And Russian deputy PM Alexander Novak just said in an interview that forecasted GDP growth for 2026 has been slashed to 0.4 % (previously 1.3 %) , and for 2027 to 1.4 % (previously 2.8 %). Interestingly enough, the forecast still operates with projected oil prices below $60/barrel.
In the great tradition of @mhalpern 's speculative drone predictions that we sometimes laughed at, then had to shut up when something similar happened, I predict Ukraine after the war fielding big hexacopters with big combs and motor‑driven spools combing out the fibre out of the environment (and towing it outside the environment, obvs.) ;-)
If you want totally unhinged, that was TheUlterior.
Schroeder is heavily compromised by his work for Gazprom. It’s unclear how much money he’s has taken from the Russians, but the amount is not insignificant.
There have already been some EU‑funded soil remediation studies around that. And yes, burned out AFVs are a big source of nasty contamination including heavy metals and other stuff. Thankfully, the preliminary study found that this is mostly localised to the closest surroundings of the specific killzone with the wrecks, so further afield the fields could be fine. Of course contaminant migration and others would still have to be studied, but the prelim is somewhat optimistic.
Compromised? I think at one point he almost faced German charges of being a Russian agent IIRC (what became of that?), so "compromised" would be quite light a word ;-)
There is one known exception to that rule:
Nope.
From what I've read, the surrender was far more driven by the Russians preparing to invade Japanese territory as well.
DeepL Translate said:
DeepL Translate said:
World War II would also prove the maxim that no one has ever surrendered to an airplane. That was formally concluded on the deck of the USS Missouri. Similarly, the Ukraine conflict will most likely be settled on terra firma.
Countries have never surrendered to an airplane, but plenty of individual soldiers have surrendered to (unmanned) aircraft, dating back to 1991 (and more relevantly, in the current Russia/Ukraine war)
Yes, let's not forget the importance of
Is Russia even using the bridge to supply Crimea and Zaporizhia at the moment? It seems to me that at least over the recent months, Ukrainian mid-range drones have been targeting the logistics over the so-called land bridge (Mariupol, Berdyansk & Melitopol).
Ignore literally everything that blog says. He is not a very good historian, his main talent is telling people on the internet what they want to hear. There is a reason he publishes things on a blog and not in a journal.
For that big ICBM size and mass? I doubt that – that's around 5/4 of the mass of Titan II, and much heavier than most solid fuelled ICBMs as far as I can tell.
Additionally, massive solid rocket motors are less shelf-stable than their smaller counterparts, as they start to slump under their own weight (which can leads to cracking and/or detatching from the casing - both of which turn your solid rocket motor into a pipe bomb)
That brings its own issues. Kerolox can't be fueled that quickly—and needs dedicated facilities. Sure, it may be a bit more advanced than the original R-7 setup, but requires continual maintenance, especially regarding cryogenics. A propellant valve sticking at an inopportune time could seriously hamper operations and readiness.
Unless you are a Russian engineer building an ICBM with a 10‑tonne boilerplate throw weight (for propaganda and window fall accident avoidance reasons), whereas a "goode olde" N2O4+UDMH beast might be the best option to avoid your own inevitable launch to death from a sub‑basement window, three times (plus the "goode olde" 'the deceased committed suicide by shooting himself in the neck from a shotgun from behind'…)
