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Same guy who first outted Trump and the Russians and alerted the FBI and CIA and wrote the accurate report on it all. He's an intelligence pro and runs a private outfit now.
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Speculation about President Vladimir Putin's health reached fever pitch on Sunday after former MI6 Russia spy Christopher Steele indicated the Russian president could be seriously ill.

If Vlad is sick and gonna croak, perhaps he might want to tout and perhaps magnify his greatest professional accomplishment, to distract from the war and the fact he blundered epically. Maybe he will release his file and kompromat on Donald, while telling the tale of how he beat American intelligence and installed a moron in the Whitehouse, who he had in his pocket and at his command. Vlad would be spymaster supreme and hopefully people will forget he fucked himself and Russia.

It sure would cause a stink in America...

Laser Tag 2.0

As russia releases statements of high tech systems to be introduced such as drone killers - field systems have been used and placed including high energy/ microwave systems. Navy is rocking HELIOS and with portable systems now being finalized…… who’s to say “ where “ the beam originated from ( if you get my meaning ). Russia is always programmed to flex military might but with companies like Raytheon churning out next gen systems it is hard to take russia’s claims too seriously.

BudmanTX said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/urmkwi

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Black is white, don't believe your lying eyes, believe me, sounds like Trump.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Black is white, don't believe your lying eyes, believe me, sounds like Trump.

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i'm always skeptical.....run 1...always question everything

BudmanTX said:

Ukrainian guerrilla fighters blow up Russian armored train in Melitopol

Ukrainian guerilla fighters stopped a Russian armored train in Melitopol by exploding a bomb on the railway track. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

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Say the Ukrainians have a team of agents infiltrated into Russia. Now let's say they have some equipment and some cash and can buy a rail tanker of diesel fuel and rent a warehouse siding in Russia. They drain off part of the fuel and fill the rest of the tanker with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, that they also purchase, to make a 50 ton ANFO tanker car bomb. This can be detonated by GPS for instance, when the car passes over a vital rail bridge, all ya have to do, is have the railway pick it up and deliver it to a destination it will never arrive at, in Crimea say...

DIY-HP-LED said:

If Vlad is sick and gonna croak, perhaps he might want to tout and perhaps magnify his greatest professional accomplishment, to distract from the war and the fact he blundered epically. Maybe he will release his file and kompromat on Donald, while telling the tale of how he beat American intelligence and installed a moron in the Whitehouse, who he had in his pocket and at his command. Vlad would be spymaster supreme and hopefully people will forget he fucked himself and Russia.

It sure would cause a stink in America...

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I doubt he will do that. It would help us, the enemy. The Republicantis are his ally as long as they are gnawing at the structure of society.

Budzbuddha said:

Laser Tag 2.0

As russia releases statements of high tech systems to be introduced such as drone killers - field systems have been used and placed including high energy/ microwave systems. Navy is rocking HELIOS and with portable systems now being finalized…… who’s to say “ where “ the beam originated from ( if you get my meaning ). Russia is always programmed to flex military might but with companies like Raytheon churning out next gen systems it is hard to take russia’s claims too seriously.

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If they can't deal with small cheap commercial drones dropping bombs on their heads from low level, they can't deal with the more stealthy military drones that fly at higher altitudes. If anything new shows up there that is effective, it will be a target for other weapons systems it can't deal with and will be a priority target for destruction or capture.

cannabineer said:

I doubt he will do that. It would help us, the enemy. The Republicantis are his ally as long as they are gnawing at the structure of society.

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He is off his game and might be having mental issues. Throwing these assholes under the bus to buff up his image up and distract from a monumental blunder, is not beyond possibility. Like a fishing story, he might even embellish it! I mean it would be an historic coup and crowning victory for the KGB and Vlad, it's finest son. He will conclude the TV interview with, "I shoulda nuked the fuckers when I had the chance!".

Those big guns inside Russia firing into Ukraine are not safe from Ukrainian artillery using precision Excalibur rounds with extended range. The Ukrainians only need to shoot once at each one in range, pack up and move on to the next targets. A single gun crew could do in whatever was in range in a day or two moving along the front and killing Russian guns up to 40 km inside Russia as they go with their drones.
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Ukraine War: Russia 'scraping the barrel in terms of deploying equipment'

I wonder how long it will be before Ukraine is making it's own 155mm rounds and perhaps fuses, these things aren't under patient anymore and some countries that use it can make shells for it. You just need a drop forge and a lathe to make the basic shell body from round stock of the appropriate steel grade and could adapt many existing fuze designs to it. Propellant can be bought or it's chemical components can, so I see little reason why the Ukrainians can't make their own 155 mm ammo in the future, or even right now.

The same can be said for the 152mm soviet equipment, though the barrels on much of it might be burned out and they will probably just scrap it. Or perhaps they will refurbish much of it, if it's worth it and give it to Vlad's many nervous neighbors. With a CIA grant, it would be a great make work project for Ukrainians! Hundreds of refurbished tanks and guns in Georgia for instance, or some other ex soviet republic... Between what was given to the Ukrainians and what they capture or rebuild in the end, it might amount to a sizable amount of arms! Let the Russians continue to be killed with their own weapons, why not, they paid for their manufacture and would pay for their refurbishment.

Ya see how this war opens up so many possibilities for the CIA and state department? Not just them, but the gears are turning in China too! Don't forget places like Poland, they have effective intelligence agencies too, there will be many players in the great game 2.0

This guy designs drones and can fly them well! This might make an interesting drone killer drone and could be rocket boosted to altitude, even using props to maintain stability and direct the flight while under boost, and the boost can be long and slow, instead of short and fast. He 3d printed the plastic design and offers the 3d printing files, that can also be easily scaled up. In any case, you wouldn't want something like this thing chasing you around the battle field with a hard on for ya and carrying a 100 grams of plastic explosive! Bigger versions are possible, this is sub 250 grams and doesn't require a license to fly...
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sub250speed drone | sub250speed toka1408 3600kv t75mmx5 hqprop fettec aio35 6s550 95c
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the goal was to hit at least 250kmh with a mainly printed sub 250gr quad. that didnt worked out yet. it weighs a bit more and highest speed achieved with the current setup is 219kmh.
main reason is the use of tmount motors which prevented the use of props like apc. i tried several different tmount props and surprisingly the 5 blade t75mmx5 hqprop resulted in the highest speed. generally less blades is better for speed. using motors with m5 mount would be a better choice. next time. there is space for improvements.

the stl/dxf files to recreate this quad and further informations (patreon):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/sub250s...
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cannabineer said:

I doubt he will do that. It would help us, the enemy. The Republicantis are his ally as long as they are gnawing at the structure of society.

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Sometimes I like to have a bit of fun with the news by applying a little imagination. After all these past 5 years have been stranger than fiction and many have commented that ya can't make this shit up! Well, I'm up for the challenge!

cannabineer said:

I must say, a laser that takes five seconds on target to lightly sauté a plastic drone sounds unimpressive. Now if it delivered a megajoule in a microsecond, we’re somewhere useful.

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It's the daguerrotype of death rays.

HGCC said:

It's the daguerrotype of death rays.

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I wait breathlessly for an emulsion image.