Russia / Iran / China - The New Axis Megathread (Page 2031 of 2032)
Following two successful flight tests—including tests against moving and maritime targets—the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion contract for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2 Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (PrSM Inc 2 LBASM). Based on the standard PrSM airframe, the LBASM incorporates a multi-mode seeker combining an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) seeker with a passive anti-radiation capability to engage moving maritime targets. Its seeker concept is similar in some respects to that of Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). After the missile reaches the general target area, the anti-radiation seeker can initially detect and home in on radio-frequency emissions from enemy communications and radar systems. As the missile closes on the target, the EO/IR imaging function can then be used to further refine target identification and location for the terminal engagement. The U.S. Army initially developed this multi-mode sensing capability with the Pacific theater in mind, particularly for engaging Chinese naval vessels. However, the ability to track moving targets through their RF emissions also has significant applications against mobile radars, which are an important component of Russia’s integrated air-defense architecture in Europe. Using land-based fires to help create opportunities for joint air operations is a key element of the evolving Joint All-Domain Operations concept, making this mission an increasingly important priority for the Army. 
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS9xlrgXsAAfWbb?format=png&name=small Do you know what the range on these are? |
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..."ground forces, naval capabilities, ammunition stockpiles and drones. Despite record increases in spending and industrial capacity, the agency said Europe still lacks sufficiently deployable, sustainable and interoperable forces and needs to move “substantially faster.”
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Originally Posted By Prime: 😂 MILEI UNLOADS ON UN: ‘USELESS ORGANIZATION’ RUN BY ‘ARROGANT PARASITES’ Argentina’s President Javier Milei tore into the UN General Assembly, saying it “has become a useless organization, serving only to feed a caste of fatally arrogant parasites disguised as well-intentioned bureaucrats.” Milei accused the UN of failing to protect collective security and human rights while allowing “chaos, violence and international terrorism” to flourish. He added: “Those who follow the rules receive no reward for doing so, while those who break them face no repercussions whatsoever.” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS6ndHIW4AAjHXN?format=jpg&name=large
Is it just me, or does he look like Benny Hill in a bad wig? |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS9xlrgXsAAfWbb?format=png&name=small Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Following two successful flight tests—including tests against moving and maritime targets—the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion contract for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2 Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (PrSM Inc 2 LBASM). Based on the standard PrSM airframe, the LBASM incorporates a multi-mode seeker combining an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) seeker with a passive anti-radiation capability to engage moving maritime targets. Its seeker concept is similar in some respects to that of Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). After the missile reaches the general target area, the anti-radiation seeker can initially detect and home in on radio-frequency emissions from enemy communications and radar systems. As the missile closes on the target, the EO/IR imaging function can then be used to further refine target identification and location for the terminal engagement. The U.S. Army initially developed this multi-mode sensing capability with the Pacific theater in mind, particularly for engaging Chinese naval vessels. However, the ability to track moving targets through their RF emissions also has significant applications against mobile radars, which are an important component of Russia’s integrated air-defense architecture in Europe. Using land-based fires to help create opportunities for joint air operations is a key element of the evolving Joint All-Domain Operations concept, making this mission an increasingly important priority for the Army. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS3xpj9bwAATptf?format=jpg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS9xlrgXsAAfWbb?format=png&name=small That thing is nasty. Nice. |
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Originally Posted By BigGrumpyBear: Is it just me, or does he look like Benny Hill in a bad wig? Originally Posted By BigGrumpyBear: Originally Posted By Prime: 😂 MILEI UNLOADS ON UN: ‘USELESS ORGANIZATION’ RUN BY ‘ARROGANT PARASITES’ Argentina’s President Javier Milei tore into the UN General Assembly, saying it “has become a useless organization, serving only to feed a caste of fatally arrogant parasites disguised as well-intentioned bureaucrats.” Milei accused the UN of failing to protect collective security and human rights while allowing “chaos, violence and international terrorism” to flourish. He added: “Those who follow the rules receive no reward for doing so, while those who break them face no repercussions whatsoever.” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS6ndHIW4AAjHXN?format=jpg&name=large
Is it just me, or does he look like Benny Hill in a bad wig? Yeah, I can see that. |
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This morning, Ukrainian long-range drones attacked the "Permnefteorgsintez" Oil Refinery in the city of Perm, resulting in several large fires breaking out. The Perm Refinery is the 7th largest oil refinery in Russia, and can process up to 13 million tons of crude oil per year. 
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This Persian man asked one question: Do you unequivocally condemn the IRGC, the terrorists who’ve hanged and butchered Iranians for 46 years? He refused. His voters are IRGC and terrorist supporters. That’s why. He supports the enemies of America. That’s why. Terror supporters are taking over Michigan. RIP Michigan. https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2102894217970253955/video/1
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Originally Posted By Haub: 2-3hr ago https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTA2G_HW0AA5j6q?format=jpg&name=small
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..."ground forces, naval capabilities, ammunition stockpiles and drones. Despite record increases in spending and industrial capacity, the agency said Europe still lacks sufficiently deployable, sustainable and interoperable forces and needs to move "substantially faster."
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Originally Posted By Longshore87: Do you know what the range on these are? Originally Posted By Longshore87: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS9xlrgXsAAfWbb?format=png&name=small Do you know what the range on these are? Currently over 500km or 310 miles. But Increment 4 will be over 610 miles. Increment 5 will have even longer range, and be more flexible with targets. |
It's Russia's 7th-largest refinery, with a pre-2022 capacity of 13.3M tonnes of crude annually. 
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When people ask why Ukraine hasn't simply erased the launch sites, the answer is infrastructure. The first Iranian Shaheds arrived in autumn 2022, ready to fly “out of the box. ” Since then, the Russians have been building a distributed network of droneports. Military airfields were the obvious starting point. Closed perimeters, guards, air defense, established logistics. Long runways let them use pickups and trucks as mobile launch platforms. Light rails with solid-fuel boosters handled the rest. Now look at what satellite imagery shows at one facility: • 110 drone garages • 13 underground shelters • 16 Geran launch sites • 7 additional launch positions • 4 more under construction • 16 shelters under construction It covers multiple targets. This dispersed, hardened, redundant system is designed to absorb strikes and keep launching. You can hit one garage or one rail and the network continues. Destroying a dozen Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers had no effect on droneports. The bombers were concentrated and expensive. The droneports are cheap, modular, and replaceable. The real counter is not chasing every shed. It is layered air defense, mass production of interceptors, and strikes on production and storage deeper in the rear. Ukraine is already doing that. Western powers need to fund this as if their own security depends on it, because it does.    |
BREAKING: The U.S. military is now reportedly using high-energy laser weapons in the Strait of Hormuz to shoot down drones and incoming cruise missiles - with some systems operated using modified Xbox-style controllers. The New York Post reports the directed-energy systems are being deployed against Iranian threats at a fraction of the cost of conventional interceptor missiles. The controller technology itself is not new: U.S. laser systems have previously been demonstrated with gamepad-style controls designed to make them easier for soldiers to learn and operate. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth personally tested one of the systems during a June demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, where directed-energy weapons were used against aerial targets. The lasers are invisible to the naked eye and disable targets by concentrating energy on a small area until critical components overheat or fail. The confirmed deployment highlights the growing link between space and missile defense: U.S. satellites increasingly provide the warning and tracking data that helps terrestrial systems identify and engage incoming threats. |
An Israeli source to Saudi channel Al-Hadath: Another round of attacks against Iran is a matter of time. Iran is increasing the transfer and fortification of its nuclear project at Mount Mokush. Israel is tracking Iranian attempts to pre-empt a strike by activating the nuclear program. If Iran crosses the red lines, Israel will hit the nuclear facilities again, with or without the United States. The source added that Israel sees no real chance of an agreement between Washington and Tehran. |
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The U.S. Army has selected U.S.-based rare-earth magnet manufacturer Vulcan Elements to supply neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets for its SkyFoundry small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) initiative. According to the company, the magnets will be used in brushless DC motors, which power the Army’s small drones. SkyFoundry was announced in October 2025 as a pilot program for sUAS manufacturing, with an initial goal of producing 10,000 systems per month by the end of 2026. It was not clear whether the program remains on track to meet that target. The initiative is structured as an Army-industry-academic partnership, with the Army responsible for components including airframes, batteries and propellers, while industry provides software and payloads. Brushless motors were planned as the first major component the Army would manufacture itself. On June 30, Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania officially opened a brushless DC motor assembly line. Depot officials said earlier that month that the facility had a production capacity of up to 500,000 motors annually. Source: Vulcan Elements, Janes |
Yeah, having stealth and being able to drop 2000 lb cheap GPS guided bombs allows for a lot of destruction.
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Gulf states are split over how to handle a restart of U.S.-Iran talks. Qatar is lobbying the Trump administration for negotiations and has floated a seven day pause in fighting that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oman is behind a phased reopening and a diplomatic solution. Saudi Arabia and the UAE want economic pressure and sanctions on Tehran maintained. Riyadh's position is that Iran should absorb more pressure before any agreement, citing attacks on Gulf shipping and Houthi actions in Yemen. WSJ Full WSJ article DUBAI—Efforts to rekindle talks to end the war between the U.S. and Iran are running into resistance from major Persian Gulf oil producers that have swung against any accommodation of Tehran, people familiar with the matter said. Mediators including Qatar are pressing for a fresh round of talks in Oman as soon as next week to try to get Washington and Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and start the process of winding down the war. President Trump said Tuesday he believed the two sides would meet again soon. Gulf countries generally agree that Trump shouldn’t escalate militarily against Iran. But oil kingpin Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are lobbying the Trump administration to keep up the economic pressure on Iran and not agree to concessions that would ease sanctions or the U.S. Navy blockade, the people said. Saudi Arabia, in particular, is facing new obstacles in getting its oil to market after Iran’s Houthi militia allies in Yemen began squeezing the kingdom’s shipments through the Red Sea. The pressure from the Gulf is adding to a host of other impediments to a deal. They include Trump’s own inclination to maintain the blockade, concerns in Tehran that any talks would just be a delaying action for the U.S. to get past the midterm elections before returning to the attack, and an increasingly belligerent tone from Iranian hard-liners as U.S. economic pressure bites down harder, the people said. “There may be no greater force pushing the GCC to conform with U.S. sanctions than the regime reactivating the Houthi threat to their south after months of having blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank, referring to the Gulf states. “These are the costs and consequences of Iran overplaying its hand.” A White House official said the sanctions and blockade had left the U.S. in a strong position with Iran. “While President Trump is open to talking with Iran under the right circumstances, he has no need to negotiate with the Iranians,” the official said. Arab states led by Saudi Arabia had pushed through the summer for negotiations with Iran and were even willing to countenance a deal that acknowledged some Iranian sway over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea lane for their oil exports. But Tehran’s attacks on Saudi ships in the waterway and its encouragement of efforts by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen to shut off an alternative route through the Red Sea have raised doubts in the Gulf that Iran could be serious about a deal, the people said. That view was shared by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who told American officials recently that the U.S. should continue with its blockade until Iran is compelled to sign a new agreement, some of the people said. U.A.E. officials who previously said their Gulf state was eager to end the conflict diplomatically have also poured water on expectations for talks with Iran and said the flare-ups in regional violence and attacks on ships show Tehran is in no rush to return to diplomacy. Gulf states shouldn’t be content with permanent Iranian control of the strait, they said. Other Gulf states, mainly Oman and Qatar, argue the region already has suffered significantly and say proposals for a phased reopening of Hormuz and a halt to attacks on Gulf states are the only viable way to end the conflict. Qatar has been working around the United Nations General Assembly to restart talks between Iran and the U.S. Iran’s foreign minister landed in Doha on Sunday to discuss new proposals including a seven-day pause in fighting that could pave the way to end Iran’s attacks on shipping in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade, people familiar with the matter said. That could be a nonstarter. The U.S. has regularly communicated to Qatar that Trump has no intention of lifting the maritime embargo, the people said. Also, while Arab mediators said Iranian diplomats have presented a number of proposals to end the war and acknowledged the deepening economic crisis in their country, they said they are getting a different message from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has said it won’t entertain new formulas for an agreement and that it is prepared for a long war. The Revolutionary Guard, which is tasked with defending the regime and dominates the power structure in Tehran, wants to return to the terms closer to the preliminary deal Trump struck with Iran in June. That agreement promised to provide relief from sanctions on oil sales, grant access to Iran’s frozen assets and acknowledge a role for Tehran administering the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for opening the waterway. The U.S. has told mediators it has no interest in returning to that deal and believes economic pressure will eventually force Tehran to sign an agreement with terms that are more favorable to Washington and Gulf states.
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Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
I was assured this was ineffective.  Yes, Operation “MoLoChKa” was part of Ukraine's broader 40-day drone and maritime campaign launched in mid-2026. The 40-Day Campaign: Approved by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 25, 2026, the 40-day deep-strike and drone offensive was designed to pressure the Kremlin into ceasefire talks by targeting Russian military logistics, fuel depots, and deep-interior oil infrastructure (such as refineries in Omsk and Salavat). Operation “MoLoChKa” (Maritime Interdiction): While the broader 40-day effort focused heavily on strategic land and long-range air strikes, Operation “MoLoChKa” served as the maritime and coastal arm—led in part by Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)—targeting Russian naval assets, radar stations, and vessels associated with Russia's shadow oil tanker fleet in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Overall, the main phase of the operation ended a month ago, when the number of vessels decreased by 90% over 30 days. As of now, the number of vessels has fallen even further — to just 8. It’s also worth noting that some of them were left at sea and are simply sitting dead at anchor (I did not count them). |
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B-21 flight test.
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Probably improved Smart Fuses.
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Originally Posted By Tiberius: To be fair, anti-semitism is a core belief of National Socialism. You can’t be truly a follower of Nazi ideology unless you agree Jews are an existential threat to the Volk. Russia has a long history of anti-semitism, the Tsars ran pogroms, the Russian Okhrana wrote “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, Stalin hated Jews and used them as his closet lieutenants so that he could torment them with impunity as he knewRussians would never accept a Jew as the Boss so they were not a succession threat (Muslim rulers often did the same in the Middle Ages). Yes, one of the core beliefs. With arian supremacy as the bigger fundamental core value. In 1930-40's Europe and America, anti-semitism was very common. Even in Ukraine the Germans had no trouble finding helpers (Babi Jar massacre 1941). No European country had a short supply of anti-semitism in the 1940s. But the nazis didn't invade Poland and Russia to eradicate Jews. That was just a "happy" by-product for them. And anyone stupid enough to think "oh good, the Germans are here for the Jews" got a nasty surprise. I agree that if someone is a legit "nazi" who idolizes Hitler and uses the swaztika and other WWII nazi symbols, they are certainly anti-semetic. But I doubt there are too many actual German WWII type "nazis" in Ukraine or Russia today. And someone using nazi symbols are doing so because it is a fearsome symbol on the battlefield with strong historical anti-Soviet/Russian meanings. Similar to US soldiers taking on Spartan symbols in the GWOT. Not because they want to own boy sex slaves but because they were fearsome fighters against the Persians. In DS1 we used "Stormtrooper" because it was cool sounding not because we hated the rebel alliance. |
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Situation on the Lyman & Slovyansk directions, Donetsk Oblast: Over the last 10 days, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive operations in the Lyman direction, which has facilitated the launching of additional counterattacks east of Mykolaivka in the direction of Siversk. In the north, Ukrainian forces continued advancing eastwards down the Pynkov Gulley towards Zarichne, entering the western part of the village, and captured some new positions on the northwestern outskirts of the settlement. Other forces continued fighting for the northern streets of the village. To the southwest, after clearing northern Lyman from earlier Russian infiltrations, Ukrainian forces were able to establish control over the fields east of the city, while simultaneously breaking through east along the road to Zarichne, entering the southwestern part of the village where they are now engaged in heavy fighting with Russian forces. Since then, they were able to fully clear the fields between Lyman and Zarichne, pushing the Russians nearly 9 km away from the eastern outskirts of Lyman. To the south, the Ukrainians completed their clearing operations in the southeastern suburbs of Lyman, thereby officially re-establishing full control over Lyman city. From there, they began advancing east through the forests towards Torske, pushing the Russians around 8 km away from the eastern outskirts of Lyman and establishing control over nearly the entire stretch of forest between Lyman and Torske. To support these counterattacks east of Lyman, Ukrainian forces, with their newly improved logistical lines established in the recaptured areas north and northwest of Lyman, began funnelling in reinforcements for new operations southeast of Lyman, where they were able to clear the forests west of Dibrova before eventually re-establishing full control over the village itself. From here, they initiated new counterattacks east from Lyman, pushing down the railway line and recapturing a number of strongpoints along the way, while other assault groups secured the strongpoints at the lakes northeast of Dibrova. To the southeast, the Ukrainians resumed infiltration operations into Yampil and recaptured the southern half of the village. From there, they began a two-pronged attack in the direction of Torske from the southwest, supporting the ongoing offensive from the west, where they are now actively infiltrating towards the railway overpass, the ostrich farm, and the western edge of the Serebryansky Forest in Luhansk Oblast. Due to these advances, Russian forces mostly withdrew from their large salient southeast of Lyman and are attempting to defend a small bridgehead west of the Zherebets River northeast of Yampil. Following these advances north of the Siverskyi Donets River, the Ukrainian command deployed significant reinforcements along their former salient north of the river, deploying drone operators close to the frontline and concentrating assault groups in the forests. These assault groups then launched cross-river operations south into the villages of Kryva Luka and Psykunivka, completely recapturing the latter and establishing a foothold in the former. From there they began pushing southwest from Kryva Luka into the surrounding forests, south from Pyskunivka into the surrounding forests, and then southwest from Pyskunivka & Starodubivka towards Mykolaivka, linking up with forces entrenched in the area of the Slovyansk Thermal Power Plant. With the southern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River now secured, Ukrainian forces initiated sector-wide counterattacks from the Mykolaivka area, clearing the outskirts of the city and forests surrounding Orikhuvatka from earlier Russian infiltrations, before subsequently recapturing a large area east of the city, including the forested areas and trench fortifications which were poorly consolidated by Russian forces. Since then, Ukrainian forces managed re-enter Rai-Oleksandrivka and recaptured the majority of the town, entrenching in the treelines to the southeast as well, and began pushing east through the forest north of the town towards Kalenyky. This counteroffensive is being supported by a large number of FPV drone strikes on Russian logistics the Siversk area, especially on logistics flowing west of the city. Even more intense strikes on Russian logistics are occuring in the Lyman direction, targeting supply vehicles up to 150 km behind the frontline. + ~190.80 km² in favour of Ukraine. 
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Ukrainian psyops. Funny advertisement.
Their job is to create a picture on the battlefield that does not correspond to reality. |
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In 1983, the United States ran the "Proud Prophet-83" politico-military global war game to simulate a NATO-Warsaw Pact crisis and ensuing armed conflict. Among the participants were officials from the Joint Staff, combatant commands, CIA, State Department, and (covertly) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. John Vessey. Following a few days of simulated hostilies, both sides were exchanging hundreds of nuclear attacks across Europe and other theaters. Those strikes destroyed every major German and Polish city as well as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, and additional targets farther afield. The final message conveyed through a hotline estabilished for the purposes of simulation and directed to Moscow read: "May you burn in hell like you are going to burn here." It was sent by SecDef Caspar Weinberger.     |
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Here's a map overlaying the Russian state media RIA Novosti claimed frontline (red) with my map (purple). The discrepancy between their frontline and my frontline continues to grow every day, as the Russian Ministry of Defence fabricates Russian advances to create the illusion of greater Russian frontline successes. The most striking differences are in the Lyman, Pokrovs'ke, and Vovchansk areas. In the Lyman direction, RIA's frontline is around 26 km of my frontline at the closest point. 
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Northrop Grumman has flown Raid Hunter 50 mm test rounds from an XM913 Chain Gun at the Potomac River Test Range. The company said the ballistics matched predictions. No intercept was claimed. The data feeds a proximity-fuzed 50 mm shell aimed at cruise missiles, drones and other air threats. Raid Hunter pairs the gun with networked controllers and battle-management software, a deep magazine and fast reloads for mixed mass raids. The kit is meant to pallet onto a C-130, with truck and container versions planned. Northrop frames it as a cheap short-range layer inside its Raid Defense Solutions family.  
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The US has worked on the "marsupial" robotics concept — systems where one robotic asset delivers another — for over three decades. Ukrainian frontline engineers designed, built, and combat-deployed one in 10 days. Operators of the "Alter Ego" unit (93rd Brigade) engineered the "Desantnyk" UGV and a precision drop mechanism for heavy bomber drones, allowing them to deploy combat UGVs tens of kilometers behind enemy lines. For now, this remains a tactic unique to Ukraine, and even here, only a handful of units have mastered it. Brave1 recognised the potential and stepped in to scale the solution and spread it across the Defense Forces. Delivering a decisive technological edge on the battlefield.
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Originally Posted By stone-age: Earlier in the war just after the Russians invaded, the call was first answered by individual militia groups who has already been in combat against Russian non-regulars for years. Those Ukraine militia groups wear whatever they want to wear, and I don't blame them. Ukraine has a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT understanding of the blood feud of soviets vs Nazis, than we do in the west....and what soviets did to civilians. I watched a documentary on Ukraine and the various groups and why they came about. It was fucking dark. Yes. I think Azov first started out as a group of hooligans fighting in the streets against similar Russian gangs. Some members had that neo-nazi thing going. After the 2014 invasion, they became armed and more organized and eventually become an elite unit in the legit UA. |
We are responding to Russia’s brutal strikes against life. Last night, thanks to our long-range sanctions, two oil refineries were hit – in Perm and Novoshakhtinsk. There were also hits on the Iskra Plant defense enterprise in Ulyanovsk, and the occupiers now have two fewer radar stations in the Rostov region. I thank our warriors and every unit involved for their accuracy and for systematically limiting Russia’s ability to kill. Glory to Ukraine!
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Last night, Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on four major industrial facilities located in the European part of Russia: 1) Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov Oblast; 2) "Voronezhsintezkauchuk" chemical plant in the city of Voronezh; 3) "Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez" oil refinery in the city of Perm; 4) "Iskra" defense plant in the city of Ulyanovsk. 🧵 You can find more details about each of these attacks below. 1/ 
Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov Oblast The Governor of Rostov Oblast Yury Slyusar confirmed the strikes on the Novoshakhtinsk refinery, while saying that the object suffered damage and temporarily halted its operations as a result of the attack. He noted that, according to preliminary information, no one was injured. The Novoshakhtinsk plant is the only oil refinery in Rostov Oblast and a significant supplier of petroleum products in southern Russia. Reported annual capacity is typically given as about 5–5.6 million tons of crude (roughly 100,000–110,000 barrels per day). 2/ 
"Voronezhsintezkauchuk" chemical plant in the city of Voronezh As a result of the Ukrainian drone attack on the "Voronezhsintezkauchuk" plant, a fire broke out on the territory of the facility. Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev said air defenses destroyed 88 drones over Voronezh and at least six districts of the region. He initially reported four injured, later raising the figure to 13, including a six-year-old child. Two people (a 63-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man) were placed in intensive care. He described damage to apartment-building facades, windows, cars, and several non-residential and industrial buildings from "drone debris," with some fires. He did not name the plant. Amid the Ukrainian attack, Fighter-bomber, a resident of Voronezh, wrote on his Telegram: "I think I'll go put the kettle on. Looks like I won't be getting any sleep today. :)" Voronezhsintezkauchuk is a petrochemical facility owned by Sibur, Russia’s largest petrochemical company (controlled since 1998, fully owned since 2012). It is involved in the production of synthetic rubber and thermoplastic elastomers (SBS polymers). 3/ 
"Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez" oil refinery in the city of Perm On the same night, Ukrainian drones also struck the Perm oil refinery (PNOS) located approximately 1,500km from the border with Ukraine. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out on the territory of the facility. The "Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez" is one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, processing more than 13 million tons of crude a year. The plant was already attacked by the Ukrainians multiple times in the past. The Governor of Perm Krai Dmitry Makhonin reported a "massive" drone attack and a raid on an industrial facility. He later said one man died from shrapnel wounds. Regional authorities said air defenses and mobile fire groups destroyed 39 drones over the region. 4/ 
"Iskra" defense plant in the city of Ulyanovsk Another target of the latest large-scale Ukrainian drone raid was the "Iskra" defense plant located in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk, about 800km from the border with Ukraine. The first photo shows the moment of impact of a Ukrainian drone on the main building of the enterprise. The "Iskra" factory is a subsidiary of the Almaz-Antey aerospace defense concern. The plant is known to be involved in the production of components for Russian Kh-59 air-to-ground missiles and Pantsir short-range air defense systems. The original plant was founded by Soviet government decree in 1966 and entered production in 1971 as a semiconductor factory. After post-Soviet difficulties it was reorganized in 2008 into the current company. 5/END 
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
No chance of a DEAL? But I thought Iran was "begging for a deal".... 
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Originally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: No chance of a DEAL? But I thought Iran was "begging for a deal".... Originally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
No chance of a DEAL? But I thought Iran was "begging for a deal".... The Israelis have a different metric to measure things by, same as our military does. Sometimes that metric is more realistic than what a politician thinks. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
I can see some commercial airports getting those (if this drone problem continues and starts hitting aircraft). The native bird population will suffer... |
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Originally Posted By Prime: https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Simpsons-Homer-1014x570.jpg
Zelensky has really put his foot in his mouth the last 2 days. Broadcasting that and now saying Trump gave him the license for manufacturing patriots isn’t going to help him. |
With these major Ukrainian advances in the Lyman & Slovyansk directions, monthly frontline km² changes are gonna look crazy for September. Obviously, as I've always said, this is a war of attrition, where success is measured in attrition dealt to your enemy relative to his size. Km² advances on the side inflicting the higher levels of attrition (Russia) are typically a biproduct of that successful attrition. But its undoubtable that Ukraine's successes here have been a mix of extreme incompetence by the Russian Zapad command, and a very well-planned and executed operation by the Ukrainian command, who has long evolved from the hard lessons learned during the 2023 counteroffensive and the Kursk operation. These Ukrainian advances will delay the battle for Slovyansk by at least several months (and Kramatorsk by extension, as both cities would likely have to be taken simultaneously in my opinion), and will prevent Russia from re-entering Lyman (let alone capturing it) for some time, resulting in many more Russian casualties that will be suffered in the future. The southern Ukrainian bridgehead east of the Oskil River is also now safe from being cut off from the south, and Svyatohirsk has been re-established as a safe, rear logistical hub for the Lyman direction, as it is now around 25 km from the nearest Russian-controlled territory. In turn, I think we can expect an intensification of Russian offensive operations towards Druzhkivka and Dobropillya, with the eventual goal of developing a large left flank to Kramatorsk, cutting off the main highways leading into the city from the west. I also advise you all to keep an eye out on Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast, the latter of which may see some cross-border incursions soon aimed at stretching limited Ukrainian manpower. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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Originally Posted By Prime: https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Simpsons-Homer-1014x570.jpg
So a couple of Nork EPW's were sent to S. Korea? Probably the best place they can be interrogated and de-programed. But yes, should have been kept secret. |
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Originally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Yes, one of the core beliefs. With arian supremacy as the bigger fundamental core value. In 1930-40's Europe and America, anti-semitism was very common. Even in Ukraine the Germans had no trouble finding helpers (Babi Jar massacre 1941). No European country had a short supply of anti-semitism in the 1940s. But the nazis didn't invade Poland and Russia to eradicate Jews. That was just a "happy" by-product for them. And anyone stupid enough to think "oh good, the Germans are here for the Jews" got a nasty surprise. I agree that if someone is a legit "nazi" who idolizes Hitler and uses the swaztika and other WWII nazi symbols, they are certainly anti-semetic. But I doubt there are too many actual German WWII type "nazis" in Ukraine or Russia today. And someone using nazi symbols are doing so because it is a fearsome symbol on the battlefield with strong historical anti-Soviet/Russian meanings. Similar to US soldiers taking on Spartan symbols in the GWOT. Not because they want to own boy sex slaves but because they were fearsome fighters against the Persians. In DS1 we used "Stormtrooper" because it was cool sounding not because we hated the rebel alliance. Originally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By Tiberius: To be fair, anti-semitism is a core belief of National Socialism. You can’t be truly a follower of Nazi ideology unless you agree Jews are an existential threat to the Volk. Russia has a long history of anti-semitism, the Tsars ran pogroms, the Russian Okhrana wrote “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, Stalin hated Jews and used them as his closet lieutenants so that he could torment them with impunity as he knewRussians would never accept a Jew as the Boss so they were not a succession threat (Muslim rulers often did the same in the Middle Ages). Yes, one of the core beliefs. With arian supremacy as the bigger fundamental core value. In 1930-40's Europe and America, anti-semitism was very common. Even in Ukraine the Germans had no trouble finding helpers (Babi Jar massacre 1941). No European country had a short supply of anti-semitism in the 1940s. But the nazis didn't invade Poland and Russia to eradicate Jews. That was just a "happy" by-product for them. And anyone stupid enough to think "oh good, the Germans are here for the Jews" got a nasty surprise. I agree that if someone is a legit "nazi" who idolizes Hitler and uses the swaztika and other WWII nazi symbols, they are certainly anti-semetic. But I doubt there are too many actual German WWII type "nazis" in Ukraine or Russia today. And someone using nazi symbols are doing so because it is a fearsome symbol on the battlefield with strong historical anti-Soviet/Russian meanings. Similar to US soldiers taking on Spartan symbols in the GWOT. Not because they want to own boy sex slaves but because they were fearsome fighters against the Persians. In DS1 we used "Stormtrooper" because it was cool sounding not because we hated the rebel alliance. To them, the Aryan race was the pinnacle of human evolution, and Jews their implacable enemy, seeking to corrupt it and bring it down. They didn’t invade the East solely to kill Jews, but Hitler did have that as one of his goals. The Einsatzgruppen was a pretty clear indicator that they had a larger goal in mind. They wanted the land and resources, as well as slave labor. One thing I find deeply ironic about Slavs glazing Hitler is Hitler’s intent was to strip them of thier culture and make them slaves on their own land. He resisted creating the Vlasov units until it was too late to be of service mainly because if they fought for him, he would then be obliged to make a place for them in his New Order and he didn’t want to. |