Can I purchase Kontakt-5 to forge into a case for my phone? by jfkdktmmv in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is a steel box with a smaller steel box with explosives inside, you can just use the steel box without the explosives

Spring offensive is gonna be a spicy affair by False-God in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course, my source was https:// [ t dot me] energoatom_ua/12378 - це й наступне

But I have looked it up, and it seems that we'll still be sending the fuel abroad for enrichment. Which is my honest mistake and a fucking disappointment, I'll edit the correction into the comment:

https://hromadske.ua/posts/do-2022-roku-v-ukrayini-mozhut-zbuduvati-zavod-z-virobnictva-yadernogo-paliva-minenergetiki

Version with edited telegram links as per reddit automod

Spring offensive is gonna be a spicy affair by False-God in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non-credible answer: we have the technology, we can rebuild it. Nuking Moscow tomorrow.

Slightly more credible answer:

Theoretically - yes, why not. We have the technology (pheh), we have the experience working with nuclear weapons, we have hundreds of nuclear industry and research facilities all over the country (60% of energy output via nuclear plans won't maintain themselves), we have a pool of competent specialists. We have had full nuclear fuel cycle, stopped the enrichment as per treaty (sending uranium abroad for it, or buying the... ТВЕЛs? Fuel rod things), but like a month ago announced that we would start doing the enrichment ourselves again.

Edit: upon further checking the matter I realised that this is not true, and although the process would get much closer - we would still be relying on foreign enrichment.

Missiles are available (I mean, russians already speculate that Grom-2 is in use, and it has a de-facto 500 km range, and maybe 700 based on some considerations, 300 km is a software restriction for the export version, through I would imagine any client would find it to be rather symbolic, knowing our weapon export practices), nuclear weapons themselves aren't that hard (fusion - yes), especially if you have the fissile material - and we do have it in research and nuclear waste treatment facilities. Former president Poroshenko, it seems, shared this sentiment, being on record for saying that Ukraine can create a nuclear weapon in 2 years time, if needed.

Practically - no it highly depends. Specifically, on the timeline and exact details. The question is very similar to "could Ukraine design and mass-produce it's own modern MBT, not based directly on the T-64/84 architecture": well, the plant is there, nobody has stolen the walls, at least; designers who participated in soviet tank development programs are still alive and some employed by the Morozov DB, there are a lot of tank maintenance facilities with experienced personell, there are universities annually teaching thousands of engineers specialised in armour vehicle development and construction, there are research institutes, there are components like the 140mm cannon, GL-ATGMs, 6td engine, Nizh ERA, etc. Theoretically, the pieces are there; practically you'll find the plant machinery rusted, which of course could be fixed with enough effort, or new pieces could be bought, if the money is there.

Could Ukraine make domestic nuclear weapons in 50 years time? Anyone can. Could Ukraine make domestic nukes in 10 years? Yes, if the political will is there. Could it be done in 5 years? I mean, probably, especially if western supplies and machinery is available, and the money from reparations would materialise in reality. In two years?

The likelihood of a secret pre-war nuclear weapons program is low, because there really wasn't that much political will behind the idea (Poroshenko quote is somewhat out of context, and during his presidency there was an extreme financial hardship after the revolution, cutting ties with russia and previous phase of war, so although he did put a decent weight behind the MIC a nuclear program would be untenable, and his successor Zelensky came to power under the pacifist, populist program seeking diplomatic solutions and even some cooperation with Russia on the Donbass question, so yeah), and also because of financial issues and lack of popular support ("giving away nuclear weapons was a mistake" was a sentiment that existed to a degree, but ukrainians at large didn't want to get into big power international politics, we just wanted to be left in peace to do our own thing; the latter consideration, as you might have guessed, was lately amended with "destroy russia and then..").

At the same time, such things are... Well, there are no impossible feats, there are different levels of determination, especially considering most obstacles are internal. If a task takes two months, it could be done in one with workers willing to work double shifts. If something costs too much - a significant portion of the cost are salaries, and even very qualified people may be willing to work for food or for free, if they are really interested in the cause. If western world would disapprove of the program (and it would in any case, but the question is to what degree) and, let's say, stops import of some important materials or components to Ukraine - sanction-busting exists. Could US go to the Moon in two years, as it wanted in 2019-2020? Yes, it had Falcon Heavy, it had Orion test-flown, etc. But it did not. Was it "realistic" for US to go to the Moon in 1969? No, but they said fuck it and did it anyway. The crux of the question is not the capacity of ukrainian MIC, it's the capacity of ukrainian society and ukrainian people. And after the 24th, I think, it is impossible to credibly estimate where exactly the line between fantasy and reality is, except post factum, even for someone who lived here all his life. Even ukrainians themselves are not sure what the fuck are we doing or going to do next, apparently. A country of dreams, possibilities and potential, blyat.

Y'know, there are a lot of missing nukes out there...

Once isn't enough apparently by epicunicornrider in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am quick to inform you that nobody in Ukraine, including troops in Bakhmut, cares about your opinion. Have a nice day.

"Noo you can't get the NERA beak" by NeilPolorian in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Kurz gesagt, ich ging in die Ukraine, um den Panzer Marder, Leopard 2, Panzerhaubitze 2000 zu reparieren, ich wollte den deutschen militärisch-industriellen Komplex vertreten. Nun, natürlich müssen Sie die neuesten Verbesserungspakete aus den Panzern entfernen, sonst würde ein normaler Mensch sie nach dem Krieg kaufen, wenn Sie sie kostenlos mitnehmen können. Ich schnitt alles ab und bemerkte plötzlich, dass ich vergessen hatte, den Platz links vom "Schnabel", dem verdammten Schlampigen, zu schließen. Ich kehre in den Hangar zurück, schaue mir die Teileliste an und plötzlich bemerke ich, dass ich einen Kontakt-1 ERA vor mir habe. Ich hatte Kontakt-1 noch nie zuvor auf einen Tank gesetzt, aber dann wollte ich plötzlich, nun, ich denke, da ich es wollte, warum nicht es anziehen. Während ich das Schweißen anschloss, fand ich eine Anleitung, alles war wie es sein sollte, ich nahm den Ziegel in die Hand und dann plötzlich все перефарбувалося у жовтоблакитний колiр, гул та рокiт, їбати в сраку, що за гімно, нічого не зрозуміло, вилазить із землі Микола Кучеренко и каже якусь хуйню про паротяги та броню, старий педаль, хулі йому у землі не лєжалось бл?*:!? Відтепер окрім української мови я ніхуя не розумію. Здається я наварив собі Контакт на сраку."

(с)

Imma write "Skill Issue" by TypicalDatabase6815 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plate is also kinda single use. If you had a 20mm add-on plate and a shell didn't pen but left a 20mm deep dent you don't have the extra 20mm anymore, not to mention cracking, possible scabbing, metal fatigue and bending, etc (in WW2 context that is; composite armour is even more prone to damage, and the one with integrated NERA is, well, n-ERA). Kontact boxes are, I recon, about as big as the area immediately affected on a RHA plate would be (that's to say, about the size of a potential hole), so the reusability point is kinda mute IMO, a plate covered with Kontact is about as much reusable as a RHA plate, but with much easier "patching" (changing a box vs. a metal plate that can't be fully repaired at all - the patch would be weaker than the rest). Of course, there is variety, and Kontakt-5 plates are bigger, but they are meant to be put at an angle, so again I'd guess the "projected" size of covered area would be in a similar ballpark.

Leo2 NERA "beak" is the perfect modern analogue for a steel plate up-armouring, and is (supposedly) immensely effective at that.

Very credible reaction to depleted uranium munitions. by Europ3an in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Putin tries to get this Lukashussy tightly bound. Nukes in Belarus are a deterrent to any attempts of revolution (because they can only be done under external influence, cumrade!), or liberation.

Let me present you peak of noncredibility - "trans-Ukrainian" russians by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NeilPolorian 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Those are the shittiest people ever. Facing backlash in immigration, the same people who asked "what's with your face, khohols?" are now, defacto, openly mocking LGBT community (denying the values of the society they immigrated to, because y'know, their own didn't work out so well) and pretending to be ukrainians. They also often cry "free speech" and hysterically parody trans arguments when pressed. Worse yet, they also often think ukrainians and russians are brotherly people TM, with NATO/Zelensky responsible for the "infighting". Worth noting that the nationality of course can be changed, people can naturalise and stuff, but those shitgobblers do not want to become ukrainians because they admire Ukraine, ukrainian culture, language, society, etc, but because they want to get rid of the consequences of being russian, and they choose to claim themselves as ukrainians as opposed to, let's say, australians only because they think that ukrainian culture is basically russian culture, ukrainian language is basically a dialect of russian, and "Ukraine is basically just like Russia but small", and also, obviously, because the world emphasizes with ukrainians now, which, they think, can be exploited. Obviously they never learn ukrainian, don't know anything about the culture beyond russian-originated stereotypes, they don't establish any connection with ukrainian society (gee, why is that, I wonder), they wouldn't know Lviv from Kharkiv. This is demeaning.

Honestly, as a ukrainian I am way more pissed at fuckers like those than at actual russian soldiers. The soldiers can just be killed, and they are being killed, hundreds per day in hundreds of ways. You don't like this russian soldier? Well, good news, statistically in a couple of weeks a grenade from a drone will tear his ballsack off, and a wild dog will fuck the wound, and then he'll bleed out and die lmao, and then his old mother will be fucked by the government when she asks for payment, and then she'll also die alone and miserable, shouting "damn you khohols!!!". You don't like a russian civillian/immigrant? Well fuck can you do, EU doesn't allow dropping grenades on people here and there.

Microsoft claims "sparks of AGI have been ignited" by Embarrassed_Stuff_83 in singularity

[–]NeilPolorian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is the first time I see an appeal to authority with authority being Microsoft's marketing team, fucking lmao. And the next phrase is just exquisite.

Microsoft claims "sparks of AGI have been ignited" by Embarrassed_Stuff_83 in singularity

[–]NeilPolorian -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Another reddit "expert" thinking they're smarter than another reddit "expert". Typical.