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I deleted the last post about the effects of a TOS-1 strike since, as people logicaly pointed out to me its not logical that a TOS-1 strike would burn its victims to their bones but leave the surrounding grass fully green and intact.
Sorry for spreading this fake footage.
The First Intifada, which lasted from December 1987 to 1993, was a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Sparked by a traffic accident involving an Israeli truck that killed four Palestinians, the uprising quickly escalated into widespread protests, civil disobedience, and confrontations with Israeli forces.
On October 8th, 1990, Israeli Cops kill 17 Palestinians and injure more than 100
Che Guevara was captured in Bolivia on October 8th 1967 and executed the day after
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Tomorrow's front page of the Tehran times: 'Rising Call for Nukes'
The call for nuclear weapons is now becoming mainstream within Iranian politics and regime-affiliated media, after having been a taboo subject for decades. There seems to be a significant narrative shift happening.
This is not good since the nuclear proliferation treaty is taken pretty seriously
Apparently there was a meeting with IRGC officials
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Satellite images
Looks pretty expensive
The US Air Force has sent at least two B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Such actions indicate a possible task of a comprehensive attack on Iran and its allies.
Sunderland unrest: Several police officers injured, cars and property on fire as protests erupt after the killing o three young girls and several other injured. The killer has been identified as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, which used a kitchen knife during the attack.
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Russia was preparing to deliver missiles and other military equipment to the Houthi rebels in Yemen late last month but pulled back at the last minute amid a flurry of behind-the-scenes efforts by the United States and Saudi Arabia to stop it, CNN reports.
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Some Polish guys decided to order pizza despite being detained by the police.
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Two sailors from USS Enterprise stand on a section of the forward elevator awaiting rescue from USS Waldron after being blown into the water by the same explosion that sent the elevator high into the air, 14 May 1945.
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Okay, i stop beeing autistic about improvized german tanks of ww2…
for now
This one is hillarious too.
It’s a Lorraine L37 armored supply tractor with a panzer 1 turret mounted on top of the original storage compartment.
These where mainly used by occupation and anti partisan troops in croatia.
people be like
„german late war weapons where higly advanced“
the average german late war weapons meanwhile:
The Israeli 🇮🇱 airstrike 🛩️💥targets are getting more and more “interesting”.
In one of the recent strikes they targeted a housing block only 600m from the Iranian 🇮🇷embassy in Damascus.
🇷🇺 Wreckage of a destroyed 155-mm self-propelled gun "Bogdana" on a Tatra Phoenix chassis in Sumy Oblast.
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On October 8th 1973, Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions
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The Spiegel affair, which began on October 8th, 1962, with the publication of an article criticizing the German military's preparedness, suggesting it was insufficient and poorly managed, was a major political scandal in West Germany involving the weekly magazine "Der Spiegel." In response, the government ordered a police raid on the magazine's offices and arrested its editors, who eventually got accused of treason.
The incident sparked widespread protests and debates about press freedom and government censorship. It ultimately led to a political crisis, with significant public backlash against the government's actions. The affair reinforced the importance of journalistic independence in post-war Germany and contributed to changes in laws regarding press freedom. The crisis eventually subsided, but it left a lasting impact on German media and politics.
Fun fact:
Iranian Embassy is in the same neighborhood🇮🇷
🇮🇱Israel reportedly struck in Syria.
Reportedly an Iranian political figure has been assassinated.
Searches are ongoing
Okay, there is an Update on this situation:
the bann is only on the use of the call 📞feature of Discord.
Moldova will host the military exercises “Fire Shield-2024” with the participation of US and Romanian military personnel.
The exercises will last from August 5 to 23.
The local population has already been warned about “the intense presence of military equipment”.
New U.S. military force posture adjustments in the Middle East now:
Naval:
— USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to replace USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in the Central Command area.
— Additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers deployed to U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command regions.
— Deployment of an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East.
— Increased readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense.
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Propaganda posters released by Iranian media today.
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"Netanyahu..! Wait for our missiles"
Maritime historians from the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA) have located the wreckage of the schooner Margaret A. Muir, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1893. The discovery, made by researchers Brendon Baillod, Robert Jaeck, and Kevin Cullen, is a significant find in the field of underwater archaeology.
The Margaret A. Muir, a 130-foot, three-masted schooner built in 1872 by the Hanson & Scove shipyard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was designed primarily for the Great Lakes grain trade. Throughout its 21-year career, it carried various cargoes across all five Great Lakes. The vessel met its end while en route from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago, Illinois, carrying a load of bulk salt.
On the morning of September 30, 1893, the Muir encountered a violent storm. According to Captain David Clow, the ship cleared the Straits of Mackinac and was heading towards the Wisconsin coast when a 50 mph gale struck at around 5 a.m. Initially, the schooner weathered the storm, but by 7:30 a.m., the waves had intensified, and the vessel was nearly at Ahnapee (present-day Algoma, Wisconsin) when it began to take on water. Captain Clow ordered the crew to abandon ship just before the Muir lurched and sank, taking Clow’s beloved dog with it. The crew managed to reach shore in a lifeboat, battling 15-foot seas, and were aided by townspeople who provided them with dry clothing and shelter.
According to "thisdayinaviation" and the Wikipedia page for the Mackinaw Bridge, fitting a Boeing RB-47E Stratojet under the Mighty Mac was a tight squeeze with little margin for error. The highest place between the water surface in the Mackinaw Strait and the bottom of the Mackinaw Bridge is 155-feet at the center. The tail of an RB-47E stands 27-feet, 11 inches off the ground. If you do the math, that leaves about 127-feet of space between the water and the bottom of the bridge to play with. Considering the RB-47E stall speed in these conditions may have been as slow as 150-190 MPH, the plane would cover that distance in altitude in just over a second or two.
There are not a lot of details confirmed on the record, but it happened. John Lappo, from Muskegon, lived the tale. And while the Air Force may not have anything to say about it, the late Lappo’s story lives on years after the controversial flight.
On April 24, 1959, Captain Lappo, 39 years old at the time, and a 12-year Air Force veteran, was up early to take part in a nighttime simulated bombing run. As the crew flew near the Straits of Mackinac, heading back toward Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio, Lappo decided to fulfill one of his pilot fantasies.
Lappo confessed to the Detroit Free Press in 1976 that he had always wanted to fly under a Bridge.
Lappo told his two crew members, “I’m taking her under.”
He remembered there were only two vehicles on the bridge at the time — a car and a truck, both heading north toward St. Ignace. While it was a clear, sunny day, he was flying in a “stiff breeze” that whipped up “whitecaps” in the straits. Lappo took his dive, leveled off at approximately 75 feet, and made his legendary pass under the Mighty Mac. The rest is history.
Lappo believes his navigator was the one who turned him in, telling the Free Press, “I didn’t know at the time that his father was the general and he was going to go rat on me when we got back.”
Lappo was grounded in more ways than one. The Muskegon native faced a court martial hearing, at which he admitted to his antics. Several character witnesses were presented to try to save face, testifying not only to Lappo’s skill and bravado, but to his integrity, highlighted by the fact that he confessed to the accusations.
The Strategic Air Command removed Lappo from flying duty and imposed a $300 fine to be paid off in monthly $50 increments. His salary was also cut from $860 to $660 per month.
That December, the SAC affirmed its ruling. Lappo would never fly for the Air Force again.
While he was grounded, his military career wasn’t over. A 2017 profile by MLive says Lappo served in the Air Force for another 18 years before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1972.
Before Lappo’s death in 2003, writer Kenny Shepherd pressed him again. Why take the risk? Why put your career — and your life — on the line?
Lappo replied with “Why do men climb mountains? Or what motivates them to go into space?” Lappo said. “It’s just a sense of adventure that some men have, and some don’t.”
I just found this one.
That one is actually pretty cool.
Its a KV-1B that (for whatever reason) was modified by replacing the original ZiS-5 7.6cm main gun with a 7.5cm KwK 40.
The second pic shows the only KV-1B this was ever done with on the eastern front in the year 1942.
This one is even worse.
its a Panzer 1 Auf. B with a 7.5cm StuK 40.
The second picture shows the only piece of this vehicle ever build in the ruins of berlin in 1945.
Still a mystery: Three eyewitnesses claim Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a projectile fired at his room, not a planted bomb.
— They heard sounds consistent with a missile before an explosion shook the building.
— The attack resulted in partial collapse of the ceiling and exterior wall of Haniyeh's room.
— This account contradicts a New York Times report suggesting Haniyeh was killed by a bomb planted two months earlier.