Im pretty sure military clients would want to flash their own software/firmware on those DJI drones.
Ukrainian War Developments
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Footage on Telegram this evening shows what appears to be several cruise missile launches from a Russian ship in the Black Sea
Footage on Telegram this evening shows what appears to be several cruise missile launches from a Russian ship in the Black Sea
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Honestly, I think this was a belated attempt on the part of the White House to inject some realism into Kyiv's negotiating position. The American decision-making apparatus is not monolithic. There are levels of imperial arrogance. Some folks are less actively malevolent than they are simply naïve and easily beguiled. In late '21 and early '22, Washington was telling Kyiv:
1. (privately) that Ukraine would not be joining NATO.
2. (publicly) that a Russian invasion was coming.
3. (again, publicly) that the US would not be riding to their rescue.
The effect of all these statements should have been to increase Kyiv's willingness to negotiate. But by all accounts, Kyiv refused to believe that an invasion was actually imminent. And if you don't believe that, then you obviously aren't going to see a reason to revise your negotiating position. From Zelenskiy's statements, it's also clear that Kyiv continued to harbour illusions about prospective NATO involvement right up to the point of invasion.
We probably shouldn't be surprised by all this. Without speaking to the government of Kyiv specifically, we can certainly appreciate a general pattern of societies whereby decision-makers are responsive first and foremost to the domestic political pressures that impinge on them on a daily basis, and which are more clearly defined than prospect of amorphous "costs" imposed by external actors. I think we can safely assume that those domestic pressures on Zelenskiy and co. would not have been favourable to compromise.
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6x Kalibr launched from a Buyan-M corvette -
Looks like they're starting to expend their shipborne inventories. It may indicate the beginning of the next phase of offensive. Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro perhaps? Maybe even Odessa?
The subsequent post indicates impacts in Odessa.
For a small ship it sure packs a punch.
Post-war, when Russia recovers, it needs to the build a super-size Gorshkov Frigate to replace their aging destroyers and pack them with enough cells for the Kalibration missiles.
There are reports the Russian navy is bombarding land targets in Mariupol and Odessa with naval artillery. Probably 100mm or 130mm guns.
I told you. The Russians would not have ran out of cruise missile stock that early. This video is better than that one.
Like Putin said the Germans would be sawing off the branch they sit on. The only way they can stop Russian energy imports immediately is to basically shut down the entire German industry. I will also notice Russia to a large degree has not imposed their own counter sanctions yet. The EU's sanctions on Russia damage themselves so much that the Russians haven't bothered to do so yet. I also think they are waiting to see how things will work out in the medium term after the initial hysteria and frenzy.
There are reports the Russians bombarded a huge Ukrainian rail junction near Dnipro which was the main supply route of the Ukrainian forces in the East close to the Donbass.
There is so much BS coming from the Ukrainian side it is hard to believe anything they do say.
DJI drones use civilian transmission frequencies close to the ones used in cell phone communication to communicate with the drone operator. The Russians should have had ways to detect those transmission sources for a long time already. I would not be surprised if they could even intercept and read the communications given they get constantly harassed by drones in Syria.
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Brb buying more DJI stock
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