So, remember the “Azovets” super über urban fighting vehicle?
Found an interesting article on it:
It turns out that the “prototype” cost 5 million dollars to make (lol!).
It was built on an old T64 chassis, and used cheapo Chinese electronics such as a 1MP webcam for vision.
The electronics were made of plastic and would have been destroyed by the kind of vibrations a vehicle of this class would typically face.
Once all the money had dried up, after being stolen, and the Azov realized it wouldn’t go into production (no shit!), they stole the equipment and buried it.
A story that really says it all about the kind of corruption taking place in Ukraine.
In other news:
A newly developed Russian cruise missile is responsible for destroying the power plant in Kiyyyiiiiv.
Unlike the hypersonic Khinzal, the X69 is subsonic and flies at an altitude of just 20 meters.
It has a range of 4-500 meters, extremely precise and in some ways even more lethal than the Khinzal.
Khinzals are typically carried by Mig31’s and whenever they go airborne, all of Ukraine is put on high alert. The X69 is carried by SU32 and SU34 planes that don’t attract the same kind of attention. On top of that the missiles low altitude and high level of maneuverability makes it hard to counter.
