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  1. Anti Material Sniper Rifle

    A lot of fun is made in this video, with some serious antimaterial sniper rifles. Instead of talking a lot about them, I invite you to have a look at the video. It's fun to watch

    facts:

    A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by military snipers. The modern sniper rifle is a portable shoulder-fired rifle with either a bolt action or semi-automatic action, fitted with a telescopic sight for extreme accuracy and chambered for a high-ballistic performance centerfire cartridge.

    20th century

    During the Second Boer War, the latest breech-loading rifles with magazines and smokeless powder were used by both sides. The British were equipped with the Lee–Metford rifle, while the Boers had received the latest Mauser Model 1895 rifles from Germany. In the open terrain of South Africa, the marksman was a crucial component in battle. The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit formed in 1899 that was renowned for the expert marksmanship and stalking skills of its personnel. The men wore ghillie suits for camouflage and were expertly skilled in observation. Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard said of them that "keener men never lived".[5] After the Boer War, the Scouts became the first official sniper unit in the British Army.

    Sources:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper_R

    youtube.com/watch?v=sMGSVP3CyWQ

    #Ballistic #Rifle #Sniper #Anti #Material #Anti #Tank #Armour #Armor #Steel #Hull #Plating #metallurgy #Plumbum #Lead #Ferrum #Iron #Hyperbole #Parabole #Mathematics #Physics

  2. 2/2) ⚠️ Central / eastern update — Kyiv time

    missile threat reported for Kharkiv region, possibly Iskander launch or S-300/S-400 air-defense missile activity. also reported near Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and moving along the Dnipro corridor. Follow official alerts!

  3. 2/2) ⚠️ Central / eastern #Ukraine update — Kyiv time

    #Ballistic missile threat reported for Kharkiv region, possibly Iskander launch or S-300/S-400 air-defense missile activity. #UAVs also reported near Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and moving along the Dnipro corridor. Follow official alerts!

  4. 2/2) ⚠️ Central / eastern #Ukraine update — Kyiv time

    #Ballistic missile threat reported for Kharkiv region, possibly Iskander launch or S-300/S-400 air-defense missile activity. #UAVs also reported near Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and moving along the Dnipro corridor. Follow official alerts!

  5. 2/2) ⚠️ Central / eastern #Ukraine update — Kyiv time

    #Ballistic missile threat reported for Kharkiv region, possibly Iskander launch or S-300/S-400 air-defense missile activity. #UAVs also reported near Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and moving along the Dnipro corridor. Follow official alerts!

  6. 2/2) ⚠️ Central / eastern #Ukraine update — Kyiv time

    #Ballistic missile threat reported for Kharkiv region, possibly Iskander launch or S-300/S-400 air-defense missile activity. #UAVs also reported near Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and moving along the Dnipro corridor. Follow official alerts!

  7. Sunday, March 1, 2026

    Reporter's notebook: What a factory says about Ukraine’s economy [rather surprising] -- Kiev Independent Insights launches new podcast: Ukraine Insights -- A lot has changed since 2022. Russia’s aims haven’t -- Russia has lost 1,265,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  8. Thursday, January 29, 2026

    Exclusive: Trump envoy negotiating Ukraine's fate displays 'shocking' lack of knowledge about war, politics -- As temperatures outside plunge, Ukrainian pet shelters struggle to keep animals warm amid Russian attacks -- SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft -- Why Colombian volunteers are joining war in Ukraine [videos/vlogs] ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  9. Thursday, January 29, 2026

    Exclusive: Trump envoy negotiating Ukraine's fate displays 'shocking' lack of knowledge about war, politics -- As temperatures outside plunge, Ukrainian pet shelters struggle to keep animals warm amid Russian attacks -- SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft -- Why Colombian volunteers are joining war in Ukraine [videos/vlogs] ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  10. Embarrassing — We asked 3 experts why #Venezuela's #Russian-supplied air defenses were AWOL

    Venezuela’s military is known to possess a significant number of Russian #AirDefense systems

    The S-300 is a long-range surface-to-air missile system that #intercepts #aircraft, #CruiseMissiles, #ballistic #missiles . It remains a key component of Russia’s air defense and, depending on the variant, can engage multiple targets at ranges of up to 150 kilometers (93 miles).

    But on Jan 3 ...

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  11. Friday, January 2, 2026

    Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  12. Friday, January 2, 2026

    Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  13. Friday, January 2, 2026

    Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  14. Friday, January 2, 2026

    Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  15. Friday, January 2, 2026

    Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  16. Friday, July 4, 2025

    One of Russia’s most critical targets: Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk — Nothing but terror and murder: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles in massive overnight attack — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Donetsk Oblast — China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  17. Deployment of “Oreshnik” hypersonic missile in Belarus: is a new era beginning?

    One of the latest achievements of Russia’s military industry — the “Oreshnik” hypersonic ballistic missile system — will…
    #Belarus #BY #Europe #Europa #EU #according #against #Ballistic #belarus #coming #défense #Deployed #during #external #fully #Hypersonic #lukashenko #military #missile #Missiles #oreshnik #president #security #strengthen #system #weeks
    europesays.com/2213446/

  18. Britain and the US have raised
    ⚠️fears that Russia has shared #nuclear #secrets with Iran
    in return for Tehran supplying Moscow with #ballistic #missiles to bomb Ukraine.

    During their summit in Washington DC on Friday,
    #Keir #Starmer and US president #Joe #Biden acknowledged that the two countries were tightening military cooperation
    at a time when Iran is in the process of enriching enough #uranium to complete its long-held goal to build a #nuclear #bomb.

    British sources indicated that 🆘concerns were aired about Iran’s trade for nuclear technology, part of a deepening #alliance between #Tehran and #Moscow.

    It is not clear how much #technical it knowhow Tehran has to build a nuclear weapon at this stage,
    or how quickly it could do so.

    Working with experienced Russian specialists
    or using Russian knowledge would help speed up the manufacturing process, however
    – though Iran denies that it is trying to make a nuclear bomb.

    theguardian.com/politics/2024/