O/T:- Ukraine [Incorporating 'Congrats to Russia' thread]

[i961pie]

The only reason Ukraine is firing missiles is to stop the onslaught they are facing from Russian missiles.

[frenchmagpie]

The only reason Ukraine is firing missiles is to stop the onslaught they are facing from Russian missiles.

Exactly.

[andy6025]

The only reason Ukraine is firing missiles is to stop the onslaught they are facing from Russian missiles.

Hang in a minute. Let’s not be so quick to discount the wealth of investigative expertise we’re so lucky to have on this very forum!!!

The ever-knowledgeable Jampie first bemuses that troop exhaustion combined with sheer incompetence could have been the culprit:

...some exhausted [Ukrainian] officer buttoned in target coordinates half from one target and half from another on the next line in his list.

But then he goes on to imply that there are just so many coinky-dinks that the Ukrainians may have attacked Poland deliberately:

Probably also worth noting that an air defence missile used in its air defence role is supposed to detonate on or near its target (in the air), or after a miss. They are absolutely not supposed to crash into the ground and detonate their warhead. For that to happen the missile either needs to malfunction or be configured in ground attack mode.

Of course a misconfiguration by Ukrainian operators is possible, and so is a malfunction. I have no conclusive information as yet.

I'm just saying though, if it was a Ukrainian missile, that's a lot of coincidences.

Wow! But why on earth would Ukraine commit to such an act of madness???

Old_pie chips in a possible answer:

[Ukraine] could just be testing the West's/Nato's reaction to a blurred event.

I applaud the brilliance of our Notts fans!

[i961pie]

With your warped view its a shame you are a Notts fan?