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Old 18th Dec 2023, 17:06
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​​​​​​Haven't we seen that photo before? The blonde and some of the other 'soldiers' have appeared with Putin in various costumes and are believed to be bodyguards.
Indeed we have - she's Larisa Sergukhina, a regional deputy (local politician) within Novgorod’s regional Douma (or parliament) and a member of the ruling party, United Russia. She is also a fishing entrepreneur in Novgorod.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/why-do...tin-photo-ops/
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Running out of money?
Ukraine war: Kyiv forced to cut military operations as foreign aid dries up - BBC News
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And out of artillery shells….

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​​​​​​​”Russians in Finland to create an organization to “protect their rights.”

They will advocate for complete opening of the eastern border.

At risk of stating the obvious, you know what this means…”
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Reopen the border for them, to allow them to be herded back to Russia, then close it again, sounds fair.
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Old 18th Dec 2023, 22:58
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The future of warfare….

​​​​​​​Ukrainian Media: "The Ukrainian Cobra attack drone began to be mass-produced.

The production time of one drone is 3 hours. The flight range is 300 km. Carrying capacity — 15 kg. The UAV was developed by engineers from Kryvyi Rih.

The drone has a body made of riveted steel. This technology simplified and cheapened the production of UAVs."
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The future of warfare….



​​​​​​​Ukrainian Media: "The Ukrainian Cobra attack drone began to be mass-produced.

The production time of one drone is 3 hours. The flight range is 300 km. Carrying capacity — 15 kg. The UAV was developed by engineers from Kryvyi Rih.

The drone has a body made of riveted steel. This technology simplified and cheapened the production of UAVs."
Mods, if this is the wrong place to comment please move. I'm glad they are making stuff and being innovative. I was in aerospace doing composite tool design prior to my wine making life; instead of fabricating a wing with spars and ribs, maybe it might be more efficient to extrude or continuously lay up some sort of S-glass final surface and then fill with foam and chop lengths off for the wings. Lots of other thoughts about the body production. I know, they are there and I am here. Wish I could help.
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Mods, if this is the wrong place to comment please move. I'm glad they are making stuff and being innovative. I was in aerospace doing composite tool design prior to my wine making life; instead of fabricating a wing with spars and ribs, maybe it might be more efficient to extrude or continuously lay up some sort of S-glass final surface and then fill with foam and chop lengths off for the wings. Lots of other thoughts about the body production. I know, they are there and I am here. Wish I could help.
I rather think that the point is that they are working with the technology and skills that are available to them!

If sheet metal and rivets is what takes the C4 to the Russians then good on them! Build a bigger one!!
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I rather think that the point is that they are working with the technology and skills that are available to them!

If sheet metal and rivets is what takes the C4 to the Russians then good on them! Build a bigger one!!
That's why I said
I know, they are there and I am here.
They are on the ground and know what they can do; good on them.
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Plus steel will be more resilient to ground fire.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
The future of warfare….



Ukrainian Media: "The Ukrainian Cobra attack drone began to be mass-produced.

The production time of one drone is 3 hours. The flight range is 300 km. Carrying capacity — 15 kg. The UAV was developed by engineers from Kryvyi Rih.

The drone has a body made of riveted steel. This technology simplified and cheapened the production of UAVs."
​​​​​​​Looks similar to a recon drone (well, rc aircraft) the British Army used to have in the 70's (iirc).
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Kyiv; the Ukrainian Navy has joined the air defense effort in Ukraine's capital city this winter.

Seen below, the newly-commissioned Gyurza-M-class gunboat Bucha sits on the Dnipro River, serving as an additional air defense asset for the city.


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Dang, now they'll have to move it...
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Several Russians soldiers spotted living in a basement, so a Bradley was despatched to run over the entrance a few times to seal them in.

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Now that’s what you call aid, shame it’s zero proof, but I bet the troops on the front would appreciate the odd one over Christmas.

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Storming a trench, Russian captured, tied up and pinned down by his ermmmm, Cat.

A quote from the thread.

The recruitment of kittens to guard prisoners is yet another evolution of warfare no-one anticipated.
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Anti tank mines buried on top of artillery shells fot a greater destructive force.

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Several Russians soldiers spotted living in a basement, so a Bradley was despatched to run over the entrance a few times to seal them in.



https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...99483191689587
That's rather surprising. I thought it was always a fear of armoured troops that driving over a basement would see them suddenly drop throgh the floor, not built to take the ( in this case ) 27 tonnes.
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Anti tank mines buried on top of artillery shells fot a greater destructive force.



https://twitter.com/EL4UKR_Harley/st...25354010792256
​​​​​​​Perhaps all that the shells shipped from North Korea are good for?
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That's rather surprising. I thought it was always a fear of armoured troops that driving over a basement would see them suddenly drop throgh the floor, not built to take the ( in this case ) 27 tonnes.
Yes but maybe this crew didn't read that book. I also thought it would make the Bradley a nice target for a belly attack but perhaps I've been reading too many comics?.
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