Russians hit the jackpot, check it out
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Ukraine must have hired Miley to coordinate their retreat...
ROTFL! Now, THAT'S funny! :)
Wow! Were those Mark 4's? Holy shit, looked like 50-60 cases of them.
Some of that is our shit, American made munitions. Well why not, Biden doesn't seem to give a Fuck who he gives millions of our tax dollars to as long as it's not back to us.
Was any of the from Afghanistan?
Taliban probably held onto everything. They aren't stupid, unlike Biden.
The largest munitions depot in Ukraine. Dates back to World War One. It is near Kharkov. Can not believe the Ukrainians did not move this shit months ago. The video does not do it justice. IT'S HUGE
The incompetence is astounding!
Months ago?
Februari would have been not very convenient as they still thought they could win.
Then the SMO commenced and the Ukro-command structure and asset movements was totally demolished within 24 hours. In the east, the Ukro forces have been sitting in a cauldron for months! And they could not move assets at all.
This means, this enormous stockpile was used to sustain their positions within the cauldron. Now it is left for the Russian Federation Forces to find ...... how else are these cut off forces going to sustain themselves?
With another secret stash? Quite probable, Ukraine has some stockpiles left and right. But this is a good sign.
Holy Cow Batman! Mother load arsenal!
Almost at the end, he holds up a piece that fits in a missile, has a convex lens at one end and electronics on the other: then we go to a missile that has been opened. Both are full of gold, you can see it.
That's a seeker head for an anti-aircraft missile. What you see inside are circuit cards and maybe printed gold or copper circuits. Not gold in any bulk sense.
No, but in bulk a scrapper can make a very nice living off such stuff, as my family has. :) As we shake our heads at all the wasted gold.
PS Just checked with my gold evaluator. He says, $20-50 in each head unit and hundreds in the missile body. Your tax dollars at work.
I heard some cruise missiles have many pounds of silver in them.
That would be possible if they had silver wire. Nice stuff.
Maybe they have silver batteries
Maybe. The first ones to come out no doubt had more precious metals in them as they were rather experimental. There could definitely be "pounds" of wire in them.
How about the optic? Usually pure silicon or gallium arsenide. Gold is used as an electrical contact material because of its conductivity and resistance to corrosion. For $20, the cost is worth it, when the alternative is to make junk. (We don't flinch at using platinum in our catalytic converters.)
Finally had a chance to ask that. The lens is covering the heat seeking sensor, which depends on infrared light. Regular glass would not be transparent enough to infrared. Pure silicon would be more transparent, but would block other wavelengths. So if they are dark like these, they are either gallium arsenide or zinc selenide. Both are valuable and can be recycled either as lenses or raw material, but of course after it hits the target, there isn't much.
Actually, most such missiles fuze (detonate) at some distance from the target (forward and laterally), in order that the cloud of warhead fragments would have a high damage probability. The miss distance is almost never zero, so the best option is to accept the miss distance, minimize it, and design the warhead pattern accordingly. There are also differences in warhead design strategy.
Black hat weapon stash for use on us?
"Us" in eastern ukraine
Dang. Christmas came early.
The fuck are we looking at folks.
As fast as the West promises aid, the Russians either capture it or destroy it faster. The Donetsk military is being armed by "trophies" collected on the battlefield, left by fleeing Ukrainians.
If that was in or near Mariupol, that would explain why the ukrainians have been fighting so desperately the past few days (seen via actual citizen journalist channels on YT).
Can you believe the replies?
How do we change it to english?
Stark Industries?