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Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2024, 12:54
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

This one sounds promising... ...as it's already...

This one sounds promising...
...as it's already provoked a response
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Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 13:06
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

A few days ago the option of sending Taurus to...

A few days ago the option of sending Taurus to the UK, to free up more RAF Stormshadow to send to the UKraine was being discussed. This would also mean that Ukraine would not have to integrate...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2024, 15:53
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Indeed. In a country where it's illegal to say...

Indeed. In a country where it's illegal to say that WW2 started in 1939 it's easy to get on the wrong side of the law.
Kremlin approved history marks the start of the 'Great Patriotic War' as being...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2024, 07:20
Replies: 329
Views: 75,139
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/minister-radoslaw...

https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/minister-radoslaw-sikorski-deliveres-speech-at-the-un-security-council
And here's the text of that speech.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2024, 12:54
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/he-h...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/he-had-no-idea-he-was-being-sent-to-a-war-zone-the-indian-and-nepalese-men-on-frontlines-in-ukraine

Russia's recruiting procedure.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 09:39
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Today' Guardian (http://Belarus will put forward...

Today' Guardian (http://Belarus will put forward a new military doctrine that provides for the use of nuclear weapons A new military doctrine that for the first time provides for the use of nuclear...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 11:50
Replies: 75
Views: 20,675
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Indeed, one wonders if protecting the Chinese...

Indeed, one wonders if protecting the Chinese trade effort is the best use of UK taxpayers money.

Back in the day, when the British empire was the world's larges trading entity, the Royal Navy was...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2024, 09:20
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Here's an interesting Telegram channel: ...

Here's an interesting Telegram channel:
https://t.me/s/UAVDEV/4067...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2024, 08:55
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Amateur drone builders can buy some of the nav...

Amateur drone builders can buy some of the nav hardware, extremly cheaply from Ali Express and others.
https://www.yeggi.com/q/iflight+m8q+5883+gps/
Maybe an option for supporters? Is there a build...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2023, 14:35
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire...

Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cease-fire.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2023, 07:57
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

More from that Estonian report. Perhaps we can...

More from that Estonian report.
Perhaps we can expect more protests about the price of staple foods from ordainary Russian civilians.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 09:30
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Putin increase payoffs to relatives of deceased...

Putin increase payoffs to relatives of deceased soldiers to quell dissent
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 09:25
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Putin to increase numbers of troops. ...

Putin to increase numbers of troops. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 03:41
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

to say nothing of a film showing IFR with a...

to say nothing of a film showing IFR with a tanker still wearing the star of the Soviet Union.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2023, 16:19
Replies: 280
Views: 97,783
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Undersea pipline linking Estonia and Finland...

Undersea pipline linking Estonia and Finland mysteriously damaged. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/undersea-pipeline-damage-appears-to-be-deliberate-says-finland)
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2023, 12:39
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Drone usage in the Ukraine

http://Budget Drones Prove Their Value in a Billion-Dollar War https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/europe/ukraine-budget-drones-russia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2023, 16:44
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

The point is to make continuing with the war too...

The point is to make continuing with the war too expensive to the extent where they give up.

Kremlin approved history doesn't have much to say about the occasions in the past where even the USSR...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2023, 07:55
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

It's too bad it's not possible to argue that it...

It's too bad it's not possible to argue that it was the USSR that was awarded permanent membership of the UN, not Russia.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2023, 00:03
Replies: 284
Views: 83,622
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

​There were also German aircraft deployed too. ...

​There were also German aircraft deployed too.
​ (A jet with Luftwaffe markings is shown taking off in one clip)
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2023, 11:11
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

So well informed, but how could he have missed...

So well informed, but how could he have missed that it was Russia who started this conflict?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2023, 05:37
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Rather unexpected. (not much to do with the...

Rather unexpected. (not much to do with the Ukraine conflict) Russian moon landing (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/10/russia-lunar-landing-mission-luna-25-moon)

Presumably the fact...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2023, 07:32
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/like...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/like-playing-a-computer-game-on-the-frontline-with-one-of-ukraines-deadliest-drone-pilots
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2023, 03:04
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

On the Wagner group and the recent uprising. ...

On the Wagner group and the recent uprising.
/inside-the-wagner-uprising (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/07/inside-the-wagner-uprising)
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2023, 17:50
Replies: 30
Views: 7,507
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

And similar things are possible with modern CGI...

And similar things are possible with modern CGI sims. I've heard that around Christmas time on the Coningsby Typhoon sim digital models of such vehicles as Thunderbird 2, The Mole and Lady Penelope's...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2023, 20:13
Replies: 30
Views: 7,507
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

But I've heard that there was another training...

But I've heard that there was another training device that the RN F4K pilots had to get cleared on before they were allowed to try landing on the Ark for real :
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2023, 15:01
Replies: 30
Views: 7,507
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Interesting. I worked on the F4K simulator at...

Interesting. I worked on the F4K simulator at Leuchars, (it was formerly Navy property and based at Yeovil. Then, when the RAF got a tranch of F4Ks the sim was moved to Leuchars and served 43...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2023, 16:09
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

‘It’s simple and cheap’: the volunteers making...

‘It’s simple and cheap’: the volunteers making Ukraine’s Trembita bomb
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraine-trembita-bomb

Worth a read....
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2023, 11:18
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

To simulate hits from (Ukrainian) artillary?

To simulate hits from (Ukrainian) artillary?
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2023, 10:51
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

Hasn't that already happened? I understand...

Hasn't that already happened?

I understand that Poland and Estonia are making significantly greater (in GDP percentage wise) than most of the other NATO partners.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2023, 08:43
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

from today's Guardian

from today's Guardian
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2023, 03:05
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

This is something else that comes down from the...

This is something else that comes down from the top in Russia.

When Putin met Obama he kept Obama waiting for 20 minutes, when he met with HM the Queen he kept her waiting for still longer.

I...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2023, 16:20
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

I'm a little surprised to see no comments or a...

I'm a little surprised to see no comments or a seperate thread on this:
Exercise Air Defender. (https://www.dw.com/en/nato-air-defender-23-is-its-biggest-exercise-ever/a-65872291)


It's all over...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2023, 16:05
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

But the eventual breakup of the Russian...

But the eventual breakup of the Russian Federation seems inevitable and isn't this the fate of former empires? Maybe best to get it over with and provide support to the population and try and get...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2023, 13:53
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

As Stalin said, "a lie told a thousand times...

As Stalin said, "a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth."
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2023, 04:37
Replies: 10,298
Views: 4,590,225
Posted By Rockie_Rapier

When it comes to his own safety you can be pretty...

When it comes to his own safety you can be pretty sure that Putin has taken the precaution of incorporating tech from the 'much despised' West.
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