Sofa Analyst

@TypeA_Ectomorph @shanaka86 Also, these guys want to own the industry. Cheap/efficient stuff drives them crazy.

@sofaanalyst90 @shanaka86 Sort of amazing that we helped Ukraine build drones, but didn’t build any ourselves. That’s one of those things someone should look into.

A Patriot missile costs four million dollars. A Ukrainian Sting interceptor drone costs two thousand. Both destroy the same Shahed kamikaze drone. One of them can be manufactured at a rate of 10,000 units per month. The other cannot. And the country that invented the cheap one is now training Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari operators to use it against the exact same Iranian drones it was designed to kill in Ukrainian skies. Ukraine spent three years learning how to destroy Shaheds. Not with expensive air defence systems designed for Cold War scenarios but with small, fast, AI-assisted quadcopters that chase them down at 280 to 450 kilometres per hour, lock on with thermal imaging and computer vision, and ram them out of the sky or detonate a proximity charge at close range. The Sting, built by a volunteer unit called Wild Hornets, has destroyed over 3,000 Shaheds since May 2025. The Bullet, produced by SkyFall and General Cherry, reaches 450 kilometres per hour with AI-assisted terminal guidance. The success rate in Kyiv’s high-threat corridor reached 70 to 90 percent in February 2026, according to Ukrainian Air Force Commander Syrskyi. The mechanism is elegant. Sensors detect an incoming Shahed. An interceptor launches. A pilot wearing FPV goggles tracks the target using thermal imaging while AI handles detection, lock-on, and terminal-phase precision. The interceptor closes the speed gap at double or triple the Shahed’s velocity and destroys it through kinetic impact or proximity detonation. The pilot retains final manual control for jamming resistance. The entire engagement costs less than dinner for two in Dubai. Now Zelensky has turned this battlefield necessity into a geopolitical asset. Under defence pacts signed in March 2026, Ukrainian training teams are actively working with Gulf state militaries on co-production, operator training, and AI guidance module integration. The same drones that protect Kyiv from Russian Shaheds will protect Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Doha from Iranian ones. The technology is identical because the threat is identical: Iran manufactures the Shahed, Russia deploys it against Ukraine, and Iran deploys it against the Gulf. The supply chain of the weapon created the supply chain of the countermeasure. A country fighting for its survival against Russia is simultaneously becoming the Gulf’s primary anti-drone technology supplier during a war between the Gulf and Iran. Ukraine is broke, surrounded, and losing territory. It is also the only country on earth with three years of operational data on destroying Iranian kamikaze drones at scale. That data is worth more to Saudi Arabia right now than any weapons system America can sell, because America has never fought a sustained Shahed campaign. Ukraine has fought one every night for a thousand consecutive nights. Zelensky offered Russia an energy ceasefire. He offered sea drones for Hormuz. And he is selling drone-killing technology to the countries whose oil infrastructure those same drones are threatening. Ukraine is converting its most painful vulnerability, the nightly Shahed bombardment, into a revenue stream, a diplomatic lever, and a security partnership that binds Gulf states to Kyiv’s survival in ways no UN resolution ever could. The molecule meets the machine. The drone that threatens the refinery is destroyed by the drone that learned to kill it over Kyiv. The war that created the threat created the countermeasure. And the country nobody expected to matter in the Gulf is suddenly indispensable to it. Watch the intercept below. This is what a $2,000 drone killing a Shahed at 300 km/h looks like in real time. Read the full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@TypeA_Ectomorph @shanaka86 We slow dripped Ukraine,played political games, Mike Johnson/Biden couple yrs ago leaving Ukraine naked for 6 months.they built things out of desperation.We don’t allow them to strike in Russia with US weapons.Only a matter of time until they scale their own cheap ballistic tech

@TypeA_Ectomorph @shanaka86 There will never be enough patriots. A patriot is the one thing that can shoot down ballistic missiles, and we were using it to shoot down these drones in the Middle East.

@shanaka86 Ukraine was throwing an enormous fit not long ago about not receiving enough Patriots

@VladDavidzon She’s not a disgruntled former employee.

This is so deeply sad - when I knew Iuliia in Kyiv she was deeply proud to be Zelensky’s spokeswoman- I would see her march through the Presidential Administration like a juggernaut when I visited - now she spends her time attacking the man who gave her a platform and calling on Ukraine to surrender.

@deplorable801 @nypost Is there a ceasefire Trump promised with 24 hours?

@nypost What about those promised elections?

Zelensky takes surprise trip to UAE and Qatar to solidify defense and protection agreement trib.al/4CxmPoR

@McFaul They’d have combat experience that only Ukraine/Rssia have? That is dealing with fpv drones? I sure as hell hope I’m wrong though.

What strategic objective would the U.S. ground forces in Iran seek to achieve?

@cenkuygur I hope our troops will have at least 50 KM distance from nearest Iranian army. Wouldn’t want them to see those fpv drones.

Now the talking point from Israel First is Trump never said no ground troops! Of course, we’re going to put in (American) troops! But don’t worry, only a small amount and it’ll be easy. The only person in the country stupid enough to believe that is Donald Trump.

@RepLuna @RepJoeWilson Calm down, russian asset.

When I was in the military, they warned us about people like @RepJoeWilson: “old men talking while young men die.” Joe Wilson has been in Congress for decades and seems to spend more time traveling on CODELs than in his own district. On a few occasions, he’s even asked to take photos with me, which is very odd for someone who now attacks peace talks. At any rate, Joe, you should probably stop wearing a foreign flag on your lapel and start acting like an American. I’m sure your constituents wouldn’t appreciate what you’re up to.

@MonteroOnBoxing They forget Usyk was in an undisputed fight and KOed Daniel Dubois in 5 dominating rounds just 8 months ago. Daniel Dubois who was an IBF champion who KOed Miller, Hrgovich, oh and AJ.

This is MLB vs AA right now. Give the kid time. Stop rushing him.

@Indikur Because uncle Frank is frontin’, he’ll let itauma nowhere neare Usyk. Itauma is his future cash cow.

seriously why the hell not

@TheLatinSnake_ Ok but can we talk about how low IQ of Franklin it was to leave his chin exposed for an uppercut?

The Future of the Heavyweights 💥👣

@ktea613 Yeah. He had an undisputed match like 8 months ago. It’s ok, he’ll get back to conquering more Britain once again.

He's fighting a kickboxer

@Acyn Let’s just hope our troops won’t know what swarms of FPV drones feel like. More so, let’s hope there aren’t videos of such encounters for the world to see.

Levin: No troops on the ground—I don’t remember that in any campaign speech. Why would we need to troops on the ground? There’s a lot of reasons.

@ktea613 You mean Frank is scared to get his future cash cow anywhere into position to be Usyks next opponent but pretends Itauma would fight him? Go KO fury or AJ, or winner of Dubois/Wardley and you’re definitely next for Usyk, but for some reason Frank is the one slow rolling him

USYK is definitely scared of Itauma idc

@arielhelwani Yes, but did you see that 0 IQ from franklin the moment before the uppercut?

WHAT A FREAKING UPPERCUT FROM MOSES ITAUMA. WOW. Crown him. He is the one.

@DanCanobbio Fury, Itauma, Dubois, Kabayel, Wardley are all Franks. I guess Usyk has to fight all of them but they don’t need to fight each other.

They're already saying Itauma wont fight Wardley if he gets passed Dubois because they are stablemates. This shit got to stop

@dantheboxingman Kabayel is Usyks mandatory. We know Dubois is beating Wardley and no point for Usyk/Dubiois 3. I predict Usyk will fight Kabayel.

‼️LETS GET THIS FIGHT SOMETIME THIS YEAR‼️ 😤😤 #Boxing #ItaumaFranklin 💥💥🥊🥊🥊

@DAZNBoxing Can’t credit Itauma too much when one has retarded defense like that

A CHILLING ITAUMA KO ENDS IT! 🥶 #ItaumaFranklin▪️

@1tsJP_ @DanCanobbio Usyk KOd dynamite explosive Dubois in 5. Itauma has yet to step up to legitimate competition

@DanCanobbio Itauma has speed, IQ, footwork and power. He beats Usyk.

"There's not another heavyweight in the world like Itauma" Is Uysk no longer in the sport?

@ringmagazine Yes, but he needs to step up and face the next tier, before pundits cry Usyk. We have Dubois/wardly/kabayel/Fury/AJ. Anyone else won’t do at this point.

Is Moses Itauma the heir to Oleksandr Usyk's heavyweight throne? 👑