Recent content by buffnut453

Don’t disagree. There’s also a pattern of Aug/Sep losses being lower than other months, perhaps signifying exhaustion at the end of the summer fighting season. To your second point, that only really impacts the actual total numbers. Russia hasn’t changed its censorship of society since the...

Interesting reading but, notably, according to the stats provided, death rates of Russian soldiers are currently at the lowest level since the war began. While the overall losses are still staggering, the reduced ability of Ukraine to at least maintain levels of attrition is concerning (to me...

This just about says all we need to know about Russia's treatment of people who go to fight on Putin's behalf: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly6ve2x72xo

Reported by the BBC, too: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30lp1qq6pzo

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Yeah...I'm still astounded at the number of people who complain about inflation but yet want inflation-busting pay increases. If it costs more to make something, then those costs have to be passed on to the public. In this case, it'll cost Boeing a LOT more to build commercial airliners which...

It's a bit trickier to see it on YB-C but I think I can see a similar demarkation, particularly the outboard section of the port wing where it's less scuffed and the camouflage is easier to discern.

Actually, it's the workers who are demanding more money. The union negotiated a deal that included a 25% pay rise but the union membership voted not to accept the deal and to go on strike. There's not only a breakdown in trust between management and union leadership. There's a similar...

The leading edge of YB-V in that first photo looks unusual. Seems like they oversprayed the underside Sky colour to form a wavy demarkation line between it and the upper-surface Dark Green and Dark Earth. Hadn't noticed that before.

It rather depends on the RCS of the drones. Small, mostly-plastic, drones probably don't have a large RCS and may be harder to track than a traditional combat aircraft. There's also the cost ratio challenge (something that the West is wrestling with, too). Do you shoot your multi-million...

What an awesome photo!!! Many thanks for sharing.

A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring at her. He replies, 'I have a question to ask but I don't want to offend you.' She answers, 'My son, you cannot offend me.. When you're as...

I think that his point is that lack of armour DID put pilots at risk but had other consequences on agility at high speeds. I had to read the post a few times to grok the point being made.

Not true. Most European nations haven’t even tried electronic voting. You can’t do away with something that was never fielded. Some nations undertook extensive trials but decided not to go ahead due to risks…but that’s not the same as withdrawing them. See here for a global summary...