# ![@GrandpaRoy2 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1640201327140806661.png) @GrandpaRoy2 Roy🇨🇦

Ukraine and Russia are engaged in an ongoing conflict, with Ukraine's defensive lines and use of drones being crucial in the war. Ukrainian forces are utilizing innovative tactics, such as using fiber optic fpv drones, electronic warfare systems, and heavy drones for precision mining of Russian logistical routes. Russia is also employing new strategies, including recruitment efforts and the use of advanced drones and anti-vehicle landmines.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
[ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #1705, [drone](/topic/drone) #479, [russia](/topic/russia) #797, [in the](/topic/in-the), [strike](/topic/strike) #590, [fpv](/topic/fpv), [$fro](/topic/$fro) #198, [elements](/topic/elements) #146, [telegram](/topic/telegram) #1237, [china](/topic/china)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@VictorishB123 @Podolyak_M Yes ATACM is a very fat looking guy compared to the slim GMLRS Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1690980959829823488)  2023-08-14T06:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Osinttechnical Fascinating perspective of the helicopter and the first time I've seen the actual results. There were multiple hits on the tree line. I had been dismissive of these wasteful seeming attacks but not anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1704220655485644946)  2023-09-19T19:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RALee85 Unfortunately it doesnt look like its going all that well. Whenever enemy artillery remains unsuppressed concentrations of armored vehicles get crushed. Thats been shown time and again for both sides dating back to the beginning of this war in 2014"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1704628294321414327)  2023-09-20T22:47Z [---] followers, 17.4K engagements


"@FakeLRonHubbard @CollinRugg It doesnt sound like ChatGPT at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1704751516798910803)  2023-09-21T06:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ChuckPfarrer I dont understand why this guy has such a huge following. This image is instantly recognizable as the famous attack on this airfield from summer [----]. And not too long ago he claimed that Ukraine had established two pontoon bridges across the Dnipro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1705004635147432133)  2023-09-21T23:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Preparing For a Drone Show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1705138338632814722)  2023-09-22T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@jurgen_nauditt @FellaNafo The oldest ATACM variant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1705291544608321958)  2023-09-22T18:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Wolverines_1984 @RALee85 If you havent seen it yet read todays new interview with Budanov. He addresses the current effectiveness of Russian artillery in the South and the results on concentrations of armor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1705320128873951362)  2023-09-22T20:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@FrostedDobbs @Trotes936897 Read this interview with Budanov. It clarifies how NATO doctrine needs major revisions to adapt to the transformative effect of the thousands of tactical drones and its pairing with artillery. Let alone FPV drones and whatever nightmare they evolve into"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1705768878394228954)  2023-09-24T02:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jreichert @front_ukrainian But donated Storm Shadows and SCALPs were not built as export models and may very well have the full range. Ukraine has gained the trust of UK and apparently France too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1705852873429704933)  2023-09-24T07:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@GloOouD The closeups of the dead and dying are grotesque. Last year Ukraine was careful not to show the faces of the dead. It damages their crucial information war narrative to the West. Not every one whose support for Ukraine is tenuous will tolerate these gruesome images"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1706407151428874371)  2023-09-25T20:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Aviation_Intel Five British SBS operators are inside"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1706608936382788034)  2023-09-26T09:57Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@Heroiam_Slava @Anarcho_Suburbo This must be in Denmark"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1706956790544605585)  2023-09-27T08:59Z 13.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@JimmySecUK Denmark started training [--] Ukrainian pilots in August"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1706962158440075620)  2023-09-27T09:21Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@nicholadrummond Any armed entity that NATO militaries might engage in the future anywhere will have access to cheap tactical drones. Imagine an insurgency like in Iraq without not just thousands of IEDs but also thousands of FPV drones. Flying IEDs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1707212139927425068)  2023-09-28T01:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@general_ben @WSJ And this from the leader of the deeply pacifist German Green Party The transformation of pacifist Germany to public support for arming Ukraine has been remarkable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1707302035752923196)  2023-09-28T07:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@nicholadrummond The Cold War tank design with so much emphasis on the frontal aspect needs to be rethought. Most of the thousands of tanks destroyed in this war are from artillery. Now the rise of FPV drones and whatever nightmare the evolve into provide a deadly hemispheric threat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1707478331028078676)  2023-09-28T19:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@peter_adamka @TerrySt12670858 It had been only [--] years since WW1 ended and his army generals assured him that it would be the trench nightmare repeated but ten times worse from mechanization. And the power and capabilities of the Luftwaffe were fantastically over-estimated. War would destroy England"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1708006988934959207)  2023-09-30T06:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@peter_adamka @TerrySt12670858 And he did declare war on Germany after Poland even though he was convinced it would result in catastrophe for his country. Knowing what we know now its easy to think we would have done better if we were in his shoes then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1708011698018546069)  2023-09-30T06:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@TuerkeiMonitor @ragipsoylu By the end of the Battle of France French military losses totaled [-----] dead. The idea that they didnt fight is a myth. They were defeated by a stronger better prepared enemy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1708361567757307969)  2023-10-01T06:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@maria_drutska Wisents can also be used for mine clearing. Doubly useful vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1709105249309556738)  2023-10-03T07:16Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@HoansSolo A strange definition of elastic defense in this article. And calling the Soviet defense at the Battle of Kursk elastic makes little sense as well. Every meter of ground there was fought to the death like in Ukraine now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1709281786361246118)  2023-10-03T18:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@maria_ranta Little Estonia has such an impressive individual as their Prime Minister while much larger Canada is stuck with a pretty boy lightweight who has trashed our international standing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1710362513186193755)  2023-10-06T18:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My account has apparently been hacked with the Instagram virus and is sending DMs. Dont open those links. I dont really understand what has happened Ive changed my password and followed all other advice. My profuse apologies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1710579290625163698)  2023-10-07T08:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Israel @NadelParis Canadas Parliament Building Canada stands with Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1711657026303226190)  2023-10-10T08:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@zane_webb @PaulConRO @czeburashkaHS I was referring to news that munitions are already being flown in from the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1712015560769487041)  2023-10-11T08:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Gonzoukraine1 Iron dome justifying its name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1712201095509143573)  2023-10-11T20:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DanielR33187703 Yes though that will be hard to do if they allow the complexity and expense to soar. They dont have much of a track record for cheap and fast. The attrition rate of drones in Ukraine [-----] a month indicates the numbers required"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1712281922150482230)  2023-10-12T01:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@JoosuStudio @3Space You cant trust them at all. I now just assume any newly posted video from Gaza is false because most have been proven to be so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1713265960948531626)  2023-10-14T18:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@maria_drutska It's not possible to destroy a railway with long range missiles or rockets. In WW2 the Allies dropped thousands of tons of high explosives on marshaling yards but they would be repaired in hours. The locomotives would need to be destroyed which are moving targets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1713625440374710727)  2023-10-15T18:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@ChallengerInUA Good rotation but didnt stick the landing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1713830402400653515)  2023-10-16T08:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtisHouck @IDF @jconricus How western media could take at face value stories and information controlled by the vile terrorist organization Hamas is inexplicable. I thought they had a professional and ethical responsibility to verify information before reporting it to the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1714727343452025042)  2023-10-18T19:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JoaoVascoBrito @ChuckPfarrer @RALee85 More likely a raid as they have been doing for months. Establishing and maintaining an actual bridgehead would be a huge commitment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1714774218360140154)  2023-10-18T22:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@MadhubantiChat3 This was a demonstration ar a college campus in Florida"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1715162686399619331)  2023-10-20T00:27Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@PStyle0ne1 These experienced FPV operators are achieving visionary capabilities. Like my son did after a few thousand hours of Call of Duty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1715463717297799461)  2023-10-20T20:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HladikHynek @bigbluebolbo @albafella1 @metamate_ Thats overwhelmingly Ukraine's problem if they erode the support of the West"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1715498214298919005)  2023-10-20T22:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@secretsqrl123 That one wasnt shot down it crashed in Tajikistan. Or at least one of the stans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1715531107998056755)  2023-10-21T00:51Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@BasedMikeLee Mike you know damn well the bulk of that money will be spent in the US. You hate Ukraine and Zelensky for the role they played in Trumps' impeachment and election loss. You are a disgusting appeaser and you admire Putin and what he has created in Russia. Shame on you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1715614022215839885)  2023-10-21T06:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@MikeDKirby @albafella1 @AndrijBilec I see very interesting. Using a weapon lighter than a .50cal makes more sense. No much news of it since Jan [----] though. A lot of drone start-ups are out there with many ideas but they need to get a contract before they run out of cash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1715841122948481424)  2023-10-21T21:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@maria_drutska Air defenses cant be strong everywhere. They have destroyed 5-6 Russian aircraft carrying these bombs in the last two weeks and will continue hunt and kill these aircraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1716025371207094521)  2023-10-22T09:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@nexta_tv Andersen is young ignorant (as all young people are) naive and knows only what the progressive leftist universities teach her. See how she becomes confused in the interview and looks to her mentor. Castigate her suspend her deport her but dont destroy her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1716236097444040901)  2023-10-22T23:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MilitaryLabb Yes the best experienced FPV operators are reaching visionary skill levels. Like my son did after playing thousands of hours of Call of Duty. I used to just sit and watch him play for entertainment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1716241098690211854)  2023-10-22T23:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mullercj74 @TrentTelenko Better read that article again. It says that underway VLS replenishment is at the very early stages of development with major challenges to overcome. No ship is equipped to provide underway VLS replenishment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1716351436848799837)  2023-10-23T07:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@SzabadonMagyar Coverage of this by Radio Free Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1716647711456538755)  2023-10-24T02:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@saintjavelin @akwtenn Andiivka like Bakhmut would not be a strategic loss. The coke plant there is damaged and the Azovstal steel mill that it supplied is destroyed. But it would be a major symbolic loss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1717362248174493792)  2023-10-26T02:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@LXSummer1 @Suzyistdaheim The 09.10.2023 image is a real person from August who lost their leg in the West Bank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1717786613206651088)  2023-10-27T06:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@DanaSLJL British police dont have the training experience numbers temperament physical fitness institutional culture or political support to handle these mobs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1718353878633398309)  2023-10-28T19:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@bigSAC10 What a sick ugly vile video. Gloating and laughing at some poor bastard dying in agony. Whats wrong with you people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1718501183776846215)  2023-10-29T05:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Trotes936897 Canadian Leopard C2 (1A5) MEXAS in Afghanistan 2008"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1719237849810346283)  2023-10-31T06:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@saintjavelin @petri_smura Very impressive well done Amal and George Clooney"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1719560003361890436)  2023-11-01T03:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@SythUK The Resilient Patient and Revived Corpse were debunked as false weeks ago. The patient is a different guy from the West Bank last year (compare the beards). The corpse is a kid in a Halloween costume. Learn how to use Google Lens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1720570998452548095)  2023-11-03T22:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RichardWalkus @Belsat_Eng @Bivi_17 Oh that really hurts The typical response of defeat in an argument is to resort to insults"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1720639726565388582)  2023-11-04T03:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@banderafella @StevenRWilson72 I'm glad it helps Ukrainians. I'm sure your hatred for Russians is absolute and I believe is utterly justified. My concern is that Western support for Ukraine is weakening as it is and if these videos ever get noticed by mainstream media it wont go over well with many people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1720934929578729865)  2023-11-04T22:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@StevenRWilson72 @banderafella Thats all true. My concern is that support for Ukraine is softening and many tentative supporters of Ukraine (ex: millions of usually pacifist Germans) would be very upset if these specific videos of killing wounded Russians ever get noticed by mainstream media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1720936225853591623)  2023-11-04T22:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@EricJHovland @maximuspleb @Osinttechnical Just RPG-7s. It attempts to stop their detonation by deforming the piezoelectric detonator in the head of the rocket if happens to go between slats. Its not useful against ATGMs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1721077166941897040)  2023-11-05T08:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@gerardbyrne @Pangro4 @Mylovanov If Russia is allowed to defeat Ukraine because of lack of US support (Trump 2.0) that is exactly what will happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1721437267749962029)  2023-11-06T08:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@HerrDr8 Russian media announced today that construction has started on the new railway from Rostov to Yakimyvka near Melitopol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1721576739242234003)  2023-11-06T17:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RockKenwell @realsentinel2 Is the huge importance of always using hashtags the same on X/Twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1721789441801589050)  2023-11-07T07:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@SpaghettiKozak The only way a double could work is in public appearances where he doesnt speak. The human voice is much too distinctive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1722773728550105573)  2023-11-10T00:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@obouba237 @bdnews24 @DailyLoud @louistheroux @IDF @HuffPost @nytimes @OccupyDemocrats @democracynow @wikileaks @chedetofficial @KenRoth I'm a grandfather of little ones. Those are horrifying terrible images. But the total numbers are from Hamas and so completely unreliable. The actual story can only be accounted after the war is finished"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1723240699376828606)  2023-11-11T07:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@obouba237 @bdnews24 @DailyLoud @louistheroux @IDF @HuffPost @nytimes @OccupyDemocrats @democracynow @wikileaks @chedetofficial @KenRoth I dont care about Hamas dead I'm referring to Hamas derived numbers of civilian dead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1723285780519686385)  2023-11-11T10:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@fortisradix @UKikaski It is and for now its just open source speculation. But it will be fascinating if it turns out to be even 100km"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1725034830080139402)  2023-11-16T06:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@zaphod58 It looks completely intact surely it can be salvaged"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1726811116234486214)  2023-11-21T03:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MarcusMarchess1 @secretsqrl123 Yes its very important that Ukrainian soldiers are fully geared for winter especially since its important that Ukraine keep pressure on the Russian lines through the tough winter ahead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1726847895939531180)  2023-11-21T06:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danharris You've got the underpinnings of a meme here What would Susan Sarandon Do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1727240620266438718)  2023-11-22T08:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@iliaberidze4 @don3dollars @banderafella @secretsqrl123 Of course the components must be added. But drones dont need to come as a complete package from DJI. Improvise substitute manufacture yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1728171843226644890)  2023-11-24T22:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alyz_luke @kentbanishearl Alice Krige"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1729015935468814507)  2023-11-27T05:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@deaidua Given that the Germans have been adamant that their munitions or indeed any NATO munitions not be used against Russia proper I wonder what the Germans thought about this operation and whether it has affected their decision regarding Taurus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1729255719474782607)  2023-11-27T21:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secretsqrl123 Theres nothing strange going on when once again David is wtf wrong. As @Danspiun proves above this photo is from Sept 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1729700911704887488)  2023-11-29T03:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@front_ukrainian The expansion of Ukrainian arms production is vital. As Western support weakens Ukraine must hurl its entrepreneurial energies into drone technology and production artillery and rocket munitions. Much more firepower is needed to finally break the Russian army"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1730538281593717233)  2023-12-01T10:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NakedPueblo63 The Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier Unity Explorer is owned by Unity Explorer Ltd based in London and is apparently in danger of sinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1731416030080319945)  2023-12-03T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheGenCatton @WarPath2pt0 Even Chuck Norris started training from the beginning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1731502938420658356)  2023-12-04T02:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Homer01011980 @nicholadrummond The F-35B is not operationally a VTOL aircraft but STOVL Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing. They always use the ski ramp to take off horizontally. Vertical takeoff was done in flight testing but the aircraft has to be very lightly loaded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1733042690345025787)  2023-12-08T08:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secretsqrl123 @DON__WYOMING @CharlesRctp99 I gather youre under pressure but insulting a USAF veteran who is giving an opinion on an Air Force topic is unacceptable. You owe this guy an apology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1733728832409231380)  2023-12-10T06:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@hind_site @secretsqrl123 I think they aspire to build a new one after the war but the cost would be formidable especially considering what the massive cost of reconstruction of their country will be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1733729889176752291)  2023-12-10T06:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BrianSnimmit @nexta_tv Another problem is that all of Poland is between Lithuania and Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1733735017237643369)  2023-12-10T06:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A special Russian BTR with a multifunctional complex of radio direction finding and suppression was destroyed near the settlement of Krynka"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1734138117438025761)  2023-12-11T09:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivana Stradner having grown up in Hungary's backyard knows her subject matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1734451940397101495)  2023-12-12T05:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Danny_elMayor @DawidKamizela @adamswierk99 @AntoniWalkowski @mkailodz @PEmeryt @spadak6 @praisethesteph @BuschModelar @rostakod @thinkdefence With small tactical reconnaissance and attack drones dominating the battlefield in Ukraine is there any information on Czech MoD intentions for developing or fielding small drone capabilities and also anti-drone capabilities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1734862169760772392)  2023-12-13T09:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SteveOh163 @StonedSynapse @WallStreetSilv Oct [--] [----]. Six weeks ago. But lets update the numbers for Denmark and Norway with announcements from yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1735377700997742739)  2023-12-14T19:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@banderafella He sure folded fast. Theres an interesting story here. Did Zelensky cornering him in Buenos Aires have an effect Did the US and van der Leyen successfully browbeat him Or did his financial blackmail succeed and he was just bought off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1735409148840608248)  2023-12-14T21:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle - Earths first mission to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiters moon Europa. NASAs Europa Clipper will determine if this ocean world has environments suitable for life to exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1735904896652874118)  2023-12-16T06:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Sam_Cranny @RecoMonkey Hi Sam glad youre well. Merry Christmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1737047391956877559)  2023-12-19T09:49Z 33.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@ScrapheapInd My grandfathers were both coal miners in Sydney Mines Nova Scotia. The mines have shut down now but a bitterness towards Management remains strong in the older generation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1737644862986719656)  2023-12-21T01:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@night7567 Certainly we could do better especially compared to little Denmark Norway and the Netherlands but its not like were not contributing. We also recently committed to leading a multi-national Brigade in Latvia which will double our troops stationed there to help deter Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1742007144113991831)  2024-01-02T02:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Mylovanov A passionate and magisterial call to arms from President Zelensky to the World"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742295317620691000)  2024-01-02T21:22Z [--] followers, 10.5K engagements


"A passionate and magisterial call to arms from President Zelensky to the World. The Economist interviews Zelensky and depicts him as a more serious even angry a departure from his earlier lightness and humor But the main insight of the interview is Zelensky's strategy to win the war through isolation of Crimea 1/ https://t.co/zdU0S90Yps The Economist interviews Zelensky and depicts him as a more serious even angry a departure from his earlier lightness and humor But the main insight of the interview is Zelensky's strategy to win the war through isolation of Crimea 1/ https://t.co/zdU0S90Yps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742295941875724373)  2024-01-02T21:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@jurgen_nauditt Is NATO part of the rules-based international order or not These vessels are obviously now Ukrainian and minesweepers have always been classified as warships. Turkey has remained consistent to Art. [--] of the Convention by also refusing requests for passage of Russian warships"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1742786908491776067)  2024-01-04T05:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Highest resolution image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. Taken from NASA's Juno space probe during its closest approach to Io yet at [----] km above the molten surface. (NASA/Jason Perry)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1742804686363820403)  2024-01-04T07:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RedsRepair95 @EndWokeness You dont have elections in Germany anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1743023051825168710)  2024-01-04T21:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@LIM49Spartan Could that be because of IDF rules of engagement with respect to the possible presence of hostages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744116165809696932)  2024-01-07T21:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@maria_drutska Canada recently agreed to lead a Multinational Brigade in Latvia which will double our troop commitment to [----]. Since [----] under Op Reassurance Canada has led a Forward Presence Battlegroup with up to [----] Canadian soldiers and units from other NATO allies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1744996904080232786)  2024-01-10T08:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"UK Prime Minister Sunak addressed the Ukrainian Parliament and announced that he and President Zelensky have signed a Security Agreement he called the Nezlamni Allianz. The unbreakable alliance. Britain has committed to help Ukraine achieve victory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746099744156639354)  2024-01-13T09:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@albafella1 You persistently post videos of Ukraine killing wounded Russians which damages Ukraine's information war narrative to the West whose support is both vital and fragile. Never mind this nonsense of a mercy kill. Many supporters outside NAFO would be outraged by these acts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1746278615027949973)  2024-01-13T21:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@RickLuissiana @albafella1 Let the Russians post videos of their own atrocities. Repost those Encourage them to damage their own narrative And I'm not criticizing the action but the reckless posting of videos doing so. Why risk damaging Ukraine's crucial narrative to the wider West"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1746295749808468245)  2024-01-13T22:18Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@lightwayves Is it Stockholm Syndrome when hostages emphasize with their kidnappers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1746347199884349498)  2024-01-14T01:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jurgen_nauditt What does an airborne early warning radar and fighter direction aircraft have to do with Russian ballistic missile land attacks It spots airborne targets and directs SAM systems like S-400 or fighter aircraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1748432553797943321)  2024-01-19T19:49Z [----] followers, 39.1K engagements


"President Zelensky invites Donald Trump to visit Ukraine and explain how he will end the war in [--] hours if hes elected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RoyGardiner2500/status/1748560392660594831)  2024-01-20T04:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HoyasFan07 @nickreeves9876 @g_ill_G Your points about France (and Canada to our shame) are valid. The guy you got into a tangle with about Frum is not part of NAFO. You have been addressed politely in this thread by NAFO members. Lets all commit to to calm discourse from now on and give NAFO another try"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1749633938400907549)  2024-01-23T03:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@vagari_john But what if the neutron was instead called a chad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1750250752898163108)  2024-01-24T20:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Finland is such a powerful addition to NATO. They have activated wartime production agreements with Finnish industry focusing on weapons ammunition production and essential services. Can the other nations of NATO adopt such a comprehensive national defense strategy in time Finland's Strategic Defense Preparedness For the first time since [----] Finland has activated Stage [--] of its procurement plans marking a significant shift in its defence strategy and setting an example for other European nations especially in the context of the ongoing war in Finland's Strategic Defense Preparedness For the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1752236086355722452)  2024-01-30T07:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Imagine going to a school where the staff teaches you to die. The teachers of Palestinian children their salaries paid by UNRWA teach their students to hate Jews and to graduate by becoming a martyr. Can you think of a worse teacher #DefundUNRWA https://t.co/C70iuGzIhH Can you think of a worse teacher #DefundUNRWA https://t.co/C70iuGzIhH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1752256832385790317)  2024-01-30T09:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChayaSaysSo The Islamic jihadists in Africa share the same toxic ideology of Hamas. Their genocidal attacks on African villages mirror that of Oct [--] with slaughter rape and captivity into slavery. The West excuses Hamas bizarrely accuses Israel of genocide and ignores Africa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1753716302546678024)  2024-02-03T09:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@joereal99 I support Israel and hope for the complete destruction of Hamas and the removal of UNRWA. But the image you chose has been proven false for months. It is a child in a Halloween costume contest in Thailand in 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1755540680833901036)  2024-02-08T10:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@FrenlyFrenchBoi If a vessel is intended for riverine duty such as Romania's Danube Flotilla it makes perfect sense to use a tank turret given that they would be engaging land targets such as tanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1755738941901193482)  2024-02-08T23:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After the shock of the replacement of General Zaluzhny with General Syrsky has faded we should assume that President Zelensky would never make such a decision if he didnt believe it was necessary for the ultimate Victory of Ukraine. He has earned that assumption. Do you agree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1756416758972661820)  2024-02-10T20:36Z [----] followers, 30.1K engagements


"Now that UNRWA's international reputation is finally disintegrating it is a good time to repost the incredible short documentary that exposed how UNRWA has poisoned generations of Palestinian children to hate and despise Jews to worship martyrs and to grow up to be killers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1756452653545247153)  2024-02-10T22:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@stuginella We know how to deal with them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1756472566309675022)  2024-02-11T00:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Donald Trump you are a spineless piece of s**t. [--] died and [---] wounded in Afghanistan. Nobody asked for paying the bills. But hey.Trump doesn't even pay his own bills. [--] died and [---] wounded in Afghanistan. Nobody asked for paying the bills. But hey.Trump doesn't even pay his own bills"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1756970581331997056)  2024-02-12T09:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have an idea on how to unite NAFO. 1) Retweet this post 2) Reply to this post 3) Go into replies and follow everyone there This strategy works really well for MAGA they all have 15k+ followers. Let's try it out I have an idea on how to unite NAFO. 1) Retweet this post 2) Reply to this post 3) Go into replies and follow everyone there This strategy works really well for MAGA they all have 15k+ followers. Let's try it out https://t.co/ixQjmzxqXj I have an idea on how to unite NAFO. 1) Retweet this post 2) Reply to this post 3) Go into replies and follow everyone there This strategy works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1758929589638934990)  2024-02-17T19:01Z [----] followers, 13K engagements


"@elonmusk Eskimo is a pejorative term like calling Native Americans Indians. They dont like it either. The correct word is Inuit. I expect you to do better Mr. Musk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1761179511897690537)  2024-02-24T00:01Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements


"@jackmalloy427 @elonmusk Youre the only one so far to realize its a joke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1761189155659460757)  2024-02-24T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Titan II ICBM also used similar liquid fuels. In [----] in Arkansas a dropped tool damaged the skin of a missile in its silo causing an unrepairable leak and then a catastrophic explosion. 3/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1761949968905216096)  2024-02-26T03:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The [--] megaton fusion bomb warhead the most powerful ever deployed by the US was driven through the [---] ton concrete silo lid and landed [---] feet away. It remained intact a testament to the Scandia engineers and technicians who designed and built it. 4/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1761949980305371525)  2024-02-26T03:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ukrainian volunteers improvise munitions for dropping by drones. Here they modify Bulgarian GHO-1 grenades by filling them with PVV high explosive and hot gluing in an MD-5 contact detonator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1762172146514809337)  2024-02-26T17:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Ukraine continues to innovate ever more lethal munitions for its drones. Here we see testing of a [--] kg incendiary device capable of burning through [--] mm of steel. It could be handy for burning through the tops of armored vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1762553901751169301)  2024-02-27T19:02Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements


"@PStyle0ne1 Bullshit. There is no chance whatsoever that [--] Russian jets entered Ukrainian airspace and survived. Also they would obviously not be based in Luhansk so close to Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1762882561649557549)  2024-02-28T16:48Z [----] followers, 18.5K engagements


"@DevanaUkraine Canadas Defense Minister Bill Blair has also announced that Canada would consider sending troops to Ukraine for military training. Since [----] under Operation Unifier Canada has trained over [-----] Ukrainian soldiers in Poland UK Latvia and Canada"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1763390823549546559)  2024-03-01T02:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Camouflaging mines to match the terrain can be as easy as a can of spray paint. In this case M-18 Claymores"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1764367205427495156)  2024-03-03T19:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RealEmirHan Kaja Kallas Prime Minister of Estonia. She next wants to be Secretary General of NATO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1764381102289076281)  2024-03-03T20:03Z [----] followers, 251.9K engagements


"As manufactured munitions become scarce Ukraine is forced to improvise flying IEDs. Here an hexagonal metal container was filled with steel balls set in epoxy PVV plastic explosive and a detonator from an FPV drone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1764735732046852505)  2024-03-04T19:32Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements


"Ukrainian engineers test a new unmanned ground vehicle capable of laying six ant tank mines in a single mission. Do UGVs have the potential of becoming as vital for Ukraine as FPVs and sea drones are now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1765405405952516201)  2024-03-06T15:53Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements


"Dont try this at home kids. Please leave such fun for the foolish Russians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1766885850783391956)  2024-03-10T17:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Israeli soldiers approach a Hamas tunnel entrance in Gaza using an excavator bucket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1767248544354984292)  2024-03-11T17:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The strange and wonderful choreography of the crew of the Indian FH-77B [---] mm howitzer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1767488217262268715)  2024-03-12T09:50Z 22.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Flying Claymores The Russians examine a downed Ukrainian drone. They uncover a special surprise a M18A1 Claymore. This implies a devastating directed airburst capability of about [---] steel balls. And dont eat the explosive its poisonous. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1767582174604075254)  2024-03-12T16:03Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements


"Let's meet Ukraine's Sea Drone family. L to R Toloka' (plays underwater) 'Marichka' (her too) 'Mykola' (Nicholas) 'Magura' (fast) 'Sea Baby' (grew up fast) Kozak Mamai' (Cossack Mamai folkloric hero) I would like the whole collection please. "  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1769065466561990888)  2024-03-16T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ukrainian soldiers advance through a minefield. So many wheat fields of Ukraine have been saturated with Russian mines and unexploded submunitions. How much dangerous labor will be required to eradicate this deadly plague "  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1769391167609999745)  2024-03-17T15:51Z [----] followers, 18K engagements


"The Russians report they are seeing increasing numbers of a new type of Ukrainian FPV drone with cheap components and built around an RPG-7 warhead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1769477199097401828)  2024-03-17T21:33Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements


"With thousands of Russian tanks and armored vehicles destroyed in Ukraine and their remaining stocks dwindling could we see this promising idea from WW1 finally given its chance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1769754978086797808)  2024-03-18T15:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Trying to somehow protect themselves from lethal Ukrainian FPV drones the Russians are installing cages and smoke emitters on their Chinese buggies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1770116447559364918)  2024-03-19T15:53Z [----] followers, 19K engagements


"@SyneNom @ReneDuba Well I'm actually in NAFO. I do try to remain objective but the Russian's malign influence on us must be very subtle and insidious indeed. Because I havent seen it. Just like Russian military and cyber capabilities were so exaggerated so now is their disinformation capability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1770363342320009624)  2024-03-20T08:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"EOD technicians of the DSNS (Ministry of Emergency Situations) of Ukraine take away an unexploded FAB-1500 aerial bomb that fell in a field in Donetsk. These huge glide bombs are causing heavy casualties and destruction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1770869941115523364)  2024-03-21T17:47Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"Oleksii Danilov Secretary of State of the NDSC of Ukraine said It is not a great honor to defeat fools. It is an honor to defeat a mighty enemy. Ukrainians are fighting and winning against a great dark force and this only emphasizes the strength of the nation. "  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1770875022053351934)  2024-03-21T18:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Decoy targets in Ukraine are becoming very elaborate. Here we see a false Russian vehicle refueling site that could be nominated for best set decoration with mannequin Russians a faux cooking fire laundry on a line and a fake Russian in an outhouse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771177505510105416)  2024-03-22T14:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"As Ukraine weathers artillery shell famine (thank you President Pavel) it must remain on the strategic defensive on land. Here we see construction of fortified entrenchments and concrete bunkers in Zaporizhzhia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771217851887636927)  2024-03-22T16:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Russians are finding these devices on their armored vehicles which they claim is a target designator for Ukrainian FPV drones. They are magnetic and could be thrown onto moving vehicles. Where are they coming from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771619834876309604)  2024-03-23T19:27Z [----] followers, 421.9K engagements


"Steel pipe is machined into grooved fragmentation jackets. These will be fitted over RPG-7 warheads. The segmented squares will separate into deadly pieces upon detonation increasing the destructiveness of the rocket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771943407251829070)  2024-03-24T16:53Z [----] followers, 369.5K engagements


"Ukraine is developing and testing combat boots resistant to mines. The intent is to reduce the damage from small anti-personnel mines like the ubiquitous butterfly PFM-1 to broken foot bones instead of amputation. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771966130661232688)  2024-03-24T18:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A distillation column at the Kubyshev oil refinery receives a direct hit from an Ukrainian Lyutyy (Fierce) long range drone. The 50kg warhead starts a strong fire that will seriously affect production at yet another refinery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1771977292149109033)  2024-03-24T19:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@FahCubeItches This isnt something new. They have been using the jacketed RPG-7 for a while now. I guess they have figured out the altered ballistics. They certainly are also commonly used for FPV warheads"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772003369592422730)  2024-03-24T20:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DavidMorseJnr @Mk36destructor I an very interested in finding that out as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772044458542133351)  2024-03-24T23:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NordlundMatthew Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772110763735597387)  2024-03-25T03:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Brand new meets the very old. A Ukrainian technician tests a small HEAT ammunition intended for drone use. It successfully penetrates the top armor of an old abandoned ISU-152 assault gun from the Second World War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772318633257042334)  2024-03-25T17:44Z [----] followers, 16.8K engagements


"FPV drones dominate the battlefield in Ukraine. What do you think of this Russian effort at anti-FPV drone protection for a BMP-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772325774822924558)  2024-03-25T18:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A deadly duel between combat engineers in Ukraine. A Ukrainian EOD engineer must place an overhead charge to destroy a Russian TM-62P3 anti-tank mine. There is a ML-8 anti-lift device visible that fires with release of pressure luckily not very well hidden"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772343665035297206)  2024-03-25T19:23Z 13.1K followers, 264.5K engagements


"ML-8 high explosive anti-lift device. The TM-62P3 is a special variant of the ubiquitous TM-62 anti-tank series of mines with a plastic case to complicate detection. In this case the Russian engineer failed to exploit this by burying the mine. Source @CAT_UXO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772343677911974247)  2024-03-25T19:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"State of the art in cope caging. The Russian T-90 stores some ammunition in the turret bustle which gets particular attention here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772432311960666568)  2024-03-26T01:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ukrainian soldiers of the veteran [--] Mechanized Brigade operate in the mud of Donetsk. Their quad bikes carry FGM-148 Javelin ATGMs. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772689409374056581)  2024-03-26T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Morr891Thomas @SapperJaeger From what I understand they have greatly improved the flight control software and hardware of the original retail FPV drones used by racing hobbyists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772700137900384732)  2024-03-26T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sometimes anti-drone jamming guns work as seen here with a Ukrainian FPV drone apparently brought down although the Russian cameraman is clearly unfit for frontline service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1772744916285751453)  2024-03-26T21:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ukraine needs new soldiers but front line service isnt for everyone. Instructors of the 3rd Assault Brigade put prospective recruits through a stress resistance test in trenches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1773395386813780338)  2024-03-28T17:03Z [----] followers, 128.6K engagements


"A sobering reminder that Ukraine will be dealing with Russian mines and unexploded munitions for generations. Here we see a Ukrainian EOD engineer of the DSNS (Ministry of Emergency Situations) digging up [--] Soviet bombs from WW2 found in the Rivne region"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1773397599208509860)  2024-03-28T17:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Here is a former Australian M113AS4 armored personnel carrier with its confident Ukrainian crew modified for the exigencies of service in FPV drone dominated Ukraine. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774117583048032551)  2024-03-30T16:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Russian Kh-101 cruise missile attacks targets in Ukraine at dawn because its targeting system is blind at night. The OTBLESK-U system uses three optical lens to compare pictures of the ground with a reference library similar to some variants of the American Tomahawk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774122107687031217)  2024-03-30T17:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Ukrainian EOD technician of the Ministry of Emergency Situations uses a T-400 detonator used in industrial blasting to trigger a TM-62 anti-tank mine. He needs this combination to destroy an unexploded Russian FAB-500 bomb lying in a field"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774461571772953070)  2024-03-31T15:39Z [----] followers, 31.1K engagements


"As military grade munitions dwindle (thank you Mike Johnson) Ukraine must use all possible ideas even a wooden clothespin as part of a tripwire detonator for this IED"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774490291275518248)  2024-03-31T17:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Russian suicide MT-LB stuffed with explosives detonates so powerfully that it forms a mushroom cloud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774551027154563500)  2024-03-31T21:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Spiderdrone The Russians test an anti-drone quadcopter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774683261924688299)  2024-04-01T06:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Russians discovered a German AT-2 anti-tank mine. It can fire a shaped charge from magnetic influence or by a scratchwire when an armored vehicle drives over the mine and causes the wire to scratch along its belly. It self destructs after a maximum of [--] days. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774878921441599645)  2024-04-01T19:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The mines are delivered by MRLS rockets and are housed within the rocket in mine dispersal units that open to release the mines who then complete their descent by parachute. A failed dispersal unit was also found. 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774879014253158568)  2024-04-01T19:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@moxindus83 As you say cost effectiveness is key. It will take time to know the effectiveness via battle damage assessments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774925307876987201)  2024-04-01T22:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Caesar in action Excellent view of the automated loading mechanism of this sophisticated 155mm self propelled gun. Thank you France"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1774956834618818643)  2024-04-02T00:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A crashed Ukrainian drone of foreign manufacture is shown with a Serbian 120mm thermobaric munition made specifically for bombing from UAVs. The drone is equipped to carry two shells and both drone and shell had previously been seen in Yemen and Sudan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775209874051432849)  2024-04-02T17:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Russian mosquito privateer fleet. The city of Sochi is thinking of transferring its vast fleet of pleasure craft to the marines to conducts raids near the coast of Ukraine and Romania to seize trade and military contraband and replenish the treasury of the resort city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775222395852423596)  2024-04-02T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"As Ukraine must remain on the strategic defense this year while it weathers shell famine (Thank you President Pavel) it is digging in deep. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775233251982049614)  2024-04-02T18:46Z [----] followers, 16.5K engagements


"The lightly built but heavily armed Russian BMD-4 is the proverbial eggshell armed with a hammer. Here is a good look at its autoloaded 100mm cannon and 30mm autocannon firing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775243884823810293)  2024-04-02T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Russians show off a new tetrahedral shaped jamming device aimed at Ukrainian FPV drones. It attaches to equipment with magnets and has large radiator fins on the underside suggesting it could handle a lot of electrical power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775937880290148799)  2024-04-04T17:26Z [----] followers, 549.4K engagements


"A Russian Humanitarian robotic mine clearer. Thats actually how the Russians describe the MGR-4 Schmel (Bumblebee) mine trawl for clearance of anti-personnel mines presented at a technology exhibition in St. Petersburg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775942166923317294)  2024-04-04T17:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ComKoksne Just when you thought you've seen everything the Russians can surprise you. https://t.co/16NC1HcvcY https://x.com/grandparoy2/status/1775236059854770418s=61 Just when you thought you've seen everything the Russians can surprise you. https://t.co/16NC1HcvcY https://x.com/grandparoy2/status/1775236059854770418s=61"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1775982897809527249)  2024-04-04T20:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Whatever happened to barbed wire In WWI it was used in vast quantities and was a formidable barrier for assaulting infantry. The tank was developed not just to provide protected firepower but to crush dense wire thickets and create passageways for accompanying infantry. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776304094866817457)  2024-04-05T17:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is a Ukrainian hexacopter apparently firing a machine gun. I dont know if this capability has been seen before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776318279566737668)  2024-04-05T18:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DVKirichenko This is an updated version of the Bekfire type that has been used at the front. In the video the bulge behind the parachute compartment contains a CRPA antenna for the GPS signal which is resistant to jamming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776491857801093199)  2024-04-06T06:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Zorboter Its not controlled from the ground during flight and so being capable of landing would greatly increase sophistication and cost. A parachute is simpler and more economical for a system that already is viewed as expensive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776498691622519183)  2024-04-06T06:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Testing of the MV-4 mine clearance vehicle manufactured in Ukraine in cooperation with the Croatian company DOK-ING. It neutralizes anti-personnel mines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776659792611951072)  2024-04-06T17:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This Ukrainian hexacopter imaged last year is apparently now in active service. This is a Ukrainian hexacopter apparently firing a machine gun. I dont know if this capability has been seen before. https://t.co/IuD8p0JYcX This is a Ukrainian hexacopter apparently firing a machine gun. I dont know if this capability has been seen before. https://t.co/IuD8p0JYcX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776664896861860169)  2024-04-06T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Russia is increasingly using banned chemical weapons in Ukraine. Here we see a now empty K-51 tear gas grenade illegal on the battlefield. The Russians drop them from drones into trenches to drive Ukrainian soldiers into the open to then attack them with FPV drones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1776996943048409440)  2024-04-07T15:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It may look made in someones garage but these Ukrainian volunteers have built a drone capable of carrying different payloads of up to [--] kg. It is recovered by parachute and can bomb scout or surveil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777018611816972414)  2024-04-07T17:00Z [----] followers, 53.5K engagements


"Drones and their pilots can return to a peaceful and productive life after Ukraine achieves Victory and the war is over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777027165844062364)  2024-04-07T17:34Z [----] followers, 12.6K engagements


"@NicolasB75013 @bmandss Tom Hanks could have used some of those too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777169289575063582)  2024-04-08T02:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Russians find a TM-62 anti-tank mines dropped by Baba Yaga drones with an improvised airburst fuze. When the mine is dropped a piece of fuse is ignited electrically the precut length calculated by the planned height and speed of the drone to initiate the detonator. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777218935194374192)  2024-04-08T06:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good morning Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777251392417345716)  2024-04-08T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What will the Turtle Tank evolve into AI helps us see the future. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777604749426041314)  2024-04-09T07:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good morning Ukraine. And lets welcome a new recruit for the Machine Gun Platoon rescued by Ukrainian soldiers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777609090979484106)  2024-04-09T08:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The fierce predations of Ukrainian FPV drones has driven the creation of the bizarre Russian Turtle Tank. This continues the evolution of mounting big EW jammers on a cope cage so extensive that it reduces crew vision and combat effectiveness. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777733362880581713)  2024-04-09T16:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ukrainian EOD engineers run hard after lighting the fuse to destroy a Russian FAB-250 bomb. Use a longer fuse next time Guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1777739219630424442)  2024-04-09T16:43Z [----] followers, 27.9K engagements


"In Ukraine both sides are loading their FPV drones with as much destructive power as the can carry. Here is a failed Russian FPV with a HE-Frag warhead and two additional 200g blocks of TNT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778108199050289584)  2024-04-10T17:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Is the derisive term cope cage obsolete now that there is an urgent need for any extra protection from FPV drones It is used routinely on Ukrainian vehicles too so the military term cage armor might be best. At least for Ukrainian vehicles.😉 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778128406590398793)  2024-04-10T18:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall. Ukrainian minister Dmytro Kuleba rebukes NATO at the failure of the most powerful military alliance in the world to provide just [--] more Patriot batteries to protect Ukrainian cities being destroyed by ballistic missiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778189486880661926)  2024-04-10T22:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A short clip showing the training of bomb disposal dogs at a special training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778465868391006256)  2024-04-11T16:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The mines are typically buried within the [--] meter detection zone of the device making detection and clearing without setting off a mine very difficult. Source: Telegram @CAT_UXO 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778493414977515795)  2024-04-11T18:40Z 35.2K followers, 59.3K engagements


"Some of the newly purchased artillery ammunition arriving in Ukraine. These 152mm projectiles of an unknown country of origin have propellant charges protected in a canister. They are clearly inspired by NATO 155mm solutions and dont follow the old Soviet or Pakistan models"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778826575724851548)  2024-04-12T16:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A Chinese amphibious drone. This little prototype drone can fly for [--] minutes or swim for [--] minutes at speeds up to 2m/s with a maximum depth of 3m. Could this idea eventually evolve into something that would be useful for Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778828751876632963)  2024-04-12T16:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Three uncommon Russian munitions used by Ukraine. L to R MS-3 anti-lift surprise mine KZU-2 shaped charge demolition mine for breaking reinforced concrete and steel structures. KZK shaped charge ring demolition mine for cutting through steel. Rare and mysterious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1778867777803366854)  2024-04-12T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Deadly clashes of wits and concentration between opposing combat engineers in Ukraine occur every day. Here a buried OZM-72 mine is trip-wired to a TM-62 anti-tank mine lying on the surface"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1779173028896878599)  2024-04-13T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The OZM-72 is an anti-personnel bounding fragmentation mine. Usually trip-wired when the fuze is initiated a small charge in the base propels the inner body into the air. A tether wire becomes taut at [--] m triggering the main charge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1779173038392750299)  2024-04-13T15:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Russians inspect an abandoned Ukrainian defensive barrier near Andiivka. First is a layer of anti-tank mines to stop vehicles. Then assaulting infantry would hit concertina wire that is hard to cut since OZM-72 bounding mines are trip-wired to the coil of wire. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1779176419903586465)  2024-04-13T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@RSA_Observer And FPV drones are hurtling out of the sky attacking every individual soldier within their range"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1779181148939399523)  2024-04-13T16:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Ukrainian Third Assault Brigade has a new FPV drone school called Kill House"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1779186181634441265)  2024-04-13T16:33Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements

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