https://www.vesti.ru/article/2697065

Biden Jr. is involved in the creation of biolaboratories in Ukraine

The son of the American president played a key role in financing the development of biological weapons in Ukraine. The project was supervised by the Pentagon. Engaged in pathogens of anthrax, cholera and other deadly diseases. The new documents that were obtained during the special operation were published by the Ministry of Defense. How was Kyiv going to attack Russia?

Buy specially equipped Turkish "Bayraktars" and use them to spray biological preparations over the territory of Russia. Everyone in the Russian Ministry of Defense already knows about these Ukrainian-American plans. There are supporting documents. Here, for example, is a fresh request from the Ukrainian company Motor Sich to the Turkish manufacturer Bayraktarov dated December 2022. The author of the letter is interested not only in the technical characteristics of the aircraft, but also specifies the data on the maximum load and the possibility of mechanical spraying of aerosols.

"With a flight range of such a UAV - up to 300 kilometers - and equipping containers with biological formulations, a real threat of large-scale use of biological weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation is created. In fact, we are talking about the development by the Kiev regime of technical means for the delivery and use of biological weapons with the possibility of their use against the Russian Federation" , - Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for radiation, chemical and biological protection of the RF Armed Forces, comments on the situation.

In general, the idea is not new, and it is clear where it came from, they say in the Russian Ministry of Defense. The United States has previously issued a patent for the use of a drone spraying infected insects. The description of this unit clearly states that enemy troops can be destroyed or disabled without risk to American military personnel. But that's not all. The States also developed, produced and issued a patent for various types of chemical and biological munitions .

"The possibility of equipping the capsules with poisonous, radioactive, narcotic substances, as well as pathogens of infectious diseases has been shown," said Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for radiation, chemical and biological protection of the RF Armed Forces.

Here it is - the same concept of "non-contact war" from Washington. These documents were discovered during an investigation into the activities of the Pentagon's biological project, the Lugar Center in Tbilisi. When the Russian Foreign Ministry turned to the State Department with a request to sort it out. The standard reaction of the United States followed - there are documents on the ban, they just look at them across the ocean, as they say, through their fingers.

“The US administration limited itself to a formal reply, cynically thanking the Russian side for drawing attention to this issue and pointing out that “the development and production of biological and chemical weapons is prohibited by national law, but the decision to issue a patent does not violate US obligations under the BTWC and the CWC,” says the head troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov.

The Russian military during a special operation blocked the activities of five biological laboratories in Kiev. It is already known that unambiguous experiments were carried out there with pathogens of anthrax, tularemia, brucellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, African swine fever. The United States managed to take out part of this contagious collection, the remaining strains were urgently destroyed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. Because there was something to hide.

"The facts of the participation of these laboratories in carrying out work commissioned by the US military department have been confirmed. At one of these biological facilities - the Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine - several UP projects were implemented at once with a total funding of more than $ 30 million," said the head of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov.

One of the key figures is Robert Pope. He led a program with the characteristic name "Cooperative Threat Reduction". The purpose of the program is to involve the states of the post-Soviet space in military biological activities. He is also the author of the idea of ​​creating the Central Depository of Especially Dangerous Microorganisms in Kyiv. Pope worked closely with Ulyana Suprun, the Minister of Health of Nezalezhnaya. By the way, she is a US citizen. Here is his letter to her - thanks for allowing American specialists to visit Ukrainian biological facilities.

“All pathogenic biomaterials from the storage facility were taken by military transport aircraft to the United States through Odessa in early February 2022. Joanna Wintrall led the coordination of military biological projects in Ukraine and the selection of performers,” says the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kirillov.

Specifically, she was involved in projects to study deadly pathogens, including anthrax, Crimean Congo fever, leptospirosis. Joanna Wintrall is the head of the DTRA office in Ukraine. Meta (banned in Russia)biota and Black and Veach are its subsidiaries. They have been working in the interests of the Pentagon for more than 10 years. The activities of the latter raised many questions even among the Ukrainian special services.

“Back in 2017, the Kherson department of the SBU stated in its memorandum: “…recently, the potential threat of a worsening of the epidemic situation in our country, due to the intentions of DTRA through Black and Veach, to establish control over the functioning of microbiological laboratories in Ukraine, conducting research on pathogens of especially dangerous infections that can be used to create or modernize new types of biological weapons…,” said Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops of the RF Armed Forces.

Metabiota has long worked closely with the Pentagon. Known for her developments in predicting outbreaks of infectious diseases. She worked separately with the post-Soviet space. Interestingly, in Ukraine, the company was managed by Mary Guttieri, a confidant of Hunter Biden . And this is another irrefutable proof of the Ukrainian-American partnership to create weapons in vitro.

WEW LAD

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2697047

Ukrainian military use terrorist tactics

The Ukrainian military has already violated almost all international conventions. Among other things, the Kiev security forces copy the tactics of terrorists. They not only hide behind people as a "human shield", but also use ambulances to transport militants. How did they find out?

Millions of viewers learned about this ambulance alternative live on the air. The Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera was broadcasting, which accidentally got the Ukrainian security forces. One by one, they get out of the cars, where it is unlikely that a medical miracle has just happened. In military uniform, helmets and body armor.

"Today, the Ukrainian side is violating all kinds of conventions on peace, on war, violating all possible legislation, using the civilian population as a "human shield" . Today, the Kiev authorities are doing everything to ensure that there are more victims among the civilian population, so that there are more bloody pictures for Western media ", - notes political scientist Ivan Mezyuho.

And this violates at least the Geneva Convention, which prohibits the use of cars with the symbols of the International Red Cross except for transporting doctors, providing medical care and transporting the sick and wounded. It turns out that what is called to save brings only death. But it is not the first time for the Ukrainian military, as well as for the national battalions, to use purely peaceful vehicles for their own needs. So DHL cars have been delivering weapons to the security forces in Ukraine for some time now .

The head office of the German company said: minivans are not voluntary assistance at all, but confiscated goods. Kyiv simply requisitioned them. And, acting strictly according to the manuals of Western instructors, he used the very well-known tactics of terrorists.

"This is originally a tactic of conducting hybrid wars, which was developed in Western countries under the auspices of their special services. Because if we pay attention to all recent conflicts, especially the Arab Spring, then all terrorist formations, as a rule, use ambulances, vehicles Ministry of Emergency Situations , school buses as means of transportation," director of the Center for Military-Political Journalism "CIGR" Vladimir Orlov comments on the situation.

And the national battalions are already using buses with the inscription "Children". This is Uman, a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Jews. The nationalists turned the synagogue into a base for militants and weapons.

“They first set up a warehouse, and then loaded everything into trucks. And, so that it was not visible, they piled up the garbage and formed a convoy to advance. This happened repeatedly. Which is indicative of the Ukrofascists, they used buses with the inscription “Children,” notes the first deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations Artyom Bichaev.

However, Kyiv violated not only the Geneva Convention. Deploying military equipment under cover of civilian infrastructure without evacuating civilians is a war crime under Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

The fact that civilians are not even a shield for the Ukrainian military, but hostages, Mariupol residents were convinced from personal experience. It was they who were left in the city by the retreating national battalions, causing fire on residential buildings.

Now in the city blocks, the militias are checking skyscrapers - looking for saboteurs and snipers who could remain. People are still hiding in the basements of houses where Ukrainian equipment stood in the yards.

“Only people react to this, next to whose houses firing points are set up. I remember the recording of the Ukrainian soldier Oksana Tokar, who wrote: “What are you doing? You installed a howitzer battery in the yard of the school where our children study," says political scientist, member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation Bogdan Bezpalko.

And behind each of these violations is a civilian population, war crimes against which have yet to be investigated.

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2696944

In addition to the United States, Germany also experimented in Ukraine

Germany carried out its own military-biological program in Ukraine, this is confirmed by documents, said Gennady Gatilov, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Geneva office, at a plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament.

The purpose of this program, according to the Russian representative, was to study the potential of deadly diseases, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, in Eastern European conditions. The project was funded by the German Foreign Ministry and the Bundeswehr.

"Germany's actions, previously unknown to the general public, pose the same threat as US biological experiments and require detailed study," RIA Novosti quoted the Russian diplomat as saying .

On March 31, the Russian Defense Ministry published new documents proving US involvement in the development of biological weapons. According to them, the experiments were carried out on ordinary Ukrainians, all the results were sent to America, it was planned to spray pathogens from Turkish Bayraktar drones. The son of US President Hunter Biden played a key role in funding American biological laboratories in Ukraine.

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2696961

Dangerous pathogens were planned to be sprayed over Russia from Bayraktars

The son of the American president, Hunter Biden, played a key role in funding American biological laboratories in Ukraine , which were working with anthrax, cholera and other deadly diseases. New documents that prove US involvement in the development of biological weapons were published by the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 31. Experiments were carried out on Ukrainians, all the results were immediately sent to America, and it was planned to spray pathogens from Turkish Bayraktar drones.

Outsiders are not allowed to enter the Lviv Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene. A Chinese CCTV correspondent is politely blocked by security guards. This scientific institution was also part of the system of Ukrainian laboratories funded by the Pentagon. The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to publish documents about these connections. March 31 - new portion.

"An important result of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces was the cessation of the activities of five Kiev biological laboratories, in which work was carried out with pathogens of anthrax, tularemia, brucellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, African swine fever. Part of the collection was taken to the United States, the remaining strains were urgently destroyed in accordance with the order Ministry of Health of Ukraine dated February 24," said Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

He demonstrated the scheme by which they worked. For Metabiota, which oversaw the entire process, funds were raised by the fund of the son of US President Hunter Biden. And she was reporting to him.

"As promised, materials have been prepared on Metabiota's activities in Ukraine and a proposal on how to promote Ukraine's cultural and economic independence from Russia," the firm's vice president, Mary Guttieri, wrote in a letter to Biden Jr.

What does independence from Russia have to do with it, it is not clear - after all, according to official information, the company was engaged only in research of biomaterials.

“We do not rule out that the official research program is only the “visible part of the iceberg.” At the same time, in practice, volunteers were infected with the Crimean-Congo fever virus, hantaviruses and the causative agent of leptospirosis,” said General Kirillov.

All key figures are Americans, the Ministry of Defense has their names, photos and biographies.

Even the Minister of Health of Ukraine at that time was a US citizen Uliana Suprun. Thanks to her, this cooperation took place, project manager Robert Pope admits in letters.

"Your leadership is the key to the security of Ukraine and its neighbors from the threats associated with harmful microorganisms. I am grateful that you are my partner in this vital mission," one of his letters to Suprun says.

But the objects of the experiments were Ukrainians . The documents, among other things, indicate that the test subjects are at risk to their lives, and therefore even their passport data should not be included in the research results. Only quantity should be taken into account.

"Such a dismissive attitude towards the citizens of Ukraine well characterizes the pragmatic approach of the United States to the organization of military biological research. Developing countries are considered as a testing ground for components of biological weapons and medicines," the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.

They experimented not only with pathogens of deadly diseases, but also with their means of delivery, primarily insects. And all this is not only in theory. Here is a quite practical question from the Ukrainian company Motor Sich to the manufacturer of Turkish Bayraktar : "Is there an aerosol spraying system with a capacity of over 20 liters?" And in the USA, just such a system for drones was certified.

"With a flight range of such a UAV of up to 300 kilometers and equipping containers with biological formulations, a real threat of large-scale use of biological weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation is created. In fact, we are talking about the development by the Kiev regime of technical means for the delivery and use of biological weapons with the possibility of their use against the Russian Federation," emphasized General Kirillov.

Hence the extreme secrecy surrounding the entire program. If not for the Russian special operation, all the samples would have been destroyed or taken away. And now the documents that have fallen into the hands of Defense Ministry experts are helping to continue the investigation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2

The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. It is manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., primarily for the Turkish Armed Forces.[3] The aircraft are monitored and controlled by an aircrew in a ground control station, including weapons employment. The development of the UAV has been largely credited to Selçuk Bayraktar, a former MIT graduate student.[4] While the Turkish Armed Forces describes Bayraktar TB2 as "Tactical UAV Class" to prevent it from being a competitor to the TAI Anka UAV, international standards would classify it as a medium-altitude long-endurance UAV.[5][6]

As of 26 November 2021, the TB2 drone had completed 400,000 flight-hours globally.[7][2] The largest operator of TB2 drones is the Turkish military but an export model has been sold to the militaries of a number of other countries.[8][9] Turkey has used the drone extensively in strikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and People's Protection Units (YPG) targets in Iraq and Syria [10][11][12][13] Bayraktar drones were used by Azerbaijan in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and by Ukrainian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14][15]

The aircraft previously relied on imported and regulated components and technologies such as Rotax 912 engines[16] (manufactured in Austria) and optoelectronics (FLIR sensors imported from Wescam in Canada or Hensoldt from Germany). Bombardier Recreational Products, owner of Rotax, suspended delivery of their engines to certain countries in October 2020, after becoming aware of their military use despite being certified for civil use only.[16][17] In the same month, Canadian WESCAM (optics and sensors) exports were restricted by the Canadian Foreign Ministry.[18] Turkish industry responded to foreign sales boycotts by announcing provision of domestically manufactured alternatives including TEI PD170 engine (manufactured by TEI),[19][20] fuel valves and the CATS FLIR system (manufactured by Aselsan).[21] Integration tests with that system started on 6 November 2020.[22] Turkish defense industry researcher Kadir Doğan tweeted that cancellation of sales of components to Baykar by foreign companies did not pose a major problem, and that as of January 2021, all of those components have been replaced by locally manufactured alternatives.[23]

Development

Bayraktar TB2 technical specifications in Turkish

The development of the Bayraktar TB2 had been spurred by a U.S. ban on exports of armed unmanned aircraft to Turkey due to concerns they would be used against PKK groups inside and outside Turkey.[13]

Baykar started developing a new combat tactical aerial vehicle system at the request of the Presidency of Defense Industries, after the experiences of its first tactical UAV, the Bayraktar Çaldıran or Bayraktar TB1, delivered to the Turkish army in 2011.[24] The Bayraktar TB2 made its maiden flight in August 2014.[25] On 18 December 2015, a video was published of a test firing of a missile from the Bayraktar TB2, a result of a collaboration with Roketsan. Roketsan's MAM and TUBITAK-SAGE's BOZOK laser-guided bombs were tested for the first time.[26][27][28][29]

According to British newspaper The Guardian, the arming of the Bayraktar TB2 would not have been possible without the help of the UK Hornet micro-munitions bomb rack by EDO MBM Technology Ltd. The bomb rack was provided to Turkey in 2015, and a variant of it was integrated into the aircraft by EDO MBM and Roketsan.[30] In response to The Guardian newspaper article, Baykar Chief Technical Officer Selçuk Bayraktar denied that the bomb rack came from the UK. "We are not buying it from you, we never did. It not only does not work under any circumstances but is also very expensive," Bayraktar said on Twitter. "We have designed and manufactured a more advanced and cost-effective one ourselves."[31]

On 19 August 2020 the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) disclosed details of a six-year history of exports of the Hornet bomb rack to Turkey between 2014 and 2020 suggesting that supply of the critical technology to Turkey had continued well beyond the development stage of the Bayraktar TB2 and right up to the publication of the Guardian story in November 2019. "There were 18 Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications submitted by EDO MBM Technology between 2014–2020 for exports of goods 'related to Hornet Bomb Racks / Hornet Missile Launchers' to Turkey where the proposed exports were for end-users in Turkey. Of these, 16 licences were granted, and 2 applications were stopped."[32]

Baykar signed a deal with Qatar in March 2018 to manufacture six drones for the Qatari forces. In January 2019, Baykar signed an agreement with Ukrspetsproject, part of Ukroboronprom, on the purchase of 12 TB2 and 3 ground control stations worth US$69 million for the Ukrainian army.[33][34] Ukraine received the first batch of the UAVs in March 2019[35] at a cost of one to two million dollars.[36] In October 2020 the use of the Canadian Wescam CMX-15D system in the drone was disclosed after Armenian officials claimed that remains of a CMX-15D system had been recovered from a downed TB2 drone during the nation's conflict with Azerbaijan. That triggered the stopping of CMX-15D exports to Turkey while an investigation by Global Affairs Canada evaluates the use of Canadian technology in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[37] Turkey selected the Common Aperture Targeting System (CATS) from Aselsan as a replacement for Canadian CMX-15D.[38][39][40][41][42]

In 2021, the TB2 completed 400,000 operational flight hours.[7][2]

Characteristics

Design

Bayraktar TB2 first trial flights

The Bayraktar TB2 platform has a blended wing body design with an inverted V-tail structure. Thrust is generated by a variable pitch two-blade propeller in pusher configuration. The propeller is mounted between the tail booms and driven by an internal combustion engine located in the body. The monocoque platform is modular with detachable main items such as wing, tail boom, and V-tails. Fuselage pieces are made mostly of carbon fiber composite with machined aluminum parts at joints. Fuel is stored within bladder tanks and fuel consumption is balanced with solenoid valves.

The ground control station (GCS) is based on a NATO spec shelter unit which is equipped with cross redundant command and control systems. The mobile unit supports three personnel: pilot, payload operator and mission commander. The GCS is equipped with redundant air conditioners and nuclear, biological and chemical filtration (NBC) filtering unit. All hardware inside the shelter is placed inside racked cabinets. Each operator has dual screens in front along with the operator interface software used for real-time command, control and monitoring.[43]

Configuration

Bayraktar TB2 Ground Control Station System

Each TB2 is configured with six aerial vehicle platforms,[clarification needed] two ground control stations, three ground data terminals (GDT), two remote video terminals (RVT) and ground support equipment.[citation needed] Each aerial platform is equipped with a triply redundant avionics system. Its ground control system's cross redundant architecture allows for pilot, payload operator and mission commander to command, control and monitor the platform.[44]

Digital flight control system

Bayraktar has a triple-redundant flight control system with autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, landing and parking capability without any external sensor aid. The flight control system is the central main component, which conducts sensor fusion algorithms running with the real-time sensor data. Mission-specific controls are handled through the mission control computer system. The aerial platform is guided through various redundant rotary and linear servo actuators, which are designed according to the dynamics of the aerial platform. All of the main airborne avionics equipment, software and hardware are under constant development so as to achieve utmost performance. The electronic power unit that powers the onboard systems is supported with triple alternators and balanced, smart lithium-ion battery units. A ruggedized heated camera unit is placed in the tail section of the platform to monitor flight and all payload and telemetry data are recorded to the airborne data recorder. The redundancy architecture of the avionics supports autonomous emergency landings on different airfields if necessary. Sensor fusion algorithms allow navigation and auto landing even with loss of global positioning signals.[45]

Operational history

Turkey's counterterrorism operations

Bayraktar TB2 loaded with MAM-L

The Turkish military's use of the TB2 gained prominence in counterinsurgency operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and People's Protection Units (YPG) militants positions across the border in Iraq and Syria.[10][11][12][13]

On 30 June 2018, one Turkish Air Force Bayraktar TB2 crashed due to technical issues in Hatay province, Turkey.[46][47]

On 15 August 2018, Turkish Land Forces successfully used Bayraktar TB2 in a joint cross-border operation of the Turkish Armed Forces and the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey to kill the senior (PKK) leader and board member of the Kurdistan Communities Union İsmail Özden in Sinjar District, northwestern Iraq.[48]

Turkish military used combined UAV and artillery tactics in Syria against the PKK-linked YPG. According to Turkey the number of militant killed or wounded rose to 449 by use of armed TB2 and 680 were indirectly in operations assisted by air support from the UAV.[10]

On 16 May 2021, one Bayraktar TB2 crashed in Zebari, Northern Iraq, Kurdish militants claimed they shot down the drone.[49]

Libya

In June 2019, international news media reported that Libya's UN-recognized[50] Government of National Accord (GNA) used Bayraktar TB2s to strike an airbase held by General Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA). Despite the UN embargo on Libya's ongoing civil war, it is suspected that at least 3 Bayraktar TB2 UCAV were being used over Tripoli by the GNA government forces. On 6 June 2019, two GNA TB2 drones are destroyed along an operation room by LNA attacks on Mitiga Airport.[51][52] Video evidence showed at least one TB2 flying over Tripoli[53] about to land at Mitiga's Military section, under control of GNA-allied forces.

On 14 May 2019, a GNA TB2 is destroyed by LNA defenses in Al -Jufra area.[54][55]

On 6 June 2019, two GNA TB2s are destroyed along an operation room by LNA attacks on Mitiga Airport.[51][52]

On 30 June 2019, a TB2 is destroyed by LNA defenses.[56][51]

On 25 July 2019, two LNA Ilyushin Il-76TD cargo planes are destroyed on the ground in al-Jufra Air base by an attack made by TB2 drones.[57] A GNA TB2 is shot down near al-Jufra airbase during the same attack.[58]

On 14 December 2019, a GNA TB2 is shot down in Ain Zara, Tripoli.[59]

On 2 January 2020, a GNA TB2 is shot down south of Mitiga Airport, Tripoli.[60]

On 22 January 2020, a TB2 drone with GNA markings is shot down by LNA forces after taking off from Mitiga International Airport.[61]

On 25 February 2020, the LNA shoot down a GNA TB2, providing a video of the wreck.[62][63]

On 26 February 2020, the LNA shoot down another GNA TB2, providing video of the wreck.[63][64]

On 31 March 2020, the LNA shot down two GNA TB2 drones near Tripoli;[65] one in Misrata Air College[66] and another in Al-Tawaisha.[67]

On 5 April 2020, a GNA TB2 is shot down by LNA forces in Alwashka, Libya.[68]

On 11 April 2020, a GNA TB2 is shot down in Tarhuna.[69][68]

On 16 April 2020, a GNA TB2 was shot down near Tarhuna.[70]

On 17 April 2020, two GNA TB2 drones are shot down; one near Bani Walid[71] and another in the South near Wadi dinar.[72]

On 18 April 2020, a GNA TB2 is shot down by LNA forces south of Tripoli.[73][74]

On 2 May 2020, a GNA TB2 is destroyed at Arada, near Mitiga Airport, downed by LNA forces.[75]

On 12 May 2020, a GNA TB2 is shot down near Ash Shwayrif, Tripoli.[76]

On 21 May 2020, Libyan National Army's Pantsir missile system shot down two GNA drones; one TAI Anka drone near Tarhuna city[77] and one TB2 near Jebel Sherif.[78]

On 7 June 2020, a GNA TB2 was shot down by LNA forces near Sirte.[68]

8 June 2020, a GNA TB2 was shot down by LNA forces as it attempted to bomb LNA forces in Sirte.[79][80]

By 1 July 2020, at least 16 TB2 drones were reported shot down or lost on Libya during six months of fighting[81] and 23 were reported lost since LNA offensive in Western Libya that began in April 2019.[65]

Syria

In March 2020 Bayraktar TB2s, Anka-S UAVs, and an array of Koral electronic jammers were deployed and extensively used in coordinated action to strike Syrian Army targets on the ground during the Operation Spring Shield launched by Turkey following losses the Turkish forces incurred at the hands of the Russian forces in northwestern Syria at the end February 2020.[82][83][84] The deployment was assessed by experts to be a success and a tactical game-changer.[85][86][87]

During the week of fighting, Turkish drones took out 73 Syrian armed vehicles.[88] Russian sources said that the Russian-backed Syrian air defences claimed the destruction of seven Bayraktar TB2 UAVs by 5 March 2020.[89] However, there is only visual evidence for three Bayraktar drones being shot down.[90][91][92][93]

On 23 August 2020, another Bayraktar TB2 drone was shot down by Syrian Air Defenses near Kafr Nabl, Idlib after being detected spotting targets for Syrian rebels.[94][95]

On 22 October 2021, Turkey launched a surprise attack using Bayraktar TB2s on Syrian town Ain Al-arab destroying several vehicles and killing a passenger of the car, a suspected member of a Kurdish rebel group.[96]

Azerbaijan and 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war

In June 2020, the Defence Minister of Azerbaijan, Zakir Hasanov, announced that Azerbaijan had decided to purchase Bayraktar drones from Turkey.[97] During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Bayraktar TB2s were used against Armed Forces of Armenia with great success.[98] Azerbaijan used TB-2 to destroy Armenian artillery, infantry positions and military vehicles, including BM-30 Smerch MLRS, T-72s tanks, BMP-1 and BMP-2 IFVs.[99][100] Nine Osa and Strela-10 air defense systems were also destroyed by Azerbaijani drones, likely TB2s.[99] On 19 October 2020, a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2s was shot down by air defenses of the Armenian Army over Nagorno Karabakh.[101][102] On 8 November 2020, another Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 was shot down by air defense, in southeastern Nagorno Karabakh.[103]

Ukraine and 2022 Russian invasion

As a part of its military modernization program the Armed Forces of Ukraine purchased 12 Bayraktar TB2s in 2019.[104][105] After successful testing of the aircraft, the Ukrainian Navy made a separate order for 6 Bayraktar TB2s, set to be delivered in 2021, according to navy officials.[106] Meanwhile, Turkish and Ukrainian officials announced the establishment of a joint venture to produce 48 additional Bayraktar TB2s in Ukraine.[107] The first batch of the Bayraktar TB2 complex was delivered to the Navy in July 2021.[108]

During a Russian military buildup in Crimea and near Ukraine's borders, a Bayraktar TB2 conducted a reconnaissance flight over the Donbas region on 9 April 2021. This was the first operationalization of the aircraft by Ukrainian Forces within an active conflict zone.[109][110] In October 2021, a Bayraktar TB2 drone was used for the first time in combat during the war, targeting a Russian separatist artillery position, destroying a D-30 howitzer, and halting the bombardment of Ukrainian troops near Hranitne.[111]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bayraktar TB2 drones have been used by Ukraine’s armed forces against Russian forces and equipment.[112]In January prior to the invasion, the spokesperson for the air force command Lt. Col. Yuri Ignat confirmed that "Ukraine has approximately 20 Bayraktar drones, but we will not stop there".[113] On 2 March, Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov announced the arrival of additional TB2 drones.[114]

On 24 February, the day of invasion, the People's Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic claimed it shot down two TB2 drones near the city of Luhansk.[115] On 27 February, Ukraine’s air force confirmed two strikes by TB2 on Russian convoys in the Kherson and Zhytomyr regions.[116] According to video footages of different occasions released by the armed forces, TB2 drones successfully destroyed a Russian command post, military vehicles including a tank; different types of trucks, surface-to-air missile systems including Buk, multiple rocket launcher (MLRS), and a electronic warfare system.[112][116][117] The drone also reportedly destroyed two Russian fuel trains.[118]

The chief of Ukraine’s air force Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk called the UAV system "life-giving".[119] The popularity of the drone in Ukraine led to a song, "Bayraktar" being written about the drone while throwing insults at the Russian army and the invasion.[120]

On 17 March 2022, a Bayraktar TB2 was shot down over Kyiv; Russia published images of the drone wreckage.[121] A second TB2 drone was shot down on 29 March 2022, in Ukraine east.[122][123]

Ethiopia and Tigray

Ethiopian forces have reportedly been using the TB2 against the TPLF in the Tigray War. Satellite images have shown TB2 drones in Harar Meda airbase, and debris of MAM-L guided munition have been found in Tigray.[124][125][126] On 7 January 2022, a drone strike killed nearly 60 civilians and injured dozens more in a camp of internally displaced people in Dedebit in Tigray; the missile used was a MAM-L exclusively used with the Turkish-made TB2 drone.[127]

Variants

Bayraktar TB2S

In October 2020, Baykar CTO Selçuk Bayraktar showed the new, improved version of TB2, named TB2S. In Selçuk Bayraktar's Twitter post, the TB2S has a protrusion on its body and an antenna on its nose for satellite communication (SATCOM).[128][129] In the basic model of TB2, communication between the aircraft and the control station was via ground-based antenna. Communication via the TÜRKSAT satellite provides a much bigger control range than the 150–300 km range of the basic model. The satellite communication will also make the TB2S more resistant to the jamming of communication by the enemy.[130] The SATCOM-integrated TB2S made its maiden flight on 4 December 2020.[131]

Operators

Map of Bayraktar TB2 operators in blue, potential operators in purple

On order

Possible sales

Specifications

5-view drawing of Bayraktar TB2 tactical drone in flight configuration. The craft is armed with a MAM-L bomb on an inner and a MAM-C bomb on an outer stb. hardpoint.

Specifications for the Bayraktar TB2 (not TB2S) from Baykar Defence website.[192]

General characteristics

Crew: 0 onboard, 3 per ground control station

Length: 6.5 m (21 ft)

Wing span: 12 m (39 ft)

Max. take-off mass: 700 kg (1,500 lb)

Payload: 150 kg (330 lb)

Powerplant: 1 × 100 hp (75 kW) internal combustion engine with injection

Fuel capacity: 300 litres (79 US gal)

Fuel type: gasoline

Performance

Maximum speed: 120 knots (220 km/h)

Cruise speed: 70 knots (130 km/h)

Range: 150 km (81 nmi)[41]

Communication range: line-of-sight propagation, < 300 kilometres (190 mi)

Service ceiling: 25,000 feet (7,600 m)

Operational altitude: 18,000 feet (5,500 m)

Endurance: 27 hours

Armaments

The Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L) and behind it MAM-C high explosive variant

Hardpoints: four for laser-guided smart munition, with provisions to carry combinations of:

MAM: MAM-C and MAM-L precision-guided munitions[193][194][195]

L-UMTAS (Long Range Anti tank Missile System)[196]

Roketsan Cirit (70 mm Missile System)[197]

TUBITAK-SAGE BOZOK Laser Guided Rockets[198]

TUBITAK-SAGE TOGAN[199] Air-to-surface launched 81 mm mortar munition[200]

TUBITAK-SAGE KUZGUN[201] Modular joint ammunition[202][203] KUZGUN-TjM Turkish: TjM :Turbojet Motorlu Turbojet engine variant with range of 245 kilometers and KUZGUN-SS Turkish: SS: Serbest Süzülen Free Soaring variant range of 110 kilometers variants in use[204]

Avionics

Interchangeable EO/IR/LD imaging and targeting sensor systems or Multi Mode AESA Radar:

Aselsan CATS EO/IR/LD imaging and targeting sensor (current production)[205][38][39][40]

WESCAM MX-15D EO/IR/LD imaging and targeting sensor (production till October 2020)[206]

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-official-poses-with-bayraktar-ceo-calls-drones-super-weapons-2022-3

Ukraine official poses with creator of Bayraktar drones, calling them 'super-weapons' for destroying so many Russian tanks

A Ukrainian official took a photo with the maker of Bayraktar drones, calling them "super-weapons."

Mykhailo Podolyak was in Istanbul for peace talks with Russia that took place Tuesday.

The drones have a heroic reputation in Ukraine, credited with destroying many Russian tanks.

A top Ukraine official posted a selfie with the creator of Bayraktar drones, expressing his gratitude for the "super-weapons" that Ukraine has credited with blasting apart columns of Russian tanks.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, posted the photograph to Twitter on Tuesday showing him with Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Turkish company Baykar.

Podolyak wrote that Russian tanks were "burning flawlessly" thanks to the weapon. "And they'll continue to burn, as Bayraktars ideally fulfill any task - imperceptibly, frighteningly, destructively.

"I'll always be grateful to the author & father of super-weapons @haluk."

—Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) March 29, 2022

Podolyak posted the image from Istanbul where he was part of peace talks with Russia that took place on Tuesday.

Podolyak deleted an earlier version of the tweet that had identical wording but showed him and Bayraktar in a bar, rather than the beachfront setting in the above tweet.

According to Forbes, Ukraine bought at least 21 Bayraktar TB2 armed drones prior to the war's outbreak. The country's defense ministry claimed to have received more of them at the beginning of March.

The defense of Ukraine has shown the drones' capability in their highest-stakes conflict yet. Ukrainian authorities have touted them as a linchpin of the country's defense against Russian military targets, as in these videos posted to Facebook in mid-March:

The drones can reach altitudes of 25,000 feet and fly for 27 continuous hours, according to their manufacturer. They can be operated remotely from up to 185 miles away, with each one able to carry four laser-guided bombs or rockets.

Videos posted to social media by Ukraine authorities appear to show the devastating effect of the drones against Russia's slow-moving military columns.

Through these apparent successes, the weapon has also become central to Ukrainian propaganda efforts, as Insider's Kieran Corcoran reported.

In March, the Ministry of Defense commissioned a popular song in praise of the weapon, which has been widely shared. On Monday, the day of the 94th Academy Awards, the Ukrainian MoD tweeted the song's video, awarding it an "Oscar:"

—Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) March 28, 2022

A raft of apparent Bayraktar videos were released on official Ukrainian military channels in mid-March, each purporting to show the precision targeting of Russian tanks and military infrastructure.

>>10982

>Ah, Content

The best way to make two retarded autists stop arguing is throwing them something to research.

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2696994

Zelensky set his sights on "wonderful" Australian armored personnel carriers

In Kyiv, from tomorrow they will allow the sale of alcohol and reduce the curfew - in the conditions of rampant armed groups, who were given weapons for free and without restrictions, it is not difficult to imagine what this threatens to turn into. In addition, Ukrainian nationalists have already begun to fight with flags - the Slovenian embassy fell under the distribution.

Favorite shots of Western TV channels from Kyiv: in the suburbs of the capital, people run around with machine guns and walk around with Javelins. And in the city itself, the people of Kiev seem to do nothing but sit on the barricades with Molotov cocktails and baseball bats. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are running out of weapons. And Ukraine can no longer produce new ones. Even the authorities recognize losses from pinpoint Russian strikes.

“They have practically destroyed our military industry. They will do everything so that no one is interested in us as a destroyed territory,” said Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.

Zelensky continues his online tour of the world's parliaments. In Belgium, with a full house in the meeting room, they played the anthem of Ukraine. In the neighboring Netherlands, one opposition faction defiantly did not come - in protest against the ban on opposition parties in Ukraine. Zelensky again asked the rest of the deputies for weapons: "The Russian troops are so active that we need more. Stinger, Panzerfaust will allow us to hold on."

And for the sake of speaking in front of the Australians had to get up in the middle of the night. Maybe because of this, a certain annoyance even appeared in the request. “You have wonderful Bushmaster armored vehicles that can help a lot. Now in Ukraine they will do more for our common freedom and security, instead of gathering dust on your land,” Zelensky said.

Another way to replenish the arsenal was proposed in the Verkhovna Rada. A draft law "On remuneration for voluntarily transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine suitable for the use of Russian military equipment" has been introduced. The highest prices - one million dollars each - for a combat aircraft and a ship of the first or second rank. Ukraine itself has a history of selling centuries-old weapons - a 1918 newspaper reports Petliura's resignation and that soldiers at the front sold a cannon battery to the Germans.

But while there are no trophies, the nationalists went to hunt for the Russian flag. It seemed to them that it was he who was hung over the building of the Slovenian embassy.

“We proudly raised the Slovenian and European flags, they fluttered beautifully in the wind. But in the morning, representatives of the National Guard of Ukraine arrived, and then representatives of the police and asked if we could take down the Slovenian flag, because it looks too similar to the Russian one,” Boshtyan said. Lesiak, Charge d'Affaires of Slovenia in Ukraine.

And it seems like a friendly country to Ukraine. In the same countries that did not impose sanctions against Russia, Zelensky began a "purge" of the diplomatic corps. "Today I signed the first decree on the recall of the Ukrainian ambassador from Morocco. The ambassador from Georgia was also returned. There will be no weapons, there will be no sanctions - please look for another job. I am waiting for concrete results in the coming days from our ambassadors in Latin America, in the Middle East, Asia and Africa," he said.

By the way, it was in the Middle East that viewers were able to see that the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hiding behind ambulances. In a live broadcast by an Al Jazeera reporter, a whole detachment of armed and healthy people got out of a car with a red cross. And the Georgian mercenaries, without hesitation, settled down in the school building.

And in this video, the Kyiv-Warsaw road allegedly mined by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The technique will not pass, but the cars squeeze through. Most likely a staged video. And mines are dummies. But the situation in the country is conveyed quite realistically.

Remember the TSQ post about Australia?

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2696956

In the US and the EU mentally disfigure children

In the US and the EU, "indescribable things" are happening related to the upbringing of the younger generation, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova .

“No one in the US and the EU cares about how mentally disfigure children in their own countries,” she wrote in the Telegram channel.

To illustrate her assertion, Zakharova provided a number of specific examples. Thus, the American media corporation Disney decided to increase the share of LGBT characters in children's content to 50% by the end of this year.

This decision was announced at the general meeting by the representative of the corporation, Carey Burke, who is responsible for the content policy. One of her children is transgender, the second is pansexual, the Russian diplomat noted.

Vivian Ware, head of the company's diversity and inclusion department, said that in the theme park, children are no longer called boys and girls - they are now "dreamers and friends."

At the same time, the US and the EU are very concerned about how girls in Afghanistan go to school, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added. "This is about the values ​​we protect," she explained.

https://www.vesti.ru/article/2696877

Hunter Biden's correspondence revealed the true goals of the United States

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published correspondence between the son of US President Hunter Biden and employees of the US Department of Defense Threat Reduction Office and Pentagon contractors in Ukraine. The documents show that Hunter Biden made a significant contribution to the funding of military biological research in Ukraine. This was announced on Thursday at a briefing by the head of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the RF Armed Forces Igor Kirillov.

An investment fund led by Hunter Biden is involved in financing work with pathogens on the territory of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Black and Veach and Meta (banned in the Russian Federation) biota received the money.

As Kirillov noted, the published correspondence shows that the US Department of Defense had goals in Ukraine that were far from scientific.

"In one of the letters, the vice president of Metabiota notes that the company's activities will be aimed at ensuring" … the cultural and economic independence of Ukraine from Russia …" Kirillov explained. This is a strange statement for a biotechnology company, the head of the RKhBZ troops believes.

According to Kirillov, the United States considers developing countries, including Ukraine, as a testing ground for bioweapons and drugs. This shows the pragmatic approach of the Americans and the dismissive attitude towards the citizens of Ukraine. The documents testify to the violation by the United States and Ukraine of obligations under Article 4 of the BTWC and UN Security Council Resolution No. 1540.

In turn, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced the names of those involved in the creation of biological weapons components in Ukraine.

"One of the key figures is Robert Pope - at that time a DTRA employee and director of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program," Konashenkov said.

The Russian Defense Ministry knows that Pope initiated the creation of the Central Depository of Especially Dangerous Microorganisms in Kyiv. In addition, he involved the countries of the former USSR in the work with dangerous diseases and pathogens.

Joanna Wintrall, head of the DTRA office, led military biological projects in Ukraine. Studies under the codes UP-4, UP-6, UP-8 dealt with, among other things, anthrax, Crimean-Congo fever and leptospirosis.

Lance Lippencott managed the Ukrainian office of Black and Veach. He was in contact with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Lippencott's company studies rickettsiae, tick-borne encephalitis virus in arthropods, tularemia and anthrax. The company implemented a system for remote monitoring of morbidity at Ukrainian bio-objects as part of the UP-2 project, Konashenkov said.

David Mustra is closely associated with Metabiota. He was in charge of biomonitoring and information transfer. Previously, he led military biological projects in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Konashenkov concluded.

https://www.vesti.ru/nauka/article/2696790

A powerful geomagnetic storm covered the northern United States, threatening to disable satellites

Auroras usually occur at high latitudes: in the northern hemisphere, aurora catchers go beyond the Arctic Circle. In Russia, these are such places as the Kola Peninsula, Norilsk and Chukotka, and in the USA - Alaska and the north of such states as Idaho, Michigan and Maine.

However, on the evening of March 30, 2022, the dazzling Northern Lights illuminated the sky much further south than usual, as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon. By the way, you can see the northern lights there as often as in Sochi or Simferopol: that is, it would seem, it is completely impossible!

This mesmerizing natural anomaly is the result of 17 solar "explosions" originating from a single sunspot. According to scientists, two of them "shot" directly towards the Earth.

As a result, they merged into a "cannibalistic" coronal mass ejection and flew towards us at a speed of more than three million kilometers per hour.

When this monster crashed into the Earth's magnetic field on the night of March 30, a powerful geomagnetic storm occurred, which was assigned a level of G3.

In addition, the sunspot, codenamed AR2975, has been emitting flashes of electrically charged solar plasma particles since Monday, March 28.

Sunspots are regions on the surface of our star where powerful magnetic fields, created by a stream of electric charges, form knots of sorts before suddenly "exploding".

As a result, a large amount of energy is released and there are bursts of radiation, which are called solar flares. Material also spills out from the surface of the luminary. Scientists call this phenomenon coronal mass ejections.

Sometimes coronal mass ejections overtake earlier eruptions from the same area, forming with them a giant combined wave front that causes a powerful geomagnetic storm. Western scientists call such emissions "cannibals" - they, in fact, absorb their own kind.

When streams of high-energy particles reach the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere, oxygen and nitrogen atoms are excited in it. This causes a release of energy, which is expressed in radiation in the visible range. This is how colorful light streaks appear in the night sky, which we call the polar, or northern lights.

The energy of the current storm is expected to be harmlessly absorbed by the Earth's magnetic field, but scientists do not tire of warning that strong solar storms can cause serious damage.

According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center , G3-level storms can cause "intermittent problems with satellite navigation and low-frequency radio navigation."

Recall that in February 2022, a magnetic storm caused the fall of 40 Starlink satellites, which eventually burned up in the Earth's atmosphere. Scientists also warn that a more powerful storm could trigger a veritable internet apocalypse.

The largest solar storm in modern history is considered to be the " Carrington event " of 1859, the energy of which can be compared to 10 billion atomic bombs with a one-megaton yield.

Having reached the Earth, a powerful stream of solar particles fried telegraph systems around the world. It also caused the brightest auroras that could be seen even in the Caribbean.

According to scientists, if such an event happened today, the economic damage from it would be in the trillions. And in this situation, it would no longer matter what particular currency we are talking about. Without modern means of communication, the world is in for a real chaos.

Recall that earlier we wrote about why the Sun emits streams of particles dangerous for all living things, and also about what kind of mysterious voids are formed above the solar plasma arches .

We also reported on the brightest cosmic cataclysm in the Universe.

You can find more news from the world of science in the " Science " section of the "Looking " media platform .

>>10989

How I 3D Printed a Metal Aerospike Rocket at Home

I made a thread, let's see if anyone catches on that the entire ukrainian invasion was planned around information on a laptop that was left at a repair shop.

https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/370431314