No, that’s not correct. They are more akin to cruise missiles than true loitering munitions. They are guided by GPS coordinate, not manually

Shahed isn’t really accurate enough to hit something the size of a SAM system.

They’re designed to be cheap and easily produced

What security are they giving up? Russia is allied with Syria, Israel’s enemy. Israel doesn’t need Russian assurances to protect itself against Syria

So if Italy goes to war with Russia, Israel will cease to supply them weapons? Or worse, ban them from using the weapons they already bought in order to maintain its “gold standard”? Why would anyone purchase Israeli weapons under this absurd logic. The real answer is that Israel has decided helping Ukraine isn’t worth antagonizing Russia

That’s the same thing

That makes zero sense

Israel sells to NATO members as well as countries in active disputes so I don’t understand this argument

I mean Israel has no issue selling weapons to literally anyone else. Netanyahu just wants to maintain a relationship with Russia

Allowing Ukraine to buy proven Israeli drones would be pretty cool. But Israel doesn’t want to upset Russia

And then blocked the transfer or sale of Israeli weapons to Ukraine

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/25/israel-ukraine-hawk-missile-biden-administration-request

First sentence of the article:

> Ukraine has proposed creating a mechanism for auditing the aid provided by the United States for recovery projects, together with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Come on man. Do better

COVID probably.

They probably don’t want to be Ukraine’d

> Zhilin had to cross the border illegally because as an FSB officer he was not allowed to leave the country. He asked for political asylum in Kazakhstan, but his request was rejected and he was arrested.

> Zhovtis believes that Kazakhstan was under pressure to extradite Zhilin to Russia and described it as a “sad situation,” implying that Zhilin is being "handed over simply to die."

You either read a different article than I did or you’re inventing quite a lot. The article says that the Russian government pressured Kazakstan to return him

Why?

I’ll never understand why so many people support the deportation of draft dodgers

What’s a good example of pacing?

This is a massive generalization. I can assure you that slow paced books are still being written. What genres are you interested in?

That was the doctrine, but in practice commanders had the power to requisition and issue SMGs, usually to NCOs and officers. As well as unofficial acquisition as you’ve said

That’s incorrect. Thompsons were issued to NCOs and officers in all infantry units in order to enhance automatic fire at the squad level

It is neither a carbine nor an assault rifle

The US and most of its allies went all in on the battle rifle concept based on their experiences in WW2, especially the success of the M1 Garand. This led to the G3, FAL, and M14. The Soviet experience led them to the assault rifle concept. It’s important to note that the Eastern front was larger and had a lot more combat than any other theater of the war.

Weapons in the Korean War were primarily WW2 designs, so it’s not surprising that the US didn’t realize the superiority of assault rifles until the M14 faced the AK47 in Vietnam

a squad smg is not equivalent to an assault rifle

That’s not really true. The StG is considered to be the first assault rifle and the AK47 was developed in response to it