• CommCat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    they weren’t ICBMS, they were their new medium ranged hyper sonic nuclear capable (obviously they weren’t armed) missiles. It was obviously a warning to the West, because they travel so fast with multiple war heads that they are impossible to intercept.

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        It was like in the avengers when the wakandites put up their magic shield against thanos.

        Obviously ukraine is good and russia is thanos, so it makes sense that would happen!

        • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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          This reminds me of a reddit thread I saw where some guy thought the US military would have done a better job than Wakanda against Thanos in infinity war, because the Wakandans resorted to (high tech) melee. Disregarding the fact the Wakandans only survived to get to melee range because their shield protected from orbital bombardment.

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            He’s not entirely wrong, but only because Wakanda is hamstrung by being written by Hollywood writers who react to basic military tactic knowledge the same way a Puritan from 1600 would react to women not buried under 37 full-body layers of clothing at all times.

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                I was more referring to the “endless horde of mindless attack dogs vs high-tech phalanx wall” bit being heavily in a traditional military’s favor on account of having ‘ranged weaponry’ and other such forms of cheating per the rules of glorious melee combat.

                The ship is going to curbstomp quite a lot, though I imagine if you start indiscriminately tossing nukes at it you’d get through eventually.