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spankmeister posted:Mark 1 Recoilless rear end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQkPBYlP_8
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Antigravitas posted:Fun fact: I knew some guys in that unit. And when they left for Kosovo they left the mules behind and picked up some locally sourced teams of horses and mules there. Which is presumably what those Russians have also done.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html Looks like more details are about to drop about Elon Musk loving over Ukraine:  Someone else made the point that one of the chuds he reply guys to online regularly may have put him up to it: 
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Parkingtigers posted:https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html There are at least two people in this screengrab that I personally would be happy if they spontaneously combusted and then got hit by a bus, and that’s only because I don’t know anything about the third one. Really can’t wait for Musk to lose his government contracts or end up penniless while his trans kids disown him. What a loving piece of poo poo he is.
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1699738071363662144 I'm hoping they get the chance to eat the Russians.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:There are at least two people in this screengrab that I personally would be happy if they spontaneously combusted and then got hit by a bus, and that’s only because I don’t know anything about the third one. What did the bus do to deserve that fate? Spontaneously combust and then get hit by a de-orbited Starlink mini-sat!
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Cythereal posted:https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1699909838342426878?t=-BTtxVAnvjKNpRBJ_xZHpw&s=19 ¿Por qué no los tres?
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orange juche posted:¿Por qué no los tres? 
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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/21384 If nothing else, Budanov absolutely knows how to be an entertaining troll. quote:For an extended period, a world map adorned the walls of Budanov's office, each border redrawn with a bold black marker. Troll maps, mysterious frogs... quote:Following a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on May 29, social media was overflown by reports that Kyrylo Budanov was killed or seriously injured. ...and an elaborate way of going "lmao we're gonna live rent free in your nightmares forever."
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So Ukraine now has a Jewish president and a Muslim defense minister. I imagine someone, somewhere is having an aneurysm over this.
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Nuclear Tourist posted:So Ukraine now has a Jewish president and a Muslim defense minister. I imagine someone, somewhere is having an aneurysm over this. Unfortunately it's not Tucker, yet.
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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/21413quote:A video has emerged online of a Chinese woman, who claimed to be an opera singer, Wang Fang, singing “Katyusha,” amidst the ruins of Mariupol's Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre. I wonder whether China's going to care, but I do hope these assholes helping legitimize Russia's occupation get dunked on by the Chinese authorities when they return home.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariupol_theatre_airstrike?wprov=sfla1 This was the theater that Russia bombed the kids at https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1700076233038393386
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Wasabi the J posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariupol_theatre_airstrike?wprov=sfla1 Figuratively pissing on the bodies of dead kids by doing this. Jesus, what bad optics.
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RUSI did an AAR of the opening battle of the counteroffensive (the one where all the images of knocked out AFU vehicles came from): Stormbreak: Fighting Through Russian Defences in Ukraine’s 2023 Offensive. Some really interesting fieldwork to explain what happened and how both sides adapted afterwards. The Summary posted:Irrespective of the progress made during Ukraine’s counteroffensive, subsequent offensives will be necessary to achieve the liberation of Ukrainian territory. It is therefore important to assess the tactics employed and training provided during the Ukrainian offensive to inform force generation over the coming months. This report scrutinises tactical actions to identify challenges that need solving.
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Wasabi the J posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariupol_theatre_airstrike?wprov=sfla1 I'd be very interested in hearing what the official Chinese response to this is (assuming there is one). I wonder if this was some sort of officially sanctioned excursion or just some Chinese bloggers who decided to go there under their own volition for social media clicks. From what I understand Chinese media basically regurgitates the official Russian narrative on the war, which makes me wonder if that lady is even aware of what happened in that theatre. You'd think it would be kinda difficult to not know, but...
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CommieGIR posted:Figuratively pissing on the bodies of dead kids by doing this. Jesus, what bad optics. I sort of give the Chinese tankies a bit of leeway given the lack of access to media they have and the pressure ( threats) the CCP puts on them and their families, but this is horrid.
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I'd be surprised if this was directly connected to the CCP, it doesn't fit the (bullshit) peacemaker narrative they've been trying to promote this whole war.
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EasilyConfused posted:I'd be surprised if this was directly connected to the CCP, it doesn't fit the (bullshit) peacemaker narrative they've been trying to promote this whole war. I wouldn't. It's likely intended for domestic consumption, and the Party is quite pro-Russia in domestic propaganda. The fake neutral stuff is only for external consumption. They have never grasped that their information control only works domestically and people outside see both. That said since the pro-Russia propaganda has been quite successful it's not unreasonable that some rear end in a top hat just decided to do this on her own. I just wouldn't be surprised either way.
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Well that’s convenient Pentagon checked the couch cushions and found extra ATACMS for Ukraine.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Well that’s convenient quote:A surprising discovery could also ease the administration's choice to send the weapons: The U.S. has found it has more ATACMS in its inventory than originally assessed, the two officials told ABC News. lmbo quote:The serviceability of the rediscovered stockpile is not yet clear, nor which specific type of missiles it contains. ATACMS come in several forms, from missiles with large high-explosive warheads, to anti-personnel cluster-munition versions that drop hundreds of bomblets on targets  can you imagine the sheer havok that an ATACMS with CM would wreak on a Russian airbase?
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Nuclear Tourist posted:I'd be very interested in hearing what the official Chinese response to this is (assuming there is one). I wonder if this was some sort of officially sanctioned excursion or just some Chinese bloggers who decided to go there under their own volition for social media clicks. From what I understand Chinese media basically regurgitates the official Russian narrative on the war, which makes me wonder if that lady is even aware of what happened in that theatre. You'd think it would be kinda difficult to not know, but... I wouldn't be surprised if she's just there independently, and ignorant. I used to play PlanetSide 2 on the Asia server, and shortly after this invasion kicked off all the Chinese teams changed their team logo to the Russian flag. This was back when things like the Bucha massacre happened. It made me so angry and frustrated I had to just stop playing. I reasoned that they surely aren't actually well informed and cheering on massacres, just kept in the dark, but I still found it hard to deal with. Hyperlynx fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Sep 9, 2023 |
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Mederlock posted:
Go for wherever the SU-57s are. Not because it would help win the war but it would be funny to have all of Russias ‘5th gen’ fighters wiped out and them unable to build anymore.
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Alchenar posted:RUSI did an AAR of the opening battle of the counteroffensive (the one where all the images of knocked out AFU vehicles came from): Stormbreak: Fighting Through Russian Defences in Ukraine’s 2023 Offensive. That's a pro read, really excellent information and analysis. Mederlock posted:
Cluster munitions are tailor-made for hitting air bases. The Russians put their birds in revetments, but they're open topped. You could gank a squadron in one go, plus material damage to the base facilities if anything catches on fire.
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Mederlock posted:lmbo  Yo, I can only get so erect for so long.(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mederlock posted:lmbo But you are forgetting about the tires, comrade.
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Armacham posted:But you are forgetting about the tires, comrade. As one of the only people here to have used DPICM and ICM rounds, the tires just make the cleanup that much harder. More space for the 12.5% or so that don't go off to hide. The base bleed ones were the most fun, they made an extra whooshing noise.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Well that’s convenient Bad time to be a bridge in a 180 mile radius around Ukrainian controlled territory.
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As much as I despise acronyms as being a member of the DoD behemoth, I loving love ATACMS
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They "found" more ATACMS? How does that actually happen? I'd get my head handed to me for missing a couple of hand tools on a layout. It's not like these things are sitting in the back of a forgotten CONEX in the motor pool.
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"Itchy_Grundle" posted:
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When I read that my impression isn't that they found them in the sense no one knew they were there, but that they weren't accounted for properly in inventory. Basically the people who had them knew they were there, but the Pentagon wasn't tracking them on whatever report they were using to track inventory levels. How that happens is someone fucks up an excel spreadsheet.
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Reading Wikipedia there's a difference between range of course but also the payload moving to ATACMS 500-pound (230 kg) WDU-18/B (WAU-23B) penetrating high explosive blast fragmentation warhead from six rockets with 200-pound (91 kg) high-explosive warheads. Does this mean anything for occupied bridges and can a ballistic ATACMS missile hit a bridge?
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Itchy_Grundle posted:They "found" more ATACMS? How does that actually happen? I'd get my head handed to me for missing a couple of hand tools on a layout. Could be some older variants that were flagged with status flag "under upgrade" that on verification were found to be in boxes ready for shipping or some poo poo like that?
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Couldn't it work that the Pentagon went: "hey we are looking for some spares missiles you all have lying around" and told everyone that they needed to search extra hard?
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Flikken posted:Are you sure about that? Yeah that's the must believable part papasyhotcakes posted:Couldn't it work that the Pentagon went: "hey we are looking for some spares missiles you all have lying around" and told everyone that they needed to search extra hard? "Listen up yahoos; if anyone has any more ATACMS in their poo poo, bring that poo poo to supply no questions asked! If we find an ATACM in your poo poo after... Don't let us find one. Y'all got till 1600." Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Sep 9, 2023 |
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