Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Covert Cabal" channel.

  1. Just watched a video of a Russian tank driver captured in Ukraine. Looks like his training was minimal, just a couple of week, before getting shipped to Ukraine. One of the problems was that several of the training vehicles broke down which left them with just two for them to train on. This meant he was getting enough time to do the basics but that was it. Then they were off to Ukraine. Something else which was interesting was that he was only on a three month contract. Which means he was never going to get the five months training the west would get. Anyway, he is now a POW of Ukraine. Which is probably the best thing that has happened to him for some time.
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  2. There is an intercepted conversation between a Russian soldier and a family member where the soldier mentions that their commander had been arrested and was in prison for selling off the units personnel carriers. Apparently this was not unusual.
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  3.  @nicholasconder4703  I saw another video which pointed out the the rubber was there to hold the explosives in place and that the explosive was removed so it can be used elsewhere.
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  4. I think one factor you have missed is that for some time Russia has not had the funding to build all these missiles. This is why the have been trying to sell aircraft and helicopter because it is not until they sell them will they get the funding to build the next generation of aircraft. They have needed to update their radar for years now but cannot afford to. Same with there jet engines. The Russian army should have had 2,300 T-14 Armata tanks by 2020. Fiscal shortfalls, i.e. no money, has delayed that to 2025. You can image how much difference there would have been if Ukraine had to face T-14s instead of beat up old T72s. So I think you may have to revise down your estimates for Russian guided missile numbers. they just cannot afford them. Putin does have a $700,000,000 yacht. Wonder how many T-14s you could have bought for that.
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  5. Did they have YouTube 40 years ago 🤨
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  6.  @Antiteshmis  Not sure where those figures came from but it looks like they are wrong. Russia is churning out 125 tanks a month. But about 114 are old models, such as the T-55s and T-60s, which have been refurbished. They are manufacturing some 11 T-90s a month. In contrast Russia lost 352 tanks in June. So for every one they are bring into service approximately 2.8 tanks per month are being destroyed.
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  7.  @ogedaykhan9909  Historically that may be true. But not any more. Where are the T-14 Armata we were told about. They should have had 2,300 by 2020 but they are struggling to make the 100 for the test batch. Which was also supposed to be arriving by 2020. They next date is now 2025. Russia does not have the funding to pay for these tanks. Nor do they have the ability to produce all the parts for the tank. Russia cut back on education funding some years ago so no new engineers, the people needed to build the new tanks. The engineers they do have are in their late fifties and older. So they are having to buy what they need from abroad. And after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 they can no longer buy those parts. Russia's tank factory has had to shut because of the lack of materials so they can no longer build or maintain the tanks they have. Their aircraft are no better. They have just had several orders for aircraft cancelled because the engines and radar are just so out of date. Interestingly these are the same engines China has in their aircraft. Yes they can sell gas and oil. But they are reliant on gas and oil companies coming in to extract it as they are just not capable of doing it themselves. I think may of use thought like you. But now were are seeing the real Russia. And it's not a pretty sight
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  8. The T-14 will be sent into Ukraine as soon as they work out how to take the parking brake off. Russia was very much reliant on imports and thanks to the sanctions imposed since the invasion of Crimea that has stopped. So now they have to look to other sources for the needed equipment. They are not say what these sources are but the turret will now only revolve when set to the spin cycle
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  9.  @UltraJ3t  The problem with building the newer tanks is that Ukraine is knocking them out fast than Putin can build them. As I'm sure you know.
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  10.  @chilbiyito  As Russia no longer has the capacity to build tanks like the old Soviet Union did they have no other choice than to dig out the T-55 and refurbish them.
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  11. I understand after 1905 that the admiral of the Baltic Fleet has an automatic binocular launcher fitted to his ship in case of the sighting of torpedo boats.
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  12. That is definitely a video to watch. Poland released Warsaw Pact plans several years ago, after the end of the Soviet Union, and according to those plans the Soviets were to pull back into Eastern Poland while the Poles held a defensive line which stretched across Poland. The idea was that the Poles would stop NATO, and suffer the casualties, then the Soviets would counter attack. Russia tried to block the plans release but Poland went ahead and released them. I don't remember reading if this Soviet/Warsaw Pact plan was a counter to NATO's counter attack or a plan in its own right. NATO had made it clear that what their plans were so it is possible the Soviets thought it was a bluff and that NATO would be the ones to attack. This could have left NATO sat in West Germany waiting for the Warsaw Pact forces to attack while Soviet forces were in Eastern Poland waiting for the NATO attack.
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  13.  @fyreantz2555  Sometimes it's best to give your coffee a moment before you start anything.☕
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  14.  @FeherMate  They may be called precision missiles but their accuracy is about 30%. In one case a precision missile hit a beach miles from its target.
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  15.  @allangibson8494  Nice of Russia to help with that, if only indirectly
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  16.  @kleinweichkleinweich  Ah. Kamchatka and fleet of ghost torpedo boats. Tricky things are ghost torpedo boats.
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  17.  @jakehilderbrand6890  NATO is not going to escalate. NATO is a defensive force. Anyway the average NATO pilot flies about twice as many hours per year as the average Russian pilot. Which means even the best Russian pilots would not last long against NATO pilots. Also the fact that Russia totally failed to destroy the Ukrainian air defence, the penalty for having poorly trained pilots, is the real reason they are hiding in Russia.
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  18.  @Silver_Prussian  You are too late. The sanctions are already there and getting worse. We can do without Russian resources but, thanks to Russia's failing education, Russia cannot do without the rest of the world. If Russia finds a new oil field they have to get someone else to extract the oil because Russia does not have anyone anyone who can do it in Russia. That same failing education is why the Russian army is still using T-72s and not T-14s. Many of the parts needed for the T-14 have to come from abroad because Russia no longer has all those engineers it was famed for. And After Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 sanctions were put on Russia which means it cannot buy what it needs for the T-14 from abroad. Putin tried to retaliate against the sanctions by banning the sale of Russian rocket engines to the West. We have better, cheaper, more efficient and more powerful engines to replace them. And they are reusable.
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  19. China buys Russian aircraft then reverse engineers it to make their own aircraft. Which China then sells to other countries. This in turn reduces Russian sales to them countries. Russia complains about China reverse engineering their aircraft. But then sells more aircraft to China because they need the sales. China has, of course, promised not to reverse engineer these new aircraft. Of course we believe them. Russia's population is twice that of France but its economy is only as big as Italy. Many educated Russians have left for a better life elsewhere. Meanwhile in Russia the problem will alcoholism is so bad that one in four Russian men will die before they are sixty.
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  20.  @trollmcclure1884  They have plenty of trees. Maybe we'll see a return to the good old trust trebuchet.
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  21.  @ogedaykhan9909  Your very welcome. It's only recently I got a fuller story on the T-14 myself. And that was through putting various bits of information myself.
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  22.  @Noisy_Cricket  There are other UK missiles systems the US is interested in which they plan to make under license.
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  23. It's know that the British Royal Air Force was operating a to the south of the Moskva before she was hit. I understand they were flying an aircraft similar to that seen at 3:50 As we know about Russia's bounty on the heads of US and UK troops then Russia can hardly complain if we help the Ukrainians against Russia.
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  24. Actually even the trolls are losing. Apparently they are being swamped by western trolls. Fun isn't it.
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  25. There wasn't much of a Plan A
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  26. Not sure what Ukrainian War you've been watching but it was nothing like what you said. Russia thought they could just walk in and take over. Instead they have lost thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of men dead. Even Russia's 'elite' paratroopers had to retreat because their attack failed so miserably. Putin totally misread Ukraines fighting ability and the the much better standard of training of Ukrainian troops compared to the poor standard of Russian training. As such Russia's armed forces have paid a heavy price for this incompetence and corruption. Meanwhile Ukraine is on the verge of splitting the Russian forces in two which will probably result in thousands of Russian troops either surrendering or running away while at the same time Ukraine will be within striking distance of Crimea. I suggest you find something else to do because you are not very good at this.
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  27. Up date. Yes it can. That is unless you're a Russian pilot in which case no
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  28. The Stingray was originally a drone aimed at replacing manned naval aircraft used in the attack and fleet defence role. Only later did the idea of making it instead an unmanned tanker come about. I do wonder if there was to much opposition to the original role and rather then having an expensive white elephant on it hands the US Navy opted for the change in role. But drones will take over from manned aircraft and as these are smaller and lighter, no crew means no need for the other paraphernalia needed such as ejection seat, survival equipment et cetera. This could mean more drones per carrier or, more likely, smaller carriers. For one thing with no aircrews needed then there will be a smaller number of people per carrier. Not just the lack of aircrew but all that it would involve such as accommodation, supplies and so forth. So smaller carriers. There is another possibility and that is we would get a multi role ships with drones, anti ship and surface to surface missiles, air defence and other roles.
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  29. Maybe they would have been better off with something which was not all-singing-all-dancing to start with. Get something that works and upgrade it when the new technology is proven rather then before it works.
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  30. There is nothing wrong with the tank. What is wrong is some mutton headed former KGB interpreter who thinks he's a military genius but in reality could not find his ass with both hands.
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  31. The fact that Ukraine now has more tanks than they had when the invasion started, thanks to Russia, makes the whole thing a lie. And the Russians in Donbas have also moved west because they don't want to be under Putin's rule.
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  32.  @trentbyington5957  That is the figure given for those entering service this year, yes. As much of what is required to build the T-14 comes from abroad, cutbacks in education means they no longer have the engineers they once had to make these themselves, and sanctions on those imports means they are not likely getting many more for some time. This is probably why they have been updating their T-72s. Interestingly it is these updated T-72s which seem to be bearing the brunt of the of the offensive with them taking some 40% of those tanks destroyed or mission kills. Whereas I believe they only make some 20% of the invasion force.
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  33.  @gregwasserman2635  As things are going how surprised would we be
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  34.  @jaripukki267  Understandable in the circumstances.
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  35.  @orlock20  If it all kicks off when Russia is finally defeated in Ukraine you can just see China sending troops into Siberia to "protect' the Chinese people living there.
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  36. Back in the 70s the Chinese got the nuclear bomb. But there was one small problem. They didn't have have a delivery system. No long range missile or bombers. So if you got an unexpected package from Chinese you just didn't sign for it. Just return to sender.
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  37. During Ronald Reagan's time as president there were a number of top US officers who thought a war with Russia was winnable even though it would mean the deaths of one in three Americans. They thought that this was a price worth paying. You can imagine that there were those in Soviet Russia who thought the same. In fact we know there were Soviet plans to attack Alaska when the Soviets discovered the early warning system there was not NBC protected. Fortunately the West got news of this attack and took steps to protect Alaska and warned off the Soviets.
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  38. Belarus is not going to invade Ukraine. For one thing some 90% of the Belarusian population is against getting involved in the war. And if the Belarusian army performs as badly as the Russian army that is the end of Lukashenko. So no. Belarus will not invade Ukraine. The real fun for Lukashenko will come when all this is over. As an ally of Putin he will still be in the doghouse with him. Along with their two respective counties. Also Belarus will still be neighbours with Ukraine. And you get the feeling that Ukraine may not want to forgive and forget.
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  39. The reason the T-14 will not go into service is because of the sanctions after the Invasion of Crimea. So much of it was coming from abroad that without them parts they could not build the tank. So Ukraine this is not the first time Putin messed up.
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  40.  @RobinPhillips1957  That is common to large parts of the Russian military. Which is why their arms sales have plummeted. And that, in turn, has stopped Russia to use the funds for newer equipment.
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  41. Interesting the amount a satellite imagery available. Even more interesting is the fact that Russia is supposed to have the capability to knock out such satellites but has either chosen either not to or the claim is like so many Russian claims, without substance.
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  42. It may well be that Ukraine can do better with surface to air missile. Unlike NATO Russia does not have any dedicated specialists for the suppression of SAMs. A Russian pilot may be flying against Ukrainian fighters one day and against SAMS the next. Which is probably why they are losing so many aircraft to SAMs. NATO specialists pilots will do nothing else but SAM suppression for which they will have 200 hours flying per year. With that in mind how long before Russian pilots totally avoid areas where they know there is a strong Ukrainian SAM presence. And without air cover how is the Russian army going to perform.
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  43. Forbes have said that the of T-72 and T-90s are in such low numbers that the T-62 is once again Russia's main battle tank. No sign of the US exchanging their M1s for M60s.
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  44.  @Silver_Prussian  What ever. Your paying for it
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  45. The way the Russian economy is going down it does not look like Russia will be replaced these tanks anytime soon.
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