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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

Russia has become the embarrassing relative you hate seeing at holiday gatherings.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Russians talk shit everyday. It ends up that it's either something that they can't technically do, as it is here, or something that would would result in having their ass handed to them.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe they could get an compromised/friendly/useful idiot/individual installed in the hightest levels of government who, either intentionally or unintentionally, would funnel secrets to them which help facilitate mass disruption?

ohh wait...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How would they interfere with our elections without the Internet?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I really don’t think they have the capability, actually. They might be able to degrade the network, but I don’t think they would be able to actually physically destroy enough elements of the constellation to make it generally useless.

Not to mention, I’d be a bit shocked if the DoD doesn’t have some backups sitting quietly (as in: not broadcasting at the moment) in geosync. After all, it’s the first rule of government spending.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They’re afraid to use their glide bombs in Kursk because they’re not accurate enough to avoid hitting their own friendlies and they think they can hit a satellite moving ten of thousand + miles an hour in orbit!? lol

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For real. People talking like Russia is going to jam GPS or something, while they can’t even jam GPS or RF well enough to prevent FPV drones from slamming in to their own people. I just saw a video of a Ukrainian FPV drone taking out a Russian EW platform that’s purpose built to counter drones for fucks sake.

Edit - oh. This statement was from Medvedev back in June. lol ok bro. How you gonna run those sub generators you need to fuck with those cables when all your diesel is currently burning off in a fucking epic conflagration? Your country is literally cooked rn.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Russia couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.

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