thunderspanks posted:

this is just like, the cherry on top

Russia recruits Steven Seagal to teach martial arts to its soldiers

KirbyKhan posted:

Gn

Tunicate posted:

Tai posted:

https://twitter.com/chadcon1945/status/1626333439535513601

Tigey posted:

Its an obvious parody - even within the last few weeks there are too many absurd moments

KazigluBey posted:

gently caress off with this kind of post.

Arc Hammer posted:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-says-20-000-russians-killed-in-ukraine-war-since-december-1.6378745

USA says 20,000 Russians dead, 100,000 casualties since December 2022.

kemikalkadet posted:

This happened somewhat recently right? I can’t remember the details now or even where it was but there was an incident where the US minced a bunch of Russian PMC guys. They called up Russia through deconfliction channels and said “hey we’re planning to blow up this group of armed dudes, are they Russian soldiers?” And Russia replied “nope they’re nothing to do with us” and they got annihilated.

E: I think it was Syria or something.

Klyith posted:

I'm sure it can, but that top speed might imply the target is within a low enough range that the missile can run the engine all the way to impact.


The main thing is that all the bruhaha over "hypersonic" missiles being some impossible new threat is mostly bullshit. The MIC loves to over-hype threats so we spend more money to protect against them.

Klyith posted:

Eh, why? A rocket engine goes just as fast as a scramjet. The only thing a scramjet does is give you longer range.

The two reasons defense is worried about hypersonic missiles:
1. Going really fast means you have less time to respond and intercept. This is true regardless of what engine you use. Long range works against high speed in this area.
2. Evasive maneuvers while going really fast are much harder to intercept, because you have far fewer cycles to observe-react while closing with the target.

Klyith posted:

If the Kinzhal is easily intercepted by Patriots, there are a bunch of possible reasons besides "doesn't use a scramjet". On the first topic, it may not be going as fast when it gets to Kyiv airspace because the rocket is burned out. Or it may be highly observable to the Patriot's radar, so it has plenty reaction time. (Kinzhal being air-launched makes me wonder if it can't fly very low on route to its target -- that would make it kinda poo poo.)

Klyith posted:

For number two, it doesn't do much evasion, because that's actually super hard to do at mach 10. (And even harder to both evade interceptors while still hitting your target.) These are capabilities nobody has demonstrated, and there are good reasons to be skeptical of just how it will ever work.

Bertha the Toaster posted:

The writing on ammunition thing is weird. Also, weren't they banned from being posted in the thread?

I saw one the other day and it was in response to a picture posted on Russian social media of a young girl holding a sign asking for more ammo for her dad, it was a shell with "for daddy" written on it.

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1667490308924354562

Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

ATTAC -UMS

armpit_enjoyer posted:

https://twitter.com/GwarWorin/status/1669244004477685763

HonorableTB posted:

Lol man Ospreys look like something from Halo. I think VTOL aircraft are so cool, like something a kid would come up with

NihilCredo posted:

Wouldn't going back to old-style timed fuzes be quite effective against drones? Much like early 20th century aircraft, they are slow, fragile, and fly at low altitude, so I would guess they can be taken down by airbursts pretty well? The fancy sensor suite you mentioned will be needed to spot and target the drat thing, but the ammunition ought to be as cheap as possible.

I guess if Raytheon actually puts into production that laser-based system of theirs, that would be the winner. Surely it'll be expensive as hell to buy and maintain, but it ought to shoot down swarms of even Mavics for a negligible marginal cost.

/armchair

Fatman6942! posted:

Like the president of Ukraine is a jew, but is also a nazi

HonorableTB posted:

Commodore_64 posted:

I don't know, Gepards seem like surefire solution to Shaheds and other drones they use in terror strikes, recon, counterbattery etc. I get it that 12 is not a lot, but I can image that might be enough to take the load off missiles for city defense from these drone strike tantrums. This is of course coming from absolutely 0 real knowledge, just "Gepards are good at shooting drones."

Toxic Mental posted:

There's never going to be any agreement on what constitutes "the line" in war because depending on who you ask there will be people who say that literally everyone in Russia or wherever is culpable or enabling and therefore valid targets, and then course more reductionist viewpoints, and no one will ever have the same opinion. As such and as it is, we can't really do anything about it so it's pretty pointless to Legal Eagle any of this stuff so don't bother trying to justify or finger wag.

In other kind of weird news:



White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine next week in Saudi Arabia, US officials said.

Ukraine is taking the lead on the effort which is expected to be attended by Western countries and developing nations. Russia is not expected to attend the talks.

Ukraine’s goal is that the talks work to identify shared principles for ending the war and that there is a peace summit later this year with global leaders signing up to support those principles, US officials said.

The talks hosted in Saudi Arabia are the second in a series of meetings organized by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak. The first talks took place earlier this year in Copenhagen.

Saudi Arabia was picked for the talks in part because of the country’s relationship with China, one US official explained. While China is not expected to attend the talks, US officials have publicly encouraged China in recent months to play a constructive role in resolving the Ukraine war though there has been no signal of China taking any proactive steps towards a peaceful end.

“I reiterated that we would welcome China playing a constructive role along with other nations to work toward a just peace, based on the principles of the United Nations Charter,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Beijing in June.

lol "They're just sent off to live with grandma!"

PDP-1 posted:

The World of Dr. Evermor. Yeah, it was right across the road from the ammo plant. We used to pass that when going from Madison to Devil's Lake.

https://www.worldofdrevermor.com/

Mederlock posted:

Luckily for them, they're repairing ties with North Korea and are presumably buying a poo poo ton of arms, ammunition, and military goods from them rn. Maybe that is one of the big reasons they're stealing foreign currency reserves from their citizens, even North Korea won't accept their kleptostani kopeks anymore

Tai posted:

AIM-120 missiles are an Air to Air missiles that does not need visual or radar to fire. They'll be able to pluck out other aircraft without having to see it or Russian AA see's an F-16. It has a range of roughy 120km.

Owling Howl posted:

Well it's a little confusing. Maybe I just got the terminology all wrong. As I understand it both howitzers and self-propelled guns (SPG) are artillery. If you stick wheels or tracks on a howitzer it becomes a self-propelled gun - or self-propelled howitzer if you will.

So you saw a video of artillery striking artillery? That's not really unusual for this war or indicative of anything in particular.

Vengarr posted:

Gun can be used for any artillery piece in UK English.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L118_light_gun

HonorableTB posted:

There's no comment on how many missiles $192 million gets you, but napkin math estimates tells me that an AIM-120 costs about $1.37 million per missile to make, so Ukraine's getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 130-140 missiles.

unzin posted:

Prayut Thongmusik

mllaneza posted:

None of that functions well after getting some titanium BBs punching holes in it.

Tsyni posted:

I know this is pure Tom Clancy, but imagine Azerbaijan goes into Armenia, Georgia makes a move for South Ossetia, Chechnya...in chaos, maybe toss in Ukraine helping Moldova with Transnistria. Where is the CIA of yesteryear when we need them?

Toxic Mental posted:

drat that’s like $10 billion a month. That’s a tiny drop in the bucket to win WW3.

Antigravitas posted:

Pictured: a good cyberpunk game.

beer_war posted:

Why the gently caress would you put razors in your hat?

jaete posted:

Apparently some Russian source is saying that Ukraine's use of fpv kamikaze drones is significant:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1749754938542927904.html

Link to article:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-produce-one-million-drones-next-year-zelenskiy-says-2023-12-19/

Strategic Tea posted:

Isn't SpaceX already almost entirely funded by government contracts and grants? Or as the likes of elon might put it, gubbermint handouts!!

Sashimi posted:

If Lockheed started loving with F-16s of allied nations remotely during military operations then this would be a fair comparison.

redshirt posted:

Wasn't SpaceX subsidized by NASA in the beginning? I could be wrong.