Is this a direct result of Russia losing unfettered access to Starlink?

Not to mention that the Abrams tank can do that highly accurately while moving at 40 MPH over rough terrain. Their stabilization system is second to none. Ukraine has received around 80 of these tanks I believe.

This is (or was) the front lobby of their office. I used to work across the street from their old office, and actually got a tour of their labs a number of years ago. This is exactly what you saw when you walked in the door.

huge heavy and slow steel boxes with a gun feel bad on a modern battlefield.

The M1 can achieve speeds of 60 MPH. Its stabilization system lets it fire accurately at targets 2 kilometers away while at those speeds. It has a 120mm cannon that can fire a range of anti-armor and anti-personnel munitions.

It’s far from slow, and is extremely capable.

I use an older version of Calibre that has a fairly robust plug-in to remove DRM. I use it to remove DRM from all my ebook purchases. That plug-in isn’t supported in newer versions of Calibre so I don’t upgrade.

A few months ago I went to a talk by Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition leader. One thing that really struck me was when he pointed out that something like the last 6 regime changes in Russia (except maybe one) happened in periods lasting only 3 days. So you woke up on a Monday to the current regime, and by Thursday that regime was history and a new one was in power. I keep hoping to see this hold true again sometime soon.

Thanks to the capacitor plague 20+ years ago I had to deal with a bunch of FEG’s (flame emitting GPUs)…

I signed this years ago. It still hasn’t been banned???

There’s a mountain of differences between the Pearl Harbor battleships and this submarine. For starters just the fact that this is a submarine is a huge difference. The key component of a sub is the pressure hull. I believe US subs cast the pressure hulls as a single massive piece, so no seams that could suffer from poor welding etc. I know older Soviet subs were two pieces welded together, but I’m not sure if newer ones are one or two pieces. Whatever the case, if that explosion did significant damage to the pressure hull then it’s basically a complete write off. They might be able to salvage components from this sub, but they would have to cast a whole new pressure hull, which basically means a whole new sub.

Then there’s the more modern electronics in these subs. The kilo class subs were first launched in the 1970s, so 30+ years after Pearl Harbor. There’s bound to be a lot of computerized and other electrical gear in the sub that doesn’t take too kindly to being submerged in salt water for a prolonged period of time. There’s bound to be a lot of different metals used throughout the sub, and not just in the electronics. Put different metals in a salt bath and you get electrolysis, which corrodes the metals over time. I doubt raising that sub to the surface and drying it out will be a quick process, so there’s a lot of time for equipment to corrode beyond usefulness.

https://archive.ph/MhiHk

That video amazing! I don’t see any sort of disturbance on the surface that would indicate something moving underwater. To remotely maneuver into that port, around the other docked ships, and target the sub takes a lot of ingenuity & expertise.

Oil profits go SPLAT!

Western defense analysts estimate the cost of a single Buk-M3 system at approximately $45 million, factoring in the launcher, radar, command vehicle, and missiles.

And this doesn’t even touch on the amount of time to build & deploy a replacement. If Russia is even able to do so at this point.

Ukraine has demonstrated that they know how to use different drone tactics to circumvent various types of defenses. There have been plenty of videos showing successful drone attacks getting past nets, flying into bunkers, dealing with tank modifications, etc.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/taWFk

It’s a safe bet the tanker is empty. It’s riding so high in the water that its rudder is partially exposed.

Five Russian oil refineries set ablaze, four airfield strikes, a Lukoil offshore rig ablaze in the Caspian Sea – all in one night – noisily contradicted Trump’s claim that “Ukraine has no cards.”

Love that summary!

I’m so happy to see Ukraine expanding their attacks to include Russia’s shadow fleet and now offshore oil rigs. Repairing this is likely to be significantly more difficult than land based refineries.

Anybody know how many offshore oil rigs Russia has?

The Defense Ministry earlier said the flight took place after repair work.

If this is the state of their aircraft maintenance then expect to start seeing more even more crashes in the coming weeks.

They are Russian shelters. I have no such concerns.