Ukraine sets fire to a Ministry of Defense helicopter in Moscow.
Whoa. That’s close.
The Russian who fell off before they hit the mine is thanking his lucky stars.
Housekeeping is going to be pissed at the mess.
Russian soldier discovers an effective anti-drone device — a sack of potatoes.
This is why it is a great opportunity to send new weapons systems like GLSDB to Ukraine — to test them in actual combat conditions.
3/6 It wouldn't come as a shock if the system in question turned out to be the GLSDB, considering the known issues and repeated delays associated with it. This is disappointing, especially considering the system's potential as a cost-effective solution.
4/6 russian jamming capabilities are highly effective, and it's not the sole system encountering problems with jamming in this conflict. Both Ukraine and Russia are continually required to adapt to these challenges.
Here’s more from The War Zone article:
"They raced and did it as fast as they could," LaPlante continued in his remarks yesterday. He added that U.S. authorities truncated typical testing requirements to help speed the weapon system in question to Ukraine. Previous reporting has said that months of testing were still required before the GLSDBs could go to Ukraine. The weapons are not currently in U.S. military service.
"We said, look, just test for safety. Otherwise the operational testing will be non-cooperative with the Russians," according to LaPlante. "And so then we sent it to Ukrainians. It didn't work."
"It didn't work for multiple reasons, including [the] EMI [electromagnetic interference] environment, including just really ... doing it on [the] ground, the TTPs [tactics, techniques, and procedures], the DOTML [the doctrine, organization, training, and materiel] – it just didn't work," LaPlante explained. "And what happens is, when you send something to people in the fight of their lives, [and] it doesn't work, they'll try it three times and then they just throw it aside. So that's happened, too."
I get not wanting to leave your home, but when you have children you have to do whatever you can to protect them.
Russians say there need to be international law protections for soldiers from being targeted by kamikaze drones. 😅🤣
NOTE AND WARNING: The video attached to this tweet is the same one that I posted in yesterday’s diary that got deleted. It shows a Russian soldier grabbing a gun and radio from a wounded comrade and then being targeted by a drone.
It is obviously hypocritical and ironic that Russians want to experience protections that they constantly ignore. However, it also highlights that FPV drones have become a modern-day Babayka (boogie man) that has worked its way into the Russkiy dukh vremeni (zeitgeist).
Doesn’t everyone in Russia live like this?
It’s ridiculous enough to send a golf cart into combat, but wrapping it in chain-link fencing — c’mon.
They aren’t much use on the sidelines.
I wonder if they could access Amazon on those tablets and buy some Taurus missiles.
Spain steps up.
Sanctions for China are overdue.
Rest in peace.
This guy survived a Russian strike on the village of Dergachy
Kitty medic
Finnick the baby fox finds some friends.