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Hhank970 replied to the thread First look inside Putin's lethal drone factory.Big deal. During WWII, the US produced only 86,000 tanks. But the US also produced 300,000 aircraft (some of which we gave to Russia under lend/lease), more than 6700 major naval vessels (aircraft carriers down to destroyers), and 23,000...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread First look inside Putin's lethal drone factory.I think the Soviets get too much credit for their "victory" in WWII. First off, they were engaged only in a one-front war against a single adversary -- an adversary that was facing challenges on multiple fronts. They didn't join the allies'...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread US will unleash 'drone dominance' by fast-tracking production."On a patch of dirt in the vast wilderness in Alaska, a long-range drone roared like a lawn mower as it shot into the sky. It scanned the ground for a target it had been programmed to recognize, and then dived, attempting to destroy it by...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread First look inside Putin's lethal drone factory.No, the administration's "Mission Accomplished" boasts relate only to Iran's nuclear enrichment and other nuclear production facilities. I'm not aware that the US targeted any conventional military assets. I think Israel bombed a broader range...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread First look inside Putin's lethal drone factory.Whether the factory is a fake or not, and whether or not the drones are made largely of rigid, expanded foam (why not?), Russia seems to have a plentiful supply of them. At least that's what the folks in Kyiv think when the sirens go off every...