“How could I make this truck fire worse?I know! Park it on the bridge!”
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It’s been quiet on the oligarch front for a while now.
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Ukraine extends their reach:
Damn that debris cloud is frightening.
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Could be sabotage, could be a kamikaze drone, could be a Tochka-U ballistic missile, could even be ATACMS missiles if the US has delivered some to Ukraine without telling anyone.
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The video just below shows a different angle and two big columns of flame and smoke at the same time.
Edit: more angles
Guardian live blog says
One person dead in Crimea blast, says head of region
The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said one person has died as a result of the explosion earlier on Tuesday.
Blasts rocked a Russian airbase near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula, injuring five people according to local authorities.
Witnesses told Reuters they heard at least 12 explosions at about 3.20pm local time from the Saky airbase near Novofedorivka on Crimea’s western coast. They described a final blast around 30 minutes later as the loudest
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Russia has disputed the claims and says it was not an attack but a detonation of ammunition.
That’s… quite the attempt to spin it.
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Some comrades had a very bad day.
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Christ, what a Putin-supporting asshole.
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Technically correct…
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Russia seems to have this odd notion that if Ukraine isn’t managing to strike back, they just tend to have bases explode and flagships sink on their own, that somehow makes them less unimpressive.
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Including the view of the airbase explosions from the beach.
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Unfortunately I don’t think that will happen. Asking for Crimea will be a helpful negotiating point, though.
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No, I reluctantly agree that it is probably* not going to happen, however I get the impression that it is essential for Ukrainian resolve.
*although this has been a war of surprises.
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I know that military development the world over tends to work on a different schedule; but I’d be curious to know what different/additional steps are invled when dealing with parts that are likely to be new old stock or refurbed pulls.
The TI TMS320C30GEL in the picture of that ballistic missile board is listed as ‘obsolete’ at the usual sources; and the most recent datasheets for parts in the same family(albeit plastic quad flatpack rather than fancy gold, ceramic, through-hole, date to mid-late 1990s.
I assume that TI would be happy to recommend you a conceptually equivalent part, they still bash out plenty of DSPs; but actually getting more of what’s in that picture; or even a pin-compatible drop in replacement, is probably in the hands of the secondary market at this point unless you were to offer TI a really attractive minimum order quantity and price.
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You can find these parts at prices that make hobbyists eyes pop out of their sockets. Like a normal DSP chip ranges on the 30-60$ range, the military/aerospace counterpart ranges 600-900$. Manufacturers like TI usually keep producing small batches of the military parts for a few years after the commercial part ended life, or they license another manufacturer to produce the same part.
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Via The Guardian:
- Russian forces occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are reorienting the plant’s electricity production to connect to Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, according to Ukrainian operator Energoatom. “To do this, you must first damage the power lines of the plant connected to the Ukrainian energy system. From 7-9 August , the Russians have already damaged three power lines. At the moment, the plant is operating with only one production line, which is an extremely dangerous way of working,” Energoatom president Petro Kotin told Ukrainian television. The plant, located not far from the Crimean peninsula, has six of Ukraine’s 15 reactors, and is capable of supplying power for four million homes.
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We join a Ukrainian mother and her son as they prepare to leave Lisbon, where they went to flee the war two and a half months ago. Despite ongoing conflict with Russian forces in the south and east of the country, the UN Refugee Agency has reported more than 4.4m* border crossings back into Ukraine since 28 February. Many of those crossing are thought to be Ukrainians heading back to parts of the country now considered relatively safe, hoping to reunite with family, rebuild their country and restart their lives. Katya and Nazar set off for Kyiv hoping to make it in time to celebrate Nazar’s ninth birthday. We join husband and father Sergii at Kyiv bus station as he waits for them to arrive.
*This figure reflects cross-border movements (and not individuals). Movements back to Ukraine may be temporary. Source: UNHCR
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