Tiger
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Surely if Russians can "fly" in Africa then Danes can fly in Ukraine.
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Russia/Ukraine conflict
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Surely if Russians can "fly" in Africa then Danes can fly in Ukraine.
Jet packs/larger drones to carry a soldier and some gear have been demonstrated for years and can carry a human distances of at least 100s of meters. If such can be produced in mass and at reasonable cost...would not be suprised to see Ukraine pull this off in the next couple or years.
It might make sense for a company of Ukrainian soldiers to move from tree-line to tree-line, bypassing mine fields and flying swiftly just a few feet off the ground to minimize detection. Could imagine a company with thermal imaging making a rapid surprise night time assault this way.
Dreadnought
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Luna 25 crashed at 57.55°S nearby the Pontécoulant crater, which is still a bit away from the pole. Its RTG provided 6.5W of electric power. I don't know the actual amount of Pu but calculating back from the thermal efficiency, it was somewhere between 170 and 200g.
I applaud today's successful Indian landing on the moon. Was it a guaranteed success? I don't think so. Space flight is still hard, even in times of weekly Starlink launches. Was the Russian attempt rushed and ill-prepared? Possibly, yes. But at least I can't tell. I consider it more probable that the engineers assessed that they are good to go.
I don't see evidence that this was a haphazard enterprise, only the beforementioned motive to take a higher risk to score some positive headlines. And I acknowledge that Russians did a number of irresponsible things before. Here on earth, they blew up a dam with catastrophic consequences on many levels. Autocratic leaders have a tendency to care for nobody else than themselves and Putin has repeatedly demonstrated this trait.
A successful mission could have provided a boost to the Russian space program and its budget in particular. I hope that this setback has the opposite effect and that they will fall back further behind as long as they are under a fascist government with imperialist ambitions that weaponises every technological advancement. Air and space flight related technology extends the reach of military threats and I appreciate any developments that curtail Putlers ambitions in this field.
For most elite and sub-elite there are windows, sometimes beverages. But for Prigozhin, in the Putler inner circle until recently, a special life exit...
jeewee3000
Active Member
for a soldier, probably beats suddenly falling out of a 2nd story window.
In Russia, you can’t escape.
Would s..k to have been one of the other nine ppl on the jet, just because.
stopcrazypp
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Assuming it is true, they aren't even trying to hide it. According to reports, they straight up just used air defense to shoot down his private jet.
JupiterMan
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there are some videos circulating on X to this effect - dont know yet if they are genuine.
RobStark
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I take it the FSS didn't kill 9 innocents along with Prigozhin.
If videos are credible, the plane was downed by a missile. A typical air defense smoke trail can be seen.
X Fan
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Moral of story-if you decide to attempt a coup and/or move forward challenging the ”King”:
Better take out him out or you are toast.
DanCar
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Game of thrones winner: Shoigu.
Shoigu and Progozhin's feud was well known.
Shoigu and Progozhin's feud was well known.
BitJam
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In this country, it is thought wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
-- Voltaire
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BitJam
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One of the next questions - does any of this soon spill over into some internal turmoil?
Prigozhin and his right hand man apparently were killed. But there are many remaining senior lieutenants in Wagner (and multiple times the fan club) who share a similar partisan passion. Greatly weakened, but would not be surprised to see them strike back at team Putin/Shoigu in some way.
Prigozhin and his right hand man apparently were killed. But there are many remaining senior lieutenants in Wagner (and multiple times the fan club) who share a similar partisan passion. Greatly weakened, but would not be surprised to see them strike back at team Putin/Shoigu in some way.
More Russian oil will be displaced by U.S. production on world markets.
U.S. crude oil output continues to climb. As of latest EIA data today, now up to 12.8 million barrels per day (bpd). This is nearing prior peak COVID, then of 13.1 million bpd. Another concomitant option is to fill back up the strategic petroleum reserve.
Weekly U.S. Field Production of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day)
U.S. crude oil output continues to climb. As of latest EIA data today, now up to 12.8 million barrels per day (bpd). This is nearing prior peak COVID, then of 13.1 million bpd. Another concomitant option is to fill back up the strategic petroleum reserve.
Weekly U.S. Field Production of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day)
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