Rob Lee (Twitter)
@exexpat19 @shashj: I think kamikaze/bomber FPV/Mavic-type UAVs would be useful for almost any military (they can offer 4 times the range of 81mm mortars, which I believe is still the longest range weapon in a US Marine infantry battalion), but the need is far less given greater US air power/ground fires capabilities.
@exexpat19 @shashj: I think kamikaze/bomber FPV/Mavic-type UAVs would be useful for almost any military (they can offer 4 times the range of 81mm mortars, which I believe is still the longest range weapon in a US Marine infantry battalion), but the need is far less given greater US air power/ground fires capabilities.
Rob Lee (Twitter)
@exexpat19 @shashj: Absolutely, and everyone acknowledges that the reliance on FPVs is a means of compensating for a lack of artillery and other ammunition. They play a complementary role but certainly don't replace artillery, mortars, and other capabilities.
@exexpat19 @shashj: Absolutely, and everyone acknowledges that the reliance on FPVs is a means of compensating for a lack of artillery and other ammunition. They play a complementary role but certainly don't replace artillery, mortars, and other capabilities.
Rob Lee (Twitter)
RT @NatashaBertrand: Gen. Chris Cavoli, commander of US European Command, tells HASC that the Russians are currently firing 5 times as many artillery shells as the Ukrainians on the battlefield, and that number will go up to 10 to 1 “in a matter of weeks" as the Ukrainians continue to ration.
"We're not talking about months, we're not talking hypothetically," he said.
RT @NatashaBertrand: Gen. Chris Cavoli, commander of US European Command, tells HASC that the Russians are currently firing 5 times as many artillery shells as the Ukrainians on the battlefield, and that number will go up to 10 to 1 “in a matter of weeks" as the Ukrainians continue to ration.
"We're not talking about months, we're not talking hypothetically," he said.
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Rob Lee (Twitter)
Izvestia confirms that Russia has formed the 49th Air Assault Brigade as part of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which will be equipped with BMP-3. Air Assault Brigades were previously subordinated to the Ground Forces before all were transferred to the VDV.
https://iz.ru/1678690/aleksei-mikhailov-roman-kretcul-vladimir-matveev/vmiat-shturmom-zachem-v-sukhoputnykh-voiskakh-vossozdaiut-desantnye-brigady
Izvestia confirms that Russia has formed the 49th Air Assault Brigade as part of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which will be equipped with BMP-3. Air Assault Brigades were previously subordinated to the Ground Forces before all were transferred to the VDV.
https://iz.ru/1678690/aleksei-mikhailov-roman-kretcul-vladimir-matveev/vmiat-shturmom-zachem-v-sukhoputnykh-voiskakh-vossozdaiut-desantnye-brigady
Известия
Вмять штурмом: зачем в Сухопутных войсках воссоздают десантные бригады
Новые соединения усиливают боевыми машинами БМП-3
Rob Lee (Twitter)
@exexpat19: So it looks like they'll have a battalion trained to do helo ops (though they probably won't train for this until later), and otherwise they will be equipped/trained for assaults better than other units in the army.
@exexpat19: So it looks like they'll have a battalion trained to do helo ops (though they probably won't train for this until later), and otherwise they will be equipped/trained for assaults better than other units in the army.
Dan (Twitter)
RT @JimmySecUK: Eliot A. Cohen on why the guilty men in Washington sit on both sides of the aisle. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/04/kyiv-spring-ukraine-military-aid/678013/
RT @JimmySecUK: Eliot A. Cohen on why the guilty men in Washington sit on both sides of the aisle. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/04/kyiv-spring-ukraine-military-aid/678013/
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @OSINTua: Hello from the Netherlands🌷🌞
We have received a drone that was financed by you. And we are very thankful for that. Keep going!🔥
Another 3 antennas are ordered. When they arrive I post a photo. Just like always.
But let’s talk about support and how it’s going🧵👇
RT @OSINTua: Hello from the Netherlands🌷🌞
We have received a drone that was financed by you. And we are very thankful for that. Keep going!🔥
Another 3 antennas are ordered. When they arrive I post a photo. Just like always.
But let’s talk about support and how it’s going🧵👇
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @BohdanKrotevych: @visegrad24: In any case, Ukraine will win. whether someone likes it or not. we will not ask permission to fight for our independence.
RT @BohdanKrotevych: @visegrad24: In any case, Ukraine will win. whether someone likes it or not. we will not ask permission to fight for our independence.
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @ThomasVLinge: I just came back a trip around the resistance territories of southern Karenni state (Myanmar).
During my time I went to the frontlines, visited IDP camps in the jungles, stayed the night at an abandoned junta base, met resistance fighters, refugees and community leaders.
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RT @ThomasVLinge: I just came back a trip around the resistance territories of southern Karenni state (Myanmar).
During my time I went to the frontlines, visited IDP camps in the jungles, stayed the night at an abandoned junta base, met resistance fighters, refugees and community leaders.
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Rob Lee (Twitter)
Video of an attempted Russian Lancet strike on a Ukrainian 116th Mechanized Brigade AS-90 howitzer that was defeated by the counter-Lancet shelter.
t.me/khornegroup/1856
Video of an attempted Russian Lancet strike on a Ukrainian 116th Mechanized Brigade AS-90 howitzer that was defeated by the counter-Lancet shelter.
t.me/khornegroup/1856
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Rob Lee (Twitter)
RT @EvansRyan202: We ungated the first of the two-part discussion between @KofmanMichael & @RALee85 on drones in Ukraine @WarOnTheRocks
https://warontherocks.com/2024/04/mike-kofman-and-rob-lee-on-drones-in-ukraine/
RT @EvansRyan202: We ungated the first of the two-part discussion between @KofmanMichael & @RALee85 on drones in Ukraine @WarOnTheRocks
https://warontherocks.com/2024/04/mike-kofman-and-rob-lee-on-drones-in-ukraine/
War on the Rocks
Mike Kofman and Rob Lee on Drones in Ukraine
This deep and fascinating conversation is one of a two-part discussion that you can listen to on the Russia Contingency, a members-only podcast hosted by
Dan (Twitter)
RT @FluteMagician: 1) I’m now going to expose a new Russian troll operation. This is going to be a long thread, but you’re going to need to read it in full to understand what’s going on. So, I posted this reply to a TNM tweet. And the replies to my tweet are a gold mine. Read on⬇️
RT @FluteMagician: 1) I’m now going to expose a new Russian troll operation. This is going to be a long thread, but you’re going to need to read it in full to understand what’s going on. So, I posted this reply to a TNM tweet. And the replies to my tweet are a gold mine. Read on⬇️
Rob Lee (Twitter)
RT @wammezz: Very disappointing and unethical to see this @Bloomberg piece, as they asked me over a month ago to ID Iranian drones in Sudan, track flights and monitor airports. Spending days work, the piece left out that I did that for them. OSINT'ers, avoid them.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-08/iran-s-drone-tech-innovations-are-redefining-global-warfare?srnd=homepage-europe
RT @wammezz: Very disappointing and unethical to see this @Bloomberg piece, as they asked me over a month ago to ID Iranian drones in Sudan, track flights and monitor airports. Spending days work, the piece left out that I did that for them. OSINT'ers, avoid them.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-08/iran-s-drone-tech-innovations-are-redefining-global-warfare?srnd=homepage-europe
Bloomberg.com
Iran’s Better, Stealthier Drones Are Remaking Global Warfare
Countries from Central Asia to South America are building their own killer tech based on Iranian designs — often with US components.
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