https://www.ft.com/content/fb8a96d5-a66d-43a0-bc24-5ab1ed8962d3
Energy network operator to run a trial to reduce gas demand if shortages loom
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-pilots-train-on-commercial-f-16-simulators-at-home-bases
Between combat missions, Ukrainian pilots are spending down time training on F-16 virtual reality simulators to speed up the learning curve.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-getting-atacms-cluster-variant-would-be-a-big-problem-for-russia
Cluster munition-laden ATACMSs would be able to take out aprons full of aircraft and key air defense batteries from nearly 200 miles away.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/ukraine-reaps-a-big-harvest-but-war-risks-trapping-it-at-home
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russia-hanging-nets-between-lamp-posts-to-counter-fpv-drones
Recent videos highlight the threat posed by FPV 'suicide drones' and one Russian countermeasure that is attempting to deal with them.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-landmark-odesa-hotel-pummeled-by-missile-barrage
The large seaside hotel was supposedly vacant for some time when it was targeted in a mass Russian aerial barrage.
https://www.mining.com/web/the-mission-to-create-europes-battery-hub-whatever-the-cost/
https://www.ft.com/content/b0581f55-a449-439c-a92f-1dfb1ca5a181
Steelmaker constructs a Potemkin army of Soviet tanks, American howitzers and radars from wood and plastic
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-strikes-at-russian-airbase-in-crimea
As Ukraine attempted a complex aerial attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea, Moscow resumed its bombardment of energy infrastructure.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/claims-swirl-around-sabotage-raid-on-airbase-near-moscow
Chkalovsky Air Base, just outside Moscow, is home to various strategic air assets as well as the high-profile presidential transport fleet.
@tal
@kbin.social