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Commanders and advisors from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are on the ground in Yemen and playing a direct role in Houthi rebel attacks on commercial traffic in the Red Sea. The IRGC has stationed missile and drone trainers and operators in Yemen, as well as personnel providing tactical intelligence support to the Houthis, U.S. and Middle East officials told Semafor. The IRGC, through its overseas Qods Force, has also overseen the transfer to the Houthis of the attack drones, cruise missiles, and medium-range ballistic missiles used in a string of strikes on Red Sea and Israeli targets in recent weeks, these officials said

Would you look at that! The US fucked around and now they're finding out.

I mean, I'm not a fan of the Iranian government. I haven't forgotten what they do to women, and the only reason the internet doesn't know what's going on with the Women Life Freedom movement is because Iran is suppressing posts. So I'm not heroizing them.

But I am saying I blame the US for this escalation.

The US and Israel bomb Palestine, Lebanon, and Syra.

The Houthis start attacking ships, making one demand: the genocide and blockade end. We can debate until we're blue in the face whether that is their true motive; certainly, they're not fine, upstanding people. But we ultimately don't know if it was their true motive because the only way to find out would have been to see if the attacks stopped after the end of the genocide.

But instead, the US and Israel keep committing genocide, and the UK joins the US in bombing Yemen.

Now Iran has sent military support.

It's all the US's fault.

#palestine #israel #gaza #iran #America #Yemen

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enriquemzn262 · 1 year

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ID this plane with the non-airlets

Submitted by @lonestarbattleship

It's what the F-104 was always meant to be: A medium-ranged supersonic

cruise missile.

Naw but seriously, this is the second prototype of the YF-104, 55-2956, making its first public appearance, with Lockheed adding temporary fairings to the air intakes of the engine, as to hide the half-cones behind them, which at the time was a breakthrough in inlet design.

#submission

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usafphantom2 · 9 months

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Russia accelerates manufacture of Su-57 Felon fighters

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 19/07/2023 - 16:00in Military

Russia plans to increase deliveries of fifth-generation fighters to its armed forces, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

“It is planned to increase deliveries of fifth-generation fighters,” the head of the Russian government told a coordination council to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces on Tuesday.

He said that one of the board's priorities is to ensure that the state's purchase order is being implemented on time.

"For example, at the end of next month, aircraft manufacturers delivered another batch of new Su-35S aircraft to the ministry of defense. More aircraft are already being manufactured,” he added.

In addition, the prime minister added that Uralvagonzavod had already delivered its scheduled batch of T-90M Proryv and T-72BZM tanks.

"The company gained a considerable boost last year, more than tripling its production in the reported period. The armored vehicles they manufacture are particularly necessary to fulfill the tasks of the special military operation," he said.

The Su-57 (Felon by NATO classification) is a multifunctional fifth-generation Russian fighter designed to destroy all types of air, ground and surface targets. The aircraft has a supersonic cruising speed, intra-fuselage weapons, radio absorption equipment (a "stealth" technology), as well as the newest equipment on board. The intellectualization of the Su-57 systems allows them to assume part of the functions of the pilots, including piloting and preparation for the use of weapons.

Source: TASS

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In May 2023, the Latvian and Estonian governments announced decision to jointly procure the IRIS-T SLM systems, with deliveries expected in 2025.

The IRIS-T is the medium-range air defense missile system designed and produced by the German company Diehl Defense. The system provides comprehensive 360° protection against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, and guided weapons(..)

#Latvia #Estonia #IRIS-T #defense of liberty #russian defeat #air defense system #Baltic States #Northern Europe #NATO #made in germany

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Daily Wrap Up June 23, 2022

Under the cut: The European Union has approved the application of Ukraine [and Moldova] to become a candidate country for admission to the bloc; The UK government has issued an update to the list of goods that are banned from being exported to Russia; The United States will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems; The regional governor of the eastern region of Donetsk said on Thursday that no town is safe for residents as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops intensifies; Three cruise missiles hit southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv.

“The European Union has approved the application of Ukraine to become a candidate country for admission to the 27-strong bloc. EU leaders meeting in Brussels have followed the recommendation of the European Commission, which was made on Friday 17 June.

Ukraine has been seeking EU membership since the 2004 “orange revolution” and more emphatically since the 2013-14 Maidan protests. In the expectation of a positive outcome Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said: “This is like going into the light from the darkness.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to the EU, Vsevolod Chentsov, had said the move would mark “is a signal to Moscow that Ukraine, and also other countries from the former Soviet Union, cannot belong to the Russian spheres of influence.”

The move comes just one day short of the four month anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his troops into Ukraine for what Russia has insisted is not a war, but a “special military operation”.

The accession process to the EU can be lengthy. Until today the official list of candidate countries included Albania, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Turkey gained candidate status in 1999, the Republic of North Macedonia in 2005.”

-via The Guardian

I did a longer write up of this here with more information about what this means and what the future could look like for Ukraine and proper EU status. Both Ukraine and Moldova have been granted candidacy status.

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“The UK government has issued an update to the list of goods that are banned from being exported to Russia. The new details include:

Prohibitions on the export to, or for use in Russia of jet fuel and fuel additives.

Prohibitions on the export to, or for use in, Russia, of Sterling or EU denominated banknotes; as well as prohibitions on the making available, supply, or delivery of such banknotes to a person connected with Russia.

Prohibitions on the provision of technical assistance, financial services, funds, and brokering services relating to iron and steel imports.”

-via The Guardian

The official notice from the UK government can be found here.

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“The United States will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help push back Russian progress in the war, officials announced Thursday.

The latest package includes four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, which will double the number they have now. All four were prepositioned in Europe, and training on those systems has already begun with the Ukrainian troops who will use them, said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anton Semelroth, a Pentagon spokesman. The first four HIMARS that the U.S. previously sent have already gone to the battlefield in Ukraine and are in the hands of troops there.

According to the Pentagon, the aid also includes 18 tactical vehicles that are used to tow howitzers, so the weapons can be moved around the battlefield, as well as 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats, thousands of machine guns, grenade launchers and rounds of ammunition, and some other equipment and spare parts.”-via AP

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“The regional governor of the eastern region of Donetsk said on Thursday that no town is safe for residents as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops intensifies.

“There is no place, no town in Donetsk region where it would be safe,” Pavlo Kyrylenko told Agence France-Presse, citing latest intelligence data.

“It is extremely dangerous for residents to stay in any places of the region,” he added, given the current scale of fighting around the towns of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.

Kyrylenko added that the priority was to prevent Russian forces from advancing into Slovyansk and Kramatosk some 80 kilometres away further west. He said around 45,000 people remained in the latter city - about one third of the pre-war population.

He also said that civilian evacuations were ongoing with 251 people taken out Wednesday from the area. According to him, deliveries of foodstuffs were continuing throughout the Donetsk region despite power outages and intermittent cuts to supplies of water and gas.”-via The Guardian

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“Three cruise missiles hit Ukraine’s southern port city of Mykolaiv today, while air defences shot down another two missiles near the southern city of Odesa, the Ukrainian armed forces said in a statement.

Reuters reports that the military said one civilian was wounded in the strikes on Mykolaiv. The claims have not been independently verified.”-via The Guardian

#Daily Update #Ukraine #Russia #War in Ukraine #Mykolaiv #EU #donetsk #US #UK

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crossoverworldtree · 2 years

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Challenger II Tank Weight: 62 Tons Speed (top speed/cruise): 36/30 Armor Value: 180 Damage Capacity: 480 Toughness: 5 (5) Handling: 3 (8) Size: 0 Special: - Weak Spot (1/2 Armor at rear)

Weapons - 152mm Cannon, Turret Mounted, Extreme Range (Mech), High Shot of each type: o AP Round: 240 Explosive, AP 3 o High Explosive: 200/100/40 over 1/5/10 yards - Machine Gun (30 Bullet, AP 2, Turret Mounted, Rifle Range, Rapid Fire)

M1A3 Abrams Weight: 60 Tons Speed: 45/40 Armor Value (Front/Rear/Sides): 200 Damage Capacity: 520 Toughness: 5 Handling: 3 (12) Special: - Weak Spot (1/2 Armor at rear)

Weapons - 150mm Cannon, Extreme Range (Mech), Turret Mounted o AP Round: 230 Explosive, AP 3, o High Explosive: 180/90/30 over 1/5/10 yards - Machine Gun (30 Bullet, AP 2, Turret Mounted, Rifle range, Rapid Fire)

PT Boat "Black Lagoon" Weight: 56-ton displacement Speed: 50 Knots Acceleration: 30 knots Toughness: 5 Handling: 5 Armor: 30 DC: 600 Accuracy: 5 Armament: 4 Torpedoes (200/75/25 over 15/30/75 yards)

Type-90 Mazer Cannon Weight: 60 Tons Speed: 45/40 Armor Value: 100 Damage Capacity: 300 Toughness: 3 Handling: 3 Special: - Weak Spot (1/2 Armor at rear) Weapons Maser Cannon: - Rate of Fire: Once per Turn (max, overheating risk, knocks out canon for 5 minutes if fired for (toughness) turns) - Ammunition: Energy Cell (40 Shots) - Damage: 200/30/10 (1, 2 Yards, 3 Yards) (Beam Damage) - Range: Long Range Machine Gun: 30 Bullet Damage, Rifle Ranges

Maser canons first appeared in the 1960s, and proved very effective against various monsters over the years, biomega included. Its main beam is a150,000-volt concentrated microwave blast. However, they were not without fault. They have a very narrow beam that dances about when it fires. It also has about 30% power reduction in the rain (140/20/7), which also applies when there is a lot of material in the atmosphere to diffuse the beam. Maser canons have seats for a diver and a gunner.

Raptor 1 Weight: 16 Tons Speed: 250mph/150mph Acceleration: 40 Range: 500 Toughness: 5 Handling: 5 Armor: 150 (double vs. Plasma, Fire, and Beam) DC: 400 Accuracy: 6 Armament: - 48 Cadmium Missiles (introduces toxin to atomic Kaiju (Strength 7 +1 per shot, reduced effectiveness of abilities such as atomic rays and regeneration and possible stunning) (AP 5, 200 damage) (internal Compartments) - 4 Avenger 40mm canons, Fire linked (Can only be fired in bursts, fires 4 per SL, must pause 1 turn between burst), 8,000 rounds (AP 5, Deals a minimum of 1 damage to Kaiju), 3 yards in size: 30 Damage at Ground Zero/to Kaiju, 15 damage at 4 Yards, 9 damage at 9 yards ) - 2 Cruise Missiles (AP 5, 200 damage, double after armor)/2 Kaiju-Killer Missiles (AP5 vs. Kaiju, 800 damage) (External Compartments) - 48 Air-to-Surface Missiles (Medium) (80 damage, AP5) (External Compartments) - 30 Smart Bombs (260 damage, AP5, +2 to hit) (Internal Compartments) Based on Modified CV-22 Osprey, equipped with heavy armaments and extra weapons. Commissioned in 99 as a quick option against Kaiju threats, it saw action against the monsters: Varan, Godzilla, and King Ghidorah, but was damaged beyond repair at the turn of the millennium. The project was not revived in favor of Mecha-Godzilla. The ship was piloted by high-school students (recruited through a secretly issued government-produced video-game Battleground 2000), among them child prodigy Kip Daniels and later Mothra conduit Lori Angelo. They continued to work with G-Force for the most part, but never directly combated Kaiju beyond their Raptor missions. Raptor 1 is twice the size of its sister ship, Raptor 2 (which is a modifier CV-22 Osprey, Half DC, AV, and Weight), and largely resembles one. It is 150ft long and has a wingspan (with the propellers up) of 175ft. Both hold crews of four (Pilot, gunner, sensors, communication) and have no room for anything but their ammunition in their hulls.

UNIT Flying Car Weight: 4,000lbs Damage Capacity: 100 Toughness: 4 Speed: 130/90 Armor Value: 8 Handling: 4 At times, this vehicle looks like a regular (high class) car, but it can transform into a short-range flying machine. Yes, Really. They first appeared in the 1960s and 70s, but are not in common use today. They are seen as relics as they are basically second-rate helicopters with greater limitations. However, none can deny that they are cool. They are the prize of any collection they are a part of. Many are 'tricked out' with all sorts of gadgets. Each Gadget is a separate device purchased separately.

#Godzilla 2000 #Godzilla #War of the Gargantuas #Agents of SHIELD #Special Item

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razieltwelve · 2 years

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Atlas Air Missile Frigate (Final Rose)

The Atlas Air Missile Frigate is one of the world’s premier platforms for dealing with aerial Grimm. It combines high speed and long operational range with a variety of weapons designed to eliminate Grimm before they can attack settlements and other ground-bound targets.

Length: 150 metres

Weight: ~4500 tons

Cruising speed: 1000 km/h

Combat speed: 2000 km/h

Propulsion:

30 anti-gravity units spread evenly throughout the ship

4 large rear-mounted energy-to-momentum conversion thrusters

16 smaller energy-to-momentum conversion thrusters mounted around the rest of the ship

Power source:

2 fusion reactors

Armament:

16 missile pods (4 missile cells per pod), mounted 8 on each side with 8 on the top of the ship and 8 on the bottom

8 close-range point defence flak cannons, mounted 4 on each side with 4 on the top of the ship and 4 on the bottom

8 medium-range cannons, mounted 4 on each side with 4 on the top of the ship and 4 on the bottom

Defences:

2 forcefield generators capable of covering the entire ship

Alloy armour across the entire ship with a minimum thickness of 5.0 cm

#final rose #final codex #fanfiction

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brookstonalmanac · 17 days

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Events 4.6 (after 1940)

1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece). 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans. 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. 1957 – The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines". 1958 – Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes into Saginaw Bay near Freeland, Michigan, killing 47. 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. 1968 – In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. 1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward. 1970 – Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout. 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. 1974 – In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the 1974 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", the first of a joint-record seven Swedish wins. 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. 1985 – Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. 1992 – The Bosnian War begins. 1994 – The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. 1997 – In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur. 1998 – Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. 2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. 2008 – The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists. 2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307. 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves. 2012 – Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali. 2017 – U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties. 2018 – A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

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morningmantra · 3 months

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North Korea Test-Fired Strategic Cruise Missiles Into the West Sea

South Korea reported North Korea's launch of several cruise missiles into the West Sea, marking the third test this month. Joint exercises are now underway.

South Korea reported that North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles into the West Sea on Tuesday. South Korea reported that North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the West Sea. This is the third test of this missile type in the month. North Korea had previously tested these missiles on the 24th and 28th, as well as a solid-fueled medium-range missile on January 14. In response to…

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jcmarchi · 3 months

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Ukraine's Polish Drone Barely Avoided a Russian Air Defence Missile - Technology Org

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Ukraine's Polish Drone Barely Avoided a Russian Air Defence Missile - Technology Org

Polish weapons are a huge help for the defenders of Ukraine. Poland is definitely Ukraine’s closest ally both geographically and in terms of military aid. Poland donated hundreds of armoured vehicles and other weapons for Ukraine’s defensive effort. One such weapon is a loitering munition called Warmate. Recently it engaged a Russian air defence system Tor and almost fell victim to it.

Polish drone Warmate. It is a loitering munition – a kamikaze drone. Image credit: Michał Derela via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Polish drone Warmate recently helped the defenders of Ukraine destroy a Russian short-range air defence system Tor. The Warmate is a small drone developed by WB Electronics company and the Military Weapons Institute of Technology of Poland. Poland, of course, is one of Ukraine’s main arms suppliers, and drones are extremely important in this war.

Ukraine manufactures many of the drones it uses, but there is no time or resources for the development and production of more advanced systems. Meanwhile, the Warmate is a very capable weapon, developed several years before the outbreak of this war.

The Warmate engaged a Russian Tor system in Ukraine and managed to impress the defenders of Ukraine. The Polish drone itself became a target while approaching the Tor in its crosshairs. The air defence system tried to defend itself, but the missile it fired missed – it passed right under the drone. From that point on the days of that particular Tor system were counted:

A Russian TOR air defense system destroyed with the use of a WARMATE by the 15th separate artillery reconnaissance brigade. pic.twitter.com/2vbUYmR9oa

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 20, 2024

It is possible that Warmate was too small a target for the Tor missile system, which is not that new. The development of Tor started in 1975 and it entered service in 1986. In other words, Tor missiles may not be precise enough to shoot down a very small drone. Of course, the Tor short-range air defence system was designed to shoot down cruise missiles, which are also quite small, but the Warmate is tiny compared to the regular targets of Tor.

The Tor is a mobile low-to-medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system, based on a tracked armoured chassis. It is able to track targets while on the go, although it does need to stop to fire missiles.

This attack is said to have been carried out by drone operators from the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine The Warmate is used by soldiers of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade in Ukraine.

The Warmate weighs just 5.5 kilograms, making it very light to transport by hand. Its maximum speed is more than 150 km/h. It can stay in the air for about 70 minutes while searching for a target. The Warmate is a simple aircraft with a pusher propeller, V-tail and a warhead in the nose.

The Warmate is technically a loitering munition – a type of a single-use weapon that is able to stay in the air while waiting for an opportunity to strike. Soldiers prefer to call it a less formal name of kamikaze drone.

Written by Povilas M.

Sources: Se.pl, Wikipedia

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US Navy SEALs missing during seizure of Iranian weapons shipped to Houthis

Two US Navy SEALs missing in the Arabian Gulf were involved in an operation to seize Iranian weapons destined for Yemen.

The SEALs deployed from the USS Lewis B Puller, an expeditionary mobile base ship. They boarded a small dhow off the coast of Somalia at night, supported by helicopters and UAVs, and seized the vessel, US Central Command Navy forces reported.

They took Iranian ballistic and cruise missile components, including propulsion, guidance and warheads for medium-range ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles, as well as air defence components.

The analysis revealed that it was the same type of weapon used by the group to attack ships in the Red Sea. The supply, direct or indirect, sale or transfer of weapons to the Houthis in Yemen is a violation of UN Security Resolution 2216 and international law.