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This happened a year ago.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Wow, launched from inside Russia! Ukrainians can pass themselves off as Russian and most speak Russian perfectly. I thought about teams penetrating Russia for sabotage, but this is mind boggling for an operation of this scale.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine threatened Russian aircraft with new American missiles
The Pentagon ordered long-range AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles for Ukraine, which can hit targets at a distance of 160 and 180 kilometers. This was stated by the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat, commenting on the supply of missiles that are launched from fighters.
“The farther, the safer for our pilots, and the more dangerous for our enemies ... For Ukraine, AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles can be supplied from warehouses. Most likely, the next batch of missiles will arrive in Ukraine in November 2024,” Yuriy Ignat said. His words are reported by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN. He noted that the United States would buy such missiles from its allies especially for Kyiv.
AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles are actively used in the armies of NATO countries. Once launched, they can automatically aim at a target and fly towards it. According to Ignat, NATO has recognized this type of air-to-air missile as the main one. However, the rocket can deliver a combat charge not only when launched from fighters, but also from the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system. Ignat noted that such missiles can cover from 160 to 180 km and, thus, inflict damage on Russian aircraft without falling into the air defense zone.
Ukraine was unable to achieve significant success during the counter-offensive due to Russian air superiority. As the commander of the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk stated, Ukrainian aircraft fall into the affected area immediately after departure . Therefore, Kyiv buys new missiles and asks Western countries for F-16 fighters. Deliveries of aircraft to Ukraine have so far been approved only by Denmark and the Netherlands .https://ura-news.translate.goog/news/1052681756?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
The Pentagon ordered long-range AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles for Ukraine, which can hit targets at a distance of 160 and 180 kilometers. This was stated by the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat, commenting on the supply of missiles that are launched from fighters.
“The farther, the safer for our pilots, and the more dangerous for our enemies ... For Ukraine, AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles can be supplied from warehouses. Most likely, the next batch of missiles will arrive in Ukraine in November 2024,” Yuriy Ignat said. His words are reported by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN. He noted that the United States would buy such missiles from its allies especially for Kyiv.
AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles are actively used in the armies of NATO countries. Once launched, they can automatically aim at a target and fly towards it. According to Ignat, NATO has recognized this type of air-to-air missile as the main one. However, the rocket can deliver a combat charge not only when launched from fighters, but also from the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system. Ignat noted that such missiles can cover from 160 to 180 km and, thus, inflict damage on Russian aircraft without falling into the air defense zone.
Ukraine was unable to achieve significant success during the counter-offensive due to Russian air superiority. As the commander of the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk stated, Ukrainian aircraft fall into the affected area immediately after departure . Therefore, Kyiv buys new missiles and asks Western countries for F-16 fighters. Deliveries of aircraft to Ukraine have so far been approved only by Denmark and the Netherlands .https://ura-news.translate.goog/news/1052681756?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
DIY-HP-LED
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Special Operations Forces: The Military Elite. Who are the top-secret soldiers of Ukraine?
11,987 views Sep 2, 2023 #warinukraine #counteroffensive #SpecialOperationsForces
Only about 10% of the candidates make it into the Special Operations Forces. However, those who succeed become the elite of the Ukrainian army, capable of carrying out the most challenging tasks. They are the ones who undertake the most intricate assignments, including reconnaissance, sabotage behind enemy lines, ambushes, enemy logistics destruction, precision operations, resistance movement activities, successful information and psychological operations, and much more that the public will not learn about anytime soon. So, how did the youngest branch of Ukraine’s military become so powerful in just seven years.
DIY-HP-LED
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A claymore mine weighs 680gm 1.6 kg and one of those smaller plank wing DIY foam board designs I posted could carry one of these in the belly pointing down. The large carboard drones have a 4kg payload and could pack a lot more punch pointing downward as it over flies over the target at 100 ft on the terminal run, the explosives could be triggered by various means automatically or manually for cheap and easy these days.
Think about it, flying claymores with small cheap foam board drones and they detonate over troops and trenches at 100 feet above the target. You can see a big one detonate over the air transport in the video and part of it keeps on going forward after detonation as it over flies the target. The smaller cheaper flying claymore version might go for 20 miles or further and would be deadly to groups of troops advancing on open ground or in a trench, it might even be used to attack artillery systems well back from the front. GPS data could be programed into it as fast as a 155mm shell using a smartphone and a USB cable or even Bluetooth, or even over a radio link as it orbits over a likely location. If they have another drone above watching as they often do, then they could tell them when to hit the button as they fly over the target via FPV. The claymore would probably be the most expensive part of all, but it is easy to build their own version any size you want.
Ukrainian New Cardboard Drones brutally killed Russian elite soldiers in trenches Bakhmut
1,649 views Sep 2, 2023 #ukraine #bakkhmut #russian
Ukrainian New Cardboard Drones brutally killed Russian elite soldiers in trenches Bakhmut
A new video has emerged showing the demonstration of a new cardboard drone reportedly being used by Ukrainian forces to hit targets inside Russia, as Kyiv intensifies its long-range strike campaign.
Think about it, flying claymores with small cheap foam board drones and they detonate over troops and trenches at 100 feet above the target. You can see a big one detonate over the air transport in the video and part of it keeps on going forward after detonation as it over flies the target. The smaller cheaper flying claymore version might go for 20 miles or further and would be deadly to groups of troops advancing on open ground or in a trench, it might even be used to attack artillery systems well back from the front. GPS data could be programed into it as fast as a 155mm shell using a smartphone and a USB cable or even Bluetooth, or even over a radio link as it orbits over a likely location. If they have another drone above watching as they often do, then they could tell them when to hit the button as they fly over the target via FPV. The claymore would probably be the most expensive part of all, but it is easy to build their own version any size you want.
Ukrainian New Cardboard Drones brutally killed Russian elite soldiers in trenches Bakhmut
1,649 views Sep 2, 2023 #ukraine #bakkhmut #russian
Ukrainian New Cardboard Drones brutally killed Russian elite soldiers in trenches Bakhmut
A new video has emerged showing the demonstration of a new cardboard drone reportedly being used by Ukrainian forces to hit targets inside Russia, as Kyiv intensifies its long-range strike campaign.
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cannabineer
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filling weight ≠ ordnance weight
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Look at the data you posted: 680g is filling weight. The mine weighs 1.6kg
DIY-HP-LED
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Should have looked closer, but still, the weight is in the range of a much smaller cardboard drone than the 4kg payload ones they are using, and the shorter range requires less battery weight the mine design might be lightened up for aerial use. A flying claymore equivalent on the belly of a cheap carboard drone is still a viable idea for cheap easily produced anti-personnel suicide drones. It would be for battlefield use, to reach out and touch targets at a distance. I was wondering if a small cardboard drone could carry something with the directed destructive power of a claymore, turns out it can and with the right detonator it can act like highly accurate GPS anti personal artillery rounds at similar ranges for a fraction of the cost.
DIY-HP-LED
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More anti drone guns and a bigger plan for drone defense, they are getting quite a few similar systems from Australia too and I believe all allied things like this can be integrated into a larger system that can use a diversity of weapons systems using the same standards and protocols.
Dunno what is so special about this particular anti-drone gun system though, and why he gushes on about it. How many units does $71 million buy? It is just for point defense with an effective range of only a few kilometers. They can use all they can get though.
The $71 Million Norwegian Typhon Makes Its Way to Ukraine, Should Russia Be Cautious
11,157 views Sep 2, 2023
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace or KONGSBERG has secured a contract via the International Fund for Ukraine to provide C-UAS to Ukraine. The contract involves the delivery of CORTEX Typhon systems designed to counter various UAV threats through physical harm or disruption. The systems are based on proven software and hardware from Teledyne FLIR and Kongsberg technology, including surveillance systems, a PROTECTOR RS6 Remote Weapon Stations or RWS, equipped with a 30mm cannon, and the Cortex Integrated Combat Solution or ICS. The systems will be mounted on German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Dingo 2 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected wheeled vehicles. The International Fund for Ukraine, established by the UK, Norway, and other international partners, facilitates the swift procurement of critical capabilities for Ukraine's defense.
Dunno what is so special about this particular anti-drone gun system though, and why he gushes on about it. How many units does $71 million buy? It is just for point defense with an effective range of only a few kilometers. They can use all they can get though.
The $71 Million Norwegian Typhon Makes Its Way to Ukraine, Should Russia Be Cautious
11,157 views Sep 2, 2023
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace or KONGSBERG has secured a contract via the International Fund for Ukraine to provide C-UAS to Ukraine. The contract involves the delivery of CORTEX Typhon systems designed to counter various UAV threats through physical harm or disruption. The systems are based on proven software and hardware from Teledyne FLIR and Kongsberg technology, including surveillance systems, a PROTECTOR RS6 Remote Weapon Stations or RWS, equipped with a 30mm cannon, and the Cortex Integrated Combat Solution or ICS. The systems will be mounted on German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Dingo 2 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected wheeled vehicles. The International Fund for Ukraine, established by the UK, Norway, and other international partners, facilitates the swift procurement of critical capabilities for Ukraine's defense.
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Ukraine Update: Ukraine is getting stronger
With Ukraine’s Summer Counteroffensive in full bore for weeks, inevitably writers will focus on what Ukraine is accomplishing with the weapons and munitions it has received, or what might be termed the “outputs” side of the spreadsheet of war. However,...
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printer
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For a video of the cardboard drone they sure do not show much of it. Also, would like to know if the drone has any stability systems that remove the requirement to know how to fly the plane and the pilot only has to tell it what direction to go.
DIY-HP-LED
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I imagine depending on the version, it could be FPV or GPS guided for stationary targets. It is as simple as using a smartphone to input the GPS via Bluetooth even, but the time on target would take a while at 20 miles for say an artillery piece @ 50 miles or 60 miles an hour, then there are wind conditions to contend with. The general idea is a plane about the size of the one I posted could carry the equivalent of a claymore mine, a devastating weapon, in its belly, with a reduced battery load for shorter range operation, just scale the size to what works best with a claymore or equivalent shooting down, triggered by a variety of means. The advantage to flying 50 or 100 feet above the target is you don't lose signal close to the ground, they could even use an extra FPV camera pointing down at the target as they overfly it and control the drone with a GPS tracking directional antenna, the mounts are amazingly cheap for these, from 10s of miles out.
Another cheap suicide drone idea that I'm sure those folks already considered or are working on, much better range than a quadcopter and with a flying claymore, devastating.
Dropping those anti-tank mines on the Russians with a big drone is a good idea, no shortage of ammo there and they can return them to the Russians.
DIY-HP-LED
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This might do the job for a cardboard suicide drone, FPV or GPS, off the shelf and dirt cheap, add a GPS module and even Bluetooth for mission planning.
SpeedyBee F405 WING APP Fixed Wing Flight Controller Support Ardupilot VTOL for RC Airplane
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printer
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You might be missing my question. The cardboard planes do not have an elevator and the only stability provided by the reflex of the ailerons. When you want to turn you need to adjust the ailerons and the plane banks, then you add up elevator to turn. The airplane wing is flat with no dihedral, the wing is higher than the fuselage would help with the mass below but it still would take some skill to fly it.
DIY-HP-LED
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I was browsing online at bango and I mentioned to you that you could use two cameras, one pointing down at the target or angled slightly ahead and the other flying for the plane towards the target. Well, this is what ya would need, cheap as dirt too, includes 2X 1000TVL cameras, switcher that you hook up to a channel on the FC, and video xmitter, though you can change that, $43 cdn ea but much cheaper in bulk. If a regular FPV quadcopter drone using commercial electronics can work on the battlefield in Ukraine, this can too.
EWRF FPV Dual Camera System 1000TVL CMOS Mini Two Cameras + 5.8Ghz 600mW 40CH VTX + 3CH Switch Support PMW for RC Racing Drone
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10-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Thrown Off Bridge in Germany for Not Speaking Russian
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10-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Thrown Off Bridge in Germany for Not Speaking Russian
Authorities are searching for the man, who allegedly attacked a group of Ukrainian children and demanded they speak Russian.
DIY-HP-LED
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I understand, but I refer you to the video of the guy who made the foam board one, it would fly like a wing but needs more weight forward than a regular wing that is swept back, which also has two control surfaces and no tail or any rudder, so bank with enough air speed and keep the nose up as best you can. Putting a rudder on it would not be an issue, another taped hinge and 9 gm servo. It is meant to do a simple job and a lot of fancy flying is generally not required, a rudder would be nice for turns and dealing with wind etc. However, this thing is designed to be flown once for under a half hour and about 100 feet or less above the target.
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One other thing, the FC I posted has assisted flying modes that make flying much easier, and you can set the FC up for this kind of box wing with presets in the open-source software used to program and setup the FC.
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Deported back to Mother Russia so he can serve the motherland in Ukraine by dying there. If he wants to make Ukrainians speak Russian that is where he should be, in Ukraine trying to make them, good luck with that.10-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Thrown Off Bridge in Germany for Not Speaking Russian
10-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Thrown Off Bridge in Germany for Not Speaking Russian
Authorities are searching for the man, who allegedly attacked a group of Ukrainian children and demanded they speak Russian.