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  • Russian T-80 Tank With Improvised Anti-Drone Armor Reportedly Appears In Crimea

    12/07/2021 5:26:00 PM PST · by RomanSoldier19 · 25 replies
    https://www.thedrive.com ^ | NOVEMBER 24, 2021 | BY THOMAS NEWDICK
    mid growing concerns about a potential new large-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, at least one Russian T-80 tank has apparently been sighted in occupied Crimea with a bizarre-looking ad hoc armor fit. Armor of this type has been increasingly appearing on Russian tanks as of late and appears to be primarily intended to defend them against attacks by loitering munitions and other armed unmanned aircraft. The solution, which is part of a wider trend of improved defenses for Russian tanks, may well have been inspired by the destruction wrought by drone-launched munitions during last year’s conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, although...
  • In Defense Of: Starship’s ‘We Built This City’

    04/26/2021 5:52:30 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 58 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | April 25, 2021 | Jed Gottlieb
    Everybody says they hate “We Built This City.” But… everybody doesn’t — even if it really seems like they do. In 2004, Blender magazine and VH1 ganged up on “We Built This City” and placed it at No. 1 on their list of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever. In 2011, Rolling Stone’s readers named the Starship tune the worst song of the ’80s, and did so by a huge margin. GQ called it “the most detested song in human history.” In The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the album that spawned the song, Knee Deep in the Hoopla,...