Quote (Santara @ Oct 19 2022 06:13pm)
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After a significant reduction of lights in March, power has slowly been restored and regular human activity has appeared to pick up in several parts of the country, particularly around the capital.
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“In the first few months of the war, electricity and basic services were attacked in several major cities,” said Stokes. “As the war continued into May, we saw a shift—some continued loss of lights in eastern Ukraine and some recovery in the western part of Ukraine. The Black Marble HD images show recovery in the outskirts of Kyiv, in particular, as residents returned to the capital city.”
Or as Lvivz says "light masking."
Lets be real here. Ukraine has rolling blackouts that it didn't have two weeks ago, and you're arguing that anything we see in terms of diminished light output is actually part of a strategy to hide Ukrainian towns from the night sky. A night sky that is 1) devoid of aircraft because this isn't 1942 and even 30 year old AA systems are very effective, 2) full of spy satellites that see everything, and 3) munitions that
don't have cameras on them and are guided by GPS satellites.And not only are people coming here to argue that 'actually it was dark before, you've been pwned', the same people who are making this argument were, just two days ago, arguing nearly the exact opposite case by railing against the intentional destruction of power plants and substations as a ruthless crime against humanity.
Everyone is insane and getting more insane.
Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 19 2022 06:43pm)
I think we may see the evolution of warfare in the coming years. Cheap disposable drones that can travel hundreds of miles and kamikaze themselves into targets are just too useful.
It's also the end of maneuver warfare. Both sides know where each others armies are all the time, there are no dramatic flanking maneuvers or hidden reserves or anything. Two sides just lob shit at each other until one side inflicts more damage and advances, or brings an overwhelming force the enemy is fully aware of and chases after them as they retreat.
It's also the end of airpower, I think. The F-35 program cost like half a trillion dollars and I seriously doubt we'll ever see them deployed against an enemy that warrants their capabilities.
This post was edited by kusotarre1 on Oct 19 2022 08:20pm