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EU agrees on €50 billion Ukraine aid package | DW News

Just one hour into the EU's special summit, EU leaders managed to reach a deal that will allow the bloc to send €50 billion ($54 billion) in funding to Ukraine over the next four years, according to European Council President Charles Michel.

The deal had been blocked by Hungary since the previous leaders' summit in Brussels in mid-December. "We have a deal," Michel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine."

DIY-HP-LED said:

EU agrees on €50 billion Ukraine aid package | DW News

Just one hour into the EU's special summit, EU leaders managed to reach a deal that will allow the bloc to send €50 billion ($54 billion) in funding to Ukraine over the next four years, according to European Council President Charles Michel.

The deal had been blocked by Hungary since the previous leaders' summit in Brussels in mid-December. "We have a deal," Michel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine."

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and just barely in time.

Now to break the opposition in our Duma.

Russia didn't need that boat...did they....??

BudmanTX said:

Russia didn't need that boat...did they....??

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753014348530798698

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Looks like multiple strikes from sea drones, one went for a previously damages section and another for the stern. Startlink or cube sat control and zigzagging into the target while under fire. They can use cube sats, but need to time the attacks with the overhead satellite passes and the bandwidth sucks. Another way to control such a drone is by using a relay drone flying high, or by using the cellphone network if it is close to shore.

Looks like she's sunk and a good sized one too. Uncle Sam's and all navies will need to defend against this kind of cheap threat powered by a jetski drive unit.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Looks like multiple strikes from sea drones, one went for a previously damages section and another for the stern. Startlink or cube sat control and zigzagging into the target while under fire. They can use cube sats, but need to time the attacks with the overhead satellite passes and the bandwidth sucks. Another way to control such a drone is by using a relay drone flying high, or by using the cellphone network if it is close to shore.

Looks like she's sunk and a good sized one too. Uncle Sam's and all navies will need to defend against this kind of cheap threat powered by a jetski drive unit.

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from reports i'm reading now, the corvette, got struck by 2 or possibly 3 UAV's.

UA tried a UAV swarm against it and it worked, not bad for a country that has no navy huh

BudmanTX said:

from reports i'm reading now, the corvette, got struck by 2 or possibly 3 UAV's.

UA tried a UAV swarm against it and it worked, not bad for a country that has no navy huh

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I noticed the Russians have to shut their cellphone networks down because of drone attacks and one orbiting above a city could keep cell service off for a while, even a mylar balloon might do the job.

The Russians can't get any more warships in the Black Sea and once that fleet is gone or reduced enough, there is nothing left but airpower and if Ukraine controls Crimea, they will own the Black Sea along with Turkey. They are hitting Russian air power in Crimea hard, AA defenses too while forcing the Russians to redeploy their limited AA missile defense back home by attacking critical infrastructure inside Russia. They are also destroying Russia's sealift capability for when they take out the Kerch bridge and that can change the strategic situation in an instant for southern Ukraine.

DIY-HP-LED said:

I noticed the Russians have to shut their cellphone networks down because of drone attacks and one orbiting above a city could keep cell service off for a while, even a mylar balloon might do the job.

The Russians can't get any more warships in the Black Sea and once that fleet is gone or reduced enough, there is nothing left but airpower and if Ukraine controls Crimea, they will own the Black Sea along with Turkey. They are hitting Russian air power in Crimea hard, AA defenses too while forcing the Russians to redeploy their limited AA missile defense back home by attacking critical infrastructure inside Russia. They are also destroying Russia's sealift capability for when they take out the Kerch bridge and that can change the strategic situation in an instant for southern Ukraine.

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umm that wasn't the Russians...js....the people who took that down also took down the Russians internet as well......gotta love a good hacker or hackers....

BudmanTX said:

umm that wasn't the Russians...js....the people who took that down also took down the Russians internet as well......gotta love a good hacker or hackers....

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Lot of reports of Russia blocking the GPS signal. From a bout a year ago.

printer said:

Lot of reports of Russia blocking the GPS signal. From a bout a year ago.

Russia Expands GPS Signal Jamming to 15 Regions - The Moscow Times

Russian authorities have ramped up their GPS suppression measures following a slew of drone attacks in recent weeks.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Suspected Russian GPS Jamming Risks Fresh Dangers In Black Sea Region

First Romania, now Bulgaria is reporting problems with GPS, with pilots complaining of outages of the satellite navigation system just before landing in Sofia. Bulgarian officials are being careful not to blame Moscow but say the GPS glitches became an issue shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.

www.rferl.org

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i've heard of them playing with it, think the most recent was in Kalingrad, northern Poland, where they had problems with GPS.....

printer said:

https://x.com/RALee85/status/1752807532274282600?s=20

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To jam FPV they need a lot of small jammers that are portable like Ukraine is using, they will provide a bubble of protection, bigger jammers provide a bigger bubble, but only on certain frequencies. New radios can help a lot with jamming and simple hobby receivers and transmitters are easy to jam, ones that frequency shift and use other tricks are another matter and they can be made almost as cheap as the hobby gear.

These things will have to do until the shells arrive and getting the drones better radios would be cheaper and faster, very fast. If they have the radio links, they can be very deadly, cheap and available in large numbers, they can destroy almost anything on the battlefield and if they have the radio links can go 10km or more.

DIY-HP-LED said:

To jam FPV they need a lot of small jammers that are portable like Ukraine is using, they will provide a bubble of protection, bigger jammers provide a bigger bubble, but only on certain frequencies. New radios can help a lot with jamming and simple hobby receivers and transmitters are easy to jam, ones that frequency shift and use other tricks are another matter and they can be made almost as cheap as the hobby gear.

These things will have to do until the shells arrive and getting the drones better radios would be cheaper and faster, very fast. If they have the radio links, they can be very deadly, cheap and available in large numbers, they can destroy almost anything on the battlefield and if they have the radio links can go 10km or more.

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Where do you get bigger jammers only able to cover certain frequencies?

printer said:

Where do you get bigger jammers only able to cover certain frequencies?

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Bigger ones can cover a lot at once, but it takes a lot of power to jam wide spectrum and they are vulnerable to other modes of attack if too close to the front, they would be prime targets and since they emit radio, they can be destroyed by specialized missiles. Much depends on the jammer one in a jeep would not be as powerful as one in a big truck hauling a generator.

printer said:

Where do you get bigger jammers only able to cover certain frequencies?

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Just thinking, a drone that homed in on a jammer, like a missile did a radar might be useful.

I'm sure all this stuff has been thought up in Ukraine, this stuff would be obvious to any competent electronics engineer in the drone business, and a lot of them are in the business there.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Just thinking, a drone that homed in on a jammer, like a missile did a radar might be useful.

I'm sure all this stuff has been thought up in Ukraine, this stuff would be obvious to any competent electronics engineer in the drone business, and a lot of them are in the business there.

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Not quite the same, but à propos.

cannabineer said:

Not quite the same, but à propos.

Russia Deploys Radio-Jammers To Ground Ukraine’s Drones. Just One Problem: The Jammers Don’t Work.

In one recent attack, Ukrainian drones were unbothered by the electronic-warfare gear the Russians usually attach to their vehicles right before an attack.

www.forbes.com

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Personally, I would rather post about solar distillation technology and others that are rapidly changing the world and improving lives than about the technology of war. I just happened to have FPV drones and RC aircraft as a retirement hobby and spent some time on the RC forums and took a general interest in the field. When this war happened, and I saw people using drones as weapons I immediately knew where it would go, but the rapidity of development and the scale surprised me, but it was based on success on the battlefield by small units privately funded and supported by hobbyists. It is a very engineering heavy hobby and many engineers from electronic to aerodynamic are involved and form companies serving small hobby markets online. Progress is very fast, or was in the hobby, regulation killed it and with this war you can see why, but you can still fly things under 250 grams without too much hassle.

I tend to post on the geopolitical aspects of the war and new developments, the combat footage is tiresome and repetitive after a while, and sometimes disturbing.

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