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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:51:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuhndog: The really need to adopt the tactic to let one survive to spread the story and infect fear in the ranks. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuhndog: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: NSFW.
The really need to adopt the tactic to let one survive to spread the story and infect fear in the ranks. Nah. By the time they’ve gotten anywhere near the front they’ve seen rotting bodies everywhere. No need to let anyone go to prove that point. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:03:41 AM EDT
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If she were a fair bit younger I might be in love with this lady:
 Putin faces threat from the East if he fails in Ukraine | Diane Francis |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:58:11 AM EDT
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Big KIA numbers today!
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:18:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Inneedofhelp: My longtime Russian teacher, said one time when we were talking, she thinks most of the leaders of the world's countries don't know what they're doing, and some of them are evil. Putin has for two decades if not longer made comments and given indications he thinks it is a "tragedy" that the Soviet Union collapsed, specifically, his words were "the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geo-political tragedy of the 20th century". It's not a problem if someone is nostalgic for the Soviet Union, but it is if its the leader/dictator of Russia, with the entire country, including its military, at his command, and he decides he is going to try and put it back together. Regarding Putin's opinion that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a geopolitical tragedy, I have to infer from various statements made by Western conservative/right wing elements that they agree with Putin. Also, it appears that these conservative/right wing elements may hold the notion that it would not necessarily be a bad outcome if Russia returned to a state of control over its Near Abroad analogous to the control exercised by the Soviet Union. This is very baffling to me... |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 5:17:28 AM EDT
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 Russia's Kushchyovskaya Air Base Hit by Drones -- Ammunition Storage Destroyed! |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 6:18:21 AM EDT
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⚡️ Over the past night, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation were stopped.
Sixty-six Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed and intercepted by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, and two more UAVs were destroyed over the Crimean Peninsula. 🔹 Russian Ministry of Defense https://t.me/mod_russia/37991 Kushchevskaya airfield. The control panel is almost intact, except for the windows. There is no visible damage to the underground communications of the flight control center. A fire is visible at the storage area for gliding bomb equipment. Fewer KABs will fall on the front line. https://t.me/majdankrd/20676 Twitter video
 🇷🇺🇺🇦 About a new drone attack on the Krasnodar region Ukrainian formations again carried out a massive attack with drones on energy industry facilities and military infrastructure in the Krasnodar Territory. ▪️The first wave of a raid by over a dozen drones hit a military airfield on the outskirts of the village of Kushchevskaya in the Krasnodar Crane. According to preliminary data, there is destruction on the territory, the extent of which is now being established. ❗️Great attention should be paid to the leaked footage of Ministry of Emergency Situations employees clearing the rubble of one of the buildings on the territory of the military base. As in the case of the attacks on Crimea, some pro-Ukrainian citizens or those who simply do not understand the seriousness of the situation help the enemy assess the damage. ▪️In addition, in the Slavyansky, Seversky and Kushchevsky districts of the Krasnodar Territory, Ukrainian formations tried to attack oil plants and infrastructure. ▪️As a result of an attack by more than ten UAVs on the territory of the plant in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, a rectification column was damaged. The resulting fire was quickly extinguished, and the refinery's operations were partially suspended. ▪️At the Ilyisk Refinery, the arrival of 17 unmanned vehicles was recorded, as a result, the primary oil processing unit was damaged, the fire lasted more than half an hour, but was also eliminated. ▪️According to some reports, the Afipsky Oil Refinery could have been another target of the raid; there was no official information on damage on the territory of the plant. ❗️In total, air defense forces intercepted 66 UAVs over the Krasnodar Territory, and two more over the Crimean Peninsula. 🔻In recent months, the enemy has concentrated on attacks on refineries and oil storage facilities. We noted earlier that the purpose of such attacks is not only to cause damage to enterprises as such, but also to try to provoke an increase in prices in the energy sector, which could ultimately lead to increased inflation and growing discontent among the population. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting massive raid after raid, which indicates that there is no shortage of drones. Due to the absence of attacks on Ukrainian facilities where UAVs are assembled (for example, Antonov), the Ukrainian Armed Forces have fully adjusted their production process. Moreover, the accuracy and performance of drones have increased. Well, we must not forget about the activity of reconnaissance aircraft and drones of the United States and NATO, which, in anticipation of a massive attack, were monitoring the Krasnodar Territory. Both the French E-3F and the American RQ-4B were 190 km from Sochi, and clearly did not monitor vacationers on the Black Sea. https://t.me/rybar/59553  https://t.me/fighter_bomber/16495 |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 6:37:37 AM EDT
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Yesterday
Video of evacuations
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Posted: 4/27/2024 6:44:38 AM EDT
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Still going, missiles in the air.
🔴 13:13 Air alarm in Poltava 🔴 13:13 Air alarm in Chernihiv region 🔴 13:13 Air alarm in Sumy region 🔴 13:14 Air alarm at Kharkiv region 🔴 13:15 Air alarm at Dnipropetrovsk region 🔴 13:30 Air alarm at Cherkasy region 🔴 13:30 Air alarm at Kyiv region 🔴 13:31 Air alarm in Kirovohrad region https://t.me/povitryanatrivogaaa/87339 ‼️✈️Activity of tactical aviation. Threat of launch of KAB/KAR "X-59"🚀 https://t.me/povitryanatrivogaaa/87340 ✈️Reconnaissance. UAV near Odessa. Air defense work is possible. https://t.me/povitryanatrivogaaa/87349 This will get updated-  ⚡️ 21 adversary rockets were destroyed ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ On the night of April 27, 2024, the Russian invaders launched a combined attack on Ukraine with missiles of various types. In total, the enemy used 34 air, ground and sea-based missiles: - 9 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area of Saratov Region - Russian Federation); - 9 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles (from the airspace of the Belgorod Region and from the waters of the Sea of Azov); - 2 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (from Belgorod region - Russian Federation) - 2 "Iskander-K" cruise missiles (from Crimea); - 4 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft (launched from the airspace of the Ryazan and Tambov regions - Russian Federation); - 8 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea. 💥 Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and means of electronic warfare of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy's air attack. As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 21 air targets were destroyed: - 6 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles; - 8 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles; - 1 "Iskander-K" cruise missile; - 6 Kalibr cruise missiles. Thanks to all the units that repelled the rocket attack of the occupiers that night. 🇺🇦 Together - to victory! ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🇺🇦 Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk https://t.me/ComAFUA/276 🔱On the night of 04/27/24, according to preliminary calculations, the defense forces destroyed from the launched means of destruction: ❗️ 6/9 Kh-101/555 air-based cruise missiles; ❗️ 8/9 guided air cruise missiles Kh-59/69; ❗️ 1/2 cruise missiles R-500 OTRK "Iskander-K"; ❗️ 6/8 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles; ❗️ 0/4 hypersonic aeroballistic missiles Kh-47m2 of the "Kinzhal" complex; ❗️ 0/2 anti-aircraft guided missiles "S-300". @war_monitor • https://t.me/war_monitor/16843 They can’t get the fast stuff. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 6:48:41 AM EDT
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Dnipropetrovsk Governor
▪️In the morning, the region experienced another massive attack. Air defense forces destroyed 13 missiles in the Dnipro, Kryvorizky and Pavlograd districts. But, unfortunately, it did not pass without consequences. Energy facilities were damaged in the Dnipro and Kryvorizka districts. Several engagements took place. A 39-year-old man was injured. He was hospitalized in moderate condition. There are interruptions with water supply in Kryvorizhzhia. ▪️In the evening and at night, the aggressor continued to hunt around Nikopol region. He shelled the area three times with artillery and hit the anti-aircraft missile 4 times. The consequences are in the photo. Nikopol himself got the most. An 82-year-old woman was injured. He will recover at home. 7 five-story buildings, a market, more than 10 shops, an administration building, a beauty salon were damaged. It was also loud in the Chervonogrihorivska and Marganetska communities. In the last one, the car was broken. The survey of the affected areas is ongoing. ▪️Due to the shelling of the Marganets community that happened the day before, 2 villages were left without electricity. These are 600 subscribers. Specialists repair networks. https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/12428 ‼️The enemy hit an infrastructure object in the Dnipro district. There was a fire there. https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/12435 Lviv Governor During the air alert, which lasted in Lviv region from 03:58 to 06:02, our region survived the attack by cruise missiles of various classes and aeroballistic "dagger" missiles. Soldiers of PvK Zahid shot down three cruise missiles. Unfortunately, there are also hits. The enemy attacked two objects of critical energy infrastructure in the Stryi and Chervonohrad districts. Fires started on them. Emergency services quickly extinguished the fire. There is destruction. ❗️ As of this hour, there are no victims, victims, destruction of residential infrastructure in Lviv Oblast. The life support systems of the region work normally. There are currently no reports of emergency power outages. But only this night, the occupiers attacked energy infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions. It is difficult for the energy system to maintain the balance of production and consumption. We have to help. To avoid having to apply hourly shutdowns, please do not turn on energy-intensive electrical appliances between 19:00 and 22:00. Limit the simultaneous activation of such devices. ‼️What energy-intensive devices are we talking about: air conditioner, electric kettle, vacuum cleaner, boiler, heater, iron, washing machine, microwave oven, electric oven. Also, turn off all appliances that are not in use, and use energy-saving lamps for lighting. https://t.me/kozytskyy_maksym_official/13374 UA energy utility ‼️Russia attacked 4 TPP DTEK, the equipment was seriously damaged The enemy once again massively shelled the energy facilities of Ukraine. Four DTEK thermal power plants were damaged in the attack tonight. According to preliminary information, unfortunately, there are victims. We provide all necessary assistance. Enterprise equipment was seriously damaged. At the moment, energy workers are trying to eliminate the consequences of the attack. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the DTEK thermal power plant has been fired upon more than 170 times. https://t.me/dtek_ua/1453 |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 6:56:57 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:44:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:47:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:50:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 7:56:30 AM EDT
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These are powerful enough to shoot down cruise missiles, so an interesting capability to help keep U.S. expendable weapons magazines topped off and they aren't gigantic.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:04:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Posted earlier, but identified as the Polish Warmate drone munition, very similar to the U.S. Switchblade 300, but with a larger warhead that is interchangeable.
 https://mezha.media/en/2022/04/25/the-warmate-uav-a-polish-alternative-to-the-switchblades-kamikaze-drone-already-in-ukraine/  Loitering munitions system WARMATE |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:04:54 AM EDT
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This was too much even for Russians, one of the few times all the Telegram channels agreed on something.
The Cheka-OGPU became aware of the true motive of the Russian military personnel who brutally massacred at least five civilians in the Kherson region. According to the source, the version of the conflict over vacant houses was invented “for cover,” since the soldiers turned out to be real scumbags. Servicemen of unit 33702 of the Russian Ministry of Defense, 33-year-old Alexander Osipov and 37-year-old Alexander Kaygorodtsev, who had been previously convicted several times (including for murder), spent the whole night from April 23 to 24 traveling between the two neighboring villages of Abrikosovka and Podo-Kalinovka in search of alcohol. Where they were refused, they killed residents and burned their houses. This is what they did with 64-year-old Valentina Starchenko, whom the monsters shot in the back right next to the fence on the site, threw a grenade into the house and burned her home on Oktyabrskaya Street Podo-Kalinovka. No less tragic was the fate of a 32-year-old resident of the same village, Sergei Shuvaev, and his friend (it is only known that he is a military serviceman and his name is Maxim). Apparently the killers had found alcohol by that time and drank to the point of unconsciousness. Shuvaev's house on Lenin Street was burned to the ground, and the bodies of the men were found in a forest belt at the exit from the village of Abrikosovka. They were shot and tried to burn them. As for the reprisal against the 54-year-old head of the administration of the village of Abrikosovka, Lyubov Tymchak, and her partner, 39-year-old military unit 11739 serviceman Alexei Glinin, their fanatics killed them with particular cruelty. Alexander Osipov and Alexander Kaygorodov came to the house on Vostochnaya Street (Abrikosovka village) purposefully because they considered the official and her husband to be “waiters.” The killers disfigured their bodies, split their skulls and tried to burn them. It is known that at each crime scene the killers left evidence: shell casings, bullets, grenade rings. The UAZ “Patriot” pickup truck, belonging to unit 33702, in which Osipov and Kaygorodov were traveling, was found near the administration building of the village of Podo-Kalinovka. An AK-12 assault rifle, grenades and a bulletproof vest were found in the car. The criminal case will be investigated by the 126th Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. https://t.me/vchkogpu/47855
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:08:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:09:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:11:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:22:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:38:15 AM EDT
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🇯🇵🇺🇦 Agreements between Herman Halushchenko and the leadership of the Japan International Cooperation Agency: more than 100 powerful generators will arrive in Ukraine
During the visit to Japan, the Ukrainian delegation led by the Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko held a meeting with the leadership of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The minister thanked Japan and JICA directly for the financial and technical assistance to the Ukrainian energy sector, in particular the provided gas turbines and transformers. He emphasized that the Japanese side is one of the leaders in providing assistance in this direction. The head of the Ministry of Energy informed the Japanese side about the state of the Ukrainian energy system after the latest massive Russian attacks, and also familiarized himself with the needs of the energy sector. "The key tasks are to increase generation capacity as quickly as possible before winter and replace damaged autotransformers to ensure the stability of electricity transmission. The fastest way to increase generation is gas turbine and gas piston installations. It is also important to provide mobile generating units of high power." - noted Herman Galushchenko. ✅ According to the results of the meeting, it was agreed to supply Ukraine with more than 100 large generators with a total capacity of more than 130 MW. ▶️It should be noted that in February 2024, JICA and the Government of Ukraine signed an agreement on the provision of grant assistance in the amount of up to 15.8 million Japanese yen for the Emergency Recovery Program (Phase 3). Grant assistance agreements for the first and second phases of this program were signed in spring 2023 (22.44 million yen and 53.072 million yen, respectively). ▶️For the needs of our energy sector, energy equipment and protective structures for the restoration of destroyed electricity facilities, automotive equipment, cables, welding machines, supports, transformer substations have already been transferred from Japan. In addition, Japan provided equipment to eliminate the consequences of the flood caused by the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP dam.! https://t.me/energyofukraine/2115 |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:42:38 AM EDT
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This, but another factor is that there is no way we are sending our latest M-code anti GPS denial stuff to Ukraine. I also feel that the weapon is pretty complex to progam to it's target from the ground launcher, because the bomb can do some interesting maneuvers to hit the target if required. So training and mission planning could be a significant factor as well.
To this I would add flight profile. GMLRS is, unless I'm mistaken, a ballistic weapon and so it spends most of its flight time at high altitudes - only descending once horizontal distance to target has been closed significantly. This puts it closer to the GPS signals and further from the ground jamming stations for much of its flight; *especially* if it's also overflying jammers en-route to target. I'd guess that boost and midcourse are also primarily controlled via inertial guidance with GPS taking over for terminal on descent after re-entry makes control surfaces effective. GLSDB, on the other hand, has to glide the entire way; cumulative guidance errors could add up significantly. Even if it detects GPS interference and discards it to fall back on inertial guidance it'd be subject more to wind drift etc. As you say, inertial drift etc. is also affected by time of flight which is greater not just due to longer range but also significantly lower transit velocity. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:50:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
This, but another factor is that there is no way we are sending our latest M-code anti GPS denial stuff to Ukraine. I also feel that the weapon is pretty complex to progam to it's target from the ground launcher, because the bomb can do some interesting maneuvers to hit the target if required. So training and mission planning could be a significant factor as well.
Fails is the wrong word, less accurate would be a better way of putting it GMLRS is not really a ballistic weapon either, it uses a shaped trajectory |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:52:30 AM EDT
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It could imply that the coverage of these successful attacks is lacking in providing comprehensive details about what exactly is happening and how these attacks are being carried out. It seems like there's a frustration with the lack of transparency or clarity surrounding these incidents. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:53:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R0N: Fails is the wrong word, less accurate would be a better way of putting it Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By R0N: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
This, but another factor is that there is no way we are sending our latest M-code anti GPS denial stuff to Ukraine. I also feel that the weapon is pretty complex to progam to it's target from the ground launcher, because the bomb can do some interesting maneuvers to hit the target if required. So training and mission planning could be a significant factor as well.
Fails is the wrong word, less accurate would be a better way of putting it Exactly, correct on both counts and the less accuracy part can come from multiple sources both mechanical and human. 
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:01:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Related to the concern the U.S. Air Force doesn't have enough planes. They are moving forward with CCA's or collaborative combat aircraft. Drones with AI and capable of carrying air to air missiles and bombs, as well as surveillance equipment like their own AESA radar.
https://www.twz.com/air/xq-67-confirmed-to-be-a-prototype-for-general-atomics-collaborative-combat-aircraft-design  General Atomics has now confirmed its experimental XQ-67A drone is indeed serving as the prototype for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) design, one of two offerings that were recently down-selected by the U.S. Air Force. There are also additional indications that the company's CCA drone, details about which were previously unknown, leverages work it is doing on the uniquely modular Gambit concept. The War Zone, which was the first to report on the XQ-67A, has repeatedly pointed in the past to signs that this drone, and potentially the secretive Air Force program it was developed under, were intertwined with the CCA effort. The link between the XQ-67A and CCA design from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was formally laid out in a press release the company put out on April 24. This followed the Air Force's announcement that it had chosen the company to move ahead in the first phase of the CCA program, also known as Increment 1. This initial stage of the CCA effort is expected to lead to further contracts, potentially worth billions of dollars, to build hundreds, if not thousands of drones. The CCA tender overall is seen as a transformative opportunity and the companies that get a head start on it could be better positioned than others to help shepherd the USAF into a new increasingly uncrewed era. "Since then, this prototype for CCA [the XQ-67A] has successfully completed two additional test flights, laying the groundwork for a successful production and flight test program," according to the company's press release. "GA-ASI’s CCA production representative design is based upon the XQ-67A." The Air Force also selected Anduril, still a relative newcomer in the U.S. defense sector, but one that is quickly becoming a power player in transformational technological approaches, to move forward in CCA's Increment 1. That company's CCA offering is a version of Fury, a very different design from what General Atomics is working on. You can read more about Fury, and Anduril's accompanying plans for disrupting traditional development and production practices, in much greater detail in this past The War Zone feature. Three other companies that had received initial Increment 1 contracts – Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman – were cut, though the Air Force has made clear this does not preclude them from pursuing other future opportunities within the CCA program.  Gambit Series: The Future of Air Dominance |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:33:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: For Russia, the "sunk cost" is already more than the could afford, and due to the centralization of power Putin has run out of folks he can convincingly cast blame and is even running out of folks who share in the blame. If he somehow decided to deescalate the situation, the level of weakness he would have to demonstrate at this point would probably lead to his overthrow before the first diplomat could report back a positive response to his initiative; as in there would be so many knives out for him the Kremlin would look like a cutlery shop. There is currently no one in Russia with the stature to end this war on any sort of acceptable terms and survive. It will require a 1917-style break with the past, or an insurgency or other existential national threat so powerful that the average Ivan pretty much forgets about the war in Ukraine. In the meantime, Russia will continue to push forward, throwing the money for the mortgage, the kids college, and the power bill into the pot. While I've been wrong before, at this point I give Russia less than 20 or so years at best as a major world power in their current form and I think they can only sustain the war in Ukraine for, at most, another 2-3 years. The race to collapse in on!! Between Russia, USA, China, and the EU. I'm betting that Russia is first. Russia has lots of ingrained problems but this idiotic war will really speed things up for them. Had the conquest of Ukraine gone as planned, they may have gotten a little more time but just the opposite has happened. The USA is totally polarized between two camps: Marxists and free-market individualists. And we are broke with a very big bill needing payment soon. The EU has similar problems but the Marxists seem well in control and are flooding the continent with migrants in an attempt to have a permanent serf class they can use to keep them in power. Same with the USA. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:34:59 AM EDT
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for other military needs. In addition, Australia will transfer air-to-ground munitions to Ukraine. Australia is a big buyer of the JDAM ER glide kits because of their operating environment. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:38:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:40:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Putin has internally unleashed and empowered rampant nationalism and xenophobia. He probably didn’t intend to, but it’s going to take on a life of its own. If Putin or his successor tries to back down, the hyper-nationalists/militarists will destroy him. It’s a situation that again IMO mirrors prewar Japan. The rhetoric has gone too far, too much blood and treasure have been spent. Domestically, Russia is desperately short of labor due to casualties and expatriation, and needs the migrant workers. At the same time the hyper-nationalists/ xenophobes are targeting and scapegoating the same migrant population. Either they’ll drive them out and lose the labor they need, or they’ll provoke a cycle of pogrom/terrorism/retaliation. Or both. Listening to the hyper-nationalist sources, they want the labor but they want them to “know their place.” That isn’t going to work like they think it will. Russian xenophobia and antisemitism have always been strong undercurrents in Russian culture. The worse their situation gets the more obvious it will be. Agreed. And a similar problem exists here in the USA, although from the opposite direction. We have spread anti-American self-hatred here for too long and it has taken root. When certain ideas take root, fester, and metastasize, it will take a very strong and destructive "fever" to kill off. Like in Germany 1930's... |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 9:55:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 10:19:14 AM EDT
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It seems England is still actively manufacturing Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 10:47:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Likely an ex Italian MG42/59. ROF is slow, you can hear the single shots instead of a ripping sound. When this happens, it wont take long until it's starts jamming. ETA: But too fast for the italian heavy bolt assembly. With this bolt assembly it would sound like a M-60. OK. I'm an ex M60 gunner (finished off on the M249) so that ROF sounds wonderful in comparison. I could fire single or two shots on the 60 but I think thats not good for the sear. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:16:30 AM EDT
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New Axis
China GDP - $18T (if you believe Chinese economic data) Russia GDP - $2T (about Italy, but with 4x the population) Iran GDP - $0.5T Total - $20.5T Old Allies US GDP - $30T EU GDP - $15T UK GDP - $3.5T Japan GDP - $4T SK GDP - $1.7T Canada GDP - $2.5T Australia GDP $1.8T Total - $58.5T Granted, Canada and the EU are pretty wobbly (less so since the RUS/UKR war) and if the commies continue to make progress in the US, we are in trouble, but that is true regardless if there is a New Axis or not. The New Axis doesn't have the economic power to affect the Allies too much nor the military power to achieve anything by war, as clearly demonstrated by the Russian incompetence in UKR. They can only cause mischief around the edges, but that they do very well. As long as Dem/commie/MSM narrative is not taken seriously, they will remain fringe players. Unfortunately, they are having great success at least in some parts of the US. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:51:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lycurgus: Regarding Putin's opinion that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a geopolitical tragedy, I have to infer from various statements made by Western conservative/right wing elements that they agree with Putin. Also, it appears that these conservative/right wing elements may hold the notion that it would not necessarily be a bad outcome if Russia returned to a state of control over its Near Abroad analogous to the control exercised by the Soviet Union. This is very baffling to me... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lycurgus: Originally Posted By Inneedofhelp: My longtime Russian teacher, said one time when we were talking, she thinks most of the leaders of the world's countries don't know what they're doing, and some of them are evil. Putin has for two decades if not longer made comments and given indications he thinks it is a "tragedy" that the Soviet Union collapsed, specifically, his words were "the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geo-political tragedy of the 20th century". It's not a problem if someone is nostalgic for the Soviet Union, but it is if its the leader/dictator of Russia, with the entire country, including its military, at his command, and he decides he is going to try and put it back together. Regarding Putin's opinion that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a geopolitical tragedy, I have to infer from various statements made by Western conservative/right wing elements that they agree with Putin. Also, it appears that these conservative/right wing elements may hold the notion that it would not necessarily be a bad outcome if Russia returned to a state of control over its Near Abroad analogous to the control exercised by the Soviet Union. This is very baffling to me... For the same reason the Left is throwing all of our traditional overseas allies under the bus in favor of the Iranians, Venezuelans, various anti-American third worlders, and so forth. They just want someone to lay down the law so they can concentrate on their domestic "Real" enemies. Foreign affairs are hard and always have been. In the British Empire era, it required a huge fleet with roughly 90% of their ground combat forces being stationed (and often trained and recruited) outside the British Isles. In the competition for domestic power (for both sides), anything overseas is just a distraction, and empowering some foreign tyranny to "keep things under control" is sort of an "Easy" button. Add in the emerging view on both sides that every aspect of the government they don't control is illegitimate and/or evil, and if the other side is for it I have to be against it since there is a "catch" where they will get more power out of the deal (which, given the proclivities of our so-called "governing class" is often a justified concern), and we enter a death spiral where perverse incentives overcome objective facts. America is being driven by it's extremes towards a "low-trust" society, and our "elites" are to compromised and clueless to even identify this as an issue, let alone do anything to fix it. 
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:21:59 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: OK. I'm an ex M60 gunner (finished off on the M249) so that ROF sounds wonderful in comparison. I could fire single or two shots on the 60 but I think thats not good for the sear. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: Likely an ex Italian MG42/59. ROF is slow, you can hear the single shots instead of a ripping sound. When this happens, it wont take long until it's starts jamming. ETA: But too fast for the italian heavy bolt assembly. With this bolt assembly it would sound like a M-60. OK. I'm an ex M60 gunner (finished off on the M249) so that ROF sounds wonderful in comparison. I could fire single or two shots on the 60 but I think thats not good for the sear. It's not, but it was commonly done anyway. The M-60 when it was maintained well and assembled correctly was an awesome machine gun; however, it had it's quirks and weaknesses. I definitely preferred it over the early SAW. (also a former M-60 gunner) |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 1:51:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:02:24 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: For the same reason the Left is throwing all of our traditional overseas allies under the bus in favor of the Iranians, Venezuelans, various anti-American third worlders, and so forth. They just want someone to lay down the law so they can concentrate on their domestic "Real" enemies. Foreign affairs are hard and always have been. In the British Empire era, it required a huge fleet with roughly 90% of their ground combat forces being stationed (and often trained and recruited) outside the British Isles. In the competition for domestic power (for both sides), anything overseas is just a distraction, and empowering some foreign tyranny to "keep things under control" is sort of an "Easy" button. Add in the emerging view on both sides that every aspect of the government they don't control is illegitimate and/or evil, and if the other side is for it I have to be against it since there is a "catch" where they will get more power out of the deal (which, given the proclivities of our so-called "governing class" is often a justified concern), and we enter a death spiral where perverse incentives overcome objective facts. America is being driven by it's extremes towards a "low-trust" society, and our "elites" are to compromised and clueless to even identify this as an issue, let alone do anything to fix it. It isn't just the left doing that. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:18:40 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lycurgus: Regarding Putin's opinion that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a geopolitical tragedy, I have to infer from various statements made by Western conservative/right wing elements that they agree with Putin. Also, it appears that these conservative/right wing elements may hold the notion that it would not necessarily be a bad outcome if Russia returned to a state of control over its Near Abroad analogous to the control exercised by the Soviet Union. This is very baffling to me... Yeah, don’t ask me, I wouldn’t know….. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:20:48 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NDHojo: Yup I heard that as well on EU News this afternoon. Well, that won't work like Putin planned if we shoot back. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:36:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Prime]
[#43]
 
The South's defense forces officially confirmed the use of light aircraft in shooting down enemy drones. So. Light-engined aviation really entered the air battle against Russian threats. The place of application of this component was Odesa. By the way, a few days ago we wrote about the fact that due to the stupidity of the Odesa Telegram-publics, one of our pilots was almost shot down, who was mistaken for a Shahed-136. Well, it was one of them that is now hunting kamikaze drones and reconnaissance UAVs. Once again, this shows: if your direct gyrus does not know something, then it is better not to write, not to say, do not open your mouth at all and do not tap on the keyboard, because this can lead to extremely sad consequences. Just a call to the ambitious and atrophied Odessa Telegram channels - flounder, don't do things that are not of your level. And in general, let's say this: not the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, but not bad either, in terms of destroying objects at a cruising speed of 150 km/h. And if there was a Super Tucano, it would be better. But we have what we have. (According to the materials of O. Kovalenko) https://t.me/eRadarrua/16234 |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:06:32 PM EDT
[#44]
Oligarch who fled Ukraine back to Russia starts crypto exchange.
It ends predictably. For the past 24 hours, deceived Beribit clients have been storming the company’s office in the Moscow City International Business Center - employees are not getting in touch with people, and there was enough money to repay the debt only to those who came first
The fun with the Beribit exchange, which belongs to oligarch Kurchenko, who fled from Ukraine to Moscow, continues
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:16:21 PM EDT
[#45]
M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley of the 47th OMBr "Magura" destroys Russian positions in the Avdiyiv direction, Donetsk region
(Meanwhile, medics conducted an evacuation where pickup trucks simply cannot reach)
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:31:34 PM EDT
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I always guessed 2026 was going to be a good year for Ukraine.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:34:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: If she were a fair bit younger I might be in love with this lady:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkqoUOC_RMPutin would fall and a pro-NATO Russian takes over. China then invades the East seeing that as a threat. The West then intervenes on Russia's behalf. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:37:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Prime]
[#48]
The first twenty seconds of this is worth it.
On brand for Azov.  ????????? ??????? «?????». ???????? ?????????? ??????? ? ????????? ????????????  ???? ?????? ?????????, ? ???????? ???? ?????????? ?-2  ????????? ??? ????????? FPV ??????-?????????. ?????????? ???????????.  ?????, ?????, ?????? ?????? ? ??? ???????? ????? ? ????? ???? ??????. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:45:49 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: The first twenty seconds of this is worth it. On brand for Azov. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzhljG6lVtIThe loader on that 05, needs to ball up his hand like a fist instead of grabbing the base of cartridge like that, if he keeps doing that he will eventually loose the tips of his fingers. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 3:46:00 PM EDT
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🇺🇦🇫🇷 On the training of Ukrainian pilots in France
French news agencies talk about the training of Ukrainian pilots to operate F-16 fighter jets at the 120th airbase of Cazeau in New Aquitaine. Some publications say that four people are already being trained in the town of Cazeau, in the forests near the Bay of Biscay, and six more will arrive in France in the summer. The training is currently taking place on AlphaJet training planes, apparently owned by a private military company called Top Aces. This is a Canadian-registered firm (there is an office in Germany) that trains military pilots. Another company mentioned in the French media is the PMC SDTS. An organization that performs a different range of tasks in the interests of France. Members of SDTS participated in almost all French operations abroad. They have training attack aircraft MB339 on the balance sheet. It is worth adding that, in addition to specialists from Top Aces, instructors from Belgium arrived. 
The Top Aces have their own F-16As, which they purchased in 2021 from Israel, so after the course on the AlphaJet or MB339, most likely, the same pilots will be trained on American fighters. Moreover, Belgians also operate F-16A, and they were transferred to the needs of the AFU. The choice of the Cazaux airbase is also not accidental. In the forests to the south of Arkashon, comparatively not far from there, there is a base in Mont-de-Marsan, where members of the AFU were and are trained to operate VAB APCs and GRIFFON APCs. The Tarb arsenal, the gunpowder factory in Bergerac and the paratroopers' base in Pau , where Ukrainian forces have already trained, are also located somewhere there - in fact, the region has been given over to the training and supply of the AFU (no one asked the residents, respectively). At the same time, the information that Ukrainians are still being trained should not mislead anyone. There are already ready fighter pilots, so they will definitely appear in combat when they receive authorization to use them, and those who are being trained now are being trained for the future.
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