Russia's War Against Ukraine

[FarAway Sooner]

Interesting article about the changing nature of electronic warfare on the Ukrainian front as both sides' reliance on drones has skyrocketed. 

I believe it's also the first article ever posted on this forum that includes the sentence "Jamming is akin to blasting heavy metal in the middle of a college lecture."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/technology/russia-ukraine-electronic-warfare-drone-signals.html

[Crossroads]

Interesting snippets from the early days of war between Poland and Ukraine, with some Belarus intel there as well.

https://twitter.com/FilippDM/status/1724171496552063182

[Crossroads]

Garry Kasparov not mincing his words. Hear hear.

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1726618516873441661

edit w. thread reader

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1726618516873441661.html

[ArizonaTank]

A Ukranian sniper is claiming a world record shot: 2.36 miles.

the article says:

"Ukraine's Special Forces are claiming the world's longest sniper kill, saying that a Ukrainian soldier took out a Russian combatant from 2.36 miles away, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

It's not possible to verify the kill from the shared footage.

The video shows a grainy outdoor scene, with the targeted area highlighted in a circle, through which two figures can be glimpsed. Three shots then fire, with the two figures dropping down after the second shot. One appears to crawl away.

The sniper involved used the Ukraine-made Volodar Obriyu rifle — translating as "Horizon's Lord" — for the shot, according to Interfax, citing Special Forces."


https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-claims-world-longest-sniper-kill-shot-russia-world-record-2023-11

[Windigo]

2.36 miles???? How the hell is that even possible with even sophisticated, precision optics? Ahhhh, over 1000 m/s out past 2 kilometers.




Blog describing rifle and cartridge.

[Gusington]

That is amazing 

[ArizonaTank]

2.36 miles???? How the hell is that even possible with even sophisticated, precision optics? Ahhhh, over 1000 m/s out past 2 kilometers.




Blog describing rifle and cartridge.

I normally don't geek-out about small-arms ballistics...but the blog post really got me excited.

[JasonPratt]

Interesting snippets from the early days of war between Poland and Ukraine, with some Belarus intel there as well.

The disassembled MiGs story was amazing!

[Windigo]

I really was impressed by that story too.

[GDS_Starfury]

after a week of the Dubai arms show russia did not complete one single sale of anything.

 

[Crossroads]

Interesting snippets from the early days of war between Poland and Ukraine, with some Belarus intel there as well.

The disassembled MiGs story was amazing!

Quite something, wasn't it! Those who dare do.

[bobarossa]

after a week of the Dubai arms show russia did not complete one single sale of anything.

 

Seems like the popular self help book "Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering before you Die" is a must read for rasPutin.

[Windigo]

after a week of the Dubai arms show russia did not complete one single sale of anything.

 

Surprising I will say, the Ka-52's I'd say have accounted for themselves fairly well.

[GDS_Starfury]

hard to sell anything if you cant supply spare parts for it.

[Windigo]

Well that is true. But I imagine they would never admit that. It would be like selling cars that can't get serviced or repaired. I am hearing India is having problems with getting parts for their Russian weapons.