I can't wait for the No Hiding Place episode.

Quote from: Nobody on February 14, 2026, 12:07:25 PMMaybe it wasn't sugar? I don't know what powder would do the trick, though, having never been a sabateur. Flour? Baking soda?

Possibly.  Or powdery snow.  Water in the fuel tank is no beuno.

If I were to cheat, that would make me a Republican.

Quote from: Nobody on February 14, 2026, 12:07:25 PMMaybe it wasn't sugar? I don't know what powder would do the trick, though, having never been a sabateur. Flour? Baking soda?

I'd imagine sugar does its best work if they run low on fuel and start sucking near the bottom of the tank. I noticed with all of our boats that the fuel line sucks from a good 1.5" up off the bottom, and for a good reason. An older 2-stroke engine gets its oil mixed in with fuel so if one carb has fuel and the other is partially clogged and starved, those starved pistons will heat up and tear that engine to pieces.

Quote from: Nobody on February 14, 2026, 12:08:30 PMI would've said that, but I had to google it, so I figured that would be cheating.

You betcha.

I would've said that, but I had to google it, so I figured that would be cheating.

Maybe it wasn't sugar? I don't know what powder would do the trick, though, having never been a sabateur. Flour? Baking soda?

Atesh partisans burn military communications equipment in Belgorod

Quote"An agent of our movement set fire to a hardware module at the base of a communication tower. As a result of the destruction of the ground equipment, all the infrastructure installed on the mast was completely de-energized and put out of action," the Atesh group announced.

The act of sabotage was conducted near Ukraine's border with Russia and "effectively blinded the enemy in this sector," the group said in a Telegram post.

They also dumped a white powder - presumably sugar - into the fuel tank of an electronic warfare vehicle.  I was initially excited about this and assumed the fuel lines would soon be clogged, but unfortunately, that's a bit of an urban myth and sugar doesn't necessarily do that - it can often rest at the bottom of the tank and not cause damage at all.  So this one is kinda iffy, though I remain cautiously optimistic.

Still, Atesh has done similar sabotage in the past and it actually did work after a few days so maybe they know what they're doing better than me.  *shrug*

Fargo?