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Author Topic: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition  (Read 67268 times)

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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #495 on: October 13, 2022, 06:34:11 am »

The same acronym also means Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which is more common.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #496 on: October 13, 2022, 06:35:38 am »

To fill out the set, a drone submarine is a UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle), and a drone tank or car would be a UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle)
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #497 on: October 13, 2022, 09:21:03 am »

I think it is just a case of people being used to UAV=drone.

Navies call such toy USW (Unmanned surface vessel\vehicle)
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #498 on: October 13, 2022, 10:29:29 am »

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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #499 on: October 13, 2022, 10:51:55 am »

These guys (who can't design a website, whatever else they can do) went with Unmanned Surface Vessel, as have others.

(Apparently with the ship-to-base live data link connected through to its onboard communications, they've been talking to other vessels in 'their' vicinity that don't even realise it's not manned! Rather interesting development, albeit in the peaceful/civil sphere.)
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #500 on: October 13, 2022, 11:12:34 am »

(Apparently with the ship-to-base live data link connected through to its onboard communications, they've been talking to other vessels in 'their' vicinity that don't even realise it's not manned! Rather interesting development, albeit in the peaceful/civil sphere.)

Oh this has some interesting implications if unmmaned naval vessels start to become more common, if they can actually coordinate with nearby boats well enough to be mistaken for the real deal.

The first mental image that popped into my head is that one of these days some pirates are going to flag down and board an unmanned boat, cue some operator halfway around the world cuing up a System Shock video to blare on the speakers.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #501 on: October 13, 2022, 10:23:18 pm »

The US has been testing them for years, they had an unmanned ship in Lake Pend O'reille, Idaho, the Sea Jet. I always thought they had an unmanned sub, like a full sized nuclear powered sub, after a tour we went on to the base when i was in like 2-3rd grade. I dont remember much else, so maybe i misheard, but that was cool.

Sea Jet certainly doesn't look much like other navy vessels on the outside, other than being the inspiration for the zumwalt class destroyer. But with the cabin it might look like there'd be a crew to take hostage. You could probably use them as torpedo boats or something, maintained by the fleet and sent out to attack targets.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #502 on: October 14, 2022, 04:12:37 am »

So the future of naval combat will be unmanned kamikaze boats that go over to bigger boats and boop them to death.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #503 on: October 14, 2022, 12:39:26 pm »

There is a lot of speculation about why would Musk be cutting Starlink, and how did Ukraine managed to blow up the bridge. Franckly I think reality is very very simple.

• Musk is tantruming like a child after being told off by Ukrainian ambassador
• Ukraine has blew the bridge using conventional weaponry because Russian impenetrable defense was like the rest of its military, mostly made out of cardboard
• Ukrainian high command did not approve the use of Starlink for military applications and probably feel vindicated

I do not believe for a second that Ukrainian army is relying on starlink to conduct science fiction assault.

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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #504 on: October 15, 2022, 03:52:20 am »

In this article by the Guardian, Musk is also asking the US government to help pay the Starlink bill which is about $20 million per month and mentioning that Lockheed and Boeing get lots of government funding. Sounds like manuevering-for-subsidies by SpaceX.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #505 on: October 15, 2022, 04:10:09 am »

Yes, the latest news makes it clear that Musk is just doing a Starlink Cash Grab. This I can believe 100%.

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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #506 on: October 15, 2022, 04:55:07 am »

Who'd have guessed Musk's plan the whole time was to use peoples suffering to grab as much cash as he could.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #507 on: October 15, 2022, 06:12:21 am »

Who'd have guessed Musk's plan the whole time was to use peoples suffering to grab as much cash as he could.

Well... Yeah.
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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #508 on: October 15, 2022, 09:11:58 am »

More signals that Russia can get away with Nuking Ukraine.

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Re: News Update War in Ukraine - Junior Reporter Edition
« Reply #509 on: October 15, 2022, 01:03:35 pm »

I feel like the article doesn’t do a good enough job backing up its points. There are a few sentences where it “says” that leaders are reconsidering their plans to retaliate if Russia launches a nuke, but fails to cite any examples.

The article seems to just be latching on to Macron’s recent public statements about France’s nuclear stance and assuming that it’s a trend that applies to other countries. Conveniently, the article fails to mention how France’s nuclear situation is a unique one, since the country only has enough nukes to repel a land invasion, and not enough to participate meaningfully in MAD.
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