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thisislife2 14 minutes ago [-]
Ah, the periodic "Ukraine is winning the war" propaganda by western media to keep their citizens in a "warmongering" panic mode so that they don't oppose the hike in defence budgets. And to make the Europeans feel less guilty about not suing for peace ( https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/why-unjust-peace-bett... ) and egging the Ukrainians to keep fighting even though Ukraine is losing and being systematically deindustrialised and demilitarised ( https://www.russiamatters.org/blog/4-years-later-what-russia... ). History is repeating itself with the re-militarisation of Europe and it looks like we'll experience another World War. For all the progress they have made, the big 3 of Europe - UK, France and Russia (and emerging power Germany) - all still have a shitty imperialist mindsets which leads to this kind of repeated confrontation that drags us all into their muck. I am really beginning to believe the American pitch that they were the one who kept them all in check.
cl0ckt0wer 8 hours ago [-]
So is he exaggerating or understating their capabilities? I'm surprised they'd disclose their capabilities.
> "1,500 to 2,000km (930-1,240 miles) inside Russian territory is no longer the 'peaceful rear'," Robert Brovdi warns. "The freedom-loving Ukrainian 'bird' flies there whenever and wherever it wants."
For comparison for the Americans, it's New York to Kansas City. For the Europeans, Copenhagen to Rome.
Crazy that the Ukrainians can keep up command-and-control for drones over such a distance. Probably most of it is via Starlink...
icegreentea2 6 hours ago [-]
Ukraine's "long range attack drones" are really just cost optimized cruise missiles. Long-range strike against strategic targets is something you can handle without man in loop control. For example, the original Tomahawks could do terrain radar matching (+inertial guidance) for navigation, and had a fully onboard camera based system for terminal guidance.
cyberge99 5 hours ago [-]
You could literally fly drone as a starlink antenna+rpi combo. Have that drone fly far in and then go radio silent until a prescribed time. Do this a few times and you could get CNC pretty far in relatively lightly.
stavros 6 hours ago [-]
I don't know, ELRS/LoRa is pretty amazing. I don't know what kind of jamming happens there, but with a big (and tall) enough antenna, you should be able to get pretty far.
cyberge99 5 hours ago [-]
This was my thought too. Couple with Starlink on a drone and you could go deep.
pengaru 8 hours ago [-]
I want to believe Brovdi, good for them.
outside1234 8 hours ago [-]
Ukraine is going to win this war if we can just keep funding them long enough
matusp 19 minutes ago [-]
They are going to lose, the question is how much. I don't see Russians losing the territory they occupy right now, unless some black swan event happens. It remains to be seen how much more territory Russia is able to conquer until they lose their appetite.
JohnnyLarue 3 hours ago [-]
They should have surrendered years ago, now they're going to wind up with the same territory losses and a few hundred thousand dead on top of it.
drysine 2 hours ago [-]
And to replenish their losses Ukrainian regime snatches men on the street. There are thousands of videos made by bystanders.[0] Come and see.
P.S. I love the ad I see on that site: "Over 10 million Ukrainians suffer from anxiety due to the war. Free exercises with scientifically proven effectiveness." The most important exercise now is running - it saves your life.
For comparison for the Americans, it's New York to Kansas City. For the Europeans, Copenhagen to Rome.
Crazy that the Ukrainians can keep up command-and-control for drones over such a distance. Probably most of it is via Starlink...
P.S. I love the ad I see on that site: "Over 10 million Ukrainians suffer from anxiety due to the war. Free exercises with scientifically proven effectiveness." The most important exercise now is running - it saves your life.
[0] https://busification.org