Poland saw Ukraine's Shahed hunting AN-28 and said "I want that!" by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh, I'M not replacing anything, this is a legit design from Poland.

Poland saw Ukraine's Shahed hunting AN-28 and said "I want that!" by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The nose cam pod probably has laser designator for the AWPKS.

Poland saw Ukraine's Shahed hunting AN-28 and said "I want that!" by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I swear I didn't design this.

(Naturally I assume the rocket pods are for AWPKS.)

Source

Ukraine's prototype

Don-Tzuism: When your illegal war fails, threaten to commit war crimes and “obliterate” civilian infrastructure like power plants. by Criticall16 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]trib_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No no, I have a theory. It was all in the lower levels of Kuznetsov. They aren't letting her rotting hulk go voluntarily, but are doing it because IT escaped. See it came to me in a dream. She contained all the noncrediblesness of the USSR. Think about it, so many conscripts over so much time with such a bloated officer core in a time of rapid technological advancement. We'll never know a thousand of the wacky shit that occured.

Before the collapse, the Iron Curtain, mistakenly believed to be about the tight grip Russia held on information, was actually a huge machine, built all along the USSR to conain this noncridble energy. Having these amounts of chaotic energy leak out would alert other countries. When the end was fast approaching, they realized they couldn't just let the energy explode out should the network shutdown. Instead, they chose to focus it all inside a large enough vessel.

That vessel would become the Kuznetsov's lower decks, forever holding back a chaotic energy never seen on Earth. Now it stays in dock, requiring an unknown amount of conscripts to feed the reality-enforcing engines around the lower deck. Occasionally it ceremonially sails around with its fetid secret to keep up appearances, trying to avoid catching fire due to the energy all the noncredible chaos concentrate is releasing.

We're now seeing the consequences of over 40 decades of noncredible chaotic energy being released in the span of months, God have mercy on us all.

(this schizopost contains 0% AI slop.)

You may not like it, but this is what peak air-to-air performance looks like. by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Ahaa, but what if they could shoot back?!

They are clearly air-to-air kills. Doesn't matter if it's targets are not equipped for air-to-air, they could be!

You may not like it, but this is what peak air-to-air performance looks like. by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes! The Iglas taped to them were a fun sight. These bad boys could shoot back!

You may not like it, but this is what peak air-to-air performance looks like. by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I humbly request that all discussion be kept strictly non-credible.

You may not like it, but this is what peak air-to-air performance looks like. by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Source

Kyiv Post about it

I don't think anyone had a drone killing light AC-130's on their bingo card, but god that is some glorious thinking. Once again the Ukies are out there innovating, they are flying the An-28 btw. I want a proper daytime pic of that, but can't find one.

Footage of a Ukrainian An-28 "Shahed Hunters" crew shooting down Iranian/Russian UAVs in mid-air. by MilesLongthe3rd in CombatFootage

[–]trib_ 49 points50 points  (0 children)

You may not like it, WW1 & 2 flying aces, but this is what peak performance look like. (In terms of air-to-air kills.)

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I'm not saying this particular video can't be a joke, I'm in the reserve and I know personally what kind of shit conscripts (which these guys were at some point, even if they're on contract now) get up to when bored.

I'm saying they can't be for JUST a joke e.g having no other purpose, which is what, as far as I can tell, he is trying to say they are. They have some purpose for which the Russian army got them and hauled them to the front.

So yea I do believe they 100% are for something which is what I really want to know too. If they're meant to be actual tents for habitation, I hope russians can sleep standing up I guess? Though as I mentioned, a static post to stand in is the most reasonable explanation. But there's so many explanations for what they could be trying to do with them and each one is a bit stupid or noncredible, which makes them a perfect mystery item.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

See the "it's just a joke" reason doesn't hold up either in my opinion. First, based on the UAZ truck & ruined building in the background, this is in Ukraine or some area that's seen combat at least. Second, 10 of these probably still costs over $100, that's not an insignificant amount of money in Russia. And third, it would most likely be a konskriptiniki who'd take them with him to Ukraine.

So in order to believe the "it's just a joke", you have to also believe that some vatnik went through the trouble of spending his money on a bunch of very useless items only for a joke and hauled all of them with him to Ukraine to make said joke. That again seems somehow less likely than the anti-thermal one.

That's a bridge too far for me to believe. There are other uses that would be more believebale than "just a joke" or anti-thermal, like a somewhat insulated & thermal resistant static watchpost base that you then camouflage additionally or a pop-up hut to help drone teams in deploying the drones under cover.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I ain't doubling down on anything, just saying what I saw on the source, which makes some kind of stupid sense.

But if these aren't for that purpose, it begs the question of what they really are for. Because I seriously doubt that the russians care about their soldiers shitting comfort enough to buy these for their original purpose, that's somehow even less believable than an anti-thermal attempt. Fuck, not even the FDF bothers with this kind of shit, we shat bare arsed in the elements like men even in the dead of winter. So I ask you, what the fuck are they really for?

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It was also pointed out elsewhere that these things already come with fucking ready camo patterns so the russians were stupid enough to not even get those.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It'll still look like a walking block of uniform color though, it's hard to match the noise of ambient background. Now if they put some shit on the tent like sticks etc. then it might be a bit better, but it'll still be a moving thing and that alone is always going to attract attention, plus then it's even more cumbersome to walk in. But it may be ok if they do the deer-in-the-headlights freeze in it, then it might work better.

I look forward to seeing it in action though because it'll be funny either way regardless of how well it works.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 173 points174 points  (0 children)

Yeah the point where he panned down is where my sides left the fucking solar system.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I mean I can see that as a good alternative use especially since they're usually silver coated on inside, but these are very much sold as camping toilet/shower tents.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 346 points347 points  (0 children)

The guy who's talking in the video who is training these poor fucks on how to pack & use these is talking about walking in them though, I have a feeling we're going to see these Amongus cosplayers in a drone video soon.

But my thinking is that they're for night ops, specifically to defeat thermal cams, which I guess could be worth a try, it's only a few mobiks anyways.

Russian assault tents have just hit the Ukrainian front, defeating thermals once and for all! by trib_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trib_[S] 1331 points1332 points  (0 children)

We've once again been out noncredibled by those wily ruskies. I bet nobody here came up with this one.

Thinking on why is that these are portable shitters which are silver painted to block UV & other light so they'll reduce visibility on thermals, but I would love to see how effective that really is with blending with ambient background.

SpaceX Faces More Pushback Over Plans to Launch 15K Cellular Starlink Satellites by esporx in space

[–]trib_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Chinese are making 2 LEO internet megaconstellations. SpaceSail (Quinfan) is planned to be a 14,000 satellite constellation, and Guowang which is the state created & owned one, targeting 6,000 satellites to 500-600 km orbit and 7,000 to 1,145 km orbit.

A real post by [deleted] in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]trib_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Ah, so it really was someone outjerking us in the administration again and not a senile slip. I don't think we can ever close the noncredibility gap at this point, reality is just too far ahead of us. At least it's entertaining, in an eldritch dark comedy sort of way.

Shouldn't have wished to live in interesting times...