Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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The Future of Drone Tech: Long-Range Strikes
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Maybe gay boy will get lucky and he'll be right on this one. The only thing he's been right about in the last 5 years is that your stupid EVs weren't going to become a thing.
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NATO allies weigh new €70B military aid pledge for Ukraine
Allies are currently discussing the new funding target, which would be announced as part of NATO’s Ankara summit next month.
https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-allies-weigh-new-e70b-military-ai
d-pledge-for-ukraine/
Allies are scrambling to shore up support for Ukraine more than four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion. The debate has gained fresh urgency as many experts say Kyiv is tilting the balance of the war in its favor.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Weekend Update #188: Ukraine Reaches Out And Touches Putin--Twice
Trump Is Helping Putin As Much As He Can
Phillips P. OBrien
Jun 07, 2026
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-188-ukraine-reac
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The other major story of the week revolves around the ever closer relationship between the US government and Russia. Though there was a great deal of comment about the vote in the US House on aid to Ukraine, this sadly is a non-event for now. The real story is how the Trump administration is reaching out to Putin more and more.
. . . Now this year’s forum [St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)] was shaping up to be a truly weird one. On the one hand, world leaders were shunning the event. Only two eventually joined Putin on stage, the presidents of Uzbekistan and Tanzania. On the other hand, the Trump administration in its continuing efforts to reach out to Putin, sent a delegation led by Rodney Mims Cook Jr. who serves as the Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and might best be described as a cut-price Albert Speer. He is one of the leading supporters of Trump’s hideous architectural plans which are threatening to deface Washington DC. This included the ludicrously grandiose new Ballroom and the proposed new victory arch, a favored memorial of empires throughout history.
There were other Americans at the SPIEF as well this year, such as fruitcake Candace Owens and alleged rapist Andrew Tate, so Trump was indeed represented officially and unofficially.
. . . Final point that needs to be understood by looking at the effectiveness of these Ukrainian long-range strike attacks is that the Ukrainians could have hit the Victory Day Parade, or at least major strategic targets in Moscow, on May 9. They have that ability now and Putin was wise to have Trump beg the Ukrainians not to attack. If the war is on next year the odds against any parade happening are rather high.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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“We consider it a good one”: Russian report outlines nuclear option if Ukraine conflict continues unchanged
By Jens Asbjørn Bøgen • June 4, 2026
https://www.dagens.com/war/we-consider-it-a-good-one-russian-report-ou
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The report outlined a good, a bad, and a continued path for Russia’s future.
Two prominent Russian hardliners presented several future paths for the country at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, also known as “Putin’s Davos.”
According to the Russian business newspaper Kommersant, the presentation was made by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, known for his affiliation with the Kremlin, and Alexander Dugin, an ultranationalist philosopher and ideologue known as “Putin’s brain” because of his influence on the Russian leader.
Before starting the presentation, Malofeev stated that “this is a scientific report prepared by a whole group of experts.” He then started the slideshow, which outlined a good, a bad, and a continued path for Russia’s future.
And one of the paths included a nuclear strike within the next decade.
A dangerous trajectory
The continuing path focused on what happens if the war in Ukraine simply keeps going at its current pace until 2036.
The outlook for this continuing track is explosive. According to the presentation slides, if the battlefield situation remains stuck in its current rut, Russia will ultimately use nuclear weapons.
“We don’t consider the use of nuclear weapons a ‘slow-fire’ scenario; we consider it a good one,” Malofeev declared.
The “good” and the “bad” scenarios
In the good scenario outlined in the presentation, Russia will have occupied most of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv, by 2036.
This scenario also includes the collapse of the European Union.
The “bad” scenario outlined a Russian military defeat in Ukraine, which, according to the presentation, would lead to the “colonization of Russia” by 2050.
Walking a tightrope
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests in its June 3 update on the war that these extreme ideas may actually serve a political purpose for the current government.
By allowing hardliners to voice such radical outcomes, the Kremlin can make President Vladimir Putin appear calm and moderate by comparison.
However, the think tank also suggests that the Russian government must walk a fine line. Putin relies heavily on the backing of these passionate hardliners to sustain the war effort. He cannot simply dismiss their radical demands without risking their crucial support.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by THG:
The Future of Drone Tech: Long-Range Strikes
There's a name for long- range drones. They're called missiles.
Here's the problem: the longer the range, the greater the fuel requirement, and the smaller the expolsive payload.
Really long range, loitering drones are useful for reconnaissance. Armed long range drones might be useful for small targets or assassinations,
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Quote:The FP-1 is NOT a missile. It is an airplane, with wings and a propeller and an internal combustion engine which breathes air, but is still long-range:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
The Future of Drone Tech: Long-Range Strikes
There's a name for long- range drones. They're called missiles.
Here's the problem: the longer the range, the greater the fuel requirement, and the smaller the expolsive payload.
Really long range, loitering drones are useful for reconnaissance. Armed long range drones might be useful for small targets or assassinations,
Ukraine’s drones got bigger warheads. A Russian corvette in the Baltic just found out.
The Fire Point FP-1 that struck Boikiy at Kronstadt on 3 June crossed 1,100 km to get there — and arrived with a heavier warhead than the model that started Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign.
By David Axe
06/06/2026
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/06/fp-1-anti-ship/
The Fire Point FP-1 drone hit the corvette Boikiy. Overhead satellite imagery confirmed the strike, and a video from the adjacent pier made clear how bad the damage is. The 105-m corvette, one of the Baltic Fleet's frontline warships, "burned for hours," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Mark Krutov noted.
The FP-1's design explains the heavy damage. "It seems that drone was carrying quite a substantial payload," Krutov mused.
It's true. Ukrainian drone-maker Fire Point has been tweaking the propeller-driven FP-1 to increase its explosive firepower, finally addressing a longstanding problem with Ukraine's deep strike drones. Fire Point claimed it produces 300 of the $50,000 FP-1s and similar FP-2s every day.
The first version of the FP-1 flew 1,000 km but, like many Ukrainian drones, carried a fairly small warhead weighing just 60 kg. The earliest FP-2s traded away fuel for explosive payload and thus struck with a 105-kg warhead, albeit at much shorter range.
It wasn't enough firepower to destroy the toughest targets. Ukrainian analysis group Frontelligence Insight blamed the "relatively small warhead size of certain Ukrainian drones" for the limited damage Ukrainian strikes inflicted on Russian refineries in 2024.
It was a serious problem but an understandable one. Ukrainian drone developers were focused on boosting the range of their drones in order to inflict some damage, even if modest, on the most distant Russian targets. "Given the long distances these drones must travel, increasing their warhead size would require adjustments to weight, fuel capacity and overall design," Frontelligence Insight explained.
With time, developers found a way to add firepower without sacrificing range. In March, Fire Point co-founder Denys Shtilerman told Army TV that the company had redesigned the FP-1 and FP-2, adding fuel tanks inside the wings in order to free up space for bigger warheads.
Now the FP-1 can strike with a 105-kg warhead. The short-range FP-2 now packs an impressive 158-kg warhead. It's not clear which variant hit Boikiy, but the heavier payload is consistent with the damage.
The FP-1 and FP-2 carry an OFB-60-type blast-fragmentation warhead, with a TNT main charge boosted by the more powerful OKFOL explosive. The combination delivers heavy fragmentation and blast effects on impact — designed to start fires and damage internal systems rather than punch cleanly through armor.
That's well-suited to anti-ship strikes. Modern warships aren't normally heavily armored above the waterline, and a blast-fragmentation warhead that ignites cable routes, ventilation channels, and the spaces between decks can do as much damage through the fire it starts as through the initial explosion.
Ukrainian defense outlet Defense Express, analyzing the strike, argued that the post-strike fire likely did more damage to the corvette than the warhead itself. Naval fires spread through cable runs, ventilation shafts, and the spaces be
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Maybe gay boy will get lucky and he'll be right on this one. The only thing he's been right about in the last 5 years is that your stupid EVs weren't going to become a thing.
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No reply to that one by either of you fags, huh?
C'mon, Second.
You spent two years insulting me over this issue.
How's that piece of shit Ford 150 Lightning treating you these days? I don't hear you talking much about it anymore.
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Angry poor white trash and Russians don't buy EVs because trash mechanics can't reliably troubleshoot fuel injection. They barely understand carburetors. And certainly not EVs. But the car industry, except in the US and Russia, has adapted to change.
Global electric vehicle (EV) sales, which include both battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), exceeded 20 million units in 2025, representing roughly 25% of all new cars sold worldwide.
Industry trackers report the full-year totals as follows:
• Total Sales: Ranged between 20.7 million and 21.6 million units, representing a 20% growth over 2024.
• China: The dominant market with roughly 12.9 to 13 million units sold, accounting for over 60% of global volume.
• Europe: Approximately 4.3 million units sold, driven by a 33% increase in the market.
• North America: North American sales were sluggish at 1.8 million (down roughly 4%).
• Rest of World: While other emerging markets surged by over 40%.
How stupid are Russians? Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Russia are relatively small, totaling roughly 11,200 units across the year 2025, experiencing a slowdown of about 31% compared to the previous year. Overall, EVs make up less than 1% of the total Russian auto market, with the segment heavily dominated by domestic brands and Chinese imports.
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Don't care about your numbers dude. Whether or not they're fake, they don't even begin to tell the whole picture.
They sold a bunch of shitty, underperforming cars that cost twice as much to insure as a regular car does. Nobody ever bothered building any new charging stations across the nation even though billions were spent on it. When the battery goes, that'll be $25,000 or more to replace.
And there's soon to be ZERO secondhand market. Zero.
Once the people who are left holding the bag when the car dies and is barely a decade old realize how badly they fucked themselves over, they will tell everyone they know about that. And nobody is going to be buying used EVs again once that starts to happen.
People are stupid. People are trendy. Buying EVs for most of these people wasn't any different than women buying ridiculously large Stanley cups because some dipshit influencers on the internet told them to buy it.
For everybody else NOT getting paid to shill all this shit, there's nothing but a lot of regrets over their vehicle purchase.
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