https://twitter.com/euan_macdonald/status/1578435972655509504?s=46&t=fLeRtuxfXXRtnWrs7T93QA
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a ukrainian drone maker has been collecting and studying russian-used drones in the war. the latest being iranian shaheed/geran’-2. they took them apart, found chinese and american components in there, and passed this to american sanctions commission, to close up the supply.
he also commented on how shaheeds are being used. latest zaporozh’e bombings done with shaheed’s was in a swarm formation, with a preprogrammed changing route to avoid and confuse air defense. a swarm of 12 might look like a single threat to an s-300, which would fire only a single intercept missile. and thus, only 6 out of 12 drones were shot down. i think the next tech advancement will be swarms of drones that take out swarms of loitering drones.
anyways, back to what you posted. the same guy said that comparing the drone tech that ru forces are using to what the AFU is going to start using very shortly, there will be AFU drone strikes on moscow (!) before the end of the year. moscow is 600km from ukraine. that’s 3x longer than the kaluga strike, but AFU is definitely getting there.
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Not trying to stifle discussion - just trying to keep this thread for news and the LC thread for the other stuff.
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Agreed, “we have always been at war with East Asia” can just as easily be “We have never been at war with East Asia, and if you disagree, here’s some polonium.”
Edit: I may have butchered that quote.
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in other news, it’s putins’ 70th birthday today. he got a total of 6 congratulatory phone calls from world leaders so far. but the internet (which he does not use) is full of birthday memes. here’s a selection of pro-ukraine ones
https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1578372825030987776
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1578332542155239430
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This post was in the lc thread for a reason, but fits here too obv
we obviously can’t handle even two ukraine threads. and in reality UP has like 4 or 5 including derails
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Unify the threads, or just make the LC thread “War in Ukraine, Realism, and You” and limit it to noninterventionism discussion. Or call it “Geopolitics 1970s edition.”
(reposted in LC)
Hard disagree, I like having one thread for news and one for people who still enjoy feeding trolls.
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https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1578599931363065857?s=46&t=YRhpsw4kAEKUxPCOEdSiXA
Seems like a declaration of intent, and would be really scared to be a Russian in crimea right now
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Train part isn’t doing well either
https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1578598392779112449?s=46&t=YRhpsw4kAEKUxPCOEdSiXA
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Better video.
https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1578605334062473216?s=46&t=YRhpsw4kAEKUxPCOEdSiXA
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Wow. Happy birthday Putin.
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Only thing that makes sense is the initial blast hit the road bridge and also set the train on fire.
Looks like the eastbound lanes survived.
Not sure what’s survived. Seems like a very effective strike and the damage is continuing.
Maybe one or two lanes salvageable. In any event, winter resupply looking rough.
https://twitter.com/walter_report/status/1578614563523637249?t=j98NqQNQTEQWhxA5PJHa7w&s=19
jokerherewego.gif
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