David Axe
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I make movies and report the news.
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"Once in a while, when folks with brains, talent and big hearts make a micro-budget film, you get something special."
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There Are Piles Of Dead Russian Troops In The 'Valley Of Death' North Of Pokrovsk
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There Are Piles Of Dead Russian Troops In The 'Valley Of Death' North Of Pokrovsk
The Ukrainians are shifting to a rural defense
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/there-are-piles-of-dead-russian-troops?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I’m $200 away from meeting my monthly budget at Trench Art. Annual subs are discounted, so get yours now for the best daily war news. Today’s news: how a Ukrainian gun robot beat a Russian armored vehicle.
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A Ukrainian Gun-'Bot Just Fought A Russian Armored Vehicle For First Time—And Won
The unmanned ground vehicle and the MT-LB ran into each by accident
https://www.trenchart.us/p/a-ukrainian-gun-bot-just-fought-a?r=7jgcu
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A Ukrainian Gun-'Bot Just Fought A Russian Armored Vehicle For First Time—And Won
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A Ukrainian Gun-'Bot Just Fought A Russian Armored Vehicle For First Time—And Won
The unmanned ground vehicle and the MT-LB ran into each by accident
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/a-ukrainian-gun-bot-just-fought-a?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
1 day ago
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Russia's Backfire Bombers Are Massing Closing To Ukraine
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Russia's Backfire Bombers Are Massing Closing To Ukraine
The swing-wing bombers have been mostly out of action for a year
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russias-backfire-bombers-are-massing?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
1 day ago
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Fog Blinded Ukraine's Drones. So The Pilots Homed In On The Russians' Radio Chatter.
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Fog Blinded Ukraine's Drones. So The Pilots Homed In On The Russians' Radio Chatter.
Signals intelligence can pinpoint Russian vehicles for the drones to attack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/fog-blinded-ukraines-drones-so-the?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
2 days ago
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Russia Doesn't Need To Storm Myrnohrad—Just Wait For A Sunny Day
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Russia Doesn't Need To Storm Myrnohrad—Just Wait For A Sunny Day
Fog, counterattacks and a battle for a nearby village are all that’s keeping open the sole road into Myrnohrad for Ukrainian troops
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russia-doesnt-need-to-storm-myrnohradjust?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 days ago
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Ukrainian Troops Nearly Cut Off As Russian Armor Consolidates In Pokrovsk
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Ukrainian Troops Nearly Cut Off As Russian Armor Consolidates In Pokrovsk
Believe it or not, the destruction of a Russian BMP fighting vehicle in central Pokrovsk is bad news for Ukraine
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukrainian-troops-nearly-cut-off-as-b92?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 days ago
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Ukraine's Mirage 2000 Fighters Need Better Missiles
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Ukraine's Mirage 2000 Fighters Need Better Missiles
The short-range Magic 2 isn't cutting it
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukraines-mirage-2000-fighters-need?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 days ago
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Ukrainian Drones Also Blew Up Russia's Sole Radar Plane Testbed
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Ukrainian Drones Also Blew Up Russia's Sole Radar Plane Testbed
The Taganrog South Airport is an attrition trap for the Russian air force
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukrainian-drones-also-blew-up-russias?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 days ago
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Ukrainian Raiders Stalk Russians In Pokrovsk—But Tanks Are Coming
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Ukrainian Raiders Stalk Russians In Pokrovsk—But Tanks Are Coming
Small raids can delay Russia’s armor; they can’t stop it
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukrainian-raiders-stalk-russians?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 days ago
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In THE TUNNEL, a journalist and crew investigate a government cover-up in abandoned Sydney train tunnels, where the story becomes clear: something is hunting them. Join us Friday at The Babylon Kino!
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5 days ago
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Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia's Rare Laser Plane
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Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia's Rare Laser Plane
A Beriev A-50U radar plane may have been the real target
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukraine-just-blew-up-russias-rare?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
6 days ago
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Why In The Hell Are Ukrainian Assault Troops Counterattacking In Pokrovsk?
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Why In The Hell Are Ukrainian Assault Troops Counterattacking In Pokrovsk?
There aren't enough Ukrainian reserves for a major counteroffensive.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/why-in-the-hell-are-ukrainian-assault?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
6 days ago
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Celebrate Trench Art's 500th Paid Subscriber With A Discounted Sub Of Your Own
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Celebrate Trench Art's 500th Paid Subscriber With A Discounted Sub Of Your Own
20% off through December
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6 days ago
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Before, There Was 'Shell Shock.' Now Soldiers In Trenches Suffer From Drone-Induced 'FPV Syndrome.'
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Before, There Was 'Shell Shock.' Now Soldiers In Trenches Suffer From Drone-Induced 'FPV Syndrome.'
The fear and paranoia are signatures of a new era of warfare.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/before-there-was-shell-shock-now?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
6 days ago
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Russia Aimed A Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile At Ukraine's Only Bomber Base. A Special Jamming System Threw The Missile Off-Course.
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Russia Aimed A Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile At Ukraine's Only Bomber Base. A Special Jamming System Threw The Missile Off-Course.
The Lima EW jamming system protected the precious Sukhoi bombers in Starokostiantyniv.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russia-aimed-a-kinzhal-hypersonic?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
7 days ago
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David Axe
Matt Seybold
9 days ago
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated. I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble. But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash. Waiting for the feds?
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Outgunned Ukrainian Territorials Panicked And Ran. So An Elite Ukrainian Assault Battalion Reportedly Opened Fire On Them.
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Outgunned Ukrainian Territorials Panicked And Ran. So An Elite Ukrainian Assault Battalion Reportedly Opened Fire On Them.
Did we just observe the first deployment of a Ukrainian blocking unit?
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/outgunned-ukrainian-territorials?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 days ago
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"You seem to be perfectly lovely people; please try to make good films instead of bad ones in [the] future." -- Lou @ Letterboxd:
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Dear Lou, LOL, no. Regards, The lovely people behind the silly little Beowulf movie BAE WOLF
www.flixfling.com/movie/30193/...
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8 days ago
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Will Trump Stop Ukraine's F-16s From Jamming Russian Radars?
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Will Trump Stop Ukraine's F-16s From Jamming Russian Radars?
Ukraine’s F-16s are its best aerial radar jammers—but they need American help, which could end
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/will-trump-stop-ukraines-f-16s-from?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 days ago
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The Russians Captured Pokrovsk. Now A Fresh Air Assault Division Is Deploying To Sustain The March.
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The Russians Captured Pokrovsk. Now A Fresh Air Assault Division Is Deploying To Sustain The March.
Russia is sending in its reserves. Ukraine doesn't even have reserves.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/the-russians-captured-pokrovsk-now?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
9 days ago
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Blasting A Few Russian Vehicles May Only Delay Hulyaipole’s Fall
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Blasting A Few Russian Vehicles May Only Delay Hulyaipole’s Fall
Tired and outnumbered Ukrainian troops are fighting to save Hulyaipole, but the Russians are likely to push hard for another two months
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/blasting-a-few-russian-vehicles-may?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
9 days ago
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Russia's Next Drone-Beating Tech: The Dandelion Tank
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Russia's Next Drone-Beating Tech: The Dandelion Tank
Branching metal structures, similar to the florets on a dandelion, could further boost Russian vehicles’ protection against drones
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russias-next-drone-beating-tech-the?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
9 days ago
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Pokrovsk & Myrnohrad Have Fallen
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Pokrovsk & Myrnohrad Have Fallen
The last few Ukrainian troops in the ruined settlements are retreating north
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/pokrovsk-and-myrnohrad-have-fallen?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
10 days ago
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2 Minutes. That's How Long Many Drones Survive In The Constant Electronic Duel Over Ukraine.
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2 Minutes. That's How Long Many Drones Survive In The Constant Electronic Duel Over Ukraine.
In this new era of robotic warfare, armies must adapt ... or die
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/2-minutes-thats-how-long-many-drones?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
10 days ago
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Iran Aims To Launch 2,000 Missiles At Israel In A Single Apocalyptic Barrage
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Iran Aims To Launch 2,000 Missiles At Israel In A Single Apocalyptic Barrage
It's probably impossible
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/iran-aims-to-launch-2000-missiles?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
11 days ago
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Peering Thru Fog, Ukrainian Jets & Drones Blast Russian Troops In Pokrovsk
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Peering Thru Fog, Ukrainian Jets & Drones Blast Russian Troops In Pokrovsk
Ukraine’s best manned & unmanned aircraft can see through bad weather—but they’re too few to stop the Russians
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/peering-thru-fog-ukrainian-jets-and?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
11 days ago
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Future Wars Will Look Like Ukraine
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Future Wars Will Look Like Ukraine
Just like Spain in 1936, Ukraine is a laboratory for new ideas and technology
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/future-wars-will-look-like-ukraine?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
11 days ago
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There's One Way Out of the Ruins of Myrnohrad For Hundreds of Irreplaceable Ukrainian Troops. That Way Is Closing.
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There's One Way Out of the Ruins of Myrnohrad For Hundreds of Irreplaceable Ukrainian Troops. That Way Is Closing.
Ukrainian air strikes may only delay the inevitable.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/theres-one-way-out-of-the-ruins-of?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
12 days ago
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Why Are Ukraine's Mirage 2000 Fighters Carrying 40-Year-Old Missiles?
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Why Are Ukraine's Mirage 2000 Fighters Carrying 40-Year-Old Missiles?
Arming a Mirage 2000 with the old Magic 2 missile handicaps the jet—by limiting its reach during air-defenses sorties.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/why-are-ukraines-mirage-2000-fighters?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
12 days ago
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This Is How Ukraine's F-16s Hide From Russian Drones
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This Is How Ukraine's F-16s Hide From Russian Drones
Ukraine’s F-16s operate from night from small airstrips while under constant threat of Russian attack
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/this-is-how-ukraines-f-16s-hide-from?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
13 days ago
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"If I Want to Survive, I Will Fight." A conversation with Artur Rehi.
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13 days ago
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The Ukrainian Air Force Just Blew Up Russia's Favorite Foggy Supply Road
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The Ukrainian Air Force Just Blew Up Russia's Favorite Foggy Supply Road
Expect the strike to slow, but not halt, the Russian capture of Pokrovsk
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/the-ukrainian-air-force-just-blew?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
15 days ago
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Russian Tanks Attacked Through Drone-Blinding Fog. The Russians Didn't Realize Ukrainian Robots Were Waiting ... On The Ground.
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Russian Tanks Attacked Through Drone-Blinding Fog. The Russians Didn't Realize Ukrainian Robots Were Waiting ... On The Ground.
Ground surveillance robots can see through bad weather. But only with redundant comms.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russian-tanks-attacked-through-drone?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
15 days ago
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One Long-Term Strategy Could Stop Russia's Glide Bombs.
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One Long-Term Strategy Could Stop Russia's Glide Bombs.
As many as 5,000 Russian glide bombs rain down on Ukraine every month. How can the Ukrainians slow the lethal rain?
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/one-long-term-strategy-could-stop?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
15 days ago
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Winter Fog Raids: While Ukrainian Troops Flee North Out Of Pokrovsk, One Elite Battalion Is Attacking South
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Winter Fog Raids: While Ukrainian Troops Flee North Out Of Pokrovsk, One Elite Battalion Is Attacking South
Bad weather grounds and blinds drones, helping the infantry move more freely
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/winter-fog-raids-while-ukrainian?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
16 days ago
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Outgunned Ukrainian Troops Found Themselves Surrounded By a Russian Division. They Barely Escaped—By Sneaking Along Ravines.
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Outgunned Ukrainian Troops Found Themselves Surrounded By a Russian Division. They Barely Escaped—By Sneaking Along Ravines.
The coming battle for Huliapole is off to bad start for the Ukrainians.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/outgunned-ukrainian-troops-found?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
17 days ago
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Reinforce Pokrovsk Or Let It Fall: Ukraine's Agonizing Dilemma
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Reinforce Pokrovsk Or Let It Fall: Ukraine's Agonizing Dilemma
Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian troops five to one in some key sectors, which forces Ukrainian commanders to make very hard decisions.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/reinforce-pokrovsk-or-let-it-fall?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
17 days ago
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The Fog Wasn't Quite Thick Enough To Save This Russian Tank Column From Ukrainian Drones
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The Fog Wasn't Quite Thick Enough To Save This Russian Tank Column From Ukrainian Drones
Volodymyrivka holds as the fourth Russian assault fails
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/the-fog-wasnt-quite-thick-enough?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
18 days ago
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Russian Troops Welcome Bad Weather—And Rush Past Ukraine's Drones.
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Russian Troops Welcome Bad Weather—And Rush Past Ukraine's Drones.
Drones are an effective defense, but only when the weather is clear. Ukraine has too few infantry to fill in when its drones can’t see.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russian-troops-welcome-bad-weatherand?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
18 days ago
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Russian Jets Wear Out As They Drop 5,000 Glide Bombs A Month. Ukraine Can Make Them Wear Out Faster.
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Russian Jets Wear Out As They Drop 5,000 Glide Bombs A Month. Ukraine Can Make Them Wear Out Faster.
Kyiv and allies could sanction and blow up Russian aerospace suppliers.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/russian-jets-wear-out-as-they-drop?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
19 days ago
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Ukrainians Mocked Russia’s Hairy Anti-Drone Tanks—But Now Build Their Own.
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Ukrainians Mocked Russia’s Hairy Anti-Drone Tanks—But Now Build Their Own.
First 'cope cages.' Then 'turtles.' Now the Russians are making 'hedgehog' tanks to defeat drones. And the Ukrainians are interested.
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukrainians-mocked-russias-hairy-anti?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
19 days ago
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Russia's Kinzhal Missiles Are Too Fast, So Ukraine Jams Them—With Music
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Russia's Kinzhal Missiles Are Too Fast, So Ukraine Jams Them—With Music - NewsBreak
The Kinzhal is one of Russia’s most fearsome missiles. Streaking at Mach 5.7 as high as 15.5 miles in the air, the 4.7-ton missile—launched by a modified M
https://newsbreakapp.onelink.me/2115408369?pid=mp_345980545&msource=mp_345980545&docid=16SuiRmO&af_dp=newsbreak%3A%2F%2Fopendoc%3Fdocid%3D16SuiRmO&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsbreak.com%2Faf-landing%3Fdocid%3D16SuiRmO
19 days ago
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To Jam Russia's Mach-5.7 Kinzhal Missiles, Ukrainian Troops Force-Fed Them An Encoded Patriotic Anthem
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To Jam Russia's Mach-5.7 Kinzhal Missiles, Ukrainian Troops Force-Fed Them An Encoded Patriotic Anthem
Spoofing a Kinzhal's navigation receiver sends it off course
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/to-jam-russias-mach-57-kinzhal-missiles?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
20 days ago
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Ukraine's New Italian Tank Destroyers Have One Serious Flaw
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Ukraine's New Italian Tank Destroyers Have One Serious Flaw
Very thin armor
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/ukraines-new-italian-tank-destroyers?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
22 days ago
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How To Make A Drone-Proof Porcupine Tank
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How To Make A Drone-Proof Porcupine Tank
Unravel 3 tons of aluminum cable and weld it on
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/how-to-make-a-drone-proof-porcupine?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
22 days ago
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The Russian Salient North Of Pokrovsk May Have Been An Elaborate Diversion
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The Russian Salient North Of Pokrovsk May Have Been An Elaborate Diversion
Marching through porous Ukrainian defenses toward Dobropillia, the Russians drew away Ukraine's reserves
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/the-russian-salient-north-of-pokrovsk?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
22 days ago
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22 days ago
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'The Element Of Surprise': How Elite Ukrainian Troops In Precious Blackhawk Helicopters Fought A Desperate Rearguard Action in Pokrovsk
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'The Element Of Surprise': How Elite Ukrainian Troops In Precious Blackhawk Helicopters Fought A Desperate Rearguard Action in Pokrovsk
The Oct. 29 operation aimed to hold open an escape route for Pokrovsk's defeated garrison
https://open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/the-element-of-surprise-how-elite?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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