Thoughts about Ukraine?

[kidicarus13]

Looks like airsoft to me

https://mirtactical.com/airsoft/asg-...ght-protector/

[Sawin]

https://mirtactical.com/airsoft/asg-...ght-protector/

And the BCG

[FoxtArt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/

Decent video feeds there.

[BushMasterBoy]

Not sure I would have a State of the Union address with Putin declaring a nuclear readiness alert.
Hitting the Capitol Building with a nuclear cruise missile is not so far fetched. Some general or admiral of our military would have to retaliate in equal measure. After what I have seen this past week, I don't believe this scenario to be absurd.

[FoxtArt]

Politics is 99% posturing, 1% action.

Russia isn't ready to be a sea of glass at this point.

They did grossly underestimate the Ukrainian and international response. Now, Putin slightly fears other countries joining in to Defend Ukraine or even an invasion of allied countries to himself. So he's raising the "alarm" (just like the US, they are already ready, so it's like a fake job promotion title) merely to try to make 3rd parties hesitate from participation.

[FoxtArt]

EMP is possibly a more significant concern. It would be... hard to estimate how the world would respond to an EMP - we would suffer devastating damage, but nobody wants to be the one to start an outright nuclear war either. It would likely lead to declarations of war at the least and conventional attacks which is why Putin is still, 95% most likely, not ever going to employ it.

Outright Nukes though? Little question that Russia would "get fucked" and Putin knows it.

[HBARleatherneck]

How does an EMP affect an electric vehicle?


In some ways I welcome an EMP. However I think the whole EMP scare is over hyped. I would imagine we would be looking at localized events not World or even Nationwide. Vehicles, equipment, electronics stored in metal buildings or buildings that contain significant amounts of concrete/metal are unlikely to be damaged. Everyone with a steel building or pole barn basically has a faraday cage. I assume all of the power grid components out in the open will be screwed.

[Great-Kazoo]

How does an EMP affect an electric vehicle?


In some ways I welcome an EMP. However I think the whole EMP scare is over hyped. I would imagine we would be looking at localized events not World or even Nationwide. Vehicles, equipment, electronics stored in metal buildings or buildings that contain significant amounts of concrete/metal are unlikely to be damaged. Everyone with a steel building or pole barn basically has a faraday cage. I assume all of the power grid components out in the open will be screwed.

At this point in time I could give 2 fuks. If we had an emp, hopefully it would be in CA. Stop those fukers from spreading like the cockroaches, they are.

[FoxtArt]

If the vehicle was plugged in? Wouldn't work anymore. If the vehicle wasn't? Probably be fine. Vehicles fair fairly decently in EMP - semi shielded if you will, although modern stuff has really not been tested.

Also small things are immune btw. Flash drives, USB sticks, cell phones. Even laptops...are relatively well off.

If an EMP were properly deployed, things that have decently long cable runs would be f'ed over a broad area if they don't have protection built in. Like - continent sized area of effect with a proper HEMP. The entire grid would be down for a long, long time, most likely (transformers are not readily replaced en mass), and it would almost certainly result in formal war which is why it won't be employed - at least, at that level.

[Eric P]

An old spy satellite colliding with a SpaceX array satellite moved over Ukraine could kill all satellite based communications if enough space debris is created. Crippling western economic sectors dependant on inet communications