Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "SCHOLZ, no free speech for MUSK. Ursula, PUTIN cut gas. Elensky trashes EU. TRUMP, sanctions likely" video.
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“For Americans convinced by Luckey’s rhetoric that China truly is an urgent threat to them and their way of life, it is actually Palmer Luckey, Anduril, and other companies and individuals like them demanding America “leverage the whole of the nation” by diverting resources needed to thrive at home, toward efforts to antagonize and coerce other nations abroad. This results in transferring the wealth of the American people toward Palmer Luckey’s over-priced weapons and ultimately toward his next new home, rather than toward better education, healthcare, and infrastructure for the average American man, woman, or child. In the end, Palmer Luckey and Anduril pose a much greater threat in reality to the average American and their way of life, than any threat China is claimed to pose in fiction.” - The New Atlas
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The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday released a new video showing heavy thermobaric TOS-1A Solntsepyok systems attacking Ukrainian positions in a border area of Kursk Region.
The nighttime video shows the launchers firing multiple projectiles at the Ukrainian forces. The hits were observed by a surveillance drone equipped with a thermal camera, footage shows.
While designated as a heavy flamethrower in Russia, TOS-1A is effectively a multiple rocket launcher system, designed to fire massive 220mm thermobaric projectiles.
The munitions, also known as aerosol or vacuum explosives, disperse a cloud of high explosive gas or liquid that is then ignited, producing a powerful blast with extreme temperatures and pressure.
The system has proven to be an important tool in Russia’s arsenal, capable of obliterating heavily fortified positions.
According to the latest estimates from Moscow, the Ukrainian invasion force has sustained extremely heavy casualties since the beginning of the attack on Kursk Region.
Up to 54,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed or wounded, with more than 300 tanks, over 230 infantry fighting vehicles and nearly 180 armored personnel carriers destroyed. The invasion force has lost other assorted high-value assets, including over a dozen US-supplied M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. - RT
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