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A group of Four Ukrainian HIMARS conduct a mass firing in the east, sending out 24 M31 rockets pic.twitter.com/M4LwyrhBFW

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 3, 2022

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Annnnd…24 direct hits. Get some!

Thanks for the HIMARS video. Today was my pissed off the world day. Seeing that technology of precise violence that the Russians will experience made me feel better.

Precision weapons like the Javelins, Stingers, Drones, HIMARS, MLRS, and Howitzers is proof our military is going into the right direction with doctrine of precision weaponry and is far superior to the Russians capabilities.

This video is interesting, not only because of the drone munition, but because of the claim that the AFU are advancing towards Izium, and have captured previous Russian positions. https://t.co/awd60ftAOq

— Def Mon (@DefMon3) August 3, 2022

This video is interesting, not only because of the drone munition, but because of the claim that the AFU are advancing towards Izium, and have captured previous Russian positions. https://t.co/awd60ftAOq

— Def Mon (@DefMon3) August 3, 2022

Could it be destruction of the ferry/pontoon bridge/Antonivsky bridge?

⚡️On the Crimean bridge, the transfer was noticed of self-propelled guns "Msta-S" and automotive equipment towards the occupied peninsula. A video from social networks. pic.twitter.com/kLldnZO52s

— Flash (@Flash43191300) August 3, 2022

I think the US has the technology and weaponry to ensure Ukraine wins the war. The Russians can't match the precision and massive strike capability of these smart cluster bombs. These cluster bombs search for vehicles.

(1) The Power of the CBU-105 Cluster Bomb in Action to Destroy 40 Tanks With One Shot : DCS World - Bing video

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I think the US has the technology and weaponry to ensure Ukraine wins the war. The Russians can't match the precision and massive strike capability of these smart cluster bombs. These cluster bombs search for vehicles.

(1) The Power of the CBU-105 Cluster Bomb in Action to Destroy 40 Tanks With One Shot : DCS World - Bing video

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Can you influence the powers that be to increase the speed at which these weapons are deployed. I am tired of being sickened by the innocent loss of life that continually occurs due to the evil produced by russia.

JFABNRGR said:

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Red1 said:

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I think the US has the technology and weaponry to ensure Ukraine wins the war. The Russians can't match the precision and massive strike capability of these smart cluster bombs. These cluster bombs search for vehicles.

(1) The Power of the CBU-105 Cluster Bomb in Action to Destroy 40 Tanks With One Shot : DCS World - Bing video

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Can you influence the powers that be to increase the speed at which these weapons are deployed. I am tired of being sickened by the innocent loss of life that continually occurs due to the evil produced by russia.

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lol Considering our incremental and slow pace of aiding Ukraine with more sophisticated weaponry. I don't see it happening. I don't think we will be that aggressive and generous. I think we want Ukraine to win but it appears that our military aid is "just enough" and not overwhelming.

This is a Frontline (Full 52+ minute) documentary as seen thru the lives of various people on the ground in Kharkiv. The coverage follows them for 3 months as the Russians rain hell on the city. Yes, it's long. But I've been watching it in segments. A little different from the content we've been posting lately, but interesting to see these perspectives.

Briefed through it .. thanks

AGS-R-TUFF said:

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This is a Frontline (Full 52+ minute) documentary as seen thru the lives of various people on the ground in Kharkiv. The coverage follows them for 3 months as the Russians rain hell on the city. Yes, it's long. But I've been watching it in segments. A little different from the content we've been posting lately, but interesting to see these perspectives.

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Thank you for putting faces to the war. When I think about armies trying to conquer cities I think about Stalingrad in WWII. There were 400,000 Germans and 200,000 Romanian (Estimates Vary) and Italians but they could not conquer the city which was 330 square miles in size. The German forces were not large enough to secure the city by surrounding it. Most of the bombed buildings were left standing which gave a Russian forces cover and concealment. Kharkiv is around 135 square miles in size. That was problematic for the Russians. Of course the Ukrainian military had shaped the conditions for the recapture of Kharkiv.

ISW: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 3

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Key Takeaways

- Russian forces are likely using Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Enerhodar to play on Western fears of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine, attempting to thereby degrade the will of Western powers to provide military support to a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

- Russian forces likely set fire to the prison complex holding Ukrainian POWs in occupied Donetsk Oblast but blamed Ukraine for an alleged precision strike using Western-supplied military equipment, likely to increase US hesitancy to continue providing HIMARS to Ukraine.

- Moscow is likely continuing efforts to leverage its relationship with Tehran in order to secure drones for use in Ukraine.

- Russian forces conducted a limited ground attack northwest of Slovyansk and continued efforts to advance on Bakhmut from the northeast, east, and southeast.

- Russian forces are prioritizing frontal assaults on Avdiivka and failed to gain ground in Pisky.

- Russian forces are reportedly forming a strike group to prevent Ukrainian counteroffensives in northern Kherson Oblast or counterattack against them.

- Russian occupation authorities may allow both in-person and online voting in upcoming pseudo-referenda on the annexation of occupied Ukrainian territory into Russia, enabling more straightforward Russian vote rigging.

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Belarusian Special operation forces are undergoing combat readiness check, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/4-august-belarusian-special-operation-forces-are-undergoing

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Belarusian Armed forces reinforcing areas at the border of Ukraine in Brest and Homiel region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/4-august-belarusian-armed-forces-reinforcing-areas-at-the

More on the potential for Russia causing an accident at that Ukrainian nuclear plant.

RECKLESS

NATO bolstering air defenses on its eastern flank.

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Uhmm, guys? Armenia/Azerbaijan conflict heating up. Turkey, Iran, Russia might get involved?

Iranian military vehicles moving toward toward the border with Azerbaijan tonight as large-scale fighting erupted earlier in the day between the Armenian and Azerbaijani armies. pic.twitter.com/rZQesA288k

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 3, 2022

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Regional destabilizing. Expect this to continue with food shortages. Even if the grain is now moving slowly, future harvests will be impacted and calories supplies everywhere will be constricted. Also comicated by fertilizer reductions.

We have the capability to help Ukraine destroy the Russian Mechanized Forces with this bomb. These cluster bombs hunt and destroy vehicles. One bomb dispenses 40 cluster bombs. I read an A-10 can carry 10 CBU-105 bombs. 400 cluster bombs from one plane. That is astronomical firepower.

1. The CBU-105 is dropped from the aircraft.
2. As the bomb approaches the target, the outer casing opens and releases 10 BLU-108 submunitions.
3. The submunitions are released at a considerable altitude and a parachute slows their descent
4. The BLU-108 submunition cylinder is now vertically oriented and descending slowly.
5. The BLU-108 is detached from its parachute and tiny rockets which are placed at angles are fired. These provide angular thrust which enables the rotation of the cylinder at high speed while it ascends and looks almost as if it were suspended in air.
6. Each BLU-108 submunition contains four hockey-puck-shaped sensor-fused projectiles called Skeets, which it releases during this high-speed rotation. The centrifugal force carries the skeets away from the now empty submunitions cannister.
7. An Infrared seeker present on each skeet scans for targets on the ground while a laser ranging device calculates the range for exact release timing.
8. Once it locks onto a target, the skeet fires copper explosively formed penetrators which impact on top of the target. A shrapnel ring released along with it causes damage around the target.

The Power of the CBU-105 Cluster Bomb in Action to Destroy 40 Tanks With One Shot : DCS World - YouTube

As Russia becomes more and more bogged down in Ukraine, look for more of this on Russia's periphery. As Russia recedes from world power status, its ability to control the actions of neighboring states will be reduced, and more regional actors will step up to intervene in those conflicts without regard to Moscow's desires.

Overall this should be a positive.

I am already tapped out between Ukraine, the feds screwing me, and now multiple HC wildfires very near our place.

As for A. v A. who are we rooting for here and what end game would best benefit the USA and then the globe?
Interesting note I just saw a headline in which Ahmadinejad called putin a terrorist and apparently the Ayatollah is also in major conflict with Ahmadinejad.

How might this affect Ukraine war?

Interesting summary of the growing impact of sanctions on the Russian economy and its ability to fight a prolonged war.

PAIN
MORE PAIN COMING

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As for A. v A. who are we rooting for here and what end game would best benefit the USA and then the globe?
Interesting note I just saw a headline in which Ahmadinejad called putin a terrorist and apparently the Ayatollah is also in major conflict with Ahmadinejad.

How might this affect Ukraine war?

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We've largely ignored the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict over the years as our interests aren't really obvious to many. There's some important energy infrastructure in the region but its an ethnic squabble over a somewhat small patch of land. Stability would be good, regardless of a "winner." Its largely recognized as part of Azerbaijan but also mostly populated by Armenians.

It will impact the Ukraine war insofar as its drawing of Russian and Turkish (and Iranian) resources and attention away from Ukraine. I have no doubt that plenty of supposed Russian military resources that could be brought to Ukraine have been sold off for profit to both Azerbaijanis and Armenians over the years. It would be good for Ukraine for that to continue, but also repugnant if those resources are used to commit atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Oh, and Chechen fighters have involved themselves over the years in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Its closer and the ethnic issues are, I would imagine, more tangible and relatable to them than what's going on in Ukraine.

If it heats up real hot again, they may go fight there and not go fight in Ukraine.

Russia is a Armenian ally and in 2020 over 6000 people died in a two month battle for that area. Russia deployed around 2000 soldiers to help deescalate but this time if things boil back up they will not have the man power to do that. That leaves Turkey and Iran to try and ease the tensions.

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Russia is a Armenian ally and in 2020 over 6000 people died in a two month battle for that area. Russia deployed around 2000 soldiers to help deescalate but this time if things boil back up they will not have the man power to do that. That leaves Turkey and Iran to try and ease the tensions.

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Aren't Turkey and Iran on opposite sides between A&A?

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As Russia becomes more and more bogged down in Ukraine, look for more of this on Russia's periphery. As Russia recedes from world power status, its ability to control the actions of neighboring states will be reduced, and more regional actors will step up to intervene in those conflicts without regard to Moscow's desires.

Overall this should be a positive.

I am already tapped out between Ukraine, the feds screwing me, and now multiple HC wildfires very near our place.

As for A. v A. who are we rooting for here and what end game would best benefit the USA and then the globe?
Interesting note I just saw a headline in which Ahmadinejad called putin a terrorist and apparently the Ayatollah is also in major conflict with Ahmadinejad.

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Armenia is a Christian nation and Azerbaijan is 97% Muslim, for what it's worth.

Yup. Doing a quick Google search it looks like there are a total of 6 nations trying to work this out. And on top of the Israel is in the mix for being able to use Azerbaijan's military base to launch aircraft. If things escalate it will be an interesting few months

What a cluster

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Yup. Doing a quick Google search it looks like there are a total of 6 nations trying to work this out. And on top of the Israel is in the mix for being able to use Azerbaijan's military base to launch aircraft. If things escalate it will be an interesting few months

What a cluster

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I hesitated even posting about this on this thread but after looking a little more decided this development could have impact on the Russian/Ukraine conflict.

Was unaware how far it might extend to that many other countries, however.

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Yup. Doing a quick Google search it looks like there are a total of 6 nations trying to work this out. And on top of the Israel is in the mix for being able to use Azerbaijan's military base to launch aircraft. If things escalate it will be an interesting few months

What a cluster

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One can only hope that the Georgians in "South Ossetia" and Chechens are starting to feel a bit froggy too about taking back control of their countries...

TheCougarHunter said:

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JFABNRGR said:

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As Russia becomes more and more bogged down in Ukraine, look for more of this on Russia's periphery. As Russia recedes from world power status, its ability to control the actions of neighboring states will be reduced, and more regional actors will step up to intervene in those conflicts without regard to Moscow's desires.

Overall this should be a positive.

I am already tapped out between Ukraine, the feds screwing me, and now multiple HC wildfires very near our place.

As for A. v A. who are we rooting for here and what end game would best benefit the USA and then the globe?
Interesting note I just saw a headline in which Ahmadinejad called putin a terrorist and apparently the Ayatollah is also in major conflict with Ahmadinejad.

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Armenia is a Christian nation and Azerbaijan is 97% Muslim, for what it's worth.

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And yet, Israel and Azerbaijan have a pretty close relationship. They have some shared interests that seem to trascend religious differences. One of life's great mysteries.

Share interest, aka that is where Israel gets a ton of their oil from. Israel has a ton of natural gas but not much oil

Today's SITREP.

What is the difference between high-accuracy weapons and Soviet artillery systems?
I took two tasks: a small target at a distance of 30km and a middle target - 70 km@DefMon3 @FeWoessner #UkraineRussiaWar #MLRS #UkraineUnderAttaсk #HIMARSoCLOCK #ATACMSForUkraine pic.twitter.com/Lk1GUI6VAe

— Volodymyr Dacenko (@Volodymyr_D_) July 29, 2022