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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 1:18 pm to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 8/5/26 at 1:18 pm to Coeur du Tigre
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Preliminary reports suggest the fire at Russia's TsNIIMash is affecting Building No. 22, one of the structures within Roscosmos' Mission Control Center complex in Korolyov. The facility is used to control spacecraft, receive telemetry and support Russian space operations, making it a key part of the country's space infrastructure.
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 1:24 pm to Leopold
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This will not happen.
Quite plausible but different. Daffy Duck had the Taureg willingly volunteering to fight for him due he had given them jobs. Libyan muzzies didn't like getting their hands dirty. There is a greater percentage of the populace in Iran who are not fond of the whole Shia thing
Posted on 8/5/26 at 1:53 pm to CitizenK
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With a necktie knot like that?
His mannerisms don't seem to flow and there's something about his skin. It looks too perfect, especially his hand when he raises it.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 2:11 pm to Chromdome35
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I wonder how many of those generals/admirals who got fired in the run up to the war with iran were the ones that said "What do we do when Iran doesn't do what we want?" or "To control the SOH you will have to put boots on the ground".
Honestly I'm not sure anyone even thought about them weaponizing Hormuz before the conflict.
This admin is incredibly inept at war.
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 8/5/26 at 4:57 pm to ShrimperDan
Kovalenko's breakdown of the ballistic missiles situation. Hit "translate post" for english.
"Russia is escalating missile strikes on Kyiv: What is the enemy counting on, can the "two walls" be saved, and what to do without Patriot interceptors?
In July 2026, Russian occupation forces launched 10 strikes of varying intensity against the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. During these attacks, the enemy primarily used missiles that were difficult to intercept with conventional air defense systems. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been asking his partners for anti-missile supplies for months, but it appears Ukrainians will have to manage their own security. Therefore, understanding the capabilities of the enemy is now more important than ever."
"Russia is escalating missile strikes on Kyiv: What is the enemy counting on, can the "two walls" be saved, and what to do without Patriot interceptors?
In July 2026, Russian occupation forces launched 10 strikes of varying intensity against the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. During these attacks, the enemy primarily used missiles that were difficult to intercept with conventional air defense systems. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been asking his partners for anti-missile supplies for months, but it appears Ukrainians will have to manage their own security. Therefore, understanding the capabilities of the enemy is now more important than ever."
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Ukraine’s Fire Point starts to integrate European tech into missile defense system
By Max Hunder and Daniel Flynn, Reuters
Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point has secured agreements from over a dozen European defense companies to provide radar, guidance and other systems for the Freyja missile defense project, and is starting to integrate the various systems, its CEO has said.
Ukraine had urgently sought partners to develop a weapon capable of stopping Russia’s ballistic missiles. The pan-European project was launched officially in Paris last month by 10 governments and 12 defense firms - including Eurosam, Leonardo, Thales and SAAB.
Kyiv currently relies on the U.S.-made Patriot system to down ballistic missiles that fly at several times the speed of sound, but global shortages of its interceptor missiles, exacerbated by the war in Iran, have left Ukraine exposed.
“Pretty much everything is agreed,” CEO Iryna Terekh told Reuters, saying 13 industrial partners had already joined. Fire Point aims to achieve its first successful interception by mid-2027, she added.
Ukraine’s Fire Point builds pan European Freyja missile
The Ukrainian company is providing the FP7.X – a faster version of its FP7 ballistic missile – as the interceptor and is now integrating that with the guidance system, known as a seeker.
“Right now we are in the most intense and also in the most complicated stage of finally assembling everything together with surveillance radars, with tracking radars, with the seekers,” Terekh said.
Norway’s Kongsberg is working on the command center integrating the various systems. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Industry publications have reported that Germany’s Diehl Defence — which produces a seeker for its own IRIS-T air defense system — will provide the guidance system.
A Diehl spokesperson confirmed the firm was in talks with Fire Point but declined to discuss details. Terekh declined to comment.
Fire Point aims to produce a ballistic interceptor for less than €1 million ($1.2 million) per missile, Terekh said — a quarter to a sixth of the cost of a Patriot.
“We’re trying to squeeze a program that usually takes 20 or 30 years into a matter of a couple of years,” Terekh said, adding that there had been at least five tests of the interceptor missile.
The project would use open-source architecture and allow different options to be swapped in and out — such as a Weibel radar for one made by Saab, according to Ukrainian officials.
The number of industrial partners could rise to around 20, increasing production capacity, Terekh said. She added Fire Point was in talks with Ukrainian state-owned missile makers, but declined to name them.
Terekh said the participating companies would finance research and development until a minimum viable product (MVP) was reached — which she said would mean the successful interception of a ballistic missile.
Attack missiles nearly ready for combat
“We expect the launcher to have from four to six missiles. So if from one batch there was an interception of a ballistic missile for MVP, this would be a wonderful result,” Terekh said.
A missile gets through only if all the interceptors in a launcher miss. Keeping the probability of six misses in a row below 5% — an industry standard — requires each interceptor to hit roughly 40% of the time, according to Fabian Hoffmann, missile expert at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
If it could really be done for €1 million, it would be “pretty impressive,” and “very cheap,” Hoffmann said.
The FP7 missile has an attack variant that can be used to strike ground targets. This has undergone about 15 test launches and is now being certified by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, which she expected to take two to four more weeks.
Fire Point aims for first combat use of this version in early autumn, and late autumn for the much larger FP9 ballistic missile, which it says will be able to reach Moscow.
Defense News
By Max Hunder and Daniel Flynn, Reuters
Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point has secured agreements from over a dozen European defense companies to provide radar, guidance and other systems for the Freyja missile defense project, and is starting to integrate the various systems, its CEO has said.
Ukraine had urgently sought partners to develop a weapon capable of stopping Russia’s ballistic missiles. The pan-European project was launched officially in Paris last month by 10 governments and 12 defense firms - including Eurosam, Leonardo, Thales and SAAB.
Kyiv currently relies on the U.S.-made Patriot system to down ballistic missiles that fly at several times the speed of sound, but global shortages of its interceptor missiles, exacerbated by the war in Iran, have left Ukraine exposed.
“Pretty much everything is agreed,” CEO Iryna Terekh told Reuters, saying 13 industrial partners had already joined. Fire Point aims to achieve its first successful interception by mid-2027, she added.
Ukraine’s Fire Point builds pan European Freyja missile
The Ukrainian company is providing the FP7.X – a faster version of its FP7 ballistic missile – as the interceptor and is now integrating that with the guidance system, known as a seeker.
“Right now we are in the most intense and also in the most complicated stage of finally assembling everything together with surveillance radars, with tracking radars, with the seekers,” Terekh said.
Norway’s Kongsberg is working on the command center integrating the various systems. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Industry publications have reported that Germany’s Diehl Defence — which produces a seeker for its own IRIS-T air defense system — will provide the guidance system.
A Diehl spokesperson confirmed the firm was in talks with Fire Point but declined to discuss details. Terekh declined to comment.
Fire Point aims to produce a ballistic interceptor for less than €1 million ($1.2 million) per missile, Terekh said — a quarter to a sixth of the cost of a Patriot.
“We’re trying to squeeze a program that usually takes 20 or 30 years into a matter of a couple of years,” Terekh said, adding that there had been at least five tests of the interceptor missile.
The project would use open-source architecture and allow different options to be swapped in and out — such as a Weibel radar for one made by Saab, according to Ukrainian officials.
The number of industrial partners could rise to around 20, increasing production capacity, Terekh said. She added Fire Point was in talks with Ukrainian state-owned missile makers, but declined to name them.
Terekh said the participating companies would finance research and development until a minimum viable product (MVP) was reached — which she said would mean the successful interception of a ballistic missile.
Attack missiles nearly ready for combat
“We expect the launcher to have from four to six missiles. So if from one batch there was an interception of a ballistic missile for MVP, this would be a wonderful result,” Terekh said.
A missile gets through only if all the interceptors in a launcher miss. Keeping the probability of six misses in a row below 5% — an industry standard — requires each interceptor to hit roughly 40% of the time, according to Fabian Hoffmann, missile expert at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
If it could really be done for €1 million, it would be “pretty impressive,” and “very cheap,” Hoffmann said.
The FP7 missile has an attack variant that can be used to strike ground targets. This has undergone about 15 test launches and is now being certified by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, which she expected to take two to four more weeks.
Fire Point aims for first combat use of this version in early autumn, and late autumn for the much larger FP9 ballistic missile, which it says will be able to reach Moscow.
Defense News
Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:44 pm to CitizenK
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This will not happen.
Quite plausible but different. Daffy Duck had the Taureg willingly volunteering to fight for him due he had given them jobs. Libyan muzzies didn't like getting their hands dirty. There is a greater percentage of the populace in Iran who are not fond of the whole Shia thing
Heard this on the radio while driving and listening to Cats and Cosby's interview of a retired General and later a retired Admiral.
Makes sense to me. Air power has its limits.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 4:01 am to cypher
quote:Bookmarked. A very good, comprehensive coverage of the Russian and North Korean ballistic missiles currently in use.
Kovalenko's breakdown of the ballistic missiles situation.
The pan-European effort to develop and supply replacements for the Patriots is gaining ground but will still not be ready for some time yet. Earliest implementation would be this year.
The Italian - French SAMP/T anti-ballistic missile is available now but production and software upgrades remain an issue.
quote:There's going to be a very difficult time ahead for Ukraine if a solution is not implemented soon. Although the Russian production is limited to 2-3 missiles per month of each type (when components are available), the NORK missiles are now being imported. This could make life in Ukrainian urban areas untenable, necessitating more of the population to be moved out.
France and Italy each donated a SAMP/T system in 2023 to Ukraine to aid its defence during the Russo-Ukrainian War, with Italy announcing a third system would be donated in 2025.
On 11 March 2025, it was claimed that a SAMP/T system had shot down a Russian Sukhoi aircraft.
According to the French Army, Ukrainian SAMP/T air defence systems have outperformed Patriot missiles in intercepting Iskander ballistic missiles, after Russia modified the Iskander's flight profiles.
During its deployment in Ukraine, reports indicated that the SAMP/T system faced initial operational challenges. According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and other defense analysts, the system initially struggled with software-related issues that hindered its effectiveness in intercepting certain Russian ballistic missiles compared to the U.S.-supplied Patriot system.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 4:08 am to Coeur du Tigre
Located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow. Last attacked on July 6.
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This is exactly what we hoped Ukraine would do. Wait until the refineries were repaired and brought back online before doing another wave of attacks.
Industrial systems that are not at temperature and pressure don't suffer secondary damage. Running CDUs and other systems held together with metaphorical zip ties, JB Weld, and duct tape tend to blow themselves apart.Sometimes, they don't even need drone strike encouragement.
Money, time, personnel, and spare parts, all wasted.
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the ethical double tap is a dish best served cold
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 4:11 am to Coeur du Tigre
Looks like fuel oil storage tanks were hit as well.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 4:14 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Reuters: Russia's Saratov oil refinery halted crude processing after Ukraine's August 2 drone attack damaged production facilities, according to two industry sources. The refinery's only crude distillation unit, with a capacity of 20,000 metric tons per day, was shut down and repairs are expected to take two to three weeks. The refinery processed about 5.8 million metric tons of crude in 2024.
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This makes substantial room at the feed trough, a point that will be noticed by many who occupy lower stations in the crime families.
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If it was carrying grain when seized five months ago, the grain will only be good for animal feed now. But that precedent is very fresh.
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Sweden's Supreme Court upheld the transfer to Ukraine of Caffa, a Russian shadow-fleet vessel accused of transporting grain from occupied Ukrainian territory. Swedish authorities detained the ship on March 6. In June, a court seized it at Ukraine's request as part of a Russian war-crimes investigation, a first for Sweden. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the ruling an important accountability precedent.
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Trump burned a two-year Patriot stockpile on Iranian drones, then asks why the shelves are empty. The answer is in the mirror. Meanwhile Ukraine gets scraps and lectures about escalation.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 4:48 am to Coeur du Tigre
The Black Sea is becoming closed to almost all traffic now.
As three of the five Russian vehicle ferries in Kerch have been sunk and the other two have no power and must be used as barges, this ship owner was probably promised an enormous sum to bring this vehicle-transfer vessel to Crimea. And of course, his insurance is worthless now. Maybe he thought his Turkish registry would protect him. Lessons learned for all ship owners, hopefully.
As three of the five Russian vehicle ferries in Kerch have been sunk and the other two have no power and must be used as barges, this ship owner was probably promised an enormous sum to bring this vehicle-transfer vessel to Crimea. And of course, his insurance is worthless now. Maybe he thought his Turkish registry would protect him. Lessons learned for all ship owners, hopefully.
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Giving the crew warning to unpucker long enough to get below deck.
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Back to the Black Sea - "Sanctioned, shadow fleet, and stateless vessels do not get protection." But the Turkish Ro-Ro would. More importantly, what would the Turks do if Russia continued attacks on Ukrainian cargos? This would only lead to a situation where there would be rules for Ukraine but not for Russia.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 5:40 am to Coeur du Tigre
End of the Quarter results, right on time.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:12 am to Coeur du Tigre
Maybe there won’t be a general mobilization after all. NK army reportedly has 1.5 million soldiers btw.
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Four clear fires burning at Yaroslavl means that there's likely damage that will take the refinery offline for a bit.
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