. Best analysis I have seen...

[ancianita]

5. Looks like Russia's not even in the top ten drone holders.

From a UK database




And yet Russia makes or has made them, or is a broker.

[ancianita]

6. Here's info on which countries have what, updated in 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unmanned_aerial_vehicles#Russia

[blue-wave]

8. We, the west, need to

do everything short of a no fly zone to help Ukraine. That includes every MIG-29 we can get our hands on as well as Patriot systems and any other anti-aircraft systems. And what about howitzers? If I remember correctly, they have a range of about 10 miles. Blow those convoys back to Moscow and Minsk. Then, Ukraine needs to be set-up for an offensive to take back ALL of Ukraine. That includes Crimea and Donbas.

What was it that FDR said at the start of WWII? "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He knew fear can be paralyzing and blinding to the cause. Stop buying into Putin's fear propaganda. Lift Ukraine up to meet the challenge with victory!!

[Warpy]

10. Don't count on that compliant population trapped under a Russian puppet government

These are people who dug up their own pavement and threw it in order to get rid of their last Russian puppet, Yanukovych.
It's why Russia will be bled dry by any long term war in Ukraine.

As for the Russian military's lack of communication, I'm not surprised, no one at the top has ever really trusted the Russian people or even their own military. That they lied their asses off to get those guys into a shooting war is no surprise, either. The clunkiness of their armament is no surprise, they've always gone for basic stuff that works and doesn't break down easily.

What is a surprise is how little training their air force has been getting. It explains a lot.

The film at the end is harrowing and, if I'm not mistaken, from the first few days of the war. A plane was shot down over Kyiv and either crashed into a high rise apartment building or fired a rocket into it. WION was not forthcoming.

And I'm all for sending them all the toys they need. No, I don't believe in fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. I believe in giving a small country enough firepower to convince an expansionist big country to stay within its own borders.

And if TFG had gotten a second term and had invaded Mexico to stop the flow of brown people, I'd expect the rest of the world to do exactly the same to us.

[erronis]

13. A link to the presenter's (Ward Carrol) web site

https://punkswar.com/

It would be very nice if the original poster supplied a bit more background/reference material.

[KS Toronado]

14. Very informative

Need one of his T-shirts

[Clearheadsam]

15. U.S. will not give Ukraine Patriot missiles because

it takes months to train on that system. The U.S uses a 90 man team with that system. There is no way Americans are going send military personnel in Ukraine.

[KS Toronado]

16. Hit both links to buy his t-shirt, neither mentioned T-shirts

Anybody have any luck finding how to order one?

[ornotna]

18. Here you go

https://my-store-b7f9c9.creator-spring.com/listing/buy-slava-ukraini

[KS Toronado]

19. Thank you! Got one coming.

[Wounded Bear]

17. K & R...nt