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The U.S. is sending ‘VAMPIRE’ kits to Ukraine. Here’s how they work.
Yahoo News ^ | August 31, 2022 | Niamh Cavanagh

Posted on 08/31/2022 7:51:50 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

The Biden administration announced that Ukraine would receive $3 billion in military assistance — the largest amount it has sent since Russia began its invasion in February.

The Department of Defense said that it was meeting both Ukraine’s “immediate and longer-term security assistance needs.”

Among the 245,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and the laser-guided rocket systems listed in the Pentagon’s security assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) were the VAMPIRE Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems.

VAMPIRE is an acronym for “Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment.” In short, the system transforms pickup trucks and other vehicles into mobile missile launchers.

The alteration of existing vehicles will allow the kits to have a more immediate impact than other forms of military aid, according to Matthew Schmidt, director of international affairs and an associate professor of national security at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

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The kit is made up of a four-barreled rocket launcher and a ball that operates as a sensor. L3Harris, the manufacturer, said that VAMPIREs can be placed on a vehicle in two hours and applied by a single person.

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To: dennisw

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)


21 posted on 08/31/2022 8:12:38 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Timber Rattler

I bet the dorks at the DOD spent all night coming up with that acronym.


22 posted on 08/31/2022 8:12:56 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: Timber Rattler

Look at a map. Your Nazi’s are getting their azzes handed to them.


23 posted on 08/31/2022 8:13:35 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Timber Rattler
How many of these will end up being sold on the black market like 70% of the weapons we've sent to Ukraine?

Aid to Ukraine is primarily money laundering operation. Are you getting a piece of pie, Timber?

24 posted on 08/31/2022 8:16:29 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Timber Rattler

In short, the system transforms pickup trucks and other vehicles into mobile missile launchers.

Where’d the $40B go? You’d think for that sort of money they could afford actual military vehicles.


25 posted on 08/31/2022 8:16:40 AM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: gundog

Thanks! I just read your link.


26 posted on 08/31/2022 8:18:21 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: Timber Rattler

This is a war between the US and Russia via a willing proxie Ukraine. Ukraine is crawling with US military “advisors” .


27 posted on 08/31/2022 8:21:40 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Jewbacca

So it’s even more of a proxy war.


28 posted on 08/31/2022 8:29:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: Timber Rattler

Now that Afghanistan is off the table, Ukraine is the designated testing grounds for live fire of the latest US Defense Contractor Weapons Platforms, on human beings.

Without the danger of US casualties (so far, anyway).

“Watch our latest XM23-TAC platform wipe out 75 soldiers in 3 minutes, from the back of this donkey cart!”

Woopeee!!!! Go Team America!!!


29 posted on 08/31/2022 8:31:01 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

I know plenty of Vietnam vets who are laughing their rear ends off.


30 posted on 08/31/2022 8:35:05 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Did the Pentagram ask ISIS to give them back?


31 posted on 08/31/2022 8:37:59 AM PDT by dforest
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To: PGR88

“Its their future.”

They already have being a Soviet Russian slave state in their past.


32 posted on 08/31/2022 8:44:11 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Jewbacca

Name one.


33 posted on 08/31/2022 8:45:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: Timber Rattler

Read lots more here.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/what-the-vampire-weapon-system-the-u-s-is-sending-to-ukraine-can-actually-do


34 posted on 08/31/2022 8:48:42 AM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: dragonblustar
I bet the dorks at the DOD spent all night coming up with that acronym.

In the 1970s the Air Force had an acronym dictionary that was constantly updated.

I wonder if it still exists?

35 posted on 08/31/2022 8:48:57 AM PDT by Mogger
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To: Timber Rattler

Game Changer #6 LOL


36 posted on 08/31/2022 8:53:28 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: left that other site
6 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy an ‘Antique’ Vampire Killing Kit

#6. They’re Not Properly Authenticated
#5. They’re Not as “Rare” as You’d Think
#4. They’re Composites—Genuine Antiques Paired with Artificially-Aged Items
#3. Someone’s Confessed to Faking the Original Kits
#2. Buying Them Encourages More to Be Made, Sold and Displayed
#1. You Can Make or Buy Your Own Cheaper Kits

But some of them sure look cool. 🙂

37 posted on 08/31/2022 9:14:14 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Timber Rattler

Does our military have any weapons or ammo left in case China would start something? It seems we are packing it all off to Ukraine. And I’m guessing Ukraine is not paying for any of this stuff, so we won’t be able to afford to replace it.

Lastly, where do I get one of those? It would be great for rush hour.


38 posted on 08/31/2022 9:15:51 AM PDT by redangus
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To: Timber Rattler

I want one.


39 posted on 08/31/2022 9:42:12 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Of course when it will be us on the receiving side, it’ll be all different.

Then we’ll talk about unlawful combatants or terrorists. We’ll be outraged at how someone would dare arm our enemies. We’ll question the idiology behind them and claim that no sane person would arm, train or feed Intel to such a crazy group or organization.

It’s always different when it’s us. But when it is us, then arming Saddam, Noriega, Azov or training AQ is OK. Our reasons are always good reasons even if we’re all over the map inconsistent.


40 posted on 08/31/2022 9:46:26 AM PDT by Red6
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