The USF/German sailboat theory is a barely plausible cover story that no other nations SF dive community or commercial divers actually believe is doable. And the Russian activity a few days earlier smells like a duck, walks like a duck and acts like a duck.
The only reasons I can think for...
Yes, characteristics that may tend to be career dehancers (new word) in peacetime. Just as is often the case with warriors - the BS of regular peacetime armies is not a good fit. Tbe trick is to find them a way to be available when needed and out of sight out of mind otherwise. The IRR would be...
But that math is based on 'official' figures from Russia. And you know what they say about how to tell if a Russian is lying ...
To me it seems inflated by about double, but that is based on nothing tangible either.
So in reality the original data release may be an info-op aimed at the west...
If, in fact, they were killed and not captured and held quietly somewhere for exactly the reason specified above.
A copilot or crew chief even on a tactical mission would be unlikely to have more than a sidearm on their person immediately available as soon as the rotors spun down. Unless they...
Note to designers: air conditioning is a tank saver.
They need a different 2-part hatch hinge like on the escape hatches of school busses so it can be opened enough to create cooling ventilation without room for a drone to enter or a grenade to be dropped in it. Parallel to the top of tbe tank...
Hmmmm. If coms are good enough, would be a great mothership to transport a swarm of FPV attack drones a goodly distance, release then ascend and act as a relay and observation station.
A dense and nerdy look at the effect of sanctions on the Russian economy, although it suffers from a major flaw in that it relies on a single, highly biased source. Officially released Russian data. Given that however, the actual situation is likely much worse.
One thing struck me however that...
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