Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "THAT'S ALL FOLKS! Russia SUSPENDS OFFENSIVE and SWITCHES to ACTIVE DEFENSE. Ukraine OPENS NEW FRONT" video.
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@Ni999 Totally agreed and supported.
I generally ignore comments offering simplistic solutions to complex problems; as if no-one in Ukraine or the 60 plus countries supporting and assisting Ukraine, would not have thought of or, at the very least, be considering solutions to the problems being faced. I particularly avoid those where there is antagonism, derision and ridicule involved. With the millions of people on the internet, it is usually not worth responding. However, I acknowledged your post and will add a few of my ideas.
In addition to addressing the immediate problem of planning design and construction of such defensive weapons, is the issue of how many can be or should be made, how they will be disbursed and who will have control of them. They would need to be linked with a radar system and then have the people distributed across all the possible areas where the drones might be targetted, in a country of 44 million people and area of 603,628 km² {10% greater area than France}. And after all that the enemy upgrades their drone weapon with a small jet engine, adding a new diectional control {GPS or similar}, increasing the speed and possibly the height, plus or minus, at which they may fly. Then that whole process has to be undertaken again to address a new set of parameters. The manufacturing facility in which the original defensive weapon was produced may be adapted or may be of no use for an upgraded iteration of the original concept.
Some people have questioned the use and cost of "cardboard drones". Interestingly, suitability for purpose aside, it is the drive engine, directional and stabilising functions of the drone that are the most costly. But they are all wrapped in waxed cardboard - difficult for radars and other identifying instruments to pick up and difficult to shoot down other than a chance hit on a critical internal part. If not used as a suicide drone but as a delivery drone, they can be recovered and used again. One is supposed to have made 60 return trips. I found it interesting to search information on that drone which also led me in a few other directions.
One of my own earlier suggestions was to have blimps supporting a string or rack of chains to act as protection of sensitive infrastructure, such as water and power facilities. That was offered as a suggestion, without any derision or unpleasant "put downs", in the hope that if it was considered useful, the idea may be picked up and utilised. Or possibly, the principle may be developed in other ways that would serve the purpose. The intention is to "white board" ideas and distill from the collective mass, till a logical and practical solution is developed.
However, antagonism, derision and ridicule add nothing to the conversation apart from making it unpleasant.
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@Sierraone1
Progress in war is not always measured in miles or kilometres.
Rapid End to WAR & Attrition of Military Resources.
Many people are saying, "There has been too little progress" and "We could have ended this WAR last year, if Ukraine had been given all they needed".
What people seem to forget, or simply do not know, is what is demonstrated in just a few categories of hardware and equipment, more of which can be seen on the "ORYX equipment losses in Ukraine" website:
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here.
Russia 🇷🇺: Total hardware losses and Tanks lost 24 February 2022 to 17 October 2023
Total - 12573, of which: destroyed: 8687, damaged: 521, abandoned: 473, captured: 2892
Tanks - 2389, of which destroyed: 1559, damaged: 136, abandoned: 144, captured: 550
Ukraine 🇺🇦: Total hardware losses and Tanks lost 24 February 2022 to 17 October 2023
Total - 4585, of which: destroyed: 3107, damaged: 349, abandoned: 171, captured: 960
Tanks - 664, of which destroyed: 435, damaged: 54, abandoned: 33, captured: 142
Russian Naval Ships and Submarines (16, of which destroyed: 11, damaged: 5)
1 Project 1164 Slava-class guided missile cruiser: (1, Moskva, sunk)
1 Project 636.3 Improved Kilo-class submarine: (1, B-237 'Rostov-na-Donu', damaged beyond economical repair)
5 Project 03160 Raptor-class patrol boat: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged)
1 Project 02510 BK-16E high-speed assault boat: (1, destroyed)
1 Project 640 small patrol boat: (1)
1 Project 1171 Tapir-class landing ship: (1, BDK-65 'Saratov', destroyed)
3 Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship: (1, 'Minsk', damaged beyond economical repair) (1, damaged) (2, 'Olenegorsky Gornyak', damaged)
1 Project 11770 Serna-class landing craft: (1, destroyed)
1 Project 22870 rescue tug: (1, SB-739 V'asily Bekh', destroyed)
1 Project 266M Natya-class minesweeper: (1, damaged)
Todays tally as a result of strikes by Ukrainian forces that say they have destroyed Russian military equipment in missile strikes against military airfields in the occupied parts of two regions and reportedly launched a new drone attack on Crimea as Russia again pounded Ukraine with deadly missile and drone strikes.
Ukraine's General Staff said early on October 17 that Ukrainian forces had hit two Russian helicopters, an ammunition depot, and a piece of artillery, without giving details about where the strikes had taken place.
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