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Such a shame.... Would be a shame if even more smoking accidents at sea happened.

Such a shame.... Would be a shame if even more Ukrainian engines decided to spontaneously combust...

Add an electrical circuit and a cap to set off the fuse? There appear to be a pair of 'trembler' like proximity/standoff impact switches on most FPV drones on the UA side

I never put much stock in Philosophers - the disadvantage of a technical vs a liberal arts education, but Vlad Vexler and Anders Puck Nielsen have changed my mind. BLUF: the problem with the Biden approach to the Moscovy - Ukraine war is that neither Russia nor Ukraine believe it will work

Sounds like the early International Legion troubles have been resolved. Some Canadians visible in video.

UnPayWallified (new word) link https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-the-fearless-ukraine-soldiers-front-lines/

More WW1 tactics: Air to Air with a shotgun from an open cockpit propellor driven 2 seat trainer against a $100k Russian ISR drone (5:30)

Justin Bronk over at RUSI had some interesting observations on the UAF pilot training program(s) and issues vs proficiency.

So to those good wIth defense economics math, what percentage of US GDP is actually spent on directly related NATO military expenditure? We give countries like Luxemburg or Belgium heck for not meeting the 2% target but ALL of their defense spending contributes to NATO as they have no overseas...

WW1 use of terrain to disguise an observation post. With enemy drone saturation and EW overmatch, the old may become new once again.

And also likely doesn't include any of the various PMC's or foreign mercenaries.

Hopefully they will move some marine drones there and go after Russian naval assets in Koningsberg.

True, but if only half of the FPV take out an IFV or tank, hell even if only 1 does, the total cost is still less than a Javelin shot and far less than the cist of the armor they just mission or hard killed. Economically a win. Take a look at the number of missiles fired against low cost Houti...

And are those governments expressing displeasure and analysts spouting warnings doing the same about Russian recruitment? I have my suspicions...

Where else are Russians active....

Yes, for now. The UA is already fine tuning mothership/repeaters with extended range and satlinks vs radio. Think of a heptacopter like the BabaYar carrying (under the arms) 6 FPV, an extended range LiFePO4 pack and a radio repeater/satlink. Unsure the effective range but if it is a consumable...

Crews love the Bradley but hate the old Abrams that they received. Too easy to mission kill with FPV and a high visibility / high value target. https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/after-f-16s-ukrainians-criticize-us-m1a1-abrams-tanks

Ballsy driver and a vehicle that works as adverised.

What about Russian oil STILL being pipelined through Ukraine? Or the shadow tanker fleet? I agree with whoever said that Ukraine should use some of their maritime drones to sink these tankers as they arrive in port but before loading.

I fundamentally disagree with your basic premise, we have no LEADERS, only poll following managers. The western heads of state with the most demonstrated leadership (and their countries behind them) are Kaja Kallas of Estonia and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.