The War in Ukraine

[Czech_pivo]

A Ukrainian drone has struck a Russian Caspian Fleet facility in Russian Dagestan - 1,000km from Russian territory:

Drone strike hits Russian Caspian fleet base

A drone strike targeted the Caspian Fleet’s base and its command facilities in Russian Dagestan early this morning, local officials confirmed. The head of Dagestan acknowledged the attack [~1000 km on the map from the nearest Ukraine-controlled territory], which struck a military facility in the...

defence-blog.com

I’m still holding out for drone strikes on the rail bridges on the Trans Siberian Railway all winter long.

 

[CBH99]

I’m still holding out for drone strikes on the rail bridges on the Trans Siberian Railway all winter long.

Wouldn't even have to be on the bridges, just anywhere along the Trans Siberian Railway would do wonders in stalling the Russian war effort

Ukraine has already demonstrated its ability to not only reach deep into Russia to carry out strikes, but also strike Russian targets outside of Eurasia together (re Africa)

 

[quadrapiper]

I’m still holding out for drone strikes on the rail bridges on the Trans Siberian Railway all winter long.

Plus any other infrastructure that might be trashed with minimal effort: especially, legacy stuff that was a challenge for the USSR. Electricity generation and transmission, bridges, and communications hubs.

If Russia is keen on reliving empire, let them do so authentically, without the internet, at the end of treacherous roads, and by candlelight and wood fires.

 

[brihard]

Plus any other infrastructure that might be trashed with minimal effort: especially, legacy stuff that was a challenge for the USSR. Electricity generation and transmission, bridges, and communications hubs.

If Russia is keen on reliving empire, let them do so authentically, without the internet, at the end of treacherous roads, and by candlelight and wood fires.

But then how will the North Korean soldiers get their porn?

 

[Halifax Tar]

But then how will the North Korean soldiers get their porn?

lol you saw that tweet too did you ?

 

[brihard]

lol you saw that tweet too did you ?

There has never in the history of humankind been anything written that I believe is more likely to be true, than DPRK soldiers sent to the front lines with internet access for the first time in their lives and discovering porn. Just imagine what an earth shattering discovery this has to be for them.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I’m still holding out for drone strikes on the rail bridges on the Trans Siberian Railway all winter long.

That would be a tough target for a drone, railbridges are pretty tough.

 

[Remius]

There has never in the history of humankind been anything written that I believe is more likely to be true, than DPRK soldiers sent to the front lines with internet access for the first time in their lives and discovering porn. Just imagine what an earth shattering discovery this has to be for them.

It’s like giving someone meth in one big fat dose instead of easing them in with gateway drugs like sears catalogues, swimsuit magazines and Softcore porn videos from the 80s.

 

[daftandbarmy]

It’s like giving someone meth in one big fat dose instead of easing them in with gateway drugs like sears catalogues, swimsuit magazines and Softcore porn videos from the 80s.

 

[Skysix]

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks To Be A Swarm Mothership

The jet-powered Jiu Tian, which also has its own surveillance and attack capabilities, is another intriguing addition to China's rapidly expanding stable of drones.

www.twz.com

"The U.S. military has increasingly been lagging behind, at best, in many of these areas. The abandonment of work, at least publicly, on UCAVs within America’s armed forces has been particularly pronounced, especially as other countries well beyond China also push ahead in this realm."

 

[Kirkhill]

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks To Be A Swarm Mothership

The jet-powered Jiu Tian, which also has its own surveillance and attack capabilities, is another intriguing addition to China's rapidly expanding stable of drones.

www.twz.com

"The U.S. military has increasingly been lagging behind, at best, in many of these areas. The abandonment of work, at least publicly, on UCAVs within America’s armed forces has been particularly pronounced, especially as other countries well beyond China also push ahead in this realm."

Take the crew out of the picture and the 60% solution becomes viable.

 

[KevinB]

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks To Be A Swarm Mothership

The jet-powered Jiu Tian, which also has its own surveillance and attack capabilities, is another intriguing addition to China's rapidly expanding stable of drones.

www.twz.com

"The U.S. military has increasingly been lagging behind, at best, in many of these areas. The abandonment of work, at least publicly, on UCAVs within America’s armed forces has been particularly pronounced, especially as other countries well beyond China also push ahead in this realm."

With the radar cross section of a 747…

 

[Maxman1]

Russian General Linked to Death of Russell Bentley and Donetsk Torture Camp Killed in Ukraine

Russian Major General Pavel Klimenko has reportedly died. His leadership of a brigade has faced allegations of severe torture practices.

united24media.com

 

[Skysix]

The flip side of the Chinese drone coin:
a huge truck-mounted system, one of at least three large mobile ground-based high-power microwave directed energy weapons, primarily intended to down drones

Massive Chinese Anti-Drone High-Power Microwave Weapon Emerges

China's directed energy counter-drone efforts are building steam with multiple high-power microwave systems featured at this year's Zhuhai Airshow.

www.twz.com

One wonders if their unveiling is a not so subtle slap in the face/warning to the west. Lasers for individual targets are being developed, but anti-swarm microwave systems have been absent (or hidden) on this side of the Pacific.

 

[dimsum]

The flip side of the Chinese drone coin:
a huge truck-mounted system, one of at least three large mobile ground-based high-power microwave directed energy weapons, primarily intended to down drones

Massive Chinese Anti-Drone High-Power Microwave Weapon Emerges

China's directed energy counter-drone efforts are building steam with multiple high-power microwave systems featured at this year's Zhuhai Airshow.

www.twz.com

One wonders if their unveiling is a not so subtle slap in the face/warning to the west. Lasers for individual targets are being developed, but anti-swarm microwave systems have been absent (or hidden) on this side of the Pacific.

“Do you want to get paid to not have kids?”

 

[Kirkhill]

Telegraph reporting on a Trump plan ....

Donald Trump may call on European and British troops to enforce an 800-mile buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies as part of a plan to freeze the war between the two countries.

The plan is one of several being considered by Mr Trump, who said before being elected as US president that he would start peace talks before he enters office in January.

The president-elect’s plan, outlined by three Trump staffers, would see the current front line frozen in place and Ukraine agreeing to shelve its ambition to join Nato for 20 years.

In exchange, the US would pump Ukraine full of weapons to deter Russia from restarting the war.

The US would neither contribute troops to patrol and enforce the resulting buffer zone nor finance its mission.

“We can do training and other support but the barrel of the gun is going to be European,” a member of Trump’s team told the Wall Street Journal.

“We are not sending American men and women to uphold peace in Ukraine. And we are not paying for it. Get the Poles, Germans, British and French to do it.”

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Meanwhile the view from the other side of the Atlantic

On Friday, George Osborne said it was not realistic for the UK to keep backing Ukraine without US support following Trump’s victory.

“Is it realistic to expect a complete victory for Ukraine, the complete ejection of Russia from Ukrainian territory? And if it’s not, you know, it may suit our vanity in the West to say ‘plucky Ukrainians’, [but] it’s not our children who are dying,” the former chancellor said.

“It’s also totally unrealistic, in my view, to think that Europe alone, including the UK, can go on supporting Ukraine without the support of the United States, even though Joe Biden actually is rushing to spend the $61 billion that Congress recently voted in terms of American aid for Ukraine before he leaves office.”

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Red Line as new Line of Contact with an Orange Demilitarized Zone.

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Thoughts -

George Osborne was David Cameron's Chancellor and the pair of them mutually detested Boris Johnson. Think Halifax and Chamberlain instead of Churchill. I could see Johnson standing with the JEF countries along with Poland but God only knows what Starmer might do. More likely to help if Macron goes.

On the plus side Ukraine might get to replenish its stocks and the killing on the Ukrainian side of the border might stop for a decade or so. But I wouldn't want to live in the Russian rubble.

Wait'n'see. Maaaaayyybeee.

Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan: British troops patrolling an 800-mile buffer zone

First suggestions by president-elect to freeze war with Russia, as Putin says he is ready to talk with ‘courageous’ leader

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[RangerRay]

Or we can arm Ukraine to the hilt and they can push the orcs back into Russia.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Telegraph reporting on a Trump plan ....










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Meanwhile the view from the other side of the Atlantic



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View attachment 88942 Red Line as new Line of Contact with an Orange Demilitarized Zone.

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Thoughts -

George Osborne was David Cameron's Chancellor and the pair of them mutually detested Boris Johnson. Think Halifax and Chamberlain instead of Churchill. I could see Johnson standing with the JEF countries along with Poland but God only knows what Starmer might do. More likely to help if Macron goes.

On the plus side Ukraine might get to replenish its stocks and the killing on the Ukrainian side of the border might stop for a decade or so. But I wouldn't want to live in the Russian rubble.

Wait'n'see. Maaaaayyybeee.

Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan: British troops patrolling an 800-mile buffer zone

First suggestions by president-elect to freeze war with Russia, as Putin says he is ready to talk with ‘courageous’ leader

www.telegraph.co.uk

Yea, Crimean war 2.0 or is it 3.0?

 

[suffolkowner]

Telegraph reporting on a Trump plan ....










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Meanwhile the view from the other side of the Atlantic



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View attachment 88942 Red Line as new Line of Contact with an Orange Demilitarized Zone.

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Thoughts -

George Osborne was David Cameron's Chancellor and the pair of them mutually detested Boris Johnson. Think Halifax and Chamberlain instead of Churchill. I could see Johnson standing with the JEF countries along with Poland but God only knows what Starmer might do. More likely to help if Macron goes.

On the plus side Ukraine might get to replenish its stocks and the killing on the Ukrainian side of the border might stop for a decade or so. But I wouldn't want to live in the Russian rubble.

Wait'n'see. Maaaaayyybeee.

Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan: British troops patrolling an 800-mile buffer zone

First suggestions by president-elect to freeze war with Russia, as Putin says he is ready to talk with ‘courageous’ leader

www.telegraph.co.uk

what a surprise. let me guess Putin has already agreed

 

[Remius]

what a surprise. let me guess Putin has already agreed

Almost as if it was already discussed or something…