Pete Wenman
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Don't think this has been posted earlier but the Army trying some new tech here.
Airborne soldiers do some smart shooting with new sight that helps smash drones.
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22 minutes ago, Butschi said:
Question is if not infantry itself is obsolete at some point. If, as you say, the roll of infantry is no longer to fight infantry or tanks but UAS, why have infantry in the first place?
Cause someone needs to keep changing the batteries in all the hi-tech kit.
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and his translated suicide note
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37 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
Will there come a point where AI becomes our gods, benevolent and truly objective and just?
It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th
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Just to jump in here in as a Cold War infantryman - we did extensive FIBUA training at various specialised training ranges over the years.
We trained to go in through the roof, the doors, windows, mouseholes, not to go in at all but to bypass, to call in air support, to call in armour support, to blow the place up and if I've missed any options we also trained for them.
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Tom Cooper talking about what he knows best - aviation .
An interesting timeline and suggestion as to what happened to the A-50U and Il-22M
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/ukraine-war-16-january-2024-scratch
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Well that looks like the splatter from a missile strike to me. Now what sort is the bigger question?
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MOD with thoughts on RU casualties
(4/5) It is likely that Russia has suffered 150,000-190,000 permanent casualties (killed and permanently wounded) since the conflict began, with the total figure including temporarily wounded (recovered and due to return to the battlefield) in the region of 240,000-290,000.
(5/5) This does not include Wagner Group or their prisoner battalions who fought in Bakhmut.
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Worth a read
QuoteRussian President Vladimir Putin didn’t invade Ukraine in 2022 because he feared NATO. He invaded because he believed that NATO was weak, that his efforts to regain control of Ukraine by other means had failed, and that installing a pro-Russian government in Kyiv would be safe and easy. His aim was not to defend Russia against some non-existent threat but rather to expand Russia’s power, eradicate Ukraine’s statehood, and destroy NATO, goals he still pursues.
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At the start of Ukrainian's counteroffensive MoD said that Russia's line was stretched, with very few reserves. Now we learn an entire army (strength estimated elsewhere at 15k) was being held back but is now being committed. Whether that's to plug gaps or not, that's important
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Interesting, update on the incident from last year, but what I think most suspected
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66798508
QuoteWhat really happened
As the two Russian SU-27s approached the RAF spy plane, they received a communication from their ground station controller.One western source told the BBC the words they received were to the effect of "you have the target".
This ambiguous language was interpreted by one of the Russian pilots as permission to fire.
The loose language appears to have shown a high degree of unprofessionalism by those involved, sources said. In contrast, Nato pilots use very precise language when asking for and receiving permission to fire.
The Russian pilot released an air-to-air missile, which successfully launched but failed to lock on to its target, the BBC has been told. It was a miss, not a malfunction.
Defence sources have told the BBC that a row then broke out between the two Russian pilots.
The pilot of the second SU-27 did not think they had been given permission to fire.
He is said to have sworn at his comrade, effectively asking him what he thought he was doing.
Yet the first pilot still released another missile.
We had been told that the second missile simply fell from the wing - suggesting the weapon either malfunctioned or that the launch was aborted
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You have a dedicated Forward Observer, mounted in Sdkfz 250 (unless you have moved him) and he has access to all artillery including the Nebelwerfers.
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1 hour ago, L0ckAndL0ad said:
I agree with Haiduk and Steve that there won't be any pro-russian insurgency in Crimea in case of UKR troops going in hot. But, yes, it is going to be hard to govern, for sure. Something good to look forward to anyway.
It is quite hard to predict how the events will unfold exactly from now on. That raid was definitely fun though, even if only symbolical.
Great to her from you - stay safe
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Thread is worth a read
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Ukrainians advance 16-20 kilometers in 'tactically significant' move. Ukraine made a "tactically significant" advance along two lines of attack towards the southern coast, according to the Russian and Ukrainian sources.
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Ben Mayne - @BattlefieldBen on Twitter is posting a whole series of tweets covering the actions on Operation Charwood, with annotated GE maps/photos and film clips from the IWM
https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpCharnwood?src=hashtag_click
Well worth checking out if you are on the mess that is currently twitter
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Excuse the language - but this is funny and perhaps surprisingly accurate
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The BBC are also reporting this, but no idea if true, nor what the deal is
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ThugBarrel life
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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