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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

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To: Timber Rattler
What is the missile? If it's a Stinger, there just aren't enough of those and their production was discontinued years ago. Plus the main issue with using missiles against drones is that they cost too much compared to the smaller drones. It's like burning your money to protect it from thieves.

There simply isn't any defense against smaller drones except masers, and with those the problem is search and targeting, as use of radar for purposes those makes the emitter a target for artillery strikes. The emitter vehicle and the maser vehicle have to shoot & scoot fast.

41 posted on 08/31/2022 9:48:06 AM PDT by Thud
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To: Seruzawa

It really is pretty much the cause of this war

Yes, it’s about Ukraine entering NATO. However, the reason why EU and NATO membership matter so much is because these institutions provide the political, economic, physical security assurances, as well as access to markets your global corporations seek. You have harmonization of policies and some local turd of a leader can’t just decide to nationalize your stuff, play games with the currency, etc. EU (economic, political) and NATO (physical security, political) membership are like an insurance policy for the huge global corporations and financial institutions.

So yes, behind NATO, and behind the politicians, you have hard cold economics driving the decision making process and because the oligarchs in the US and EU agree on this, there is no dissent, not politically or in the media. It’s a one sided argument because all the Western economic interests agree on this one.


42 posted on 08/31/2022 10:00:01 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Timber Rattler

Pretty cool!

...say, would those rockets work against Biden’s DOJ’s F-15s?
(asking for a friend)


43 posted on 08/31/2022 10:35:12 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: JonPreston; Timber Rattler

On August 5, 2022 JonPreston put up the following post about me on this topic here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4083332/posts

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8/5/2022, 9:40:05 AM · 60 of 104
JonPreston to MercyFlush
Alphas like me are the real men. In contrast are you Beta males: weak, submissive, subordinate guys who are low status, eager to follow trends. This explains your attempt at stolen military valor that I’ve documented thoroughly. Please go away, and stop reporting me to the mods when I expose your neoconservativism!

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He claims to have ‘thoroughly documented’ my alleged “attempt at stolen military valor” and I have repeatedly challenged him to publicly publish this claimed documentation of his or to publicly issue a retraction.

Is JonPreston a liar? Is he a braggart? Is he a troll?

Ask him for his ‘thorough documentation’ and then you be the judge.


44 posted on 08/31/2022 10:42:43 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: MercyFlush

He’s all of the above.


45 posted on 08/31/2022 10:43:46 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Nervous Tick

A 223 in the intake and so long F15. Same same the one engine F16 especially.


46 posted on 08/31/2022 10:43:58 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Timber Rattler

Agreed.


47 posted on 08/31/2022 10:44:34 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: circlecity

Shush. Information that doesn’t support the desired outcome is always false.


48 posted on 08/31/2022 10:45:40 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MercyFlush

Your english is pretty good for a Ukrainian.


49 posted on 08/31/2022 10:46:55 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

“Your english is pretty good for a Ukrainian.”

And what are you that you don’t know to capitalize the word “English”?


50 posted on 08/31/2022 10:50:11 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: Seruzawa

SPJNK.


51 posted on 08/31/2022 10:50:45 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Like any other antique, there will always be fakes.

You are completely correct!


52 posted on 08/31/2022 10:56:49 AM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: Seruzawa

Thanks. I’ll let my friend know.
He wonders: would a .243, with its flatter ballistics, also work in that application? ;-)


53 posted on 08/31/2022 11:20:13 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Another wonder weapon after the vaunted Javelins, HIMARs, etc., etc., etc. that will change and win the war for Ukraine.

Not.


54 posted on 08/31/2022 12:41:18 PM PDT by cranked
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To: KOZ.
That’s awesome. Should come in handy against iranian drones.

Reports say many of those drones are defective.

55 posted on 08/31/2022 3:49:52 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Nervous Tick

One of the tricks the NVA used in Vietnam was to have every soldier lie on his back and fire straight up into the air during aerial attacks by the US. It did bring down aircraft from time to time.


56 posted on 08/31/2022 4:13:58 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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