Русский корабль - иди нахуй

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5 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Those Chinese seem like they’re kinda aholes.

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[blacklab 11941]

So they loaded up the hunk of shit they called a truck and moved to Beverly

[The Royal We 3072]

A pallet, some chain-link fence, car batteries, a few knockoff Pelican cases, plywood and a handful of reversed cell phone boosters - all held together with what looks like clothesline wire. I think I might be able to build one of these in my garage right now.

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20 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

A pallet, some chain-link fence, car batteries, a few knockoff Pelican cases, plywood and a handful of reversed cell phone boosters - all held together with what looks like clothesline wire. I think I might be able to build one of these in my garage right now.

Throw in a Commodore 64 and that's how me and some friends tried to build the home made space ship from the movie Explorers.

[InkaUtexas 25986]

48 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

A pallet, some chain-link fence, car batteries, a few knockoff Pelican cases, plywood and a handful of reversed cell phone boosters - all held together with what looks like clothesline wire. I think I might be able to build one of these in my garage right now.

Sanctions man... No duct tape

[YGIFS 19452]

How do you say “Logician Magician” in Russian?  
 

I hope they’re using that photo in their army recruiting brochures.  

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Blowing up refineries is awesome and I hope Ukraine keeps doing it.  What will the US do, withhold aid?

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Where are all these shells coming from?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/06/estonia-just-found-another-million-shells-for-ukraine/
 

 

[achooloco 1072]

On 4/5/2024 at 7:05 AM, Schulz2.0 said:

Russia getting American kiddie diddlers to volunteer.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/fugitive-former-us-city-councillor-enlists-with-russia-for-war-in-ukraine

let him die...slow

[Chad Fuck 17684]

Where are all these shells coming from?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/06/estonia-just-found-another-million-shells-for-ukraine/
 
 

You get the sense they were just found inside someone’s old abandoned garden shed, right?

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2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

You get the sense they were just found inside someone’s old abandoned garden shed, right?

My guess is it's anti-Russian natiions digging further into their reserves than they want to let on.

[bolverk 29684]

I think I counted about 23 orcs scurrying away in that second clip.

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9 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I think I counted about 23 orcs scurrying away in that second clip.

Needed Yakety Sax playing.  

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

10 hours ago, achooloco said:

let him die...slow

It will probably happen quickly. As soon as he’s no longer useful. 

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[Macanudo 12989]

4 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

You get the sense they were just found inside someone’s old abandoned garden shed, right?

Don't you guys have some extra artillery shells laying around your garden shed?

 

[bolverk 29684]

Some Russian State Duma dudes are beginning to talk about Kazakhstan like Ukraine.

https://defence-blog.com/leaked-audio-reveals-russian-plan-to-occupy-kazakhstan-territory/ 

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6 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Don't you guys have some extra artillery shells laying around your garden shed?

 

 

I use to know some arms dealers. I never asked them how it works, though. Like do they order directly from the manufacturer? What restrictions are placed on them? Really I didn't ask any questions, because I may not like or want to know the answers.

[Bevo 13579]

From the Economist

 

THE SIGHT of North Korea’s chubby leader, Kim Jong Un, shaking hands with Vladimir Putin on September 13th—having travelled by train to a spaceport in Russia’s far east to discuss selling its dictator a stash of North Korean weapons—was remarkable both on its own terms and for what it said about the business of selling arms. The world’s five biggest arms-sellers (America, Russia, France, China and Germany) account for more than three-quarters of exports. But up-and-coming weapons producers are giving the old guard a run for their money. They are making the most of opportunities created by shifting geopolitics. And they are benefiting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Kim’s trip to Russia followed a visit to Pyongyang in July by Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defence minister, who wanted to see if North Korea could provide gear that would help his country’s faltering war effort. North Korea would love to find buyers for its kit. And few regimes are willing to sell Russia arms. China has so far been deterred from providing much more than dual-purpose chips (although it could yet channel more lethal stuff through North Korea). Only Iran has obliged, selling some 2,400 of its Shahed “kamikaze” drones.

 

North Korea could provide a wider range of stuff. As well as drones and missiles such as the KN-23, which is almost a replica of the Russian Iskander ballistic missile, it could offer self-propelled howitzers and multi-launch rocket systems. According to sources in American intelligence, North Korea has been delivering 152mm shells and Katyusha-type rockets to Russia for the best part of a year. Russia is shopping in Pyongyang and Tehran because both regimes are already so heavily targeted by international sanctions that they have nothing to lose and much to gain by doing business with Mr Putin’s government. They are not so much an “axis of evil” as a marketplace of pariahs.

Image: The Economist

If the North Korean arms industry is being boosted by the war in Ukraine, its southern foe is doing even better. South Korea’s arms exporters were cleaning up even before the conflict. In the five years to 2022 the country rose to ninth place in a ranking of weapons-sellers compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a think-tank (see chart). The government aspires to make South Korea the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter by 2027. Last year it sold arms worth $17bn, more than twice as much as in 2021. Some $14.5bn came from sales to Poland.

The size and scope of the agreements South Korea has reached with Poland, which sees itself as a front-line country in Europe’s defence against a revanchist Russia, are jaw-dropping. The deal includes 1,000 K2 Black Panther tanks, 180 of them delivered rapidly from the army’s own inventory and 820 to be made under licence in Poland. That is more tanks than are operating in the armies of Britain, France, Germany and Italy combined. It also includes 672 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers; 288 K239 Chunmoo multiple-rocket launchers; and 48 Golden Eagle FA-50s, a cut-price fourth-generation fighter jet.

 

South Korea’s success in the arms business is down to competitive costs, high-quality weaponry and swift delivery, says Tom Waldwyn at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a think-tank based in London. Its prices reflect South Korea’s efficient manufacturing. The quality derives from South Korea’s experience working with the best American weaponry, and from its own high-tech civil sector. Speedy delivery is possible because the South Koreans, facing a major threat across their northern border, run hot production lines that can also ramp up quickly.

Siemon Wezeman, a researcher with SIPRI’s arms-transfer programme, says wholehearted support from government and attractive credit arrangements are also critical to South Korea’s success. Asian customers like the fact that it has close ties to America without being America, which is often seen as an unreliable ally. This could also help South Korea clinch a $45bn deal to renew Canada’s submarine fleet. Questions for the future include how far South Korea will go in transferring technology to its customers—a crucial issue for Poland, which sees itself as an exporting partner of South Korea’s, competing with Germany and France in the European market.

If South Korea is the undisputed leader among emerging arms exporters, second place goes to Turkey. Since the ruling AK party came to power in 2002 it has poured money into its defence industry. A goal of achieving near-autarky in weapons production has become more pressing in the face of American and European sanctions—the former imposed in 2019 after Turkey, a NATO member, bought Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles.

Rocket-fuelled

SIPRI thinks that between 2018 and 2022 Turkey’s weapons exports increased by 69% compared with the previous five-year period, and that its share of the global arms market doubled. According to a report in July by a local industry body, the value of its defence and aerospace exports rose by 38% in 2022, compared with the previous year, reaching $4.4bn. The target for this year is $6bn. Pakistan is receiving modernised submarines from Turkey. And the last of four corvettes which Turkey has sold to the Pakistan navy was launched last month. More sales to other countries are likely, both because Turkey’s ships are competitively priced and because Turkey has few qualms about who it will sell to.

Yet Turkey’s export charge is led by armed drones. On July 18th Turkey signed a $3bn agreement with Saudi Arabia to supply the Akinci unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). It was made by Baykar, which also produces the Bayraktar TB2—a drone that has been used in combat by Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Libya and Ukraine. The TB2 was developed to hunt Kurdish militants after America refused to sell Turkey its Predator drone. More than 20 countries lined up to buy it because it was cheaper and more readily available than the American alternative, and more reliable than the Chinese UCAVs that had previously dominated the non-Western market.

The Akinci (pictured right, next to the TB2) is more powerful. It can carry lots of big weapons, including air-to-air missiles and the SOM-A, a stealthy cruise missile with a range of 250km. It will find buyers among several other Gulf countries, such as Oman, Qatar and the UAE, which are keen to hedge against souring relations with America by reducing their reliance on its weaponry. These countries also have ambitions to build their own defence industries; they see Turkey as a willing partner and as an example to follow.

 

Turkey’s ambitions are shown by what else is in the pipeline. Its new navy flagship, the Anadolu, is a 25,000-tonne amphibious assault ship and light aircraft-carrier that will carry Bayraktar UCAVs. At least one Gulf country is said to be in talks to buy a similar ship. Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter jet, the KAAN, in which Pakistan and Azerbaijan are partners, should fly before the end of the year. Developed with help from Britain’s BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce, the KAAN could be seen as a response to Turkey’s ejection from the F-35 partner programme (as punishment for buying the S-400). Turkey will market the plane to anyone America will not sell F-35s to—or who balks at the conditions. Once again, Gulf countries may be first in line.

South Korea and Turkey have benefited from the woes of their main competitors. Russia’s arms exports between 2018 and 2022 were 31% lower than in the preceding five-year period, according to SIPRI. It is facing further large declines because of the strain its war of aggression is putting on its defence industries, its geopolitical isolation and the efforts of two major customers, India and China, to reduce their reliance on Russian weaponry.

India, previously Russia’s biggest customer, cut its purchases of Russian arms by 37% in the 2018-22 period. It is probably wishing it had gone further: Russia’s largely state-controlled arms industry is having to put its own army’s needs ahead of commitments to customers. Many of India’s 272 Su-30MKIs, the backbone of its air force, are kaput because Russia cannot supply parts. Some of Russia’s weapons have performed poorly in Ukraine compared with NATO kit. And sanctions on Russia are limiting trade in things such as microchips, ball-bearings, machine tools and optical systems, which will hinder Russia’s ability to sell combat aircraft, attack helicopters and other lethal contraptions. The longer the war in Ukraine lasts, the more Russia will struggle to claw back its position in the global arms market.

Damp squibs

As for China, over half its arms exports in the 2018-22 period went to just one country, Pakistan, which it sees as an ally against India. Nearly 80% of Pakistan’s major weapons needs are met by China, according to SIPRI. These include combat aircraft, missiles, frigates and submarines. Beijing has no interest in its customers’ human-rights records, how they plan to use what China sends or whether they are under Western sanctions.

But China’s arms industry also has its problems. One challenge, says Mr Waldwyn, is that although China set out to dominate the military drone market a decade ago, its customers got fed up with poor quality and even worse support, opening a door for Turkey. A second is that, with the exception of a putative submarine deal with Thailand and a package of weapons for Myanmar, countries in South-East Asia are tired of Chinese bullying and “won’t touch them”, says Mr Wezeman.

At least China does not have to worry about competition from India. Despite much effort, India’s growth as an arms exporter has been glacial. The government of Narendra Modi has listed a huge range of weapons parts that must be made in India; it hopes home-made light tanks and artillery will enter service by the end of the decade. But India has relied for too long on the transfer of technology from Russia under production-licensing agreements for aircraft, tanks and warships that have failed to deliver. Investment is wastefully channelled through state-owned bodies. Red tape suffocates initiative.

Projects such as the Tejas light combat aircraft have taken decades to reach production and remain fraught with problems. The Dhruv light helicopter, launched in 2002, has crashed dozens of times. After decades in development, the Arjun Mk-2 tank turned out to be too heavy for deployment across the border with Pakistan. Locally made kit is often rejected by India’s own armed forces. “If they don’t want it, exporting it becomes impossible,” says Mr Wezeman. South Korea and Turkey show how countries can build lucrative arms businesses that underpin domestic security. India, for all its bombast, is a lesson in how not to do it. ■

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9 hours ago, Parliament said:

My guess is it's anti-Russian natiions digging further into their reserves than they want to let on.

Meanwhile Russia is about to spring the top secret stuff on us

 

[Captainant 27680]

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30731

“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said during a video meeting of the Kyiv-organized fundraising platform United24. 

Zelensky said it would be “difficult” for Ukraine to “stay” without the aid. 

He said that “if Ukraine loses the war, other states will be attacked.” 

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Perun has another great video, most of it you can just listen to.

 

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[Captainant 27680]

2 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

 

Man, it's crazy seeing the Bradley go out and do exactly what it was designed to do

[TexasEd 8067]

On 4/5/2024 at 12:37 PM, AUS-97HORN said:

not sure if anyone actually looked, but that account the GRU looney was using today had been set up back in 2021.

 

I was going to report the post because it sounded like him, but then saw that the account had been established back in 2021.  and I thought, na, theres no way he kept that account quiet until now......

 

I mean holy fuck, that lunatic has clearly set up numerous login names and obviously has a list of them somewhere, and just brings them out after each new one is banned.

 

Thats a level of crazy that is actually worrisome.

 

On 4/5/2024 at 2:03 PM, bolverk said:

Yep. I've long argued that he keeps at least two to three different accounts running simultaneously for the various forums on the board. I once asked a mod about permabanning. Other than the VPN issue, the mod responded that there were so many accounts tied to the IP address that he was concerned several "innocents" would get killed in the crossfire. It might just be that those innocents comprise his stock of reserve accounts. 

 

On 4/5/2024 at 4:29 PM, Brisketexan said:

She looks fast, Truman.

It's not crazy.  It's exactly what Russian-funded shitheels have done and continue to do.

Yes, I was going to say that this is the pattern you see out of the professional trolls and fake accounts.  The create a lot of them, they like each others posts and support the arguments all while being the same person and they have a lot of dormant accounts so they don't look like new accounts all the time.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

That seems like it would take a lot of time that could be better spent yanking it to porn

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10 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

That seems like it would take a lot of time that could be better spent yanking it to porn

 

Couldn't you say that about pretty much everything?

[MillerEP 30491]

 

^Sweet

 

[MillerEP 30491]

https://insightnews.media/pro-russian-websites-network-in-europe-serve-russia-information-warfare/
 

Pro-Russian websites network in Europe that serves Russia’s information warfare
Europe, Politics / March 8, 2024 / 7 minutes of reading

 

^The disnfo network is vast, and this is only a few of the countries researched so far.

[B00M 6419]

18 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Perun has another great video, most of it you can just listen to.

 

We need to help Ukraine with drone AI. You know China is or will help Russia. 

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12 minutes ago, B00M said:

We need to help Ukraine with drone AI. You know China is or will help Russia. 

Ukraine might need to help us at the rate things are going.  I’m not sure if China would help Russia with anything Russia could sell later on down the line.

[KYHorn 17076]

 

🤡 Russian security services detained a man for allegedly passing information about the routes of arms transportation to the front line

During the detention, law enforcers allegedly found a US flag and the American anthem handwritten on a piece of paper.

The defendant was charged with criminal case under the article "State treason". The agency claims that the Dzerzhinsk resident established contact "with organizations acting against the security of the Russian Federation for ideological reasons"

 

Reminds me of when the FSB discovered weapons, Ukrainian passports, brand new Nazi flags, and The Sims video game (instead of SIM cards) in a terrorist ring bust.

Edited April 9 by KYHorn

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45 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

Russian security services detained a man for allegedly passing information about the routes of arms transportation to the front line

During the detention, law enforcers allegedly found a US flag and the American anthem handwritten on a piece of paper.

This is how you know he’s a spy - having an American flag and the national anthem written down completely gave it away, because that’s a part of what spies are given when they go undercover.

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7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

This is how you know he’s a spy - having an American flag and the national anthem written down completely gave it away, because that’s a part of what spies are given when they go undercover.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

This is how you know he’s a spy - having an American flag and the national anthem written down completely gave it away, because that’s a part of what spies are given when they go undercover.

They spelt it “haild”.

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11 hours ago, KYHorn said:

 

🤡 Russian security services detained a man for allegedly passing information about the routes of arms transportation to the front line

During the detention, law enforcers allegedly found a US flag and the American anthem handwritten on a piece of paper.

The defendant was charged with criminal case under the article "State treason". The agency claims that the Dzerzhinsk resident established contact "with organizations acting against the security of the Russian Federation for ideological reasons"

 

Reminds me of when the FSB discovered weapons, Ukrainian passports, brand new Nazi flags, and The Sims video game (instead of SIM cards) in a terrorist ring bust.

Either it's all fake, or that American spy is Aggy.

[MissingInAction 25106]

That's the equivalent of a narco wearing a DARE t shirt under his track suit.

[RockyMountainHighHorn 890]

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

That's the equivalent of a narco wearing a DARE t shirt under his track suit.

Don’t own a couple of those or anything 

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[Schulz2.0 28960]

Russia is really cleaning up the fat, ugly, German conspiracy theory chicks.

Speaking of idiotic conspiracy theories...

[Gatorubet 30246]

30 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

you’d think there’d be a lot of weapons lying on the ground after the meat attacks they could recover and use

[bolverk 29684]

Weird. Looks like they just put a carport or a metal shed on a tank. So having turrets that can swivel isn't important to them anymore?

 

Russians deployed a tank with a new type of protection near Krasnohorivka

During the armored assault near Krasnohorivka, the Russians deployed a tank with a new type of drone protection.

The video of the repulsion of the enemy attack was posted on the Telegram channel of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group.

Recently, Russian invasion forces made another attempt to storm Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk region.

The Russian invaders intended to drive Ukrainian forces out of Krasnohorivka and gain a foothold there.

For the assault, the Russians used infantry fighting vehicles accompanied by tanks.

Ukrainian defenders detected the movement of enemy equipment and struck at it.

A tank with a new type of drone protection was also captured in a video from the Ukrainian military.

It was a Russian T-72 with a metal canopy covering the top and side projections of the tank. However, it is unclear from the video whether the tank had additional protection in the form of mesh or something similar in the front and rear. This can be seen in this video:

According to the photo, the main task of this structure is to protect against FPV strikes. Such a canopy can also protect against UAVs that drop ammunition on vehicles from above.

Subsequently, the Russians published a video of how they were preparing this tank for an assault. The T-72 received a trapezoidal steel structure, which increased the vehicle’s dimensions, both in width and height. This tank was also equipped with a knife mine trawl.

Ukrainian defenders used artillery, including cluster munitions, to defeat the Russian troops. FPV drones also destroyed enemy equipment. The UAVs with munitions attacked Russian infantry that had landed from an infantry fighting vehicle.

According to the video, a Russian T-72 with a steel canopy and several other vehicles managed to escape to the invaders’ positions. It is not clear whether this tank suffered any damage.

[bolverk 29684]

UPDATE: The turtle tank aka the blyatmobile has been destroyed.

 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

They spelt it “haild”.

To be fair, there are probably a lot of grown ass Americans who’d spell it that way.