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haele

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5. Yes, they were deployed to test NATO reactions.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 11:38 PM

Sep 10

Russia and Belarus were doing their annual jointexercise, and one of the scenarios is always an attack of or from NATO.
This time, Putin put a toe in the water to see what was possible going in for real. Poland used to be a client buffer state between the Soviet and the West, Putin wants it back, just as he wants a clear passage to Kaleningrad.
He's desperate to look strong.

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About the drones over Poland . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Sep 10 OP

Poland has invoked Article 4 Fiendish Thingy Sep 10 #1

Article 4: Glorious bastard Sep 10 #4

Unarmed, Motorized Chaff-Decoys MrWowWow Sep 10 #2

A deliberate provocation and B.See Sep 10 #3

Yes, they were deployed to test NATO reactions. haele Sep 10 #5