TDA-2K.

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Hasn't been anything like this since the crossing of the Niesse river by Soviet Forces, World War Two.

First [?] combat field test of a military smoke-producing machine. Envelope a friendly force on the advance with concealing cloud of smoke of prodigious size.

From WarNews 24|7 Article by Evangelo L. | April 23 2024.

See the video of the smoke-generating operation. Impressive.

See here and here not totally 100 % within context but interesting Russian technology low-level but still useful on the modern battlefield.

See also a discussion of what can be deemed "smart smoke". A smoke-cover that is designed to defeat thermal imaging devices. Evidently the Russian has the formulation of "smart smoke" and can disperse in enormous quantities on demand.

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Mimicry II.

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To war with dolls. To war with children's backpacks. To war with dolls that cry and mimic Israeli hostages.

A topic as absolutely germane and as alluded to in a most recent blog entry.

"Hamas rigs children's backpacks, dolls, in ambush on IDF forces in Gaza"

"The explosive-laden children's items contained speakers that played crying noises in an attempt to lure in and kill soldiers, the IDF reported."

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF | DECEMBER 15, 2023.

"IDF documentation of dolls and children's backpacks that had been rigged with speakers and explosives to lure in IDF troops." 

"The IDF located and exposed a Hamas terrorist ambush at the entrance to a tunnel shaft, using dolls and children's backpacks in an attempt to lure soldiers in hopes of finding hostages, the Israeli military said Friday."

"The items, which contained speakers playing crying sounds, were placed near a tunnel shaft which connects to a large network of tunnels that extends over a school and a medical facility in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said."

Mimicry of this type a legitimate ruse of war I strongly suspect. Walk into an ambush in ill-considered haste but with good intentions.

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Kommuna.

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Once again Russian naval disaster the Black Sea. The Ukrainian send another Russian naval vessel to the bottom!

"ANCIENT HULK Ukrainian missile blasts Putin’s 112-year-old warship that survived both World Wars & is as old as Titanic"

From https://www.thesun.co.uk | Ellie Doughty | Foreign News Reporter | 21 Apr 2024.

"A UKRAINIAN missile struck Putin's oldest naval vessel in a massive blow to Russia's forces in Crimea."

Not merely Putin's oldest naval vessel. The oldest naval vessel period still in service.

Salvage vessel final duty completed. 

"Footage showed flames and smoke billowing out from the 112-year-old warship in the occupied port of Sevastopol this morning."

See previous blog entry the Kommuna!

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SCAAP.

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A coincidence. That is all this is, isn't? And at the worst possible moment too.

Merely accidental/fate/fluke/happening/incident?

"U.K.’s Only Munitions Factory Explodes, Just Days After U.S. Army Ammunition Factory Catches Fires in Scranton, PA"

From Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 20, 2024 | By Anthony Scott | the tip from Freeper.

"The United Kingdom’s lone munitions filing factory exploded on Wednesday, just two days after a fire erupted at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported on April 15th, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP), the United States’ primary producer of 155mm artillery shell bodies, caught fire. Just two days later, on April 17th, a section of the United Kingdom’s lone munition factory exploded after a single shell went off inside the factory."

Fevered efforts, ramped-up production of 155 mm artillery rounds now stymied? USA and Britain both and more or less at the same time.

Lack of 155 mm rounds well noted and has been for some time. Don't expect miracles for both the Ukraine, Israel, or even USA troops in a vital situation. Weapons and munitions production neither cheap or easily done the manufacture again at a ramped-up level.

These two events are going to raise some eyebrows in some quarters? I might not just to believe so but hope so!

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Mimicry.

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If this all indeed be true nothing like this has occurred since the Portuguese Colonial Wars of the 1960's.

"Israeli drones 'playing sounds of babies crying before opening fire'"

From https://www.thenational.scot/news | By Lucy Jackson | @LucyAJackson_ | Multimedia Journalist | 18th April.

"Residents of the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza said they heard sounds of women and children crying for help"

"REPORTS have emerged of Israeli drones playing recordings of women and children crying to lure Palestinians to locations where they can be targeted before opening fire.

1. Middle East Eye | @MiddleEastEye:

"Israeli drones are reported emitting sounds of crying children at al-Nuseirat camp in Gaza to target and shoot civilians searching for the source of the distress calls."

2. "Do Israeli quadcopters play sounds to lure people out of their homes?"

"According to this report by Middle East Eye, 'War on Gaza: Israeli drones lure Palestinians with crying children recordings then shoot them ', drones are playing sounds of babies crying and women and children in distress to 'lure' residents out, they further claim"

"According to the residents, the audio recordings also included:

* songs in both Hebrew and Arabic,

* including children’s songs,

* sounds of clashes and moving tanks,

* voices of Palestinian armed men, and

* voices of local roaming vendors"

3. 🚨"What we documented yesterday in the Nuseirat refugee camp is extremely shocking."

"Israeli drones mimicked the sounds of crying children, women’s screams, and barking dogs to lure residents out of their homes, only to target and kill them. @euromedhr"

Mimicry can be a legitimate ruse of war. But not when used to kill strictly civilians.

The Portuguese broadcasting from loudspeakers jungle noise of wild animals to conceal ambushes. Trying to maintain a semblance of background normality in an abnormal situation.

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Menacing.

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My presumption that tit-for-tat retaliation between the Iranian and the Israeli has ended is premature?

Next time, nuclear facilities Israel [Dimona] and Iran [Natanz] will not be exempt from military action!

"Iran threatens to strike at Israeli nuclear facilities. Israel hit Iran"

From http://www.isra.com |April 20, 2024.

"Ahmad Hagtalab, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, voiced a new portion of threats addressed to the State of Israel."

"In particular, the commander, who is responsible for ensuring the safety of Iran’s nuclear facilities, cautioned that due to threats posed by Israel, the Islamic Republic could revise its « nuclear doctrine ». He added that if Israel hits Iran’s nuclear facilities, then official Tehran will hit Israeli nuclear facilities and « will send powerful missiles to completely destroy the planned targets »."

Threats of this nature, even if totally 100 % justified [I am not saying either yes or no] apocalyptic and potentially catastrophic for the whole world!

Such military action might set off a chain reaction of a global scale as greatly feared [ever since 1945]. Armageddon transpiring in the space of less than a full day!

Cooler heads will prevail I am sure. They will, won't they?

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Natanz.

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From the Israeli press the perspective the Israeli attack on Iran.

Limited in scope and scale. 

More a demonstration than anything else.

1. "Target of Israeli attack in Iran was a military base near Natanz, report says"

From Ynetnews.

"Senior US military sources say Israel hit what they intended to strike, indicating that a single primary target was struck multiple times, proving Iran's Russian-made air defense system ineffective"

"The target of the Israeli retaliatory attack on Iran was a military base near Natanz in Isfahan, rather than the nuclear facilities themselves, senior US military sources said on Friday."

"Iran has also produced its own air defense systems, including the long-range Bavar-373. The SA-20c and the SA-5 are mentioned as being housed at Isfahan, which is close to Natanz."

Target near Natanz hit but atomic facilities left unscathed!

2. "US official: Israeli strike targeted air defense radar system for Natanz nuclear facility"

From https://www.israelnationalnews.com | Elad Benari, Canada |  Apr 19, 2024. 

"US official tells ABC News that three missiles were fired from Israeli fighter aircraft outside of Iran in Friday morning’s very limited strike."

"Three missiles were fired from Israeli fighter aircraft outside of Iran in Friday morning’s very limited strike, a senior US official told ABC News."

Iranian airspace not breached. Missile attack involving Israeli warplanes carrying air-to-ground missiles but again, those warplanes not intruding into Iranian airspace!

"The Israelis were targeting an air defense radar site near Isfahan that’s part of the protection of the Natanz nuclear facility, the official said."

"The first assessment is that the strike took out the site, but assessment hasn’t been completed, added the official."

"The strike was intended to send a signal to Iran that Israel has these capabilities, but was not looking to escalate the situation, according to the official."

Missile strikes limited in scope and scale indicating that the Israeli not spoiling for a protracted fight with the Iranian. Point-of-honor type military demonstration now concluded, hopefully to the satisfaction of everyone!

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