War in Ukraine

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AM64 said:
Thanks for that term "symmetrical, on-demand power". Nuclear plants aren't very good for load following. The most responsive in the US are the Babcock and Wilcox plants because they use once through steam generators rather than U-tube steam generators like Westinghouse and Combustion plants. U-tube steam generators basically are slow responding and produce steam that's just at the saturation point - they use moisture separators to "dry " the steam. B&W steam generators are counterflow straight tube - primary coolant from the reactor comes in from the top and feedwater flows up from the bottom, so you by design have a region of superheated steam at the outlet to the turbine. That allows the turbine to be more responsive and have limited load following ability. It also means the steam generator has less inventory and can boil dry quickly like at Three Mile Island (B&W plant). Either case requires varying reactor power, and that's virtually not done - they run a near full power because maintaining the correct flux distribution is not a simple matter (unless things have changed a lot since I retired). It really leaves either fossil fueled or hydro plants for load following. If hydro plants are also used for river navigation and flood control, their response can be complicated, so it really gets back to something like NG plants for peaking.
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Certainly knowledge I didn't have before; excellent reply.
 
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volgr said:
Once the real story comes out regarding the depth of Ukraine corruption and criminality, will history view Russians as liberators?
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Not in The West. Do the Russians get any credit for their contribution in ending WWII?

I was under the impression that people were making the mistake of confusing the Soviet Union with the Russian Federation and just were not sophisticated enough to make the distinction. But at this point, I just think that many in the West just hate Russians no matter what.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Not in The West. Do the Russians get any credit for their contribution in ending WWII?

I was under the impression that people were making the mistake of confusing the Soviet Union with the Russian Federation and just were not sophisticated enough to make the distinction. But at this point, I just think that many in the West just hate Russians no matter what.
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Do you know anyone from Russia?
 
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KB5252 said:
We are involved in Europe because of history. The last time we took that approach it didn't go so well and we ended up having to be involved anyway. We are involved in NATO as a deterrent. If America can't be trusted to abide by obligations then the dollar is no longer propped up and we lose the comfy way of life we've grown accustomed to.

My point is the world is intertwined. It's but as simple as America not being involved. As for tried being involved in but sure anywhere here is advocating for it. NATO, of which we are a member, is beefing up it's defenses as a deterrent in light of Russia military aggression.
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I agree: we're either in or out of NATO. And by extension that NATO is either in or out of the world. Unless everyone stops saying "Never again!", watching an aggressor invade numerous countries in relatively short span begs the retort "Or what?". Same with the slow-walk to a nuke armed Iran or NK; there's really nothing to stop them except destroying their capability.
 
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List of dead/captured Russian Officers, Mar 22
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Newest are in bold.
  1. Lieutenant General Andrey Nikolaevich Mordvichev, Commander, 8th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District (killed Mar 16)
  2. Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik, Commander, 35th Combined Arms Army, Eastern Military District* (missing after heavily wounded, Mar 2)
  3. Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, Deputy Commander, 41st Combined Arms Army, Central Military District (killed Feb 28)
  4. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, Chief of Staff , 41st Combined Arms Army, Central Military District (killed Mar 8)
  5. Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, Commander, 29th Combined Arms Army, Eastern Military District (killed Mar 11)
  6. Major General Oleg Mitayev, Commander, 150th Motorized Division (Novocherkassk) (killed Mar 15)
  7. Chechen general Magomed Tushayev, 141st Rosgvardia Chechen Guard (disputed Mar 1)
  8. Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Isaikin (killed Mar 2)
  9. Colonel Konstantin Ogiy, Head of Kemerovo SOBR unit, Rosgvardiya (killed Feb 28)
  10. Colonel Konstantin Zizevski, 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment (killed Mar 5)
  11. Colonel Sergey Karasev, Commander, 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade (Ulyanovsk) (Killed Mar 11)
  12. Colonel Andrei Zakharov, Battalion-tactical group Commander, 6th Tank Regiment (Chebarkul) , 90th Tank division (killed Mar 10) (given Order of Courage in 2016)
  13. Colonel Sergei Sukharev, Commander, 331st VDV Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Airborne Division (killed Mar 17)
  14. Colonel Igor Evgenievich Nikolaev, Commander, 3rd Motor Rifle Division (Valuyki) (killed Mar 16)
  15. Colonel Ruslan Rudnev, Commander, 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Donma) (Pilot, Su-34?, killed Mar 1, given Order of Courage)
  16. Colonel Sergei Ivanovich Porokhnya, Commander, 12th Engineering Brigade (killed)
  17. Colonel Nikolai Ovcharenko, Head of Engineer Troops, 45th Separate Engineering Brigade, 1st Guards Tank Army, Western Military District (killed)
  18. Navy Captain (1st Rank) Andrey Nikolaevich Paliy, Deputy Commander, Black Sea Fleet (killed)
  19. Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Agarkov, Commander, 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment. (killed Mar 8)
  20. Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Sofronov, Commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, (killed Mar 5)
  21. Lieutenant Colonel Denis Glebov, Deputy Commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (killed Mar 5, given Order of Courage)
  22. Lieutenant Colonel Okruzhnov Alexander Nikolaevich, Head of Artillery, 104th VDV Regiment, 76th Airborne Division (killed Mar 7)
  23. Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Narzullaevich Khasanov, Deputy Commander, 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (pilot, Su-30SM, killed Mar 5)
  24. Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Chervov, Deputy Commander, Aviation Regiment (Voronezh) (Pilot, Su-25, killed Mar 7)
  25. Lieutenant Colonel Renat Ravilovich Gaisin (killed)
  26. Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Savvateev, Deputy Commander, SOBR unit (Vladimir), Rosgvardiya (killed)
  27. Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Pyatkin, SOBR Unit (Vladimir), Rosgvardiya (killed)
  28. Lieutenant Colonel Roman Ryabov, SOBR Unit (Vladimir), Rosgvardiya (killed)
  29. Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Rodionov, SOBR Unit (Vladimir), Rosgvardiya (killed)
  30. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Pozynych, Deputy Commander for Military-Political Work, 14th Guards Fighter Regiment (Kursk) (Pilot, Su-30SM, killed)
  31. Vladimir Zhoga, warlord, Sparta Battalion (Lt Col equivalent?) (killed Mar 5)
  32. Major Andrei Petrovich Burlakov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Secret Service, Chief of Intelligence of Regiment, Rosgvardia (killed Mar 10)
  33. Major Ruslan Leonov, Spetsnaz company commander (killed Mar 10)
  34. Major Alexei Ilnitsky, deputy battalion commander, VDV 11th Air Assault Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed, given Order of Courage)
  35. Major Bezborodov Dmitry Valeryevich, Rosgvardiya battalion commander (killed)
  36. Major Vorsyuchenko Alexey Vasilyevich, VDV Unit #81430 HQ, 76th Airborne SAM Regiment (killed)
  37. Major Dmity Bezborodov Bezzhizninski, Operational Battalion Commander, Rosgvardia (killed)
  38. Major Alexander Sergeevich Fedorov, Chief of Communications and Deputy Chief of Staff of Unit #47130, 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude, Divizionnaya station) (killed Mar 15)
  39. Major Ruslan Vladimirovich Petrukhin, Deputy Commander, 38th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 35th Army, Eastern Military District (killed Mar 11)
  40. Major Sergei Krylov, Deputy Commander, 331st VDV Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Airborne Division (killed Mar 17)
  41. Major Sergey Vladimirovich Kashansky, GRU/GU 24th SpetsNaz Brigade? (killed)
  42. Major Dmitry Bukatin, 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad) (killed)
  43. Major Patskalev Oleg Mikhailovich, Deputy Commander, 2nd Battalion, 331st VDV Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Guards Airborne Division (killed)
  44. Major Alexander Viktorovich Shchetkin, Deputy Commander for Military-Political Work, 1st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Sevastopol), 2nd Guards Tamanians Motor Rifle Division (killed)
  45. Major Ratmir Kudayev (Police) (killed, given Order of Courage)
  46. Major Dmitry Toptun, Commander, Motorized Rifle Battalion (killed Mar 14)
  47. Major Sergei Volynets, Flight Commander (Pilot, Su-34?, killed)
  48. Captain Maklagin Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich (killed Feb 25, given Order of Courage)
  49. Captain Aleksey Aleksandrovich Chuchmanov, GRU/GU 3rd SpetsNaz Brigade (Tolyatti) (killed Mar 3, 2022)
  50. Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, Platoon Commander, Russian 247th Guards Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment (killed)
  51. Captain Sergei Aleksandrovich Visyach (killed)
  52. Captain Alexey Glushchak, GRU/GU 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade (killed, given Order of Courage)
  53. Captain Ilya Kuptsov, VDV 76th Air Assault Division, Intelligence Department (Pskov) (killed)
  54. Captain Ivan Sergeevich Afanasyev (Pilot, Ka-52?, killed)
  55. Captain Radzhabov Rabazan Gasainievich (Pilot, killed)
  56. Captain Emelyanchik Sergei Stanislavovich (Pilot, Mi-28n?, killed Mar 4)
  57. Captain Alexander Vladimirovich Shokun, Chief of Communications, VDV 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed)
  58. Captain Nikitin Alexey Nikolaevich, 1141st Guards Artillery Regiment, 7th VDV Guards Mountain Air Assault Division (Novorossiysk) (killed)
  59. Captain Eugene Kislakov, 14th Guards Fighter Regiment (Kursk) (Pilot, Su-30SM, killed)
  60. Captain Eduard Gilmiyarov Rinatovich, Commander, 5th Airborne Assault Company, 31st VDV Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade (Ulyanovsk) (killed)
  61. Police Captain Opatsky Alexei Mikhailovich, Commander, Zyryanin OMON Special Purpose Mobile Platoon, Rosgvardia Directorate, Komi Republic (killed)
  62. Captain Dmitry Nikolayevich Chumanov, Commander, MLRS Battery (Ulan-Ude) (killed Mar 4)
  63. Captain Valery Alekseevich Kassaev, 3rd Spetsnaz Brigade, GRU/GU (killed)
  64. Senior Lieutenant Alexei Aleshko, Military Intelligence Officer (killed Mar 10)
  65. Senior Lieutenant Andrei Shamko, VDV, GRU/GU 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (Pskov) (killed)
  66. Senior Lieutenant Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov, company commander, 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment (killed, given Hero of Russia)
  67. Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Shumitsky, Tank Company Commander, 81st Tank Battalion, 42nd Motorized Rifle Division (killed, given Order of Courage)
  68. Senior Lieutenant Sergey Dorokhov, Rosgvardia SOBR team member (Vologda) (killed)
  69. Senior Lieutenant Aleksey Aleshko, Platoon Commander, VDV, RVVDKU graduate. (killed Feb 25, given Order of Courage)
  70. Senior Lieutenant Nikita Ivanovich Perfilov, VKS Russian Aerospace Forces (killed Mar 6)
  71. Senior Lieutenant Lazarenko Alexander Alexandrovich (killed, given Order of Courage)
  72. Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Symov, 331st VDV Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Airborne Division (killed)
  73. Senior Lieutenant Sukhovskoy Semyon Mikhailovich, Company Commander, 234th Air Assault Regiment, VDV 76th Guards Air Assault Division (killed Mar 5)
  74. Senior Lieutenant Sergei Zuykov Alekseevich, Rosgvardia (killed, given Order of Courage)
  75. Senior Lieutenant Sergey Alekseevich Zuykov (killed, given Order of Courage)
  76. Senior Lieutenant Vokhmyanin Alexander Viktorovich, Chief of Staff, Artillery Battalion (killed)
  77. Senior Lieutenant Maxim Vadimovich Susloparov, Unit #90600, 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Peacekeeping Brigade of Alexandria (Roshchinsky), 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army (killed)
  78. Senior Lieutenant Maxim Kholkin, Air Defense, 4th Military Base (South Ossetia) (killed March 7, given Order of Courage)
  79. Senior Lieutenant Anton Volkov, Translator, GRU/GU, (killed Feb 27)
  80. Senior Lieutenant Sergei Chudnik, Commander, Tank Platoon (killed March 16, given Hero of DPR)
  81. Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Vdovin, Company Commander (killed, given Order of Courage)
  82. Senior Lieutenant Ilya Sergeevich Chernyshev, Commander, Armored Battery, 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th VDV Guards Airborne Division (killed, given Order of Courage)
  83. Senior Lieutenant Nikita Samoilov, Deputy Commander, VDV Reconnaissance Company (killed)
  84. Senior Lieutenant Alexei Ivanov, 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed)
  85. Lieutenant Alexander Osipov, VDV (killed)
  86. Lieutenant Georgy Alexandrovich Dudorov, Deputy Commander, Military-Political Affairs, Recon company, 137th Airborne Regiment, 106th VDV Airborne Division (Tula) (killed March 6)
  87. Lieutenant Alexander Lebedev (killed)
  88. Lieutenant Vitaly Olegovich Golub , Platoon Commander, 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Volgograd) (killed, given Order of Courage)
  89. Separatist Taras "Clooney" Gordienko, Commander, B-2 Anti-tank group (killed Mar 14)
  90. Lieutenant Dmitry Chernyshev, VDV 247th Air Assault Regiment (killed, given Order of Courage)
  91. Lieutenant Daniil Dmitreievich Kurin, Reconnaissance Platoon Commander, 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade (killed, March 3)
  92. Lieutenant Georgy Dudorov, Deputy Commander, Reconnaissance Company, 137th VDV Airborne Regiment, 106th Guards Airborne Division (Tula), son of Alexander Durorov, the Deputy Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (killed Mar 6)
  93. Lieutenant Ovchinnikov Lev Aleksandrovich, VDV 331st Airborne Regiment (Kostroma) (killed)
  94. Lieutenant Vsevolod Vasilyevich Yaroslavtsev, Commander, Mortar Platoon, Motorized Rifle Battalion, 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defense Brigade (Perevalnoe), 22nd Army Corps. (killed Mar 3)
  95. Lieutenant Stanislav Olegovich Kutelev, VDV, RVVDKU graduate (killed)
  96. Lieutenant Brian Andrei Yurkov, Ground Forces Air Defense Officer (North Ossetia) (killed)
  97. Lieutenant Ilya Kurbatov, Platoon Commander, VDV 51st Guards Airborne Regiment (Tula), 106th Airborne Division (killed)
  98. Lieutenant Colonel Krishtop Maxim Sergeevich, (Pilot , Su-30, captured)
  99. Lieutenant Colonel Astakhov Dmitry Mikhailovich, Rosgvardia (captured)
  100. Lieutenant Colonel, 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment, 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division (Pilot, Su-34, captured)
  101. Lieutenant Colonel Alexandr Oleksandr Koshel, Head of Information and Psychological Counteracting Group, 58th Combined Arms Army (captured Mar 22)
  102. Major Schetkin Leonid Petrovich, Commander and chief of staff, 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 41st Combined Arms Army (captured Feb 26)
  103. Major Rashki Shishkanov Dmitry Alexandrovich, Battalion Deputy Commander, 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defense Brigade (Perevalnoe), Unit #12676, 22nd Army Corps, Black Sea Fleet (captured)
 
#19,869
#19,869
Rasputin_Vol said:
Not in The West. Do the Russians get any credit for their contribution in ending WWII?

I was under the impression that people were making the mistake of confusing the Soviet Union with the Russian Federation and just were not sophisticated enough to make the distinction. But at this point, I just think that many in the West just hate Russians no matter what.
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Sure; "Thanks!"
"Now die Russian scum!"

Nothing like a KGB prez subjugating other nations, assassinations, internal purges, arrests to highlight the vast distinction between the USSR and Russia.
 
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volgr said:
Content curation is an ever evolving process. If you really have an open mind, then you should be able to easily do this yourself.
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Good Lord, canned response, should have known. Show your work...... Otherwise you're simply seeking sources to confirm your biases.
 
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KB5252 said:
Good Lord, canned response, should have known. Show your work...... Otherwise you're simply seeking sources to confirm your biases.
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You won't like my sources because they don't feed your bias. So, what is the point of getting into a back and forth over the legitimacy of my sources? At the end of the day, in a few weeks/months we will see who was closer to having accurate information.
 
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