War

DIY-HP-LED said:

The house has yet to vote and Joe to sign, I wonder how many republicans will vote against it in the house, Madison Cawthorn, MTG, Bobo the clown, Matt Gaetz... Donald is yet to speak on the subject, maybe his buddy Vlad should make a call, so he can at least show there is division about it and support for Russia, maybe he could talk to his friend Tucker about it...

Right about now a hundred republicans should vote against it at Trumps urging (it will pass anyway) and then join Donald and his sons on a charter plane trip to Moscow for "peace talks". Then when they get there, they can apply for asylum, to avoid prosecution for sedition and other crimes, hey they wanted to live under a dictatorship and in a whites only society, here's their chance! Donald can do propaganda broadcasts like Lord Haw haw to earn his keep.

Vlad needs his talent, he's a pretty good liar, highly experienced!

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Lord haw haw puffed out his chest and put on airs before he was executed

Ideally, Trump should be afforded the same opportunity

Bagginski said:

in my mind, I see a crowd of Irwin Coreys (or Robin Williamses) doing a Keystone Kops-style ’re-enactment’ of the Duma

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Irwin Corey...i think he turned into Christopher Lloyd, didn't he?

I can't confirm if this is real or not, but looking at the situation as it stands, I tend to believe it.

A message from the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, currently in Mariupol

(Google translate)

Dear Ukrainian people.
The Mi 36 Marine Infantry Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mikhail Bilinsky, having refused to break the oath in 2014, left Crimea and continued to victoriously victoriously defend the defense of Ukraine.
For the past 47 days, we have been sacking Mariupol for an ear of vine. We were bombed from planes, we were fired upon from artillery, tanks and other weapons. We adequately held the defense by doing the impossible. But any resources tend to run out.
During the hostilities, we were once given 50,122 shells, 20 mines a few enlavs and starlink Elon Musk - thanks Elon, he survived many air strikes and is still working. Nothing else was given to us. Without BC, not being able to defend, the enemy gradually pushed us back to the Azovmash plant, surrounded us with fire and is now trying to destroy us. There was an option to bring reserves to us in order to strengthen and continue the defense. There were options for the brigade to make a breakthrough and go out to their troops. We reported this to OTU Skhid and they started planning the operation. Sodol, Delyatitsky tried to do something, but their senior staffs turned around. We reported this to the OOS, they said, we're working, we were working, they promised a helicopter that never arrived. We talked with the commander in chief who promised to deblockade. We spoke with the Guarantor who guaranteed us either a political or military solution to the situation. For more than a month, the Marines fought without replenishment of ammunition, without food, without water, almost licking from a puddle and dying in batches. The mountain of the wounded makes up almost half of the brigade. Those whose limbs are not torn off and can walk are returned to duty. The infantry was all killed and the artillerymen, anti-aircraft gunners, the signalmen of the driver and the turn, are conducting rifle battles. Even the orchestra. They die but fight. We are slowly ending. Wise generals advise taking ammunition from the enemy. Probably these savka SUVs have not died out, so a lot of people will die in vain because of them. There were chances. There were opportunities, but because of the sluggishness to report vertically, they were not implemented. No one wants to communicate with us anymore because we are decommissioned. Today there will probably be an extreme fight, since there is no bc left. Further into hand-to-hand combat. Further death for some, and captivity for some.
Dear Ukrainian people.
I don’t know what will happen next, but I really ask you to remember the marines with a kind word and no matter how events develop further, don’t speak badly about the marines.
They did everything possible and impossible.
Bo mi WARNING!

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt.

captainmorgan said:

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt.

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Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said.

Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds that matured on April 4, S&P said in a note on Friday. The agency said this amounted to a "selective default" because investors are unlikely to be able to convert the rubles into "dollars equivalent to the originally due amounts."

According to S&P, a selective default is declared when an entity has defaulted on a specific obligation but not its entire debt.

Budzbuddha said:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1513197666670415872

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interesting. you can get a translation on the twitter page, basically says this is old outdated shit, but it still works.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

interesting. you can get a translation on the twitter page, basically says this is old outdated shit, but it still works.

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Apparently Uncle Sam sent some of these too, made by the same company that makes switchblades and can work with them. Here is what the Ukrainians have and it can be hand launched, the Russian one needs a catapult, this is electric, quiet and stealth.

Dunno where these guys are from, but maybe they are giving free samples!

RC hobby people do these kind of things with similar kinds of planes, though it's not really legal! They can use google earth to lay everything out, including terrain heights that are accurate enough, most commercial flight control computers can do the job with some custom firmware. The source code and applications (firmware) for much of it is online with various open sources projects that are often teams of engineers and programmers who do this on the side. It's an engineer heavy hobby and attracts the technically inclined, so change is happening fast and there are many small electronics companies started by engineers and others, selling products to a small market.

If you just have regular GPS service and not US military, you can hit a stationary target from 100km away and the accuracy is often less the 2 meters, much of the time half of that. So 2 hand grenades, or the equivalent weight in plastic explosive, should be able to kill a Russian general and his staff, if ya caught them with their pants down.
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DIY-HP-LED said:

Dunno where these guys are from, but maybe they are giving free samples!

RC hobby people do these kind of things with similar kinds of planes, though it's not really legal! They can use google earth to lay everything out, including terrain heights that are accurate enough, most commercial flight control computers can do the job with some custom firmware. The source code and applications (firmware) for much of it is online with various open sources projects that are often teams of engineers and programmers who do this on the side. It's an engineer heavy hobby and attracts the technically inclined, so change is happening fast and there are many small electronics companies started by engineers and others, selling products to a small market.

If you just have regular GPS service and not US military, you can hit a stationary target from 100km away and the accuracy is often less the 2 meters, much of the time half of that. So 2 hand grenades, or the equivalent weight in plastic explosive, should be able to kill a Russian general and his staff, if ya caught them with their pants down.
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you're the drone guy, i was wondering if they had electric drones with solar panels to recharge them while flying? seems like it would be a good idea if they have that tech worked out, all day fly time, very low noise, they could be using them to spot targets without having to come back for refueling

Roger A. Shrubber said:

you're the drone guy, i was wondering if they had electric drones with solar panels to recharge them while flying? seems like it would be a good idea if they have that tech worked out, all day fly time, very low noise, they could be using them to spot targets without having to come back for refueling

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Pick one...

Disgraceful.......

DIY-HP-LED said:

Pick one...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=RC+solar+plane

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The simple answer is 749 watts = 1HP and say 1sq meter of solar panel generates 100 watts on average, so 7.5 sq meters to generate 1HP's worth of electricity, The ESC (Electronic Speed Controller) eats some and the motors are very efficient, but not 100%. So say a wing 1 meter wide and 4 meters long, will only generate 400 watts and the motor will output 1/2 HP.

It can increase the endurance of a drone by a bit, but is generally not worth the bother for a plane.

A russian Rittenhouse.

A new bride for Frankenstein! Russia had better hope there is no direct military confrontation between it and NATO, much less Uncle Sam.

Let them go and tell them not to come back, prison or revoke your citizenship and go, if other countries want them, good luck with that!

► Ukraine’s border guard agency says about 2,200 Ukrainian men of fighting age have been detained so far while trying to leave the country in violation of martial law. The agency said Sunday that some of them have used forged documents and others tried to bribe border guards.

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EU to consider Ukraine membership in weeks; Russia warns of 'direct military confrontation' with US: April 10 recap

Ukraine could become part of the European Union in a matter of weeks, the president of the European Commission said Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Ukraine’s application to join the EU in February, and Olga Stefanishyna, deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, said in April she expects Ukraine to fully join the E.U. by June.

The process can take years, but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Ukraine’s membership could take only weeks to consider.

“Yesterday, somebody told me: “You know, when our soldiers are dying, I want them to know that their children will be free be and be part of the European Union,” von der Leyen said. “They are in an extraordinary situation, where we have to take unusual steps.”

Ukrainians “belong to our European family, without any question,” she said.

Depending on the type, this will make bombarding Ukraine dangerous for the Russian Navy and a fighter can carry it too, or even a big enough drone, to extend it's range.
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Britain SUPPLIES Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles to Ukraine


What is the range of the Harpoon missile?
In April 2015, Boeing unveiled a modified version of the RGM-84 it called the Harpoon Next Generation. It increases the ship-launched Harpoon missile's range from the Block II's 70 nmi (81 mi; 130 km) to 167.5 nmi (192.8 mi; 310.2 km), along with a new lighter 300 lb (140 kg) warhead and a more fuel-efficient engine with electronic fuel controls.

Maybe another NATO member, Austria is neutral, not a NATO member, but not directly threatened by Russia either, they would need to get through NATO countries first to attack them. He can afford to tell Vlad the truth and to go fuck himself, as required.
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Austrian chancellor says meeting with Putin was "not a friendly visit"

From CNN's Nadine Schmidt in Berlin

A face-to-face meeting between Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow was ''not a friendly visit," Nehammer said in a statement issued by an Austrian official after the meeting.

"This is not a friendly visit. I have just come from Ukraine and have seen with my own eyes the immeasurable suffering caused by the Russian war of aggression,” he said in the statement.

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Nehammer — the first European Union leader to have met with Putin since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24 — said the conversation with the Russian leader was "very direct, open and tough.”
The Austrian chancellor added that his most important message to Putin was that the war in Ukraine must end because "in a war there are only losers on both sides,” reiterating that he had hoped to help bring an end to the war or improve conditions for civilians.
''I addressed the serious war crimes in Bucha and other places and emphasized that all those responsible for them must be held accountable. I also told President Putin in no uncertain terms that sanctions against Russia will remain in place and will continue to be tightened as long as people are dying in Ukraine,'' Nehammer said.

''I have just come from Ukraine and have seen with my own eyes the immeasurable suffering caused by the Russian war of aggression. The trip to Moscow and the talks with President Putin are a duty for me. A duty out of a sense of responsibility to leave no stone unturned to bring about a cessation of hostilities or at least humanitarian progress for the suffering civilian population in Ukraine. For me, there is no alternative to seeking direct talks with Russia as well, despite all the very great differences," Nehammer said in the statement.

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''The EU is more united than ever on this issue. I also made it clear to the Russian President that there is an urgent need for humanitarian corridors to bring drinking water and food to the besieged cities and to bring out women, children and the wounded. I will now return to inform our European partners about my conversation with the Russian President and discuss further steps," he concluded.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

no you're not.
there is NO state that has a workable plan for dealing with a nuclear strike, there really IS no plan for dealing with a nuclear strike. get the national guard on the scene as quickly as possible, with as much medication for radiation as they can get their hands on. then it will be a vast job of cleaning up the debris and trying to recover all the bodies without killing more people doing it.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DEAD...there's no plan for dealing with that

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Yeah, there is no plan for dealing with a nuclear attack. Other than drop to the floor and grab your junk I spose. Yeah there will be hundreds of thousands dead.

So either we ignore that or we allow the world to be held to blackmail by terrorists. Dunno bout you, but I know which world I'd rather live in.