Why Russian satellites are failing the war effort

QuoteDuring the Cold War, Russia became the first nation to launch a satellite, and then a human being, into outer space. With more than 160 Russian satellites in orbit today, every Ukrainian city, tank, and howitzer should be exposed to the unrelenting gaze of orbital cameras.

But that's not happening on the battlefield. While Ukraine's military is reaping enormous benefits from commercial communications and photographic satellites, Russia is only getting meager rewards from its huge investment in military spacecraft, according to a Western expert.

"The Ukrainian army can use commercial systems to obtain images of any area in high detail at least twice a day in favorable weather conditions, whereas the Russian army can get an image of the same area approximately once in two weeks,"

Quote"Because of a lack of reconnaissance capability, Russia is not able to use its high-precision weapons in the planned way,"

Oof.  That's basic stuff that even I know.  You gotta locate the enemy before you can fight them.

During the Cold War, Russia became the first nation to launch a satellite, and then a human being, into outer space.
That was the USSR that included Ukraine, Poland, etc. Back then Ukraine was both a key industrial and agricultural addition to the Soviet state.

That last line...❄️🥶

♪ The window, the window, the seventh story window...♫

Quote from: Cassia on March 30, 2023, 10:12:50 AMMaybe there will be even more mail order Russian brides available after all this. I worked with a tech who went all the way to Thailand to find a wife. He said it's not the fairytale he had envisioned.

Don't think I've seen it mentioned here, but there is a disturbing amount of Russians on various porn sources (live and recorded) that I worry continues to fund the Russian war machine with western dollars.

(Only 90% joking) - If I had to take a guess, half of Russia's GDP probably comes from women selling their bodies.

It also tends to skew very violent and often with demonic imagery, which I'm not kink shaming... but in a country like Russia, it raises some pretty bright, red flags on how willing the girls actually are; this is a country that just a few years ago legalized domestic abuse, so...

Quote from: Shiranu on April 01, 2023, 06:50:14 PMDon't think I've seen it mentioned here, but there is a disturbing amount of Russians on various porn sources (live and recorded) that I worry continues to fund the Russian war machine with western dollars.

(Only 90% joking) - If I had to take a guess, half of Russia's GDP probably comes from women selling their bodies.

It also tends to skew very violent and often with demonic imagery, which I'm not kink shaming... but in a country like Russia, it raises some pretty bright, red flags on how willing the girls actually are; this is a country that just a few years ago legalized domestic abuse, so...

For years I stereotyped Russian women as "Babushkas", lol. All those WW2 films. From what I have seen more recently, they do have many, many model-type beauties who know they look good and want a better life.

Russia fails war goal of seizing Donbass by the end of March

Russia's goals have notably shifted over the course of the war - from attempting to capture Kyiv to attempting to capture a street in Bakhmut.

Apparently, if they take 10 feet in any direction, it prompts fearful headlines and Youtube videos with panicked expressions.  And the fact that they lose something like 20k-25k troops every month is underemphasized in favor of maps highlighting territorial changes, be it a single street or an abandoned shed.

Ukraine hits repair base near Melitopol

A previous strike destroyed the roof and caused damage to military equipment undergoing repairs.  It also eliminated dozens of Russian soldiers in the vicinity.

We don't know the outcome of this strike, but we do know there were at least 6 explosions at the site today.

Non-sovereign Republic of Tuva to transfer 3000 horses to Putin's war of aggression

Zelenskyy in trouble!

Quote from: Hydra009 on April 02, 2023, 03:16:04 PMNon-sovereign Republic of Tuva to transfer 3000 horses to Putin's war of aggression

Zelenskyy in trouble!

Hey, soldiers' gotta eat something.

In St Petersburg, a mysterious explosion killed a notorious Putin propagandist during a "creative evening" at a cafe

Well, he certainly did some brainstorming.

Quote from: Hydra009 on April 02, 2023, 03:37:03 PMIn St Petersburg, a mysterious explosion killed a notorious Putin propagandist during a "creative evening" at a cafe

Well, he certainly did some brainstorming.

Scatter brained. 🤷�♂️

He's existentially challenged...

Quote from: Hydra009 on April 02, 2023, 03:16:04 PMNon-sovereign Republic of Tuva to transfer 3000 horses to Putin's war of aggression

Zelenskyy in trouble!

While I think the value of horses is unbelievably underrated on the battlefield... it ain't lack of horses that is costing russia.

Yeah, it's lack of sense.