cesmonkey
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Nice little compilation video:
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Very interesting, IF true:
- M26 cluster ammunition for HIMARS;
https://t.me/operativnoZSU/120715
QuoteGermany provided new aid
to Ukraine It included:
- 1 IRIS-T SLM air defense system;
- Missiles for IRIS-T;
- 1 TRML-4D radar;
- 4 armored personnel carriers (name unknown);
- 4 HX81 tank tractors;
- 4 tank trailers;
- 6 border guard vehicles;
- 8 Vector unmanned aerial vehicles;
- 5 surface drones;
- 4 GO 12 counter-battery radars;
- M26 cluster ammunition for HIMARS;
- 10 thousand protective glasses.Possibly the scatterable anti-tank mines variation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System#MLRSQuoteAT2 German M26 variant carrying 28 AT2 anti-tank mines. Range: 15–38 kilometres (9.3–23.6 mi)
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The Ukrainian Konstantin Mashovets begins his update today with:
https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu/1350
QuoteToday, in detail about the Avdeevsky defense region
First, a little about the obvious changes in "methodology".
As I expected yesterday, after achieving certain results on its northern face, the enemy has become more active on its southern face and is succeeding in the direction of the village of Vodyane - the village of Tonenkoe.
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Listening to the below podcast, one of the commentators said one thing Ukraine really needs it wants to take back all its lost land is another 500,000 young men of fighting age. He's not a military expert, just a historian and academic. But I do wonder if he is right.
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According to Rybar ...
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The capabilities in this package, valued at up to $150 million, include:
• Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
• AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
• Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
• Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin anti-armor systems;
• More than 2 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
• Night vision devices;
• Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
• Cold weather gear; and
• Spare parts, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment. -
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Since all the Republican members of the House of Representatives (minus one absentee) voted today for the election of Mike Johnson as the new Speaker of the House, I assume those that are very strongly in support of more funding for Ukraine must have felt there is a reasonable chance he will allow more such votes in the future.
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10 hours ago, Tenses said:
For comparison you can get the famous 1MW airbone laser, which was supposed to destroy ICBMs in their boost phase from 500km range. From tests it was considered a success but after spending billions on that to the shock and awe of the constructors, they started to wonder how to get a boening in 500km range of launching ICBM. No comment on this part.
I can think of several world hotspots where such a capability could be very useful at the moment that wouldn't require flying over enemy territory.
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The Ukrainian Konstantin Mashovets begins his post today with:
https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu/1342QuoteAs far as I understand, almost the entire front has come into motion...
Obviously, each side is trying to get some tangible, foreseeable results in the near future. An interesting question in this regard: why is there such a rush now?
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5 hours ago, poesel said:
There is no relation between having a lot of energy to having a lot of power - at least the useful sort of power. If you put a nail through your Cap, the energy is released very fast, but not very useful (unless you need an explosion).
Adding large capacitors to your laser does not make them more powerful. The power output stays the same. But you can fire for a longer time.
The analogy to a car works quite well. Adding a gas tank to your car adds stored energy. But it does not affect the power output of your motor. You can, however, drive for a longer time.
https://www.sandia.gov/app/uploads/sites/194/2022/01/VanArsdallPulsedPower072984p.pdf
QuoteIn a pulsed power machine, low-power electrical energy from a wall plug is
stored in a bank of capacitors and leaves them as a compressed pulse of power. The
duration of the pulse is increasingly shortened until it is only billionths of a second
long. With each shortening of the pulse, the power increases. The final result is a
very short pulse with enormous power, whose energy can be released in several ways.
The original intent of this technology was to use the pulse to simulate the bursts of
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1 hour ago, poesel said:
You are mixing up power and energy. Caps store energy.
It is like buying a bigger gas tank for your car and then expect it to run faster.
Capacitors do store energy. Releasing that energy quickly delivers a tremendous amount of power.
Comparing a laser to an automotive internal combustion engine is a terrible analogy. -
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The remnants of Klishchiyivka
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29 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
Meanwhile on left bank of Dnipro. No UKR sources, some UKR servicemen made a posts with demand to shut up about developments, so only Russian sources we have, but they are often contraversal.
Krynky is a very narrow and very long village (about 9 km with attached dachas) in two parallel streets along Konka river. In its SW part Krynky is gradually passes into Kozachi Laheri village and in NE part into Korsunka village. In previous reports UKR troops were spotted in SW and NW parts
Kostiantyn Mashovets wrote Russians hastly moves reserves to this sector - particularly elements of 126th coastal defense motor-rifle brigade and 127th recon brigade. Poulet Voulant marked also 177th naval infantry regiment there, but I doubt about this.
Two Majors followed up with this:
https://t.me/dva_majors/27771
QuoteAn interesting point is suggested by comrades from the field.
It is very difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to gain a foothold north of the Konka River; our units also operate in that area.
The difference in views of fighters from neighboring units may be due to the fact that the front line is not continuous due to the terrain and in some places is more of a gray zone than a line of combat contact.
The main thing is that ours held back the first onslaught and got organized.
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The White House's funding request for Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and the southern U.S. border:
Fact Sheet:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/20/fact-sheet-white-house-calls-on-congress-to-advance-critical-national-security-priorities/
Letter to Congress:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2023/10/20/letter-regarding-critical-national-security-funding-needs-for-fy-2024/
Actual Request is in the appendix:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Letter-regarding-critical-national-security-funding-needs-for-FY-2024.pdf -
9 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Drones are the essential element of why the war works the way it does. We all know that. An effective technological solution that grounded one side drones would almost certainly result in a huge swing in the battlefield. The big question is does this solution exists, and can one side deploy it at scale faster than the other side can adapt. The other known tech shift that is just hanging out there waiting is much greater AI/autonomy/swarming. Could one side do that scale fast enough to matter.
Maybe a bit escalatory, but an EMP with a precise enough area of effect that if detonated in the enemy territory it degrades the enemy's capabilities much more than your own.
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How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
Posted
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/11/ukraine-braces-winter-drone-attacks-allies-rush-provide-defenses/391740/
As Ukraine braces for winter drone attacks, allies rush to provide defenses
But some of the very latest U.S. systems are being held back—so far.