PrairieFella
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Is it hopium or does something seem to have flipped. Im not saying the tides are turning but Russia seems especially vulnerable right now.
The War in Ukraine
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Hitting a missile corvette on the inland waterways 500km north of Moscow is quite an “up yours!” demonstration of deep strike capabilities. I wonder what they got it with?
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Shoulda hit Kremlin and Vlads compound on the way past!
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Can't be tooooooooo careful these days ....
www.thebarentsobserver.com
Lookit how far it is from UKR to this place (heart to red marker - scale on bottom right) - someone's trying belt and suspenders for protection.
Russia puts drone nets on fuel tanks at faraway Arctic nuclear test site
The rapid development of long-distance war drones has scared Russia into installing protection nets much further away from the front line than any drone has reached so far. The nuclear test site at Novaya Zemlya is more than 2,500 kilometres north of Ukraine.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
HavokFour
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I'm liking this new trend. Russia strikes a Ukrainian power plant, Ukraine responds in kind.
Edit: In fact there is a new video from Anders Puck Nielsen outlining this emerging strategy now that Ukraine has the means (and domestic production) to do so.
Edit: In fact there is a new video from Anders Puck Nielsen outlining this emerging strategy now that Ukraine has the means (and domestic production) to do so.
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One thing I think he is getting wrong is the Ukrainian interest in the Tomahawk. I think it is more of a "Canadian" exercise. Zelensky wants to carry an American standard with him into this next campaign.
According to available OSInt Flamingo's 1000 kg warhead is 2x that of Tomahawk's 450 kgs.
Flamingo apparently flies 3000 km while Tomahawk is closer to half of that, about 1500 km.
But more importantly the US has contracted for 56 new Tomahawks in 2026.
Ukraine is building 50 Flamingoes a month. And pushing for 200 a month by January. What the US could supply in a year Ukraine could supply in a week.
Bigger warhead.
Longer range.
Produced faster.
And produced locally with Ukrainian labour, materials and money in Ukrainian facilities. It boosts national GDP. It doesn't require spending money overseas.
It is sustainable.
Assuming they can protect their factories.
KevinB
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Guidance. Tomahawk allows strikes a lot more precise if you are trying to hit something specific or something in a very specific place.
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So if you want to flatten the Kremlin send Flamingos.
If you want to fly through Vlad's window while one of his doubles is having tea, send a Tomahawk?
daftandbarmy
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Shouldn't have made Trump look like a fool... more than usual that is 
www.wionews.com
‘Will lead to destruction of relations’: Putin warns US against sending Tomahawk to Ukraine
With a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles), Tomahawk cruise missiles would enable Ukraine to strike the Kremlin and all of European Russia.
‘Will lead to destruction of relations’: Putin warns US against sending Tomahawk to Ukraine
With a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles), Tomahawk cruise missiles would enable Ukraine to strike the Kremlin and all of European Russia.
www.wionews.com
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Another player wants in the game.
Barracuda Cruise Missile from U.S. Instead of/Together With Tomahawk for Ukraine: To Be or Not To Be | Defense Express
Barracuda is name of cruise missiles line by the American company Anduril, which simultaneously have two very critical shortcomings, but Ukraine cannot do without this or another similar missile
en.defence-ua.com
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Further to off route drones:
Fly them on a tether and park them ɓeside a road and wait. Command or autonomous.
Russian pilots are turning unjammable drones into flying IEDs to ambush Ukrainian vehicles
Ukrainian officers said the Russian pilots have been targeting key logistics routes near the front lines.
www.businessinsider.com
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Canadian Roshel gets kudos from Ukrainian soldiers
HavokFour
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Another player wants in the game.
Barracuda Cruise Missile from U.S. Instead of/Together With Tomahawk for Ukraine: To Be or Not To Be | Defense Express
Barracuda is name of cruise missiles line by the American company Anduril, which simultaneously have two very critical shortcomings, but Ukraine cannot do without this or another similar missile
It's domestic and comparable competition.
Palianytsia (missile) - 650km range, ~50-100kg warhead
Peklo (turbojet drone) - 700km range, 50kg warhead
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Good to hear after some complaints early on about "we're sending them those instead of REAL AFV's?!?!?"
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This war is change the tune on tourniquets, some 75,000 amputations were apparent required because of them.
Don's Weekly, 6 October 2025: Part 3 (Ukraine, Tourniquets, Diplomacy)
Don's Weekly, 6 October 2025: Part 3 (Ukraine, Tourniquets, Diplomacy)
Skysix
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Hopefully they take the advice and add NVG lights and a NVG / IR display screen for the driver. Those lights have been standard on CUCV etc since the early 80's
daftandbarmy
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Interesting observation....
I'm no expert, but I found this article of interest:
‘Cult’ of tourniquets causing thousands of unnecessary amputations and deaths in Ukraine, say surgeons
The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue deathThe tourniquet has saved many thousands of lives and limbs in war zones around the world, but misuse of the device is causing huge numbers of excess amputations and deaths in Ukraine, say top military surgeons.
Captain Rom A Stevens, a retired senior US medical navy officer who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa, estimates that of the roughly 100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, as many as 75,000 were caused by improper use of tourniquets.
“I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then [the patient] has to have their limb amputated because the tissue has died,” Captain Stevens told The Telegraph.
Tourniquets are strong bands used to stop catastrophic bleeding by cutting off blood flow, and are standard issue for most modern armies.
But if left on over two hours, they can cause tissue death, meaning the arm or leg which has the tourniquet on is no longer viable and requires amputation.
The device became standard-issue in the 2000s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where rapid air evacuation to military surgical teams was possible in under 60 minutes. If the tourniquet was unnecessary it was removed, and no harm was done.
But in Ukraine, where the skies are infested with drones, injured soldiers are evacuated by land, often far exceeding the safe time window for tourniquet use.
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