Last night, Ukrainian intelligence foiled part of the large Russian strike operation by targeting two Bastion TELs containing Zircon missiles in Crimean. One TEL was destroyed, along with its load of two missiles, whilst another was damaged. 7 of the crew were reportedly killed and wounded during the missile cook off.
This is the first time such systems have been destroyed and a strike interrupted. A major achievement.
HUR published footage of the destruction of one launcher and two high-value "Zircon" missiles in temporarily occupied Crimea. A total of seven Russian occupiers were also killed and wounded. One missile is estimated to cost over $10 million.
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🔥🚨 Ukraine’s military intelligence destroyed a Bastion-M launcher loaded with Zircon missiles in Crimea overnight on March 24, after tracking the system moving to firing positions.
Another launcher was damaged and seven Russian personnel were killed or wounded.
People overcomplicate how to defeat Russia.
The solution is incredibly simple:
We just need to fund enough cruise missiles for Ukraine to systematically destroy every Russian oil refinery within reach.
Cut off the fuel, and you end the war
@SavchenkoReview@Maks_NAFO_FELLA I think China will "get" Taiwan in the next couple of years without a big war. Deals will be made. The USA will not fight a war with hundreds of thousands of dead US soldiers just because of Taiwan
🇨🇳🇹🇼 China offered what it said would be energy stability to Taiwan if it agreed to Beijing's rule, part of a campaign by China to convince the island of the benefits of "reunification", which it has long rejected, - Reuters
Governments around the world are scrambling for alternative energy supplies during the Middle East War and severing of shipping lanes through the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Spectacular footage showing the fall of submunitions from the Iranian Khorramshahr-4 medium-range ballistic missile carrying cluster warhead on Israel short time ago.
🇺🇸👀 The Pentagon plans to mass-produce the LUCAS kamikaze drone after successful use in recent strikes on Iran, - WSJ
A top defense official said it has performed well and is being refined for large-scale production.
Dozens have been built so far, but the military hasn’t disclosed how many were used in combat.
USAF A-10 Warthog spotted flying over northern Iraq, supporting the U.S. air campaign against Iran.
A-10s have been regularly striking Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.
@SavchenkoReview How does that happen? Israel knows how many ballistic missiles Iran produced in the last couple of years. Israel needs at least 2x as many interceptors....
🇮🇱 Israel is running very low on ballistic missile interceptors while fighting Iran, - Semafor
The U.S. has known for months and expected this shortage.
A U.S. official said: “It’s something we expected and anticipated.”
The U.S. claims its own supplies are fine: “We have all that we need to protect our bases and our personnel.”
It’s unclear if the U.S. will send interceptors to Israel, which could strain U.S. stockpiles.
Iran’s missile attacks (including cluster munitions) are accelerating interceptor depletion.
@AI_EmeraldApple "Lesbian knight action RPG" sounds pretty awesome. Too bad the game is not lesbian enough apparently (nothing romantic) and too many technical issues
The lesbian knight action RPG game, 1348 Ex Voto, is a colossal commercial failure. We don't even have to wait for the numbers to see how bad it was. Their projected revenue is likely only to be at best 12% of their total budget... meaning a 88% shortfall.
Using standard heuristics, we can predict sales numbers based on the Steam concurrent player numbers and total reviews. Typical CCU multiplier is 12-20x for early owners for smaller games. For bigger hit titles, the multiplier is in the range of 5-12x, as more people "play" the game. With garbage-tier games like Ex Voto, people/activists tend to buy the game and never play it. For reviews, it's typically in the range of 25-40x multiplier.
Using those numbers, we can estimate that they will sell between 5000 and 10000 copies in the first week, with total Steam revenue of ~$200k. +PS5, maybe a max of another $100k revenue, for a total of a max ~$300k.
The dev team consists of 15 developers, which will cost in the range of ~$2 to 5 million over 3-4 years. Add overhead like costs for tools, licensing fees, marketing, and that number balloons up to ~$3 to 7 million dollars. This number is similar to other small indie studios with a staff size of 10-20 and a similar development timeline.
Even with the most generous projections, and with continued sales projections only adding $200k for a total of ~$500k total sales, minus 30% steam cut... the studio is set to lose AT BEST $2.6 million if their budget was on the low end at $3 million.
AT WORST, if their budget was on the high end with $7 million with lower sales figures of $175k, they could be 6.8 million dollars in the hole...
So at best, they have a 88% shortfall, at worst a 97% shortfall. The studio is toast, the game is DOA, and the employees had better be looking for a new job, unless some insane investor is looking to lose more money by tossing more money at them.
Exilenova+ ran the numbers for early March. Russia launches about 124 drones a day at Ukraine, Ukraine sends about 202 back. Most are cheap decoys to probe air defenses, but the scale is massive both ways, they note.
🇺🇦🦩🚀 The number of uses of the Flamingo will increase exponentially because the military was looking for a tactic that would allow them to successfully use the missiles, and they found it, — Shtilerman.