Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Spicey McHaggis]

No roads, no Nutella, no lampshades, no discipline, no fuel, no jobs, no laptops, Chinese tires, no ammo and now this!
Plastic bottle tops as fuel caps!
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https://www.businessinsider.com/video-ukraine-soldier-disassembles-russian-drone-reveals-unsopisticated-handiwork-2022-4

https://archive.ph/jFCAp

If true, it's really not a big deal. Actually it would be a good way to keep costs down on a relatively disposable piece of equipment, same in regards to weight. Also let's you use existing equipment to make it without having to make new tooling.

 

[Kane Lives]

If true, it's really not a big deal. Actually it would be a good way to keep costs down on a relatively disposable piece of equipment, same in regards to weight. Also let's you use existing equipment to make it without having to make new tooling.

Honestly I'm more surprised it even works. But I long learned to never underestimate the propensity of slav jury-rigging and this drone is yet another example of that.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Honestly I'm more surprised it even works. But I long learned to never underestimate the propensity of slav jury-rigging and this drone is yet another example of that.

I mean that's basically just a slightly jumped up remote control plane that hobbyists use. Those can get pretty crude and still fly. Plenty of people make them in garages.

 

[Kane Lives]

I mean that's basically just a slightly jumped up remote control plane that hobbyists use. Those can get pretty crude and still fly. Plenty of people make them in garages.

Well, unless my city slicker ass is very much mistaken, there's still a magnitude order of difference between a toy RC plane, and a drone that's also used to fly out and snap pictures for reconnaissance, and potentially at greater distance and time to fly too. Not to diss those who make those toy planes at home, mind, it's still impressive regardless.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

None of them are. That you don't like that was your own affair until dead gopnik country decided to start a war. If Russia was provoked by hohols Murica was just as and actually more provoked provoked by Libyans, Iraqis, and Afghans. Under the gopnik standard Murica would be justified in leveling Iran tomorrow, Israel would be super mega justified. If they did it I'm sure you'd say ehhhh gotta admit they were provooked

It's embarrassingly two faced not that gopniks have much capacity for embarrassment

I mean
I am willing to admit the Russian invasion of Ukraine was provoked and justified if the US gets to level Iran in exchange

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Well, unless my city slicker ass is very much mistaken, there's still a magnitude order of difference between a toy RC plane, and a drone that's also used to fly out and snap pictures for reconnaissance, and potentially at greater distance and time to fly too. Not to diss those who make those toy planes at home, mind, it's still impressive regardless.

You would be surprised, they can get pretty advanced, it wouldn't be hard to mount cameras on some of them. I've seen people with homemade ones far larger than the one shown in that video.

 

[Saint Agustin]

While his Ukrainian constituents are either suffering or are now refugees.
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This is why Russia has the moral ground to destroy Ukraine and I'm ashamed they didn't go full on carpet bombing kiev and launching nukes

Fuck this guy.

 

[JambledUpWords]

While his Ukrainian constituents are either suffering or are now refugees.
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He’s just doing what he knows best, acting

 

[Wy4M]

No roads, no Nutella, no lampshades, no discipline, no fuel, no jobs, no laptops, Chinese tires, no ammo and now this!
Plastic bottle tops as fuel caps!
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https://www.businessinsider.com/video-ukraine-soldier-disassembles-russian-drone-reveals-unsopisticated-handiwork-2022-4

https://archive.ph/jFCAp

Forgot to add: no toilets.

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Edit - KEK

 

[Saint Agustin]

Forgot to add: no toilets.
webm - no sound

Average tovarich don't care bout toilets. Russian squat is an indicatives of that.

 

[draggs]

I wasn't aware the invasion of Iraq was the topic of conversation here. As it is, I don't recall suggesting that said invasion was justified.

It was justified, if gopniks gone wild is justified

Now and then might does, in fact, make right.

The Jew Nazi must be right then since he's proven to be the one with the might so far

You gotta give it to the gopnik, just like the nigger or dune coon or Murican white trash, when backed into the corner he will jut his chin out and effectively say 'yeah, so what?' Never let it be said the gopnik doesn't have the courage of his selfishness and hypocrisy

I'm not sure who "the world" is as far as you use the term, though I suspect that the nations of "the world" have a peculiar way of justifying lots of things when they feel it's in their interests to do so. You might recall the famed, "Coalition of the Willing", for instance. This, despite the fact that the justifications in that conflict were - as I believe even you have pointed out - flimsy, to put it mildly.

They weren't though, not if the gopnik's reasons are not flimsy

They certainly were when measured against those that gave rise to the current Nuevorussia unpleasantness.

Uh-huh

 

[Übertroon]

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

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The wild ride never ends for that poor bastard.

 

[Lone MacReady]

He’s just doing what he knows best, acting

That's why I don't get how people can trust men like Cuckdeau in Canada. The fucker is an actor, a very poor one, but an actor nonetheless. His "profession" for a time was to hoodwink you and make it seem believable. There's a good reason actors used to be treated worse than whores in the old Roman Empire. Because they were jovial Liars.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

That's why I don't get how people can trust men like Cuckdeau in Canada. The fucker is an actor, a very poor one, but an actor nonetheless. His "profession" for a time was to hoodwink you and make it seem believable. There's a good reason actors used to be treated worse than whores in the old Roman Empire. Because they were jovial Liars.

All politicians are actors. Remember, politics is show businesses for ugly people.

 

[Titos]

Devastating

Anyway, Russian seethe about their unprovoked invasion being called an unprovoked invasion notwithstanding, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of unprovoked Russia, today declared that the war is about preventing American domination of the world

Needless to say, other than kook idiots on the internet who will chug down whatever mug of horse piss and Putin cum is given to them, this explanation notedly has nothing to do with Jew Nazis or muh oppressed volk, it's just we were butthurt they like the globohomo better than us so we attacked them. Brilliant. Surely this will swing opinion in Europe towards the last hope of the huwhite race. 'Don't be friends with people we don't like or we smack you' is diplomacy with a long and sterling history. I 'member Murica being charged with doing the same, not approvingly of course. It's just different when a dead gopnik country does it as opposed to a dead nigger one I suppose

Almost all the excuses for invasion are retarded as far as I can see
1: Muh nazis
How does there being Nazis in Ukraine effect Russia at all? They're basically street hooligans and criminals. If all it takes to invade a country is your neighbor having organized paramilitary psychopaths then damn when does the US invade Mexico?
2: Muh NATO
Nobody is going to fucking invade Russia or nuke them and just because the Russian mindset is that of a paranoid schizophrenic doesn't give you the right to determine other countries policies and alliances
3: Muh Russian speakers
Somehow I doubt the Russians would accept this line of reasoning if China were to tell Russia they are invading liberating the areas of Russia with a majority Chinese population

The reason they are most likely doing this is because the Russian leadership knows Russias demographics are fucked and that they won't be able to do something like this in 10-15 years due to their aging population.

 

[Lookie-lou]

He’s just doing what he knows best, acting

AKA politician

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edit: never mind, its that Turkish a-logging corpse dresser. RIP Ukrainians.

 

[UVB-76]

Now and then might does, in fact, make right.

Then why try and fight NATO expansion?

Well, unless my city slicker ass is very much mistaken, there's still a magnitude order of difference between a toy RC plane, and a drone that's also used to fly out and snap pictures for reconnaissance, and potentially at greater distance and time to fly too. Not to diss those who make those toy planes at home, mind, it's still impressive regardless.

There's a big spectrum in RC planes too, because there's the cheap stuff for kids and the $15,000 "grown up" toys powered by micro jets. Most of the money is on the communications/encryption and optics. The fuselage doesn't need to be strong considering they're lightweight and don't have to pull Gs with 2,000lb bombs bolted to the wings, sculpted foam cores covered in composite can handle the job.
A lot of these drone engines are very similar to motorbike two-stroke engines. A year or two ago a military drone crashed in Europe because the carburetor froze at high altitude.

 

[Wy4M]

https://twitter.com/real_b4_/status/1513168360426680322

 

[Wy4M]

Someone posted this compilation. Forgot where I got it from.