[WonderMomma]

"A good demonstration of the operation of the FENNEK armored reconnaissance vehicle , which will soon be delivered to the Armed Forces from the Netherlands.

The machine itself is made in Germany. It is equipped with a thermal imager, a laser rangefinder, powerful ultra-sensitive optics, as well as a set of BOSA ground sensors. The latter includes magnetic, acoustic, optical sensors and a ground vibration (vibration) sensor, which are secretly installed near the areas to be monitored. The detection range of objects is 1 — 10 m.

These sensors are used to monitor roads, trails, or important terrain areas. They detect vehicles and report their number, speed and direction. They are also able to identify the main types of combat and auxiliary vehicles.

In addition, the crew of the machine has a standard reconnaissance UAV "Aladdin" in its arsenal."

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I saw something about this the other day and thought it was a joke. Apparently, I was incorrect.

"A trained Eagle attacking a small drone...a Duma deputy [Russia] proposed establishing a "Squadron" of such Eagle Interceptors "

[WonderMomma]

1. "Near Tula, 180 kilometers from Moscow, the Russians are placing air defense systems"

2. 1st assault battalion of the 3rd OSHB ""How it all began" (April 2022). We often hear the phrase "I'm not for war"! Of course, no one is born for war, *and we are no exception... It is daily work, training, learning, gaining experience and improvement. But our efforts bear fruit"

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Increased Ukrainian offensive activity south of Vuhledar/Ughledar in southern Donyetsk. The entire contact line across Russian-held Pavlivka and Mykilske, spanning 10km, has been attacked.

[scorpion9]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

I saw something about this the other day and thought it was a joke. Apparently, I was incorrect.

"A trained Eagle attacking a small drone...a Duma deputy [Russia] proposed establishing a "Squadron" of such Eagle Interceptors "

Using animals in war is an age-old strategy, and a pretty good one. There are some funny stories of Russians using bomb-dogs in the second world war. They carried a backpack of high explosives and were trained to run under enemy tanks where they detonated. The funny part was that they often ran under their own tanks and blew them up.

Another pretty effective use case of animals would have been the American "fire bats" where bats where equipped with incendiary explosives and released in wooden cities of Japan, where they would hide under roofs and ignite the whole city.
They scrapped the idea because it was too effective and runaway bats burned down their own buildings :D
I think there also were early guided missiles that were controlled by pigeons.
As for the eagles, I think they are quite rare and difficult to handle, so id just equip them with cameras and have them fly around the frontlines.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by scorpion9 ↗

They scrapped the idea because it was too effective and runaway bats burned down their own buildings :D

A series of tests to answer various operational questions were conducted. In one incident, the Carlsbad Army Airfield Auxiliary Air Base (32°15′39″N 104°13′45″W) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, was set on fire on May 15, 1943, when armed bats were accidentally released. The bats roosted under a fuel tank and incinerated the test range.

Following this setback, the project was relegated to the Navy in August 1943, who renamed it Project X-Ray, and then passed it to the Marine Corps that December.

The Marine Corps moved operations to the Marine Corps Air Station at El Centro, California. After several experiments and operational adjustments, the definitive test was carried out on the "Japanese Village", a mockup of a Japanese city built by the Chemical Warfare Service at their Dugway Proving Ground test site in Utah.

Observers at this test produced optimistic accounts. The chief of incendiary testing at Dugway wrote:

A reasonable number of destructive fires can be started in spite of the extremely small size of the units. The main advantage of the units would seem to be their placement within the enemy structures without the knowledge of the householder or fire watchers, thus allowing the fire to establish itself before being discovered.

The National Defense Research Committee observer stated: "It was concluded that X-Ray is an effective weapon." The chief chemist's report stated that, on a weight basis, X-Ray was more effective than the standard incendiary bombs in use at the time: "Expressed in another way, the regular bombs would give probably 167 to 400 fires per bomb load where X-Ray would give 3,625 to 4,748 fires."

More tests were scheduled for mid-1944, but the program was canceled by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King when he heard that it would likely not be combat ready until mid-1945.

By that time, it was estimated that $2 million (equivalent to $30.1 million today) had been spent on the project.

It is thought that development of the bat bomb was moving too slowly, and was overtaken in the race for a quick end to the war by the atomic bomb project.

Adams maintained that the bat bombs would have been effective without the devastating effects of the atomic bomb: "Think of thousands of fires breaking out simultaneously over a circle of forty miles [64 km] in diameter for every bomb dropped. Japan could have been devastated, yet with small loss of life."

Antigonus II Gonatas' siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when the Megarians doused some pigs with combustible pitch, crude oil or resin, set them alight, and drove them towards the enemy's massed war elephants.

The elephants bolted in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of their own soldiers by trampling them to death.

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"They will cover themselves with people: the "South" OK has named the real purpose of the so-called "evacuation"

From the territories occupied by Russia, people begin to be taken out under the pretext of "evacuation" to those areas of the temporarily occupied territories where Russian military units are stationed.

According to Humenyuk, the enemy will use the civilian population as a "human shield"."



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"The personnel who service the Zaporizhzhia NPP remain in place despite the evacuation of Enerhodar residents. However, IAEA experts have noticed an increase in military presence and activity near the plant."



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"The show is in progress.

Prigozhin announced that Wagner PMC remains to fight in Bakhmut.

"This night we received a combat order, the first one in all this time. It said the following, if you remove all the secret information: we're promised as much ammunition and weapons as we need to continue further actions, they swear that everything will be set up on the flank so the enemy doesn't cut across is, we're told that we can act as we see fit in Bakhmut, and we're given Surovikin as a person to make all decisions within PMC Wagner's combat actions about the interaction with the ministry of defense" - Prigozhin stated.

Previously he said that Wagner PMC would leave Bakhmut on 10th May.

Later Ramzan Kadyrov announced his people were ready to take positions in the city after Wagner's retreat."

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"They will cover themselves with people: the "South" OK has named the real purpose of the so-called "evacuation"

From the territories occupied by Russia, people begin to be taken out under the pretext of "evacuation" to those areas of the temporarily occupied territories where Russian military units are stationed.

According to Humenyuk, the enemy will use the civilian population as a "human shield"."

"Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov: "evacuation" from parts of Zapp region is a cover-up for possible provocations, inducing panic and transferring soldiers under the humanitarian cover."

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"The militarization of children and teenagers in Russia is horrible.

An expo of grenade launchers was opened in a school in Kislovodsk, Russia.

What are these kids being prepared for? To kill and be killed?"

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

"Kadyrov confirmed that his people are getting ready to go to Bakhmut to replace Wagner PMC. He said they are already developing a strategy with the ministry of defense. "