2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 3)

Continuing the discussion from 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 2) - #5056 by vermes82.

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So much for that.

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…two Russian nationals, Oleg Sergeyevich Patsulya and Vasilii Sergeyevich Besedin, were arrested in Arizona this month on charges of conspiring to send aircraft parts to Russian airline companies.

The Justice Department also unsealed a separate criminal case accusing a Chinese national of conspiring to transmit isostatic graphite, a material that can be used in the nose of intercontinental ballistics, to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.

Also…

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For anybody tracking info about the war on Telegram using a Mac:

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:exploding_head:

So, basically some of the most advanced, commercially and militarily sensitive stuff you could possibly lose track of.

three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the United States

That’s … avoidable as well. :thinking: :angry:

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This is exactly why missile development usually has a testing phase.

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It’s always “blame the treacherous eggheads” when fascists bungle applications of military technology or roll it out too early.

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This is because the hypersonic missiles were so easily defeated by Patriot missiles, isn’t it?

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The implication in this case is that the scientists revealed classified details about Russian hypersonic technology and are therefore to blame for Ukraine being able to intercept Kinzhal missiles.

The open letter from their colleagues at ITAM - the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Novosibirsk - said the materials the scientists had presented in international forums had been checked repeatedly to ensure they did not include restricted information.

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No, we have been assured by Russia that that never happened.

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Narrator: “intercontinental weapons trade route.”

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