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2022-10-08 at 1:37 PM UTC
Originally posted by Donald Trump
We need a volunteer to try out the "undamaged" span.
it probably doesn't actually make any significant difference to logistics; they've reactivated ferries for civilian transport and now that the sitation in the four new territories has been formalised, most military supply is going overland on rails via Mariupol -
2022-10-08 at 1:45 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra it probably doesn't actually make any significant difference to logistics; they've reactivated ferries for civilian transport and now that the sitation in the four new territories has been formalised, most military supply is going overland on rails via Mariupol
Google maps says Volgograd to Sevastopol is 16 hours drive via the kerch bridge, 17 hours via the recently annexed territories.
There are also presumably still the ferries that were used to cross the Kerch strait before the bridge was opened, don't know how used they are. Considering the Kerch strait bridge is toll free, I can't imagine they did a great trade, but I've never been around those parts so wouldn't know. -
2022-10-08 at 2:19 PM UTC
Rumors Russia may formally declare war on Kiev, using the attack on the bridge as a pretext.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-10-08 at 5:15 PM UTC
Don't worry, it's safe, look at the safety barriers. -
2022-10-08 at 5:16 PM UTCApparently the driver of the truck didn't know, all he knew was that he had a delivery of fertiliser.
Of course if you have the right type and composition of fertiliser (uncoated ammonium nitrate) all you need is to pour on a few drums of diesel or fuel oil or similar, and you have a very cheap and easily available explosive. The only hard part is making sure it detonates, you do need a high explosive detonator to use as the primary, but that doesn't have to be big.
Pretty clean op. It's obviously the same crew who did the Nord Stream. It could also be the same crew as was involved in the Dugina assassination. All these attacks are brilliantly executed.
Conceptually, after the Nord Stream and now this, we will never look at infrastructure the same again. It's like back in the day when hijacking became a big fad with terrorists. I expect anyone with a grudge will be targeting things like gas pipelines, electricity lines, and the tubes that carry the interwebs next. For some of these attacks you don't need anything special besides some DIY tools and a can-do-attitude. For instance you could easily take down a broadcast tower with the same technology urban youth use to steal bikes. You can sever fibre cables with just a spade. The internet went out to the south island of New Zealand at least once due to the sole cable being hit by construction crews digging. You can pour petrol into infrastructure cabinets and burn them, and take out various services that way.
I expect grunts will be freezing their arses off watching pipes and roads all over Europe this winter. -
2022-10-08 at 6:04 PM UTC
Originally posted by Donald Trump Apparently the driver of the truck didn't know, all he knew was that he had a delivery of fertiliser.
Of course if you have the right type and composition of fertiliser (uncoated ammonium nitrate) all you need is to pour on a few drums of diesel or fuel oil or similar, and you have a very cheap and easily available explosive. The only hard part is making sure it detonates, you do need a high explosive detonator to use as the primary, but that doesn't have to be big.
Pretty clean op. It's obviously the same crew who did the Nord Stream. It could also be the same crew as was involved in the Dugina assassination. All these attacks are brilliantly executed.
Conceptually, after the Nord Stream and now this, we will never look at infrastructure the same again. It's like back in the day when hijacking became a big fad with terrorists. I expect anyone with a grudge will be targeting things like gas pipelines, electricity lines, and the tubes that carry the interwebs next. For some of these attacks you don't need anything special besides some DIY tools and a can-do-attitude. For instance you could easily take down a broadcast tower with the same technology urban youth use to steal bikes. You can sever fibre cables with just a spade. The internet went out to the south island of New Zealand at least once due to the sole cable being hit by construction crews digging. You can pour petrol into infrastructure cabinets and burn them, and take out various services that way.
I expect grunts will be freezing their arses off watching pipes and roads all over Europe this winter.
Can confirm. Also no need to be wasteful, you can kill the power grid by knocking over high voltage towers. All you need is two relatively small shaped charges, in a L shape configuration for cutting the steel beams near the base, and two conventional charges for knock over effect. Cut the beams, bend the cut beams inward just a little and it will come down. I am pretty sure Picric Acid has a high enough VoD to use in shaped charges, but preferably you'd use RDX. Both are easy to make. The former by nitrating aspirin, the latter by nitrating hexamine(IIRC) TATP primary -> picric acid booster -> RDX secondary. Will definitely do the trick. -
2022-10-08 at 9:49 PM UTC
Heard they let some symbolic traffic over the bridge, but in reality it's still shut. It's probably fine, but it doesn't look like the sort of thing you want a bunch of lorries driving over, just in case. -
2022-10-08 at 9:59 PM UTC
Satellite image. Really nice job catching the train too -
2022-10-08 at 10:27 PM UTCThe train WAS the bomb.
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2022-10-09 at 3:29 AM UTC
Originally posted by Donald Trump Apparently the driver of the truck didn't know, all he knew was that he had a delivery of fertiliser.
where did you hear that? all I've seen confirmed so far is that the truck was registered to a guy who lived outside of Krasnodar
Originally posted by Donald Trump
Satellite image. Really nice job catching the train too
I'm guessing that was part of the plan, they meant to detonate the train cars and kill the rail bridge as well, meaning it was pretty well organised. The investigators seem to think it would've been likely if they weren't able to contain the fire so quickly - only 9/59 rail cars burned, not sure how many of the 59 were carrying fuel though. -
2022-10-09 at 6:24 AM UTC
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2022-10-09 at 6:26 AM UTC
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2022-10-09 at 6:29 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra where did you hear that? all I've seen confirmed so far is that the truck was registered to a guy who lived outside of Krasnodar
I'm guessing that was part of the plan, they meant to detonate the train cars and kill the rail bridge as well, meaning it was pretty well organised. The investigators seem to think it would've been likely if they weren't able to contain the fire so quickly - only 9/59 rail cars burned, not sure how many of the 59 were carrying fuel though.
a well organized blowout would have targeted hard to replace parts. this looks more like desparation.
time is running out. -
2022-10-09 at 6:39 AM UTC
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2022-10-09 at 6:48 AM UTC
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2022-10-09 at 10:33 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra where did you hear that?
Twitter, it's very possible it's either not true and it was a suicide bombing or a proxy bombing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_bomb
Apparently some men will drive a bomb to a destination if you hold their family hostage. Which is stupid of them. I would never do that. I hate my kids, especially Don Jr. -
2022-10-10 at 8:17 AM UTC
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2022-10-10 at 8:24 AM UTCBBC segment on how bombing the bridge might not have been a good idea interrupted by Mr. Kalibr on line 2
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2022-10-10 at 8:36 AM UTC
main targets seem to be power and internet infrastructureThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-10-10 at 8:40 AM UTCmajor submarine cables cut right near the NS2 damage
