Tag: Drones
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Prigozhin’s Saga Continues — Enter Kadyrov
After Prigozhin’s calls to charge top Russian government officials with criminal negligence (I’m paraphrasing) following the Ukrainian drones attack on Moscow, Kadyrov has entered the fray. Since Kadyrov was aligned with Prigozhin in their criticism of Ministry of Defense (and implicitly — Shoigu), it seems now Kadyrov is trying to protect Putin himself. Kadyrov is…
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Russo-Ukrainian War Press Updates (2023-05-16) and the Usual Rant
In a non-important but somewhat indicative news articles of the last few days, a few caught my eye. Coinciding with the start of the Ukrainian spring offensive which is intended to push Russia back to the pre-2022 or even pre-2014 borders. While some claim the offensive is not yet begun, it is obvious to me…
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Possible New Iranian Types of Drones to Enter Russian Army Service — a Commentary on Rybar’s article.
There is a speculatory post on Rybar’s Telegram channel, celebrating the rumors of possible new types of Iranian drones to be purchased by Russian MoD. It talks about two types of drones, the long, ~2,000 km range drone with simple valve motor propeller engine, and an Iranian clone of the US-made Switchblade tactical drones. The…
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Iranian Drones and the Mainstream Media — Spinning to the Point of Vertigo
It’s more a filler article, since I didn’t post anything for some time. The reason being nothing is really happening. Nothing of note, that is. Ukraine is still sacrificing its population on the altar of western Russophobia, Russia is still not ready to accept how much rotten its bureaucratic machine is, especially the Ministry of…
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Russian Military Usage of the Iranian Drones
We see Russian Army started to use Iranian drones Shahed-136 (dubbed “Geran’-2” in Russian service) on regular basis. Those drones are now used as cheap cruise missiles. They don’t have an imaging sensor, so they cannot be used for reconnaissance or for autonomous target detection. Instead, they rely on a GPS navigation, which, as I…
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