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    Post  nomadski Wed May 08, 2024 11:05 am

    Do they have underground rail or road tunnels in LDPR ?  Then fuel can be stored underground in smaller containers . Underground water pipes , can be filled with fuel instead . Water distributed by vehicles to public instead . Emergency containers can be built , smaller and numerous , near frontlines or within range of enemy fire , buried underground .


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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49728273

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    Post  Isos Wed May 08, 2024 12:06 pm

    ALAMO wrote:Because that sorts the problem.
    R-60 dead range is 300m, R-73 slightly more.
    It won't arm itself and hit at closer range.
    Staying closer than that keeps you safe anyway.

    Very good until they find out those drones carry 250kg explosives with thousands of shrapnels that will destroy anything flying that close when destroyed.
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    Post  JohninMK Wed May 08, 2024 12:07 pm

    Made me smile. Hope it has the same effect on you Smile

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    Post  Mir Wed May 08, 2024 12:35 pm

    Krepost wrote:

    Still unclear how the Ukrainians wanted to use that missile(s).
    Most people believe it was just to shoot without lock by the infrared. Others think it was to be used for shooting with hope that the infrared guidance will lock on something at sea or on shore while the missile is in flight.
    Others think it is just an extra amount of explosive if the kamikaze boat hits something.

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    The R-73 is mounted on an upside down launch rail - so it's supposed to be launched. A likely target would be the very helicopter that destroyed this kamikaze. Desperate stuff indeed!

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    Post  GarryB Wed May 08, 2024 1:02 pm


    Very good until they find out those drones carry 250kg explosives with thousands of shrapnels that will destroy anything flying that close when destroyed.

    The fact that they are putting R-73s on their drones suggests they don't see any value in putting them on their fighters... which seem to be getting picked off by SAMs and long range AAMs launched by aircraft in different area codes.

    The sea drones are designed to destroy ships so fragments wouldn't be very useful... more explosive would be more valuable to such a drone because the bigger the hole you put into the side of what you are attacking the more likely it is to sink.

    The angle from which fragments would be ejected would not make them very effective against helicopters even helicopters as close as 300m.

    A helicopter with a 30mm cannon or 23mm cannon pods would likely open fire at 500-800m and the rate of fire of the 23mm cannon pods should give enough of a spread to make any manouvers by the boat redundant.

    I would guess it would be a case of hitting it hard enough and having enough ammo for the number being sent at a time.

    I sounds like they were sending a dozen at a time to get one close to a real target...

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    Post  GarryB Wed May 08, 2024 1:06 pm

    Actually if you look at the photo posted by Mir the missile on the launch rail is missing a seeker and another missile is laying on the front if it in a position where it could not be launched... maybe they are hoping the Russian helicopters pilots will see them and run away because of a perceived threat of being shot down.

    If they are doing it to add explosive power to the drones then that is a bit self defeating because the propellant would be horribly vulnerable to even rifle calibre machine gun fire which would start a fire that could destroy the drone before it hits anything.

    They are making their drones easier to destroy.
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    Post  Arkanghelsk Wed May 08, 2024 1:24 pm

    GarryB wrote:Actually if you look at the photo posted by Mir the missile on the launch rail is missing a seeker and another missile is laying on the front if it in a position where it could not be launched... maybe they are hoping the Russian helicopters pilots will see them and run away because of a perceived threat of being shot down.

    If they are doing it to add explosive power to the drones then that is a bit self defeating because the propellant would be horribly vulnerable to even rifle calibre machine gun fire which would start a fire that could destroy the drone before it hits anything.

    They are making their drones easier to destroy.

    That is after the drone was destroyed

    They set the photo up like that after when Russia collected pieces of the destroyed drone

    Before that both missiles were facing forward able to lock on before launch with an APU ready to give power to start launch

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    Post  ALAMO Wed May 08, 2024 2:35 pm

    GarryB wrote:Actually if you look at the photo posted by Mir the missile on the launch rail is missing a seeker and another missile is laying on the front if it in a position where it could not be launched...

    It is the same missile. Tore to two pieces by a warhead detonation. It is broken exactly at the warhead section.
    Take a look at the vid made from heli - only one missile is there, the one on the left.

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    Post  Hole Wed May 08, 2024 4:07 pm

    Not quite on the level of the Houthis.  Very Happy
    That installation was propably made by an american company,
    demanding a few millions.


    From a video on Zvezda TV:
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    All three vehicles are used as fuel transporter.

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    Post  JohninMK Wed May 08, 2024 4:39 pm

    Hole wrote:
    All three vehicles are used as fuel transporter.

    The video

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    Post  JohninMK Wed May 08, 2024 4:53 pm

    This is what could be described as 'hitting a significant target'. Or just a very big bang Laughing

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    Post  SolidarityWithRussia Wed May 08, 2024 6:00 pm

    I don't understand why Lithuania is mocking Russia's willingness to use nukes. Russia could pulverize this pathetically small excuse of a nation with a fraction of their conventional weapons.
    America is treating its puppet states like completely dispensable trash for nothing, because at best Lithuania could delay Russia's victory by a few weeks.

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    Post  Arkanghelsk Wed May 08, 2024 6:05 pm

    SolidarityWithRussia wrote:I don't understand why Lithuania is mocking Russia's willingness to use nukes. Russia could pulverize this pathetically small excuse of a nation with a fraction of their conventional weapons.
    America is treating its puppet states like completely dispensable trash for nothing, because at best Lithuania could delay Russia's victory by a few weeks.

    If Russia treated Ukrainian cities like Gaza, this whole thing would have ended in 2023

    If Russia treats Baltics like Gaza, shit would end in less than a month

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    Post  ucmvulcan Wed May 08, 2024 8:04 pm

    SolidarityWithRussia wrote:I don't understand why Lithuania is mocking Russia's willingness to use nukes. Russia could pulverize this pathetically small excuse of a nation with a fraction of their conventional weapons.
    America is treating its puppet states like completely dispensable trash for nothing, because at best Lithuania could delay Russia's victory by a few weeks.

    You ever see a chihuahua? Nasty little dog, puffed up and prideful and barks a good game, but zoologically speaking its a member of the pillow family so God help if it gets in a fight with a real dog. In the same way the Balts are not real countries, they talk a lot of crap,but diplomatically speaking they are useless and so is their military.

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    Post  JohninMK Wed May 08, 2024 8:52 pm

    Remember that damaged bridge with the train on in in Odessa? Clearly important so they filled the road in underneath it so now no bridge needed.

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    Post  Hole Wed May 08, 2024 9:42 pm

    but diplomatically speaking they are useless and so is their military.
    And economically. Only their harbors are useful, but only to export russian goods.  What a Face

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    Post  Airbornewolf Wed May 08, 2024 9:58 pm

    how about some Boom for this evening?.

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    RF Lancet strike on Ukrainian self-propelled artillery in Chasov Yar
    https://odysee.com/@airbornewolf:8/RF-Lancet-strike-on-Ukrainian-self-propelled-artillery-in-Chasov-Yar:8


    RF Lancet destroys Electronic Warfare vehicle Khortitsa-M
    https://odysee.com/@airbornewolf:8/RF-Lancet-destroys-Electronic-Warfare-vehicle-Khortitsa-M:e



    RF Lancet strike on British Supacat Air Defense
    https://odysee.com/@airbornewolf:8/RF-Lancet-strike-on-British-Supacat-Air-Defense:0


    RF Airforce over Chasov Yar
    https://odysee.com/@airbornewolf:8/RF-Airforce-over-Chasov-Yar:d

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    Post  higurashihougi Thu May 09, 2024 5:22 am

    The resistance momentum against abduction by the Maidan fascists is gaining.

    Wishing all the best to Ukrainian common people. They should not be the victims of a puppet fascist regime installed by the West.

    https://www.rt.com/russia/597257-ukraine-recruiters-abuct-footballer/

    Ukrainian army recruiters ‘abduct’ pro footballer – club
    FC Khust says the move threatens the sport’s survival in Ukraine


    Football clubs from around Ukraine are refusing to travel to Transcarpathian Region for games after recruiters snatched a key player of FC Khust from the local train station, the club said in an appeal for public support.

    Nikolay Sirash was at the Khust train station on Tuesday when conscription enforcers seized him, the club said in a Facebook post. Sirash had just turned 25, but the new rules allowing the mobilization of men under 27 have yet to go into effect, the club noted.

    “We have no contact with the player at the time, and his fate is unknown,” said FC Khust.

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    Post  GarryB Thu May 09, 2024 7:34 am

    If Russia treated Ukrainian cities like Gaza, this whole thing would have ended in 2023

    If Russia treats Baltics like Gaza, shit would end in less than a month

    Most importantly there is no reason for Russia to treat hostile HATO countries the way they are treating the Ukraine, there is no reason to be nice to HATO countries.

    Before that both missiles were facing forward able to lock on before launch with an APU ready to give power to start launch

    Well that would be a mistake... the missiles should be pointing backwards because the helicopters would probably approach from behind and match their speed so it is an easier shot...

    It is the same missile. Tore to two pieces by a warhead detonation. It is broken exactly at the warhead section.
    Take a look at the vid made from heli - only one missile is there, the one on the left.

    The laser proximity fuse section is visible, I don't think the warhead has been set off... I doubt it was even launched... It just looks like the missile has been split in two.

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    Post  ALAMO Thu May 09, 2024 7:50 am

    It looked like fuel burning, to be honest.
    Maybe it is not the same drone, who knows dunno

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    Post  Belisarius Thu May 09, 2024 9:30 am

    Counter-battery fire on a German self-propelled gun PzH 2000 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north-west of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk)

    https://t.me/lost_armour/2641

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    Post  JohninMK Thu May 09, 2024 11:43 am

    What! No one on one sniper combat and may the best win. Very Happy  This is too unfair, or as we would say 'its not cricket'  Laughing

    Russian troops eliminated “the best sniper in France”

    As a result of a missile attack on the location of foreign mercenaries in Kharkov, Ernesto Barbieri, considered the best sniper in France, was killed.

    Barbieri served in the elite Alpine Jaeger battalion, and later joined the so-called “Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”.

    As part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the officer has participated in combat operations against Russian troops since March 2022.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed a protest to the French Ambassador over the participation of French military personnel in battles against Russian troops.

    - ISZ reports


    Or

    Simulacra66 - 🌞🌛
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    best sniper kill radius.. inches from head or heart shot..
    FAB 1500 kill radius.. 1600 feet..
    FAB wins..


    But then it seems he wasn't actually French but a Legionaire

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    Ernesto Barbieri born in Milan Italy is italian soldier


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    Post  JohninMK Thu May 09, 2024 11:45 am

    This morning's laugh

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    Post  SeigSoloyvov Thu May 09, 2024 1:04 pm

    As obi-wan Kenobi once said "well then"

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