Recent content by Dimlee

Exactly. The experience and the technology are already there. So, it's just a matter of the priorities and financing. Right now, it makes more sense to continue the harassment of the Black Sea Navy and coastal infrastructure. But if the war is "frozen" and Black Sea targets either diminish or...

Probably, the first "Tortoise" tank captured by Ukrainian troops. The article is in Ukrainian but there is a good video. https://news.liga.net/ua/politics/news/syly-oborony-vpershe-zatrofeily-rosiiskyi-tank-cherepakhu-rechnyk-zsu

Russian nuclear submarines are not on the targets list in this war for obvious reasons. But the Admiral Gorshkov frigate is. Some day, she or another Russian ship will meet a drone in the ocean—or many drones. Just thinking aloud...

https://x.com/DefenceU/status/1785586707246788685 Danmark, tak.

https://x.com/ukraine_map/status/1785373951868186692

Yesterday in Odessa. Most probably, Iskander ballistic missile with cluster munition. The area is a part of the so-called "health track" where people walk, jog, ride bicycles, etc. The camera position on Google Maps, facing south-southeast: 46.42167666676743, 30.767734901301615...

Thanks for the link. I haven't watched it yet but would like to note that the question "how much...really..." is very important. Journalists, in Ukraine as well, while talking about the last Bill, continue to repeat the nonsense about "$60B aid for Ukraine". While the actual number for Ukraine...

There was a message from the 47th brigade - the main operator of Abrams. They said something like that: "We use our tanks in the best way for us, not for the enemy. And we do not reveal our plans to the press."

Yak-52 vs UAV. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/yak-52-shot-down-a-russian-reconnaissance-drone-in-the-sky-over-odesa/

Was doing the self-disarming. Partly due to shortsightedness and corruption (not just graft but in wider terms of corruptio, including moral, professional, etc.) and partly due to a false sense of security instilled and supported by other nations (Budapest Memorandum - it should go into history...

Regarding the strategic ends, I'd argue that the Kremlin changed its aim from fracturing to eliminating Ukraine. They discuss it openly now, in their talk shows, social networks, etc.

Here you are.

Siberia Bomber. "The best of the new models has a range of 3,000km, able to reach Siberia." https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/04/18/ukraine-is-ignoring-us-warnings-to-end-drone-operations-inside-russia

"The US Air Force is putting AI in the pilot's seat. In an update on Thursday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an AI-controlled jet successfully faced a human pilot during an in-air dogfight test carried out last year"...

Probably, the first such defence agreement in history? Where the commitment is measured in % of own GDP. "Latvia has set the target for 2024, 2025 and 2026 of providing the necessary military support to Ukraine in the amount of 0.25% of the gross domestic product annually..."...