Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 6

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BBSA said:
Is it people like these who forms the views of the alt-right?
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“Useful idiots” was a term frequently employed by anti-communist Republicans to describe Western intellectuals and leftists who admired and extolled the virtues of the Soviet Union. In a strange twist, that description now could be applied to the prominent conservatives who have become admirers and apologists for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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So, what is the current state of our prime mission equipment? From the infamous Arms Deal, only the following were still serviceable at the end of the first quarter this year:

  • One of three frigates, with the one serviceable vessel last week limping along the Mozambican coast due to a maintenance problem and the unavailability of spare parts. The past weekend it was still stuck in Pemba;
  • Zero out of three submarines;
  • Zero out of 26 Gripen fighter aircraft;
  • Three of 24 Hawk aircraft used to train fighter pilots;
  • Zero of the four Lynx maritime helicopters; and
  • Three of the 30 Agusta helicopters.
From the rest of the mission equipment, only the following defence equipment is serviceable:

  • Two of the 35 PC-7 Pilatus aircraft used to train SAAF pilots;
  • Four of the 11 strategic Rooivalk attack helicopters, of which three are in the DRC;
  • 17 of the 39 strategic Oryx helicopters, of which five are in the DRC, with the rest thinly distributed all over SA;
  • One of the six C-130 cargo aircraft, essential for the transport of troops, logistical equipment, and training of paratroopers and Special Forces; and
  • One 85-year-old Dakota, unable to do maritime patrol and reconnaissance.
This is an embarrassing state of affairs, which exposes us to being ill-prepared on land, in the air and at sea.
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OPINIONISTA: SANDF is a toothless tiger unable to fulfil its core constitutional mandate

The SANDF’s prime mission equipment is in a sorry state – broken, out of service or rotting away. This is an embarrassing state of affairs, which exposes us to being ill-prepared on land, in the air and at sea.
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South Africa and Russia have much in common ...........I can see why some folks in SA identify with Russia. :(
 
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