Guided Misstake

I don't know whether y'all are honestly clueless or simply overwhelmed with officious idiocy but it sure looks

like this sorta slipped between the cracks.

There is a reason why we call them "guided missiles".  There is a reason why we don't call them "freakin' huge

bullets".  Modern missiles, like damn near everything else, have computers in them.  Like airplanes, they have

control surfaces.  They connect to GPS or the alternatives. Through the use of the computers, communications

ability and control surfaces, the missiles can alter their course mid-flight.  They can correct for path drift, severe

weather, or whatever.

Now, don't get me wrong, modern day missiles are not perfect. Quite frequently some error factor is mentioned

in the specs. A missile might be accurate to 50 yards after flying 500 or more miles.  Given a well-chosen warhead,

being 50 yards away from a missile strike would not do you any favors.  At best you might die slowly enough to

understand that you are dying.  At relatively close range, the warhead could be left off and the missile would work

like a really big, seriously expensive, guided bullet.  In short, the missiles (for the most part) go where they are told

to go.

On the 21st of August - a mere six days after meeting with Felon47 to discuss peace - a NASDAQ listed American

company in Western Ukraine (the area farthermost away from Russia) that manufactures household goods - coffee

makers as a fer instance - was struck by two Russian cruise missiles.  It was not an accident.  A single strike might

be credibly blamed on equipment failure, jamming, operator error or an example of a one-in-a-million error rate. 

The 2nd strike eliminated all of that.  The 2nd strike made the message unambiguous.  On other days, properties

affiliated with EU and/or independent European nations that have no known military affiliation or use have been

struck - or more precisely, targeted by Russian missiles and drones.

These are not accidents.  The missiles are GUIDED as are the drones.  Along with the munitions, they are

delivering a message.  The only real question is "Who is the message for?"  Putin already knows he is Felon47's

Vladdy Daddy and has no need of messaging him.  The USA citizenry is the likely messaging target.  If we lose

faith that Ukraine can prevail, such intelligence and logistics support as we have sporadically provided would be

at serious risk.  A secondary message is for the European leaders.  Putin wants them to ignore their lying eyes and

believe him when he tells them how strong Russia is and that their nuke arsenal is ready to fly.  It is bullshit. 

Nukes need a lot of expensive maintenance, especially long range missiles.  The oligarchs signed the contracts to

do that work, took that money and did not do the maintenance.  I would suggest that a significantly higher than

acceptable percentage of those weapons cannot be immediately brought to bear and various situations make it

unlikely they could be made useful without several years worth of effort.  Among the clues that lead me to that

conclusion is the much higher than expected number of said oligarchs attempting to prove gravity to be more of a

suggestion than an actual law.

While it is not difficult to imagine Putin spitting in Felon47's face, Putin would probably not waste the effort.  The

missile attack clearly demonstrates that he gives not one shit what the felon thinks.  That is probably the message

most ought to read into Russia's actions.  They honestly do not care what he thinks.  That really ought to tell you

everything you need to know about this conflict.