HoBNob Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 18 hours ago, bennett said: Challenger has a rifled barrel while they use smoothbore. Challenger 2, Challenger 3 will be going to a smoothbore so we have that commonality with Nato. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) Interesting Air wars report on the Shahed drone and it’s use in the war. https://airwars.org/investigation/shahed-year-russia-ukraine-iran/ As the year progresses a renewed campaign by Russia against Ukrainian critical infrastructure and the power grid could happen and the Shahed would likely be a significant part of that. Russias attempt last winter to destroy Ukrainian power infrastructure failed and they now have more advanced air defence capabilities but the Russians will also have learned and adapted. Edited September 11, 2023 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Kim Jong Un to meet Putin in Moscow, presumably to discuss further arms deals. In the meantime Ukrainian military intelligence published details of an operation to retake control of several offshore drilling towers in the Black Sea. Nickhamed the Boyko Towers, after the Ukrainian politician who was linked to them, the drilling rigs were seized by Russian forces in 2015. Ukraine had struck them with missiles last year but they appear to have been still in use as helicopter posts and radar towers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, HoBNob said: Challenger 2, Challenger 3 will be going to a smoothbore so we have that commonality with Nato. @LongTimeLurkerwill bore them personally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Kim Jong Un to meet Putin in Moscow Vladivostok I heard, so he doesn't have to spend a week on his train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Vladivostok I heard, so he doesn't have to spend a week on his train. What kind of train is it, do you think anyone will know much about trains? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 20 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Vladivostok I heard, so he doesn't have to spend a week on his train. North Korea has missiles but no aeroplanes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, highlandmac said: North Korea has missiles but no aeroplanes? I don't think any of the Korean dear leaders have ever flown, outside the country anyway. Justifiably paranoid probably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 18 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: What kind of train is it? A big Un 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Kim Jong Un to meet Putin in Moscow, presumably to compare haircuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I don't think any of the Korean dear leaders have ever flown, outside the country anyway. Justifiably paranoid probably. ^^^FAKE NEWS! He flew to meet Trump in Singapore and Xi in China. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: ^^^FAKE NEWS! He flew to meet Trump in Singapore and Xi in China. Yea, but flying in Russia is an uncertain sport… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: What kind of train is it, do you think anyone will know much about trains? He has it disguised as a tank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: Yea, but flying in Russia is an uncertain sport… Not as uncertain as standing near windows in high storey buildings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Armoured train apparently https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66771568 So heavy it can only go at 37 mph and will take a day to get there. How delightfully 1940s. Insert Scotrail gag here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moses1924 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Armoured train apparently https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66771568 So heavy it can only go at 37 mph and will take a day to get there. How delightfully 1940s. Insert Scotrail gag here. I was just about to say "Scotrail will be ordering 100" then saw your last sentence... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Ryongchon disaster - Wikipedia The Ryongchŏn disaster was a train disaster that occurred on 22 April 2004 in the town of Ryongchŏn, North Korea, near the border with the People's Republic of China. At least 54 people were killed, including some Syrian scientists. The disaster occurred when flammable cargo exploded at Ryongchon Station at around 13:00 local time (04:00 GMT). The news was released by South Korean media outlets, which reported that up to 3,000 people had been killed or injured in the blast and subsequent fires.[1] The North Korean government declared a state of emergency in the region, but little information has been made public by the North Korean government. Shortly after the accident, the North Korean government cut telephone lines to the outside world.[2][3] ... North Korean leader Kim Jong-il passed through the station several hours before the explosion as he returned from a meeting in China. It was suggested that the explosion might have been an assassination attempt, but South Korean intelligence services believed that it was an accident.[9] One theory is that one of the trains involved was carrying fuel from China. If the incident did involve a train collision, it has been suggested that the cause of the accident may have been a miscommunication related to the changes in train timetables due to Kim Jong-il's itinerary.[9] 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Newbornbairn said: Armoured train apparently https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66771568 So heavy it can only go at 37 mph and will take a day to get there. How delightfully 1940s. Insert Scotrail gag here. I’d have gone for the CalMac gag, get VT back involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Something appears to have hit the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol overnight: despite Elon's best efforts allegedly: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Head of Ukrainian Air Force posts about the attack, seems to indicate that British Storm Shadow or French SCALP air-launched missiles were used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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