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In theory maybe, but in reality, on a muddy, dusty, or wet, salty, or gritty battlespace, maintenance is very important. I'm retired with over 20 years of military maintenance and logistics. The more complicated the electronics, the more things that can go wrong. With robotics, that tends to go up exponentially. Murphy's law. Now I say all that, but there have been some amazing advancements in redundant circuitry. I worked with what we called SRUs and LRUs (Shop and Line Replaceable Units). We were beginning to see advancements where if a circuit card failed in the field, on a mission, a spare circuit card in the 'box' could be reprogrammed using FPGA technology. Without boring you with too much detail, it was pretty amazing stuff. 20 circuit cards in a 'black box', 15 were duplicates and programmed on the fly. Mechanical parts, not so easy to make redundant I would imagine though.

Sorry, but the sub titles had me laughing so hard I was crying...

@The_Capt, I know the Russians haven't been all that savvy about finessing a situation, but if they used weather conditions that caused severe foggy/hazy conditions to attack in, would that really help or hurt the Ukrainian defense. It would make for better NLAW conditions but the longer range ATGMs may prove much less useful. I really wish Black Sea could come out with a pre-release that had all the Western AT weapons included in the TOE for the Ukrainians. Plus leopards, M113s,... so we could simulate the possible upcoming battles and see how the simulations match reality.

This is completely valid. If there is any kind of operational security (OPSEC) issues concerning the attack. Any trickery that probably went on, they can't release footage of the attack. That would show their hand and stop it from working again or even being a deterrent in the future. Once this no longer matters, then footage will begin to appear if it exists. But then again, maybe it was a 688 attack sub torpedo that sank it and Ukraine is just claiming the missiles hit it to cover for the real cause. He...he... "And I... was never here."

I don't know if you meant for that to be funny, but +1.

Nice! There aren't any good multiplayer games like Harpoon, are there? I played harpoon multiplayer twice (at least I think it was Harpoon. Pretty sure it was). It was a blast, but lenghty and buggy back then.

My brother just told me the Russian MoD has announced the Moskva has sank while being towed in heavy seas. Is that true?

Lol @kraze!

Any chance the Moskva hit a mine? That could cause it to capsize pretty quick.

That was painful to watch. You can just never let your guard down whether Russian or Ukrainian. It may be the last thing you do.

For @Haiduk and @kraze (Pink Floyd's new song): Also a classic Pink Floyd song (Dog's of War) updated: https://fb.watch/chd_ourCLx/

I wish I'd known this before creating a new Twitter account...

@Ultradave, I was wondering what your take is on this story: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/45059/ukrainian-nuclear-disaster-expert-talks-worst-case-scenarios-due-to-russian-invasion

I hate that these war crimes have happened. Maybe the EU or NATO will use this to figure out a way to get more involved now without plunging all of Europe into a war. I would say it is worth the risk to stop these atrocities, but since I live in the USA, I don't feel like I have the right to say that.

That is true @Simcoe but I find myself getting much more emotionally attached to my Black Sea pixeltroopen than I do my WWII pixeltroopen for some odd reason. Many more explicatives are uttered whan my M2 Bradley opens it's doors and my soldiers get mowed down by machine guns. Compared to the same situation with a half-track. Dunno why. I can see where the pucker factor is high because the unit tasked with recon is very expensive (again such as a Bradley). But I don't know why it's the same with pixeltroopen. Maybe modern troops are more relatable than the mass troops that had to be used in WWII. And, of course, it may just be me...

This war has taught us one thing for sure. Tanks need drones to scout for them every bit as much as infantry needs drones to scout for them too. Maybe the Russians are gonna have to settle for drone CAS since they can't seem to coordinate their aircraft well enough to fulfil that role. BTW, How may confirmed cases of Russian friendly fire involving aircraft have been seen? Anyone know?

Let's stay on topic guys. If you want to discuss racism do it with personal messages not forum posts please.

You may have no comment, but I can't help but hear The Beverly Hillbillies theme.

Your are spot in @Haiduk. That is an Mi-28.

That's a KH-52 not an MI-28 don't you think?

So did that hit a fuel tank? Not sure where they are on that type of tank.

Looks more like the ammunition got hit than the engine...

It won't seem to me like its winding down (or cooling off) until the Russians start surrendering in droves. I wonder if that is why there may be a misinformation campaign spreading about how Ukrainians are treating POWs.

+1 Steve (I mean Charles)!