April 13, 20232 yr Russia jamming U.S. smart bombs in Ukraine, leaked docs say Quote American-made smart bombs are falling victim to Russian electronic jamming in Ukraine, causing them to miss their targets, according to leaked documents and confirmed by a Defense Department official. In some cases, the weapons were also failing to detonate due to a technical issue, which Ukrainian troops have since addressed. The news adds to an increasingly bleak picture of the state of Ukraine’s military that has emerged from a trove of top secret intelligence documents that leaked on social media and came to light over the past week. The documents show that Washington has grave concerns about Kyiv’s dwindling ammunition and air defenses, which could cause it to fall short of its goals for the anticipated spring counteroffensive. The Pentagon in December began sending Kyiv advanced equipment that could convert unguided air-dropped munitions into precision-guided "smart bombs” that can hit Russian targets with a higher degree of accuracy. The guided bombs can be launched by a variety of aircraft such as bombers and fighters, and are called Joint Direct Attack Munitions or JDAMs. The longer-range version being sent to Ukraine is called a JDAM-Extended Range, or JDAM-ER. But the weapons have experienced higher-than-expected dud rates and have missed their targets on the battlefield, according to a leaked slide prepared by the Joint Staff and confirmed by a U.S. official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue. In some cases, the bomb fuzes were not arming when they were released, causing the weapon to fail to detonate. The Ukrainian air force put in place a fix to ensure the bombs are arming correctly, according to the slide and the official. Mark Esper, others question 'trust' amid classified leak SharePlay Video The document includes a diagram of the munition and lays out the technical issue the weapons are experiencing as well as the proposed fix. It also provides a detailed account of the weapon’s failure rate in several recent attacks, including the dates and the number of munitions it took to take out the target. However, POLITICO could not independently verify that information. A larger problem is that Russia is using GPS jamming to interfere with the weapons’ targeting process, according to the slide and a separate person familiar with the issue who’s not in the U.S. government. American officials believe Russian jamming is causing the JDAMs, and at times other American weapons such as guided rockets, to miss their mark. "I do think there may be concern that the Russians may be jamming the signal used to direct the JDAMs, which would answer why these munitions are not performing in the manner expected and how they perform in other war zones,” said Mick Mulroy a former Pentagon official and retired CIA officer. A spokesperson for Boeing, which makes the guidance kits, referred questions to the U.S. government when asked for comment. Defense Department spokesperson Lt. Col. Garron Garn declined to comment on the content of the leaked documents. "We have seen Ukraine use the security assistance the U.S. and our partners and allies have provided to great success in the defense of their sovereign territory,” Garn said. "We are not going to discuss battle damage or intelligence assessments due to operational security considerations.” Damn Ruskies!
April 13, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, mr_hunt said: I understand that post is Trump Russia collusion dig and Trump had a very legal, wonderful call with Ukraine while withholding military funds, but does it belong in this thread ? 🤔
April 15, 20232 yr Author Putin approves e-conscription notices and closes borders for evaders https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/14/7397961/
April 15, 20232 yr Head of Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Inundated With Sex Toys, FBI Memorabilia https://www.thedailybeast.com/head-of-russias-fancy-bear-hackers-inundated-with-sex-toys-fbi-memorabilia Quote The head of a notorious cyber warfare group has been sent ****s and FBI memorabilia after Ukrainian hackers infiltrated his accounts, reports say. An open-source website claims a Ukrainian hacktivist group called Cyber Resistance breached the email account belonging to Lt. Col. Sergey Morgachev—the leader of Moscow’s "Fancy Bear” hacking group. As well as reportedly uncovering sensitive documents about Morgachev, the Ukrainians decided to carry out a "symbolic act of moral humiliation” by purchasing sex toys and gay pride flags using his card. They also purchased souvenirs emblazoned with the FBI logo in an apparent nod to the fact that he is wanted by the agency over alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Fancy Bear might not mind all the sex toys, at least, from the name.
April 15, 20232 yr 17 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Well that one less thing to worry about. Need all their munitions for Taiwan.
April 16, 20232 yr On 4/14/2023 at 4:46 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: China is the vulture waiting to pick up the pieces of what is leftover.
April 17, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said: How to volunteer for Ruski Airborne: Step 1: Get thrown out of airplane.
April 17, 20232 yr Newly painted and ready to kick some arse! https://english.nv.ua/nation/first-photos-of-m2-bradley-s-in-ukraine-s-green-and-gray-camo-appear-50318383.html
April 17, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Abracadabra said: The British number is wrong, it references the number of people questioned over social media bullying and trolling posts. Not arrested. It's almost guaranteed that the Russian number is understated, and they legit arrest people for things like "hate speech against Christians". It's also from 2017, where someone's home was literally raided for pictures the guy saved to his VKontakte (Russian facebook) years earlier when he was 13. Russia arrested tens of thousands over anti-war protests in 2022, and this most recent case is a nice case study: A Russian court on Monday convicted a top opposition activist of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow’s war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 25 years in prison as part of the Kremlin’s relentless crackdown on critics of the invasion. You're a vatnik moron.
April 17, 20232 yr Defend this @Abracadabra Shot 5-year-old girl in head: Prisoners from Wagner confess to killing children in Bakhmut and Soledar During the week, [former convicts pardoned by Putin for service in Wagner] testified during video and audio interviews and informed Vladimir Osechkin, the Gulagu.net founder, about the details of the shooting of more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers, the blowing up of a pit with more than 50 wounded prisoners and the so-called "500" (those who decided to stop fighting and refused to carry out orders to kill Ukrainians), clearing residential buildings and killing everyone, including children. In particular, one of the Wagnerites admits that he "shot a 5-year-old girl in the head" when they went to Soledar and Bakhmut: "She screams, she is a small child, you understand. I shot a 5-6-year-old girl in the head." Uldarov said that he "cleared" the basement with 300-400 civilians; about 40 of them were children. According to him, it was a 9-story building. The occupier adds that "he had no choice" and that he had an order to dispose of everyone. Quote from Uldarov: "I executed the order with this very hand, I killed the children. You understand, by order. The fact that we… We were given the order to wipe out and kill everyone… We went and killed everyone – women, men, pensioners and children, in particular, the small ones, 5 year-olds." According to the terrorists, a command to mop up Bakhmut came from Prigozhin. He ordered not to spare anyone – neither old people nor children, just to kill them all. It was even worse in Soledar.
April 17, 20232 yr On 4/15/2023 at 10:01 AM, Toastrel said: Head of Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Inundated With Sex Toys, FBI Memorabilia https://www.thedailybeast.com/head-of-russias-fancy-bear-hackers-inundated-with-sex-toys-fbi-memorabilia Fancy Bear might not mind all the sex toys, at least, from the name. They must have used @Abracadabra's Amazon wish list
April 18, 20232 yr On 4/17/2023 at 1:36 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: Defend this @Abracadabra Shot 5-year-old girl in head: Prisoners from Wagner confess to killing children in Bakhmut and Soledar During the week, [former convicts pardoned by Putin for service in Wagner] testified during video and audio interviews and informed Vladimir Osechkin, the Gulagu.net founder, about the details of the shooting of more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers, the blowing up of a pit with more than 50 wounded prisoners and the so-called "500" (those who decided to stop fighting and refused to carry out orders to kill Ukrainians), clearing residential buildings and killing everyone, including children. In particular, one of the Wagnerites admits that he "shot a 5-year-old girl in the head" when they went to Soledar and Bakhmut: "She screams, she is a small child, you understand. I shot a 5-6-year-old girl in the head." Uldarov said that he "cleared" the basement with 300-400 civilians; about 40 of them were children. According to him, it was a 9-story building. The occupier adds that "he had no choice" and that he had an order to dispose of everyone. Quote from Uldarov: "I executed the order with this very hand, I killed the children. You understand, by order. The fact that we… We were given the order to wipe out and kill everyone… We went and killed everyone – women, men, pensioners and children, in particular, the small ones, 5 year-olds." According to the terrorists, a command to mop up Bakhmut came from Prigozhin. He ordered not to spare anyone – neither old people nor children, just to kill them all. It was even worse in Soledar. Funny how you take dissident, troll propaganda without question but deny the documented slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians for 16 years in Donbas. I've said before, any Russian guilty of war crimes should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. I can assure you that Russia will punish their own perps. The same cannot be said of Ukraine. In fact, Ukraine has a national policy of committing war crimes routinely. What's worse, the fascist **** of the west have full knowledge, support, and even direction of such crimes.
April 18, 20232 yr Check and mate. Oh, but it's not what you think. China isn't going to supply Russia with arms. Russia doesn't need them. It's the other way around. S-500 incoming. Kinzahl and Zircon too. Imagine three aircraft carriers at the bottom of the sea. Game over!
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