This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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I have a Mavic Mini and a Mavic III full size drone (obviously not military). I don't hear the Mini once it's at about 200 feet. The Mavic III is virtually silent at about 300 feet unless you're doing an aggressive maneuver. They might be a little louder carrying a grenade payload I suppose.
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Why Ukrainians won't let Putin steal Christmas
Plus: Why Britain should consider sending more aid to Ukraine
m5.emails.telegraph.co.uk
We didn’t exactly just give Iran millions. It was their money and an international court said we had to give it back.
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Titan and facts aren't something that go together often, if at all.
Settlements were still being appealed to compensate victims of terrorism when the $$ was sent.
Their were outstanding court cases in at least three countries when obama sent the $$.
Well well well, looks like it could be related...Somehow directly or indirectly related to the Urkaine war?
Unknown aircraft targets Wagner base in C. African Republic
Authorities in Central African Republic have opened an investigation after a low-flying fighter jet dropped explosives near a base for Russian mercenaries working with the country's military. The attack took place in the early hours of Monday at the Cotenaf base in Bossangoa, where witnesses...www.yahoo.com
Putin’s Prison Recruiting Scheme Takes a Big, Desperate Turn
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyABUJA, Nigeria—Russia’s infamous Wagner Group is freeing hardened rebels held in jail cells in the Central African Republic and deploying them overseas, including in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, two senior military officers in CAR...
Russia's Medvedev warns NATO over supplying Ukraine with Patriot systems
Medvedev, who once cast himself as a liberal moderniser as president from 2008 to 2012, has increasingly emerged as one of the most hawkish proponents of Russia's war in Ukraine, posting scathing denunciations of the West on his social media channels. "If, as (NATO Secretary-General Jens)...
Probably a variety of things, but being petrified seems like a good explanation. I imagine a lot of the guys picked up off the streets, given 10 days of training, and then dumped into Ukraine just freeze and hope the drone moves past them.
Deep in this thread, or somewhere else, I remember a good story about how the Wagner Group works hand in glove to smuggle gold and diamonds out of a few countries, propping up wretched governments at home in Russia and abroad at the same time. Putin needs the money these thugs are laundering.Somehow directly or indirectly related to the Urkaine war?
Unknown aircraft targets Wagner base in C. African Republic
Authorities in Central African Republic have opened an investigation after a low-flying fighter jet dropped explosives near a base for Russian mercenaries working with the country's military. The attack took place in the early hours of Monday at the Cotenaf base in Bossangoa, where witnesses...
This is long overdue. If not the F-16s, then take every MiG left in a NATO country and ship it to Ukraine, then backfill with western supplied NATO aircraft until further arrangements can be made. Scour the 3rd world for some MiG that are in useable condition, too.
This is a great listen if you have 40 minutes. Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air had the Guardian's Luke Harding on today. He's been in Ukraine for most of the war, and it's compelling stuff. His opinions on why Putin won't back down, and why he'd rather have a pile of ash left behind, or a pile of ash if he wins the war is spot on in my mind.
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Image yesterday from around Bakhmut...very WW1 like...
and another one...
Welcome to Bakhmut: the new Passchendaele
Horrors of First World War echoed in Ukraine as trench combat and heavy shelling take their toll
Welcome to Bakhmut: the new Passchendaele
Horrors of First World War echoed in Ukraine as trench combat and heavy shelling take their tollwww.telegraph.co.uk
Very WW1 feelings... wow.
Slava Ukraine!!!
I know a 50 year old Russian woman in Siberia.
I just emailed her saying how Putin is turning Russia into North Korea and how I hope the Russian people will get a new leader so they can be great again.
I know a 50 year old Russian woman in Siberia.
I just emailed her saying how Putin is turning Russia into North Korea and how I hope the Russian people will get a new leader so they can be great again.
Interesting article about how America gets to destroy Russia for $50 billion which is an incredible return on investment.
"The Ukrainian armed forces have already killed or wounded upwards of 100,000 Russian troops, half its original fighting force; there have been almost 8,000 confirmed losses of armored vehicles including thousands of tanks, thousands of APCs, artillery pieces, hundreds of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and numerous naval vessels. US spending of 5.6% of its defense budget to destroy nearly half of Russia’s conventional military capability seems like an absolutely incredible investment.
If we divide out the US defense budget to the threats it faces, Russia would perhaps be of the order of $100bn-150bn in spend-to-threat. So spending just $40bn a year, erodes a threat value of $100-150bn, a two-to-three time return. Actually the return is likely to be multiples of this given that defense spending, and threat are annual recurring events."
cepa.org
"The Ukrainian armed forces have already killed or wounded upwards of 100,000 Russian troops, half its original fighting force; there have been almost 8,000 confirmed losses of armored vehicles including thousands of tanks, thousands of APCs, artillery pieces, hundreds of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and numerous naval vessels. US spending of 5.6% of its defense budget to destroy nearly half of Russia’s conventional military capability seems like an absolutely incredible investment.
If we divide out the US defense budget to the threats it faces, Russia would perhaps be of the order of $100bn-150bn in spend-to-threat. So spending just $40bn a year, erodes a threat value of $100-150bn, a two-to-three time return. Actually the return is likely to be multiples of this given that defense spending, and threat are annual recurring events."
It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia
The cost-benefit analysis of US support for Ukraine is incontrovertible. It’s producing wins at almost every level.
"A warehouse is on fire in Volgograd, Russia." Accident or otherwise, always good to see.
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Video of the fire.
"Good Morning! Start the morning with news about a fire at an oil depot in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. Local authorities attribute the incident to a mysterious drone that dropped a bomb on an oil depot,"
"Good Morning! Start the morning with news about a fire at an oil depot in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. Local authorities attribute the incident to a mysterious drone that dropped a bomb on an oil depot,"
"Special forces from the "Omega" unit of the Northern unit of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed an enemy BMP in the Donetsk direction in the Avdiyivka area. We continue to clear the Ukrainian land from the occupiers! "
Maybe we could get his GPS coordinates to his private residence and let a drone drop him a little Christmas present
WASHINGTON—U.S. government and congressional officials fear the conflict in Ukraine is exacerbating a nearly $19 billion backlog of weapons bound for Taiwan, further delaying efforts to arm the island as tensions with China escalate.
The U.S. has pumped billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, taxing the capacity of the government and defense industry to keep up with a sudden demand to arm Kyiv in a conflict that isn’t expected to end soon. The flow of weapons to Ukraine is now running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help it defend itself against a possible invasion by China, according to congressional and government officials familiar with the matter.
The backlog of deliveries, which was more than $14 billion last December, has grown to $18.7 billion, according to congressional officials and others familiar with the matter. Included in the backlog are an order made in December 2015 for 208 Javelin antitank weapons and a separate one at the same time for 215 surface-to-air Stinger missiles. None of them have arrived on the island, according to congressional sources and people familiar with the matter.
www.wsj.com
The U.S. has pumped billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, taxing the capacity of the government and defense industry to keep up with a sudden demand to arm Kyiv in a conflict that isn’t expected to end soon. The flow of weapons to Ukraine is now running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help it defend itself against a possible invasion by China, according to congressional and government officials familiar with the matter.
The backlog of deliveries, which was more than $14 billion last December, has grown to $18.7 billion, according to congressional officials and others familiar with the matter. Included in the backlog are an order made in December 2015 for 208 Javelin antitank weapons and a separate one at the same time for 215 surface-to-air Stinger missiles. None of them have arrived on the island, according to congressional sources and people familiar with the matter.
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Effort to Arm Taiwan Faces New Challenge With Ukraine Conflict
The flow of weapons to Kyiv is running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help defend against a possible invasion by China.
www.wsj.com
Medvedev has become Russia's Rudy Giuliani. Addled with drink, they can do little more than toothlessly spout off into whatever microphone is still on.Thanks Medvedev, but suck it.
Russia's Medvedev warns NATO over supplying Ukraine with Patriot systems
Medvedev, who once cast himself as a liberal moderniser as president from 2008 to 2012, has increasingly emerged as one of the most hawkish proponents of Russia's war in Ukraine, posting scathing denunciations of the West on his social media channels. "If, as (NATO Secretary-General Jens)...
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We violated banking laws and gave them a plane load of cash that was easy to re-use
Taiwan buying equipment from the manufacturers (with US govt approval) is not the same as the US emptying its already on-hand equipment. Something ordered in 2015 should in no way be affected by whatever the US has given Ukraine.WASHINGTON—U.S. government and congressional officials fear the conflict in Ukraine is exacerbating a nearly $19 billion backlog of weapons bound for Taiwan, further delaying efforts to arm the island as tensions with China escalate.
The U.S. has pumped billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, taxing the capacity of the government and defense industry to keep up with a sudden demand to arm Kyiv in a conflict that isn’t expected to end soon. The flow of weapons to Ukraine is now running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help it defend itself against a possible invasion by China, according to congressional and government officials familiar with the matter.
The backlog of deliveries, which was more than $14 billion last December, has grown to $18.7 billion, according to congressional officials and others familiar with the matter. Included in the backlog are an order made in December 2015 for 208 Javelin antitank weapons and a separate one at the same time for 215 surface-to-air Stinger missiles. None of them have arrived on the island, according to congressional sources and people familiar with the matter.
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Effort to Arm Taiwan Faces New Challenge With Ukraine Conflict
The flow of weapons to Kyiv is running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help defend against a possible invasion by China.
