After Europe keeps the conflict running for another year, and Russia finally takes over Ukraine, what happens to all that classified high-tech weaponry that Russia suddenly has access to?
The Russians have been relishing the battlefield trophies, which are sent to the labs for dissection and analysis. But don't make the mistake of thinking they simply copy. In a few cases, they do (e.g., the Tu-4 copy of the B-29), but only for the sake of early capability and getting familiar with the technology. They really prefer to "roll their own," and it is often quite good. Even if they copy nothing, they will obtain a superior understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the captured weapons, which will enable them to formulate effective countermeasures.
I am always interested in how the Russians do things, engineering-wise. They are first-rate theoreticians, mainly because they are required to work on the low-quality side of instrumentation. They make up for lack of deftness with superior insight. And once they got all they could from their German rocket scientists, they went on to do it according to their own ideas. Same thing with airplanes. They used to get criticism on some of their later designs because the surface workmanship was excellent on the forebody but had lower quality farther back. What we didn't understand until later was that they had deduced where the boundary layer transitioned from laminar to turbulent. After the transition point, surface roughness made no difference, so they didn't bother to have a better finish past that point.
Oh, important working principle I learned from them: brute force works. Every time. The connector pins on the Proton rocket launch stand plug into the stationary foundation mount on the pad, like locomotives coming together. The "pins" are copper cylinders about 6 inches in diameter. Works every time.
Howls. You are way beyond me. I am just a brain-dead.
I have a friend who was a dropshipping merchant international and he told me something about the Russians. That's why I know about their mechanical incline. Whatever they received in packages there, someone always opened it to see what is inside. If it's mechanical, it's dismantled and looked at and they will recreate it so quick you can't even blink (Joking, but you know what I mean).
They are a peculiar lot. You do know that their counterpart to von Braun, Sergei Korolyov, was a political prisoner while he designed the rockets that took Sputnik and Gagarin to space? They have been accused of having no concern for their fighting men, but they have designed arguably the best ejection seats in the world (they will maneuver and self-orient, no matter how the airplane was flying when ejected) and they equip their nuke subs with escape capsules to provide safe passage to the surface for the crew. The cosmonaut that made the first space walk almost was unable to get back inside his capsule; his suit had over-inflated. They didn't get to the Moon, but not for lack of courage or skill or determination. (After we killed a second crew on a Space Shuttle, they gave us rides to and from the ISS on their Soyuz capsules.)
Are you married or have a girlfriend? I was thinking the woman in your life could come up to you and entice you with your call sign to mimic a Mike Hammer title: "Kiss Me, Brain-Deadly."
I think I predicted this. Loss of overhead imagery will be a big hindrance to Ukrainian ground operations. Effectively blinding them. It is a 20th-century mentality that thinks all you need are weapons and troops. In the 21st-century, it all hinges on command, control, communications, intelligence, and battle management (C3IBM). The Russians may be sharing a glass of champagne.
STORM SHADOW/SCALP is an air-launched long range, conventionally armed, deep strike weapon, designed to meet the demanding requirements of pre-planned attacks against high value fixed or stationary targets such as hardened bunkers and key infrastructure.
Capable of being operated day and night in all weathers, the weapon offers a high precision mission planned deep strike capability. STORM SHADOW/SCALP’s exceptional accuracy is due to its advanced navigation system that combines INS, GPS and terrain referencing. After launch, the weapon descends to terrain hugging altitude to avoid detection. On approaching the target, its onboard infrared seeker matches the target image with the stored picture to ensure a precision strike and minimal collateral damage.
It is in service with the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Italian Air Force and a number of export countries and has seen operational service in Iraq, Libya and Syria.
I do believe the ol' FAFO is appropriate here....
Trump is so excellently smart.
A thought:
After Europe keeps the conflict running for another year, and Russia finally takes over Ukraine, what happens to all that classified high-tech weaponry that Russia suddenly has access to?
They know how to duplicate and take it apart. I heard they are the best at that.
The Russians have been relishing the battlefield trophies, which are sent to the labs for dissection and analysis. But don't make the mistake of thinking they simply copy. In a few cases, they do (e.g., the Tu-4 copy of the B-29), but only for the sake of early capability and getting familiar with the technology. They really prefer to "roll their own," and it is often quite good. Even if they copy nothing, they will obtain a superior understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the captured weapons, which will enable them to formulate effective countermeasures.
Thanks for that. I just know that they are mechanically inclined and can take apart lots of stuffs and understand it just like that.
I am always interested in how the Russians do things, engineering-wise. They are first-rate theoreticians, mainly because they are required to work on the low-quality side of instrumentation. They make up for lack of deftness with superior insight. And once they got all they could from their German rocket scientists, they went on to do it according to their own ideas. Same thing with airplanes. They used to get criticism on some of their later designs because the surface workmanship was excellent on the forebody but had lower quality farther back. What we didn't understand until later was that they had deduced where the boundary layer transitioned from laminar to turbulent. After the transition point, surface roughness made no difference, so they didn't bother to have a better finish past that point.
Oh, important working principle I learned from them: brute force works. Every time. The connector pins on the Proton rocket launch stand plug into the stationary foundation mount on the pad, like locomotives coming together. The "pins" are copper cylinders about 6 inches in diameter. Works every time.
Howls. You are way beyond me. I am just a brain-dead.
I have a friend who was a dropshipping merchant international and he told me something about the Russians. That's why I know about their mechanical incline. Whatever they received in packages there, someone always opened it to see what is inside. If it's mechanical, it's dismantled and looked at and they will recreate it so quick you can't even blink (Joking, but you know what I mean).
They are a peculiar lot. You do know that their counterpart to von Braun, Sergei Korolyov, was a political prisoner while he designed the rockets that took Sputnik and Gagarin to space? They have been accused of having no concern for their fighting men, but they have designed arguably the best ejection seats in the world (they will maneuver and self-orient, no matter how the airplane was flying when ejected) and they equip their nuke subs with escape capsules to provide safe passage to the surface for the crew. The cosmonaut that made the first space walk almost was unable to get back inside his capsule; his suit had over-inflated. They didn't get to the Moon, but not for lack of courage or skill or determination. (After we killed a second crew on a Space Shuttle, they gave us rides to and from the ISS on their Soyuz capsules.)
Are you married or have a girlfriend? I was thinking the woman in your life could come up to you and entice you with your call sign to mimic a Mike Hammer title: "Kiss Me, Brain-Deadly."
Howls.
I think I predicted this. Loss of overhead imagery will be a big hindrance to Ukrainian ground operations. Effectively blinding them. It is a 20th-century mentality that thinks all you need are weapons and troops. In the 21st-century, it all hinges on command, control, communications, intelligence, and battle management (C3IBM). The Russians may be sharing a glass of champagne.
What is a blind octopus? A flop-topus.
LOL. You are very smart.
Do you think britan will leak to Ukraine? And we'll have to cut them out too?
No idea. I won't put it pass them though.
Sundance has a great piece about this at The Conservative Treehouse today.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/06/president-trump-has-exposed-the-u-s-side-of-the-proxy-war-by-disabling-ukraine-access-to-u-s-missile-and-drone-targeting-systems/
Trump is so smart. It's amazing.
Womp, womp
Come back and beg for forgiveness.
https://www.mbda-systems.com/products/deep-strike/storm-shadow-scalp
Thank you so much.
The British PM was in DC last year to get the GPs help from Biden. That fucker almost started WWIII last year
Yep. I remember.