Lethaface

As long as he buys enough green veggies, that's allowed!

When the policy makers have came up with a requirement and allocated funds. When that might be exactly is in the domain of tarot card layers I guess.

A while ago Youtube featured some corny movies about shipping containers full of tanks, cruise missiles, airplanes, etc being launched from trucks in an hypothetical invasion. However for an attack with a bunch of Shahed type drones (or better), controlled from some industrial/office/urban area nearby, it doesn't seem that corny indeed.

Could very well be a thing indeed. I bet most military bases deep in countries have lax defenses against (military operation volume) drones, as of yet that is. But I also expect some instances like the British Imperial army faced in North America. Where native-american / independence fighters refused to 'stand in line and fight' against the British regular troops, to the dismay of the British ;-). "This isn't fair"

Another drone recollection gathering interrupted by a party pooper ;-).

I imagine two powers going to war with loads of antiground drone swarms expecting to find a lot of enemy afv etc, only they just encounter enemy drones in mid air along the border and don't have any means of engaging the other apart from ramming perhaps; the drone stare wars.

Lol nicely put. (Ps we have finally overcome that national tragedy).

I thought I saw a third one in a single frame, hopefully driver and 4th crew could exit to front hatches covered in smoke or indeed were already out.

I saw another video on X where it appeared to get hit in the rear, engine compartment. Supposedly around Adiivka, I guess part of a mobile arm. reserve to counter new attacks? At least the crew looked like they can return to the fight after some R&R!

Looks like something achieved a penetration and caused a fuel leak, but indeed most importantly most/all of the crew survived and got away into the Bradley.

Yup, belief systems are a very effective way of getting people to push your cart. In fact it might be the most effective way of controlling the masses. The holy Emprah wills it!!

And that's how a misplaced racoon lost Russia the war. I'm not a meme producer or avid consumer but I'd guess this is good source material.

Now try teaching a nano computer to do basic math functions like additions and subtractions efficiently

Nobody is supernatural, we are all human. People who do 'the things' which are necessary to be done, at any cost, are the foundation for success.

Not necessarily a bad guidance in certain moments здоров'я!

The stupidity of mankind knows no borders. But in itself that doesn't matter wherever or whatever your 'work' is. Dying for ones country in an ethically just war for survival is as good as it gets when it comes to 'dying' imho. It certainly beats many other causes of death, never mind how easy it is to say that from my position in a country not in (an existential) war. For what it is worth I have utmost respect for your decision.

May 'the force' be with you!

Thanks for the detailed post. Although I think the video was more directed towards the 'average' audience, who might wonder why Ukraine 'fails' it's counter offensive even though they got some / various mine clearing tanks. Do they suck at it or sumfink? See, we are wasting our assets sending them to Ukraine. With that in mind, the video wasn't necessarily that bad imo; he basically said that mine clearing isn't easy and a single vehicle, even the best one, won't do wonders. Although there indeed might have been a missed opportunity with regards to going into more detail about breaching operations, although like you note he probably doesn't have enough insight into the matter to really make such a video. And perhaps people just like to see numbered lists of 'which is the best' (instead of a lengthy one going into the proper details of breaching operations (boring! )and headlines like 'why X fails' seem to be rather dominant on youtube channels, probably for a reason ;-). In the end he probably made his youtube channel his profession so he needs views/clicks in order to put bread on the table. Overall his channel is at least decently researched, compared to many other channels who just collect lists of wikipedia and make up stuff to satisfy certain pre-convinced theories like how NATO has everything wrong ;-). For anyone professionally involved in the subjects, especially above the 'i was trained to operate X vehicle/device', his video's are probably worthless. But most youtube video's are, except for some rare videos but they will usually only have 100 viewers and won't come up into anyone's feed unless one specifically searches for it (and knows what to look for to begin with).

In the current war at least it would also push towards tac nuke escalation, I'd think. I think his point was that changing only the (type of) battery doesn't change the theoretical maximum output of the laser. But I guess somewhere the discussion diverged beyond the, for this thread, practical information.

TC had some spare money, but not enough for the whole crew

I presume people are already working on various products and services for the various ranges of threats you are describing. There doesn't need to be a single solution able to deal with all the unmanned threats. Or perhaps better phrased, a solution could implement a combination of shared generic components and specific components which combined in various ways and numbers, which ultimately could deal with a variety of threats. If we look to relative recent developments in software and more specific infrastructure as a service type of systems, one doesn't need that much alcohol or drugs to come up with an idea how such systems could work ;-). Now combine that with mobile chip building machines and 3d printers (now we're ta(l)king some good ****) and voila. A lot of taxpayer/risk capital money will be wasted on various of these ideas, that's for sure. And it will be scary because where is the role of the human in these systems? I imagine some 'target tinder' (or 'terror tinder') where some 'red card holder' swipes right or left to OK/N. OK a target for destruction. A distributed self healing automatic 'HE delivery' service coming with a target discovery service and optional (premium) 'human in the mix' service isn't that wild of an idea, unfortunately perhaps.

I guess the Ukraine thread investments will eventually pay out in the form of a new installment where that information has been processed into an improved simulation. Although it could also just be a hobby

Well people have all right to complain if they feel it is warranted and I didn't mean to say liking updates is wrong or whatever. Just thought to chime in to paint the picture not everyone has the same Comms preferences. Although I also like bones, but preferably meaty bones

I guess over time the no shows will improve but RL can always show up as it did for me during last tournament. These are 100day+ lasting tournaments after all. Nudges etc can improve stuff but after someone has some experience I guess the reasons for no shows aren't due to people forgetting about the tournament. Afaik there were always mails informing me that new challenge awaits, although sometimes I wouldn't get an email about a new turn. That could be improved perhaps. And yes the scoring isn't ideal but then again the scoring system was designed more than a decade before the tournament feature was implemented. Not to say that things shouldn't improve, but it will probably never be perfect. And yes I'm also fanatical about competing when I'm fighting a battle but afterwards I realize it's only a game

Sounds like a glitch if I understand you correctly (and if your observations are 100% correct ). Individual mortar sections having lost their direct HQ should still be able to be called on for indirect fires if they have close c2 with a higher HQ. At least that is my experience / belief how it should work. It is also strange that it did work when the Platoon HQ casualties were still around, but not after they had been medevac'ed.