Hybrid Autonomous Mobile Drone Anti Tank Missile System

Poland to win a defensive tank war against Russia... doesn't need tanks. What Poland needs is a new autonomous hybrid weapons system that combines self driving terrain vehicles with drones that can fly for several miles to engage armored units and fire one or two antitank missiles from low altitude. These weapon systems can sit in wait on the front lines and deny access to any incoming armored divisions very cheaply. They can be forward deployed and remotely controlled. Drones can be helicopter drones and thus VTOL, which means they can return to their ground vehicles where they are mounted and pick up additional missiles. Vehicles could field as many as 8 anti-tank missiles. What this means, is that this weapon system can engage tanks, mobile mortars, mobile artillery units and armored personel carriers from camouflaged locations by launching their drones, which subsequently can hit these armored units from beyond line of sight of the crew of the enemy ground vehicle it aims to neutralize as well as fly low enough to hide from radar between buildings or other ground features.

The ground vehicle should field a machine gun turret and a small UAV drone for what I termed "wizard eye" capability. The operator should have three screens: Wizard eye, ground vehicle cameras and the helicopter drone. The helicopter drone should get a weaponized version of E-Hang 184 without a big cabin, but instead a body that can survive small arms fire and RPGs with reflective armor, the platform is electric and has appropriate range for this system. It will be able to roam for a while and return to its ground vehicle after engaging enemy armor or other ground targets. It should have the option to either swap its battery or recharge using the ground vehicle's fossil fuel generator. The ground vehicle can have a hybrid range extending electric engine like the Chevy Volt, so it is quiet when it creeps into enemy territory. Active camouflage is optional. The ground vehicle can be amphibious so it can go through water or hide on lake and river bottoms, since it is electric. The drone can fly off and perch on rooftops or other difficult to reach locations as the ground vehicle hides.



I foresee another scenario where this type of weapon system can be used to overcome Russia's mobile systems that launch nuclear weapons before they get to set them off. These hybrid ground-air-missile launch systems can creep up into Russian forests bordering Poland and take out not only armored units, but mobile radar stations and missile launchers including nuclear ones. Range should be long enough for the ground vehicle cover 100 km into Russia and back. The drone has to cover at least 7 to 10 km so the ground vehicle isn't noticed on radar and taken out. Range of missiles can be the standard American TOW missile's range of  4.5 km. The helicopter drone can be electric. The road vehicle can be powered by fossil fuels, but it should have an electric engine that makes it quiet. Lost drones can still pick up missiles from other ground vehicles and continue fighting until all missiles are used up. 



I recall that Poland designed an autonomous border control system that would interdict people trying to infiltrate it or cross it illegally. This is similar, except it is a defensive and an offensive weapons system that can neutralize all armor in the Kaliningrad Oblast. Also, the nuclear bunker which stores the nukes in the Kaliningrad district should be targeted with a Chinese made tactical nuclear missile and taken out at initiation of hostilities. I mean way BEFORE Russians decide to escalate to a nuclear war. The hypersonic ramjet missiles can be purchased from China, as the country is exporting them. The range is long enough to hit anything in Kaliningrad Oblast, nuclear warhead miniaturization technology can be acquired from DPRK or France and deployed as part of EU's common defense, thus not violating NTP, as we already are a nuclear power.

Comments

kuffodog said…
6,000+ died. 130,000 internally displaced climate change refugees had to leave the US territory of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. I predict the equivalent of category 7 Atlantic hurricane hitting the island within 5 years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-ricos-population-falls-by-130000-people-in-a-year/
kuffodog said…
"KABUL, Afghanistan — In the most substantial formal talks so far with the Taliban, United States officials discussed the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan and an offer of a three-month cease-fire during which the insurgents and the Afghan government could have negotiations, a senior American diplomat said on Thursday."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-usa-military.html
kuffodog said…
Trump's war on the press resulted in the United States joining the list of most deadly countries for reporters in the world. Globally the Trump regime harvested 348 detained journalists, 60 held hostage, 80 killed... including one that worked for USA's own Washington Post, whom the Saudi Crown prince had ordered to be sawed into pieces in a Turkish consulate as a gift to Trump's blood thirst. The "enemy of the people" are not officially known to have lost family members as the Trump regime does not do body counts. Thus the "kill their families" and "grab them by the pussy" official foreign policy of the United States is not updated with statistics as to exactly how many family members of journalists were raped or murdered as a result of the American "president" calling for violent global action against the media.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/us/us-deadliest-countries-journalists-reporters-without-borders/index.html
kuffodog said…
Americans hack my brain and torture my mother, blackmailing me with her death and rape. China's possible death penalty for Sun Bo puts things in perspective. Every American who attacks me should according to this precedent be targeted for extrajudicial killing as USA will not extradite these criminals.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2178493/death-penalty-may-await-chinese-aircraft-carrier-builder-boss
kuffodog said…
"BEIJING: China plans to operate five aircraft carriers in the near future, including two nuclear-powered ones that would be launched around 2025 to meet the evolving strategic shifts , according to Chinese military experts"

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-plans-to-have-five-aircraft-carriers-in-future-chinese-experts/articleshow/66966130.cms
kuffodog said…
"China has for the first time confirmed it is building a third aircraft carrier — a move that came ahead of an announcement by Tokyo that is considering transforming one of its helicopter destroyers into an aircraft carrier that can accommodate fighter jets."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/asia-pacific/chinese-state-media-confirms-countrys-third-aircraft-carrier-works/#.XBz-K1VKiHs
kuffodog said…
"Japan is to acquire at least one aircraft carrier for the first time since the second world war, as it attempts to counter Chinese maritime expansion in the Pacific ocean.

The government will upgrade its two existing Izumo-class helicopter carriers so they can transport and launch fighter jets, according to media reports. The plans are expected to be included in new defence guidelines due to be released next month."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/29/japan-to-get-first-aircraft-carrier-since-second-world-war-amid-china-concerns
kuffodog said…
"BEIJING has issued a stark warning to Tokyo to not go ahead with plans to put F-35 Stealth jets aboard aircraft carriers, claiming the move would “drive the country to repeat its militaristic history”.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1052425/World-war-3-news-latest-china-japan-ships-modification-f35-fighter-jets
kuffodog said…
"ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN — As fighter jets roared off the flight deck and darted above the South China Sea, visitors onboard the carrier USS Ronald Reagan raised their phones for the inevitable selfies.

Among those clicking souvenir images was a lieutenant general from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, who was part of a VIP guest list as the carrier moved through contested waters.

The carrier — which docked last week in Hong Kong in a good-faith gesture from Beijing — also offered a snapshot into challenges for the Pentagon in the Asia-Pacific region as China builds up its own naval prowess and ramps up efforts to solidify territorial demands."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-south-china-sea-a-display-of-us-navy-strength--and-a-message-to-beijing/2018/11/24/ab97a636-ecd1-11e8-8b47-bd0975fd6199_story.html?utm_term=.39f3e5debd56
kuffodog said…
"India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, designated IAC-1, is expected to commence sea trials in 2020, the head of the Indian Navy, Admiral Sunil Lanba, told reporters in New Delhi on December 3rd. The new carrier is reportedly slated for induction into service with Eastern Naval Command in the same year."

https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/indias-first-homegrown-aircraft-carrier-to-begin-sea-trials-in-2020/
kuffodog said…
Poland's military has a budget of about $11 billion.

"One of the most striking changes is the doubling of the price tag. The last of the Nimitz-class carriers, the USS George H.W. Bush, was commissioned in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion. The Ford, commissioned in 2017 with an operational emphasis on automation over manpower, has already reached $13 billion. Navy officials acknowledge that these ships have a high upfront cost and argue that the carrier will save billions of dollars throughout its life cycle."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/27/china-russia-challenge-longtime-u-s-dominance-aircraft-carriers/710463002/
kuffodog said…
"While the four ship strong PLAN carrier fleet planned for 2025 is already a daunting prospect for the United States and its Asian allies, there is a considerable chance that a lower profile defense program currently underway could see this number rise to SEVEN. Alongside the development of three carrier warships, the Type 001, Type 002 and Type 003, Chinese shipbuilders have also begun the construction of three amphibious assault ships — 40,000 ton warships approximately the same size as the French carrier Charles De Gaulle. The warships are highly similar to the U.S. Navy’s America and Wasp class amphibious assault ships, almost identical in size and appearance. The example set by the American warships could well give some indications as to the PLA’s intentions for the Type 075 class’ future."

https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/will-china-have-7-aircraft-carriers-by-2025/
kuffodog said…
A Chinese company reportedly created a photo with such a high resolution that you can zoom from thousands of meters away to see people's facial expressions: 195 gigapixels.

https://www.businessinsider.com/high-resolution-photo-lets-you-zoom-in-on-peoples-faces-2018-12
kuffodog said…
Mexican and Honduran migrants, drug dealers and human smugglers backed by their Californian, New Mexican, Texan and Floridian expatriates cause US government shutdown over a border wall.

https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/1076088351348924416
kuffodog said…
"Taliban greets Pentagon's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with cries of victory

"The 17-year long struggle and sacrifices of thousands of our people finally yielded fruit," said a senior commander in Helmand."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-greets-pentagon-s-withdrawal-troops-afghanistan-cries-victory-n950811
kuffodog said…
"North Korea and Russia issue separate warnings about nuclear arms ahead of the new year"

https://www.salon.com/2018/12/20/north-korea-and-russia-issue-separate-warnings-about-nuclear-arms-ahead-of-the-new-year/

Guess whose side DPRK and Russia will be on? Yup. SCO.
kuffodog said…
China is coming out with the blunt truth: Americans are selfish (i.e. exhibit self centered, egotistical, extremist, nationalist, exceptionalist or in other words immune to international law and human rights, geopolitical posture of impunity in war crimes and genocide) and arrogant (in other words, American impunity is not based in real capability to bully, terrorize and get their way with China... now THIS label I would worry about, it is VALID intelligence coming as a warning from the Chinese government.)

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-calls-us-arrogant-selfish-hacking-indictment-59950581
kuffodog said…
“Russia is not increasing its military presence in the Sea of Azov, there are no Russian naval bases there, the forces that are there are used to guard the Crimean Bridge.

"I will remind you that from the very beginning of statements about this infrastructure facility's construction plans, we have heard direct calls by Ukrainian officials - politicians and security officials, who obey the Kiev regime - to destroy it.

"These forces are also used to ensure the safety of navigation."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1062287/world-war-3-russia-azov-sea-ukraine-crimea-missile-warship
kuffodog said…
"Czech coal mine methane gas explosion kills 13"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46644793
kuffodog said…
"A no-deal Brexit -- where the UK crashes out of the European Union without a transition plan in place -- could cause food and medicine shortages for its closest neighbor, Ireland."

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/19/uk/ireland-brexit-no-deal-intl-gbr/index.html

"Fake news" CNN propaganda. Ireland is recognizing a problem and making provisions. EU will ensure that trade continues and all necessities and all Irish market demand for food and medicine is met within the block. Cutting Britain out as a transit country is going to make this CHEAPER. Britain on the other hand WILL have food and medicine shortages as supply lines will extend in time and prices will rise. NHS, the British national health care system which American oligarchs aim to privatize: will collapse, causing a life expectancy drop like in USA. Food shortages will not make British lose weight, they'll scare them into eating even more and getting more obese... resulting in higher obesity related death rates.
kuffodog said…
"As the Islamist militants retreated from former strongholds in Iraq and Syria, they carried vast sums in Western and Iraqi currency and gold coins — a trove estimated by independent experts to total about $400 million — nearly all of it looted from banks or acquired through criminal enterprises."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/retreating-isis-army-smuggled-a-fortune-in-cash-and-gold-out-of-iraq-and-syria/2018/12/21/95087ffc-054b-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.153c7db16df9
kuffodog said…
The Saudi-American proxy ISIS, murdered and beheaded two white, Christian, blond women in Morocco, after which Trump decided to withdraw from Syria. They are kind of the type that Trump fucks and afterwards pays to keep them quiet about it. No news on whether these two were raped first or after. I imagine a snuff film with rape of a decapitated corpse would NOT go over well even in Islamist circles. Oh, but there is a snuff film. Just like there is a golden showers film of Trump's debaucheries and whores pissing on a Moscow hotel room's bed that Obama's fucked on. Who happen to be black. Can't make this stuff up! Wait. Maybe there is a Barack and Michelle sex tape too? Now that would be truly HORRIFYING! LMAO

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/12/morocco-islamic-state-hacks-scandinavian-tourists-to-death-beheads-one-films-beheading
kuffodog said…
Donald Trump's "grab them by the pussy" policy of rape, sexual assault and immunity resulted in carnage among world's reporters, but it also resulted in record rates of rape in the US military. After all, the crimes go all the way to the top. USA's commander in chief sanctioned rape not only as a weapon war but as a method of imposing chain of command.

Americans' barbarism, savagery, criminality and terrorism is only outdone by their ISIS proxy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sexual-assault-reports-u-s-military-reach-record-high-pentagon-n753566
kuffodog said…
The Assad regime's sieges are no different from the Obama regime or the Trump regime, except in scale and purpose. In the scope of civil war and a fight for survival, the Syrian regime sieged and starved cities that revolted against its rule. The Obama regime sieged and starved nearly a million Somalis for no reason at all, the Trump regime sieged and starved a quarter million Yemenis for fighting the presence of the Saudi-American terrorist proxy Al-Qaeda in their country and subsequently the uniformed Saudi military invaders themselves.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/opinion/yemen-children-famine-war.html
kuffodog said…
Funny. I came across an article about Germany closing its last black coal mine and thought to myself: "wow, an end of an era." Then I opened it up, saw its title and I burst out laughing.

"End of an era: Germany closes its last black coal mine"

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/end-era-germany-closes-black-coal-mine-59960561
kuffodog said…
As developed Europe phases out coal entering a pollution free age of electrified transport and renewable power, even as China, Korea and Japan do same, they invest heavily in coal fired power plants in developing countries pursuing the same models that build most of Eurasia.

"Despite countless warnings and mounting economic evidence to the contrary, countries continue to expand the number of new coal-fired power plants, a push which is currently being led by China, Japan, and South Korea, according to the latest figures from CoalSwarm released last week

China’s public financial institutions have financed at least 26 gigawatts (GW) worth of coal plants overseas and may finance at least 42 GW in the future; Japan’s public financial institutions have financed at least 19 GW and might finance at least 11 GW more; while South Korea has financed at least 8 GW and might finance 9 GW more."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/10/china-japan-south-korea-lead-global-push-to-expand-coal-plants/
kuffodog said…
"China’s National Energy Administration has floated the idea that it might increase its 2020 solar target to at least 210 gigawatts (GW), and potentially as high as 270 GW, in a move which will significantly impact China’s annual capacity additions and, thus, global capacity additions and solar PV manufacturing."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/06/china-may-increase-its-2020-solar-target-to-200-gigawatts-or-higher/
kuffodog said…
"GTM Research and parent company Wood Mackenzie originally predicted that China might install up to 48 GW worth of new solar in 2018, but after the announced solar cap they have downgraded their installation forecast to a measly 28.8 GW."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/06/china-installs-24-3-gigawatts-in-first-half-of-2018/
kuffodog said…
"China’s recently-announced switch from a Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme to a competitive auction mechanism will help the country surpass its national cumulative wind power target of 210 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 and install more than 20 GW per year on average over the next 10 years"

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/31/china-set-to-exceed-210-gigawatt-wind-power-target-by-2020/
kuffodog said…
"Two-fifths of China’s coal power plants are losing money according to a new “revolutionary” satellite-based methodology designed to assess climate risk from fossil fuel plants launched this week by Carbon Tracker, which also showed that plant owners could save nearly $390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/12/40-of-chinas-coal-plants-are-losing-money-reports-carbon-tracker/
kuffodog said…
"The study strikingly demonstrates that a carbon-neutral energy supply with 100 percent renewable energy in Europe is technically and economically possible, even before the year 2050," he said.

In fact, he says, it's the only way we can limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Which is why it's time for politicians to "finally set the course necessary for successful climate protection and to significantly accelerate the expansion of renewable energy."

https://www.dw.com/en/can-europe-go-carbon-neutral-by-2050/a-46699965
kuffodog said…
"A transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is expected to have “a moderate to positive impact on GDP with estimated benefits of up to 2% of GDP by 2050 compared to the baseline,” says the document, which sets a long-term vision for “a climate neutral economy” by mid-century."

https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-strategy-2050/news/eus-2050-climate-plan-sees-benefits-of-up-to-2-of-gdp/
kuffodog said…
"United Kingdom and Germany lead the way for utility-scale policy and storage development, but frequency markets are “the only real game in town,” according to McCarthy. Specifically, the frequency markets saturate these two countries — and, in crowding the market have driven prices down from around €23/MWh in Germany in 2016, down to only €8/MWh in July of 2018 — but in the coming years, WoodMac expects to see large-scale growth, from around 1,700 megawatts (MW) to 4,000 MW."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/26/european-utilities-begin-investing-in-energy-storage/
kuffodog said…
"MIP impact: EU module prices to decline by 30%, 2019 PV demand up 40%

According to IHS Markit, on the back of the decision to end the MIP in Europe, solar module prices will decline by up to 30%, while total project system costs will be “immediately” driven down. Overall, it forecasts PV demand to grow 40% in 2019."

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/09/03/mip-impact-eu-module-prices-to-decline-up-to-30-2019-pv-demand-up-40/
kuffodog said…
"European energy experts claim that solar will become the continent’s most competitive source of energy by 2020 as EU seeks to reach 15% renewable energy target across block."

https://www.petrolplaza.com/news/9254
kuffodog said…
Americans may think that 15% minimum consumption of renewable power across EU is low. In fact, the minimum does not reflect the reality that some countries are near or above 100% renewable power production in the European Union. If say everyone is at 100% expect Bulgaria by 2030, and Bulgaria doesn't meet the 15% target, this means that this target was not met by the EU even though EU as a whole would be around 98% renewable powered. USA uses statistics like this to defraud its own backwardness. For instance, if American slaves and vassals who are under mind control in Poland, don't meet the target and everyone else does, the fossil oligarch puppets in Washington will be able to say that EU did not meet its 15% target and make its own shortcomings looks justified in the eyes of the sycophantic American corporate media and the brainwashed enslaved public.
kuffodog said…
"The global solar market installed an impressive 98.9 gigawatts of new capacity in 2017 according to SolarPower Europe, increasing by 29.3%, in comparison to the 76.5 gigawatts (GW) and 49% recorded in 2016."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/03/19/global-solar-market-installed-98-9-gigawatts-in-2017/
kuffodog said…
"The EU now gets more than 30% of its electricity from renewable sources, up from 12% in 2000. At the current rate of growth, the European bloc can increase the proportion of renewables in its electricity mix to 50% by 2030, according to a new report (pdf) published by think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende."

See what I mean about the 15%? American liars will quote the 15% when the EU as a whole has already surpassed 30% as a group. EU and USA are valid comparisons because of population size and economic output, not USA and individual countries in Europe.

https://qz.com/1193603/two-countries-are-the-reason-the-eu-is-hitting-its-ambitious-renewable-energy-targets/

USA's renewable power is at 12.7%, that's less than 15%, so they make up this bullshit about EU not meeting a 15% target. The European Union has already met a 30% target as a FEDERATION.
kuffodog said…
Let's keep in mind that nuclear power does not emit carbon dioxide, countries like France and Germany even though they are moving toward renewables, already have most of their electricity coming from sources that don't add to global warming.

"With this tweet, the CEO of French oil and energy company Total, Patrick Pouyanné has confirmed what has announced yesterday during the presentation of the #PlaceAuSoleil initiative, which is another plan of the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidary Transition to improve the current regulatory framework for solar energy and boost its development.

More details on how Total’s plan will be implemented were not provided. Several other announcements, however, were made during the event: EDF’s CEO, Jean-Bernard Levy reiterated that the company will implement its 30 GW plan to “help France reduce its gap in terms of PV development;” French retail groups Auchan and Carrefour have promised to install 60 hectares, 20 hectares of solar panels, respectively, at their facilities in the country, while two more retailers, Magasins U and Les Mosquetaires, have committed to 50 hectares each.

Another big announcement came from France Ministry of Defence, which said it will make around 2,000 hectares of surfaces available for solar projects that will have to be realized by 2025. In early May, on the other hand, pv magazine had anticipated that the French administration was considering building solar park on its own premises."

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/06/29/france-makes-room-for-solar-total-announces-10-gw-plan/
kuffodog said…
China and EU presently account for nearly $50 trillion in world's GDP ppp, by collaborating to go green within the spirit of the New Silk Road and electrification of Eurasian transport, especially that of new rail and hyperloop infrastructure, China and EU can make about 36% of world's GDP come from pollution free sources.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/07/17/eu-and-china-to-co-operate-on-clean-energy-technology-and-emissions-trading/
kuffodog said…
As EU gets closer to 100% renewable power for individual nation states, green power in those states will obviously see a lesser investment as extra capacity will not generate revenue and will not be needed. This is already happening in Norway, Portugal, Spain and Denmark. Partly the problem could be overcome by EU building a common superconducting power grid that spans all of Eurasia and these countries could continue to invest in profitable renewables to provide power to Asian countries after the sunset there, late into the evening; partly by the already deployed European grid and common market policy, which enables exports of electricity between nation states within the block. EU could also export electricity to Africa.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/china-outshines-europe-in-2017-clean-power-investment-ranking/

kuffodog said…
As EU gets closer to 100% renewable power for individual nation states, green power in those states will obviously see a lesser investment as extra capacity will not generate revenue and will not be needed. This is already happening in Norway, Portugal, Spain and Denmark. Partly the problem could be overcome by EU building a common superconducting power grid that spans all of Eurasia and these countries could continue to invest in profitable renewables to provide power to Asian countries after the sunset there, late into the evening; partly by the already deployed European grid and common market policy, which enables exports of electricity between nation states within the block. EU could also export electricity to Africa. Then there is the option for companies that have successfully invested and built 100% renewable infrastructure domestically, to invest abroad and not limit themselves to the European Union, but then that will not be reflected in the EU renewable power generation statistics. The point here is that it is a global picture. Just like China burning coal from Australia doesn't get blame for mining, EU building solar farms in Africa to power local economies won't get credit for European Union investing more in renewables, even though investment continues.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/china-outshines-europe-in-2017-clean-power-investment-ranking/
kuffodog said…
“When Violet is coasting at 60km/h, she uses the same amount of energy as a 4 slice toaster.”

https://electrek.co/2018/12/17/solar-powered-car-breaks-record/

"The car itself is built on a carbon fiber chassis to save weight. The entire vehicle weighs just 360 kg (794 lb) without a driver. It features 318 mono-crystalline photovoltaic cells covering 5 square meters (54 square feet) of the hood, roof and trunk lid. And these aren’t your standard Amazon solar panels. Violet’s cells are rated with an efficiency of approximately 22%."
kuffodog said…
"Sono said that it would start €16,000 (~$18,000 USD), but buyers would have to pay an additional fee to acquire the battery pack or pay a monthly fee – similar to the scheme used by Renault with the Zoe in France.

This week, they said that they are working with ElringKlinger on the pack and they settled on a 35 kWh battery pack:

“It is now clear that the Sion’s battery will have a capacity of 35 kWh. We have opted for a battery technology that is based on 51Ah-PHEV-II cells, which is particularly future-oriented and features by far the highest energy density available on the market to date.”

At first, the company said that the battery pack would be around “around €4,000,” but it now expects the price of the battery pack to be €9,500 – bringing the price of the full vehicle to €25,500 (~$29,000)."

https://electrek.co/2018/11/24/sono-motors-sion-price-solar-electric-vehicle/

What should have been a mass produced commuter car, is becoming just one option out of many on the EV market price in the $30,000 range. Sono is likely trying to take advantage of having a following, that following was price dependent. They may soon learn that coming in low and raising prices turns customers off. Apple comes in high, then lowers the price and generates far more sales, making people think they're getting something much cheaper than they otherwise would. Sono making improvements to the drive train is less significant, then the price that would make the car an affordable solution to basically EVERYONE in Eurasia.

The fact that Sono is a solar car which could have little to no maintenance, fuel or electricity costs, made it unique. At $30,000 the people who buy it will care less about saving a few bucks on electricity and won't drive it as mainly a solar powered car. This means that the price will not get the intended buyer, and those who would buy the car in this price range won't see the solar charging as any great advantage which is the cars unique gimmick. The demand for the car will plummet. I see American hands in this. Another fatality of US interference in a desperate struggle of the fossil fuel oligarchs to keep oil afloat.
kuffodog said…
"Sono said that it would start €16,000 (~$18,000 USD), but buyers would have to pay an additional fee to acquire the battery pack or pay a monthly fee – similar to the scheme used by Renault with the Zoe in France.

This week, they said that they are working with ElringKlinger on the pack and they settled on a 35 kWh battery pack:

“It is now clear that the Sion’s battery will have a capacity of 35 kWh. We have opted for a battery technology that is based on 51Ah-PHEV-II cells, which is particularly future-oriented and features by far the highest energy density available on the market to date.”

At first, the company said that the battery pack would be around “around €4,000,” but it now expects the price of the battery pack to be €9,500 – bringing the price of the full vehicle to €25,500 (~$29,000)."

https://electrek.co/2018/11/24/sono-motors-sion-price-solar-electric-vehicle/

What should have been a mass produced commuter car, is becoming just one option out of many on the EV market priced in the $30,000 range. Sono is likely trying to take advantage of having a following, that following was price dependent. They may soon learn that coming in low and raising prices turns customers off. Apple comes in high, then lowers the price and generates far more sales, making people think they're getting something much cheaper than they otherwise would. Sono making improvements to the drive train is less significant, then the price that would make the car an affordable solution to basically EVERYONE in Eurasia.

The fact that Sono is a solar car which could have little to no maintenance, fuel or electricity costs, made it unique. At $30,000 the people who buy it will care less about saving a few bucks on electricity and won't drive it as mainly a solar powered car. This means that the price will not get the intended buyer, and those who would buy the car in this price range won't see the solar charging as any great advantage which is the cars unique gimmick. The demand for the car will plummet. I see American hands in this. Another fatality of US interference in a desperate struggle of the fossil fuel oligarchs to keep oil afloat.
kuffodog said…
"Sono said that it would start €16,000 (~$18,000 USD), but buyers would have to pay an additional fee to acquire the battery pack or pay a monthly fee – similar to the scheme used by Renault with the Zoe in France.

This week, they said that they are working with ElringKlinger on the pack and they settled on a 35 kWh battery pack:

“It is now clear that the Sion’s battery will have a capacity of 35 kWh. We have opted for a battery technology that is based on 51Ah-PHEV-II cells, which is particularly future-oriented and features by far the highest energy density available on the market to date.”

At first, the company said that the battery pack would be around “around €4,000,” but it now expects the price of the battery pack to be €9,500 – bringing the price of the full vehicle to €25,500 (~$29,000)."

https://electrek.co/2018/11/24/sono-motors-sion-price-solar-electric-vehicle/

What should have been a mass produced commuter car, is becoming just one option out of many on the EV market priced in the $30,000 range. Sono is likely trying to take advantage of having a following, that following was price dependent. They may soon learn that coming in low and raising prices turns customers off. Apple comes in high, then lowers the price and generates far more sales, making people think they're getting something much cheaper than they otherwise would. Sono making improvements to the drive train is less significant than the price that would make the car an affordable solution to basically EVERYONE in Eurasia.

The fact that Sono is a solar car, which could have little to no maintenance, fuel or electricity costs, made it unique. At $30,000 the people who buy it will care less about saving a few bucks on electricity and won't drive it as mainly a solar powered car. This means that the price will not get the intended buyer, and those who would buy the car in this price range won't see the solar charging as any great advantage, which is the car's unique gimmick. The demand for the car will plummet. I see American hands in this. Another fatality of US interference in a desperate struggle of the fossil fuel oligarchs to keep oil afloat.

Compare this to TESLA model 3 priced at $35,000 in the EU, which can bring down the cost to below $30,000 with subsidies. There is a TESLA charging infrastructure across Europe, it is faster and you don't have to pay for the electricity, if you are a Tesla owner. Now compare the performance and range to Sono's. Oh. And you own the battery inside your TESLA. Any questions? Sono is dead on arrival. Nobody can be that ignorant of the competition and this stupid, hence the only rational explanation is foreign interference to stop a cheap mass produced car from taking over a vast niche.

https://www.tesla.com/en_EU/model3
kuffodog said…
Polish Fiat 126p could be a frame for a solar car. Poland should seek to build such a solar car at a price under $15,000. Range on solar power alone should be 50 km. This will make it the most popular car across the world, considering fuel costs and absence of charging infrastructure. For African and Indian markets this car does not need any heating. It will also drastically reduce world's carbon emissions. If I remember correctly they used to make these in Tychy or Katowice where you just had one of those "save the world from global warming" international meetings.

https://www.motor1.com/news/173315/tom-hanks-custom-fiat-126p/
kuffodog said…
Someone converted an old Fiat 126 into a solar powered electric car. It looks rather easy. It should be just as easy to design a solution that doesn't give up the two rear seats and bring it back to mass production in Poland. Obviously if it's new this compact solar EV should have LED lights, modern electronics, computing, anti-lock breaks, maybe an air bag and go a bit faster than 80 km/hr.

https://imgur.com/gallery/cZdgX

https://vimeo.com/142315379
kuffodog said…
"BREAKING: Another day of big losses leaves the U.S. stock market down 7 percent for the week, its worst week since August 2011." - AP

Oh? Why don't you credit Trump. You credit US presidents with everything else.
kuffodog said…
"Dow Jones Index Takes Biggest Dive Since 2008 Financial Crash

A possible government shutdown is one of many factors driving down the stock market"

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dow-jones-stock-market-dive-financial-crash_us_5c1d577de4b0407e907af14e

Aha. Except there is a shutdown, because Trump wants to profiteer on the wall. The wall was supposed to pay for itself. I said to make the wall into a solar PV power plant, that is privatized and runs along the length of the border, with private security. See anyone criminally trespassing electric utilities' fenced grounds? No? There are several reasons for that. Migrants won't cross a barrier like this. If they do, criminal charges will be immediate, and no matter how stupid and desperate they are, even they will understand that it is a crime to go into and damage electric power plant's property. It is the Trump administration's FED that raised interest rates. It is Trump who started a trade war. It is Trump who backed out of one treaty and trade deal after another... including NAFTA. It is Trump who is backing out of Syria and Afghanistan. Trump. Trump. Trump. He's a weapon of economic mass destruction. I said this many times, Trump is the best revenge on the American torturers, stalkers, harassers, abusers, thieves, libelers, frauds and killers... I could ever have! If it is one thing that Trump is good at, it is cheating people out of their money and then going bankrupt. He has a proven track record of success in this. US national debt is at the level of Greece's in 2008, or about 110% debt to GDP ratio. The economy may be doing well, but it is running on DEBT. When people will no longer be able to pay their debts to maintain consumer spending, the economy will crash. Oh, and things will be MUCH more expensive across the board. Thank Donald "the Economic WMD" Trump for that and his tariffs! Chinese supply chain for US companies will become at least 20% more expensive come this January... and you will see this basically in ALL of your consumer spending as prices rise. I'd go get popcorn and watch... but I think I'll go for half a gallon of ice cream instead, and anyway, I'm a real leader and a logical economist who understands these simple synergies. Thieves like Trump and this oligarch cronies only understand the windfall they benefited from in tax cuts for the rich. And the world is rich. So rich that every one of you should have $45,000 each, man, woman and child, anywhere in the world. Instead you have $86,000 in debt to pay back, and the 1% hoard everything offshore. Not that they're hiding it. They had Trump give them LEGAL tax breaks.

"Household debt hit a record high of $13.5 trillion last quarter"

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/household-debt-hit-record-high-13-5-trillion-last-quarter-n937216

"Student loan debt hits a new record of nearly $1.5 trillion: Report"

https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/student-loan-debt-hits-a-new-record-of-nearly-1-5-trillion-report

"Consumer debt is set to reach $4 trillion by the end of 2018"

https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/student-loan-debt-hits-a-new-record-of-nearly-1-5-trillion-report
kuffodog said…
Americans defrauded my credit rating by stealing one of my credit cards and falsely charging some $200 as aid to a terrorist group. Then they sent me a collection bill for $3,700 for a Citibank account I never had. Thing is, they can't continue to defraud the world by simply printing themselves more money to spend. They need to borrow it from someone. But who? China is now thoroughly antagonized. Japan is close behind. EU is broken up thanks to American terrorism, with the main lender that purchased US debt in the middle of Brexit with the prospect of food shortages, collapse of NHS, currency inflation, loss of financial markets that will move to mainland Europe and no Euro to protect it financially in a certain recession! Not to mention that if there is a gov't shutdown and Trump fails to get an agreement, US credit rating will plummet. I will not protect Americans this time around, because this time around the debt is nearly twice as much and debt to GDP ratio is ridiculous.

Tighten your belts fatsos.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/student-loan-debt-hits-a-new-record-of-nearly-1-5-trillion-report
kuffodog said…
"The average American has a credit card balance of $6,375, up nearly 3 percent from last year, according to Experian’s annual study on the state of credit and debt in America. Total credit card debt has reached its highest point ever, surpassing $1 trillion in 2017, according to a separate report by the Federal Reserve."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/credit-card-debt-hits-record-high.html
kuffodog said…
"US importers, already suffering supply-chain disruptions from previous rounds of tariffs, say the threat of a 25 percent tariff to be imposed by the Trump administration on imports on China, effective January 1, will further roil shipping patterns and will stress the intermodal supply chain, especially warehouse space, beyond capacity."

Production will suffer. Supply speed will slow due to tariff red tape. Prices will rise. Some products will become unprofitable. Consumers will take a hit in rising prices.

https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/trade-lanes/trans-pacific/us-importers-warn-jan-1-tariffs-will-crunch-supply-chains_20180920.html
kuffodog said…
666

"WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit swelled to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018, the Treasury Department said on Monday, driven in large part by a sharp decline in corporate tax revenues after the Trump tax cuts took effect.

The deficit rose nearly 17 percent year over year, from $666 billion in 2017. It is now on pace to top $1 trillion a year before the next presidential election, according to forecasts from the Trump administration and outside analysts. The deficit for the 2018 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, was the largest since 2012, when the economy and federal revenues were still recovering from the depths of the recession."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/politics/federal-deficit-2018-trump-tax-cuts.html
kuffodog said…
US economy will be under a perfect storm of debt problems. Including corporate debt. Consumers define the US economy. They won't be able to buy stuff. Because their record high debt burden will eat up all their disposable income. This will cause a recession and companies won't have the revenue to pay their debts. That in turn will collapse the financial system. A slow collapse, but a definitive one. Expect a few Black Swan events, all related to anthropogenic global warming climate change disasters that will strain insurance companies, create more medical debt, force more people to become climate refugees with all that involves as well as drug and obesity epidemics to further deteriorate productivity and strain social services.

"2019 will be defined as a year of deleveraging," said Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group. "You're going to hear much less about buybacks and dividend increases. That's one of the areas of excess in this cycle."

US nonfinancial companies rated by Moody's were sitting on $5.7 trillion of debt as of the end of June."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/investing/corporate-debt-recession/index.html
kuffodog said…
Trump may very well become "the debt bomber" who blew USA apart. It is entirely possible that some states will secede and go back to Mexico after he bankrupts the country, sending millions into homelessness and destitution.

"A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is ‘bubbling’ in the US economy"

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/21/theres-a-9-trillion-corporate-debt-bomb-bubbling-in-the-us-economy.html
kuffodog said…
Americans can't afford to buy housing, so they pay rent. Rent is too high, it will eat into consumer spending. Rent rises 10% per year. If it continues, some people will have to move and quit their jobs. For sure they will have less disposable income to drive the consumer economy that is USA. This year, along with all the other issues, will be a point of inflection. Many have already been priced out, but mostly people who were on fixed income. Now, middle class working families will be priced out, this while their consumer debt burden will become unmanageable damaging their credit history and making getting a mortgage impossible. There won't be a real estate bubble in housing, but there already is one in rental prices. Worse, as houses burn down, are flooded or blown apart in climate disasters, the inventory is reduced and supply of housing units lowered. This means more people will look to rent keeping rent prices high.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/americans-who-can-t-afford-their-homes-146-percent-n774106
kuffodog said…
About the only thing that Trump is doing right is the withdrawal of some 18,000 troops from Syria and Afganistan. This however will not reduce military spending, and it will not reduce military waste. What it can do is bring those consumers back to USA to spend in the domestic economy as they continue to be employed. Gov't shutdown offsets that, before it comes into effect.
kuffodog said…
The Trump regime backs the Poroshenko regime in compliance with Budapest Memorandum. Not bad. That's at least one international agreement that US did not trash under present administration. Makes sense, since Poroshenko was installed by USA in a coup, they're protecting their asset.

https://www.rt.com/news/447191-us-funds-ukraine-kerch/
kuffodog said…
So wait. If Democrats campaign on social media pretending to be Russians trying to elect their own candidates, does this naturally follow that Russians have more credibility and are more trustworthy than Democrats soliciting votes by being themselves?!

"A group of Democrats working in secret replicated the deceptive social media tactics they claim Russians used to steal the 2016 election in order to win the 2017 Alabama Senate race, according to an explosive NYT report.

The primarily social-media-based campaign to bolster the candidacy of Democrat Doug Jones and smear Republican Roy Moore implemented many of the divisive techniques outlined in the reports released earlier this week on Russian social media influence operations, according to an internal report on the effort acquired by the New York Times. Such resemblance is not surprising, given that one of the Alabama effort's ringleaders was Jonathon Morgan, whose company New Knowledge produced one of those reports."

https://www.rt.com/usa/447031-democrats-election-meddling-alabama/
kuffodog said…
Confiscating assets of companies registered in nation states which do business with nation states sanctioned by third nation states amounts to thievery. Refusing to do business with them, is other hand a childish tactic of bullies, but not necessarily criminal, maybe with the exception of it being a part of a larger campaign to extort, deny services, create monopoly advantage and conduct structural genocide as Americans are in the habit of doing.

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1076435933220782080
kuffodog said…
"'UK has to take measures in line with international law, not US admin': German MPs express solidarity with #Assange" - RT

Yeah. Exactly. International law is what countries should go by, not the whims of criminal regimes that are losing their henchmen, who end up in prison one after another.

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1076409509453606912
kuffodog said…
Countries use internet platforms to make their positions known, including on the US election? Fascinating. I hear all of them also have state sponsored news outlets that include internet, cable and satellite TV. So does USA. So what?!

France - France24.com
Germany - DW.com
Russia - RT.com
China - CCTV.com
Iran - PressTV.com
Qatar - AlJazeera.com

The Satanic American regime responsible for criminal and often genocidal overthrows of dozens of countries legitimate gov'ts has one too. It spews moralizing high horse bullshit and was actually the forerunner of other countries' legitimate news outlets presenting the truth and their opinions, so the world could have a balanced view of reality.

USA - voanews.com


"No US election systems were compromised, but Russia and other countries did run influence and messaging campaigns on social media during the 2018 midterms, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats reported to the White House.

Russia “and other foreign countries, including China and Iran,” conducted “influence activities and messaging campaigns” on social media in order to “promote their strategic interests,” the top US intelligence official wrote in a report made public on Friday evening."

https://www.rt.com/usa/447184-odni-coats-midterms-russia/
kuffodog said…
Muslim invaders in Burma are murderous religious fanatics. They should all leave and go back to Bangladesh where they are from, not violently impose their Islamist views and customs on the multicultural free people of Myanmar. Since they do not have citizenship or legal residency status in Myanmar, the country is right to deport them to the state of origin. Any fatalities that resulted during this process are numbered in the hundreds and should be attributed to LEGAL law enforcement that contested Islamist insurgents among the stateless Bangladeshi invaders. Bangladeshi on the other hand, should be accepted as refugees if their own countrymen put them on death lists. See article:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-atheist-refugees-when-not-believing-is-life-threatening/a-46822315
kuffodog said…
Funny. I just prognosticated that after Trump pulls out of Syria, the Saudi-American proxy ISIS with its hundreds of millions of dollars in assets will spring right back up and head straight for Damascus where after overthrowing the Assad regime they'll put rolled up posters of his regime's propaganda up his ass and set them on fire as he hangs off a bridge and the rope around his ankle is tugged on like that of the boat in Enter the Dragon by ship's crew after the bully picks on them. Anyway, I came across this picture today and can't be sure if it is an effigy or a human, but it seems that in Bangladesh they do this to bloggers. I think Assad has a similar lynching coming, akin to the one the dictator of Libya got at the hands of pissed off citizens of that country, whom he promised to wipe out and attempted to exterminate. Assad has so far caused 11,000,000 Syrians to run like rats from a sinking ship and bathed another 500,000 in blood. Somehow I don't think they'll forgive him and humbly accept his rule.

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-atheist-refugees-when-not-believing-is-life-threatening/a-46822315
kuffodog said…
Whoa. Iran is practicing for a Crimean scenario in Bahrain even as the Americans brought back its carrier strike group to the Gulf and promises to be unpredictable. As much as the people of Bahrain would love to see the overthrow of the brutal Sunni dictatorship that keep them squashed under their boots, somehow I don't think that the US Navy will calmly stand by and see their ships confiscated by Iran, as their personnel is rounded up and sent back to some other location in the Middle East. This could prove most interesting!

https://www.rt.com/news/447205-us-carrier-persian-gulf/
kuffodog said…
"The goal, the commander said, is to "crystallize a precise and realistic image in the enemy’s mind of our deterrence and defensive equations.”

"The enemy should make allowances in its calculations for the fact that our defense is a combination of defensive and offensive engagement, with more emphasis placed on the offensive side," he said.

Pakpour said the IRGC Ground Force’s past experience in fighting terrorism, securing borders, and the experience resulting from recent wars has helped shape new defensive doctrines."

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/12/22/583611/Iran-military-drills-Persian-Gulf-Great-Prophet-IRGC-Ground-Force
kuffodog said…
I was looking for this "striving" character. I had it in my head for some reason. Interesting.

"BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- "Striving" and "the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up" have been respectively chosen as the Chinese Character and Word of the Year 2018 in China, according to a survey released Thursday."

http://english.cctv.com/2018/12/21/ARTICkq9xJS4JdNcxifCvuJI181221.shtml
kuffodog said…
"5 Traditional Usui Reiki Symbols and Their Meanings"

https://www.thoughtco.com/usui-reiki-symbols-1731682
kuffodog said…
The bent wrench just wrenched my confidence in breaking stuff.

https://twitter.com/CCTV/status/1072793183506087936
kuffodog said…
3D printed electric motorcycle.

https://twitter.com/CCTV/status/1070981242831626245
kuffodog said…
Bush had a service dog. Gee. I'm told he needed one because he couldn't stand being a war criminal. Interesting.

https://twitter.com/CCTV/status/1070607559025942530
kuffodog said…
"The “contradiction” between the demands of the Yellow Vests and the state is “secondary”: their demands are rooted in the existing system. The true “contradiction” is between our entire socio-political system and (the vision of) a new society in which the demands formulated by the protesters no longer arise. How?"

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447155-zizek-yellow-vests-france/
kuffodog said…
"The “contradiction” between the demands of the Yellow Vests and the state is “secondary”: their demands are rooted in the existing system. The true “contradiction” is between our entire socio-political system and (the vision of) a new society in which the demands formulated by the protesters no longer arise. How?

The old Henry Ford was right when he remarked that, when he offered the first serially produced car, he didn’t follow what people wanted. As he put it succinctly, if asked what they want, the people would have answer: “A better and stronger horse to pull our carriage!”

This insight finds an echo in Steve Jobs’ infamous motto that “a lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.”

In spite of all one has to criticize in the activity of Jobs, he was close to an authentic master in how he understood his motto. When he was asked how much customer feedback Apple uses, he snapped back: “It's not the customers’ job to know what they want… we figure out what we want.”"

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447155-zizek-yellow-vests-france/

What Yellow Jackets want is a $15,000 solar electric car that is domestically produced without some tricky scheme for battery rental and one that can run 50 km a day without fuel or charging... so they can get to work without using a 1/3 of their measly wages on commuting. But, without a leader they can't verbalize this, and the French governments is unlikely to deliver. French car companies would have to field domestic battery production, and they're behind in the game. Compromise then?!

kuffodog said…
My very first tweet was a Master and Commander reference which I used to spell out that coal is out. Today, Russia and Checz Republic have news of bad accidents happening to coal miners, as Germany dug up its very last lump of black gold. Needless to say that since coal killed 400,000 per year over the last decade in Europe alone, that is 4 million people who died early as a result of air pollution in the European Union after my first ever tweet demanded coal's end. It is ending, but it ended millions of lives early before its slow death has come to fruition. Meanwhile, the Satanic American regime (literally, as in "Dark Satanic Mills") has banned me from advertising my book which aims to prevent obesity and banned me from Twitter for freely disseminating ideas which I targeted to interested governments and corporations and researchers world wide in a fight to make world's energy portfolio a net zero globalized materialization of the Kubik Plan, which aims to make sustainable habitation scalable at household level.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2164312/London-2012-Olympics-Dark-satanic-mills-Industrial-Revolution-centre-stage-opening-ceremony.html
kuffodog said…
"And the same goes for a political leader that is needed today. Protesters in France want a better (stronger and cheaper) horse – in this case, ironically, cheaper fuel for their cars.

They should be given the vision of a society where the price of fuel no longer matters in the same way that, after cars, the price of horse fodder no longer matters." -

Slavoj Zizek is a cultural philosopher. He’s a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/447155-zizek-yellow-vests-france/

Eh. Yeah. So. Read my comments from earlier in the day on why Poland should make a $15,000 solar powered Fiat 126 that runs on one day's worth of sun's charge for 50 km worth of driving on an average day in Europe. Also, see why Sono's Scion is NOT that car.
kuffodog said…
Earlier in the day ESA failed to mention if the ice inside Korolev crater in Olympia Undae was carbon dioxide or water. Now it's a big story, being that it is water ice. A HUGE story in fact.

https://www.rt.com/news/447139-mars-water-ice-images-esa/

https://twitter.com/esa/status/1076032022798192640

http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Mars_Express_gets_festive_A_winter_wonderland_on_Mars
kuffodog said…
Landing in the Korolev crater has obvious advantages. It is easy to build habitats inside ice as opposed to digging yourself into rock or dirt. Ice can be used for irrigation, plumbing, air production, fuel cell production for vehicles and rocket fuel production. North Pole landing has similar advantages to landing in the polar region of the Moon. The Korolev crater has much ice, enough to sustain a colony of 500,000 as Musk has planned. Finally, to simulate living in such an environment, one can conduct mission testing in Antarctica with suits that allow for breathing in isolation from external air.

CC: @MarsOneProject

https://twitter.com/MarsOneProject/status/1076126657130520576
kuffodog said…
People don't have to imagine Mars environments, just look at these photos from Antarctica. Mars in locations where there are water ice filled craters is just like this. If you can make self sustainable habitation possible in Antarctica, the only other element is making your own air, and you are good to go.

http://www.antarctica.gov.au/magazine/2006-2010/issue-18-2010/policy/australia-makes-flying-inspections
kuffodog said…
Americans spy on Merkel's Nokia phone, nothing happens. Obama lies. Then backtracks.
Americans spy on everyone, including all allies, nothing happens. Obama admits it.
Americans spy using Huawei hardware, issue sanctions on Iran, charge Huawei CFO...


...and BOOM! Huawei is guilty of spying for China! Germany is banning Huawei.

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1076530306138554369
kuffodog said…
North Korea offers to denuclearize, if Americans leave the Korean Peninsula. This is a good offer, but not enough. Americans should also leave Okinawa, an independent people conquered, mass murdered by Japanese and Americans and then occupied. Also, if Korea is to denuclearize it cannot do so permanently, as Americans will simply lie and come back to attack or intimidate. The proper solution is nuclear storage in Russia or China. North Korea should offer to put its nuclear arsenal in storage in China or Russia, like Iran has delivered its weapons grade fissile material to Russia, and then see what Americans will do. If Americans strat bringing forces back onto the peninsula and Okinawa, North Korea should take nukes out of storage and put them back on their missiles.

https://www.rt.com/newsline/446942-korea-denuclearize-us-threat/
kuffodog said…
If the tsunami was not caused by a landslide or an earthquake, then the primary culprit is underwater nuclear testing by Americans. 62 dead. Not all that many. I see no political motives for the US to do this as the terrorists in Indonesia are already genocidal Islamist mass murderers who slaughtered millions of their own civilians in a pogrom of communists and ethnic minorities, Islamists who now engage in ecocide of epic proportions burning down their own forests to serve Americans' goal of reaching 2 or more degrees Celsius of global warming to make an additional third of continental United States into arable land.

https://www.rt.com/news/447230-indonesia-tsunami-sunda-strait/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_Chinese_Indonesians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Indonesia

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/alaska-farming-climate-change/540213/

https://www.wired.com/2012/01/jim-stone-fukushima/

kuffodog said…
The choice of a nuclear test underwater by Americans implies they've tested a large nuclear torpedo. I would speculate that they're trying to do something like the Russians have where the weapon avoids radar underwater and comes out to hit a city. If they get caught blowing up that underwater volcano, and the likelihood that radioactive substances are found is low due to lava flows, CIA will blame this test on North Korea or China. Being that it was 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre the set up is all to easy buy into. China never successfully prosecuted Indonesian mass murderers for genocide or killings of their citizens so the CIA will claim they've sent Indonesians a subtle message, as they themselves test the ability to sink Chinese made islands in the South China sea. Typical American terrorism and bullshit.

"China marks 80th anniversary of Nanking massacre"

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124070/china-marks-80th-anniversary-nanking-massacre

"Scientists suspect mountain collapse at N. Korea nuke test site"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-nuclear-test-site-mantapsan-mountain-collapse-unusable-kim-jong-un/

"A new Russian video may show a 'doomsday machine' able to trigger 300-foot tsunamis — but nuclear weapons experts question why you'd ever build one"

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doomsday-weapon-submarine-nuke-2018-4

Why would Americans build one? Well. To blame Korea, China and Russia! Duh?!
kuffodog said…
"A well-placed nuclear weapon of yield in the range 20 MT to 50 MT near a sea coast could certainly couple enough energy to equal the 2011 tsunami, and perhaps much more," Rex Richardson, a physicist who researches nuclear weapons, told Business Insider in March, referring to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people in Japan."

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doomsday-weapon-submarine-nuke-2018-4
kuffodog said…
"Mega Millions drawing on Christmas Day will be for $321 million jackpot"

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/12/22/mega-millions-drawing-christmas-day-321-million-jackpot/2398032002/

My numbers: 04, 07, 20, 26, 66 MEGA BALL 25

Fix the lottery. I need 1.2 million now.
kuffodog said…
Sabotage of a nuclear submarine that has nuclear weapons on board can result in their detonation. This has been demonstrated by both Americans and Russians, where two nuclear armed submarines went up in flames. Similarly, detonating a nuclear submarine's weapons under the ocean can result in a massive tsunami. If a vessel that blows up belongs to the navy whose port is destroyed in this manner, they'll have no way of knowing who or what hit them.

However, destroying some ships and a port city in this type of an attack or accident, could result in global denuclearization and thus prevent a global holocaust as well as ecosystem collapse. Also, if a drone were to detonate a nuclear weapon next to an American nuclear submarine and cause a tsunami triggering the sub's own nuclear arsenal, there'd no way to tell the difference as to what actually happened. No evidence would survive such an explosion.

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/us/navy-submarine-lost/index.html

https://www.nti.org/analysis/atomic-pulse/cyber-threats-nuclear-weapons-should-we-worry-conversation-dr-andrew-futter/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a24216/pentagon-confirm-russia-submarine-nuke/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a18757426/in-2011-a-russian-submarine-fire-nearly-cause-a-nuclear-disaster/
kuffodog said…
"One of the most chilling comments I’ve ever heard was the former commander of U.S. nuclear forces telling a San Francisco audience this month that our nuclear missiles could be hacked — launched and detonated without authorization."

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/What-happens-when-our-nuclear-arsenal-is-hacked-6333739.php
kuffodog said…
"Could a hacker actually detonate a nuclear weapon or launch a nuclear missile?

I think that we must assume the answer is yes, although in my view it is very, very unlikely and varies according to the actor and system involved. The most vulnerable systems are probably those that are the most modern and complex, and particularly those systems that control nuclear weapons held on high alert. Nuclear weapons software and associated systems could be altered as they are being built, electronic signals might somehow be sent to nuclear weapons, or perhaps hackers could seek to precipitate nuclear use indirectly by misleading those systems and manipulating the information that they rely upon."

https://www.nti.org/analysis/atomic-pulse/cyber-threats-nuclear-weapons-should-we-worry-conversation-dr-andrew-futter/
kuffodog said…
"Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List

If you downloaded the privacy software Tor in 2011, you may have been flagged to be spied on."

https://www.propublica.org/article/heres-one-way-to-land-on-the-nsas-watch-list

If you're under surveillance, you can conduct counter-surveillance. Fair game. Being that you are criminally targeted by the American regime in your own country. Then of course you can do what you think is appropriate to the NSA attackers.
kuffodog said…
"If you could tell the world one thing about this threat, what would it be?

The cyber threat to nuclear systems is unquestionably real, but it is far more nuanced than it is often portrayed. For example, the biggest risk by far is that of cyber-nuclear espionage—that is, stealing nuclear operational or design secrets. Also, states are much more likely to seek to disrupt or disable an opponent’s nuclear systems than seek to cause a launch or explosion. Finally, although the risk of a third party or cyber-terrorists hacking into a nuclear system and causing a launch is real, it is arguably easier for, and more likely, that these groups will seek to precipitate or deepen a nuclear crisis or cause inadvertent or mistaken nuclear use. "

https://www.nti.org/analysis/atomic-pulse/cyber-threats-nuclear-weapons-should-we-worry-conversation-dr-andrew-futter/
kuffodog said…
Hmm. Funny. I was just making fun of a sweet 16 toilet paper beach bikini that washes off and then YOU are the shit when you come out of the water. This 17 band washed up on shore fully clothed I presume. Strange how this works. Isn't it?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/members-of-indonesian-rock-band-dead-missing-following-deadly-tsunami
kuffodog said…
Wow. Talk about a CIA scripted snuff film! Next time these animals cut some white Christian European blonds' heads off they'll think twice about it! LMAO

https://twitter.com/jamesmassola/status/1076681918177935360
kuffodog said…
A genocidal mass murderer from Sudan, Omar al-Bashir whose henchmen slaughtered hundreds of thousands in Darfur pays a visit to Bashar al-Assad to congratulate him on the genocide of half a million Syrians. Of course the ICC warrant for Bashir's arrest will NOT be honored, as both he and Assad are mass murdering despots, both decades in power, with their wealth inextricably tied to the presidency, just like Putin's and the Saudi monarchy's both of whom along with the American genocidal fascists who protect them.


"Sudan's Bashir first Arab leader to visit Syria since war began"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/sudan-bashir-arab-leader-visit-syria-war-began-181217005423314.html

"Sudan's Bashir defies ICC warrant with Saudi trip"
https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1335911._CH_.2420

"Second Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir"
https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/record.aspx?uri=907140

"John Bolton threatens ICC with US sanctions"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45474864

"SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR HAS BECOME A GENOCIDE"
https://worldpolicy.org/2013/09/16/syrias-civil-war-has-become-a-genocide/

"The “Darfur Genocide” refers to the current mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children in Western Sudan. The killings began in 2003, as the first genocide in the 21st century."

http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/darfur-genocide

kuffodog said…
" The Syrian government welcomes any step that could be conducive to the return of Arab embassies in Damascus, said Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad."

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/18/c_137615517.htm
kuffodog said…
"Omar Al-Bashir’s visit to Damascus reminded observers of the Syrian situation of the positions on the return of Damascus and its president to the Arab League’s meetings. Since the country was expelled from its seat in the Arab League due to its president and regime’s war on its people, there have been some countries calling for its return, such as Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon. This is due to Hezbollah’s dominance and influence over Lebanese politics. We also saw a surprise position from the Bahraini foreign minister when he met with his Syrian counterpart, Walid Muallem, in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He said that he supports the return of the Syrian regime to the Arab League. The Arab parliament speaker expressed a similar position."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181221-the-syria-regimes-return-to-the-arab-league-is-a-mistake/
kuffodog said…
"THE REHABILITATION OF MASS MURDERER BASHAR ASSAD

As the Arab upheaval’s worst war winds down, the rehabilitation process of the century’s most prolific mass murderer is under way."

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-rehabilitation-of-Bashar-Asad-centurys-most-prolific-mass-murderer-574973
kuffodog said…
"The Arab masses have lost. The cause that in its first moments was civic was quickly hijacked by fundamentalism and then altogether devoured by tribalism. "

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-rehabilitation-of-Bashar-Asad-centurys-most-prolific-mass-murderer-574973
kuffodog said…
"chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad’s government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-warcrimes/syria-chemical-attack-is-war-crime-human-rights-watch-chief-idUSKBN1HG28U
kuffodog said…
Russia led by Putin, himself a dictator and an imperialist mass murderer who criminally invaded Georgia and Ukraine, has committed a long list of war crimes against civilians in Syria. These war crimes are not limited to Syria, and now span a number of countries including assassinations in the European Union, Russia and Ukraine. Russia's war crimes span three war zones, two of which are in Europe. Persecution of minorities in Russia's Caucasus, including homosexuals who are tortured or simply killed, are the daily bread of Putin's and his Chechen warlord's criminal reign of terror.

"The UN's top human rights official on Saturday said 230 civilians were killed in the past week by a government offensive backed by Russian airstrikes, warning the attacks may constitute war crimes."

https://www.dw.com/en/un-warns-of-war-crimes-in-syria-after-one-of-the-bloodiest-periods-in-conflict/a-42531979
kuffodog said…
Coup in Turkey staged by the dictator to gain concessions for authoritarian rule?! Now Trump just gave Erdogan a free hand in his stated attempt to "exterminate" the Kurds.

"Silence makes the United States an accomplice to Turkey’s war crimes against the Kurds in Syria, a former senior adviser at the State Department wrote in The Boston Globe.

Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s dictatorship has gone rogue, argued David L. Phillips, who served as a foreign affairs expert under presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.

Erdoğan used the “alleged coup” of July 2016, said Phillips, to justify a sweeping crackdown against suspected opponents."

https://ahvalnews.com/turkey-kurds/us-must-act-turkey-commits-genocide-syria-expert
kuffodog said…
"More than 100,000 people were arrested on charges related to terrorism. A half-million civil servants were dismissed from their jobs. More journalists are jailed in Turkey than in any other country."

https://ahvalnews.com/turkey-kurds/us-must-act-turkey-commits-genocide-syria-expert
kuffodog said…
The Trump regime censored Putin's crimes and his backing of "Animal Assad" in his long list of massacres and war crimes against civilians.

"At least twice this year, the Syrian military fired Iranian-made artillery shells filled with a chlorine-like substance that oozed poison slowly, giving victims just a few minutes to escape.

In another attack, Syrian forces dropped a chemical bomb on the top-floor balcony of an apartment building, killing 49 people, including 11 children. Their skin turned blue.

These details and others blaming Syria for atrocities in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, were uncovered by a United Nations commission investigating and documenting possible war crimes in the seven-year-old conflict. But when the commission issued a report on Wednesday, the details were omitted.

Seven pages that had been in an earlier draft, provided to The New York Times, were summarized in two paragraphs in the final document."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/world/middleeast/un-syria-eastern-ghouta.html

kuffodog said…
The American regime's FOX News mouthpiece now touts Assad regimes terror troops responsible for 7 years of genocide against Sunnis Syrians... reinforcements that back Trump in fighting ISIS. >>>

"Syrian troops have sent reinforcements to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour close to an enclave controlled by the Islamic State group and along the front with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters, a war monitor and pro-government pages on social media said Saturday.

The reinforcements arrived after U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he was pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria. Trump has now declared victory over IS, contradicting assessments by his own experts, with many lawmakers calling his decision rash and dangerous."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/syria-sends-reinforcements-east-after-trumps-pullout-plan
kuffodog said…
"BALASORE (Odisha): India on Sunday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of 4,000 km, as part of a user trial by the Army.

The strategic surface-to-surface missile was flight tested from launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr Abdul Kalam Island, earlier known as Wheeler Island, at about 8.35 am, defence sources said."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nuclear-capable-agni-iv-missile-successfully-test-fired/articleshow/67215249.cms


kuffodog said…
Full scale war between Ukraine and Russia will come after Russia, Syria and Iran crush Sunni Syrians and Americans leave the theater. Putin does one thing at a time. Chechnya. Abkhazia. Ossetia. Georgia. Dagestan. Estonia. Syria. Ukraine. Now he is starting to work on incorporating Belarus and as promised he'll ride tanks all the way to Kiev within a couple weeks after a definitive Assad victory in Syria. Capitulation of the CIA installed nationalist gov't in Ukraine is unlikely to bring back the former regime. I think it will be more of the Gulf War scenario, where an American led coalition decimated Iraq's capability to wage war after Hussein was set up to contest Kuwait. Similarly, the Ukrainians who contested Russian territory in Crimea and East Ukraine, will not just be driven out but neutralized. Like the Gulf War scenario, Russia's reciprocation will not overthrow Poroshenko, but leave him powerless and humbled.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/05/russia-and-ukraine-are-clashing-at-sea-what-do-we-know-about-the-danger-of-escalation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d280afbf4db6
kuffodog said…
"For Ukraine, Russia’s claim to sovereignty over Crimea comes with an asserted right to control Ukraine’s access to and use of the Sea of Azov. This includes a potential Russian stranglehold over the port of Mariupol, from which flows steel and iron constituting 40 percent of Ukraine’s annual export revenue and a large portion of its grain exports. Additionally, the livelihood of 10,000 fishermen is at stake. Moscow, on the other hand, rather like China in the South China Sea, appears determined to turn the Sea of Azov into a strategic internal rampart, and the Kerch Strait—with a new $7.5 billion bridge over it—constitutes the linchpin of this plan."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/05/russia-and-ukraine-are-clashing-at-sea-what-do-we-know-about-the-danger-of-escalation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d280afbf4db6
kuffodog said…
"Short of that, the lengthening delays from hours to days that Russia now imposes on shipping to the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk constitute an economic embargo. But were Russia, at a moment of heightened tensions, to cut off all shipping to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov that would turn an embargo into a blockade, and a blockade is an act of war"

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/nightmare-how-war-ukraine-could-go-regional-37557

The de facto economic embargo imposed by the Russian military on Ukraine is impoverishing the adversery to the point where half of Ukrainians' income is spent on.... FOOD! Russians like Americans are using economic pressure, sanctions and embargo to discredit Ukraine's adversarial gov't, starve them of cash, and weaken them before attacking. But, like I said, the invasion of Ukraine wont' happen until Syria is overtaken by Assad's forces and secured by Iranian missiles against Israeli belligerence. If Assad makes a deal with Kurds, which is LIKELY, Russia's full on invasion and bombing of Ukraine could happen by spring 2019.

https://www.rt.com/business/447207-europe-food-spending-rating/

Russia feels safe about its navy and nuclear assets in Crimea. Now it moved in its air force, which means it can bomb ALL of Ukraine from Crimea and supply Crimea over the new built bridge or after it sieges Mariupol, like Assad to multiple cities in Syria, it can use the land bridge as it overtakes all of Donbas and Luhansk, on its way to putting the pain on Kiev and destroying Ukraine's industry, military industrial complex and ability to wage war.
kuffodog said…
Personal note: I saw the Russian revolutionaries in some pictures, who fought in Donbas and Luhansk, they look tired, weary, and worn out. But they are holding ground. They are skirmishing on daily basis. Russia will not stand for this much longer.
kuffodog said…
"Of the 270 maritime claims in our data set, close to one-third involve at least one militarized dispute. Risks for violence are higher for cases that also involve disputes over ownership of territory (e.g., Falkland Islands or Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands). Militarized disputes in 2005 and 2008 set the stage for Russia’s grab for Crimea and construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, crippling Ukraine’s naval capabilities. Highly salient diplomatic issues with a history of militarized conflict carry higher risks for escalation to war."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/05/russia-and-ukraine-are-clashing-at-sea-what-do-we-know-about-the-danger-of-escalation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d280afbf4db6
kuffodog said…
When Russia invaded Crimea and wiped out what was left of Ukrainian navy, Putin said no such thing has happened and there are no Russian troops there. If Lavrov is saying Russia will not go to war, one might as well read that as a convincing sign that they're planning one.

"“Kiev is preparing yet another provocation at our borders, with the help of its Western supporters. We would not start a war, but our response will be most convincing,” Lavrov

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-warns-ukraine-we-would-not-start-war-our-response-will-be-most-1263864
kuffodog said…
"Ukraine's SBU Security Service has reported on the arrest of three sabotage groups deployed by Russia's military intelligence in eastern Ukraine. The SBU press service says the agency will provide details of the operation at a special briefing to be scheduled for the coming days. It is noted that the raid was carried out by Ukraine's counterintelligence forces."

https://www.unian.info/war/10385583-ukraine-says-three-sabotage-groups-of-russian-military-intelligence-arrested-in-donbas.html
kuffodog said…
"UKRAINE'S president has claimed Russia's military has around 80,000 troops on his country's border as war tensions between the two nations are ratcheted up.

President Petro Poroshenko also claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin's military have around 1,400 artillery and missile systems, 900 tanks, 2,300 armoured vehicles, 500 planes and 300 helicopters stationed in his country."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/745910/ww3-news-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-world-war-3
kuffodog said…
"Ukraine’s Elections Could Turn Violent"

https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ukraine-s-elections-could-turn-violent-how-prevent-it

Russia will most likely take advantage of this and fuel violence over social media, mind control via cellular telephony, sabotage, shootings, cyber attacks etc. I think Russia will also pay criminals to set people up and instigate things, kind of like Americans are portrayed to do in "Of Mice and Men". CIA did this using Georgian snipers to overthrow a democratically elected ethnic Russian president of Ukraine, I doubt Russians will resort to killings, but other forms of instigation are highly likely.

http://viclivingston.blogspot.com/2011/12/u.html

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201802151061669056-georgian-snipers-maidan-evidence-saaksashvili/

kuffodog said…
As noted earlier, Assad sent 'reinforcements' already to take advantage of Trump leaving, Erdogan is getting ready for an onslaught too. However, they plan to use Syrian rebels against one another FIRST. As one of rebel groups vowed to take back all of Kurdish controlled areas, this violence will give a pretext for both Assad and Erdogan to then move in and pretend to be 'peace makers', however they'll likely let them bleed themselves out first and engulf civilians in violence, so they will see the Assad regime and Erdogan regime moving in their forces to take over territory as 'liberators'.

"Turkey on Saturday sent military reinforcements to northern Syria near an area controlled by Kurdish forces as Ankara threatens to carry out a fresh offensive to wipe them out, a war monitor said.

The move comes after US President Donald Trump's surprise announcement on Wednesday of the withdrawal of American troops stationed in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish fighters, a long-time enemy of Turkey."

https://www.france24.com/en/20181223-turkey-bolsters-troops-kurdish-areas-northern-syria-war-monitor
kuffodog said…
As the Assad regime is being white washed, the Syrian genocide death toll is miraculously dropped to 330,000 by American media. Jewish newspaper Haaretz now puts it at 560,000 which is consistent with previous reports and the fact that there is ongoing violence. This genocide does not account for the missing. 11 million are supposedly abroad... this may not be the case. Assad's death camp crematoriums had 7 years to burn evidence of their mass murder. Those in prisons were never found. Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Europe and USA have little contact with one another. IDPs can't be kept track off. These are estimates, the death toll is always more than the count, because the disappeared and those in mass graves are presumed missing or to have become refugees until their bodies are found. You can't find cremated bodies, unless the Assad regime sends death notices to the next of kin, and they don't do that until years after the fact... if at all.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/560-000-killed-in-syria-s-war-according-to-updated-death-toll-1.6700244
kuffodog said…
"July 11, 2011 - Supporters of President al-Assad attack the embassies of France and the United States in Damascus. No casualties were reported."

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/560-000-killed-in-syria-s-war-according-to-updated-death-toll-1.6700244
kuffodog said…
"Albania's decision to expel the Iranian ambassador and another diplomat for plotting acts of terrorism within the country has been widely praised. President Trump has written personally to Prime Minister Edi Rama congratulating him for countering Iran's "destabilizing activities and efforts to silence dissidents around the globe." His letter was reinforced by messages of support from U.S. national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The expulsion has focused world attention once again on how the mullahs' regime uses its embassies as terror cells."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2018/12/21/Irans-terror-cell-embassies-exposed/7141545401475/?spt=su&or=btn_tw
kuffodog said…
CH-500 can carry two HJ-10 anti-tank missiles. The Chinese had the right idea, but this is a helicopter drone that does not make it easy to mount it on top of a mobile amphibious platform. It has to be one like E-Hang 184, a octicopter or a quadricopter drone.

http://chinesemilitaryreview.blogspot.com/2016/10/chinese-ch-500-uav-with-blue-arrow-9-ba.html
kuffodog said…
"UKRAINE'S president has claimed Russia's military has around 80,000 troops on his country's border as war tensions between the two nations are ratcheted up.

President Petro Poroshenko also claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin's military have around 1,400 artillery and missile systems, 900 tanks, 2,300 armoured vehicles, 500 planes and 300 helicopters stationed in his country."

That's 4,600 ground units. If each Hybrid Autonomous Mobile Drone Anti Tank Missile System system has 8 missiles, that means for a comparable force to be deterred or defeated in Kaliningrad Oblast, Poland needs at least 600 units, if it will lose only 25 of them in combat and has hit rate of 100%. The drone can also carry air-to-air missiles to take out helicopters. So that's be another 40 units, as an anti helicopter air defense system. They can serve as both anti-armor and anti-helicopter weapons. Just change the missiles and missile orders.
kuffodog said…
In fighting helicopters on Russia's own territory these drones will be able to hide in trees and among buildings, in other words in places where they can't be seen easily on radar nor in line of sight by helicopter pilots. Even hovering over rooftops creates a danger for Russians, as they'll blow up their own buildings attacking the drones.

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