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https://www.timesofisrael.com/explosions-reported-at-alleged-iranian-militia-base-in-northern-syria/
Explosions heard in 3 places in Syria: 2 in Hama, and one in Aleppo.
One of them is reported to be an Iranian militia recruitment camp.
~40 reported dead.
Also reported that in at least one location, an earthquake in a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter scale was measured, meaning at least one of these explosions occurred because of mass detonation inside an ammo storage facility.
It could be Israel. I'll list why it could be Israel, and why it couldn't:
Could be Israel:
1)Reported in all MSM. Usually when it's attributed by some to Israel, but for a fact not the work of Israel, it appears in only one media outlet at best. When it's all over the news, it's Israel, with only few exceptions.
2)None else would be able to coordinate such an attack AND be against Iran in this fight. And the US only does such things very rarely, and only following international scandals.
Could be not:
1)Israeli airstrikes are always very clean. Only material damage, and if there are casualties, they're usually very limited. Just part of a strategy to not escalate AND deny Iran the means to escalate if it wanted to escalate.
2)2 of the targets were reported to be Syrian targets. The only times Israel has actually fired on Syrian targets was when - A)Syrians were clashing with terrorists in the Golan and were not careful enough to prevent stray fire from reaching Israeli territory, and B)Firing on Israeli aircraft as they were targeting Iranian targets.
EDIT: Seems that Israel is out of the picture on this one. Rebels/Terrorists (you pick) took responsibility, and Syrian state news also reported it to be rebels/terrorists attacking weapons facilities. Don't know if they referred to all of the targets.
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Elta (subsidiary of IAI) celebrates its 100th sold unit of the MMR (Multi Mission Radar), officially designated EL/M 2084.
This radar is called Raz in Hebrew, which is an acronym for Rav Zroi, which means multi branch, as it serves the ground forces, air force, and navy alike.
It is the standard long range multi mission radar for the Sa'ar 5 and some Sa'ar 4.5 ships, which allows operation of the Barak 8, Barak 1 and naval Iron Dome. It also serves the David's Sling long range SAM system, and a downscaled version of it with a smaller antenna serves the Iron Dome - dubbed Mini MMR.
Overall, they did a very good job. This radar has seen a lot of success abroad, and the Czech Republic is set to become the next customer, meaning the backlog of orders is still intact and going strong.
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2 hours ago, 2805662 said:
I don’t think the UK to Australia unit cost is an apples to apples comparison, mainly due to the expense of the Lance turret on the Australian buy (originally 180 of the proposed 225 were to be turreted; now only 133 of the 223 modules for the 211 vehicles are being procured).
Shame the the mortar variant remains an unfunded napkinpanzer.
The Lance turret added "only" 3 million dollars to the price tag. The British got it cheaper for only 10 million dollars a piece, while the Aussies paid more than 13 million dollars. US dollars.
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- 500 Boxer MIV will be purchased.
- 10 year support contract included.
- Total program cost ~$5.4 billion.
- 4 variants: APC, Ambulance, C&C, Equipment support (maintenance).
- They want domestic systems.
- They don't want turreted vehicles, or ones with mortars.
- To remain serviceable for 40 years.
Seems that the average price for this thing is north of $10 million dollars, judging by this contract and the Australian one. Not bad.
I would however suggest perhaps taking a hit there, slashing the price in half at least and buy perhaps a Piranha, and invest the rest of the money in upgrading the obsolete tank fleet.
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Extended version of a previously uploaded video, including basic infantry+armor training in the 460th training brigade:
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Going to make a guess here that it's the 460th training brigade (Desert, no Trophy), so they get a pass:
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This is not exactly a tank or a heavy APC or IFV, but it was said the IDF is looking for multiple types of vehicles for multiple weight classes below the Eitan, and it's possible the Plasan Yagu will find its place there:
It provides a STANAG 4569 level 2 protection, but comes with a weight of 1.48 tons, which is extremely light for that protection class.
Sporting an RCWS and an observation drone (tethered?) as well, it could be very suitable for a multitude of roles - from border patrols and peacekeeping operations to special forces who require very high mobility and minimal protection.
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ISI released clearer satellite footage with some analysis:
It was additionally said that the missiles came in groups of 4 (hit in rows) and not all together to avoid collapsing the hangar. It's possible, IMO, that the hangar was kept intact so it would be reused, and the Iranian forces in Syria wouldn't seek new facilities that would have to be found and tracked again, but in facilities that are already well known.
The munitions were supposedly, judging by the penetration marks, SDBs or Spice 250. Not Delilah, Popeye, or Skysniper as some speculated, as these are far larger munitions.
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1 hour ago, Collimatrix said:
Not true. 7.62x51mm rifles with a suppressor are borderline hearing safe and can be fired comfortably, if not necessarily perfectly safely, without hearing protection. I've done it. The bullet makes enough noise to make its presence known, but the sound from the bullet isn't anywhere near loud enough to cause hearing damage.
Same deal with tank guns. The problem is the blast overpressure from the muzzle, not the supersonic shockwave from the projectile. I would imagine that the sound of a 105mm projectile going overhead might cause a few soiled pants, but pants can be replaced, hearing damage from blasts cannot.
Simply making the main gun have a longer barrel would improve things somewhat, but there are obvious limitations here.
Wouldn't it require very frequent replacement of the suppressor?
Anyway, I still think personal protection for the infantry is the one and only solution that should be developed for this issue.
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On my phone so I cant link any photos, but just google M109 suppressor and you'll see what size it should be. Of course 155mm =/= 120mm but it's not going to be too far off.
The concept of a coaxial medium cannon is nice, but it is probably not so relevant in the presence of a critical mass of HIFVs.
This could really be fixed by improving protection of the infantry, although far from all are wearing any form of hearing protection from what I've seen. In the US alone, the annual compensation for hearing loss stood at $1 billion a couple years ago.
There are so many sources of very damaging sounds on the battlefield that trying to reduce every single one of them will prove to be so expensive and so impractical compared with very simple and relatively cheap selective hearing protection gear that has been available for a while now.
So dont worry about tanks being loud.
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16 minutes ago, Xoon said:
Has any AFV ever been designed with a suppressor or alike to reduce the effects?
Suppressed guns get the effect of reduced sound mostly from subsonic munitions. That's the last thing you'd want in a tank.
But if you would take such a project seriously, you'll find out you need some serious size to actually put a suppressor there.
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So will they be scrapped or just sent to get dust in some remote long term storage?
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1 hour ago, Karamazov said:
It's fake video. This video was made using a program and neural networks. As long as I remember.
Seems to be a really sophisticated program then. And at least on the Bumerang it got it spot on, showing significant heat on the right side at the very front, where the engine is located. Photos showed the paint gone off there because of the severe heating issues.
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460th instructional brigade celebrating Israel's 70th independence day.
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PCA is a concept for a 6th gen fighter. It's not even really defined yet so I think just an upgraded Gen 5 warplane won't get us there. Or is it not really a 6th gen but closer to the YF-23?
Either way, I think these news penetrated a lot of us.
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Aerobatic team flying over Israel during the 70th independence day celebrations:
(360° video, click on the wheel on the top right corner and navigate with arrows).
It should be noted that for the first time, there was international presence, and a country-wide flyby included aircraft from 6 countries:
Greece - F-16.
Poland - C-295.
Canada - C-17.
UK - C-130.
Austria - C-130.
Italy - Eurofighter.
This is the view from Tel Aviv:
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16 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:
Lockheed supposedly wants to sell Japan some sort of F-35/F-22 hybrid.
Probably an F-35 tweaked to focus on air combat.
I think this is bigger news than it seems to be. A hybrid of F-35 and F-22? They're almost definitely talking about a twin engine derivative. If that's true, there's no way it's just for Japan. It could mean a lot for the USAF, as they need more F-22 than they have right now, but the production is closed. This could be a way to get more F-22.
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Hecking Jewish Kibbutznik farmers reviving a T-34 for the 2nd time.
They had 2 T-34 tanks captured from the Syrians. One was confiscated by the police, and when they came for the 2nd tank, the Chief of Staff Refael "Raful" Eitan gave them a letter that says "Have fun with this shitty tank".
It was turned into an agricultural tank, and they toyed around with it in all sorts of places.
This time they revive it for the 2nd time, in celebration of Israel's 70th birthday.
The turret is laying somewhere in a playground.
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WSJ reports that in last week's Israeli airstrike inside Syria, in the T4 base (April 9th), an SA-15 (TOR) system was also destroyed, in addition to the drone hangar.
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1 hour ago, Ramlaen said:
If Kim goes the peace route and opens up Best Korea to the outside world I would have a hard time denying him one.
After Trump’s of course.
Yeah I figure so many people are going to be disappointed with the GEOTUS not starting a 3rd world war.
The warmonger has brought peace to the irreconcilable.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-officer-israel-us-cyberattack-triggered-missile-defenses/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6069343/syria-israel-attack-missiles-airstrike-homs/
Apparently a joint US-Israeli cyber operation targeted Syrian radars and caused them to fire missiles against 9 fake targets. Syria initially claimed 9 missiles were shot down by it, but then backtracked and said their radars were fooled.
Syrian conflict.
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Netanyahu is said to give an "extra spicy" speech today, where he will reveal "significant" intel about developments in the nuclear agreement with Iran.
In the midst of all this; Netanyahu cancels speech in the Knesset, MoD Avigdor Liberman returns from USA, former CIA chief and now secretary of state Mike Pompeo visits Israel, and an airstrike in Syria that no Syrian or pro-Assad source could guess who was responsible for (seriously they claimed it was Israel, rebels, USA, and even Russia at some point).
Goddamnit if my Boi Bibi says this is gonna spicy then it's damn well gonna be!