;^)
He's sending military assistance to Venezuela?
Putin needs to call it a day. That war cannot be won by Russia (or Ukraine), and what is happening is a huge cost in life, material, and potential. The last one is an interesting point considering both countries are really struggling from a demographic perspective, and will likely never recover. They’re both below replacement rate, and this was before the butchers bill that had been happening for almost four years now, and then include to that all those Russians and Ukrainian who left and will never come back.
Bad war, and it needs to stop. Both leaders need to get to the negotiating table, Russia needs to leave, and they should both listen to President DJT and end the damned thing.
One question though: is it possible for Ukraine to effectively target long-range Tomahawk cruise missile strikes without US/NATO help?
The TERCOM and DSMAC data appear to suspiciously require direct US targeting.
I saw similar questions around h to ensure of HIMARS, but there is a (real) difference between a 45mile HIMARS and a 1,500+ mile Tomahawk.
I suspect it’s just President Trump working on rattling Russia (I sincerely doubt they would transfer Tomahawks to Ukraine), but all the same it is quite interesting.
More defenestrations?
He’s going to say:
A. That Belarus and Russia are a single nation
B. He is sending military assistance to Venezuela
C. He is stating that US missiles land in Russia it’s Nuclear war.
D. He is going to have a ceasefire and negotiate with Ukraine
E. A,B&C
F. All of the above.
Vlad the invader has put Russia in a really bad position. I don’t think he can negotiate because he will be killed by the pro-war group. He can threaten Nuclear War, but Trump will just supply ‘components’ of long range missiles and the Ukrainians will build the ‘shells’. He can send ‘assistance’ to Venezuela, but it won’t help them deliver drugs and the US doesn’t want to invade anyway. Belarus and Russia can become a single nation, but then Belarus becomes a giant target for Ukraine. So I am going with C.
;^)
“All of Ukraine are belong to us”
US Vice President J D Vance on Friday, in which he said Donald Trump was considering a request to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.
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So Putin will either make even bigger threats at Trump warning him to not send tomahawks or he will say conciliatory things that might ward off more tomahawks.
Oooh! I imagine that Donald Trump is now shaking in his boots.
What scary threat will Vlad make this time, that he will never act upon because he knows he’d be the loser in any type of war against America and NATO.
WIKI [Tomahawk]
Unit cost
$1.87 million (FY2017) (Block IV)
$2 million (FY2022) (Block V)
Export cost: $4 million (FY2023)
Specifications
Mass 2,900 lb (1,300 kg), 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) with booster
Length
18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) without booster;
20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) with booster
Diameter 20.4 in (0.52 m)
Wingspan 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Warhead
Nuclear: W80 warhead (yield 5 to 200 kilotonnes of TNT (21 to 837 TJ)) (retired)
Conventional: 1,000 pounds (450 kg) high explosive or submunition dispenser with BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb or PBXN
Detonation mechanism
FMU-148 since TLAM Block III, others for special applications
Engine Williams International F107-WR-402 turbofan
using TH-dimer fuel and a solid-fuel rocket booster
Operational range
Block II TLAM-N – 1,350 nmi (1,550 mi; 2,500 km)
Block III TLAM-C, Block IV TLAM-E – 900 nmi (1,000 mi; 1,700 km)
Block III TLAM-D – 700 nmi (810 mi; 1,300 km)
Block IV – 864 nmi (994 mi; 1,600 km)
Block Vb – >900 nmi (>1036 mi; >1666 km) (exact range is classified)
RGM/UGM-109B TASM – 250 miles, 460 km
Flight altitude 98–164 ft (30–50 m) AGL
Maximum speed Subsonic; ~Mach 0.74. about 570 mph (500 kn; 920 km/h)
Guidance system
GPS, INS, TERCOM, DSMAC, active radar homing (RGM/UGM-109B)
Launch platform
Mark 41 Vertical Launching System
Torpedo tubes
Surface ships
Submarines
TELs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_missile
Think of it as a more accurate, quieter and expensive V-1.
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WIKI [FP-1 drone]
Conceived in mid-2022 by a team of former aerospace engineers and defence analysts, the FP-1 programme aimed to produce a low-cost, high-performance kamikaze UAV. Initial operational prototypes of the FP-1 drone flew in early 2024, demonstrating a loitering munition delivery system. Full-scale production commenced in October 2024 at covert facilities near Kyiv.
The FP-1 features a slender fuselage with a two-cylinder engine driving a propeller, a solid rocket booster for launching, and fixed straight wings. It carries a modular warhead weighing between 60 kg and 120 kg, selectable for fragmentation or shaped-charge effects. The airframe employs radar-absorbent materials to reduce detectability. Navigation relies on inertial systems augmented by satellite guidance, with electronic counter-countermeasure capabilities to resist jamming.
By mid-2025, Fire Point had scaled production from 30 to over 100 FP-1 units per day, reporting total manufacture of more than 5,000 drones. The UAV has been credited with striking ammunition depots, command posts, and air defence batteries at ranges exceeding 1,200 km. Analysts attribute Ukraine’s ability to disrupt rear-area logistics to the FP-1’s cost-effectiveness — estimated at US$55,000 per unit versus US$200,000 for comparable systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-1_(unmanned_aerial_vehicle)
“With a payload of explosives weighing 60 kilograms (132 pounds), it[the FP-1] is responsible for 60% of strikes deep inside Russian territory, including hits on oil refineries and weapons depots, according to Terekh. These strikes have helped to slow Russia’s advance along the 1,000 kilometer-long (620 mile-long) front line in eastern Ukraine, where army units have reported a sharp decline in artillery fire.”
“Because defense companies are high-value targets for Russia, many operate underground or hidden within civilian centers to evade detection. Although they are guarded by air defenses, the strategy has the disadvantage of putting civilians at risk. Many Ukrainians have died in imprecise Russian attacks that were likely targeting weapons facilities.”
“On the day AP reporters visited the Fire Point factory, there were dozens of drones awaiting delivery. They would all be gone within 72 hours, shipped to the battlefield in inconspicuous cargo trucks.”
Reopen the missile bases in Cuba?
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