❌ Disagree re Transdnisra: Pres Zelenskyy in fact proposed sending Ukrainian forces to restore law and order over there, but Moldovan leadership simply didn’t have the guts to go ahead with it, although it would be extremely beneficial for Moldova—restoring control over Transdnistra would clear its way to the EU or/and reunification with Romania. It would be a pretty straightforward op for the UAF—it is highly unlikely that tiny isolated Russian force who never seen any hostilities would want to offer any meaningful resistance to battle-hardened Ukrainian troops. At the same time, this would be a serious political and propaganda blow to Russia, and—importantly—there is a major storage of old Soviet artillery ammo in Transdnistra, which obviously will be useful too. There's still time for Pres Sandu to change her mind, she totally should do it.
Great program. In a conversation with a Israeli batallion commander last February, I asked about the adoption of the Tabor weapon.
His comments were simple. The Tabor is a close combat weapon. Paratroopers, old city units and mounted troop were issued the weapon versus the M-4. Reservest units used M-16s. Like you said, Israel never throws anything away. Regardless, weapons are issued to what the expected combat needs will be. This has resulted in several weapons resets. Since the officer I was speaking to was a reservest, his personal weapon was a M-16, but since he was working with vip groups, he was upgraded with A M-4 with full electronics. Same for our driver. Everywhere we went in the south, we had upgraded security versus my prior trips...
Since a big part of countering drones is knowing where they are, and since radar returns can be very small, I think that the airborne acoustic system is best. Ryan briefly described a system he worked on. What is so interesting about these is even a single balloon at say 1500 feet altitude can calculate bearing, distance, heading, speed in a useful way, and a string of these separated by say 1 km becomes like a SOSUS. I’d love to hear about these and whether they are on the way.
What do field manuals say about effectiveness per pound of napalm vs HE, thermobaric, directed air burst, etc, against say troops in open trench, vehicle columns, other? We can see medium sized drones with 50 or 100kg payloads. The thermite works but energy per pound of gasoline is higher.
About a year ago I read Ukraine had set up an app similar to the sleep app that listens to breathing etc. The idea was to listen for Shaheed motors. Did that happen?
❌ Disagree re Transdnisra: Pres Zelenskyy in fact proposed sending Ukrainian forces to restore law and order over there, but Moldovan leadership simply didn’t have the guts to go ahead with it, although it would be extremely beneficial for Moldova—restoring control over Transdnistra would clear its way to the EU or/and reunification with Romania. It would be a pretty straightforward op for the UAF—it is highly unlikely that tiny isolated Russian force who never seen any hostilities would want to offer any meaningful resistance to battle-hardened Ukrainian troops. At the same time, this would be a serious political and propaganda blow to Russia, and—importantly—there is a major storage of old Soviet artillery ammo in Transdnistra, which obviously will be useful too. There's still time for Pres Sandu to change her mind, she totally should do it.
In fact, Gen Hodges suggested it a while ago: https://amp.censor.net/en/news/3365050/maybe_its_time_for_ukraine_and_moldova_to_resolve_transnistrian_issue_retired_us_army_general_hodges
Great program. In a conversation with a Israeli batallion commander last February, I asked about the adoption of the Tabor weapon.
His comments were simple. The Tabor is a close combat weapon. Paratroopers, old city units and mounted troop were issued the weapon versus the M-4. Reservest units used M-16s. Like you said, Israel never throws anything away. Regardless, weapons are issued to what the expected combat needs will be. This has resulted in several weapons resets. Since the officer I was speaking to was a reservest, his personal weapon was a M-16, but since he was working with vip groups, he was upgraded with A M-4 with full electronics. Same for our driver. Everywhere we went in the south, we had upgraded security versus my prior trips...
Since a big part of countering drones is knowing where they are, and since radar returns can be very small, I think that the airborne acoustic system is best. Ryan briefly described a system he worked on. What is so interesting about these is even a single balloon at say 1500 feet altitude can calculate bearing, distance, heading, speed in a useful way, and a string of these separated by say 1 km becomes like a SOSUS. I’d love to hear about these and whether they are on the way.
What do field manuals say about effectiveness per pound of napalm vs HE, thermobaric, directed air burst, etc, against say troops in open trench, vehicle columns, other? We can see medium sized drones with 50 or 100kg payloads. The thermite works but energy per pound of gasoline is higher.
About a year ago I read Ukraine had set up an app similar to the sleep app that listens to breathing etc. The idea was to listen for Shaheed motors. Did that happen?
Graphite bombs might be an interesting topic
Great video! Cheers! 🥃🧊