The War in Ukraine

[FJAG]

"Smaller drones can fly over 15 km on fiber optic cables and larger drones can fly up to 50 km. Fiber optics are an interim step until artificial intelligence becomes capable of recognizing different types of equipment and being able to be mass produced."

Don's Weekly, 23 December 2024: Part 4, Magyar's Birds

by Donald Hill

open.substack.com

I recall the RCAS having a group like this in the early 00s to play with and learn and develop UAV skills.

Honestly, we need a battalion with a budget and no restrictions on what they buy and do.

 

[suffolkowner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871616144727257210

Production of Russian fighter pretty low. Why so many types?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871616144727257210

Production of Russian fighter pretty low. Why so many types?

That corruption won’t spread itself around…

 

[Eaglelord17]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871616144727257210

Production of Russian fighter pretty low. Why so many types?

Likely different production lines that are already set up. You can’t just modify a production line to efficiently make another model without a lot of messing around.

 

[Skysix]

This interview is a LONG elucidated analysis of Ukraines possible futures by the former Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, now a Senior Fellow for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. Well reasoned and informed.

 

[Maxman1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1ho152i/russian_deminer_vs_ukrainian_mine_most_likely_ptm3

 

[Good2Golf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1ho152i/russian_deminer_vs_ukrainian_mine_most_likely_ptm3

I knew it wasn’t going to end well when he sawed the blast charge’s fuse cord directly on his knee with a knife…

 

[Skysix]

Training matters

 

[NavyShooter]

In the end, he did successfully dispose of the mine.

 

[brihard]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1ho152i/russian_deminer_vs_ukrainian_mine_most_likely_ptm3

Good ol’ Russkie self-BIP.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I knew it wasn’t going to end well when he sawed the blast charge’s fuse cord directly on his knee with a knife…

Did I see right where he seemed to clamp a detonator into place on the end of the fuse with his teeth? If so, even more foreshadowing.

 

[KevinB]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871616144727257210

Production of Russian fighter pretty low. Why so many types?

and I highly highly highly highly (and please continue the highly to infinity) doubt the SU-57 numbers - generally they have been just painting new numbers on older airframe to pretend they built some.

SU-30, SU-34, and SU-35 are all variants of the SU-27 Flanker.
The SU-35 being the one seater (originally the SU-27M, and it appears that Wiki probably hit the nail on the head that the SU-35 naming was just to give the illusion of modernization for export orders).
The SU-30 being a conventional two seater fighter bomber derivative of the SU-27
The SU-34 is an odd one that has two pilots in side by side seats, and was based off there Naval version of the SU-27.

 

[Rifleman62]

The latest review after months of studying.

Good on Paper, Looming Disaster in Reality - The Remains of Russia's Soviet Arsenal​

 

[Lumber]

and I highly highly highly highly (and please continue the highly to infinity) doubt the SU-57 numbers - generally they have been just painting new numbers on older airframe to pretend they built some.

SU-30, SU-34, and SU-35 are all variants of the SU-27 Flanker.
The SU-35 being the one seater (originally the SU-27M, and it appears that Wiki probably hit the nail on the head that the SU-35 naming was just to give the illusion of modernization for export orders).
The SU-30 being a conventional two seater fighter bomber derivative of the SU-27
The SU-34 is an odd one that has two pilots in side by side seats, and was based off there Naval version of the SU-27.

The SU-34 even has a fold-down bench between the seats for a pilot to take a nap!

 

[SeaKingTacco]

The SU-34 even has a fold-down bench between the seats for a pilot to take a nap!

Yes, yes, but what about hot/cold running vodka dispenser?

 

[suffolkowner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873375817528692770

those are rookie numbers got to bump them up

 

[suffolkowner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873424054482534497

the NK's are a little quicker on the draw than those Russian reserve units

 

[Good2Golf]

Yes, yes, but what about hot/cold running vodka dispenser?

Those were the Tu-22s….the Flying Booze Carriers…

 

[The Bread Guy]

USSR 2.0 to POTUS47's latest deal: Нет, спасибо.

Lavrov Says Moscow Against Western Peacekeepers in Post-War Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would oppose the deployment of Western peacekeeping forces to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia said it's been listening to Trump's plans for peace in Ukraine and is 'not happy, of course'

Trump's plans for negotiating a ceasefire are becoming clear. But Russia's not happy with them.

www.businessinsider.com

Why has Russia rejected Trump’s Ukraine truce plan?

Vladimir Putin and top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov have said a deferral in Ukraine’s NATO entry won’t be enough.

www.aljazeera.com

Russia rejects Trump team's reported peace deal proposals on Ukraine, FM Lavrov says

Earlier reports from the Wall Street Journal indicated that Trump’s team is considering a plan to delay Ukraine’s NATO membership by at least 20 years in exchange for continued Western arms supplies and the deployment of European peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire.

www.yahoo.com

 

[KevinB]

USSR 2.0 to POTUS47's latest deal: Нет, спасибо.

Lavrov Says Moscow Against Western Peacekeepers in Post-War Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would oppose the deployment of Western peacekeeping forces to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia said it's been listening to Trump's plans for peace in Ukraine and is 'not happy, of course'

Trump's plans for negotiating a ceasefire are becoming clear. But Russia's not happy with them.

www.businessinsider.com

Why has Russia rejected Trump’s Ukraine truce plan?

Vladimir Putin and top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov have said a deferral in Ukraine’s NATO entry won’t be enough.

www.aljazeera.com

Russia rejects Trump team's reported peace deal proposals on Ukraine, FM Lavrov says

Earlier reports from the Wall Street Journal indicated that Trump’s team is considering a plan to delay Ukraine’s NATO membership by at least 20 years in exchange for continued Western arms supplies and the deployment of European peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire.

www.yahoo.com

Trump is getting pissed at Vlad.

I think Vlad forgets DJT was the initial weapons supplier to Ukraine.

Despite a lot of doom and gloom (myself included) about a Trump47 Presidency, I think Russia is going to end up making him into a second Reagan.