Kinophile

I had never seen him before. Was he a reskin of a previous poster? Pretty good idea of whom...

Quite the fun contribution. Folks such as yourself often come in hard and fast, guns cocked, hard words loaded for all the softie thinkers in here. Always fun to watch the blaze-out. "On he flared..."

Pretty certain that I, personally, am arguing nothing of the sort. I suspect you're leaning into a point that is a little obvious but also adjacent to the common discussion here. We're all pretty certain that there will be a counter of some sort, or an evening-out as you put it, but it's not apparent yet what that will be. My sense is that it'll be an equally novel system of systems rather than a particular weapons platform, but even that will be fluid and malleable. There's a critical difference with Drones to all other prior weapons systems, no? The integration of ever smarter and more autonomous software. Bombs that can think is pretty hard to defeat with a non- thinking system. Plus, the the entry barrier to developing BTCT is getting lower every year, conversely speeding up the development spiral to quite possibly beyond what a slow-moving state actor keep up with.

Your criteria was name a weapon system that is more powerful now than when first introduced, with the prior-held premise that ICBMs are the only system to hold that distinction. Artillery was first used in Medieval ages, sorta worked and now causes more casualties in war than any other heavy system (drones are not quite there yet but definitely hold serious potential and I'm not counting lighter weapons like rifles as we;re talking ICBMs etc. Apples to apples and all that). Ipso facto, your premise, of ICBMs being the only weapons system that has remained is patently wrong on two counts - they aren't (artillery is just one example) and artillery has gotten more powerful since its first introduction.

Artillery. And its more powerful and dangerous than ever. First Use < Modern But hey, expert opinions, I bow to them.

Literally what I think they did with Windows 10.

Also, any pending attack in Zaporizhia will need every one of those. That area is heavily mined on both sides.

Mil 8 *not even, Afghan MI 7 sent by US in 2022.

Can't wait.

Makiivka oil depots getting splody. https://t.me/radiosvoboda/56159?fbclid=IwAR0-92VNnAu-eIwEusF_YiM3apiAa_LxPJXVL51C9QOq8O7Wve74nJSjhGE Getting harder to mount and sustain offensives faster than walking pace...

Those UKR jet drones are UK supplied (if you weren't already aware). I assume each one carries a micro-clone of Boris Johnson. They don't do anything, but fun to watch them cackling across the sky, like floppy haired gremlins. https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/ukraine_utilizes_british_qinetiq_banshee_jet_80_uavs_as_long_range_kamikaze_drones-9571.html

Yup, and I expect the BSF will start to wither on the vine. It'll be quite the Revolution in Naval Affairs if the UKR Navy is able to blockade the BSF in port.

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1759891750015946791?t=-_opx1IIGJkueeKhJsrabw&s=19 Just a railway so far. Conversely:

Not a, BMPT, a BREM.

Separate war but shows how quickly an organization can shift into a new Unmanned System. https://news.usni.org/2024/02/19/houthi-lethal-underwater-drones-adds-new-threat-to-red-sea I'll lay odds we'll yet see a Ukrainian Unmanned Underwater System take out a full Russia sub. It's just that kind of war now.

Well see how much effort Musk really puts into this.

True? Hopefully.

Nah that's just ramming, and we've had at least two videoed instances prior, one from early 23. Where's my real gun cam at?

The Russian government has a long history of killing off traitors, which, fundamentally and legally, he was. Brave and somewhat principled but still, apples to apples, he betrayed his parent country and delivered valuable military hardware to the enemy in time of war. Let's be honest, his days were numbered. He knew it, everyone knew it.

The whole FF narrative is pretty ridiculous in this day and age, even with Russia Sux TM. Sure, that is initially when the invasion started, but two years in, and at this supposed rate of FF? Cmon guvnor. Yer avin a larf. Condescending nationalistic delicate egos desperate to avoid evelvating Khokols to peer abiilty, more likely.

If there's one thing I associate with the UKR Air Force and AD forces, it's extremely calculated high-end ballsiness. Their operational and tactical aggressiveness has been in stark contrast to the RuAF. I'm Not saying they'll blindly attack or that the RuAF are child-murdering cowards (no wait, they are) but that with UKR every time they're given good systems they always push the capabilities to the max, and use them in ways Western forces don't even imagine, combine them in novel ways with other, compounding systems. They're not magicians but they are inventive as hell. You've described the problem but I highly doubt the UKRAF will let that sit.

Interesting. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/02/analysis-an-operational-view-on-the-usv-attacks-in-the-black-sea-from-an-admirals-eyes/