Is Ukraine still short of tanks?!
Here in this thread was posted a very long list of captured tanks in Kharkov and we were persuaded that Ukraine has more tanks than before the war?!?
The War in the Ukraine
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Is Ukraine still short of tanks?!
Here in this thread was posted a very long list of captured tanks in Kharkov and we were persuaded that Ukraine has more tanks than before the war?!?
It's less about public consent and more about maximizing impact.
If Russia sent a ton of conscripts on day 1, sure, they might have won instantly and then occupied Ukraine completely. But if they fail or get bogged down, then there is no way to replenish the army, and no way out aside from nukes.
By softening up AFU forces for more than 6 months, Russia has made the situation far easier for conscripts to manage.
Had Russia sent in conscripts on day 1, they would be sending them into an offensive maneuver war against fully equipped late-USSR standard formations tasked with defending. The result might have been similar to the first attack on Kiev. Or sheer numbers could give the Russians a decisive edge, but that is a gamble.
Now instead, conscripts are going into mainly garrison/artillery duty against a much weaker AFU.
18 MB RAM and Ethernet controllers aren't cutting edge stuff. I can buy those in big bins for education or hobby projects lol.
Based on my understanding you can harden them against EW. Just put it in a sealed metal box with no holes except wire feedthroughs. As long as no RF receiver has direct connection with the unhardened parts there's no possibility of components being damaged. You can do that with either non-RF guidance like IR, TV contrast seeker, etc. Or use optocouplers to send data across the gap.
The chips in the picture have been conformally coated...although not very well. Radiation resistant electronics are a thing, but only really important in long space use. You can just design whatever your protection you need into the circuit or enclosure.
Busy day for Russian dish washer :
More and more videos are appearing of the Iranian Shahed 136 attack drone :
Short clip from Zaporozhye region. Looks like Russian armour with high explosive rounds or could be kornet, engaging the enemy.
More and more videos are appearing of the Iranian Shahed 136 attack drone :
Short clip from Zaporozhye region. Looks like Russian armour with high explosive rounds or could be kornet, engaging the enemy.
yup
The difference between mil spec chips and consumer grade chips according to the data sheets I have seen over the years is a much higher temperature range (both lower and upper temps) and a higher reliability
The soviet union managed to get components and computers during the cold war. That was before the days of alibaba and the like.
If you can buy it online from a store then you can get it to Russian. If the store is within the anti Russian alliance it might have to pass through a 3rd country
Wow they are noisy ! If you hear it buzzying faster you run for cover ! Don't know how easy to hit with an PK machine gun with tracers to help aiming at this height ? You don't need a lot of rounds on target to bring it down probably.
I don't think it had much to do with public opinion. The Ukrainians have managed to train and equip enough soldiers that current Russian positions are untenable.
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China's support for Russia may well be more than meets eye. Here we have alleged pictures of Y-20 over Moscow.
Furthermore,
Furthermore,
Hope anyone thinking of messing with China yet thinks Russia is using washing machine chips for their weapons, better understand this: China makes same amount of washing machines as the next 4 countries combined.