Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Ah the old Zero Doppler (or ZD) Notch - a valid heli tactic in the 80's against ground and air threats
What, apply the rotor-brake? 😊
Mog
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IIRC correctly, in the early days of Phalanx the USN shot down one of their own helos of Lebanon which, approaching at what was believed a speed below the set minimum engagement speed, the system locked onto and engaged its rotor blades…
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More vehicles delivered to Ukraine, this time 42 MRAPs
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It’s clear now that ukr has switched its targeting from ammo to troops. more and more troop concentrations are being hit driving up the numbers of russian dead. this morning they hit another one. if ukr is saying that 720 (aprox) then triple it to get the true KIA/MIA number
Yes, but do the Russians care? Lot's of evidence they don't do much for their seriously wounded; the New York Times yesterday had a story about a doctor who fled Belarus early in the war. He was basically drafted by the Russians and fled because he thought they were going to send him to the front. His description of the way wounded were treated by the Russians was horrific.
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What about buying and lobbing some unguided model rockets at them, this one cost 20K and climbed to 70 thousand plus and mach 2 ?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjv5...gn=sharebutton
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjv5...gn=sharebutton
Yes, you can make unguided rockets relatively cheap, but the key point is that they are unguided. That's why flights such as the one shown are done in the middle of a big dry lakebed - you literally have no idea where it's going to come down. Less accurate than artillery, and while potentially longer range than artillery, accuracy gets even worse.
You need to make them guided before they would be an effective weapon (unless you're just trying to make it a terror weapon).
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I've never been to BALLS, but I'm an avid high-power rocket enthusiast and have many friends that regularly attend BALLS (BTW, there have been flights at BALLS to over 100k).
Yes, you can make unguided rockets relatively cheap, but the key point is that they are unguided. That's why flights such as the one shown are done in the middle of a big dry lakebed - you literally have no idea where it's going to come down. Less accurate than artillery, and while potentially longer range than artillery, accuracy gets even worse.
You need to make them guided before they would be an effective weapon (unless you're just trying to make it a terror weapon).
Yes, you can make unguided rockets relatively cheap, but the key point is that they are unguided. That's why flights such as the one shown are done in the middle of a big dry lakebed - you literally have no idea where it's going to come down. Less accurate than artillery, and while potentially longer range than artillery, accuracy gets even worse.
You need to make them guided before they would be an effective weapon (unless you're just trying to make it a terror weapon).
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
You know we always have to climb to let you find us on a fighter affil sortie
This puppy didn't climb!!
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I must admit, I feel no dismay at the hazardous practices on display. I would much prefer Russian forces personnel to annihilate themselves than any Ukrainian, military or civilian.
I am aware that war brings an awful, bloody loss of life. I have been mildly surprised at how fast I started to negate the value of the Russian forces' lives in this war. So be it. The sooner this is over, the better.
I am aware that war brings an awful, bloody loss of life. I have been mildly surprised at how fast I started to negate the value of the Russian forces' lives in this war. So be it. The sooner this is over, the better.
There is a fast way for the Russians to get home safely, and that is by doing what they did in 1917 and taking out the deadwood that commands them and the political criminals that have caused the suffering of those countries unfortunate enough to have Russia as a neighbour.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Russians have started to disguise their military fuel (and possibly other) trucks as logging trucks.
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I had a wooden lorry once - wooden engine, wooden wheels, wooden gearbox - wooden go..............A des O'Connor joke from the 70's I think
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When the fun stops..... STOP!
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I had a wooden lorry once - wooden engine, wooden wheels, wooden gearbox - wooden go..............A des O'Connor joke from the 70's I think
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Ah the old Zero Doppler (or ZD) Notch - a valid heli tactic in the 80's against ground and air threats