Ukraine War Thread Part 2
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Unsure which thread to use, so trying here and apologies if it is deemed incorrect.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ffort-charity/
" Boats used by migrants to cross the Channel to the UK should be sent to Ukraine to help the war effort, a volunteer organisation has told the Government.
Since October, British and Ukrainian volunteers have delivered 15 inflatable dinghies and rigid inflatable boats to soldiers fighting along the Dnipro River.
The small boats, which were in relatively poor condition, were driven from the UK to the south of Ukraine, where they were refurbished. This included the installation of new engines and painting the vessels khaki.
They have provided a lifeline to the Ukrainian soldiers holding three established bridgeheads on the occupied eastern side of the river, by carrying vital supplies and evacuating wounded soldiers."
This seems an excellent idea. I have contacted Mission Ukraine to ask if they have an efffective e-mail address to contact Border Force to urge them to review their decision and will add it to this post as soon as I receive a reply.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ffort-charity/
Send Channel migrant boats to Ukraine to help war effort, Government urged
MissionUkraine says poor quality boats still useful to troops because marine engineers in war zone are able to refurbish them" Boats used by migrants to cross the Channel to the UK should be sent to Ukraine to help the war effort, a volunteer organisation has told the Government.
Since October, British and Ukrainian volunteers have delivered 15 inflatable dinghies and rigid inflatable boats to soldiers fighting along the Dnipro River.
The small boats, which were in relatively poor condition, were driven from the UK to the south of Ukraine, where they were refurbished. This included the installation of new engines and painting the vessels khaki.
They have provided a lifeline to the Ukrainian soldiers holding three established bridgeheads on the occupied eastern side of the river, by carrying vital supplies and evacuating wounded soldiers."
This seems an excellent idea. I have contacted Mission Ukraine to ask if they have an efffective e-mail address to contact Border Force to urge them to review their decision and will add it to this post as soon as I receive a reply.
It appears Russia has developed IR proof suits, that might make things awkward if the become wide spread.
https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status...04340207501817
https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status...04340207501817
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If these are kosher [IF] it seems probable that the external garment skin is held at ambient air temp.
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
If these are kosher [IF] it seems probable that the external garment skin is held at ambient air temp.
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
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Magnetic strips for closing, memory bands to encourage the closed position? The feet still show up, so possibly battery-powered fans to blow heated air downwards(?).
Anyone any idea how these are supposed to work ? It is extremely difficult in the normal world to prevent significant heat-loss when there is a major temperature gradient and the most efffective material ( Aerogel - ) is very expensive and certainly not thin enough to be made into usable clothing. What kind of temperature difference is needed to get a reasonable identification of a human body ?
Heavens above! Ruzzia can't even supply its troops with boots, socks, sleeping bags, cold weather clothing or basic First Aid - even with weapons. What chance is there of providing them with sufficient amounts of high-tech IR proof suits to make any difference at all?
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It appears Russia has developed IR proof suits, that might make things awkward if they become wide spread.
https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status/1748304340207501
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It appears Russia has developed IR proof suits, that might make things awkward if they become wide spread.
https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status...04340207501817
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https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status...04340207501817
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Putin is mobilising people from the regions outside Moscow to avoid upsetting the people who are in densely enough populated areas from causing him trouble. He has the Russians by every hair they have - the ones who can be fooled are fooled, those who can be scared are scared, those who can be bought are bought and everyone else is encouraged to feel apathy that they cannot change anything. The way for a country to get out of a problem like this is to not get into it.
- a 6th floor window
- a 9x25mm Makarov
- polonium flavouring
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If these are kosher [IF] it seems probable that the external garment skin is held at ambient air temp.
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up a weapon, frightened ............ and his heat output has no escape.
Cooked Ivan, anybody?
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Tabs please !
The thermal image masking is a partial solution, it is not a total solution, it can be defeated quite simply... I would think anyone relying on such technology would be well advised to not do so for very long. In my former life chasing Soviet ballistic submarines some surprising paradoxes emerged, and they are applicable concepts to this form of masking.
Remember that you're not trying to block heat loss, you're just trying to prevent emission of IR radiation. Heat transfers by conduction, convection and radiation, most of it for a body in air by hotter air convecting away from the body but that is not what IR cameras are detecting.