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albatross 23rd May 2022 20:42


Originally Posted by MAINJAFAD (Post 11233657)
Done in a Dirty Harry Movie eons ago!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzUtXMNizVo

So “Proof of concept” then!?

NutLoose 23rd May 2022 20:49


Originally Posted by Addlepate (Post 11234234)
Not sure there's much danger of Photoshopped pixels escaping and killing everything ...

Well the Times and Forbes are running the same story.

A look at the Russians mindset

https://newlinesinstitute.org/state-...ned-community/

NutLoose 23rd May 2022 20:58


Originally Posted by albatross (Post 11234266)
So “Proof of concept” then!?


During WW2 they trained starving dogs to run under tanks to collect food, they then strapped explosives and a detonator to their backs and let them loose, the idea was they would rush under a German tank and blow up,

The trouble was the dogs were not selective and would also blow up Russian tanks so the idea was dropped, I don’t suppose the RSPCA or the equivalent would be best pleased either.

The Exploding Anti-Tank Dogs of World War II

Video Mixdown 23rd May 2022 21:29


Originally Posted by NutLoose (Post 11234271)
A look at the Russians mindset

In other words: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
They seem to be using Orwell's 1984 as a textbook.

NutLoose 23rd May 2022 21:57

Yep, that’s about how I read it too, a totally insecure nation.

macmp419 23rd May 2022 23:06

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....cb372b309.jpeg
>>>>>Aviation related<<<<<<.

Another day, another General if true (it is being reported on a lot of outlets).

Wagner Generals at the pointy end, just how desperate are they??

Ninthace 24th May 2022 06:30


Originally Posted by macmp419 (Post 11234316)
>>>>>Aviation related<<<<<<.

Another day, another General if true (it is being reported on a lot of outlets).

Wagner Generals at the pointy end, just how desperate are they??

Certainly shows an inability to delegate!

ORAC 24th May 2022 06:34

Russian TV setting up the people for the long haul…


rattman 24th May 2022 06:37


Originally Posted by Ninthace (Post 11234388)
Certainly shows an inability to delegate!


Google his history he was charged and expelled from the airforce, he was a ex general.

https://www.business-standard.com/ar...2400055_1.html

ORAC 24th May 2022 06:49

The Czech Republic is donating attack helicopters, rocket systems, and additional tanks to Ukraine after a conference with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Helicopters will be Mi-24 Hind which are in the process of being replaced with AH-1s.

Denmark agreed to supply Ukraine with Harpoon anti-ship launchers and missiles.

fdr 24th May 2022 07:27


Originally Posted by rattman (Post 11234395)
Google his history he was charged and expelled from the airforce, he was a ex general.

https://www.business-standard.com/ar...2400055_1.html

If he had destroyed another 3 aircraft in his career he would at least have made a posthumous "ace". ~75m USD losses to his name is a fair start. Curious that Wagner is manning fighter aircraft.

[email protected] 24th May 2022 07:57


Russian TV setting up the people for the long haul…
She hasn't just taken one loyalty pill, she has swallowed the whole bottle! The others around her don't look anything like as comfortable with the thought of 'We will win or it will be bad for the whole of humanity' option.

A discredited ex-general flying as a merc - they are scraping the bottom of the barrel - maybe he had a choice between Siberia and returning to front-line flying...........

NutLoose 24th May 2022 09:49



LOL, Is Russian TV news Scripted, of course not.... Ohhhh Errrr


Just a spotter 24th May 2022 10:30


Originally Posted by ORAC (Post 11234393)
Russian TV setting up the people for the long haul…


To borrow from Orwell's 1984

The approach of "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." looks like it's alive an well, with the next logical step being the narrative that the conflict was always there "We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia."

JAS

NutLoose 24th May 2022 11:01

Alleged Russian film of mine clearing on the beaches of Mariupol, Call me old fashioned but all those explosions are on the far side of the tank and none are in the flails sweep, he then lifts the flail and drives back up the beach on untouched sand.... Staged Russian Propaganda film for the worlds consumption???
The other one on the beach looks freshly buried and isn't even sunk into the sand..

https://twitter.com/4emiliomontilla/status/1529033120246284293


..

[email protected] 24th May 2022 11:13


Staged Russian Propaganda film for the worlds consumption???
Yes, and they can't even make that look convincing

dead_pan 24th May 2022 11:21

Unfortunately it appears Russian forces are finally getting their act together in places, having reportedly taken up position along the Bakhmut-Lsychansk road. Not good news for any Ukrainian forces in the Severodonetsk salient, it being the only road out of there.

NutLoose 24th May 2022 12:00

Reported as being a Switchblade kill


Lonewolf_50 24th May 2022 13:54


Originally Posted by NutLoose (Post 11234560)
Reported as being a Switchblade kill

https://twitter.com/_Fedorovici/stat...40377977745409

Hmm, IIRC, switchblade doesn't have an explosive head. Might have been a different munition.

alf5071h 24th May 2022 14:02

Switchblade.

https://www.army-technology.com/proj...issile-system/

Variants. Explosive warhead.


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