Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36116723)

International Court of Justice orders Russia to immediately suspend all the military operations that it started in Ukraine on Feb. 24.



https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114052

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36116737)

Breaking Mayor of Melitopol was released “after a special operation” by Ukrainian forces.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36116738)

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36116722)

They’re also sending an initial consignment of Switchblade loitering munitions (a.k.a. Kamikaze drones). These are very nasty indeed (if they land on you). It’s unlikely the Russians have any defence against them. They’re designed to launch from a tube and loiter over the battle space for a period of time (how long depends on which model it is, the 600 is bigger and has longer loiter time than the 300). The operator can perform target selection based on a video feed then issue the command to drop. They are too small and too fast to detect or evade. The smaller one punches like a mortar and will make mincemeat of non-armoured vehicles. The larger one may be effective against armour also.

I really wouldn’t like to be in the Russian army about now. It is looking more and more like there’s an appetite in America to use the Ukrainians to shred the Russian armed forces. Things are going to get pretty nasty for them in the coming days.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36116740)

Just read up on those - some scary shit…

And at $6k a pop, very cost-effective anti-armour (light) vs a Javelin at £175k - also, man-portable.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36116738)

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36116722)

They’re also sending an initial consignment of Switchblade loitering munitions (a.k.a. Kamikaze drones). These are very nasty indeed (if they land on you). It’s unlikely the Russians have any defence against them. They’re designed to launch from a tube and loiter over the battle space for a period of time (how long depends on which model it is, the 600 is bigger and has longer loiter time than the 300). The operator can perform target selection based on a video feed then issue the command to drop. They are too small and too fast to detect or evade. The smaller one punches like a mortar and will make mincemeat of non-armoured vehicles. The larger one may be effective against armour also.

I really wouldn’t like to be in the Russian army about now. It is looking more and more like there’s an appetite in America to use the Ukrainians to shred the Russian armed forces. Things are going to get pretty nasty for them in the coming days.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36116746)

The Switchblade is a UAV so is it in addition to the 100 UAV's or part or whole of it?

For those who want to know what Switchblade is there is a Wikipaedia explanation here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Switchblade

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36116748)

I suspect that when they’re talking about those 100 UAVs they may actually be talking about the Switchblades, although they really are munitions that fly like drones, rather than being drones that fire munitions. When a Switchblade’s target is selected, the entire vehicle powers itself down onto the target, so it’s single use.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36116723)

International Court of Justice orders Russia to immediately suspend all the military operations that it started in Ukraine on Feb. 24.



https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114052

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36116752)

What do you think of this speech by Putin though?