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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2023, 15:16
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Bellingcat several steps ahead of the FBI

Guardian article on Pentagon leaks (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/13/pentagon-leaks-og-source-military-base-discord-report)

Bellingcat's source has yet to be contacted by the FBI.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2023, 19:46
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Cui bono is a bit murky. Possibly the coalface...

Cui bono is a bit murky. Possibly the coalface information trickling up from mobiks to his blog had value to Ukraine intelligence, and the disclosures were embarrassing to Vlad. Useful idiot comes to...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2023, 16:35
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Fowler's Modern English Usage 1926

Certain recent pedantic polemics on style have resurrected unhappy memories of hours spent propping up my eyelids while English teachers genuflected before the altar of Fowler.

Then there were...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 19:50
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Recc, interesting thought. Perhaps better to...

Recc, interesting thought. Perhaps better to cover the PLB/EPIRB with a bucket to block transmission until verified not booby trapped. Then simply switch off.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 16:54
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

PLB Targets

PLB batteries are designed to have a 24 hour transmission life; so, if used for targeting it may be worthwhile repositioning them to the other side by counter drone, provided they are not booby...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 15:26
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Nutty, I'm another fan of your informative posts....

Nutty, I'm another fan of your informative posts. As with many others, I don't know where to dig up the inside information you post and my Russian is rudimentary. I don't comment on your posts as I...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2023, 16:53
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Various news sources reporting UKR daily loss...

Various news sources reporting UKR daily loss rate in Bakhmut in the hundreds. I hope not as that looks unsustainable. Possibly deliberate misinformation to entice RF to throw more meat in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2023, 01:47
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Reports indicate that UKR personnel losses are...

Reports indicate that UKR personnel losses are 1/7 of Wagner zek losses in Bakhmut. But the Russian prison population is about 433,000. Further zek recruitment depends on suppression of zek mortality...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2023, 18:05
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Definitely the Ukrainians need longer range...

Definitely the Ukrainians need longer range precision weapons to target RF assets on the Ukrainian side of the border. Really there should be no railway bridges standing in RF controlled areas of...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2023, 22:22
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Russia under Yeltsin was an utter shambles. Vlad...

Russia under Yeltsin was an utter shambles. Vlad got it working again for ordinary Russians (with extras for the oligarchs) and earned a measure of gratitude / support through results, propaganda and...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 21:38
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The U.S. Has Made a Coldly Logical Decision in...

The U.S. Has Made a Coldly Logical Decision in Ukraine. So Has Russia. (https://nyti.ms/3WB7FVQ)
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2023, 17:04
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Vlad started with the security guarantees that...

Vlad started with the security guarantees that Russia provided when Ukraine gave up its nukes – rendering worthless anything Russia has or will ever put on paper.

​​​​​​Back in WWI both the Tsar...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2023, 16:23
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Interesting point Nutty, Eisenhower, once...

Interesting point Nutty,

Eisenhower, once asked what the Russians required to take over Europe, replied "shoes".
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2023, 23:40
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The West is getting quite the bargain in reducing...

The West is getting quite the bargain in reducing Russian strength, but like McCarthy, Putin doesn't know how to quit. He hasn't run dry in ordinance yet and has found more suppliers.

There's...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2023, 15:39
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The graph shows a surplus of females in older...

The graph shows a surplus of females in older ages and a small surplus of fighting age males. Vodka consumption in males may explain the surplus of older females as well as the usual longer female...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2022, 02:39
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Touché :ouch:

Touché :ouch:
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2022, 22:27
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Not much different from WWII when Soviet troops...

Not much different from WWII when Soviet troops had KGB behind to shoot retreating troops.

It was also a Soviet military offense to be taken prisoner.

Returned POWs were gulaged or shot.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2022, 02:20
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

If RF is turning off the lights in Kyiv, it's...

If RF is turning off the lights in Kyiv, it's only fair for UAF to turn off the lights in Moscow. Some good ol' boys did serious damage to two North Carolina substations with firearms.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2022, 00:50
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

TableTopBill's Marlboro MLRS is sited among yucca...

TableTopBill's Marlboro MLRS is sited among yucca plants. Admirable range:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2022, 15:51
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Mohammed bin Salman is definitely eligible. But...

Mohammed bin Salman is definitely eligible. But we need his oil.:mad:​​​​​​​
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2022, 00:27
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

You don't need missiles to take out substations

Tens of thousands in North Carolina without power after substations hit with gunfire (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/power-outage-substations-north-carolina-gunfire-investigation-vandalism-1.6674236)...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2022, 00:24
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Substations supporting RF logistics are a...

Substations supporting RF logistics are a legitimate military target, but can AFU target them? Permission from its suppliers and capability are the questions.

Transmission corridors may be an...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2022, 23:53
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The Dnipro will likely freeze over in the next...

The Dnipro will likely freeze over in the next few weeks. With thick enough ice you can drive a tank across praying that AUF won't break up the ice with artillery as did the Finns when Stalin sent...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2022, 16:19
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Iran has been seriously short of friends since...

Iran has been seriously short of friends since Trump pulled out of the agreement. EU faceplanted on bypassing Trump, basically clutched their pearls, bleated and ultimately let trade with Iran circle...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2022, 22:36
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Some posts back was a photo of a captured RF...

Some posts back was a photo of a captured RF munition dump with a comment that UKR does not accept gifts from murderers and rapists; so they will all be returned:E​​​​​​

Given RF shelling of UKR...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2022, 22:39
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Reports indicate that RF troops in some locations...

Reports indicate that RF troops in some locations are short on food and water as well as ammo.

Argentinian troops in the later stages of the Falklands suffered similar privations, but had nowhere...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2022, 01:45
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

RF are effectively wasting vast amounts of...

RF are effectively wasting vast amounts of artillery on civilian targets, leaving them short of shells to engage military targets. Their aim also seems deficient.

UKF by contrast are far more...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2022, 15:01
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The end of center pivot irrigators often have a...

The end of center pivot irrigators often have a sprayer to increase the coverage. There's lots of them in my neighborhood. I've even landed in a field with one operating. Happily they are very slow...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2022, 15:07
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

ACV Casualty Multiple

I suspect that ACV occupancy was high in the initial invasion, but that RF grunts subsequently acquired a reluctance to climb aboard, along with an alacrity to dismount pronto at the first sign of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2022, 16:13
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Shades of the Spanish Civil War

We are seeing newer weapons and tactics put to the test. ME unpleasantries have tended to be asymmetric.

USAF has long wanted to get rid of the A-10. Ukraine may be useful in this regard. In any...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2022, 15:21
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Missing from the news lately is the massive RF...

Missing from the news lately is the massive RF shelling of mostly civilian targets that had been going on for months.

Methinks HIMARS and similar ordnance have effectively interdicted RF supply...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2022, 01:19
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

If you really want to wreck this bridge for a...

If you really want to wreck this bridge for a long time, you'd aim for a box beam to pillar joint.

If you hope to put a bridge out of easy use so that you can later repair the bridge for your own...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2022, 02:15
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

The link in post 7197 has some guy proposing...

The link in post 7197 has some guy proposing covering the bridge with 15 cm thick steel slabs. That might just take down the bridge with gravity:E​​​​​​
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2022, 01:44
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

KIA:WIA:MIA rates vary by circumstances. ...

KIA:WIA:MIA rates vary by circumstances.

​​​​​​WIA:KIA in tanks that toss turrets is close to zero.

If RF never sees a tank return, it's counted as MIA, whether it tosses a turret or the crew...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2022, 15:31
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,128,999
Posted By RatherBeFlying

Hopefully satellites will monitor the boxcars...

Hopefully satellites will monitor the boxcars until close enough for Bayraktars to trigger secondaries, preferably over a bridge.
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