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Anonymous ID: WBXFv1gI No.147680054 📁
Nov 2 2017 18:07:54 (EST)
Please refer back and collect my crumbs.
As discussed, we've anticipated the Twitter and other social media blackouts.
Rogue agents/programmers.
Per sealed Federal orders, we quickly tracked and reinstated.
Expect outages periodically (infiltrated).
If this doesn't signal what I've been saying I don't know what will.
Q
Wait, I thought Ukraine was winning?
www.dailymail.co.uk...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10716685/Mariupol-brink-falling-Russian-hands.html
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
from Wiki
Neptune (Ukrainian: Р-360 «Нептун», romanized: R-360 "Neptun") is a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile developed by Luch Design Bureau.
Neptune's design is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, with substantially improved range and electronics. The system is designed to defeat surface warships and transport vessels with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons, either in convoys or moving individually.
The system entered service with the Ukrainian Navy in March 2021.
Ukrainian gear. The firm "Luch" has apparently existed since 1965.
Notable -- either the Russian ship didn't have a close-in defense system, or, its radar didn't pick up the incoming missiles. Latter could be either technical failure or spoofed by electronic warfare.
ETA:
Moskva, which finished up a major refit five years ago, is armed with S-300F and OSA-MA surface-to-air missiles, as well as AK-630 close-in weapon systems and other countermeasures like electronic warfare systems and decoys, all of which are supposed to give it a high degree of protection against cruise missiles, as well as other threats. It would not be impossible for a missile like Neptune to get through these defenses, it would still be a significant achievement.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: pheonix358
It's like Russian tanks taking hits from rooftop ambushes. Why not just hose down those rooftops with UAVs?
That's right....civilian casualties.
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: pheonix358
It's like Russian tanks taking hits from rooftop ambushes. Why not just hose down those rooftops with UAVs?
That's right....civilian casualties.
There is some level of incompetence involved. The Russians aren't performing on the ground reconnaissance. If they were, they wouldn't get ambushed so often. They've been substituting drones for recon, and it doesn't work.
They also seem to have a troop morale problem, which impacts the recon issue. Good recon takes motivated personnel and quality small unit leadership. That also seems absent in the units they have in Ukraine, else we wouldn't see generals taking the chances they've been taking to try get the troops moving forward.
Cheers
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: XtheMadnessNow
Doesn't he realize he'll provoke the tweetstorm from Hell with that?
Cheers
Exhibit B
Bret Taylor
Chairman of the Board,
I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.
However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.
As a result, I am offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash, a 54% premium over the day before I began investing in Twitter and a 38% premium over the day before my investment was publicly announced. My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder.
Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it.
/s/ Elon Musk
Script
[SEND VIA TEXT]
As I indicated this weekend, I believe that the company should be private to go through the changes that need to be made.
After the past several days of thinking this over, I have decided I want to acquire the company and take it private.
I am going to send you an offer letter tonight, it will be public in the morning.
Are you available to chat?
[VOICE SCRIPT]
1. Best and Final:
a. I am not playing the back-and-forth game.
b. I have moved straight to the end.
c. It's a high price and your shareholders will love it.
d. If the deal doesn’t work, given that I don’t have confidence in management nor do I believe I can drive the necessary change in the public market, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder.
i. This is not a threat, it's simply not a good investment without the changes that need to be made.
ii. And those changes won't happen without taking the company private.
2. My advisors and my team are available after you get the letter to answer any questions
a. There will be more detail in our public filings. After you receive the letter and review the public filings, your team can call my family office with any questions.
originally posted by: Caled
Fighting is always harder for the good guys. You have to check your targets. Bad guys don't care.
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: pheonix358
It's like Russian tanks taking hits from rooftop ambushes. Why not just hose down those rooftops with UAVs?
That's right....civilian casualties.
There is some level of incompetence involved. The Russians aren't performing on the ground reconnaissance. If they were, they wouldn't get ambushed so often. They've been substituting drones for recon, and it doesn't work.
They also seem to have a troop morale problem, which impacts the recon issue. Good recon takes motivated personnel and quality small unit leadership. That also seems absent in the units they have in Ukraine, else we wouldn't see generals taking the chances they've been taking to try get the troops moving forward.
Cheers