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Link Posted: 4/18/2024 11:42:00 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Jaehaerys:
I'm hearing that Syrski is aggressively converting a lot of people from rear roles and from branches like the Air Force into infantrymen. At this point, it seems like tens of thousands of people. There are rumblings that in certain training centers, the instructors are overwhelmingly working with re-training personnel who used to be in the rear, as opposed to freshly mobilized soldiers. I think this might be a reason why Ukrainian political leadership wasn't aggressively pushing for a expansive mobilization bill: this is the solution. There was an article recently that quoted Zelenskyy, and he suggested that mobilization of large numbers wasn't necessary, as the UAF could find the troops themselves, or at least something along those lines. So, that was what the audit was for.

We'll have to see how this plays out. If it's done right, they can find a number of replacements, though it is a dangerous technique to replenish losses without relying on increased mobilization. Even if it's done right, this is only something that can be done once, and it's very easy to abuse and send the wrong people to the front. Not everyone has the right physical and mental constitution to be an infantryman, especially in a war like this one. For instance, I could handle a support role, but I would not be a good infantryman for myriad reasons, and I'm in better shape than most and a halfway decent marksman. Additionally, if abused, it runs the risk of robbing necessary support units of needed manpower.

Overall, though, there does appear to be a good bit of fat to cut of of the UAF. The system as a whole doesn't strike me as being very efficient. Lots of us were dooming about Syrski when he replaced Zaluzhny, but I've got to say, I see why Zaluzhny had to go, and I think Syrski has been making some good decisions (another one being reshuffling around 67th mechanized due to poor performance and abuse of new conscripts, in spite of it being a Right Sector heavy unit with political connections). Zaluzhny was calling for the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of men, without even having bothered to audit his own service to know if they had additional manpower that could be freed up...
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Hope they send all those draft office (voyenkomat) assholes to the front lines.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 11:57:42 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By voyager3:

Hope they send all those draft office (voyenkomat) assholes to the front lines.
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Contrary to popular belief, a lot of these guys have served at the front lines and got transferred to the rear as a result of their injuries.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 12:06:21 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:


Awesome find and visualization of that coverage area.
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

DESTROYED: Update on yesterday's AFU OWUAV strike on the "Konteyner" 29B6  OTHR (Over-The-Horizon Radar) in Mordovia, Mordor

«Regarding yesterday's attack on the "Konteynor" over-the-horizon radar located in Mordovia, they (katsaps) whine loudly that the attack was successful and now the station is disabled.

This is the only over-the-horizon tracking radar of its kind, which allowed detecting aerodynamic targets (according to propaganda) at a distance of up to 3,000 km. The loss of this radar will deprive Katsap of intelligence information and the possibility of early detection of tactical strike aircraft.

The factory where the "Container" was produced is already practically closed, and the long-range radar development institute has ceased to exist. This radar was developed over a period of ~ 5 years, and it took ~ 10-15 years to put it into service.» -- ZSU War News


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcqzCHXwAAi6V7?format=jpg&name=large
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Huge if true.  

This is the receiver antenna array.


Transmitter installation, 15km south of the attacked installation.

To be found at: 53°52'59.5"N 43°59'34.1"E


https://i.imgur.com/3IrxJe8.jpeg

They lost lots of their early warning capability for Western Russia, Mediterranean Sea, Ukraine and the Black Sea region.


https://i.imgur.com/k7ufjuP.png


Awesome find and visualization of that coverage area.


Russian TV, even if plausible could it be a complete fake.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 12:22:43 PM EDT
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Russia jails hypersonics scientist for seven years in treason case

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-jails-hypersonics-scientist-seven-years-treason-case-2024-04-18/

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - A Russian scientist who worked on hypersonic technologies was handed a seven-year jail sentence on Thursday for treason after he was accused of passing state secrets to foreign nationals.
A representative for St Petersburg's court system said Alexander Kuranov, 76, would be sent to a high-security prison and fined 100,000 roubles ($1,000).

At the time of his arrest in 2021, Kuranov was the general director of St Petersburg-based Hypersonics Systems Research Facility, where he oversaw work on a new version of a Soviet-era hypersonic aircraft dubbed Ayaks.

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is a world leader in hypersonic missiles - cutting-edge weapons capable of carrying payloads at up to 10 times the speed of sound to punch through air-defence systems.

Ukraine said in April that Russia had used five hypersonic Zircon missiles to attack Kyiv since the start of the year. Putin confirmed in February that Russia had used the missiles in battle.

Kuranov was accused of passing secret information to a foreign citizen about hypersonic technology research that he had worked on for a long time, the Interfax news agency reported in 2021.

The court spokesperson said his conviction came after two trials. Treason and espionage cases are traditionally held behind closed doors in Russia.

A number of Russian scientists in recent years have been charged with treason on suspicion of passing sensitive material to foreigners. Critics of the Kremlin say the arrests sometimes stem from unfounded paranoia, something the authorities deny.

Russian Supreme Court data analysed by independent outlet Vyorstka showed 39 people were convicted of treason last year, up from 16 in 2022.

Russia on Wednesday annulled a treason verdict against a physicist sentenced to 12 years for passing secrets to an unidentified NATO member state and ordered a retrial.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 12:50:18 PM EDT
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That would be interesting.



Link Posted: 4/18/2024 12:57:56 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
That would be interesting.



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I sometimes wonder if these people mean individual launchers and radars or complete systems.

I doubt Schulz knows the difference.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:00:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Alex9661:


Contrary to popular belief, a lot of these guys have served at the front lines and got transferred to the rear as a result of their injuries.
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The ones I have in mind personally were there way before the war.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:07:15 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ServusVeritatis:


I sometimes wonder if these people mean individual launchers and radars or complete systems.

I doubt Schulz knows the difference.
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Originally Posted By ServusVeritatis:
Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
That would be interesting.





I sometimes wonder if these people mean individual launchers and radars or complete systems.

I doubt Schulz knows the difference.



Me too, but when they say systems that implies a complete battery.  If they said units, I would think they meant individual components of a battery.  I guess we will find out in time.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:24:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ServusVeritatis:


I sometimes wonder if these people mean individual launchers and radars or complete systems.

I doubt Schulz knows the difference.
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Complete systems.

He's a coward, but he isn't dumb.



Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:29:39 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:37:33 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Prime:


Had an important conversation with the Chairman of the European Command of the US Armed Forces and the Supreme Commander of the Joint NATO Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli.

He informed about the development of events at the front and the urgent needs of Ukraine, in particular in modern means of air defense, artillery and ammunition, as well as heavy armored vehicles.

They discussed the strengthening of military-technical cooperation with the United States and other allies, the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense equipment, and the replenishment of ammunition. They exchanged views on the tactical situation on the battlefield.

He thanked the United States and NATO partners for their support to Ukraine, especially in areas that today have the greatest impact on strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities.
The conversation took place, as usual, in a friendly, constructive atmosphere.
We continue our cooperation.
Glory to Ukraine!


https://t.me/osirskiy/654




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Low numbers for armor... but I always wonder how closely these numbers are linked to the intensity of Russian offensives.  Higher numbers might often be indicative of a big orc push, possibly resulting in a loss of Ukrainian territory.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 1:55:58 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLdK3fAXMAA012A?format=jpg&name=900x900
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Well, there goes GD's love affair with the new Argie president!
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 2:42:27 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bikedamon:


Well, there goes GD's love affair with the new Argie president!
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLdK3fAXMAA012A?format=jpg&name=900x900


Well, there goes GD's love affair with the new Argie president!



lol, I would imagine the photo alone would make heads explode.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 2:44:33 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/18/2024 2:59:40 PM EDT
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I wish more people here could appreciate the wonderful irony we are seeing here.   Tuckers propaganda has ruined their ability to appreciate ....well…anything at all.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 3:08:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bikedamon:


Well, there goes GD's love affair with the new Argie president!
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLdK3fAXMAA012A?format=jpg&name=900x900


Well, there goes GD's love affair with the new Argie president!


I love that guy and wish him well.   He’s the only bright star in a putrid churning sea of fiscal degeneracy.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 3:33:44 PM EDT
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Someone thought I was joking when I told them about the huge number of videos coming out showing Russians going into battle in golf carts.

Here's another from today.
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https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1781040419272360080
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 3:35:01 PM EDT
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That guy has been absolutely awesome.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 3:49:06 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Jaehaerys:

That guy has been absolutely awesome.
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Link Posted: 4/18/2024 4:17:29 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:




Huge if true.  

This is the receiver antenna array.


Transmitter installation, 15km south of the attacked installation.

To be found at: 53°52'59.5"N 43°59'34.1"E


https://i.imgur.com/3IrxJe8.jpeg

They lost lots of their early warning capability for Western Russia, Mediterranean Sea, Ukraine and the Black Sea region.


https://i.imgur.com/k7ufjuP.png
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

DESTROYED: Update on yesterday's AFU OWUAV strike on the "Konteyner" 29B6  OTHR (Over-The-Horizon Radar) in Mordovia, Mordor

«Regarding yesterday's attack on the "Konteynor" over-the-horizon radar located in Mordovia, they (katsaps) whine loudly that the attack was successful and now the station is disabled.

This is the only over-the-horizon tracking radar of its kind, which allowed detecting aerodynamic targets (according to propaganda) at a distance of up to 3,000 km. The loss of this radar will deprive Katsap of intelligence information and the possibility of early detection of tactical strike aircraft.

The factory where the "Container" was produced is already practically closed, and the long-range radar development institute has ceased to exist. This radar was developed over a period of ~ 5 years, and it took ~ 10-15 years to put it into service.» -- ZSU War News


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcqzCHXwAAi6V7?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcqvvOXwAAMK8D?format=jpg&name=large




Huge if true.  

This is the receiver antenna array.


Transmitter installation, 15km south of the attacked installation.

To be found at: 53°52'59.5"N 43°59'34.1"E


https://i.imgur.com/3IrxJe8.jpeg

They lost lots of their early warning capability for Western Russia, Mediterranean Sea, Ukraine and the Black Sea region.


https://i.imgur.com/k7ufjuP.png


The russians claimed that it had picked up F-35s at 1500km.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 4:19:46 PM EDT
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GD has to be going cross-eyed with that pic lol.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 4:28:10 PM EDT
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Do these have link 16?
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 4:29:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ServusVeritatis:


GD has to be going cross-eyed with that pic lol.
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So tempting lol
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:06:37 PM EDT
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Do these have link 16?
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Do these have link 16?



I would guess yes since they are coming from Europe and already had it.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:12:05 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:



I would guess yes since they are coming from Europe and already had it.
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Originally Posted By DonKey153:
Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:



Do these have link 16?



I would guess yes since they are coming from Europe and already had it.


Agree, but it’s an assumption on my end as well. Link 16 is used by both US and NATO.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:23:23 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:


Complete systems.

He's a coward, but he isn't dumb.



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Sholtz pulled all his hair out trying to find purely defensive systems he could send without upsetting Putin too much.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:28:36 PM EDT
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5 minutes ago, incoming.

Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:33:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ServusVeritatis:


GD has to be going cross-eyed with that pic lol.
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GD still has Kim and the Ayatollahs to idolize.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:33:56 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By MarineGrunt:


Agree, but it’s an assumption on my end as well. Link 16 is used by both US and NATO.
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Originally Posted By DonKey153:
Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:



Do these have link 16?



I would guess yes since they are coming from Europe and already had it.


Agree, but it’s an assumption on my end as well. Link 16 is used by both US and NATO.



I can say there will be some kind of datalink.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:37:18 PM EDT
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All that chain-link fencing and not one basketball hoop! That is why the orcs will lose this war.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:41:28 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By mcantu:

That's a weak spot in all Russian tanks. There's a fuel line there and the armor is really thin. They've been specifically targeting that area since the war kicked off
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The turret ring or specifically that left side? I've seen vids of really impressive results when the rear turret ring was hit. All that ammo is just stacked up right bellow it.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:43:14 PM EDT
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Helpful air defense chart with a display of systems can engage various Russian missiles.

Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:43:18 PM EDT
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5 minutes ago, incoming.

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Damnit. Considering the major loss last time, I hope UA has refreshed and reconfigured its AD assets.

FVP




Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:52:41 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/18/2024 5:53:36 PM EDT
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Currently.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 6:18:15 PM EDT
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Helpful air defense chart with a display of systems can engage various Russian missiles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcGo1YWQAAXeMk?format=jpg&name=large
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I thought the UA S-125s has been upgraded to have some ABM capabilities? Is it too short ranged?
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 6:42:23 PM EDT
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLeesFIXwAAYiIi?format=jpg&name=900x900
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Ah, an "Oldie but a Goodie"; it will definitely ruin Ivan's day and is more accurate than unguided MLRS.  Also, those fuses look like new-production PD fuses.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 7:06:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By absael:
Low numbers for armor... but I always wonder how closely these numbers are linked to the intensity of Russian offensives.  Higher numbers might often be indicative of a big orc push, possibly resulting in a loss of Ukrainian territory.
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The lower numbers could mean supply problems, it could also mean saving for a massive push.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 7:31:48 PM EDT
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The lower numbers could mean supply problems, it could also mean saving for a massive push.
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Seems like they blew their wad with all the BTRs recently but I could be wrong.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 8:34:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bikedamon:


Seems like they blew their wad with all the BTRs recently but I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted By bikedamon:
Originally Posted By borderpatrol:


The lower numbers could mean supply problems, it could also mean saving for a massive push.


Seems like they blew their wad with all the BTRs recently but I could be wrong.


Both can be true.  1) The Ruskies may have lost an unsustainable number of APCs and IFVs as well as a scary number of tanks, AND 2) They may be husbanding what they do have to conduct a major offensive this summer.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 8:40:57 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:

I thought the UA S-125s has been upgraded to have some ABM capabilities? Is it too short ranged?
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Helpful air defense chart with a display of systems can engage various Russian missiles.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcGo1YWQAAXeMk?format=jpg&name=large

I thought the UA S-125s has been upgraded to have some ABM capabilities? Is it too short ranged?



Good point, but I think the system just  can't handle the modern ballistic missiles reliably so they aren't recommended for that role.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 8:47:28 PM EDT
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Golf clap to Turkey and their S400 systems...
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 8:55:51 PM EDT
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29B6 is active right now on 6960
Russian 29B6 "Container" radar parked on ham radio 40 meters

Kinda hard to miss
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 9:00:14 PM EDT
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Golf clap to Turkey and their S400 systems...
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:



Golf clap to Turkey and their S400 systems...


There has to be some serious buyers remorse out there in more than a few countries after the performance of Russian equipment in this war.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 9:14:12 PM EDT
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29B6 is active right now on 6960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a-Uri607E0
Kinda hard to miss
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Wonder if 1.5kW of RTTY would mess them up
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 9:25:24 PM EDT
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Supposedly a bunch of Brits, Americans, and Germans fucked with the old Duga "Woodpecker" radar for almost a decade.

All sorts of crap was tried but the thing that worked (again supposedly) was retransmitting on near harmonics.
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One of the most interesting drone videos I have seen in a long time.
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https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1781094478951919949
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 9:53:12 PM EDT
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Only tangentially related, but when this war kicked off, I started doing the Ukrainian course on Duolingo.

Over two years later, I ran into a guy working at the hardware store whose coworker called him "Oleg", who answered "I not speak English" with a thick Slavic accent when I asked him a question (we were getting some fence panels down off a pallet so I could buy some).

Lightbulb goes off.

me: "Tey hovorish Ukrainskoyu?"

Him : Da!

Me: Cool! Khyvilinku.

Me: (gets out google translate because that's about as much as I could remember on the spot. )

But I got to shake the guy's hand, tell him "dyakoyu!", and "do pobachenya" as we left, and I'll be damned if he didn't have a big old grin.

War sucks, but good little things still come out of the mess.
Link Posted: 4/18/2024 10:00:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Rogue-Sasquatch:
Only tangentially related, but when this war kicked off, I started doing the Ukrainian course on Duolingo.

Over two years later, I ran into a guy working at the hardware store whose coworker called him "Oleg", who answered "I not speak English" with a thick Slavic accent when I asked him a question (we were getting some fence panels down off a pallet so I could buy some).

Lightbulb goes off.

me: "Tey hovorish Ukrainskoyu?"

Him : Da!

Me: Cool! Khyvilinku.

Me: (gets out google translate because that's about as much as I could remember on the spot. )

But I got to shake the guy's hand, tell him "dyakoyu!", and "do pobachenya" as we left, and I'll be damned if he didn't have a big old grin.

War sucks, but good little things still come out of the mess.
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That's awesome.
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