It is reported that Russians have developed a new drone that operates without a single communication channel& attacks its target autonomously.
Ukrainian military specialist in electronic warfare &communications, head of the Center for Radiotechnologies Serhii Beskrestnov, callsign "Flash," warned⤵️
Nisser är nu Dr. Kn. Nisser, inte doktorand!
I'd say it's a skill issue. In our crew it wasn't hard to get daily scores of 60% or higher consistently. Of course that's counting hits on target. But the thing is you're working with other FPV teams, Mavic bombers, and artillery. As always- combined arms.
so, as multiple people have said, meeting recruitment targets pre-Hegseth in US came from mainly female enlistments
At this point ADM Paparo should just invade Tampa as a deterrent against Beijing.
"High-minded," not "foundational."
Think of the implicit architectural metaphor here. If your building isn't grounded in "democracy and morality," but those are rather on the precarious upper stories, what is its foundation?
@iwriteok.bsky.social: listening to your Illuminati series as I exit a subway and run into the Bilderberg Group heading into the Stockholm School of Economics, while they’re in town for their meeting.
#illuminati
This Russian base housing electronic warfare systems, drone jammers and more was struck by four GBU-39 (SDB) and completely destroyed.
@vesselspotter.bsky.social doing more excellent shipping sleuthing and finding a Facebook-ad (sic) where one can buy 30k tons Russian diesel that recently passed Skagen anchorage and a detention by Danish authorities.
‘What military commanders do and how they do it’ has climbed to be the most popular article in @sjms.bsky.social 🙏🎉
It was the first product of my PhD journey, and I regularly revisit it.
There are quite a few fun gems in there, as well as some analysis of decision-making.
sjms.nu/articles/10....
On the (incredible) Ukr operation yesterday -
People are jumping on the 'drones vs bombers' piece as if it has changed warfare. Forgive me, but I think that's the wrong analysis. This is an example of a well-executed classic special forces operation: uncoventional warfare behind enemy lines.
This is getting somewhat lost. The night before Ukraine's drone raid, Russia conducted what was the largest drone attack on Ukraine in the war to date—and, I guess, ever—with 472 Shahed-type attack drones. Broke last week's record by 100 drones.
kyivindependent.com/russia-shatt...
It's a Telegram post with a photo of a truck reading: "THE FIRST UKRAINIAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER!"
Ok that's very funny.
So, to recap:
-Extensive Ukrainian planning to smuggle in, transport, then launch dozens of cheap FPV drones from the back of transport trucks
-4 to 5 bases hit, including deep into Siberia
-Ukraine says 41 planes damaged/destroyed, Russia says 10.
Jag tror att en försvårande faktor med Försvarsmaktens "drönarsatsning" är att UCAV-projektet tittar framåt mot "framtidssäkrade" lösningar & försöker skapa "beslutsunderlag" för framtidens krigsförband istället för att titta här och nu.
A Ukrainian 2S1 "Gvozdika" (Carnation) 122mm self propelled gun has a dugout so deep it struggles to get out for a fire mission.
It is great to see the strong anti-FPV protective netting temporarily pulled aside at the entrance.
History suggests the “American way of war” is to fight in combined operations alongside our allies and partners.
Though we pride ourselves on mission command, we can get better. sorensjogren.bsky.social is a great resource thinking about how we conduct mission command in that context.
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For those following along on Twitter around that time, there was a (supposed - I believe he was, but never saw any proof) Ukr engineering officer talking about how they detected the bridge crossing.
But according to the article, there was def more to the story.
"-in Sievierodonetsk, where the Russians were hoping to mount a pontoon-bridge river crossing and then encircle and capture the city. ... The engagement that followed was widely reported ... . The pontoon bridges became death traps; at least 400 Russians were killed. "
The NYT article about the US support for Ukraine was very interesting overall, but the thing that stuck out was the discussion around the defense of Sievierodonetsk, where they talk about pontoon bridges:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
💔Kryvyi Rih says goodbye to the youngest victim of the Russian strike. Tymofii barely had a chance to know peaceful life. He will forever be 3 years and 9 months old.
Photo from the funeral of Timofiy in Kryvyi Rih… 💔
Last Friday, the Russians killed a total of 11 adults and nine children. The attack was as one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. 33 other people, including four children, are still being treated in hospital.
US: Europeans must take responsibility for their own defence
US: NO NOT LIKE THAT
Exactly - it has a few things I'm not 100% with, but the deeper problem on how DoD is stuck helps resound.
The discussion I missed in this was the lack of pointing SOCOM, with a lot of thoughts from me on why, but also how in some regards they've dealt with it better and others worse.
This article goes hard.
americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/amer...
SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
The clown show continues - Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Istanbul protest image destined for book covers
📸 Ümit Bektaş, @reuters.com
