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[CoElkHunter]

Came across an article from last year. Always thought that some of the common and cheap technology currently available in the hobby/commercial area could be repurposed for more creative uses. Much cheaper than, well just about anything else. And no worries if it gets shot down. May or may not have an effect on a T84, but would tear up mobile missile launchers, transports, arty etc.

Now where would be a good place to do a large scale field test?

Nammo Fits Its Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher To A Small Drone — And Plans Swarms Of Them

Nammo, which makes the U.S. Army's M72 Light Anti-armor Weapon, has unveiled a version of the bestselling rocket launcher mounted on a small commercial drone, able to carry out attacks from several kilometers away.

www.forbes.com

At $6K? They could buy hundreds of the commercial drones with the anti tank missile attached and wreak havoc on Russia's supply lines. They would have to be operated at night with some type of night vision capability.

 

[Red Leg]

At $6K? They could buy hundreds of the commercial drones with the anti tank missile attached and wreak havoc on Russia's supply lines. They would have to be operated at night with some type of night vision capability.

Might be just a tad obvious to the target if a UAV were hovering just above it. Also what is the range of the controller? Launching a UAV in visual range of a target is an invitation for instant suppressive fire. I think any military would pass. Now a backyard terrorist ..........

But I think you might be onto something. If the US can't generate the nerve to send Polish Migs to Ukraine, a dozen or so Predator UAVs with a small mountain of Hellfire missiles could operate from secure areas to the west of the Dnieper and raise merry hell with road bound Russian armor.

 

[Fred Gunner]

Confiscation:

Canada’s Heavy-Handed Trucker Response Foreshadows Gun Confiscations​

Canadian gun owners are facing a looming April 30 deadline to turn over nine specific types of firearms, all AR-15s, AR-10s and any variants, any firearm with a muzzle energy greater than 10,000 Joules or any firearm with a bore greater than 20 mm. Firearms are being seized by the Canadian government under a forced “buyback” scheme, which in itself is an oxymoron, since the Canadian Government didn’t buy them in the first place.

As of Christmas, over 99.8 percent of Canadian gun owners rejected Prime Minister Trudeau’s unilateral edict to hand over their guns. His reaction to truckers who didn’t listen to his edicts doesn’t bode well for those out of compliance on May 1.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s crackdown wasn’t just police arresting protesters or hauling away trucks. He roped in banks to force the measure. When he invoked the Emergencies Act, that compelled banks, investment firms, credit unions, loan companies, securities dealers, fundraising platforms, insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies to search their databases for those protesting and “freeze their accounts and report it to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Canada’s intelligence service, the regulations say. Any suspicious transactions must also be reported to the country’s anti-money-laundering agency, known as Fintrac,” according to a Fortune report. Topping it off, the Canadian government protected those financial entities from lawsuits.

Those with politically-driven agendas are showing there are no limits to what they will do when it comes to eliminating gun rights or the gun industry. The notion that government authorities would seize funds or personal property to advance their goals was the stuff of fiction. Today, it’s an unfortunate reality.

Canada’s Heavy-Handed Trucker Response Foreshadows Gun Confiscations

The notion that government authorities would seize funds or personal property to advance their goals was the stuff of fiction. Today, it’s an unfortunate reality.

dailycaller.com

 

[Boyd Brooks]

Confiscation:

Canada’s Heavy-Handed Trucker Response Foreshadows Gun Confiscations​

Canadian gun owners are facing a looming April 30 deadline to turn over nine specific types of firearms, all AR-15s, AR-10s and any variants, any firearm with a muzzle energy greater than 10,000 Joules or any firearm with a bore greater than 20 mm. Firearms are being seized by the Canadian government under a forced “buyback” scheme, which in itself is an oxymoron, since the Canadian Government didn’t buy them in the first place.

As of Christmas, over 99.8 percent of Canadian gun owners rejected Prime Minister Trudeau’s unilateral edict to hand over their guns. His reaction to truckers who didn’t listen to his edicts doesn’t bode well for those out of compliance on May 1.

I don’t think anyone will turn in their legally purchased property as a result of this illegal proclamation by Justin Turdeau. If no one turns them in,they can’t incarcerate 4.7% of the entire population of Canada. This will never survive the first court challenge, if it gets that far, as it will be repelled by the next elected government.

 

[BourbonTrail]

Might be just a tad obvious to the target if a UAV were hovering just above it. Also what is the range of the controller? Launching a UAV in visual range of a target is an invitation for instant suppressive fire. I think any military would pass. Now a backyard terrorist ..........

But I think you might be onto something. If the US can't generate the nerve to send Polish Migs to Ukraine, a dozen or so Predator UAVs with a small mountain of Hellfire missiles could operate from secure areas to the west of the Dnieper and raise merry hell with road bound Russian armor.

We need to send them some Griffins, but no one would green light that.

 

[wesheltonj]

So the Bio Lab in Ukraine, is Russian disinformation, but the administration testifies before the senate and says it’s true. I don’t understand why we are funding all the foreign labs.

 

[Red Leg]

So the Bio Lab in Ukraine, is Russian disinformation, but the administration testifies before the senate and says it’s true. I don’t understand why we are funding all the foreign labs.

Even the most innocent explanation is at best puzzling.

 

[CoElkHunter]

We need to send them some Griffins, but no one would green light that.

I'll green light it! And some Townsends @Bob Nelson 35Whelen while we're at it!

 

[Hunter4752001]

While I can't comment on the range of the drone used in the Nammo product, some of the hobby/commercial drones have a range between 10-20 km. They're piloted using FPV technology in which a miniature camera in the drone communicates with the device held by the 'pilot' who uses VR googles and sees what the drone sees in real time. For those of use who grew up with model aircraft flying in circles using wire cables, it's mind blowing tech.

 

[One Day...]

One of the more thoughtful men to emerge from the US military in a while.

Love it! Thank you Red Leg.

Both interviewer and interviewee are good.

France 24 TV. What a relief from CNN, FOX, etc. interviews where it seems that the interviewers purpose is not to allow the interviewees to speak, but to argue with them, or steer them from one rehearsed propaganda point (of either side) into the next, following a script that interviewers and interviewees have obviously coordinated.

This interview is well worth listening to.

FYI, France 24 is publicly accessible, for free, 24h/day, in English, at

Watch France 24 English Live

Watch online the France 24 livestream: International News TV Channel 24/7. Get the latest live news from France 24 online on our website.

www.france24.com

I agree with almost everything McMaster says, including that Putin "knows exactly what he is doing"; that "Ukraine can win the war" and that Putin "made a historical mistake".

Actually, I called it (initiating the full scale war) an egregious historical mistake, and I believe that Ukraine has already won the WAR, in as much as Russia will not achieve its WAR objectives.

But let us be very clear for those less familiar with high-level strategic language, that having already lost the WAR does not mean that Russia cannot continue the BATTLE; for a long time; inflict untold destruction in the process.; and still get to a negotiated settlement that Putin can still present as a win for internal politics consumption.

However, I am not as sure that I agree with "I do not think (a no-fly zone) is totally off the table", and I am not sure "the transfer of Mig aircrafts to Ukrainians armed force ... should go forward". Additionally, while I agree that "France has one of the most capable medium range air defense weapon systems" (SAMP/T system with Aster 30 B1 missiles - a system generally not well known by the American public), I am not sure that "allowing (Ukrainians) to operate those systems in Western Ukraine" to "contest the air from the ground" is on the table, as there is an unarguable escalation between supplying local air defense Stingers with 5 mile range, and supplying offensive fighter aircrafts and/or theater air defense systems capable of offensive engagements out to 75 miles.

 

[Ray B]

Appears to me that Putin is following the Hitler model of the Battle of Britain. Hitler initiated the campaign by bombing military targets but when the RAF denied complete control of the air Hitler switched from military targets to any target including several cities of no military value. Appears Putin is being denied the quick victory that his rhetoric said was to be forthcoming he has switched to bombing/artillery on non-combatants.

 

[Red Leg]

Love it! Thank you Red Leg.

Both interviewer and interviewee are good.

France 24 TV. What a relief from CNN, FOX, etc. interviews where it seems that the interviewers purpose is not to allow the interviewees to speak, but to argue with them, or steer them from one rehearsed propaganda point (of either side) into the next, following a script that interviewers and interviewees have obviously coordinated.

This interview is well worth listening to.

FYI, France 24 is publicly accessible, for free, 24h/day, in English, at

Watch France 24 English Live

Watch online the France 24 livestream: International News TV Channel 24/7. Get the latest live news from France 24 online on our website.

www.france24.com

I agree with almost everything McMaster says, including that Putin "knows exactly what he is doing"; that "Ukraine can win the war" and that Putin "made a historical mistake".

Actually, I called it (initiating the full scale war) an egregious historical mistake, and I believe that Ukraine has already won the WAR, in as much as Russia will not achieve its WAR objectives.

But let us be very clear for those less familiar with high-level strategic language, that having already lost the WAR does not mean that Russia cannot continue the BATTLE; for a long time; inflict untold destruction in the process.; and still get to a negotiated settlement that Putin can still present as a win for internal politics consumption.

However, I am not as sure that I agree with "I do not think (a no-fly zone) is totally off the table", and I am not sure "the transfer of Mig aircrafts to Ukrainians armed force ... should go forward". Additionally, while I agree that "France has one of the most capable medium range air defense weapon systems" (SAMP/T system with Aster 30 B1 missiles - a system generally not well known by the American public), I am not sure that "allowing (Ukrainians) to operate those systems in Western Ukraine" to "contest the air from the ground" is on the table, as there is an unarguable escalation between supplying local air defense Stingers with 5 mile range, and supplying offensive fighter aircrafts and/or theater air defense systems capable of offensive engagements out to 75 miles.

I concur. Regrettably, we don't have a modern tactical system between a Stinger and a Patriot. One of the curses of coming to expect air superiority.

 

[Sabattiboy]

So the Bio Lab in Ukraine, is Russian disinformation, but the administration testifies before the senate and says it’s true. I don’t understand why we are funding all the foreign labs.

So america can claim we are not doing it. Same thing with having stuff manufactured overseas so it does not have to adhere to EPA regulations or pay american wages.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Love it! Thank you Red Leg.

Both interviewer and interviewee are good.

France 24 TV. What a relief from CNN, FOX, etc. interviews where it seems that the interviewers purpose is not to allow the interviewees to speak, but to argue with them, or steer them from one rehearsed propaganda point (of either side) into the next, following a script that interviewers and interviewees have obviously coordinated.

This interview is well worth listening to.

FYI, France 24 is publicly accessible, for free, 24h/day, in English, at

Watch France 24 English Live

Watch online the France 24 livestream: International News TV Channel 24/7. Get the latest live news from France 24 online on our website.

www.france24.com

I agree with almost everything McMaster says, including that Putin "knows exactly what he is doing"; that "Ukraine can win the war" and that Putin "made a historical mistake".

Actually, I called it (initiating the full scale war) an egregious historical mistake, and I believe that Ukraine has already won the WAR, in as much as Russia will not achieve its WAR objectives.

But let us be very clear for those less familiar with high-level strategic language, that having already lost the WAR does not mean that Russia cannot continue the BATTLE; for a long time; inflict untold destruction in the process.; and still get to a negotiated settlement that Putin can still present as a win for internal politics consumption.

However, I am not as sure that I agree with "I do not think (a no-fly zone) is totally off the table", and I am not sure "the transfer of Mig aircrafts to Ukrainians armed force ... should go forward". Additionally, while I agree that "France has one of the most capable medium range air defense weapon systems" (SAMP/T system with Aster 30 B1 missiles - a system generally not well known by the American public), I am not sure that "allowing (Ukrainians) to operate those systems in Western Ukraine" to "contest the air from the ground" is on the table, as there is an unarguable escalation between supplying local air defense Stingers with 5 mile range, and supplying offensive fighter aircrafts and/or theater air defense systems capable of offensive engagements out to 75 miles.

Again, we should be playing Putin’s “smoke and mirrors” magic show against him? He’s been doing it for years! An advanced air defense system? Didn’t come from NATO? The markings on the missiles are from Iran? Given to the Houthis by Iran and then sold to Ukraine on the black market via Bitcoin? Whatever the deception, we need to think outside the box and unfortunately, we never do. We seem “entrenched” by our policy and procedures, when the dictators and War Criminals like the Putins of the World don’t? We can still deceive them to our advantage and maintain the integrity of our values and abide by the “Rules of War” according to the Geneva Convention, which in this instance, Putin isn’t adhering to anyway. Time to try something different, rather than watching this humanitarian disaster continually unfolding before us from our view on the sidelines.

 

[Ray B]

For example: Let us say the court of jurisdiction convenes, A national leader is notified that he has been charged with war crimes and against humanity and a trial date is set. The leader doesn't recognize the courts authority so doesn't attend the trial. He is convicted and sentenced to death. He doesn't recognize the verdict so doesn't show up for his execution. So an executioner goes to him. In the realm of real world actions it seems to me that this sort of thing has happened. I'm wondering if it would be considered legal.

 

[CoElkHunter]

For example: Let us say the court of jurisdiction convenes, A national leader is notified that he has been charged with war crimes and against humanity and a trial date is set. The leader doesn't recognize the courts authority so doesn't attend the trial. He is convicted and sentenced to death. He doesn't recognize the verdict so doesn't show up for his execution. So an executioner goes to him. In the realm of real world actions it seems to me that this sort of thing has happened. I'm wondering if it would be considered legal.

Great question. Maybe one of the extrajudicial (probably judicial) experts here could expound on your question?

 

[Pondoro]

I am all for supplying those 28 polish Migs AND more drones...they need all we can supply now..
Putin will not use tactical nukes unless pushed back over the russian border..

The russians behave like animals, ukrainians burying dead civilians in mass graves..deliberate attacks on hospitals, etc. etc..

If Putin start using mercenaries...then dont take POW´s...

 

[Opposite Pole]

If Putin start using mercenaries...then dont take POW´s...

He has already, the Wagner group. So far at least one unit didn’t make.

 

[Pondoro]

Mariupol these days...civilians into massgraves.. Russian forces behave like the animals they are..

Folks..this is Europe 2022...not 1945..

 

[spike.t]

Oh, it's unlikely that you will be able to fool Putin. Not because Putin is so smart, and not because you are not cunning enough. It's just that there is such a secret weapon - Victoria Nuland. For example, what she blurted out at the 47th minute:

Suppose these biological laboratories are Ukrainian. Then why do Americans care about them?
Moreover, the version that this is the real purpose of the "special operation" was expressed even a little earlier than these hearings. Actually, Rubio's question was probably not entirely accidental.

You really seem to drink plenty of your governments koolaid....or it's Russian equivalent....